daily update – January 5

Social Studies 7

Mesopotamia

Assignment: Hammurabi’s Law. Write a descriptive paragraph describing the application of one of Hammurabi’s laws in Mesopotamian society.

OR

In a paragraph, describe how life would be different in modern society without the following innovations: Engineering, Farming Technology, Astronomy, Mathematics, Writing, & Laws

 

English 7

Fears & Phobias

Read short story, “Fear” (Nelson Literacy 7b) p. 72; respond to the story in Literature Response Journals using Reading Power strategies.

 

Social Studies 8

Europe’s Late Middle Ages

Read “Trade and Town” pp. 149-155 Pathways text

Assignment: Trade & Town questions (worksheet)

 

Math 7

Decimals

3.9: Expressing Fractions as Decimals and 3.10: Expressing Decimals as Fractions

See Khan’s Academy demo lessons:

Fractions & Decimals:
http://www.khanacademy.org/video/decimals-and-fractions?playlist=Developmental+Math

Converting Fractions to Decimals:
http://www.khanacademy.org/video/converting-fractions-to-decimals-example?playlist=Developmental+Math