Week 15 Assignments...

Monday:  Prepare for Chapter 6 pre-quiz


Tuesday: Chapter 6 pre-quiz


Wednesday: Maps of Mesoamerica, Andes, North America


Thursday:  Chapter 6 Vocab Due.  Cultures discussion


Friday:  Chapter 6 Quiz, pp 194 2-4; 199 2-5; 205 2-5

Civilizations of the Americas

Civilizations of the Americas

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/1449000/Civilizations_of_the_Americas

The Roman Empire

Very Interesting Ancient Greek Videos (from The Discovery Channel)

Part I



Part II

Part III
Ancient Greece Part III

Part IV


Part V

Week #11 Assignments...

Monday:  Work on project

Tuesday:   Chapter 4 HW due

Wednesday:  Project due. Chapter 4 Quiz

Thursday:  Chapter 5 Workday

Friday:  Chapter 5 Pre-quiz, video.

Next Week--Vocab due.

Chapter 4 Pre-quiz Results...A Swing and a Miss

Although, again, no one reached the 85 benchmark goal for auto 100 homework, I've decided to give each class 3 spots for 1/2 of the hw assignments based on the top 3 scores on the pre-quiz.  Period 4:  Kim P, Evan C, Fisher G, Derick S (3 way tie for 2nd).  Period 8: Alex K, Alex K, Donny T.  The people listed do not have to do the vocabulary assignment due Friday!

HW for next Tuesday: pp 116 2-5; 123 2-5; 128 2-6; 135 2-6; 142 2-6

Project Due Tuesday

Extra Credit for the 1st 10 Responders to this post...

Legendary Lost Persian Army Found in Sahara

Click the link above and then...

If you're one of the first 10 students to respond to this article identifying the Greek historian mentioned in both the book and this article you will get a 100 quiz grade.

Week #10 Assignments

Monday:  Prepare for Chapter 4 pre-quiz

Tuesday:  Chapter 4 pre-quiz

Wednesday:  Observation of Veteran's Day.  No School.

Thursday:  Notes/In class work for Ancient Greece.

Friday:  Chapter 4 Vocabulary Due

Next Week:  Ancient Greece project due

Today's (Friday 11/6/09) work in the computer lab...

Today we are going to be doing some research on Ancient Greece...
In groups of three, you will be collecting information on the following:
1.  Thier Culture
2.  Their Architecture
3.  Their Arts and Literature
4.  Their Leading City-States
5.  Wars--With Persian and the Peloponnesian War
6.  Their philosophy/Philosophers
7.  Alexander the Great and Hellenistic Culture

Look for information, pictures, stories, maps, etc of the 7 topics and save them to a word document in your documents and then to the folder on the "S" drive called "Global Studies I" folder.  Your Partners can create a folder there to save them in.  You  may be writing a story, creating a poster collage, a diorama, a newspaper article, a poem, a video, etc. so save a wide variety of objects/articles.  Also, be sure to check on the authenticity of your sources.

Week #9 Assignments...

Monday: notes and discussion chapter 3

Tuesday: finish notes and discussion, review game if time

Wednesday: Chapter 3 Exam, Chapter 3 homework--2-5, 2-6, 2-5, 2-6, 2-5

Thursday: Chapter 4 work day

Friday: Work in computer lab.  


Chapter 4 Pre-Quiz on Monday!

Week # 8 Assignments

Monday: Begin Chapter 3 Poster project with a partner

Tuesday: Finish Chapter 3 Poster Project

Wednesday: Notes/discussion

Thursday: Chapter 3 vocab due.  Notes/Discussion

Friday: Chapter 3 section questions due.  Exam if able, Monday if not!

Nick Wilson Memorial Skatepark. Nike 6.0 Banksgiving

Nick was a former student here in Newark Valley, class of 1998.  Great kid who died serving his country.  I miss him and thank him for his ultimate sacrifice!

Please take this survey on Slavery for the New York State Education Department

NY State Education Department Survey on Teaching Slavery

Please take this survey by Friday!!

