Dec 21- Then off to the Break!!!

Bell Activity: None
No BA today.  Get your notebooks ready for CE

 Today 12/21                                        Next Day  12/22- 1/2
1. No BA                                               1. BA-Nope
2. CE                                                     2. CE- Get some ready
3. Roman Entertainment                       3. Chillax at home

Homework:
- Make sure your notebook is caught up and looking nice

What are we learning?

1.  What did Romans do for entertainment?
2. What connection did the entertainment have to government?
3. Why is public entertainment important, especially in ancient times?

Dec 20

Bell Activity: None
No BA today.  Get your notebooks ready for CE

 Today 12/20                                        Next Day  12/21
1. No BA                                               1. BA
2. CE                                                     2. CE
3. Empire                                               3. Roman Entertainment

Homework:
- Make sure your notebook is caught up and looking nice

What are we learning?

1.  How was Rome different under emperors than under the republic?
2. How did the Empire end?
3. What connections does Rome have with the Middle Ages?

Dec 19

Bell Activity: 2-10
1. What is a Republic?
2. How is it different from an Oligarchy?
3. How is it different from a Democracy?

 Today 12/19                                        Next Day  12/20
1. BA                                                     1. BA
2. CE                                                     2. CE
3. Empire                                               3. Roman Entertainment

Homework:
- Make sure your notebook is caught up and looking nice
What are we learning?

1.  How did Rome's Republic Fall?
2. What replaced the Republic?

Dec 16

Bell Activity: 2-9
Come grab a paper up front, go back to your desk, and read it.  In your notebook, answer the 4 questions, then discuss your thoughts with your neighbor.

 Today 12/16                                        Next Day  12/19
1. BA                                                     1. BA
2. No CE                                                2. CE
3. Caesar                                                3. Empire 

Homework:
Roman Engineering due 12/15 (Yesterday)

What are we learning?

1.  What  type of Government did Rome have?
2. How did the Republic fall?
3. Would it be ok to give up our citezen power to someone that would run the Government better?

Dec 15

Bell Activity: none
Get your note books out for CE.

 Today 12/15                                        Next Day  12/16
1. No BA                                               1. BA
2. CE                                                     2. No CE
3. Military                                              3. Ceasar 

Homework:
Roman Engineering due 12/15 (Today)

What are we learning?

1.  What  impact did Rome have on the world?
2. How did Rome's military take over so much land?
3. Why was Rome so sucessful?

Dec 14

Bell Activity: none

 Today 12/14                                        Next Day  12/15
1. No BA                                               1. BA
2. No CE                                               2. CE
3. Roman Engineering                          3. Military

Homework:
Roman Engineering due 12/15

What are we learning?

1.  What  impact did Rome have on the world.
2. What technology did they develop?
3. Why was Rome so sucessful?

Dec 13

Bell Activity: 2-8
Watch this clip on Rome, and write down 5 facts about Rome.

 Today 12/13                                        Next Day  12/14
1. BA                                                     1. BA
2. CE                                                     2. No CE
3. Life in Rome                                     3. Roman Engineering

Homework:
None.......yet

What are we learning?

1.  What  was it like to live in Rome?
2. How did living in Rome compare to our lives now?
3.  How did geography affect Rome?

Dec 12

Bell Activity: None
Get out your note book for CE

 Today 12/12                                         Next Day  12/13
1. No BA                                               1. BA
2. CE                                                     2. CE
3. Rome                                                3. Life in Rome

Homework:
None.......yet

What are we learning?

1.  What  was Rome?
2. Why do we study Rome?
3.  How did geography affect Rome?

Dec 9

Bell Activity: None
I will give you the first 5 minutes or so to study.  Pull out your study materials and use them.

 Today 12/9                                           Next Day  12/12
1. No BA                                               1. BA
2. No CE                                               2. CE
3. Greek Test                                        3. Rome

Homework:
None.......yet
What are we learning?

1.  How to study and prepare for a test.

Dec 8

Bell Activity: None

 Today 12/8                                           Next Day  12/9
1. No BA                                               1. No BA
2. No CE                                               2. No CE
3. Review                                              3. Greek Test

Homework:
-Go over your Greek Vocab!
-the Greek Test will be Friday (Dec 9)

What are we learning?

