Parents and students,

Here is a direct link to my webpage for all classes Mr. Hill's Webpage and

Links to the syllabus for each class 6th Grade: Latin America and Canada Class Info 09-10.rtf

7th Grade: World Geography Class Info 09-10.rtf 

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Class Activities and Assignments:

12/8- 6th: Begin Fur Trade Simulation; For Wednesday: No Homework, Current Event #4 due Friday (Focus on any article about Canada and logically, justifiably connect it to a class discussion topic, theme or focus of ours with specific examples and supporting details from the article and class)

7th: Introduce the Power of Pursuasion and continue China Notes; For Wednesday: No Homework, Current Event #4 due Friday (Focus on any article about China and logically, justifiably connect it to a class discussion topic, theme or focus of ours with specific examples and supporting details from the article and class)

12/7- ASSESSMENT DAY Session 1 8:00-10:30, Session 2 12:00-2:30

12/4- 6th: Share Successes and Challenges of Timelines, Begin Fur Traders' Simulation; For Tuesday: No Homework

7th: Forced Debate on China's Three Gorges Dam; For Tuesday: No Homework

12/3- 6th: Finish Phase 3 and start Phase 4 of Canadian Timelines; For Friday: Completed Timelines, Current Event #3 (focus on French and British tensions in Canada)

7th: Three Gorges Dam Introduction and environmental problems of a country with 1.3 billioni people; For Friday: Current Event #3 due Friday (focus on China's recent economic growth)

12/2- 6th: Begin Phase 3 of Canadian History Timelines; For Thursday: No Homework we will continue Phase 3 in class tomorrow, Current Event #3 due Friday (focus on French and British tensions in Canada)

7th: Continue Introduction to China Notes; For Thursday: No Homework, Current Event #3 due Friday (focus on China's recent economic growth)

12/1- 6th:  Review successes and challenges of beginning Canadian Timeline mini-projects, Begin Phase 2 note taking on Canada and "The American War for Independence"; For Wednesday: Phase 2 of Timeline completed (Per. 4 be sure to state the event and explain "why this event is significant"), Current Event #3 due Friday (focus on French and British tensions in Canada)

7th: Continue Notes Intro to China; For Wednesday: No Homework, Current Event #3 due Friday (focus on China's recent economic growth)

11/30- 6th: Introduce Canadian History Timeline mini-Project due Friday, Dec. 4th; For Tuesday: Pick symbol and complete Phase 1 of timeline (Per. 4 be sure to state the event and explain "why this event is significant"), Current Event #3 due Friday (focus on French and British tensions in Canada)

7th: Introduction to China notes; For Tuesday: No Homework, Current Event #3 due Friday (focus on China's recent economic growth)

11/23- 6th: Exploring Horizons: Northwest Territories and Alberta; For Monday, November 30th: No Homework

7th: Lonely Planet Guides: Pacific Islands and New Zealand; For Monday, November 30th: No Homework

11/20- 6th: Sharing Ad Campaigns for New World Settlement (Per. 3&5), New World Conquest and Settling Overview Continued (Per 4); For Monday: No Homework

7th: Exploring/Comparing the Pacific Islands through video; For Monday: No Homework

11/19- 6th: Review and Revise Colonization Reflections; For Friday: Current Event #2 due (Open Option)

7th: Last Day to work on Timlines; For Friday: Completed and Colored Timelines, Current Event #2 due (Open Option)

11/18- 6th: Early British Colonization Reading and Reflecting; For Thursday: Postcards from the New World (Per. 4&5 only); Current Event #2 due Friday (open Option)

7th: Last Day to Work on Maps; For Thursday: No Homework, Current Event #2 due Friday (Open Option)

11/17- 6th: Continue the Age of Exploration through "commercial" advertising (Per. 3 & 5), Explorer's Charaterization Reflection and Discussion (Per. 4); For Wednesday: No Homework, Current Event #2 due Friday (Open Option Focus= Pick an event from outside the US and connect it to a theme we've dicussed recently in class, IE: artifacts, influence of climates and landscapes on people, national heritage, etc...or personal interest)

