Week of June 8th -
Monday
Record Grades
Greek Word Sort
Tuesday - Wednesday
Create Group Splash Walls
Write a paragraph using key vocabulary.
create mini splash wall
Thursday - Friday
Spectrum - What element of Greek culture most influences our society today?
Read Kid's Discover - Ancient Greece
Complete Q&A
Work on Pottery - chose red-figure or black-figure method.
Week of June 1st -
Monday - Wednesday
Students will work independently this week to complete lesson 3.
Homework for the week is to complete their notebook and study for the test.
Olympics - read page 206
- record facts in notebook - p. 25
Read Greece Booklet "Kid's Discover" pgs. 8-9
- record additional facts on Olympic Venn (Color rings)
Art & Architecture -
Read textbook pages 208 -209
Read supplemental reading on Pottery
- record facts in notebook on p. 27
- complete Parthenon Chart p. 28
- Complete Classical Column activity (use sheets or draw) Be sure to label
Poetry & Drama -
Read textbook page 210 - 211
Read supplemental reading - choral reading (highlight facts)
- record notes on p. 29
Famous Greeks -
Read textbook page 211 - 212
Read Greece Booklet "Kid's Discover" pgs. 12 -15
- complete Culture Chart - p.31
Complete Vocab Sheet - Lesson 3 (p. 23)
Complete Pictionary - use lesson 2 and or 3 terms (p. 30)
Complete study skill activity (QUIA or flashcards) to study for vocab quiz
Thursday -
Vocab Quiz
Lesson 3 Quiz
Complete Study Guide
Complete Notebook
Friday -
Notebook Due
Test - Ancient Greece
Week of May 25th -
Monday - Holiday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Greek Government - Group Spoke Diagrams
Students will complete Government Chart
complete Political T-Chart
complete Political Cartoon or Comic Strip
WEBQUEST - due Wednesday
Thursday -
Read Textbook pg. 202 - 203
complete Greek War Chart
Friday -
Read textbook pg. 206 and Booklet pgs. 8-9
record 10 facts on Olympics
complete olympic graphic organizer
complete sheet - lesson 3 terms
NEXT FRIDAY will be the test on Ancient Greece!!!!
Week of May 18th -
Monday -
Complete T-chart for Athens & Sparta - p. 19
Read supplemental handout & highlight new facts
typed chart - p. 20
Create Class Splash Wall - Which city-state would you rather have lived in?
hm - mini splash wall (due Friday)
Tuesday -
complete democracy Chart
- reread Athens - p. 200
Read textook pages 198 -199
- complete lesson 2 Vocab Terms
Work on Splash Wall
Wednesday -
2 quia activities due
online quiz due
username: firstlast960
password: last
secret word: zeus
Work on Greek Myth quest - due next Wednesday
Thursay -
record grades illustration & crossword
glue epic illustration onto page 8
glue Greek Map - page 2
Work in groups on Greek Government Activity
Bring in CD for activity on Friday (Optional)
Friday -
Greek & Roman God Test
Splash Wall due
Continue group work on Government Activity.
Week of May 11th -
Monday -
record grades
complete God Chart of Greek & Roman Gods
Read textbook - Mythology
Record notes in notebook
study quia - quiz next week on Greek & Roman Gods
Tuesday -
Read Creation Myth
Complete Crossword puzzle
lesson 2 vocabulary
lesson 2 pictionary
Wednesday -
no class due to MCAS schedule
Thursday - Friday
Read textbook & handouts - Athens & Sparta
Complete Chart
Splash Wall - Which city-state would you rather of lived in?
homework - mini splash wall
Week of May 4th -
Monday - Tuesday
Read Iliad & Odyssey packet
complete character chart
Wednesday - Thursday
Work in groups to retell story.
Complete illustration and paragraph describing your part of the story.
Group does oral retell
Study Skill (characters of Iliad) due Thursday
Iliad Quiz - Thursday
Friday -
Iliad & Odyssey Test
Week of April 27th -
Monday
WEBQUEST - due
record Egypt Assessment grades
Set up notebook for Greece unit
Preview unit
Tuesday -
Acting preview of the Iliad & Odyssey
Read lesson 1 - Geography of Greece
record notes on page 3
lesson 1 vocab - record definitions on sheet - glue onto page 7
Pictionary - turn in when complete
Wednesday -
Mindmap activity - add color to web and graphics (glue p. 4)
Cause & Effect Chart - add color (glue p. 5)
Thursday & Friday -
Complete Thinkdot Activity (graded)
work on pictionary
anchor activities available for extra credit
Week of April 20th
VACA - work on webquest
Week of April 13th
Monday -
Nefertiti Sheet due
Computer Lab -
Students will work on Egypt Webquest. They will have two weeks to complete
assignment (including vacation week). If your home computer does not have
java and you can NOT do the challenge sections, then you can select a story
or explore from a different topic not listed.
