Mr. Seeberg's Homeroom:
See their photo at the end of this webpage!!!!
Mr. Seeberg's Summer:
ALASKA
Race Against Leukemia
I traveled to Anchorage to participate in a marathon to raise money against leukemia. Sixteen hundred of us raised $4.4 million, $11,000+ by me.
Please see a link at the bottom for more pics.
6TH GRADE:
Grade 6 will be studying Geography this year with a textbook called "The World and It's People"
Currently, the 6th Graders are learning:
Some basic Geography skills including absolute and relative location, latitude & longitude, identifying landforms, parts of maps, & types of maps.
Ch 2 Water, Climate, & Vegetation
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Describe how the earth's water moves in a cycle.
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Explain where people get freshwater.
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Where is the world's salt water found?
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What is climate?
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How do winf and water move around the earth?
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What causes precpitation and storms?
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What is El Nino and La Nina?
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Describe what major world climate zones are like.
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Where is each major world climate zone located?
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What kind of vegetation is grown in each climate zone?
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Describe the four basic parts of earth's geography.
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How can soil be damaged by people?
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What are the effects of air pollution?
Ch 2 Test: Tuesday, Oct 7
Grade 7 is studying world history this year with a textbook called "Human Heritage." We will start with prehistory and work towards the present-day.
Currently, the 7th graders are learning:
Ch. 3: MESOPOTAMIA 3500 BC - 1700 BC
- How did religion, fanily life, and government influence the civilization of Sumer?
- Why were Hammurabi's reforms important?
- How did the development of Mesopotamia contribute to other civilizations?
- What does "Mesopotamia" mean?
- What was the Fertile Crescent?
- Which countries occupy Mesopotamia today?
- Why were ziggurats important to the Sumerians?
- How would you compare the lives of women in the time of Sumer to the lives of women in the modern world?
- In what ways do you think St. Mary's is similar or different from the schools in Sumeria?
- How wouls Sumer have been affected if it had suffered ten years of drought?
- Map of Southwest Asia (aka the Middle East)
Currently the 8th graders are studying:
Ch. 6 The American Revolution 1776-1783
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Why did some Americans support the British?
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Why was the Battle of Saratoga the turning point of the war?
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What other nations helped the colonists? Why?
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How did Washington and his troops survive the winter at Valley Forge?
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What challenges did Americans face at home as a result of the war?
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What role did Native Americans have in the war?
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What new knid of fighting developed in the South? Why?
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How did George Washington change his military strategy?
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What advantages and disadvantages did the Americans have while facing the British army and navy?
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What advantages and disadvantages did the British have while facing the Americans in the war?
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Why did the Americans win the Revolutionary War despite their disadvantages?
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GEOGRAPHY: GRADE 6
WORLD HISTORY: GRADE 7 
US HISTORY: GRADE 8 