7th: Begin Australia Timelines; For Wednesday: No Homework, Current Event #2 due Friday (Open Option Focus)

11/16- 6th: Introduction to the Age of Exploration (Per. 3 & 5), "Push and Pull Factors" for the Age of Exploration (Per. 4); For Tuesday: Explorers' Characterizations (Answer these questions using the Explorers' Bios and reflecting on our discussion of Push and Pull Factors: What calls someone to explore? and What type of personality does it take? Per. 4 Only); No Homework (Per. 3 & 5)

7th: Begin Australia Maps; For Tuesday: No Homework

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11/13- 6th: Finish OveReview Notes on Canada; 6G: Intro the Age of Exploration; For Monday: No Homework

7th: Dreamtime Story Board Gallery and Evaluation; For Monday: No Homework

11/12- 6th: Intro OveReview Notes on Canada; 6G: Sharing Discovery Articles, Forced Debate on Exploration and Settling "Kanata;" For Friday: Current Event #1 due (Open Option Focus= Pick an event from outside the US and connect it to a theme we've dicussed recently in class, IE: artifacts, influence of climates and landscapes on people, national heritage, etc...)

7th: Last Day to work on Dreamtime Story Boards; For Friday: Storyboards due, Current Event #1 due (Open Option Focus)

11/11- NO SCHOOL, Thank a Vetran for what they do!

11/10- ALL CLASSES: District Common Assessment #1

6th Y/C- For Thursday: No Homework, Current Event #1 due Friday (Open Option Focus= Pick an event from outside the US and connect it to a theme we've dicussed recently in class, IE: artifacts, influence of climates and landscapes on people, national heritage, etc...)

6th G- For Thursday: "Kanata" Front Page Article or Cartoon (Create a Front Page Article or Cartoon Titled: "Kanata" a New World Discovered. Both representations must do the following: 1) Describe the variation in climate & physical geography, 2) Summarize the attitudes of the "inhabitants," 3) Analyze and explain if, how, and why they'll be a valuable ally to your "country;") Current Event #1 due Friday (Open Option Focus= Pick an event from outside the US and connect it to a theme we've recently discussed in class, IE: artifacts, influence of climates and landscapes on people, national heritage, etc..., or something of personal interest)

7th- For Thusday: No Homework, Current Event #1 due Friday (Open Option Focus)

11/9- 6th: Invent-a-Map #2 Overview, Geog Your Memory Thematic Maps Style; For Tuesday: Invent-a-Map #2

7th: Geog Your Memory Thematic Maps Style; For Tuesday: No Homework

11/6- 6th: Begin Landforms Glossary Sheet; For Monday: Finish and Color Glossary

7th: Review Aborigines Before and After Europeans with Reading; For Monday: No Homework

11/5- 6th: Finish Traveler's Checklist; For Friday: Current Event #8 due (Focus on Canadian History and how artifacts help to uncover a nation's past, check class website for helpers)

7th: Continue Working on Dreamtime Storyboards, Finish Aborigines Before and After Europeans; For Friday: Current Event #8 due (Focus on Aboriginal Australia)

11/4- 6th: Traveler's Checklist Activity; For Thursday: No Homework, Current Event #8 due Friday (Focus on Canadian History and how artifacts help to uncover a nation's past, check class website for helpers)

7th: Aborigines- Before and After Europeans; For Thursday: No Homework, Current Event #8 due Friday (Focus on Aboriginal Australia)

11/3- 6th: Finish Exploring the "Universals of Native Canadian Culture"; For Wednesday: No Homework, Current Event #8 due Friday (Focus on Canadian History and how artifacts help to uncover a nation's past, check class website for helpers)

7th: Begin creating Personal Dream Time Story Boards using Australia's Aboriginal Culture readings; For Wednesday: Continue working on Dream Time Story Boards:

