What areas of the world will we be studying?
One of our closest neighbors-- this region includes many tropical islands as well as the stretch of land that includes the countries of Mexico, Guatemala, and Nicaragua.
What are Central America and the Caribbean?
True or False: Every class activity and assignment is graded.
FALSE!
Charged chromebook, PENCILS, Social Studies binder
What are the materials you are expected to have each day?
The Sahara Desert in Africa
What is the world's largest hot desert and where is it located?
An online platform where Ms. Camara posts class assignments and assessments, class resources and references, a calendar of events and due dates, as well as geography games you can play during flex times.
What is the Schoology Social Studies course page?
This region is known for major cities like Tokyo, Japan and Beijing, China as well as the many islands that make up the countries of Indonesia and the Philippines.
What are East and Southeast Asia?
This category includes raising your hand for discussion, participating with your group during partner activities, and bringing your materials to class everyday to be prepared to learn.
What is participation/ engagement?
We demonstrate this by using items like highlighters, scissors, markers, colored pencils, rulers, atlases, textbooks, and headphones carefully and returning them unharmed once you are done.
What is respectfully using materials?
This country has one of the highest densities of horses to human population.
What is Mongolia?
Due dates for assignments and upcoming assessments will be posted here.
What is the Schoology calendar?
This not so distant land shares a similar name to us even though it has some very different landscapes including the tropical rainforest of the Amazon and the tall, barren mountains of the Andes.
What is South America?
This category is worth 30% of your grade and includes the assignments you will complete most often.
What is classwork and homework?
What is the Warm Up?
The Caspian Sea, located in Central Asia, is 149,200 square miles.
What is the world's largest lake?
To successfully complete this process, you will first check in with me you in person or through an email or Schoology message, Then, we will decide on a time and set an appointment. Lastly, you will make a smartpass and show it to your advisory teacher.
How do I make an appointment to meet with Ms. Camara for support or extra help?
More than just the grasslands seen in the animated Disney film The Lion King, this hugely diverse continent is home to 54 countries and just as many languages, cultures, and landscapes.
What is the Sahel and Sub-Saharan Africa or just Africa?
This category is worth the most points (60%) because it is meant to show what you've learned during our class study. Before these types of assignments, you will always have had practice through various kinds of class activities.
What are assessments?
We practice these two class expectations by asking questions and not being afraid to share an idea even if it might be wrong. Being wrong is part of learning!
What are being curious and having a positive attitude?
Angel Falls in Venezuela (South America).
What is the world's tallest waterfall?
k1camara@sharonschools.net -- please note there is a 1 in the address.
What is Ms. Camara's email? What do I need to remember about it?
The climate in this region can range between hot and arid, hot and humid with seasons of heavy rains, to colder temperatures due to areas being landlocked between mountain ranges.
What is Central, South, and Southwest Asia?
NOT following behavioral norms-- calling out during class, talking while others are talking, not completing assignments, or disrupting the learning environment-- can result in a lower grade for this category.
What is participation and engagement?
You should do this when you are absent, if there are any assignments you're struggling with, and if you have work you may need more time to complete.
What is communicating with Ms. Camara?
Country with the most islands (267,570) though many are uninhabitated (no people live on them).
What is Sweden?
Don't worry, Ms. Camara will check in or respond to me soon. Everyone has a different schedule after school filled with their own activities.
What should I do if Ms. Camara didn't respond to my message right away?