Calendar

August 2011
22
Monday
Special Schedule: World History Introduction to class and policies
23
Tuesday
Ch1.2 Guided Reading: Humans Try to Control Nature, complete sections A & B then discuss with class
24
Wednesday
Ch1.3 Guided Reading: Patterns of Change: Civilization completed in class
25
Thursday
5 Characteristics of Civilization Foldable Activity
26
Friday
Introduction to Early River Civilizations Project / Mesopotamia
29
Monday
River Valley Project / lecture on Egypt and India students will fill out chart
30
Tuesday
River Valley Project / lecture on China and students will fill out chart
31
Wednesday
Create Rough Draft of River Valley Civilization Venn Diagram
September 2011
1
Thursday
Engineering an Empire: Egypt
2
Friday
Project Work Day / Turn in projects by the end of class
5
Monday
Labor Day
6
Tuesday
Map Snap-Shot Activity
7
Wednesday
Intro to Ch4.3 Persia Power Point / WB page 14 completed in class and discuss
8
Thursday
Ancient Greece Map Activity
9
Friday
Building an Empire: Greece / video and worksheet
12
Monday
Intro to Ch5.1 Cultures of the Mountains and the Sea
13
Tuesday
Chapter 5 sec 2 Warring City-States / Greek Military slides / short video enrichment
14
Wednesday
Chapter 5 sce 2 Warring City-States / Lecture: Athens and Sparta
15
Thursday
Extra Credit Activity / Chapter 5 sec 3 Democracy and Greece's Golden Age guided Notes
16
Friday
Chapter 5 sec 4 Alexander Empire Builder / Graphic Organizer activity
19
Monday
Test Review
20
Tuesday
Test on Chapter 4.3 and Chapter 5 sec1.2.3.4
21
Wednesday
Enrichment Video: History Channel Battle of Troy
22
Thursday
World Religion Slides / Online Religion Quiz taken as a class
23
Friday
Introduction to Religion Project / Assign groups / Assign religions
26
Monday
Students will work in groups to answer questions about the major religions of the world
27
Tuesday
Computer Lab / Students will work in groups to create a power point presentation
28
Wednesday
Computer Lab / students will work on presentations
29
Thursday
Students will present their projects to the class
30
Friday
Students will present their projects to the class
October 2011
3
Monday
Engineering an Empire: Carthage / Video with Questions
4
Tuesday
Chapter 6 Ancient Rome: Terms and Names Foldable due today
5
Wednesday
Ch6 section 1: The Romans create a Republic worksheet / Review answers at end of class
6
Thursday
Roman Military Slides / Roads of the Roman Empire / Gladiators
7
Friday
Julius Caesar Reading / Roman Republic Graphic Organizer
10
Monday
Student Holiday
11
Tuesday
Ch6.2 Roman Empire Brings Change; workbook page 21 all sections
12
Wednesday
PSAT / Ch6.4 The Decline of the Roman Empire; Cornell Notes
13
Thursday
Ch6.5 Rome and the Roots of Western Civilization
14
Friday
Pompeii slides / Chapter 6 Review Sheet
17
Monday
Review Game
18
Tuesday
Chapter 6 Test: Ancient Rome sections 1,2,4, and 5
19
Wednesday
The Story of India video with questions
20
Thursday
Review
21
Friday
Re-Test on Chapter 6
24
Monday
Ch7.1 and 7.2 First Empires of India reading and questions
25
Tuesday
Ch.4.4 An Empire Unifies China guided reading and questions
26
Wednesday
Ch7.3 Han Emperors in China reading and questions / Great Wall of China Map
27
Thursday
Comparing The Roman Empire and Han China graphic organizer
28
Friday
Review and Quiz over India and China Empires
31
Monday
Chapter 10 Terms and Names: Give 2 facts for each term not just the definitions
November 2011
1
Tuesday
Chapter 10 sec1: The Rise of Islam page 35 / answer the 8 questions and review the answers in class
2
Wednesday
Chapter 10 sec2
3
Thursday
Chapter 10 sec3 Connections Across Time and Culture / Muslim Achievement Diagram
4
Friday
Building an Empire: Byzantium video and questions
7
Monday
The Hagia Sophia slide show / Chapter 11 sec1 guided reading questions
8
Tuesday
Chapter 11 sec2 guided reading questions / Test Review
9
Wednesday
Work on Test Review
10
Thursday
Chapter 10 and 11 Test
11
Friday
Genghis Khan Enrichment Activity
14
Monday
Chapter 12.1: Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasties Power Point with fill-in notes / 1/2 map activity
15
Tuesday
Chapter 12.2
16
Wednesday
Chapter 12.3
17
Thursday
Chapter 12.4
18
Friday
Chapter 12 Quiz
28
Monday
Good Things / What are the Middle Ages?