Pick a moral, value, or creation story of your own that we have seen or discussed in the Dream Time Stories

It must have a good/+ AND bad/- person, force or spirit

In at least 9-12 “slides” you must show: The natural world with one or more of “bush land,” animals, and/or spirits, Conflict or interaction between the + and –, 5 glossary terms from “Dust Echoes” (http://www.abc.net.au/dustechoes/dustEchoesFlash.htm)

Current Event #8 due Friday (Focus on Aboriginal Australia)

11/2- 6th: Exploring the "Universals of Native Canadian Culture"; For Tuesday: No Homework

7th: Finish Analysis of Australia's Aboriginal Culture through Dream Time Stories; For Tuesday: No Homework

10/30- 6th: Finish Canadian Artifact Exhibition; For Monday: No Homework

7th: Continue Analysis of Australia's Aboriginal Culture through Dream Time Stories; For Monday: No Homework

10/29- NO SCHOOL SNOW DAY

10/28- 6th: Candian Artifact Analysis and Exhibition; For Thursday: No Homework, Current Event #7 due Friday (Focus on Canadian History and how artifacts help to uncover a nation's past, check class website for helpers)

7th: Analyzing Australia's Aboriginal Culture through Dream Time Stories; For Thursday: No Homework, Current Event #7 due Friday (Focus on Aboriginal Australia)

10/27- 6th: Continue Candian Artifact Analysis; For Wednesday: No Homework, Current Event #7 due Friday (Focus on Canadian History and how artifacts help to uncover a nation's past, check class website for helpers)

7th: Intro to Australia Aboriginal Culture; For Wednesday: No Homework, Current Event #7 due Friday (Focus on Aboriginal Australia)

10/26- 6th: Continue Canadian Artifact Analysis; For Tuesday: No Homework

7th: World Religion Assessment; For Tuesday: No Homework

10/23- 6th: Finish Personal Artifact Sharing, Begin Canadian Artifact Analysis; For Monday: No Homework

7th: Australia and New Zealand Reading and Skits; For Monday: No Homework

10/22- 6th: Continue Analysis and Sharing of Personal Artifacts; For Friday: Current Event #6 due (Focus on Canadian Physical Geography)

7th: Introduction to Australia and the Aboriginal Culture; For Friday: Current Event #6 due (Focus on one of the World Religions we've discussed and how the article reflects your understanding of that religion)

10/21- 6th: Personal Artifact Analysis and Sharing; For Thursday: No Homework, Current Event #6 due Friday (Focus on Canadian Physical Geography)

7th: World Religion Instrumental Visual Presentation; For Thursday: No Homework, Current Event #6 due Friday (Focus on one of the World Religions we've discussed and how the article reflects your understanding of that religion)

10/20- 6th: Introduce Human Settlement in the Americas with Beringa Land Bridge; For Wednesday: Personal Artifact to share, Current Event #6 due Friday (Focus on Canadian Physical Geography)

7th: Finish Discussion on Islam, Review "What is Religion?" synthesis writing assignment; For Wednesday: What is Religion?" synthesis writing assignment complete, Current Event #6 due Friday (Focus on one of the World Religions we've discussed and how the article reflects your understanding of that religion)

10/19- 6th: Finish in class work on Canada Maps; For Tuesday: Completed Canada Map (check for spelling, accuracy, and legibility)

7th: "What is Religion?" Reading and Information Synthesis; For Tuesday: World Religion Review Questions

10/16- 6th: Begin Canada Maps; For Monday:  Work on Maps (You'll have time in class to work on them Monday but there's a lot to do and they will be due Tuesday) 6YS/Conn: Canada Fast Facts due Monday

Canada Fast Facts Questions: Answer these on your own paper, handwritten or typed but IN COMPLETE SENTENCES!

ØHow big is Canada and where does it rank in comparison to countries throughout the rest of the world?

