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Week 26 Assignments...

Monday:  Begin Reading Chapter 11, "Kingdoms and Trading States of Africa."  Begin work on Vocabulary assignment. Per 8 Quiz

Tuesday:  Work on early African Civilizations, Kingdoms Chart, Map

Wednesday:  Continue to work on Chart/Map.  Islam project due

Thursday: Finish Chart, compare with other groups.  Begin to look at traditional African societal structure.

Friday: Finish w/ chapter. Quiz on Chapter if ready.

Week 25 Assignments

Monday:  Quiz Chapter 9


Tuesday:  Begin reading chapter 10.  P 308 #'s 2-6; P315 1-3;  P316 2-5.  Due Thursday.  Vocabulary due Thursday.


Wednesday: P322 2-6; P328 2-5; 333 2-6.  Due Friday


Thursday:  Vocabulary Due.  Section 1 & 2 hw due. Finish with chapter. 

Friday:  Sections 3, 4, 5 due.  Quiz

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)