1.  How to study and prepare for a test.

Dec 7

Bell Activity: None

 Today 12/7                                           Next Day  12/8
1. No BA                                               1. No BA
2. No CE                                               2. No CE
3. Greek Plays                                       3. Review
4. Alexander

Homework:
-Go over your Greek Vocab!
-the Greek Test will be this Friday (Dec 9)

What are we learning?

1.  How to organize, create, and accomplish a project with a group of people.

Dec 6

Bell Activity: None

 Today 12/6                                           Next Day  12/7
1. No BA                                               1. BA
2. No CE                                               2. No CE
3. Greek Plays                                       3. Greek Plays
                                                               4. Alexander
Homework:
-Go over your Greek Vocab!
-the Greek Test will be this Friday (Dec 9)

What are we learning?

1.  How to organize, create, and accomplish a project with a group of people.

Dec 5

Bell Activity: None
Get your notebook out and be ready to start!

 Today 12/5                                           Next Day  12/6
1. No BA                                               1. BA
2. CE                                                     2. No CE
3. Project                                              3. Greek Plays

Homework:
- Project- We start presenting on Tuesday, so be ready!!
-Go over your Greek Vocab!
-the Greek Test will be this Friday (Dec 9)
What are we learning?

1.  How to organize, create, and accomplish a project with a group of people.

Dec 2

Bell Activity: None
Get your notebook out and be ready to start!

 Today 12/2                                           Next Day  12/5
1. No BA                                               1. BA
2. No CE                                               2. CE
3. Peloponnesian War                           3. Alexander the Great
4. Project

Homework:
- Project- Use the weekend to get things finished up to present/ turn it in next Wendnesday
-Go over your Greek Vocab!

What are we learning?

1.  How did the alliance that survived the Persian wars fall apart to creat another war?
2.  What happened when Sparta and Athens went head to head?

Welcome to December

Bell Activity: None
Pull out your blue worksheet (Athens and Sparta) so we can start right away!!

 Today 12/1                                           Next Day  12/2
1. No BA                                               1. No BA
2. CE                                                     2. No CE
3. Persian War                                      3. Peloponnesian War
                                                              4. Project
Homework:
- Project- Depending what you need to get done you may need to do some things at home
-Go over your Greek Vocab!

What are we learning?

1.  What was the importance of the Persian War on Greek Culture?
2.  What events occured that allowed the small Greek city-states to defeat the huge Persian empire?

Nov 30

Bell Activity: 2-7
Up at the front is a copy of a story about a Spartan family and a challenge they faced.  Grab a copy, read it, and with your neighbors discuss and answer the questions in your notebook.

 Today 11/30                                          Next Day  12/1
1. BA                                                     1. BA
2. CE                                                      2. CE
3.Project                                                3. Persian War                                      

Homework:
- Project- Depending what you need to get done you may need to do some things at home
-Go over your Greek Vocab!

What are we learning?

1.  What were some of the unique parts of Spartan culture?
2.  Why was Sparta so different and brutal?
3. How to work with a group or individually to plan, create, and finish a project.

Nov 29

Bell Activity: none
None today

 Today 11/29                                          Next Day  11/30
1. No BA                                                1. BA
2. CE                                                      2. CE
3.Athens and Sparta                               3. Peloponnesian War
4. Project                                          

Homework:
- Project- Depending what you need to get done you may need to do some things at home
-Go over your Greek Vocab!
-Check on powerschool and make sure you are caught up.

What are we learning?

1.  What made Athens and Sparta different?
2.  How do these two cites effect Greece, and how do they still affect us today?
3. Why was Sparta so focused on military, and Athens focused on learning and culture?

Back to School, and Hopefully Full of Pie!!

Bell Activity: 2-6
Watch this clip on Sparta and write down 5 facts about Sparta.

 Today 11/28                                          Next Day  11/29
1. BA                                                      1. No BA
2. No CE                                                2. CE
3.Athens and Sparta                               3. Athens and Sparta
4. Project?                                              4. Project

Homework:
- Project- Depending what you need to get done you may need to do some things at home
-Go over your Greek Vocab!
-Check on powerschool and make sure you are caught up.

What are we learning?

1.  What made Athens and Sparta different?
2.  How do these two cites effect Greece, and how do they still affect us today?
3. Why was Sparta so focused on military, and Athens focused on learning and culture?

