How to Create a Bio-Cube

How to Create a Bio-Cube (5.24 - 5.31)

As we study Alexander the Great this week, you will learn a lot about him and the influence he has had on history.

After completing the daily assignment, so that you can ace the exit ticket, you will be creating a Bio Cube about his life and adding a little more to it each day as we learn more.

Here are the directions for how to do this:

1. Go to Cube Creator

2. Enter your name where it asks you to and then click on "Bio Cube"

3. From there, you will enter all the information where you are asked to do so. You should use the book and your notes to complete ALL the questions.

4. If you need to save your Cube for later, click on "Save" in the upper right hand corner. Then enter the name of your cube, and click "Save" again.

5. To find your saved work the next day, you should click on the "Apps" icon on the bottom left part of your screen. Then, click "Files" and your cube should be there!

6. Once you have completed all the the items that are asked for, click "Finish"

7. Then, click "Share Final".
     To name your file, put "Your Name - Alexander"
     Then add my e-mail address (wbuck@kippjax.org)
     Then your e-mail address
     And click "Send"

That's it! Great job!

Chapter 31

Monday - June 3rd

Year in Review: Hunters/Gatherers

Aim:

KWBAT describe the effects that Greece has had on modern literature and government

Today's Video: Democracy
Today's Reading: 31.1, 31.2, 31.3
Today's Classwork:

Tuesday - June 4th

Year in Review: The Fertile Crescent

Aim:

KWBAT describe the effects that Greece has had on modern medicine and math

Today's Video: Pythagoras
Today's Reading: 31.4 and 31.5
Today's Classwork:

Wednesday - June 5th

Year in Review: Ancient Egypt

Aim: KWBAT describe the effects that Greece has had on modern astronomy and geography.
Today's Video: Homer
Today's Reading: 31.6 and 31.7
Today's Classwork:

Thursday - June 6th

Year in Review: Ancient India

Aim:

KWBAT describe the effects that Greece has had on modern biology and architecture

Today's Video: You Earned It
Today's Reading: 31.8 and 31.9
Today's Classwork:

Friday - June 7th

Year in Review: Ancient China

Aim:

KWBAT describe the effects that Greece has had on modern theater and sports

Today's Video: History of the Olympics
Today's Reading: 31.10 and 31.11
Today's Classwork:

Chapter 30

Friday, May 24th

Aim: KWBAT describe what caused Alexander to come to power

Today's Video: Alexander The Great
Today's Reading: 30.1, 30.2, 30.3
Today's Classwork:

Wednesday, May 30th

Aim: KWBAT explain how Alexander spread his influence

Today's Video: Alexander the Great

Today's Reading: 30.4 and 30.5

Today's Classwork:

Thursday, May 30th

Aim: KWBAT describe changes to Greek culture as they absorbed conquered societies

Today's Video: More of Alexander

Today's Reading: 30.6 and 30.7

Today's Classwork:

Friday, May 31st

Aim: KWBAT describe what caused the fall of Alexander’s empire

Today's Video: Fall of Alexander

Today's Reading: 30.8 and Chapter Summary

Today's Classwork:

 

 

 

 

 

Chapter 29

Thursday, May 23rd

Aim: KWBAT describe the accomplishments of Greece during their Golden Age

Today's Video: Golden Age of Greece
 
Today's Reading: Chapter 29 - clearly, you won't be able to do all this yourself. Pick a team to work with, split up the sections, and TEACH each other about the Golden Age of Greece. Your Social Intelligence will be tested today!

Today's Classwork:

Monday, May 20th

We Reallllllllly Need to Say Thank You!

Today is our chance to make sure that the people that gave us these computers know how grateful we are.

Here is a little bit about the organization that helped us so much!
Donorschoose

A key part of what makes Donorschoose work is that students write thank you letters for what they receive from the donors.
We have written a few letters this year, mostly for the books that we have received, and you guys have written some really nice letters.

But NOW, we need to blow the doors off this thing. This gift that we received was $13,000 worth of books, so needless to say, we really have to bring it today!!!!!

What We Need:

We need thank you letters, or stories, or poems...that clearly explain how these computers have helped us this year. You can choose how you want to create your thank you!

We need letters written to Alyssa, Mr. Rutel, and LT. JG Knott. You can write to one of these people, or all three.

What are the Requirements?

Your thank you should include ALL of the following elements:
-Background information about who you are and what you hope to do in the future.
-A clear explanation of how we use the computers in class. It would also be impressive if you were able to compare/contrast our class before the computers with what it is like after we have them.
-You need to tell the donor how it makes you feel to know that they cared enough about your education to donate money to our cause.

How will I do it?

Just like we did on Friday, we will use Google Docs to create the thank you. You can do a story, or a poem, or a letter. Make sure that everything is spelled correctly, and that you have carefully proofread your letter.
If you need to, you can go back to last week's blog entry for a refresher on how to send the letter to me so that I can print it off and mail it.
Here is a sample letter that you can look at to structure yours:

 

 

KEEP AN EYE ON THE TIME!!!

DO YOUR BEST!!! THIS WAS A HUGE GIFT!!!

How to Create an Online Timeline

Creating a Persian War Timeline

1. Go to Preceden

2. Click on the "Sign Up For Free in Seconds" icon
   -Then click "Sign Up Now and Complete Your First Timeline"

3. Complete the following information

USERNAME: pick a username you will easily remember
E-Mail Address: use your KIPP e-mail address
Password: kippster
Confirm password: kippster

Then select that you are a middle school student doing a project.

Then click "Create Account"

4. You will then get a chance to take a tour of the site, which will show you what to do. Take this tour, it is very helpful!!!

