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***Table of Contents:  MIDDLE AGES--AFRICA, ASIA, AMERICAS***

1. Beginning Work
2. The Byzantine Empire
3. A New Religion
4. Islam Chart
5. Islam as a Way of LIfe  

Thursday, February 9, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: (2) The founder of Islam was ___.

     ESSENTIAL QUESTION / AGENDA: *What do Muslims believe? We continued our study of Muslim beliefs and practices today. Students completed a graphic organizer for the religion (front #4) and began work on an organizer for the Five Pillars of faith.

     ASSIGNMENT: Don't forget to bring Box Tops for our school drive. Check your pantry!

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: (1) TWO contributions of the Byzantine Empire were (1) ___ and (2) ___.

     ESSENTIAL QUESTION / AGENDA: *What are the basic beliefs and practices of Islam? Refer to pages 358-361 in the text. Students participated in a role play of the Five Pillars today. Some classes began work on our #4 notes page. We will complete this lesson tomorrow.

     ASSIGNMENT: #3 page is due tomorrow for a 100 point grade.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: Read pages 354-355 of the text.

     ESSENTIAL QUESTION / AGENDA: *How did the religion of Islam begin? *Who was its founder? Refer to pages 354-357 of the text. Students read from the text about the geography and climate of the Arabian peninsula. They listened to the story of the early live of Muhammad and the beginnings of the religion of Islam.

     ASSIGNMENT: Complete all of the #3 worksheet by Thursday for a 100 point grade. I will provide the symbol for "Islam" on the back of the page.

Monday, February 6, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: Begin work on the questions on the BACK of #2.

     ESSENTIAL QUESTION / AGENDA: *What were the contributions of the Byzantine Empire? Refer to pages 342-343 of the text. Students used information on a flipchart to complete work on a graphic organizer (#2). 

     ASSIGNMENT: Complete the BACK of #2.

Friday, February 3, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: Prepare new Table of Contents page. Be sure to put the title and also put your name in the upper right hand corner.

     ESSENTIAL QUESTION / AGENDA: *What were the contributions of the Byzantine Empire? Refer to pages 342-343 of the text. Students used information on a flipchart to begin work on a graphic organizer (#2). We will complete this on Monday.

     ASSIGNMENT: Return signed interim. Return signed snack sheet to homeroom teacher.

***Table of Contents:  ANCIENT ROME***

1. Beginning Work
2. Video: "Ancient Rome"
3. Geography and the Rise of Rome
4. The Early Republic
5. Roman Government
6. Chart: Tripartite Government
7. Expansion of Rome
8. Review: Roman Republic
9. From Republic to Empire
10. Roman Engineering Worksheet
11. The Roman Empire and Religion
12. Review: Roman Empire
13. Development of Christianity (2 pages)
14. Decline and Fall of Rome
15. Rome Crosswords

Thursday, February 2, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: Place portfolio on desk for turning in.

     ROME TEST

     ASSIGNMENT: Bring binder ready for new unit.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: (10)  One internal weakness of the Roman Empire was ___.  One external threat was ___.

     ESSENTIAL QUESTION / AGENDA: *What have we learned about Rome?  Students reviewed unit content on Rome.

     ASSIGNMENT: Study for test. Be sure you have correctly completed your #15 crossword.  Portfolio should be complete and correct.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: (9) The founder of Christianity was ___.

     ESSENTIAL QUESTION / AGENDA: *What were the reasons for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire? Students read pages 339-342 in the text and completed #14 worksheet.

     ASSIGNMENT: Rome test is Thursday. Portfolios are due then. Be sure all are complete and corrected. For tomorrow, please complete #15 crosswords as directed (write term on line beside definition as well as on crossword.)

Monday, January 30, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: No regular entry. Complete the chart notes for the back of #13B.

     ESSENTIAL QUESTION / AGENDA: *How did Christianity become an accepted religion? Students discussed the persecution of Christians during the Roman Empire and how the experiences of Constantine led to the religion being made legal. Ask your child to explain the significance of the Edict of Milan.

     ASSIGNMENT: Rome test is Thursday.  Begin studying vocabulary terms found in your portfolio pages. (The flashcards below can help.) Be sure your portfolio is COMPLETE, CORRECTED, and IN NUMERICAL ORDER.

Beginning Work entries:

(8)  ___, the nephew of Caesar, took the name of ___ and became Rome’s first ___. He started a 200 year period of peace called the ___  ______.

(7)  What is an    AQUEDUCT?

(6)  Why did many senators consider Julius Caesar a threat?

Friday, January 20, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: No regular entry today. Students corrected #8 review of the Roman Republic. Students were to erase any incorrect answers and look up information to help change to accurate ones. Use pages 1-7 of the portfolio and pages 294-299 and 302-307 of the text as resources. (The use of these materials was encouraged when students were assigned this page. There really should have been NO poor grades.)

     ESSENTIAL QUESTION / AGENDA: *What were the Roman achievements in engineering? Refer to pages 326-327 of the text and #9 notes page. We used information in a flipchart to begin work on our #10 worksheet. This lesson will be completed on Monday.