29
Tuesday
Chapter 13 Foldable on Feudalism / Homework: print slides 1-6 from the Age of Chivalry PPT
30
Wednesday
Ch13.1 Germanic Kingdoms Unite Under Charlemagne- worksheet page 46
December 2011
1
Thursday
Chapter 13.4 Church Power lecture notes
2
Friday
Chapter 14.1 The Crusades group chart activity
5
Monday
Ch 14.1 Cathedrals PPT / Homework: Ch 14.2 worksheet-Trade, Towns, and Financial Revolution
6
Tuesday
Ch 14.3 England and Fracne
7
Wednesday
Ch 14.4 A Century of Turmoil / Review
8
Thursday
Chapter 13 and 14 Test
9
Friday
Final Review
12
Monday
Final Review
13
Tuesday
2nd Period Final
14
Wednesday
3rd and 7th Period Final
15
Thursday
4th, 5th, and 6th Period Final
16
Friday
1st and 8th Period Final
January 2012
3
Tuesday
Holiday
4
Wednesday
Chapter 15.1 questions on North and Central African Societies due Thursday
5
Thursday
Ch 15.2 West African Map snap shot activity
6
Friday
Ch 15.3 East African Map snap shot activity
9
Monday
Chapter 15 Quiz
10
Tuesday
Primary Source Reading: Incas, Aztecs, and Mayans / Discuss with class
11
Wednesday
Ch 16.2 Mayans / Read the section and complete the guided reading
12
Thursday
Ch 16.3 Aztecs / Read the section and complete the guided reading
13
Friday
Ch 16.4 Incas / Read the section and complete the guided reading
16
Monday
MLK Day
17
Tuesday
Review assingments from Thursday and Friday / Review for Ch 16 test
18
Wednesday
Ch 16 Review
19
Thursday
Chapter 16 Test on sections 2, 3, and 4
20
Friday
Half Day AD Tournament / Test results and make-ups
23
Monday
TAKS Benchmark
24
Tuesday
TAKS Benchmark
25
Wednesday
KIM Vocabulary assignment
26
Thursday
Lecture on Ch 17 section 1: Birthplace of the Renaissance
27
Friday
Chapter 17 section 2 handout / The Northern Renaissance
30
Monday
Engineering an Empire: Da Vinci
31
Tuesday
Chapter 17 section 3 and 4: The Reformation / Lecture notes and guided reading
February 2012
1
Wednesday
Review for test
2
Thursday
Chapter 17 Test: The Renaissance and Reformation
3
Friday
Enrichment Activity / Da Vinci inventions
6
Monday
Chapter 18.1 Reading Activity
7
Tuesday
Chapter 18.1 Guided Reading worksheet
8
Wednesday
TAKS Review
9
Thursday
Chapter 18.1 Ottoman Empire open note quiz
10
Friday
Ch 19.1: European Exploration of the East / create chart of 3 goals of explorers and Accomplishments
13
Monday
Reading summary: China Rejects European Outreach/Japan Limits Western Contacts
14
Tuesday
Mercantilism Game
15
Wednesday
TAKS Review
16
Thursday
Chapter 20 KIM
17
Friday
Chapter 20 Reading Assignment
20
Monday
Student Holiday / Teacher Inservice Day
21
Tuesday
Review answers to Chapter 20 Reading Assignment
22
Wednesday
TAKS Review, The Big 50 / Open note Reading Quiz
23
Thursday
Test Review
24
Friday
Chapter 20 Test: The Atlantic World, 1492--1800
27
Monday
Lecture Notes on Absolute Monarchs
