Mr. Lovera's Virtual Classroom

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For our exploration and analysis of the Civilizations of the Americas (Mayans, Incans and Aztecs) we will be creating our own Crash Course style video. After researching the basic aspects of these civilizations, groups of students will break-up into teams of researchers, cartoon editors and script writers. Deadlines for the phases will be announced shortly. Go to the Documents page for a copy of the directions and ...

Translate to English what Victor Hugo Morales announced in 1986 for extra credit.

I will be cooking my heart away at Sandy Hill Camp from Wednesday-Friday with the 6th graders at Outdoor Ed. Here is what will our near future looks like:

WEDNESDAY

Work on the Greek Government Skits. If time allows, study for the Geography of Europe Quiz.

THURSDAY

Remember how I've been...

We learned about the 8 essential elements or parts ALL good maps need. They are LOST LADS:

Key, Compass, Scale, Title, Labels, Author, Date & Symbols.

Please turn in Crash Course: Persians and Greeks next week.

The Greek city-states were located in southern Europe, grouped together on a very large peninsula that juts into the Mediterranean Sea. A peninsula is a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides. Smaller peninsulas stuck out from the main Greek peninsula, forming a great deal of coastline and m...

Remy Charlip wrote an illustrated children’s book in 1993 called Fortunately. It was one of my son Ben’s favorite books. Ned, the main character of the book, goes back and forth between a series of fortunate and unfortunate events. Your task, if you choose to accept it, (and since it will be graded, I cannot think of a good reason not to accept it) will be to write a book using the same format Remy used to describe the geography of Europe.