Thursday and Friday's work in class due Monday, October 26th.

Pretest for Chapter 3. Map project: Pages 31, 40-41, 47, 69, 103, 105. They need to put each map on a separate piece of paper for their notes. Each map needs to be labeled and have a key. They can also put in the names of modern day countries in their maps in parentheses.  Maps should be colored with a colored pencil or crayon.  This will be graded Monday.

Week 7 Assignment Announcements

Monday: Review for test
Tuesday: Test Chapter 2 Ancient Middle East
Wednesday: Chapter 3 Independent Work Day
Thursday: Chapter 3 Pre-Quiz, Begin Chapter 3
Friday: Blog Work Due (to be posted Tuesday or Wednesday)

Chapter 2 the Anient Middle East and Egypt Practice Questions

The Ancient Middle East and Egypt

Chapter 2 Study Guide

Key Civilizations

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Key Innovations

• Sumer: social hierarchy; cuneiform writing; advances in astronomy and mathematics
  
• Egypt: bureaucracy; pyramids; peace treaty; mummification; social hierarchy; hieroglyphic, hieratic, and demotic writing; papyrus; advances in medicine, astronomy, and mathematics; 365-day calendar
  
• Babylon: legal code; advances in astronomy and mathematics
  
• Hittites: iron working
  
• Assyrians: legal regulation of royal household; libraries
  
• Israel: monotheistic religion, Judaism
  
• Persians: government organized into provinces with governors; roads; common set of weights and measures; use of coins and money economy; new religion of Zoroaster
  
• Phoenicians: Tyrian purple dye; alphabet
  

Key Causes of Rise and Fall of Civilization

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The Rise of Civilization

For: Interactive timeline
Web Code: nap-0261

Concept Connector

Cumulative Review

Record the answers to the questions below on your Concept Connector worksheets. In addition, record information from this chapter about the following concepts:

• Trade: Phoenician sea traders
  
• Geography’s Impact: Tigris and Euphrates rivers
  

1. Advances in Technology
   
   
   During prehistory, technological advances such as the development of stone tools and of domestication and farming allowed hominids and early humans to radically expand the possibilities for their lives. How do those advances compare in impact to technological advances that the peoples of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt made? Think about advances in the following:
   
   • military technology
     
   • writing
     
   • the sciences
     
   
   
2. Belief Systems
   
   
   People in many early civilizations established belief systems that became an important force in shaping their societies. Compare the influence of religion on ancient Egyptian and ancient Israelite society. Think about the effects of religion on these aspects of society:
   
   • government and law
     
   • daily life
     
   • standards for behavior
     
   • the sciences
     
   • art
     
   
   
3. Empire
   
   
   To maintain control over a vast empire, it was vital that a ruler be well-respected. Based on the empires of the ancient Middle East and Egypt, what characteristics do you think made the leaders you have read about most successful? Think about the following:
   
   • spiritual leadership
     
   • establishment of laws and punishments for crimes
     
   • military power
     
   • treatment of subjects
     
   
   

Connections to Today

1. Economic Systems: Money in the World Today
   
   
   The establishment of a money economy by the Persians allowed the many peoples living within the vast empire to exchange goods more easily because they shared a common currency. Today, many countries have their own unique coins and bills, so all people within each country use the same money. To sell goods or services in another country, however, people must exchange their own money for the equivalent amount of the other country’s money. Do you think there should be one common world currency? Explain your answer.
   
   
   
2. People and the Environment: A Dam on the Nile
   
   
   Like their ancient ancestors, modern Egyptians rely on the Nile. Nearly all Egyptians live on the 4 percent of land closest to the Nile’s shores. Since 1970, when Egypt completed construction of the Aswan High Dam across the Nile, people have had year-round access to water for farming and drinking. The dam also generates half the country’s electricity. However, it prevents the Nile’s rich silt from reaching farmland downstream. Compare the ways in which the Nile has served as a challenge and a resource in ancient times and today.
   
