End-of-the-Year Project assigned on April 8-10th. Students were read and explained the instructions. The due date for Part I., the Lesson Plan (must be typed) is Due Monday, May 6th. Presentations (Part II.) will begin afterwards. Presentations will go in order of the chapters, i.e. students with Chapter 9-1, will go before 9-2, or 12-1 and so forth.

For Part II, the Presentation, students may create a MS Powerpoint to help present their lesson, if they choose. Here they would include the points in the rubric.

**There have been concerns about including the "benchmarks" or "objectives for learning". This portion is appropriate to include because students in this class have seen benchmarks for each lesson we have covered all year long. They have seen me model the introduction to each lesson with the benchmarks for each lesson we've read. They know these are the reasons for our learning - the items we will need to learn when we have finished the section. So, this expectation is NOT new to them.

Some tips: When reading your lesson online you will notice the benchmarks at the beginning of each reading. Click on these benchmarks and they will reveal the goal of each lesson. Each lesson will have its own number of benchmarks to be covered. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO ANSWER THE BENCHMARKS, THEN CERTAINLY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TEACH THEM TO US. If you prefer an easier way...then use the Guiding questions throughout the reading. You will take these Guided Questions, and turn them into statements. For instance, a Guiding Question from Ch. 6 Lesson 4 reads: What was life like for the Jew in Greek-rules lands? When you stand up to present to us you might say..."Today you will learn what life was like for the Jews while under Greek rule". These benchmarks must be written clearly at the beginning of your written lesson plan (Part I).