ØWhat is the capital of Canada? And it’s largest city?

ØWhat two major European countries have a long history IN Canada?

ØWhat are Canada’s official languages?

ØWhen did Europeans begin exploring and settling Canada?

ØWhat influence does, or did, aboriginal (native) people have on Canada’s history?

ØWhat percentage of Canada’s population is considered native?

ØWhat does Canada rely heavily upon for economic stability?

ØWhat can you understand based on Canada’s economic activity?

ØDescribe your interpretation of Canada’s national Motto.

7th:  Review Christianity Web, Religious Heartland Introduction; For Monday: Islam Web

10/15- 6th: Physical Geography of Canada Hypothesis Activity; For Friday: Current Event #5 due (Focus on Canadian Physical Geography)

7th:  Finish Discussion on Hinduism, Review Judaism; For Friday: Begin Christianity Web, Current Event #5 due (Focus on one of the World Religions we've discussed and how the article reflects your understanding of that religion)

10/14- 6th: Review Essential Question Review/Discussion, Intro to Physical Geography of Canada; For Thursday: Current Event #5 due Friday (Focus on Canadian Physical Geography); 6YS/Conn: EQR Paragraph Question #2 (What does a person gain from understanding different people, places and environments?) 6GT: Canada Fast Facts Questions: Answer these on your own paper, handwritten or typed but IN COMPLETE SENTENCES!

ØHow big is Canada and where does it rank in comparison to countries throughout the rest of the world?

ØWhat is the capital of Canada? And it’s largest city?

ØWhat two major European countries have a long history IN Canada?

ØWhat are Canada’s official languages?

ØWhen did Europeans begin exploring and settling Canada?

ØWhat influence does, or did, aboriginal (native) people have on Canada’s history?

ØWhat percentage of Canada’s population is considered native?

ØWhat does Canada rely heavily upon for economic stability?

ØWhat can you understand based on Canada’s economic activity?

ØDescribe your interpretation of Canada’s national Motto.

7th: Review Hinduism Web; For Thursday: Begin Judaism Web, Current Event #5 due Friday (Focus on one of the World Religions we've discussed and how it reflects your understanding of the religion)

10/13- 6th: Finish Atlas Packet Review; For Wednesday: Current Event #5 due Friday (Focus on Canadian Physical Geography) 6GT- EQR Paragraph Question #2 (What does a person gain from understanding different people, places and environments?)

7th: Finish Introduction to Buddhism; For Wednesday: Hinduism Web

10/12- 6th: Review/ Trade&Grade Atlas Packet; For Tuesday: No Homework

7th: Introduction to Buddhism; For Tuesday: Begin Buddhism Web

10/9- NO SCHOOL

10/8- 6th: STUCO Class Representative Voting, Finish Map Analysis Activity; For Monday:  No Homework

7th: STUCO Class Representative Voting, Defining World Religion Graphic Organizers; For Monday: No Homework

10/7- 6th: Map Analysis Activity; For Thursday: No Homework

7th: Finish Review of reading on the purpose of religion; For Thursday: No Homework

10/6- 6th: Finish Atlas Activity Packet; For Wednesday: No Homework; 6GT- Finish Atlas Packet if needed

7th: Continue Review of reading on the purpose of religion; For Wednesday: No Homework

10/5- 6th: Introduction to Atlas Activity; For Tuesday: No Homework

7th: Review of reading on the purpose of religion; For Tuesday: No Homework

10/2- 6th: Mid-Term Progress Report Grade Conferences, Latitude & Longitude Review; For Monday: No Homework

7th: Mid-Term Progress Report Grade Conferences, Religion Readings and Summary Practice; For Monday: No Homework

10/1- 6th: Finish Latitude & Longitude Skill Builder; For Friday: Current Event #4 due (Focus on the Tools or Skills of Geography in action/practice in the real world)

7th: Maps of the World Religions; For Friday: Current Event #4 due (Focus on the a Hidden Aspect of Culture)

