Dr Mau's blog
Zoo Trip
Submitted by Dr Mau on Fri, 2008-05-09 09:40.Seventh graders enhanced their study of Geography looking for the climate, vegetation and animal life found in different ecosystems. Brookfield Zoo habitats we visited included the Tropical Rainforests, the Pacific Coast, African Savannas and the Australian House.
Guest Speaker
Submitted by Dr Mau on Thu, 2008-01-31 14:30.Tuesday, February 12th our guest speaker will be George Levy Mueller. In 1938, George and his family were forced out of their home, and forced to live in a Juden Haus (Jew House). On November 9th, during Kristallnacht George’s father and uncle were arrested and take to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Following Kristallnacht George and his sister Ursula were sent to Holland, were they lived in a convent till 1943. In 1943, George and his sister were deported to Vught concentration camp, than to Westerbork and finally to Bergen- Belsen concentration camp in Germany. They were liberated in April 1945, by the Russian army, while on a death train. George and Ursula returned to Holland and eventually came to the United States in 1947.
Facing History and Ourselves
Submitted by Dr Mau on Wed, 2008-01-09 11:55.Students are beginning their study of genocide as an interdiscplinary unit with Reading/Language Arts classes. Current events in Darfur will be used to examine the roots and developments that lead to genocide.
Case studies in Armenia, the Holocaust, Cambodia and Rwanda will expose students to the dangers of prejudice and intolerance.
Discuss these readings and stories with your seventh grader and their implications for the choices we make everyday.
Geoglobe Project
Submitted by Dr Mau on Fri, 2007-12-14 09:39.Seventh grade students are completing their study of Natural Resources by doing library research on global problems and solutions.
Students will create a geoglobe to display both the problems and solutions for these environmental threats.Â
Cultural Diffusion
Submitted by Dr Mau on Thu, 2007-11-29 11:50.Human Geography
Submitted by Dr Mau on Mon, 2007-10-22 13:51.This week students begin their study of Human Geography.
Questions to answer include:
Where do people live? (Tuesday)
How is population increasing?
Why do people migrate?
Students will do a personal interview asking an adult about reasons they have moved in the past. We will analyze the data from our classes
Summer Activity
Submitted by Dr Mau on Thu, 2007-06-07 12:58.EXTRA CREDIT
Visit the Cool Globes Project in Chicago.
Make a copy of your favorite globe for classroom display.
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