Welcome International Students!

It is an honor to have classes from all over the world using the World of Social Studies Website. I will continue to offer an international course and post new assignments free of charge, along with answering any questions you may have. While it is a surprise to have an international audience, I will endeavor to keep both my current American classes and you all freshly abreast and educated in current World issues. Feel free to comment or email me. Thanks

Mr. Amaye-Obu 2012

Final Grades Posted: 6/16

Congratulations Students on a successful year of World Geography at Cornerstone Academy.

Sixth Grade: Plus 5

Dear Sixth & Seventh Grade Students (& Parents):

This has been a successful school year in World Geography. We have studied the Earth, timelines, the government of Canada, North Africa and Southwest Asia, Southern Asia, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the first phase of European History. All of these topics, represent learning at the finest level of education. To reward your progress, you may now offer an educated response to the ignorant and the base. And I, Mr. Amaye-Obu, will offer you this final reward, five extra points on your final grade.

Final exams will commence in the final week of the 2010-2011 school year. Period 1, 2, & 6, will have the privilege to celebrate with the movie, Willow produced by George Lucas (rated G). 7th Grade will view the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles produced by Steven Barron or The Mighty Ducks written by Steven Brill. Any parents, who will not like their child to watch the above films, please send the student with advance notice and I will remove the student with a separate assignment.

Finally, education and school is about learning the social, intellectual, political, and economic standards of the surrounding society. Our society, the United States (Florida) will educate our children to the best standards. And I, Mr. Amaye-Obu expect excellence and when nothing else can be given, I will say, "good job." Enjoy your summer vacation. And remember, "to think without study is futile. To study without learning is dangerous -Confucious 551 BCE."

Sincerely,
              Mr. Amaye-Obu

Antigone by Sophocles (497 BCE - 442 BCE)

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Cornerstone Final Exam Schedule

 
Friday, June 3
Regular day 7th Period EXAM during during 7th Period

Monday, June 6
3rd period class - 7:30 – 8:30
5th period EXAM - 8:34 – 10:14
4th period class - 10:18 – 11:58
6th period EXAM - same as 6th period times, lunch by 6th period
Lunches: A lunch – Middle School Building
B lunch – High School Villages

Tuesday, June 7
1st period class - 7:30 – 8:30
3rd period EXAM - 8:34 – 10:14
2nd period class - 10:18 – 11:58
4th period EXAM - same as 7th period times, lunch by 4th period
Lunches: A lunch – Middle School Building
B lunch – High School Villages

Wednesday, June 8
1st period EXAM - 7:30 – 9:48
2nd Period EXAM - 9:48 – 1:30, lunch by 2nd period
Lunches: A lunch – Middle School Building
B lunch – High School Villages

Sixth Grade: Final Study Guide

Textbook Link
Geography
Western European Countries & Capitals:
1. London, United Kingdom
2. Dublin, Ireland
3. Reykjavik, Iceland
4.Oslo, Norway
5. Stockholm, Sweden
6. Copenhagen, Denmark
7. Berlin, Germany
8. Amsterdam Netherlands
9. Brussels, Belgium
10. Paris, France
11. Bern, Switzerland
12. Vienna, Austria
13. Rome, Italy
14. Holy See (Vatican City)
15. Madrid, Spain
16. Lisbon, Portugal
17. Andorra La Vella, Andorra
18. San Marino, San Marino
19. Luxembourg, Luxembourg
20. Monaco, Monaco

Peninsulas: Iberian, Italian, Balkan, Scandinavian, Jutland
Mountains: Pyrenees, Alps, Ural, Caucasus, Carpathian, Apennines
Straits: Strait of Gibraltar, Strait of Dover, English Channel, Bosporus Strait
Seas: North Sea, Norwegiain Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Bay of Biscay
Rivers: Rhine,Loire, Seine


Key Terms: Mediterranean Sea, peninsula, fjord, Ural Mountains, plain, city-state
polis, Aegean Sea, oligarchy, Athens, philosopher, Aristotle, Alexander the Great,

(Possibly- republic, Senate, patrician, plebeian, Julius Caesar, empire, Augustus, Constantine)

Research the following: Reading of Antigone/Classical Greece Notes
Myth,  Polytheism, Monotheism, Epic Poem, Pantheon, post and lintel, prehistory
Calendar, Chronology, time, history, circa, decade, century, millennium.

Pope Gregory XIII

Julius Caesar

Gregorian Calendar- 2/24/1582

Julian Calendar 45 BCE- 1582

3. The World At Your Fingertips: Citizen, Economics, Government, Five Themes of Geography, Scarcity, Five Fields of Social Studies, history, culture.

7th Grade: Final Study Guide

                                                                  Textbook Link
Capitals & Countries:
Central America
1. Mexico City, Mexico
2. Guatemala City, Guatemala
3. San Salvador, El Salvador
4. Belmopan, Belize
5. Tegucigalpa, Honduras
6. Managua, Nicaragua
7. San Jose, Costa Rica
8. Panama City, Panama

Caribbean Islands (Greater Antilles)
9. Havana, Cuba
10. Kingston, Jamaica
11. Port-Au Prince, Haiti
12. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
13. San Juan, Puerto Rico (US)
14. Trinidad & Tobago

South America
15. Caracas, Venezuela
16. Georgetown, Guyana
17. Paramaribo, Suriname
18. Cayenne, French Guiana (Fr.)
19. Bogota, Colombia
20. Quito, Ecuador
21. Lima, Peru
22. La Paz & Sucre, Bolivia
23. Asuncion, Paraguay
24. Brasilia, Brazil
25. Montevideo, Uruguay
26. Buenos Aires, Argentina
27. Santiago, Chile

Bodies of Water: Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean,
Pacific Ocean, Strait of Magellan, Amazon River, Lake Titicaca, Drake Passage

Mountains: Andes, Mt. Aconcagua, Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Madre Occidental

Special Interests: Galapagos Islands (Ecuador), Easter Island (Chile), Baja California
Lesser Antilles, Yucatan Peninsula

Key Terms: tributary, deforestation, Tropical Zone, El Niño, hieroglyph
chinampa, Machu Picchu, Hernán Cortés, Montezuma II, Francisco Pizarro
Atahualpa, Columbian Exchange, peninsular, criollo, mestizo, encomienda
Father Miguel Hidalgo, Treaty of Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Gadsden Purchase
West Indies, dependency, mulatto
 Calendar, Chronology, time, history, circa, decade, century, millennium.

Pope Gregory XIII

Julius Caesar

Gregorian Calendar- 2/24/1582

Julian Calendar 45 BCE- 1582

3. The World At Your Fingertips: Citizen, Economics, Government, Five Themes of Geography, Scarcity, Five Fields of Social Studies, history, culture.