Tuesday -
Lesson 2 quiz
complete study guide
Vocab Bee
Wednesday
vocab quiz
Jeapordy Review
Thursday -
Unit Test on Egypt
Notebooks due
Friday -
Video on Egypt
Week of April 6th -
Monday -
read pages 102 -104
record notes on Pyramids - page 17
record notes on Valley of the Kings - pg. 19
Tuesday -
Read "Kid's Discover Pyramids"
Complete Q&A
Wednesday -
Read textbook
Life of Egyptians
record notes on pg. 21
complete society chart
Thursday -
complete review chart
complete Nefertiti worksheet
Friday -
lesson 2 quiz
work on study guide
work on notebook
Unit Test and vocab quiz will be next week.
Week of March 30th -
Monday
Read 'Pyramid' by David McCaughley
Tuesday
Reread 'Pyramid'
Work in groups on Sequence of events activity.
Complete Flow Chart
Read Textbook page 102 - 103 (Tell Me More)
Complete Flow Chart
Wednesday -
MCAS - no rotations
Thursday -
Go over Flow Charts
Work on Act-it-Out
Friday -
Perform Act-it-Out
Read Textbook Page 102 - 103
Record 10 Facts on page 17 - notebook
Week of March 23rd -
Monday -
Glue in Map, cartouche, God Chart
Label God Sheet
work on Illustration - due Tuesday
Read pg. 101 Afterlife
record 10 facts on page 13
hw - complete illustration
complete study skill to study for test on Gods. - due Tuesday
God Test - Wed.
Tuesday -
collect homework - study skill and illustration
review for God Test
Wednesday -
God Test
Preview questions
Read Kid's Discover - pg. 3
record 10 facts on page - pg. 15
complete Afterlife worksheet - glue - page 14.
Thursday -
Visual Discovery
Read textbook page 102 - 103
record 10 facts - page 17
Friday/ (will complete next week)
Group work
Read David McCaughley's "Pryamid"
Complete sequence of events chart
Week of March 16th -
Monday & Tuesday
reread Cultural Contributions
Record notes in notebook on pages 7 & 9
Complete Venn - comparing writing systems (glue pg. 8)
Create Cartouche using hieroglyphics (glue page 6)
Wednesday - Thursday
Read pages 100 - 101 Gods
Record notes page 11
Complete God Chart (quiz next week)
Complete worksheet - identify Gods
Complete Illustration - due Monday
Friday -
Read pages 101 Afterlife
record notes on page 13
Week of March 9th -
Monday -
reviewed lesson 1 notes
completed cause and effect chart
recorded key vocabulary
Thinkdot Activity - graded
HOMEWORK - study for lesson 1 quiz on Tuesday
Tuesday -
Lesson 1 quiz
record vocab quiz and project grade
Complete Thinkdot
Wednesday - Thursday
Jail Field Trip
Project Game Day
Friday -
Read Cultural Achievements
Record notes
Venn Diagram - hieratic & hieroglyphic writing
Week of March 2nd
Monday -
Snow Day
Tuesday -
Projects due
Read Lesson 1 - chapter 4
record notes on pages 3 & 5 (features of the Nile River)
Facts due Thursday
Pictionary - If Students did not finish pictionary last week when the sub
was in need to turn in this completed assignment this week.
Wednesday -
Field Trip - students who are not on the field trip will work on an
assignment in their homeroom (Quest for Immortality)
Thursday -
Go over Nile Facts
Complete Cause and Effect Chart
Thinkdot - Map Activity
Friday -
Field Trip - students who are not on the field trip will work on an
assignment in their homeroom (Quest for Immortality)
Week of Feb. 23rd -
PROJECT DUE - MONDAY, MARCH 2nd
Choice of Gameboard, Interview, TV Interview, Storybook
Directions on Handout page
Monday - Wednesday
Ancient Egypt Vocab - record 25 terms in notebook
create pictionary using 4 terms
practice words on QUIA
Quiz on Friday
Thursday - Friday
Read lesson 1
record notes
Week of Feb. 10th -
Monday -
Pictionary Due
Project slip due - Project due March 2nd
review for test
work on Judaism project
Tuesday -
Judaism Test
Notebook Due
work on project
Wednesday -
Work on project
Thursday - Friday
We will start a new unit on Egypt after vacation. We will work on unit
preview by completing a glossary of terms and using transparencies to
identify key elements of Egyptian culture.
Week of Feb. 2 -
Monday & Tuesday
Elements of a synagague
Work with a partner to complete skill builder and record answers to
questions on the given chart.
Vocab Chart -
Complete definitions - due Thursday
Wednesday -
Go over chart
Spectrum activity - Which element is most essential to the Jewish faith?
