Test Grades

Grades from the final test will be given out on Monday. Please check with your child regarding their score.

Timekeeping Definitions from earlier in the year

Review Definitions

Time: Man-made measurement of past, present, and future.

History: A retelling and interpretation of the past.

Era: A period in/of time

A.D.(Anno Domini – In the year of Our Lord )/C.E.: Time from the birth of Jesus to today.

Fertile: Able to produce life; grow stuff. Life-giving.

Irrigation: Bringing water to land.

B.C./B.C.E.: Before the birth of Jesus.

Nomad: A person that wanders/ follows their food. Homeless.

Mesopotamia: A place that is present-day Iraq. Hammurabi wrote a law code there. One of the first civilizations. “The land between two rivers.”

Review of Asia from 5/20 and 5/21

Review of Asia

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Lesson Log for 05/19

Today, we finished reviewing information on Sub-Saharan Africa.
This is page we reviewed with.
Review of Africa

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Geography Terms Flashcards (more to be addded soon.)

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Continents and US Government

Label Continents

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Lesson Logs

For the past few days, we have been reviewing for our final on 5/27 and 5/28. I am trying to upload all the documents that we have done together in class so that they parents are able to see and re-quiz students on the information. All of the documents should be up by tonight.

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Today, we took the quiz below. Students weer allowed to use the notes from previous class sessions. The password is the CPMS mascot.

In order to see the map for certain questions, right click and select "view image"

Latin America - Geografía e historia » Quizes

Lesson Log for 05/12

Today, we reviewed yesterdays notes. I guided the students through the presentation below. They were responsible for answering the following questions:

1. Why did European nations like Spain, France, England, and Portugal want to colonize other areas?

2. Who were the conquistadors and why did they sail for Spain?

3. What did the conquistadors bring with them from Spain? What did they take from Latin America back to Spain and Europe? and

4. How did religion change in Latin America after Spain came to the area?

The Effects Of Colonization On Latin America

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Announcements

There will be a quiz on Wednesday, May 13 over information covered May 7 - 12.

See the calendar at the bottom of the page for additional announcements for the remainder of the year.

Lesson Log 5/8 and 5/11

On Friday, May 8, we took the following notes and completed the map below. We discussed why Latin America is called Latin America.


Today, we continued our discussion of Latin America by reading about and discussing the Mayas, Incas, and Aztecs. The reading and notes from class are below.