5. The first thing on the tour is to name your timeline. It should have Persian Wars in it.

6. Then, you will follow the directions to add your first event. The first event should be the rise of Darius to King of Persia.

Name: Darius become king of Persia
Layer: Main
Start: 522 BCE
End: 521 BCE
Notes: include any important biographical information about Darius

-Then click "Add"

7. After your first event, you should add ALL the major events of the Persian Wars that are highlighted in Chapter 28.

If you want to go above and beyond, you can go to THIS LINK ONLY!!!!
More on the Persian Wars

8. Once you are done, click the "Share" icon at the bottom of the page. Select "E-Mail" and then e-mail it to wbuck@kippimpact.com.

HAVE FUN!!!!!

Chapter 28

Song of the Week: http://www.flocabulary.com/ancient-greece/

user: wbuck@kippjax.org     password: pepper05

Lyrics

Causes of the Persian Wars (Mon)

Today's aim is:

KWBAT describe the causes of the Persian Wars

Let this guide your note taking as you work on the video and the reading today.

Also keep in mind that you will be writing a piece of historical fiction at the end of the week. Your story will be from the perspective of someone fighting in the Persian Wars, and you will want a lot of detail in your story to keep your reader entertained!

 Today's Video: Causes of War

Today's Reading Assignment: 28.1 and 28.2

Today's Classwork (please complete on a separate piece of paper)

The Battle of Marathon (Tue)

Today's aim is:

KWBAT describe the effects of the Battle of Marathon

Let this guide your note taking as you work on the video and the reading today.

Also keep in mind that you will be writing a piece of historical fiction at the end of the week. Your story will be from the perspective of someone fighting in the Persian Wars, and you will want a lot of detail in your story to keep your reader entertained!

Today's Video: The Battle of Marathon
Today's Reading: 28.3
Today's Classwork:

The History of Marathons

The Battle of Thermopylae (Wed)

A little comic relief to start
Horrible Histories

Today's aim is:

KWBAT describe the effects of the Battle of Thermopylae

Let this guide your note taking as you work on the video and the reading today.

Also keep in mind that you will be writing a piece of historical fiction at the end of the week. Your story will be from the perspective of someone fighting in the Persian Wars, and you will want a lot of detail in your story to keep your reader entertained!

Today's Reading: 28.4
Today's Classwork:

Once you have completed the work of the day, you might find this video helpful:
Boring, But Informative :-)

The Battles of Salamis and Plataea (Thurs) 

Today's aim is:

KWBAT describe the effects of the Battles of Salamis and Plataea

Let this guide your note taking as you work on the video and the reading today.

Also keep in mind that you will be writing a piece of historical fiction at the end of the week. Your story will be from the perspective of someone fighting in the Persian Wars, and you will want a lot of detail in your story to keep your reader entertained!

Do the reading first! Trust me!
Today's Reading: 28.5 and 28.6
Today's Classwork:

If you have time, this is a good video, it's just long. You DEFINITELY need to do the reading first.
The Battle of Salamis

How to Create a Google Document (Friday)

This Friday, you have a chance to pur all of your typing practice to work. You will do this by writing a historical fiction story about the Persian Wars.

Here are some suggesions about the topic of your story:
-you could focus on a particular battle and really describe it in detail
-you could pretend you were a soldier who fought in all the battles, telling his family about his adventures
-you could write from the perspective of the Persians, talking about why you were fighting the Persian Wars (This video can help if you choose this one)
-you can write from the perspective of one of tthe famous leaders in these wars (Darius, Militiades, Xerxes, Leonidas, etc.)

To get started:

1. Click on the Apps icon on the bottom left side of the screen (he same one we used to make our Slides)
2. Click on the icon that says Google Docs
3. Type your story
4. Remember!!!! Keep both hands on the keyboard and practice typing correctly! This is a great opportunity!
5. At the end of the period, send me what you wrote by clicking the blue Share icon in the upper right-hand corner of your screen. Where it says "Add people", type my e-mail address (wbuck@kippimpact.com) and click Done.

How To Create a Google Slides Presentation

Directions

  Please follow these directions carefully, as they will help you create a very basic Slide presentation. Hopefully, you will want to go beyond basic though. To do that, I encourage you to experiment with features of the program, and you should not be afraid to make a mistake on this assignment! 

  Also, the best Quizlets I received were from people that go help from their classmates. You all are very talented, and by helping each other out, you can create greatness!

1. In the bottom left of your screen, click on the Apps box (it is 9 small, grey cubes). A menu of choices will pop up.

2. Look for the icon that says Google Slides (it's yellow) and click to open it.

3. Next, choose a theme. You can choose the one that you like best. Then click "OK".

4. In the Slides toolbar, look for where it says Layout. When you click on it, it will give you several choices. Pick Title and Two Columns. It will be the best choice for us since we are comparing and contrasting Athens and Sparta.

5. Where it says Click to Add Title, you will put the title of your slide. The titles of your slides should be:

Geography           Government             Economy             Education          Treatment of Women and Slaves

6. Underneath the title, it will say Click to Add Text. In those two columns is where you will compare and contrast Athens and Sparta. The information you provide should highlight what similarities these two city-states had, and what differences they had.

7. After you complete a slide, you should click the red icon with the plus sign in the upper left-hand corner. This will give you a new slide to work on.

8. My advice is that you get the basics of the presentation done before you start adding extras. When you have done all five slides, and compared/contrasted Athens and Sparta thoroughly, you should then start experimenting with other features of Google Slides. Remember, trial and error is a beautiful, important thing!

9. When you are ready to submit your presentation to me, click the blue Share icon in the upper right side of the screen. Then, where it says Add People, put my e-mail address (wbuck@kippimpact.com) and then click Done.