Off to Thanksgiving

Bell Activity: 2-5
Watch this clip on Thanksgiving and write down 5 facts on it's history.

 Today 11/22                                          Next Day  11/23
1. BA                                                      1. No BA
2. CE                                                      2. Prep some CE
3. Greek Project                                     3. Thanksgiving Break!

Homework:
- Project?
-Go over your Greek Vocab!
-Check on powerschool and make sure you are caught up.

What are we learning?

1.  Skills to sucsessfully plan, create, and finish a project.

Nov 21

Bell Activity: 2-4
1. Explain why you like or dislike working in a group.
2. Explain why you like or dislike presenting in front of the class.
3.  Explain which project option you are going to do and why.

 Today 11/21                                          Next Day  11/22
1. No BA                                                1. BA
2. CE                                                      2. CE
3. The Greek City                                  3. Greek Project
4. Greece Project

Homework:
- Have your story for your play picked out.
-Go over your Greek Vocab!
-Check on powerschool and make sure you are caught up.

What are we learning?

1.  What was life like in the cities of ancient Greece?
2.  How did people live, shop, work, and play in the cities of ancient Greece?

Nov 18

Bell Activity: none

 Today 11/18                                          Next Day  11/21
1. No BA                                                1. BA
2. No CE                                                2. CE
3. Greek Democracy                              3. The Greek City
4. Greece Project

Homework:
- Figure out what you are doing on your project by Monday.
-Go over your Greek Vocab!
-Check on powerschool and make sure you are caught up.

What are we learning?

1.  What is democracy and how did it work in ancient Greece?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the forms of government used in ancient Greece?

Nov 17

Bell Activity: 2-3
In the Illiad, we learned that Achilles had two options for his life.  The first was to live a long life with family and die in obscurity.  The second was to live a short life, but gain eternal glory.  If you had the same options, which would you choose?
1. Write a paragraph (4-6 good sentences) on your choice and why you would choose it.  
2. Go to someone on the other side of the classroom and ask them what they chose.  Return to your seat and write down in your notebook why they chose what they did.

 Today 11/17                                          Next Day  11/18
1. BA                                                      1. BA
2. CE                                                      2.No CE
3. Greek Government                            3. The Greek City

Homework:
-Go over your Greek Vocab!
-Check on powerschool and make sure you are caught up.

What are we learning?

1.  What are the different type of governments used in ancient Greece?
2. What are the good and bad parts of those governments, and how did they affect the people that lived in the cities?

Nov 16

http://www.youtube.com/user/historyteachers#p/u/18/pdTigtNMmDQ

Bell Activity: none
No BA today

 Today 11/16                                          Next Day  11/17
1. NO BA                                               1. BA
2. CE                                                      2.CE
3. Epics-The Oddessy                            3. Greek Government

Homework:


What are we learning?

1.  How stories were spread during a time of no writting.
2. The purpose of the myth stories.
3. How we can learn history from strories.

http://www.history.com/topics/achilles/videos#trojan-horse-most-fatal-gift

Nov 15

Bell Activity: none
No BA today

 Today 11/15                                          Next Day  11/16
1. NO BA                                               1. BA
2. CE                                                      2.CE
3. Epics-The Illiad                                  3. Classical Greece

Homework:

What are we learning?

1.  How stories were spread during a time of no writting.
2. The purpose of the myth stories.
3. How we can learn history from strories.

http://www.history.com/topics/achilles/videos#trojan-horse-most-fatal-gift

Nov 14

Bell Activity: none
No BA today

 Today 11/14                                          Next Day  11/15
1. NO BA                                               1. BA
2. CE                                                      2.CE
3. Oral Tradition/ Orator                        3. Epics-The Illiad 

Homework:
-Mythology Story done by Mon Nov 14


What are we learning?

1.  How stories were spread during a time of no writting.
2. The purpose of the myth stories.
3. How to present to the class.

Nov 11

Bell Activity: none
No BA today

 Today 11/11                                          Next Day  11/14
1. NO BA                                               1. BA
2. NO CE                                                2.CE
3. Mythology                                           3. Oral Tradition/ Orator

Homework:
-Mythology Story done by Mon Nov 14


What are we learning?

1.  How mythology affected ancient Greeks
2. The purpose of the myth stories and a few specfic stories.

Nov 10

Bell Activity: none
No BA today

 Today 11/10                                          Next Day  11/11
1. NO BA                                               1. BA
2. NO CA                                                2.CE
3. Mythology                                           3. Mythology


Homework:
-Mythology Story


What are we learning?

