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WEEK OF JANUARY 4, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
Compare and contrast Egypt and Mesopotamia.
Complete chart with information from both civilizations.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Introduce the Indus Valley civilization.
Describe the geography of South Asia and
how it influenced early civilizations of India.
Textbook pages 220-224
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Describe the development level of the
Indus Valley civilization.
Textbook pages 224-227
Thurday, January 7, 2010
Explain how we know about the trade between the Indus Valley
and Mesopotamia.
Textbook pages 227-228
Friday, January 8, 2010
Review lesson 1 of the Indus Valley civilization.
Textbook pages 220-228
Complete review questions on page 228
WEEK OF DECEMBER 14, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Ancient Egyptian Review Packet.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Crossword puzzle of ancient Egypt to review
all vocabulary from Chapter 7
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Play Egyptian Bingo
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Review Chapter 7 for test
Textbook pages 216-217
Friday, December 18, 2009
Test on Ancient Egypt
Chapter 7
WEEK OF DECEMBER 7, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
The New Kingdom: Compare and contrast the reigns of Hatshepsut
and Thutmose III in their goals and achievements.
Chapter 7 pages 199-201
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Explain and describe three important achievements of the Egyptians
during the New Kingdom period.
Chapter 7 pages 201-202
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Egyptian Art: Learn how art can be a source of information
about people of the past.
Chapter 7 pages 204-205
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Describe what Egypt gained as a result of its
conquest of Kush.
Chapter 7 pages 210-211
Friday, December 11, 2009
Quiz on pages 186-203
The Gift of the Nile & Life in Egypt
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 30, 2009
Monday, November, 30, 2009
N O S C H O O L
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Explain the importance of the Rosetta Stone to
understand the history of ancient Egypt.
Textbook pages 192-194
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Learn about the social structure of ancient Egypt
by comparing it with levels of a pyramid.
Textbook pages 196-199
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Introduce rulers and achievements of the New Kingdom.
Textbook pages 199-200
Friday, December 4, 2009
Geography: Oceans of the world
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 23, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Label a map of ancient Egypt, become familiar
with Lower and Upper Egypt.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Go to computer lab to work on country project
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Relate the Egyptians' care about preserving the body
of a dead person to their beliefs about the afterlife
Textbook pages 191-192
Thursday, November 26, 2009
N O S C H O O L
Friday, November 27, 2009
N O S C H O O L
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 16, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Introduce Ancient Egypt
Explore the Geography of Egypt
Discuss the importance of the Nile River
Textbook pages 184-186
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Contrast upper and Lower Egypt
Describe the Three Seasons created by the
Nile's flood cycle.
Textbook pages 187-188
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Describe the meaning of the white, red and double crowns
Name the important advances of the Old Kingdom
Textbook pages 188-190
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Review and discuss key terms form lesson 1
Complete handout to review pages 185-190
Friday, November 20, 2009
Geography: Learn about population maps
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 9, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Student Council Class representative elections
Watch short clip on Discovery Education (Mesopotamia)
Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses
of the three empires discussed (Akkad, Assyria, Babylonia)
Textbook pages 172-173
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Make clay tablets and write in cuneiform using a stylus
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Review Chapter 6 for Friday's Test
Students complete and discuss handout
Thursday, November 12, 3009
Chapter 6 review on pages 182-183 in
"A Message of Ancient Days"
Friday, November 13, 2009
Test on Mesopotamia (Chapter 6)
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2, 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Explain how hieroglyphics, pictographs, and cuneiform
writing differ from the alphabetic system.
Textbook pages 162-163
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Define empire, introduce the empires of
Mesopotamia: Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia
Textbook pages 168-169
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Evaluate Sargon's success in Akkad.
Textbook pages 169
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Learn about the contributions and advances
made by Shamshi-Adad of Assyria and Hammurabi of
Babylonia.
Textbook pages 169-170
Friday, November 6, 2009
Geography: Students will be assigned a country and will begin
making a brochure in the computer lab.
WEEK OF OCTOBER 26, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Describe the condition and events that led to
the rise of kingship in Mesopotamia.
Textbook pages 156-158
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Describe the religion of the Sumerians, especially
its relationship to their need for security.
Textbook pages 158-159
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Trace the development of writing.
Textbook pages 159-161
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Write your name in Cuneiform activity.
Quiz on "The land Between the Rivers".
Quiz will cover pages 150-155
Friday, October 30, 2009
No School
WEEK OF OCTOBER 19, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
Continue to take notes and discuss the city-states that developed
in Mesopotamia.
Textbook pages 150-153
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Discuss how city-states were governed in Mesopotamia
Textbook pages 154-155
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Discuss the major achievements of the Sumerians.
Textbook page 155
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Review "The Land Between the Rivers" and complete
review handout.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Map Skills: Understanding Physical Maps
How natural features affect the way people live
WEEK OF OCTOBER 12, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Introduce Mesopotamia
Learn about the relationship between the land of
Mesopotamia and the ways of life that developed there.
Textbook page 150
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Map Activity: Students label important land and water
areas of Mesopotamia
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Describe some important advances that the Sumerians made
in government and technology.
Textbook pages 151-152
Friday, October 16, 2009
Quiz- Vocabulary
Brainpop Website- watch a short clip about Mesopotamia
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
No School-Yom Kippur
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Discuss how historians learn about the past
Learn about primary and secondary sources
Textbook pages 54-57
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Define archeology
Learn how archaeologists date artifacts using
cultural and scientific dating
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Map skills: review political maps
Friday, October 2, 2009
No School- Sukkot Break
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
-Final review for map skills test rescheduled for 9-22-09
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
-Map skills test
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
-Explain how the accomplishments of the present depend
on accomplishments of the past.
-Define the concept of culture
-Explain the development of cultures
(textbook pages 12-14)
Thursday, September 24, 2009
-Explain how historians learn about the past
-Define artifact, primary and secondary sources
(textbook pages 56-59)
Friday, September 25, 2009
Map skills: Reading a political map
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 14, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
-Finish learning about longitude and latitude
-Complete puzzle on Longitude and latitude
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
-Practice using scale, discuss thematic maps
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
-Map pretest
-Review and discuss answers
Thursday, September 17, 2009
-Map test
Friday, September 18, 2009
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
Monday, September 7, 2009
-No School
-Labor Day
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
-Compare the scales of different maps.
-Textbook pages 34-36
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
-The four hemispheres of the globe.
-Review directions
Textbook pages 38-40
Thursday, September 10, 2009
-Review latitude and longitude.
-Use latitude and longitude to locate places and find
latitude and longitude coordinates.
Textbook pages 38-39
Friday, September 11, 2009
-Discuss the different kinds of map projections
(Mercator & Robinson)
Textbook pages 44-46
WEEK OF AUGUST 31, 2009
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
***First Day of School***
-Discuss classroom procedures, rules and expectations.
-Pass out books.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
-Introduction to student textbook
-Activity: Textbook Scavenger Hunt. An activity that will help students
become
familiar with all the sections of the social studies textbook.
Friday, September 4, 2009
-Understanding a map. Interpret symbols, legends, graphic scale and insets
on a map.
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