9/30- 6th: Latitude and Longitude Skill Builder; For Thursday: No Homework, Current Event #4 due Friday (Focus on the Tools or Skills of Geography in action/practice in the real world)

7th: Intro to World Religions; For Thursday: No Homework, Current Event #4 due Friday (Focus on the a Hidden Aspect of Culture)

9/29- 6th: 5 Themes of Geography Silent Charades; For Wednesday: No Homework, Current Event #4 due Friday (Focus on the Tools or Skills of Geography in action/practice in the real world)

7th- Geog Your Memory; For Wednesday: No Homework, Current Event #4 due Friday (Focus on a Hidden Aspect of Culture)

9/28- 6th: Finish Intro to 5 Themes of Geography; For Tuesday: No Homework, Current Event #4 due Friday

7th: Finish Cultural Iceberg Discussion with Forced Debate; For Tuesday: No Homework, Current Event #4 due Friday

9/25- 6th: Latitude and Longitude Practice; For Monday: No Homework

7th: Cultural Iceberg Flash Fiction; For Monday: No Homework; Finish Flash Fiction if needed

9/24- 6th: Continue Intro of the 5 Themes of Geography; For Friday: Current Event #3 due Friday (Human Environment Interaction Focus)

7th: Continue Cultural Iceberg Discussion; For Friday: Current Event #3 due Friday (Open Country Choice, no US, with a focus on it reflecting the Universals of Culture)

9/23- 6th: Continue Intro of the 5 Themes of Geography; For Thursday: No Homework, Current #3 due Friday (Human Environment Interaction Focus)

7th: Cultural Iceberg Discussion; For Thursday: Personal Cultural Iceberg Model; Current Event #3 due Friday (Open Country Choice, no US, with a focus on it reflecting the Universals of Culture)

9/22- 6th: Finish Reading Questions and Intro the 5 Themes of Geography; For Wednesday: Finish Questions if necessary, Current Event #3 due Friday (Human Environment Interaction Focus)

7th: Review and Check Latitude and Longitude Skill Builder; For Wednesday: No Homework; Current Event #3 due Friday (Open Country Choice, no US, with a focus on it reflecting the Universals of Culture)

9/21- 6th: Reading and Questions on the Uses of Geography; For Tuesday: No Homework, Current #3 due Friday

7th: Latitude and Longitude Skill Builder; For Tuesday: No Homework, Current #3 due Friday

9/18- NO CLASSES; TEACHER IN-SERVICE DAY

9/17- ALL CLASSES: Constitution Day Activity; For Monday:  No Homework

9/16- 6th: Sharing and Class Evaluations of Challenges; For Thursday: No Homework

7th: 5 Theme Poster Gallery and Evaluations; For Thursday: No Homework

9/15- 6th: Finish Creating Challenges Activity; For Wednesday: Finish Challenges if not done in class

7th: Finish 5 Theme Posters; For Wednesday: 5 Theme Posters if not done in class

9/14- 6th: Discussion on Meeting Challenges; For Tuesday: Created Team, Pairs and Individual Challenges (Your task is to create a challenge designed for each of the following: an individual, a paring of two and a team of 3 or more. This challenge must be both a reasonable physical challenge and mental challenge. You all now have expert experience in seeing how challenges are overcome positively and failed negatively. Keep these things in mind when you design yours. It can be anything you’d like it to be, within reason. Think of the experiences you encountered last week, what you create can be a variation of those experiences. The following 4 “MUSTS” must be included with your challenges:—A challenge title—What purpose/goal you challenge serves (EX: teambuilding, communication, trust, teamwork etc…) explained in a paragraph. —A detailed description (and drawing if you’d like) of the rules and guidelines for the challenge and step by step instructions of what the challenge will look like as it’s done; including all necessary materials, space needed and time and anything else essential explained in at least two paragraphs. —A list of 5 questions that review the purpose of your challenge and discuss its value/benefits.One page per challenge, 3 pages in all, handwritten) due at the end of the period Tuesday

