World History
Week of May 11 - 15

Mon. May 11
Starter: What does it mean to be neutrl during a war? Look up the definition of neutral in a dictionary.

Vocabulary
Geography skills pg. 591
Begin reading Chp. 23, pg. 592

Tues. May 12
Starter: Which nation came into the war on the side of Austria-Hungary? pg.593
Review vocabulary
Video segment- World War I
Continue reading in chapter 23

Wed. May 13
Starter: Which type of German ship sank both Allied and neutral ships?
Vocabulary puzzle
Continue reading in Chapter 23

Thurs. May 14
Starter: What protection did soldiers have against the machine gun? pg. 595
Review vocabulary
Vocabulary Quiz
Activity

Fri. May 15
Starter: When did World War One end? How long did it last? pg. 598





Week of May 4 - May 8

Mon. May 4
Starter: Look at the map on page 505 of your book. Which lands border France?
Vocabulary
Geography Skills- page 505
Begin reading on page 513 Section 3

Tuesday, May 5
Starter: Why did the French government need money? Look on page 513.
Review vocabulary
Continue reading in Chapter 20
Revolution in France Crossword

Wednesday, May 6
Starter: By 1900 many countries in Europe had huge empires in _______________________ and _______________________________ Hint: 2 continents
Review vocabulary
Geography Skills - page 559
Beginning reading Chp 22: Nationalism and Imperialism

Thursday, May 7
Starter: What island did Garibaldi's troops invade in 1860? Hint: look on page 563
Review vocabulary
Vocabulary puzzle
Continue reading in chapter 22

Friday, May 8
Starter: What is the name of the empire that formed after the Austro-Prussian War? Hint: Look on page 566
Review vocabulary
Vocabulary Quiz
Continue reading
Video

Week of April 27- May 1

Mon. April 27
Starter: What age was inspired by the enlightened views of Isaac Newton?
Vocabulary
Graphic Organizer on Enlightenment thinkers

Tues. April 28
Starter: What did Hobbs think people were like when they were born?
Review vocabulary
Continue graphic organizer

Wed. April 29
Starter: Which two rulers' actions demonstrated that they were enlightened?
Review vocabulary
Continue with Section 3 of Chapter 18
Open notes Quiz on The Enlightenment

Thurs. April 30
Starter: Why do factory owners need capital?
Review vocabulary
Notes over the Industrial Revolution

Fri. May 1
Starter: What problem did Eli Whitney want to solve?
Review vocabulary
Vocabulary Quiz
Continue with notes
Video



Week of April 20- 24

Mon. April 20
Starter: Which English queen tried to make England Catholic again? Which English queen tried to get Protestants and Catholics to compromise?

Review vocabulary
Play review game for Reformation Quiz

Tues. April 21
Starter: Which reformer translated the Bible into English?

Review vocabulary
Take vocabulary quiz and quiz over the Reformation
Begin reading Chp. 15 The New Science using guided notes

Wed. April 22
Starter: Where does the word "science" come from?

Continue with Guided Notes
Assign topics for individual reports

Thurs. April 23
Starter: Ptolemy believed that ______ was the center of the universe.

Research on topics

Fri. April 24
Starter: What was Galileo forced to admit to the Roman Inquisition?

Present reports
Begin Chp. 18 The Age of Reason-









Week of March 30- April 3

We will begin studying the Renaissance
Vocabulary words;
1.clergy
2.rebellion
3.Renaissance
4.Humanism
5.tutor
6.architect
7.sculptor
8.worldly
9.criticize
10.execute

Week of March 23-27

Mon. March 23
Starter: What were the crusaders trying to accomplish?
Review vocabulary
Vocabulary puzzle
Discuss Feudalism/ Guided Notes

Tues. March 24
Starter: Draw the pyramid diagram of feudalism
Review vocabulary
Vocabulary quiz
Discuss the manor system/ Guided Notes

Wed. March 25
Starter: Name two parts of a castle
Discuss culture in the Middle Ages/ Guided Notes

Thurs. March 26
Starter: What did students study in the cathedral schools?
Coat of Arms project

Friday, March 27
Starter: Tell me what you know about the Reformation
Vocabulary
Video on the Reformation

Week of March 16-20

Mon. March 16
Starter: Who or what kept learning alive during the Middle Ages? Chp. 10, Section 1
Vocabulary: Crusade, Holy Land, Muslim, Pilgrim, Feudalism, Fief, Page, Squire, Vassal, Manor
Discuss the church during the Middle Ages/ Guided Notes

Tues. - Fri. Videos.

