Monday - January 4, 2010
Finish the outline map sheet.

Tuesday - January 5, 2010
No HW.  Map quiz on Friday.

Wednesday - January 6, 2010
Using the Internet, find out why Mesopotamia was the site of the world's first civilzation.  List your findings (find at least three to five reasons.)

Thursday - January 7, 2010
Study for a map quiz on Southwest Asia.

Friday - January 8, 2010
No HW

Monday - January 11, 2010
Finish the cuneiform activity.

Tuesday - January 12, 2010
Finish your own Hammurabi's Code assignment from class.

Wednesday - January 13, 2010
Do the Chapter 5 Review.

Thursday - January 14, 2010
Study for test on Chapter 5.  Study the following items:
    1.  Key Terms and Places
    2.  Hammurabi's Code
    3.  History of Sumer
    4.  Cuneiform

Friday - January 15, 2010
No HW.  Please remember why we have Monday off.  

Tuesday - January 19, 2010
Work on Mini-Project #1

Wednesday - January 20, 2010
Work on Mini-Project #1

Thursday - January 21, 2010
Work on Mini-Project #1 

Friday - January 22, 2010
2nd period - Finish Section 1 Assessment.  Quiz on Monday on Section 1. 
3rd period - No HW
5th period - No HW
6th period - Quiz on Monday on Section 1. 

Monday - January 25, 2010
No HW 

Tuesday - January 26, 2010
No HW

Wednesday - January 27, 2010
1.  Do test corrections - 2nd and 3rd periods
2.  Work on M.P. #1

Thursday - January 28, 2010
1.  Do test corrections - 5th period.
2.  Organize your notes for chapter 6 review tomorrow.  Test on Monday for periods 2, 3, and 6.  Test on Tuesday for period 5.

Week of February 1st, 2010
-Work on Mini Project #1.  This is due on Monday, February 8th. 

Monday - February 8, 2010
2nd - Vocab Quiz
3rd - Test Corrections
5th - No HW
6th - Test Corrections 

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Monday - September 28
1.  Find ten (10) interesting facts about Africa.  Be prepared to present tomorrow.

Tuesday - September 29
1.  Complete map worksheet on West Africa.

Wednesday - September 30
1.  If you were in charge, how would you stop desertification in West Africa?

Thursday - October 1
No HW

Friday - October 2
1.  Finish the mini-project on "The Atlantic Slave Trade."  It is due on Monday.
2.  We will have a quiz on the map of West Africa and Section 1 on Tuesday.

Monday - October 5
1.  Study for assessment.

Tuesday - October 6
Finish Section 3 Questions

Wednesday - October 7
No HW

Thursday - October 8
No HW

Friday - October 9
Stduy for Chapter 15 - Test

Chapter 15 - Study Guide
1.  Map of West Africa
2.  Key Terms - 11 total
3.  Physical Features
4.  Climate
5.  History & Culture
6.  Nigeria
7.  The Sahel Countries
8.  Liberia
9.  Mail & Burkina Faso

Monday - October 12
Create a crossword puzzle using the key terms from Chapter 17

Tuesday - October 13
No HW

Wednesday - October 14
Finish min-project #2.

Thursday - October 15
No HW

Friday - October 16
No HW

Monday - October 19
Study for map quiz on Central Africa

Tuesday - October 20
No HW

Wednesday - October 21
No HW

Thursday - October 22
Find out one current event that is taking place in Central Africa.  Just print it out, and bring it to class tomorrow.

Friday - October 23
Using the Internet, find out where in Central Africa are there problems between the people and the government.  Print out the article and bring it to school on Monday.

Monday - October 26
Organize all of your notes from Chapter 17.  We will review tomorrow in class.

Tuesday - October 27
No HW
1st Blue Diamond in Social Studies tomorrow.

Wednesday - October 28
Create a map of Ancient Kush and Egypt. 

Thursday - October 29
Find a current event article from Egypt.

Friday - October 30
No HW!  Make sure you watch the World Series on TV!!! 

Monday - November 2
No HW - Quiz on Section 1 on Wednesday

Tuesday - November 3
Study for Quiz on Section 1

Wednesday - November 4
No HW

Thursday - November 5
Find a current event article on the Sudan

Friday - November 6
Study for a test on Chapter 12.

Monday - November 9
Create a map of East Africa.  You can use the Internet for help, but you must create it.

Tuesday - November 10
No HW

Thursday - November 12
No HW

Friday - November 13
1.  Finish Mini-Project #3. 
2.  Also, if you received your test back, you can do test corrections.  You will write the correct answer on a separate sheet, attach the sheet to the test, and submit them to me on Monday.

Monday - November 16
Using the Internet, find out what the 5 most spoken languages are in East Africa.

Tuesday - November 17
What is "The Snows of Mt. Kilimanjaro?"

Wednesday - November 18
Find out a current events article from East Africa.

Thursday - November 19
Study for test on Chapter 16.

Friday - November 20
No HW.

Monday - November 23
Finish the Chapter Review questions from today. 

Tuesday - November 24
No HW.  Enjoy your break!