9-23 Finished unit on Psychology . Covered Psychoanalysis and Behavioral Psychology. Discussed the difference between classical conditioning and operant conditioning. Told classes that one of the questions on the test is to compare the two kinds of conditioning. Notes are on the flip chart.
Remember you need to have an understanding of psychology to complete the CBA in 3rd quarter. If you did not do well on the first test, you can retake it. There are 22 geography tests during the year.
9-28 we watched the first part of the documentary called "Death in Gaza." Test questions are posted for the psychology test.
9-29 watched more of the movie. Books are now available. Get your book now!!!!!
9-30 Everyone present was reminded that all of the information needed for the test is on the website. Any questions will be answered at the beginning of class.
10-13 took the test on South central Asia and its cultural roots.
10-14 Discussed new developments in test schedule. Started notes on Ottoman empire that should include notes on: the navy, define Sultan, caliph and Janissaries, Notes on European land taken, and religious tolerance.
10-15 took notes and discussed the Ottoman Siege of Constantinople. The Siege and its effects will need to be explained on the Gunpowder Empires test. There is a flipchart with maps and drawings. Notes will be tomorrow. The flipchart I used to talk about the Ottomans is here.
10-16 I gave out notes on yesterdays lecture that can be found in the Gunpowder Empires flipchart. I also added the information about Persian Empire also found on the same flip chart. The test questions are on the test schedule page.
10-19 reviewed for the test
10-20 TEST
10-21- went over supply and demand. The examples given were for candy bars and haircuts. It is the unit on Economics as one of the Social Science perspectives. There is a flipchart available that shows the chart. Define market, supply, and demand and have the ability to recreate the chart that shows the relationship between supply and demand. Test Friday.
10-22 Discussed pooling the classes money together to start a lawn mower company. Each person ( assuming that there are 30 people) gives one name of a person who agrees to have their lawn mowed two times a month for 25$. Each person also gives 100$ to invest in a lawn mower. We hire a middle school kid to mow the lawns at 5$ a lawn. He will need to mow 30 lawns twice a month making 60 jobs a month. If you do the math you will see that we will bring in 750$ a month. That is our gross income. We will need to pay the kid 300$ (our cost) to mow the lawns (60 jobs times 5$). That leaves us 450 dollars (this is our net income). we can split that up each month (450$ divided by 30=15$ a month) This would be called your dividend. You get 15$ a month and you still own 1/30th of the company ( you own one share of the stock in the company). Even though you bought the share in the company for 100$, it is only worth what people will pay for it. we could also not take a dividend pay-out and invest the 450 in our company. If we do a good job, this investment will make our stock worth more. If we choose to sell our share of the stock we can get more money from it.
10-26 Started taking notes from Chapter 6 section one. Introduced first countries in South East Asia . Flipchart started
10-27 Finished map of southeast Asia. Maps done for each class, so look for the one that you can read the best. Countries plus island names: Sumatra, Java, New Guinea, Borneo. Malay Peninsula and the Annamite mountains are also included.
Country list Burma/ Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, Singapore, East Timor.
10-28 Worked out of Chapter 6 section one. Two column notes detailing the technology used by Europeans (page 211). The rest of section one needs to be read.
10-29 and 10-30 Read in class the first chapter of The Indian Givers. Find out what it is like to be a Native American and still mining for Europeans. Tally up the amount of gold and silver mined over time.
11-02-06 Set Friday as the next test date. See the test schedule for specifics. End of the quarter is Thursday. All missing tests need to be taken as grades will go out soon. We went over the first part of chapter six section one. I give notes for the first two parts and showed what was important.
11-3 Review the map of southeast Asia and began a discussion of the Austronesian people
11-4 took notes on chapter 6 section one. They are in the flipchart under that name
up to 11-17 continued to take notes on chapter six. Notes are under the flip chart of that name.
11-17 scheduled next two tests. Reviewed information need for the test this Friday.