   
   
   
   

Short Answer with a small dbq question--Just Review

War in the Ancient Middle East

Military campaigns were conducted frequently in the ancient Middle East. Scribes and artists often recorded their leaders’ victories on monuments. The following documents reveal that these early wars were both devastating and widespread.

Document A

“. . . [My troops] were like lions roaring upon the mountaintops. The chariotry consisted of runners, of picked men, of every good and capable chariot-warrior. The horses were quivering in every part of their bodies, prepared to crush the foreign countries under their hoofs. . . . Those who reached my frontier, . . . their heart and their soul are finished forever and ever. Those who came forward together on the sea, the full flame was in front of them at the river-mouths, while a stockade of lances surrounded them on the shore. . . . I have made the lands turn back from (even) mentioning Egypt; for when they pronounce my name in their land, then they are burned up.”

—From Pharaoh Ramses III of Egypt

Document B

“In the eighteenth year of my rule I crossed the Euphrates for the sixteenth time. [King] Hazael of Damascus put his trust upon his numerous army and called up his troops in great number. . . . I fought with him and inflicted a defeat upon him, killing with the sword 16,000 of his experienced soldiers. I took away from him 1,121 chariots, 470 riding horses as well as his camp. . . . I followed him and besieged him in Damascus, his royal residence. I cut down his gardens. . . . I marched as far as the mountains of Hauran, destroying, tearing down and burning innumerable towns, carrying booty away from them which was beyond counting. I marched as far as the mountains of Ba’li-ra’si . . . and erected there a stela [stone pillar] with my image as king.”

—From King Shalmaneser III of Assyria

Document C

Soldiers of Ramses III in Battle

Document D

Soldiers of Shalmaneser III in Battle

Analyzing Documents

Use your knowledge of ancient warfare and Documents A, B, C, and D to answer questions 1–4.

1. Documents A and B are told from the point of view of

1. a victim of an ambush.
2. the ally of a conquering ruler.
3. the enemy of a conquering ruler.
4. the leader of a successful campaign.

2. What did the narrator of Document B do in the mountains of Ba’li-ra’si after he conquered the king of Damascus?

1. conquer a great city
2. set up a monument showing his image
3. chase the enemies’ leader
4. receive tribute from the conquered people

3. Which can you learn from Documents C and D?

1. who won each battle shown
2. how many men fought in each battle
3. where each battle took place
4. what weapons the soldiers used in battle

Writing Task

4. Consider that inscriptions and artwork were two different means for rulers to tell their people about their conquests. What motives would have led the rulers to have such documents created? Do you think such documents serve as reliable records of historical events? Use your knowledge and specific information from these documents to support your opinion.

Vocab Review for Exam

Terms, People, and Places

Match the following terms with the definitions below.

• ziggurat
  
• Torah
  
• prophet
  
• Zoroaster
  
• delta
  
• Fertile Crescent
  
• Hatshepsut
  
• Osiris
  
• colony
  
• codify
  
• dynasty
  
• ethics
  

1. moral standards of behavior

2. Egyptian god of the underworld

3. a territory ruled by outsiders

4. to arrange and set down in writing

5. the most sacred text in Judaism

6. triangular area of marshland at the mouth of some rivers

7. large, stepped platform

8. ruling family

9. Egypt’s first female ruler

10. a region of the Middle East with rich soil and wheat fields

11. spiritual leader who interprets God’s will

12. Persian founder of a new religion

From Epic of Gilgamesh

Excerpt from the Epic of Gilgamesh (2nd link)

The Curse of King Tut Assignment

Write a 1 paragraph (7 sentence) responding to the writing prompt at the bottom of this entry.  Due Friday, October 23rd. 

Curse Of King Tut


Digging your way into a Pharaoh's tomb may make you rich but it could leave you DEAD!. Or so the Legend of the Curse would have us believe. Dr Karl has discovered this may not be so with the most famous Pharaoh...

