  Houston Chronicle July 8, 2020 
All work must be turned in by Monday, May 18th at 3:00pm. Today is the last day. To help you determine what you might be missing and how to quickly find it, look on the the parent/student portal to see what you are missing. The link is: https://www.houstonisd.org/domain/11001 Look at the attachment below to determine how to complete what you are missing. The 4 non- portfolio assignments must be submitted by 3 pm to my e-mail address only at gheningt@houstonisd.org At 3pm I will collect final work submitted from Active Classroom for your Active Classroom portfolio grade. Remember, clicking completed in the HUB is not proof of completion.
How do people become champions? What can you do improve your "game" in any area? Take a look att this TED talk to to ind out. We received word from Mrs. Hoffman today that all work must be turned in by Monday, May 18th at 3:00pm. To help you determine what you might be missing and how to quickly find it, look on the the parent/student portal to see what you are missing. The link is: https://www.houstonisd.org/domain/11001 Look at the attachment below to determine how to complete what you are missing.
Today, more than ever, we need leaders who have the courage to do the right things - even if that means they may pay a price politically. In the movie, "Darkest Hour" the director included a scene in a subway in London that, historically, never occurred. The new Prime Minister, Winston Churchill has to go to Parliament to rally his party and then with oratory, persuade the other. The choice that his party was demanding was to sue for peace with Hitler and the Nazis, hoping for favorable terms. This would mean the end of the British democracy. The other option was to fight back in a costly war that would cause many deaths and great destruction. His instinct was to try to save democracy and oppose the tyranny of Facism. What should he do? In the scene, he even quotes a British poet from the previous century, Thomas Macaulay, who wrote about the courage some of the ancient Romans showed during an invasion by the Gauls:
“Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the temples of his gods” ― Thomas Babington Macaulay, Lays of Ancient Rome How will you act when facing a difficult right choice and an easier wrong one? Think of nurses and doctors who risked their likes daily to go into COVID-19 wards to try to save as many lives as possible. They joined Horatius on the gate to defend against the enemy. UNIT 5 - THE ARC OF HISTORY (EUROPE) Key Concept: Change Related Concept(s): Innovation, Revolution Global Context: Scientific and Technical Innovation Statement of Inquiry: Scientific and technical innovation can lead to change in a society. Notes 5.9 – Feudalism in Europe Factual Question – What is a guild? Conceptual Question – How does feudalism relate to the fall of the Roman Empire? Debatable Question – Did the Christian Church of this period slow down the development of European scientific inquiry? This lesson draws upon existing classroom resources and is intended to give you the student the courtyard wall walk that we normally do at school a digital face (see picture below). It is intended to begin giving you context for the Scientific Revolution that we will discuss next week. All of this will help with your summative project for the unit later this month. First Update the Table of Contents on page 6 of your interactive notebook and the vocabulary primer index on page 4 (see TOC). Second - Add and complete the entry for the following terms on page 20 in the Vocabulary Primer – guild, feudalism (see TOC) Third – Print and Glue In or Write –the Notes on pp. 68-69 (see below). Fourth – Complete the five reading sections at Active Classroom. You can add to your notes on page 69 if you wish. When done click submit in Active Classroom only. Remember that I am NOT checking the HUB, only Active Classroom for indication that you have completed the module.The link is https://www.activeclassroom.com/lti/launch?acr=AL-102734 Practice your citizenship – Continue watching CNN 10 at https://www.cnn.com/cnn10 Write a question for each story in the last pages of your interactive notebook, where we used to write our DO NOW question.
You need to fill out your course selection sheet for next year to receive THE classes that you want at TanglewooD MS7th GRADE COURSE SELECTION:
https://forms.gle/nkg5BGzc8omutG89A The office worker application is also an online form. You will need to fill that out when you turn in your course selection form. Students applying for office worker must also have two teacher recommendations: one from a core foundation teacher and the other from a core enrichment teacher. It is the your responsibility to ask you for this recommendation and forward you the link to the online form. Here is a link to the online recommendation (just in case): https://forms.gle/QjkpuBi6ny6pXt787. Please have students contact Mrs. Phillips or Mr. Gribbins with any questions. The deadline for submission is next Friday, May 15.  Students from a previous school year participating in the Roman Invention Wall-Walk. UNIT 5 - THE ARC OF HISTORY (EUROPE) Key Concept: Change Related Concept(s): Innovation, Revolution Global Context: Scientific and Technical Innovation Statement of Inquiry: Scientific and technical innovation can lead to change in a society. Notes 5.8 – What did the Romans Invent? Factual Question – What is a an aqueduct? Conceptual Question – How does the building of roads affect the development of a society? Debatable Question – Why focus on Roman inventions when other world civilizations developed many significant inventions as well? This lesson draws upon existing classroom resources and is intended to give you the student the courtyard wall walk that we normally do at school a digital face (see picture below). It is intended to begin giving you exposure to scientific and innovative ideas for your summative project for the unit later this month. First - Update the Table of Contents on page 6 of your interactive notebook and the vocabulary primer index on page 4 (see Gallery below). Second - Add and complete the entry for the following terms on page 20 in the Vocabulary Primer – aqueduct, Roman Arch, keystone (see Gallery below) Third – Print or Draw – the lotus diagram for the Notes on pp. 66-67 (see example below if you don’t have a printer). Fourth - Create your Lotus notes from the 8 reading selections on Roman inventions below (see below). One invention per box. Practice your citizenship – Continue watching CNN 10 at https://www.cnn.com/cnn10 Write a question for each story in the last pages of your interactive notebook, where we used to write our DO NOW question.
Many of you may not know that the Apple iPhone, iPad or Mac that you use was the result of a specific series of events in the life of an inventor named Steve Jobs. This is his commencement speech at Stanford University in 2004. He had, at that point, survived pancreatic cancer and being fired by the corporate board of Apple. This is how he survived and helped create the devices you use today. www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die |
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