28
Tuesday
Engineering an Empire: Russia / video with questions
29
Wednesday
TAKS Review / Chapter 22 vocabulary
March 2012
1
Thursday
Chapter 22 Scientific Revolution / Scientists and their discoveries
2
Friday
Chapter 22 Enlightenment thinkers and their Beliefs
5
Monday
TAKS review Big 50 / Chapter 22.4 American Revolution notes
6
Tuesday
Test Review
7
Wednesday
ELA TAKS Test / Review in class for test
8
Thursday
Test on Chapters 21 and 22
9
Friday
Test Make-Ups and Retakes
12
Monday
Spring Break
13
Tuesday
Spring Break
14
Wednesday
Spring Break
15
Thursday
Spring Break
16
Friday
Spring Break
19
Monday
French Revolution Video and questions
20
Tuesday
Chapter 23.1 Revolution Threatens the French King / Lecture notes
21
Wednesday
TAKS Review Big 50
22
Thursday
Chapter 23.2 Reform and Terror / Workbook page 85
23
Friday
Chapter 23.3.4 Napoleon / Lecture Notes
26
Monday
Test Review
27
Tuesday
Chapter 23 Test: The French Revolution
28
Wednesday
STAAR Practice Questions / TAKS Review workbook / Ch25 vocab. homework
29
Thursday
Chapter 25: The Industrial Revolution Lecture notes
30
Friday
Chapter 25: The Industrial Revolution Packet sections 1 and 2
April 2012
2
Monday
Finish the Industrial Revolution packet by completing sections 3 and 4
3
Tuesday
Chapter 27: Imperialism guided reading
4
Wednesday
TAKS Review / Isms video with questions
5
Thursday
Review all answers to previous assignments and begin a test review
6
Friday
Holidy: Good Friday
9
Monday
Test Review
10
Tuesday
Chapter 25 and 27 Test / Industrial Revolution and Imperialism
11
Wednesday
Chapter 29 The Great War, 1914-1918 / Lecture: The Stage is Set for War
12
Thursday
WWI Slides / Trench Warfare and Shell Shock
13
Friday
Chapter 29 WWI Guided Reading workbook pages 111 and 112
16
Monday
WWI Foot Soldier
17
Tuesday
Ch29.4 Lecture: A Flawed Peace
18
Wednesday
Test Review
19
Thursday
Chapter 29 Test: The Great War
20
Friday
TAKS Review Flash Cards
23
Monday
Test Make-Ups / Enrichment Activity
24
Tuesday
10th Math TAKS
25
Wednesday
Apples-to-Apples TAKS Review
26
Thursday
10th/11th Science TAKS
27
Friday
10th/11th Social Studies TAKS
30
Monday
Students will work on the Chapter 30 Objectives
May 2012
1
Tuesday
Students will complete the Chapter 30 Objectives
2
Wednesday
Quiz on Chapter 30
3
Thursday
WWII Propaganda Posters and Military Slides
4
Friday
Chapter 32 Guided Reading due on Monday
7
Monday
Check answers to Guided Reading / Stalingrad
8
Tuesday
Ch32 sections 2 and 3 guided reading / Japan Strikes and The Holocaust
9
Wednesday
Check answers to Guided Reading / Holocaust short video
10
Thursday
Ch32 section 4 / Allies are Victorious
11
Friday
Review for Chapter 32 Test
14
Monday
Review for Chapter 32 Test
15
Tuesday
WWII Test
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday