Wednesday 28 September 2011

Socials 8 - Sept. 28, 2011

-Homework check - Roman Empire questions #1-8 due
-went over answers in class
-discussed how the fall of the Roman Empire related to the movie clip from "Lean on Me".
-students wrote a paragraph on how they thought that Western Europe would be able to climb out of the chaos that it faced after the Fall of the Roman Empire.
-as a class, we discussed some ways in which religion can impact society

-introduced current events project
-together, we summarized a news article as an example
-students worked in the library to complete two more news article summaries
-First 3 current events articles due:  Wednesday Oct. 6