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Workshop 6 How do we prevent the spread of disease?
=Watch the video to see the history of polio in the 1950s. Be prepared to share three WOWS! when you come to table. Write them on the note card and put the card in your novel to bring to small group.=

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=Take a paper from the folder. Investigate 4 different diseases that might interest you for further research. (There are 3 sets of cards to choose from.) After researching the diseases from the CDC site, you must decide on the disease you will want to research. You will use this chart for your project in this workshop. Turn in your paper.= []

**Watch both news links below. The first is news of Avian flu in Minnesota. The second is a news report from Utah. When you have finished watching both, please write on your paper what symptoms were mentioned that people got and what are the treatments that both states are using to stop the spread of the disease.**

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= = = = = = = = == Click on both sites below. One will be a video the other is a newspaper article. After you have watched and read both links, answer the questions on your paper that are on the worksheet in the folder. ==

http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Virus--299761821.html
= = = = = = = = = Workshop 5: What does it mean to be American? = == The link below is to Ellis Island. There are 9 stops that an immigrant would make to enter the United States. Go to each stop. At the top of the stop you will find tabs for photos, audio, video. At each stop, open the tabs. When you are done explain five things that you were WOWS for you. Please write using 7th grade level sentences. Put your paper in the drawer. ==

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**Take a paper from the packet on the board.**

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= = WORKSHOP 4 How Do I Protect My Rights? =This site will introduce you to many of today's heroes. Please read about= =any 3. These will then be used in your District Writing Assessment for this workshop.= =** Fill in the chart in the plastic folder. When you are done, turn in your notes. **= []

=[]** Freedom Riders **= = = =[|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTGHLdr-ia][|k] Brown vs Board of Education = = = =**[] Interview with Ruby Bridges as an adult**= = = =**WORKSHOP 3 How Do I Prepare for Disasters?**= =NOVEMBER 17-21= =Web site about Hurricane Katrina and the drowning of New Orleans.= =Watch at least the first 10 minutes of the video. While you watch, answer the 4 questions from the folder on your paper.= []
 * WORKSHOP 4 How do we protect our rights? **
 * Below are 3 links. Choose ONE that you would like to watch. When you are done, write which video you watched. Then answer these questions: (Write these questions on your paper now then watch the video.)**
 * 1. How did this event change history?**
 * 2. Why would you consider these people HEROES?**
 * 3. What do you find troubling about what you saw and heard?**
 * I can identify cause and effect. **

Workshop 2 DO WE CARE TOO MUCH ABOUT WINNING?

=Open this site from Sports Illustrated. You will find many videos you can watch. When you have watched several, write me a brief paragraph explaining what videos you checked out and what you learned. You will need paper and pencil. =
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**WORKSHOP 6 How do I prevent the spread of disease?**
 * I can identify cause/effect and problem/solution **.

[|http://nkosishaven.org/news]
= = = = =Take a paper from the folder. Investigate 4 different diseases. You will use this chart for your project in this workshop. Turn in your paper.= [] = = = = = = = Profiles of doctors, volunteers, and other famous people who have devoted their lives to saving other people's lives are listed here side by side with those of unknown "neighbors and strangers who have gone out of their way to save a life." Submitted by students who participate in the award-winning educational project My Hero. =

Watch videos and see the important events and people in the Civil Rights Movement. You can click on the NUMBERS to see different topics. Take a look at "Emmet Till", "Montgomery bus boycott", "non-violent protests", "freedom rides", or the "March on Washington." Write me a brief summary telling what you check out and your feelings about what you read or watched. []

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December 10-14 You will need paper and pencil. Take TWO quizzes. Write down two questions you knew. When you are done with that, build a volcano. Draw me the type of volcano you made and label it. []

Please write me a few sentences about what you watched and 5 new concepts you learned about disasters.

1. Web site about volcanoes.
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2. Web site about the drowning of New Orleans. Watch as much as the video as you can.
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3. Web site about storm chasers.
[|http://www.weather.com/weather/videos/news-41/top-stories-169/raw-video-california-landslide-grows-22580#loc=62/436/22365]

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=Workshop 2 DO WE CARE TOO MUCH ABOUT WINNING?= =‍ Select one of these two sites today. When you have explored, write me a brief paragraph explaining what site(s) you checked out and what you learned. You will need paper and pencil. = ==‍This is Sports Illustrated for kids site about many different types of sports.== = [] = ==‍This is the official web site for the 2014 Olympics.== =[]=

= Select one of these four sites today. . =

http://www.bls.gov/k12/sports.htm
This is a web page of sports.

http://www.tpt.org/newtons/TeacherGuides_physicsSports.php?page=2
This is a teen site about steroid use. []

=This is the official web site of the dodge ball association.= []

= Workshop 1 Where Am I Going? =

You will need paper and pencil.
== You will go two sites today. The first site will have 5 questions about what you like to do. Answer them honestly because at the end, you will be given a description of your personality. When you are done with this site, come back to this page and click on the 2nd site. ==

= First site: [] = =Here is the 2nd site. It will tell you a good job to consider as a 7th grader. When you finish this site, write me a description of your personality and what your first job could be.= []

[] =Workshop 6: "How to Stop the Spread of Diseases."=
 * You will need paper and pencil. Click on this link to view a photo gallery of the current International Space Station. Then click on "INTERACTIVE SPACE STATION GUIDE' to see our astronauts and space shuttle. When you are done, write 1-2 sentences telling me how astronauts sleep. Write 1-2 sentences telling me how they eat. And 1-2 sentences telling me how they exercise. Put the paper in the drawer when you are done.**

I CAN IDENTIFY THE MAIN IDEAS WITHIN A TEXT.

Follow the directions "Disease Detective" to see if you can solve how the campers got infected.

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= = =Workshop 1= September 17-21 You will need paper and pencil. 7th grade AB's need to find a community service project to complete this year. This site has FIVE pages of suggestions that we could do. Scroll through the pages and find 3 possible projects your AB could accomplish. Write down the web site and a few sentences about that describe each project.

This site will help you find a project for your AB.
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__** You can select either of these 2 sites to explore. **__

This site will guide you in exploring careers as an astronaut. Click on grades 5-8, then "in the spotlight." There will be 10 pages of things to choose from.
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 * Click on this link to view a photo gallery of the current International Space Station.**

Be sure to raise the level of difficulty to level 3.
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