1.  How mythology affected ancient Greeks
2. The purpose of the myth stories and a few specfic stories.

Nov 9

Bell Activity: 2-2
 Watch this clip on the Greek gods.
Write the name of each of the gods the clip shows and two facts about them.  (That is two facts per god)


Today 11/9                                           Next Day  11/10
1. BA                                                      1. BA
2. CE                                                       2.CE
3. Mythology                                           3. Mythology


Homework:
-Mythology Story


What are we learning?

1.  How mythology affected ancient Greeks
2. The purpose of the myth stories and a few specfic stories.

Nov 8

Bell Activity: 2-1
Watch this clip on Zeus, and awnser the following questions.
1. Write a paragraph (4-6 complete sentneces) summerizing the story.
2.  What is one of the resons this clip says early Greeks had mythology stories?
3.  What other two stories that we have talked about does this story relate to?Today 11/8                                           Next Day  11/9
1. BA                                                      1. BA
2. CE                                                       2.CE
3. Mythology                                           3. Mythology


Homework:

What are we learning?

1.  How mythology affected ancient Greeks
2. The purpose of the myth stories and a few specfic stories.

Nov 7

Bell Activity:  none
No BA.  Pull out your notebook for CE


Today 11/7                                           Next Day  11/8
1. No BA                                                 1. BA
2. CE                                                       2.CE
3. Greek Gods                                         3. Mythology


Homework:
Map n Timeline Due Mon 11-7 (Today)

What are we learning?

1.  A few of the Greek gods and their roles in Greek life.
2. How to work with a group to gather information.

Nov 4

Bell Activity:  none
No BA.  Pull out your notebook for CE


Today 11/4                                           Next Day  11/7
1. No BA                                                 1. BA
2. CE                                                       2.CE
3. Greece Timeline                                  3. Greek Gods


Homework:
Map n Timeline Due Mon 11-7

What are we learning?

1.  We are getting an overview of events during  ancient Greece.


Timeline website: http://www.schoolsliaison.org.uk/kids/preload.htm
Click ancient Greece and then click about ancient Greece

3rd of November

Bell Activity:  none
No BA.  Pull out your notebook for CE


Today 11/3                                           Next Day  11/4
1. No BA/CE                                          1 . BA/ CE
2. Early Greece                                       2. Greece Timeline


Homework:
None...............yet

What are we learning?

1.  Who are the early Greeks?
2. How the early Greeks impact later Greek cultures, as well as us today.

Nov 2

Bell Activity:  none
No BA.  Pull out your notebook for CE


Today 11/2                                           Next Day  11/3
1. No BA/CE                                          1 . BA/ CE
2. Geography of Greece                         2. Early Greece


Homework:
None...............yet

What are we learning?

1.  How geography affected ancient Greece.
2. The physical features of Greece.

Welcome to November

Bell Activity:  2-0
Go back to the K-W-L we did on Oct 18.  Fill out the L part.  Under the L you will write what you learned, or at least the best things you learned.


Today 11/1                                           Next Day  11/2
1. BA/CE                                              1 . BA/ CE
2. Good bye to Egypt                            2. Geography of Greece
3. Intro to Ancient Greece


Homework:
None...............yet

What are we learning?

1.  How Greece connects with Egypt and Mesopotamia.

All Hallows Eve

Bell Activity:  10/31
Answer the following questions in complete sentences.
1.  What traditions does your family have for Halloween?
2.  Why is it fun to be scared?  (or is it fun?)


Today 10/31                                         Next Day  11/1
1. BA/CE                                              1 . BA/ CE
2. Halloween                                         2. Ancient Greece

Homework:
All missing assignments are due.  

What are we learning?

1.  Why do we celebrate Halloween?

2.  Where did the traditions come from?

Oct 28

Bell Activity:  10/27
None


Today 10/28                                         Next Day  10/31
1. No BA/CE                                        1 . BA/ CE
2. Egypt Test                                         2. Halloween

Homework:
All missing assignments are due on Oct 28

What are we learning?

