John Adams

"Children are our best natural resource..."
--Herbert Hoover

Friday, September 25, 2020

Week 7: Sept. 28 -Oct 2, 2k20

Ms. Jordan’s Students: 
Meeting ID: 880 938 770

Mr. Barry's Students: Social Studies with Mr. B!
Link: Zoom Link - Click Me!
Meeting ID: 920 2495 7857

Monday, Sept. 28 - No School - Yom Kippur
Tuesday, Sept. 29 - 10 AM Late Start - Yom Kippur

Day 1
In Class:  Election Unit 2k20 - Election Unit Doc I -  Going over types of government in Guided Notes
-Autocracy
-Monarchy
-Dictatorship
-Democracy
-Representative Democracy
-Direct Democracy
-Oligarchy
-Theocracy
-Anarchy 
-What type of government works best? Why?
HW:  None!

Day 2
In Class:  Pages 2-3 of the Guided Notes on government! -- Who are these Thomas Hobbes and John Locke guys and what were their ideas?
-Natural Rights
-State of Nature
-Social Contract
HW:  None!

Day 3
In Class:  The foundations of American government -- Articles of Confederation - Introduction to the US Constitution's Article II which creates the Executive Branch
HW:  Democrat or Republican? Answer the following Google Form Q's with your parents this weekend.  It should only take you ten minutes.  Enjoy! 

Articles of Confederation Flick

Articles of Confederation and GEORGIA flick!




Friday, September 18, 2020

Week 6: Sept. 21-25, 2k20

Ms. Jordan’s Students: Ms. Jordan's Zoom - Click Me!
Meeting ID: 880 938 770

Mr. Barry's Students: Social Studies with Mr. B!
Link: Zoom Link - Click Me!
Meeting ID: 920 2495 7857

Day 1
In Class:
Continue with Geography Unit
-Emigration or Immigration? -- (Click Me!) Chapter reading and answering the Q's in the Guided Notes then going over them in class
-Oil: The resource of all resources these days.  Read the chapter and answer the questions in your guided notes then going over them in class

Day 2
In Class:  Finish any discussion about Oil and dive into our next BIG unit:  Election 2k20 Doc -- Guided Notes
-What is government?
-Can people live without a government?
-What is the best form of government?
-Why does government exist?
-What role does government play in society?
-Can a government become too big or fail its people?
-How does a government do its best for all citizens?

Day 3
-What are the different types of government?
-Basic vocab:  autocracy, monarchy, theocracy, democracy, representative democracy, direct democracy, dictatorship, oligarchy, junta, anarchy, state of nature, social contract, tabula rasa, natural rights...

Friday, September 11, 2020

Week 5 - Sept. 14-18, 2k20

Ms. Jordan’s Students: Ms. Jordan's Zoom - Click Me!
Meeting ID: 880 938 770

Mr. Barry's Students : Social Studies with Mr. B!
Link: Zoom Link - Click Me!
Meeting ID: 920 2495 7857

Day 1
In Class:  
Continue with Geography Unit and fill out the Guided Notes packet as we go!  This Guided Notes packet is a HW grade due at the end of the unit.
-Consumption -- Food consumption
-GDP -- What is Gross Domestic Product?
-How would a nation have a larger GDP than other nations?
-Food consumption
HW:  None!

Day 2
In Class:  
Continue with Geography Unit and fill out the Guided Notes packet as we go!  This Guided Notes packet is a HW grade due at the end of the unit.
-Food and Energy Consumption in the world!
-Farming!  Yay!  Farming!

HW:  None!

Day 3
In Class: Farming continued...Food Maps that Explain America -- Possible the Water Cycle!
HW:  None! 

Friday, September 4, 2020

Week 4 - Sept. 7-11, 2k20

Zoom Information

Ms. Jordan’s Students: Ms. Jordan's Zoom - Click Me!
Meeting ID: 880 938 770

Mr. Barry's Students : Social Studies with Mr. B! 
Link: Zoom Link - Click Me!
Meeting ID: 920 2495 7857

Day 1
In Class: 
Continue with Geography Unit and fill out the Guided Notes packet as we go!  This Guided Notes packet is a HW grade due at the end of the unit.
-Why do people live where they live?
-Why are cities where they are?
-Why is public transit in the United States so rotten compared to the rest of the world!?
Why people live where they live flick
Why are cities where they are flick
Why is public transit in the US so rotten flick

Day 2
In Class:  Continue with Geography Unit and fill out the Guided Notes packet as we go!  This Guided Notes packet is a HW grade due at the end of the unit.
-Gentrification



-Economic Activity
-Consumption!
HW:  Explain the effects of gentrification.  Do you believe gentrification has more benefits for an area/people or does more harm to the area/people?  Use specific examples from our discussion in your answer.  Do not write in First Person.  MLA Format, typed, 12 Font, Times New Roman, double-spaced, one-inch margins.  The minimum amount is one paragraph.  HW Grade Assignment is out of 100 pts graded in 5 point increments due by Friday at the end of the day. 


Day 3
In Class:  Continue with Geography Unit and fill out the Guided Notes packet as we go!  This Guided Notes packet is a HW grade due at the end of the unit.
-Starvation
-Consumption - Food and Energy
HW:  None!