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Domus Opus:

Friday, Dec. 4: 1) Respond to Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers blog post by
Monday. 2) Submission of the beginning of your Know Thyself project also due
Monday. Your draft should be typed and double spaced, with a heading, title,
and your quote. Only the first paragraph of your response needs to be
included. 3) Final draft of Know Thyself due Thursday, Dec. 10.

Thursday, Dec. 3:  1) A Legacy of Ancient Greece: Western Philosophy due
tomorrow. 2) Respond to Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers blog post by Monday,
Dec. 7. 3) Know Thyself due Thursday, Dec. 10.

Wednesday, Dec. 2: 1) Study for tomorrow’s Section 4-3 quiz. Use the study
guide to assist you. The study guide and worksheets with answers to help you
review are posted on the Handouts page. 2) We will be blogging beginning
Thursday or Friday. If you do not want to use your first name and last initial
when you blog, then please give me your ID.

Tuesday, Dec. 1: 1) CE “Hungry in America” due tomorrow.  2) Study for
Thursday’s Section 4-3 quiz. Use the study guide to assist you. 3) We will be
blogging beginning later this week. If you do not want to use your first name
and last initial when you blog, then please give me your ID by Wednesday.

Monday, Nov. 30:  1) Read Section 4-4 (pages 130-135) -- define terms
and answer four checkpoint questions as well as Q3 on page 135. Due tomorrow.
2)  CE "Hungry in America" due Wednesday. 3) Study for Thursday's Section 4-3
quiz. Use the study guide to assist you. 4) We will be blogging beginning this
week. If you do not want to use your first name and last initial when you
blog, then please give me your ID by Wednesday.

Wednesday, Nov. 25:  1) We will review our answers to the Funeral Oration of
Pericles reading on Monday. 2) Due Monday, Nov. 30: "Watch the News!" 
3) Due on Tuesday, Dec. 1: Read Section 4-4 (pages 130-135) -- define terms
and answer four checkpoint questions as well as Q3 on page 135.

Tuesday, Nov. 24:  We will review our answers to the Funeral Oration of
Pericles reading tomorrow. Due on Monday, Nov. 30:  1)  Read Section 4-4
(pages 130-135) -- define terms and answer four checkpoint questions as well
as Q3 on page 135; 2)  Watch the News! also due Monday, Nov. 30.

Monday, Nov. 23:  See Friday below.

Friday, Nov. 20: Complete reading "The Marathon Story: the Battle That Changed
Human History" (begun today in class). Read "“The Funeral Oration of Pericles”
from Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War. Complete accompanying
worksheet by Tuesday. Documents are available on the Handouts page.

THE FOLLOWING HW IS DUE AFTER OUR THANKSGIVING BREAK:  1)  Read Section 4-4
(pages 130-135). Define terms and answer four checkpoint questions as well as
Q3 on page 135. Due Monday, Nov. 30.  2)  Watch the News! also due Monday,
Nov. 30.

Thursday, Nov. 19:  Study for tomorrow's Section 4-2 quiz. Use the Section 4-2
study guide, the documents referenced therein, and today's Jeopardy game sheet
to assist you. See the World History Handouts page.

Wednesday, Nov. 18: Section 4-2 quiz on Friday. Use the Section 4-2 study
guide and documents referenced therein to assist you. See the World History
Handouts page.

Tuesday, Nov. 17:  See Monday below.

Monday, Nov. 16:  Read Section 4-3 of textbook (pages 124-128). In your notes,
record: 1)  the defined terms with definitions, 2) the 3 checkpoint questions
with answers, and 3) your answers to questions 3 and 5 on page 128. Due
Wednesday, Nov. 18.

Friday, Nov. 13:  Prepare for Monday's graded discussion on Athens vs. Sparta:
which polis offers the better life. Make sure the notes you will be using to
help you make your points are adequate. Some students have submitted written
requests for a particular city-state, and those requests will be honored. If
you have a request and did not submit it in class, send me an email, and I
will confirm whether that city-state is still available.

Students who are interested in obtaining extra credit may also create a Greek
nameplate for Monday's debate. The graded discussion assignment sheet and a
Greek alphabet guide were distributed in class on Wednesday.

Thursday, Nov. 12:  See Wednesday below.

Wednesday, Nov. 11: Study for Friday's quiz. Beginning tomorrow in class you
will have the opportunity to prepare for the graded discussion on Athens vs.
Sparta: which polis offers the better life. Your in-class work from Thursday
will be checked in school on Friday. Students who are interested in obtaining
extra credit may also create a Greek nameplate for Monday's debate. The graded
discussion assignment sheet and a Greek alphabet guide were distributed today
in class.

Tuesday, Nov. 10: 1) CE "Weighing Life in Prison for Youths Who Didn’t Kill"
due tomorrow. 2) Get gradesheet signed. 3) Quiz moved to Friday (see Monday
below for details on quiz).

Monday, Nov. 9:  1)  CE "The Berlin Wall 20 Years After the Fall" due
tomorrow. Answers need not be in complete sentences. Don't forget to ask a
parent about question 2. 
2)  Study for Thursday's quiz. Use the study guide to help you. Also refer to
the following handouts: Greek Values exercise, Section 4-1 notes (defined
terms), CE on health care, CE on Election Day, and CE on the 20th anniversary
of the fall of the Berlin Wall, as well as today's documentary viewing guide.
3) HW that was originally due today will be checked tomorrow.

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