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.