Week of March 9-12

Mon.- Thurs. Review for GHSGT using www.testprep.com


Week of March 2-6
Mon. No School- Snow Day

Tues. March 3
Starter: What is thename of the time period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance?
New Vocabulary- Middle Ages
relic, saint,barbaric, icon, patriarch, Cyrillic alphabet, monk, czar, Kremlin, pope
Finish up writing the President
Begin guided notes

Wed. March 4
Starter: Give me two reasons why Justinian was one of the greatest Byzantine emperors.
Review vocabulary
Continue with Guided Notes

Thurs. March 5
Starter: Who united Germanic tribes into one kingdom? Look on page 232.
Review vocabulary
Vocabulary puzzle
Read "Life Among the Germans" pg. 235 and "How the Russians Became Christians" pg. 236


Week of Feb. 23 -27
Mon. Feb. 23
Starter: Give me the name of one of the Roman emperors and tell me what he did.
Vocabulary: Same as last week
Review Guided notes

Tues. Feb. 24
Starter: Tell me one reason the Roman Empire began to decline.
Review vocabulary
Continue with notes

Wed. Feb. 25
Starter: Why did the Jewish people want a Messiah?
Vocabulary
Review for test over the Roman Republic and The Roman Empire

Thurs. Feb. 26
Test over Roman Republic and Roman Empire
Starter: Why did some people fear Jesus of Nazareth?
Review vocabulary
Vocabulary puzzles

Fri. Feb. 27
Starter: Tell me something you learned about the Roman Empire
Vocabulary Quiz
Introduction to the Middle Ages


Week of Feb. 17-20
Mon. Feb.16 No School

Tues. Feb. 17
Starter: Tell me two things about Julius Caesar (look on page 183)
Vocabulary: aqueduct, Pax Romana, debate, condemn, decline, plague, Christianity, Messiah, Prophet, crucify
Read "How to Get Elected in Rome" pg. 185 and discuss
Read "Life in Rome" page 186 and discuss

Wed. Feb. 18
Starter:By what name was Octavian, Julius Caesar's adopted son, known?
Review vocabulary
Begin guided notes

Thurs. Feb. 19
Starter: What was the Pax Romana?
Review vocabulary
Vocabulary puzzles
Continue with guided notes

Fri. Feb. 20
Starter: Name a bad Roman emperor. What did he do that was bad?
Review vocabulary
Vocabulary Quiz
Activity or video

Week of Feb. 9-13



Mon. Feb. 9
Starter: Tell me two things that Aristotle wrote about. Look on page 160
New vocabulary list
Finish up PowerPoint projects
Share Powerpoint projects with the class
Test over Greece on Wed.

Tues. Feb. 10
Starter: Who was Aristotle's most famous pupil?
Review vocabulary
Finish up PowerPoint presentations.
Review for test

Wed. Feb. 11
Test over Greece
Starter: Who did the ancient Romans say founded Rome?
Review vocabulary
Begin Guided notes on The Roman Republic

Thurs. Feb. 12
Starter: Who were the Patricians?
Review vocabulary
Continue with notes

Fri. Feb. 13
Starter: Who were the Plebeians?
Review vocabulary
Vocabulary Quiz
Continue with notes
Video on Roman Republic




Week of Feb. 2- 6
Mon. Feb.2
Starter: Name one thing you think of when you hear the name, "Greece."
New vocab. list
Map activity
Begin notes on Greece

Tues. Feb. 3
Starter: What kind of land did the civilization of Greece develop on?
Review vocab.
Continue with notes

Wed. Feb. 4
Starter: What kind of government did Athens have?
Review vocab.
Continue with notes
Compare and contrast different types of government

Thurs. Feb. 5
Starter: Would you have rather lived in Athens or Sparta? Why?
Review vocab.
Vocab. puzzle
Discuss Olympics

Fri. Feb. 6
Starter: Tell me one new thing you have learned this week about Greece
Review vocab.
Vocab. Quiz
Video on Greece


Week of Jan.26-30
Mon. Jan. 26
Starter: Who was one of the Greatest Chaldean kings?
Give new vocabulary
Begin reading Chp. 5 Egypt- The Gift of the Nile/ Guided Notes

Tues. Jan. 27
Starter: What is the "Gift of the Nile?"
Review vocabulary
Continue reading and guided notes
Begin map exercise

Wed. Jan. 28
Starter: Tell one thing you learned about Egypt.
Review vocabulary
Finish reading in chp.5/ Guided notes


Thurs. Jan. 29
Starter: Name one medical procedure the Egyptians could do.
Review vocabulary
Vocabulary puzzles
Watch video about hieroglyphics, pharaohs, and religion
Video question sheet
Discuss mummification
Begin sugar cube pyramid activity

Fri. Jan. 30
Starter: Name one thing you learned about mummification yesterday.
Review vocabulary
Vocabulary Quiz
Continue pyramid activity



Week of Jan. 20-23, 2009

Tues. Jan. 20
Starter
A.Vocabulary
1.alliances
2.archer
3.capital
4.cavalry
5.chariot
6.governor
7.loot
8.province
9.smelt
10.tribute
B.The Inauguration

Wed. Jan.21
Starter
Review vocabulary
Discuss The Inauguration
Write list of 5 things learned from watching the Inauguration
Begin Chapter 4 Middle Eastern Empires

Thurs. Jan.22
Starter
Review Vocabulary
Read and work on Guided Notes

Fri. Jan. 23
Starter
Review vocabulary
Vocabulary Quiz
Continue reading and Guided Notes