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!