Multicultural Food Festival

Multicultural Food Festival

Tuesday and Wednesday, May 27^th and 28^th

 

The last week of school, all students in World Cultures will be participating in the Multicultural Food Festival in Ms. Brame’s classroom. Since food is a large part of culture around the world, I would like to invite all students to bring in a dish representative of their culture or heritage to share with their class on Tuesday, May 27^th (Blue Day classes) or Wednesday, May 28^th (Green Day classes). There are a few requirements for the festival:

 

1)     The food may be bought from the store or homemade.

2)     The student must explain how their dish represents their culture, what country or state their dish is from, and why they felt it was important to bring in this dish to share.

3)     I would recommend bringing enough food for the entire class. A small sample for every student in the class would suffice.

4)     There is a limit of 2 dishes per student.

5)     There will be a refrigerator and microwave available.

 

 

Please take advantage of this time to share part of your culture with your peers. Although this will be a fun activity, let’s make sure to take it seriously to honor your heritage.

Updated Progress Reports

Updated Progress Reports for World Cultures were sent home yesterday, 5/19, and today, 5/20. If a student has any missing assignments, they will be reflected on that report. I am presently grading the World Atlas Projects, so those will be sent home with your child on Friday.

“Life is Beautiful” Permission Slip

Next week, all World Cultures classes will be watching “Life is Beautiful” to help learn about the Holocaust. It is rated PG-13, so please take a look at the permission slip sent home with your children today. Every student must have a signed permission slip to watch the movie. More details are in the letter attached.

Video Permission Slip

World Atlas Project Due Dates

All World Atlas Projects are due Monday, 5/19 for Blue Day classes and Tuesday, 5/20 for Green Day classes. Each student has a folder at school with all of their work for the project. Most of it has been completed in class, but if time was not used effectively, some students should be finishing up maps and country fact sheets. If anything was lost at any time, I have attached all maps, country fact sheets, and the directions/rubric for the project below. Students will be allowed to take home their folders on Friday to make sure everything is complete. If you have any questions, please email me.

 Asia Map

Middle East/North Africa Map

South America Map List

South America Map

Middle America Map List

Middle America Map

Middle East/North Africa Map List

Country Fact Sheet

Asia Map List

World Atlas Vocabulary

World Atlas Project

Middle America Map Quiz

All World Cultures classes will be taking the Middle America Map Quiz On Wednesday, May 14th or Thursday, May 15, depending on which day the student has the class. Below is the Middle America Map List of the countries, bodies of water, and land areas the students need to know. They must spell all correctly and capitalize them correctly. I have also attached a copy of the map if they have misplaced it.

Middle America Map List

Middle America Map

 

Asia Map Quiz 4/7

All World Cultures classes will be taking an Asia Map Quiz on 4/7/08 (Charger Day). We are completing the map in class and the students will be taking the map home to study. The countries, bodies of water, and mountains/deserts that the students need to know for this quiz are listed below:

Countries:

China

Japan

India

North Korea

South Korea

Mongolia

 

Bodies of Water:

South China Sea

Bay of Bengal

Pacific Ocean

Xi River

Yangtze River

Yellow River

Ganges River

Sea of Japan

Indian Ocean

 

Mountains/Deserts:

Himalaya Mountains

North China Plain

Sichuan Basin

Taklimakan Desert

Gobi Desert

Kunlun Shun Plateau of Tibet

Altay Mountains

Great Indian Desert

World Atlas Project

Please see the attached document detailing the class project that all World Cultures classes will be participating in. Although most of the work will be done at school, there may be some work that needs to be completed for homework. This homework will be written in the students’ planners if it is required of them. The due date will be announced as the date gets a little closer, as this project will be an ongoing one for the next couple of weeks. If you have any questions regarding the project, please email me.

 Ms. Brame

World Atlas Project

TEST REMINDER- World Cultures

As stated in an earlier posting, the Political and Economic Systems Test will be Thursday (Blue Day) and Friday (Green Day) of this week. We will be reviewing on Tuesday and Wednesday in class. I will hold tutorial sessions on Wednesday and Thursday after school from 3:50- 4:45. Students must be prepared to ask specific questions about topics they do not understand or that need to be clarified.

 I am also posting a hard copy of the political systems quiz below. The students have received their grades on this quiz and have gotten the quiz back.

Political Systems Quiz

World Cultures- Political and Economic Systems Test

The Political and Economic Systems Test will be the week after Spring Break. For Blue Day classes, the test will be on Thursday, March 27. For Green Day classes, the test will be on Friday, March 28. We will be reviewing in all classes the Tuesday and Wednesday we get back from Spring Break. I will hold tutorial sessions a couple of days after school and during lunch that week also. Those specific dates and times will be announced.

World Cultures- Economic Systems

In case you have misplaced the handouts, I have attached the  Comparative Economic Systems Handout and the Basic Economic Questions Handout. We are currently working on Supply and Demand through simulations and word problems. I will have the word problems uploaded soon.

 Ms. Brame