March 31, 2019

Grade 7

Students will be completing a test on Chapter 4 focusing on new vocabulary; the difference between a tsunami and a storm; understanding people and terms discussed in the chapter; and drawing and labeling the earth's parts.

                      

           Alfred Wegener                                                 "Pangée"

We will begin Chapter 5, the world's climates and global warming. We will look at the Greenhouse Effect, tornado's, tropical storms, and avalanches.

Grade 8

Students will be completing a test on Chapter 4 focusing on new vocabulary; the 4 economic resources; the 3 types of economic systems; and the different opinions of Adam Smith and Karl Marx.

                        

  Adam Smith and his ideas on                            Karl Marx and his ideas on
            Market Economy                                              Communism

We will begin Chapter 5 on Canada's mixed economy. We will look at 4 sections of the economy; 3 economic eras in Canada; and the 5 factors that influence the climate.