Time flies!!!! Going into Week 7.

Happy Sunday students and parents. We are already going into week seven of school. Wow, it seems like yesterday when we were all crammed into the cafeteria like sardines. Well, we have a wonderful new building for Middle School and we love it. It is nice not being mixed in with all the little kiddies, right?
Anyway, just a quick update on what we have been and will be studying in Social Studies class. We opened up, and are still on, Standard SS6H4: The student will describe the important developments in Europe between 1400 CE to 1800 CE. This standard should take us all the way into the second quarter of school.
The elements within this standard have had us looking at the great empires in Europe during that time period: Spain, France, Portugal, England, and the Netherlands. Also the explorers that have sailed for these empires to begin new colonies throughout the world. We have looked at Christopher Columbus, Henry Hudson, Ferdinand Magellan, and Prince Henry the Navigator.
Just recently we have looked at the amazing time period known as the Renaissance. This began in Italy after the Medieval or Middle Ages. Great artists such as Michelangelo (the Sistine Chapel) and Leonardo Da Vinci (the Mona Lisa) came out of this time; and yes the Ninja Turtles did steal there names from great Renaissance painters. During this Renaissance, or "rebirth" of Greek and Roman art, music, and philosophy, also was the Prostestant Reformation. This was begun by Martin Luther (not Martin Luther King, Jr.; make sure you can distinguish between these two great men). The Christian church was split into two factions since then, the Protestants and the Catholics.
Going into Monday, we will begin looking at the Scientific Revolution, which came right after the Renaissance. The work of men such as Copernicus and Sir Isaac Newton will be studied, along with the emerging governments of the European countries as the age of empires begins to come to an end.
I know this has been a long blog, but thank you for reading all the way up to here. One of the purposes for this is if you felt that you didn't understand, or need to catch up on one of these topics, then you can read this and take note on which one you need to freshen up on. You can take one or two of the topics in this blog and google it, or read up on it in the library. Well, that is enough blogging for today. I love reading all your comments, so feel free to leave them. I hope we are all looking forward to a great week, and I will see you all tomorrow.
-Mr. Angelle