Abrahamic research

1. Who was Abraham and why is he important to Jews, Christians and Muslims?
2. Find out five facts about each Abrahamic Faith
3. Pick one of these faiths and research what different groups exist today within this religion
   

Russia project details

For your project on the influential Russian you need to produce the following:

1. A picture of that person
   
2. A time line of the events of that persons life
3. A description of that persons major achievements/works
4. Why you think this person was important in the history of Russia
5. What people you think that person might be influencing today and why
6. A map showing the place where that person was born and where he/she lived
   

Russia project

Please read this link ONE and open this article TWO

1. How would you write a reference for your social studies text book
2. How would you write a reference for a wikipedia article

You are asked to remember that when you write your social studies project you will need to reference works you have consulted in this way. DO NOT put something in your own words without giving a reference as you will be committing plagiarism- the attempt to show someones work as your own.

You will be given your person that you should research now. the first thing you should do is read as many sources as you can about this person and make notes. Remember that you must keep a record of where you found the information as this will be vital for your referencing.

Russian Revolution

The worksheet for homework is here

Year 8 Final Exams

As you were told there will be two exams. One on the 2nd and one on the 4th of June.

Paper one on the 2nd will be a place location exam.

You will be given outline maps of:

• Mainland Africa
• Mainland Asia

You will be asked to write on this map:

• The names of the 20 countries from Africa and 20 countries from Asia
• The location and name of 5 Asian rivers and 3 African rivers
• The location and name of the largest freshwater lake in both continents
• Three mountain ranges from either continent

Once you have done this you will be asked to write five facts about two countries from each continent

Paper two on Wednesday

• Question on the challenges facing Russia today
• Outline the influences of the tree Abrahamic faiths throughout the region studied
• A choice of questions from either China, Japan or Korea (This question will be for extra credit!!!!)

If you have any questions about the test please let me know. Hopefully by the end of the test we will be like this:

First Contact Film

Here is the link to the Youtube film

And also to the BBC Website

Watch the film and make notes. I will be checking these next lesson.

footnote referencing system

For social studies in 7th and 8th grade you will be required to use a very simple form of referencing. When you are writing and you want to quote someone like this " blah blah blah" of if you are talking about an idea that you read somewhere you need to add a footnote.

To do this in word go to Insert/Reference/Footnote
You will then have a small number inside the text and this is linked to a space at the bottom of the page.

In the space at the bottom of the page you can put the source that you got this information from. If it is a website put the Address e.g. http://www.pyongyang-metro.com/. If it is a book put the author, year of publication (you will find this on the inside cover of the book) and title e.g. Shakespeare, William (1970) 'Romeo and Juliet'

8th Grade Project

From the countries we have looked at - i.e. China, Japan, South or North Korea - you must decide on an aspect you would like to investigate and agree this with me. You will then have to research and write a report on this aspect. Bellow are listed some links that may help you to think of some ideas. N.B some of these may be biased!!!



North Korea

http://www.pyongyang-metro.com/

http://www.korea-dpr.com/

http://www.korea-dpr.com/users/jisge/

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kn.html

http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/dprk/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/korea



South Korea

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/korea

http://www.korea.net/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1123668.stm

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107690.html



Japan

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ja.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/japan

http://www.kansai.gr.jp/culture_e/build/beauty/suzuki.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Japan

http://www.religioustolerance.org/shinto.htm



China

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/18902.htm

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ch.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/china



You will be marked on:

1) The quality of the research you conducted (10 marks)

2) The quality of the written report (10 marks)

3) You evaluation of the materials used (10 marks)

4) Citation of sources in a footnote referencing system (10 marks)



Good Luck.



Mr Uden



p.s. If you find any other useful websites please add these to the comments section.

Easter rising newspaper

Dear 7th Grade,
here is the link to the Easter Rising Newspaper sheet

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