Monday October 1

The first thing we will do is take a trip around South America in an atlas activity. After that we will be talking in class about how you can think critically. What that means is that we want you to start thinking for yourself. In life the answers will not be word for word out of a book. You will need to come up with solutions yourself in order to succeed in life and this class. Hopefully this excercise will help you. Finally at the end of class we will assign the Chapter 1 review so we can move onto Chapter 2 and be ready to take a test on both chapters 1 and 2 by the end of the week.

Quote of the Day: "It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer." -Albert Einstein

Wednesday September 26

Today we will be continuing with our Chapter 1 worksheet/notes. We will then talk about the vocab activity and continue on by talking about non-verbal communication.

Quote of the day: "A friend is one who sees through you and still likes the view." -Wilma Askinos

Tuesday, September 25

Today we will correct the Chapter 1 worksheet and start a new assignment with Chapter 1 Vocabulary. This will give you a base to build on as we spend the rest of the week talking about different cultures and how they communicate.

Quote of the Day: "It is better to lose a hard fought battle than to avoid a battle because it is to hard to fight." -Andrew Faunt

Monday September 23

I hope you all enjoyed homecoming week last week. As 8th graders you were left out of some things but it will continue to get bigger and bigger and you will get to enjoy it more in the future.

Today we will be handing back a bunch of papers and getting a grade sheet back. We will also be getting a worksheet on Chapter 1. You can consider this worksheet notes on Chapter 1. I went through and wrote questions based on what I think are the important parts of the chapter.

Quote of the Day: "The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory but progress."

Thursday September 20

Happy Birthday to me,
Happy Birthday to me,
Happy Birthday Dear Mr. Moe
Happy Birthday to me.


To start with today we will be playing Crack the Code. You will be finding where robbers took some priceless maps. We will then correct the "Where in the world are we Vacationing" Worksheet. We will then watch a 10 minute video on Latitude and Climate. Finally with any time left we will work on a review Latitude and Longitude worksheet.

Remember on Friday we have a quiz on Latitude and Longitude. If you feel you need more practice you can play the game at the top of the links area on the right side of the blog.

Quote of the Day: "To have a friend a man must be a friend." -The Lone Ranger

Wednesday September 19

Today we will be correcting the Latitude and Longitude of the U.S.A. And assigning the Latitude and Longitude of the World. We will also be watching a video on Longitude and Timezones and correcting the timezone worksheet.

Quote of the Day: "The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." -Albert Einstein

Tuesday, September 18

Today we will be continuing with the Geography Skills Handbook by talking about Projections and Globes. You will turn in your maps of your yard. And we will be doing a worksheet on Latitude and Longitude of the United States.

Quote of the Day: "God could not be everywhere so he created mothers." -Jewish Proverb

Monday September 17

I had a great weekend. The Pirates won on Friday night. On Saturday I went to a wedding and wedding reception. Hope those of you at the bonfire had a good time. And on Sunday I volunteered at the Good Samaritan nursing home in East Grand Forks where my grandmother lives.

For today we will be going through the quizzes on Latitude and Longitude. Some of you did well. Some of you didn't. It shows me that we need to spend some more time on it. If you understand it I want you to help others understand it also. We will see a series of videos this week. All about 10 minutes long that will help you with understanding Latitude and Longitude. And at the end of the week we will take another quiz in which we will count your best score. This is the last week we will be dealing with the skills handbook so today we will also take a look at a bunch of different maps.

Quote of the Day: "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." -Leo Tolstoy

Friday September 14

I'm not sure how your quiz's went yet. If overall it wasn't very good we will spend time next week trying to get better at latitude and longitude. If it was o.k. we'll move on to learning about different types of maps. If you didn't do to well with latitude and longitude don't worry to much about it. It is a small grade compared to the entire quarter. But you may need to do some extra work by coming in to talk to me or getting help at home to make sure you understand the concept.

Today is the big football game between my alma mater East Grand Forks, and my adopted school of Crookston. It should be a fun time seeing lots of people who I know from EGF. Despite what people think about the other town I can honestly say that the vast majority of people are good people who I am happy to call friends.

Quote of the Day - "Character is doing the right thing when nobody is looking."
-J.C. Watts (R. Oklahoma)

Thursday September 13

I was very impressed with everyone catching on to Latitude and Longitude. It can be complicated but you worked hard on it. We'll see for sure if you get it during the quiz today.


For class today we will discuss any questions you have on Latitude and longitude and then we will take a quiz on it. If we have enough time at the end of class we will start to talk about other parts of maps.

Quote of the Day - "Change your thoughts and you change the world." - Harold R. McAlindon

Wednesday September 12

For class today we will continue to work on Latitude and Longitude. We will correct the paper we did on Tuesday and I will assign another practice sheet.

Quote of the Day: "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but rising every time we fall." - Confucious

Tuesday, September 11

First of all I want you to know how good of a job you did yesterday. You learned some things and had fun with it. Many teachers commented on how neat it was watching you do the things you did yesterday.

Today we are going to learn more about Latitude and Longitude. Today you will learn how to use an atlas and find your location on a map.

Quote of the Day: "In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool." From the Talmud which is the Jewish book of Law and Wisdom.

Monday September 10

Today you will be working on blogging. You do not need to make a username and password. You will vote on the poll of what you expect your grade to be. You will be able to post comments to things that I have written. Please put your name on your comments so that I know it is someone in our class not somebody off the street. If there is no name given I will delete the post.

When you are done with navigating through the blog you will play the latitude and longitude game found at the top of the links area.