Foreign Aid Application template

Click here to go the the google docs template for the Foreign Aid Application. Once you open it, follow the directions on the top to make a copy of it. If you don't make a copy you will ruin the template!!  When you are done typing your application, share it with me to submit it.

Make sure you use proper grammar and spelling when you fill out the application.  It is also a final draft, so you should read through it before submitting to make sure it sounds good!

Country Presentation Template

The link above takes you to the template of the powerpoint you need to use for your country presentation. The order and information of each slide need to stay the same, however, the creative elements of the powerpoint are up to each student.

World Regions Guide

World Regions Guide

Globalization Good or Bad?

Here are two videos that look at sweatshops to help you gather information for forming your opinion.  Please comment on the each video after you watch it.

Parkside Reading Survey 2012

Click here to take the Reading Survey

Globalization: What is it?

Current Events and Critical Thinking

Following the news and understanding global issues take a great deal of critical thinking.  Many times, current issues occurring evoke great emotion in us and create a desire in us to help the situation. But, we must always remember to not take for fact everything we see and hear. We need to think critically about what we see and hear and not let emotions determine our opinions, but rather evidence and fact.

Kony 2012 campaign criticized for dumbing down conflict

Invisible Children falsely lobbied Congress law on LRA crackdown

Invisible Children responds to Kony 2012 video criticism

Africa test survey

Survey for taking Africa tests

Link for Economic Development Article

Developed or Developing? Dividing The World Into The Haves and The Have-Nots


Answer after reading:
1. What are the different ways in which we divide up the world?

2. What do all of the ways have in common?

3. Why might the names "first, second and third world countries" be offensive?

4. Which names are used most often?

Link to Mrs. Williams website

Click here to go to 8th grade social studies.

Country Quiz website

Here is the link to the website we used in class to practice our countries for North America and the Caribbean. There regions will not match up with ours and they will include some areas that are not considered countries, but still a good place to practice!

Country Quiz Website

The World's Most Typical Person

World Population Milestone

Welcome to the 2011-2012 school year!

Be sure to follow what is happening in class by following the our blog! Put the RSS feed for this blog on your iGoogle page!

Study Jams!

Wow! Study Jams is a collection of songs, slideshows and other resources for learning math and science. Thre are over 200 resources. A great place to go brush up on some math and science skills or get a visual and auditory lesson in a topic you struggle with in class! Check it out!

Study Jams!

Voki! Voki! Voki!

Did you know you can create an avatar and then tell it what to say? Or you can record your own voice.  A great addition to a blog or wiki! Go give it a try.

Voki.com

2010 - 2011 School Year Has Begun!

Well, we are underway in 8th grade social studies.  Classes started by looking into the Multiple Intelligences, or the different ways we learn.  We took a  survey to show us our strengths and weaknesses in learning. 

We have also taken a look at the different levels of critical thinking.  Taking after B. Bloom's taxonomy on thinking we created lighthouses with the different levels with the understanding that the higher up on the lighthouse the better you can see, just like at the higher levels of thinking the better you can understand. Ask to see your student's lighthouse and ask him/her to explain it. 

Next we will be moving into Economics!

Create a Story

What I wish I'd known when I was twelve... by ecca on Storybird">

World News Report
This is just a test for Mrs. Williams. There is no information here.

Hello, this is Google, how may I help you?

There are approximately 91 million searches a day on Google. How many of those are yours??  Do you know all the tools Google offers to help you with your searching of the World Wide Web?  For example, did you know the Google search bar can be used as a calculator?

Have you heard of Wonder Wheel? Timeline? Pages Preview?  These are just a few of tools Google offers for searching.  Visit my "Google Search Handouts" folder at Google Docs to check out some of these tools!