Oct 27

Bell Activity:  10/27
No Ba, Yes CE


Today 10/27                                         Next Day  10/28
1. BA/CE                                              1 . NO BA/ CE
2. Egypt Acomplish                              2. Egypt Test
3. Review

Homework:
Egypt Test will be Friday Oct 28
All missing assignments are due on Oct 28

What are we learning?
1. The impact of massive culture change within a civilization.
2.  The impact of religion in Egypt.
3.  How Egyptian society favored the upper class (who were fewer in number than the lower class).

Oct 26

Bell Activity:  10/26
1.  Who was Akhenaten and what did he do to SHOCK Egypt?
2.  Why do you think Egyptians got upset with his religious changes?
3.  Imagine you lived during Akhenaten's reign, describe how you would feel.


Today 10/26                                         Next Day  10/27
1. BA/CE                                              1 . NO BA/ CE
2. Egyptian Society                               2. Egypt Acomplish
                                                              3. Review

Homework:
Movie Sheet- Oct 26
Egypt Test will be Friday Oct 28
All missing assignments are due on Oct 28

What are we learning?
1. The impact of massive culture change within a civilization.
2.  The impact of religion in Egypt.
3.  How Egyptian society favored the upper class (who were fewer in number than the lower class).

Oct 25 No Mr. Weston :(

Bell Activity:  10/25
NO Ba or CE.
Update your planners.
Get out your Green note paper.


Today 10/25                                         Next Day  10/26
1. NO BA/CE                                       1 . BA/ CE
2. Akhunaton                                        2. Egyptian Society 

Homework:
Movie Sheet- Oct 26
Egypt Test will be Friday Oct 28
All missing assignments are due on Oct 28

What are we learning?
1. The impact of massive culture change within a civilization.
2.  The impact of religion in Egypt.

Back to School

Bell Activity:  10/24
Watch the clip on mummification and answer the questions.
1. What did ancient Egyptians put in the canopic jars?
2. Why is the heart left?
3.  How did they get the brain out?
4. Why did they spend all the time mummifying?
5. Connecting this clip with last weeks lesson on the gods,  what importance  do you think religion and the promised after life play in ancient Egypt?


Today 10/24                                         Next Day  10/25
1. BA/CE                                             1 . No BA/ CE
2. Egyptian Civ                                    2. Akhunaton                                         

Homework:
Egypt Test will be Friday Oct 28
All missing assignments are due on Oct 28

What are we learning?
1. What made Egypt a successful and long lasting civilization.

2.  How geography affected Egypt.

Oct 19th then off for UEA!

Bell Activity:  10/19
No BA or CE but pull out your notebook anyway :)


Today 10/19                                         Next Day  10/20
1. no BA/CE                                         1 . UEA
2. Egyptian Religion                                              

Homework:

What are we learning?
1. Egyptian religion and polytheism.

Oct 18

Bell Activity:  10/18
Using about half the sheet of paper, divide the paper into 3 parts.
               K                                W                               L
K is for what you know                W is for what you want to learn         Leave L blank for today

In the next few minutes, fill out as much as you can for K and W on ancient Egypt.


(Pick up your Country Report posters after school, if you want them. Last day to do so.)


Today 10/18                                         Next Day  10/19
1. no BA/CE                                         1 . BA/ CE
2. Egypt                                                2. Egypt

Homework:

What are we learning?
1. The impact ancient Egypt had on our modern world.
2. The importance of studying ancient cultures.

Oct 17

Bell Activity:  10/17
No Ba today.  
Pull out your notebook, because we have some CE!
(Pick up your Country Report posters after school, if you want them.)


Today 10/17                                         Next Day  10/18
1. no BA/CE                                         1 . BA/ CE
2. Early Writing                                   2. Egypt

Homework:

What are we learning?
1. How writing developed in ancient Sumer.
2. The impact writing can have on a society.

Egyptian Vocab Words

The * means they are not in the textbook's glossary.  You can use the online textbook to help (the link is under Weston's links).  Other wise, use a dictionary or online source.

*Quarry                                                   *Fresco

Cataract                                                   *Faience

Expedition                                              Mummification

Polytheism                                             *Canopic Jars

Monotheism                                         *Sarcophagus

*Pectoral- an Egyptian necklace        Pharaoh

*Obelisk                                                      Delta

Papyrus                                                     *Shadoof    pg 84

*Sphinx                                                     *Inundation

*Rosetta Stone                                       *lotus

Scribe                                                         hieroglyphics