7th: Continue Work on 5 Theme Posters (due at the end of tomorrow's class); For Tuesday: Poster Board/Paper to work on

9/8- 6th Grade: OE PLANNING all day; For Wednesday: No Homework

7th Grade: Readings from The World and Its People; For Wednesday: Prep for Test on Friday

9/4- 6th Grade: Discussion on Weather Patterns and 'Reasons for the Seasons'; For Tuesday: No Homework

7th Grade: Continue Five Theme Team Silent Charades; For Tuesday: No Homework

9/3- 6th Grade: Survival Map Practice; For Friday: Current Event #2 due (same Outdoor Ed focus as last week)

7th: Five Theme Team Silent Charades; For Friday: Current Event #2 due (open option focus, but find relevant connection to class discussions)

9/2- 6th Grade: Finish Invent-a-Survival Map; For Thursday: Invent-a-Survival Map, Current Event #2 due Friday (with the same focus as last week)

7th Grade: Finish 5 Themes of Geography notes; For Thursday: No Homework, Current Event #2 due Friday (open option focus, but find relevant connection to class discussions)

9/1- NO CLASSES- ASSESSMENT DAY

8/31- NO CLASSES- ASSESSMENT DAY

8/28- 6th Grade: Invent-a-Survival Map, Monday and Tuesday are Assessment Days so we will not have regular class those days; For Wednesday: No Homework, OUTDOOR ED FORMS, FEES AND SNACKS ARE DUE NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH

7th Grade: Finish Five Themes of Geography Notes, Monday and Tuesday are Assessment Days so we will not have regular class those days; For Wednesday: No Homework

8/27- 6th Grade: The Purpose of Outdoor Ed. Discussion, "Geog Your Rocky Mountain Memory"; For Friday: Current Event #1 due

7th Grade: Introduction Notes on The Five Themes of Geography; For Friday: Current Event #1 due

8/26- ALL CLASSES: Review Multiple Intelligences Surveys and Meanings; For Thursday:  No Homework, Current Event #1 due Friday; 6th Grade Parents Please See Outdoor Education page (link is near the bottom of this page) for information regarding kids that show flu like symptoms prior to leaving on the 9th for High Peaks Camp 

8/24- 6th: Finish Current Event Example, Begin Invent-a-Map Activity; For Tuesday: National Geographic reading and (using the reading to generate some ideas) a one paragraph response to each of the Essential Questions: What responsibilities do humans have to the natural world? and How can understanding the natural world help us better understand ourselves?; Current Event #1 due Friday

7th: Finish Current Event Example and Begin Invent-a-Map Activity; For Tuesday: Three paragraph response to both Essential Questions: Why is geographical knowledge important to societal progress? and What does a society gain from understanding different people, places, and environments? Brainstorm a list of ideas for each and then organize them into a three paragraph response that addresses both questions; Current Event #1 due Friday

8/21- ALL CLASSES: Introduce Current Events Format and Guidelines, Multiple Intelligences Survey Handed Out; Homework for Monday: Completed MI Survey and Monday is the last day to turn in a signed syllabus

8/20- ALL CLASSES: Review class syllabus and expectations, Discussion on "What is History (6th grade)/Geography" (7th grade); Homework for Friday: Signed signature page from syllabus

8/19- ALL CLASSES: WELCOME BACK and INTRODUCTIONS ACTIVITY; Homework for Thursday: NONE 

8/25-  6th Grade: Essential Question Discussion, Finish Invent-a-Map Activity; For Wednesday: Parts III & IV of Multiple Intelligence Survey, Current Event #1 due Friday check class website for article ideas

7th Grade: Essential Question Discussion, Finish Invent-a-Map Activity; For Wednesday: Parts III & IV of Multiple Intelligence Survey, Current Event #1 due Friday check class website for article ideas