     ASSIGNMENT: Comlete any remaining work on your #9 page, From Republic to Empire. Complete any remaining corrections to your #8 review.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: NO REGULAR ENTRY TODAY-- Complete any remaining work on 39 notes page.

     ESSENTIAL QUESTION / AGENDA: *What was the role of Octavian in Roman history? We discussed the struggle for power in Rome after the death of Caesar, which culminated in the Battle of Actium between Octavian and Mark Antony. Ask your student to tell you what event is used by historians to mark the beginning of the Roman Empire.

     ASSIGNMENT: Please complete any remaining work on #9 notes page. All should be finished by Monday.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: NO REGULAR ENTRY TODAY Complete any remaining work on “Disorder in the Republic.”  (#9 notes page) Complete “The End of the Republic” and “Rome’s Growing Empire.” (The next 4 sections) 

     ASSIGNMENT: Portfolio pages (1-7) should be complete, correct, and in order.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK:   (5) Rome is located on the ___ River. The mountain range located in northern Italy is the ___. The ___ Mountains run through most of Italy.

     ASSIGNMENT: Complete all of the #8 review. Due Wednesday.

Friday, January 13, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: No regular entry. Read "Hannibal Crosses the Alps," pages 191-194 in The Ancient World content reader.

     ESSENTIAL QUESTION / AGENDA: Students completed our study of Roman expansion through the Punic Wars.

     ASSIGNMENT: No new assignment Enjoy your long weekend!

Thursday, January 12, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: No regular Beginning Work entry. Copy the list of Roman contributions from the republic that our government uses from the promethean board. Place on the BACK of your #6 notes page (Tripartite Govt.).

     ESSENTIAL QUESTION / AGENDA: *How did trade and wars of expansion lead to the growth of Rome? Refer to pages 308-311 of the text. Students used a flipchart and video clips to begin our study of the Punic Wars today. We will complete tomorrow.

     ASSIGNMENT: Study vocabulary terms from the pages in your binder. Bring colored pencils or crayons for map work tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: (4) ___ were the top government officials in the Roman Republic.  What were their duties?

     ESSENTIAL QUESTION / AGENDA: *What features of the Roman Republic do WE use? Students continued our look at the government of the Roman Republic. We used a flipchart to create a chart of tripartite government. Students listed features of the republic that were adopted by our founding fathers. Students turned in #5 notes pages for grading.

     ASSIGNMENT: Update your Table of Contents. Place papers in numerical order.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: (3) What kind of government did Rome create in 509 BC?

     ESSENTIAL QUESTION / AGENDA: *What were the features of the Roman republic? Refer to pages 302-307 in the text. Students worked in pairs to define important vocabulary terms (BACK of #4 notes page).

     ASSIGNMENT: Complete the BACK of #5 notes page. If you could choose any six laws or rules by government, school, or family to VETO, which would you select?

Monday, January 9, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: (2) Italy is a ___ located in southern ___. It juts into the ___ Sea.

     ESSENTIAL QUESTION / AGENDA: *What were the features of the early Roman REPUBLIC? Students reviewed our map of Italy and turned in #3 notes page for a grade. We discussed the current eruption of Mt. Etna. Then we began our focus on the government of Rome. Using pages 298-299 of the text, we learned that Rome followed its monarchy with a REPUBLIC.

     ASSIGNMENT: Complete the FRONT of your #4 notes page. ***IF YOU HAVE NOT RETURNED YOUR SIGNED, CORRECTED GREECE TEST AND SIGNED PORTFOLIO, PLEASE DO SO TOMORROW. Thanks.***

Friday, January 6, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: (1) Name one legacy of Ancient Rome that you learned in the video yesterday.

     ESSENTIAL QUESTION : *How did the geography of Italy affect the development of civilization there? Refer to pages 294-295 in the text. Using information from these pages and our flipchart, students completed notes (#3) and began to label the map on the back. We will finish the labels on Monday.

     ASSIGNMENT: Color the water blue on the map (back of notes page 3).

Thursday, January 5, 2012

     BEGINNING WORK: Prepare your new Table of Contents

     ESSENTIAL QUESTION : *What was life like in Ancient Rome? All classes needed to complete the final round of the Geography Bee. Congratulations to our winners. The grade level bee will be tomorrow, with the school bee following next Tuesday. Most classes watched the video, "Ancient Rome," and took notes. Seventh period did not get to see the film due to our pep rally.

     ASSIGNMENT: Greece tests and portfolios are being sent home for parent signatures. Please sign BOTH the graded answer sheet and the graded Table of Contents page. Students are to make corrections to errors on the TEST PAGE itself as I have directed them. (Vocabulary will need to be corrected on the answer sheet.) All errors on the test should be corrected.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

    BEGINNING WORK: Quietly look over the maps in the atlas of your textbook until time for class to begin.

     CONTINUE GEOGRAPHY BEE-- We still need to finish one round. We will do that on Thursday.

     ASSIGNMENT: Have your binder empty and ready to begin a new portfolio.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012    

     BEGINNING WORK: Quietly look over the maps in the atlas of your textbook until time for class to begin.

     Today, students began our Geography Bee preliminary competition in each class. We should finish this tomorrow.

     ASSIGNMENT: Return your signed report card to your homeroom teacher.