Happy Halloween!

Lots of great ghosties and goblins out and about today for Halloween. It's also Mr Merrick's first day of his practicum with my grade 8s! Talk about trial by fire.

Here's an update on what we are up to these days in Humaities 8 and 9.

8's are still working on their Trips around the World. Mr Merrick and I will come up with a due date in Thursday's class when we conference with each student. The themes this year are some of the most creative I've seen and there's been a great work ethic so far. I'm really pleased with this group of 8's.

The 9's are enjoying a number of guest speakers. We had Barbara Whyte in to talk about traditional food, herbs and medicines. Gord McMahon spoke about myths, stereotypes and the portrayal of Aboriginal people in the media. Suzanne Camp showed us how Aboriginal people made their clothes with cedar and furs. This week we'll have Daryle Mills in with his sled dogs and Suzanne Camp will be back to tell us about making traditional household goods. It's been a great learning experience for us all.

Humanities 8
We are working on our Trips Around the World!!!!!!!!!!!! Everyone is so excited and inspired, some great ideas for themes this year. These projects will be due in about 2 weeks.

Humanities 9
We have just begun our Aboriginal Unit. The inquiry question we are asking is: What does it mean to be Aboriginal? We will be having a number of guest speakers coming to our class over the next 2 weeks and we'll also be working on our Survival Projects. Lots of great learning!

Humanities 9
Travel Brochures are due tomorrow (Tuesday) and Geography test is Wednesday. 5 Themes of Geography assignment is overdue!

Humanities 8
5 Themes of Geography take home activity is due tomorrow (Tuesday).

Progress Reports went home October 7th. If you haven't seen one, please ask your child for it, sign it and send it back to school. Thanks!

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Humanities 8
Canada maps were due yesterday (Oct 5)
Latitude and Longitude activity was due today (Oct 6)
We had great fun playing Battleship today in class, using latitude and longitude skills!

Humanities 9
We are studying the 5 Themes of Geography right now, and it's going really well! Students worked on an assignment with the 5 Themes today, it's due Monday.

I sent a newsletter home with students on Monday, please make sure you see it and sign it!