7th grade social studies 2011-12

Good Afternoon,

This morning's class was great. The class and I once again used the Upfront Magazine to look at statistics and comparisons of Kenya (the setting for the book Facing the Lion) and Tanzania (Leyeyo's place of birth) and how they compared to other countries of the world. Our focus was primarily on the Per Capita Gross Domestic Product (GPD) and the Human Development Index (HDI). As you can imagine these countries are in the bottom 5% of these categories.

We then discussed the chapters that were read for homework and started reading in class Chapter 5 of which we ended on page 52.

Tonight's Homework due on Thursday is to read in Facing the Lion pages 52 to 74.

***Please be forewarned that Chapter 7 is about the traditional initiation and rite of passage for Maasai male warriors which is circumcision. You may want to preview this chapter, read it with your child and discuss or have them not read it.

Thanks,

Steve

Please check in with your student to make sure this is done and that they actually bring the book home. They will have two nights to complete the reading.