Calendar

August 2009
24
Monday
Special Schedule: World History Introduction to class and policies
25
Tuesday
Ch. 1.1 Human Origins in Africa and Progressing During the Stone Age Lecture
26
Wednesday
Ch. 1.1 Dawn of Modern Humans / Reinforcement Activity
27
Thursday
Ch. 1.2 Humans Take Control of Nature / Ch1.3 Civilizations / workbook pages 2 & 3 all sections
28
Friday
Review answers to workbook pages 2 & 3 / Essay Topics for Test
31
Monday
Chapter 1 Test Review
September 2009
1
Tuesday
Chapter 1 Test
2
Wednesday
Test Scores / Intro to River Valley Civilizations Video
3
Thursday
Introduction to Chapter 2 Venn Diagram Project
4
Friday
Group Project Work Day
7
Monday
Student Holiday
8
Tuesday
Chapter 2 Project Work Day
9
Wednesday
Chapter 2 Project Work Day
10
Thursday
Chapter 2 Projects Due at the end of class
11
Friday
Code of Hammurabi Activity
14
Monday
Ch 3.1.3 Indo-European Migrations and Seafaring Traders / Assignment: Workbook pages 8 & 10
15
Tuesday
Review answers to wb pages 8 & 10 / Ch 4.2 Assyria Dominates the Fertile Crescent Workbook page 13
16
Wednesday
Ch 4.3 Persia Unites Many Lands / Map of Mediterranean Region
17
Thursday
Chapter 3 & 4 Quiz from selected sections
18
Friday
Building and Empire: Greece video
21
Monday
Ch. 5.1 Ancient Greece Lecture notes / Trojan War Video
22
Tuesday
Ch. 5.2 Sparta Lecture Notes
23
Wednesday
Ch. 5.2 Athens Lecture Notes / Reformers of Athens Activity
24
Thursday
Ch. 5.2 Persian Wars Armor and tactics slides / Making of "300" video
25
Friday
Chapter 5 Quiz on sections 1 & 2
28
Monday
Ch 5.1.2 review questions / Persian War slides
29
Tuesday
Ch 5.3 Democracy and Greece's Golden Age: Guided Reading Notes
30
Wednesday
Review Answers to Ch 5.3 worksheet / Ancient Greece Map Activity
October 2009
1
Thursday
Ch 5.4 Alexander--Empire Builder Worksheet / Ch 5.5 The Spread of Hellenistice Culture Questions
2
Friday
Homer's epic The Odyssey / Make up work day
5
Monday
Review answers to Ch 5.4 guided notes / Homer's Epic The Odyssey / Homework: Ch 5.5 questions
6
Tuesday
Chapter 5 Test Review sheet
7
Wednesday
Jeopardy Review
8
Thursday
Chapter 5 Test: Ancient Greece
9
Friday
TAKS Benchmark
12
Monday
STUDENT HOLIDAY
13
Tuesday
Chapter 6: Ancient Rome / Vocabulary sections 1, 2, 4, & 5 due at the end of class
14
Wednesday
PSAT schedule
15
Thursday
Chapter 6 Rome: Military Slides
16
Friday
Ancient Rome Map Activity
19
Monday
Ch 6.1 The Romans Create a Republic: Lecture notes / Workbook page 21 section A only due Tuesday
20
Tuesday
Primary Source Readings / Think-pair-share activity
21
Wednesday
Ch 6.1 Punic Wars Lecture / Benchmark results and review
22
Thursday
Ch 6.2 Cleopatra Reading & questios / Roman Empire diagram due at the end of class
23
Friday
Building an Empire: Carthage video and questions
26
Monday
Bread and Circuses in the Roman Empire / slides and video clips
27
Tuesday
Review Ch6 sections 1 and 2 workbook pages / Ch6 sections 1 and 2 Quiz
28
Wednesday
Ch6 section 4 guided notes worksheet due at the end of class
29
Thursday
Ch6 section 5
30
Friday
Ch6 Test Review
November 2009
2
Monday
Complete Chapter 6 Test Review for 5 bonus points
3
Tuesday
Chapter 6 Test: Ancient Rome
4
Wednesday
Test Results / Intro to world religions
5
Thursday
Computer Lab: Webquest
6
Friday
Computer Lab: Webquest
9
Monday
Introduce Religions of the World Project
10
Tuesday
Project Work Day in Class
11
Wednesday
Project Work Day in Class
12
Thursday
Fit Gram Weight / Projects Due first thing in class / Byzantine crossword
13
Friday
Guided Notes: Chapter 11 Byzantine, Russia, and the Turks
16
Monday
Guided Notes: Chapter 11 Byzantine, Russia, and the Turks
17
Tuesday
Chapter 11 open note quiz / Chapter 11 notes due Thursday
18
Wednesday
Fitness Gram
19
Thursday
Chapter 13: Introduction to European Middle Ages: Terms and the Holy Grail
20
Friday
Test make-ups / Holy Grail