Wetzel's World

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Infographic Project on Feudalism for HAL Students

http://www.easel.ly/ You need to watch the video at the top of the screen at home to learn how to create your infographic.

Once you understand how to use this web-based tool you can collect your information using your text, the web sites I will link on my blog site, any other resources you find.

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Great Viking Games

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/games/viking_quest/vikingquest.swf

http://www.nms.ac.uk/kids/games_and_adventures/vikings_training_school.aspx

Friday, September 6, 2013

Byzantine Test Review

Here is a link to a screencast about The differences between the Eastern Orthodox church and the Roman Catholic Church (i fixed the volume on this after some students said it was too quiet)

http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cIQXD7VEfA

Here is a link to Quizlet, this has some of the people, places and terms you need to know and you can play review games to practice your knowledge

http://quizlet.com/_ffs8c

Here is a link to the Chapter 6 in your textbook to complete your study guides

http://info.teachtci.com/resources/ha/Byzantine.pdf

Click this link to see a screencast on Justinian by Mr. Wetzel
http://screencast.com/t/v3ASP5HH

Monday, August 26, 2013

Byzantine Webquest

http://weblist.me/byzantine-webquest

Click on the link above and go through the webquest to learn more about this medieval civilization

As you go through it complete the webquest worksheet from class for credit.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Geography Quiz Review

Use the following links below to help you review for your geography quiz

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/world_G0_Click.html    Game to review continents and oceans

http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/ss_skills_tutor/content/pop.html   Use the cartographers tools to review and practice what we went over in class for map skills.

http://edcar-cdn.pbs.org/u/pr/KAET/Cardinal%20Directions%20Math%20Interactive_79a86685-3da8-48fc-8d00-f803a49f44b2/interface.swf    Interactive about cardinal directions

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Here We Go Again!

Welcome back students, teachers, and parents to a brand new school year. We here at WMS and FCPS are very excited for our new year-round Social Studies schedule which means more history and more fun. Stay tuned for lots of posts on this website.