By Karl S. Kruszelnicki

From time to time, Hollywood releases another "Curse Of The Pharaohs" or "Mummy" movie. They all have some kind of credibility, because of the well-known Curse of The Pharaohs. You see, when the tomb was opened in 1922, the journalists reported that an inscription near the door of King Tutankhamen's tomb read, "Death shall come on swift wings to him that touches the tomb of the Pharaoh". The Curse seemingly proved itself to be real, when all of the archaeologists and workers who desecrated the tomb of Tutankhamen were reported to have died horrible and early deaths.

About 3,300 years ago, the tragic boy king, King Tutankahmen, reigned very briefly in Egypt, until he died at only 18 years of age. He was the third of the fourth 18th Dynasty 'Amarna Kings'. The 19th Dynasty rulers didn't like the rulers of the 18th Dynasty, so the Amarna Kings were publicly stricken from the list of the Royalty. Monuments to King Tut were destroyed, and the location of his tomb was forgotten.

Its whereabouts had been well and truly forgotten by the 20th Dynasty. When the chief architect started cutting the rock for the tomb for Ramses VI, he unknowingly let all the rubble tumble over King Tut's tomb.

Another reason that King Tut's tomb had been forgotten was that he had been a very unimpressive ruler. This had the unexpected advantage to us, 3,300 years later, that his tomb was perfectly hidden from robbers - so his considerable treasure was untouched.

By November 1922, the archaeologist Howard Carter had spent seven frustrating years looking for King Tut's tomb in Luxor's Valley of the Kings. Eventually, his workers dug down 4 metres beneath the tomb of Rameses VI, where they found an entrance in the rock that led to a passageway 3 metres high and 2 metres wide. They cleaned out the rubble, and at the twelfth step, they found the top of a sealed stone doorway.

This was exciting news, so Howard Carter immediately invited his financier, Lord Carnarvon, to come to the site to be present for the opening of the tomb. On the evening of November 24, Carter and Carnarvon were present when all the rubble was removed to reveal the stone door with the seal of King Tutankhamen in the plaster. This door was opened. It took another two days of hard work to clear another descending stairway full of rubble. This time they found a second door, which had the seals of both the Royal Necropolis and Tutankhamen. The workers made a hole through the stone door and Carter looked in with the light of a candle. Lord Carnarvon asked, "Can you see anything?" Carter replied, "Wonderful things".

There was magnificent treasure in the anteroom - and even more in the inner room, which took them another three months to get to. Lord Carnarvon himself opened this inner door on February 17th, 1923. King Tut's mummified remains were inside three coffins. The outer two coffins were made of hammered gold fitted to wooden frames, while the innermost coffin was made of solid gold.

Lord Carnarvon died on April 6, 1923 from pneumonia, which was a complication from an infection that he got from a mosquito bite. It was then that the newspapers invented the inscription near the door of the tomb about "Death On Swift Wings", and claimed that the "Curse Of The Pharaohs" had killed Lord Carnarvon.

King Tut's treasures went on exhibition to various museums around the world. When Arthur C. Mace from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and George Benedite of The Louvre in Paris each died after showing the treasures of King Tut, the "Curse" was again blamed.

Writing Prompt:

What makes the story of the Curse of King Tut so engaging? How can we look at the story to determine the veracity of the curse? What may explain the curse?

Ancient Civilization

Cool video...No Assignment, just watch if you get a chance!!

Test pushed back due to technical difficulties

Due to the technical problems we experienced this week getting our accounts up and running, I've decided to move our test back to Tuesday. Still need to comment with your name on one of the posts, so don't forget! Send me any questions you may have at kwilliams@nvcs.stier.org or post a comment.

Easy Homework Grade 10-14-09

All you need to do is comment on this post leaving your name. That's it! No later than 10/16.

Egypt Part 3

This will be the last video on Egypt I post unless I hear from the class that you want more. Let me know!

Egypt Part 2

Egypt Part 1 Video

Cool video.

Week 6 assignments...

On Friday, you will be taking a chapter 2 exam. 
There will be other assignments coming this week so check back!!

Assignment Announcement

Your list of homework will be posted online from this date forward.  Be sure to check frequently for updates!