Thursday -
Vocab chart due
Complete Review chart
Go Over project choices
Pictionary - due Monday
Study Skill - due Friday (either flash cards or quia activity)
Friday -
Study Skill due
Work on Project
next week will be review and test. Notebook will be graded.
Week of January 26th
Monday-
record project grade
Turn in packets for term 2 grade & signature
Read Modern Judaism
Complete Question #5 in packet
HOMEWORK: sign packet for term 2
Complete class work if not done. (Make sure you have done last
weeks work as well on the story of David. Answer #3 & 4 in packet) Due
Tuesday.
Tuesday -
Check #5
Share Sedar book with whole class
record packet in notebook - due Thursday
Wednesday
no class due to testing
Thursday
Skill builder
work in partners to complete chart about modern Judaism
We will complete activity next week
Friday -
no class due to testing
Week of January 19th-
Mesopotamia project due January 20th.
Monday -
no school
Tuesday -
Project due
Prince of Egypt sheet due - 10 questions from movie, notes, and chart
Read A Homeland Gained and Loss
Put events in chronological order
Answer #2
define terms
Wednesday - Thursday
Timeline Activity
- complete worksheet, add dates and highlight
- work on skill builder with partner to complete timeline on the events of
Judaism (graded)
-Spectrum - Human Timeline
Friday -
Read Literature on David and the story of David and Goliath from the Bible.
Answer #3. Who was David?
- share Psalms written by David.
homework - add notes in your notebook once we have corrected packet in class.
Week of January 12th -
Mesopotamia project due January 20th. Students may turn in early if
complete.
Monday - Tuesday
-Classroom Commandments due today.
-Students will work in groups to research an event in the history of
Judaism. They will create a spoke diagram showcasing the information they
learned.
-Students should record the notes through Monotheism in their notebooks.
Wednesday -
Presenters from each group will 'teach' the class about the event their
group researched. Students will record key facts in the Birth of Judaism
Chart.
Thursday - Friday -
Students will watch the movie, "Prince of Egypt". They will answer a 10
question assessment from facts they learned about the Exodus from watching
the movie. Answers should be in complete sentences and in cursive. (Due
next Monday)
Week of January 5th -
Monday -
record grades
complete past due work
make new partners for 2009
read Mesopotamia booklet (complete sheet for anchor activity)
Tuesday -
view video on Mesopotamia
complete 5 new facts
Wednesday -
Survey lesson 4 - Judaism
Set up notebook
Preview question - Name a promise you've made. Whom did you make it with?
Did you keep it?
- read page
- work in groups to complete sequence of events using strips
- answer #1
Thursday -
review #1
share the story of Moses from the Bible
Model spoke diagram - Covenant of Abram
Friday -
Work in groups to research an event in the history of Judaism
Week of December 22nd -
Monday -
Due to the Snow day on Friday - Unit Test
Complete Choice Assessment and turn in notebook - due Tuesday
If you did not get your choice assessment done - please complete over
vacation.
Week of Dec. 15th -
Monday -
#23 What were the achievements in art?
- stone reliefs
- cylinder seals
- mosiacs
Art project - students have a choice to either make a cylinder seal
representing their family's culture or a mosaic. Project Due 1/19/09
Acrostic or Journal Assignment
Due Friday - 12/19
We went over all the directions for the alternative assessment that is due
Friday. Students have a choice of either completing an Acrostic Poem on
Mesopotamia (use prewrite and notebook) or a Journal Assignment (Use rubric
and notebook. Students will be given Thursday in class to work on the
assignment.
We are now done with chapter 3 and will have several assessments. This week
we will be working on study skills. Students should do the following to
prepare for a major test.
- make sure their notebook is complete
- read over their notes
- complete study guide
- complete quia activity or other study skill activity.
We will be doing activities during class to help prepare students for the
assessments and teaching them what it means to study.
Notebook -
Chapter 3 Notebook - due Friday (graded)
23 questions, 20 terms & definitions, and 23 handouts
Be sure to highlight all terms and label all handouts.
Study Guide - Due Thursday
QUIA - please study vocabulary using quia. Print out a completed
assignment. Due Wednesday. If students can not access QUIA, they can make
their own study skill activity. (examples - flash cards, write out
definitions, crossword). Students can access QUIA by clicking on the links
page of TeacherWeb.
Tuesday -
lesson 3 quiz
all notes and handouts should be in notebook
Wednesday -
chapter 3 vocabulary quiz
Quia due
Thursday -
work on choice of Acrostic or Journal
Study Guide Due
Friday -
Chapter 3 Test
Acrostic or Journal Due
Notebook Due
Week of December 8th
We are finishing Chapter 3 this week. Vocabulary Quiz, Chapter Test, and
Notebook grade will be next week.
Monday -
Red Sox & Celtics - Midyear Vocab quiz
work on notebooks for lesson 3. Due Tuesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Visual Discovery (graded)
Read - Why were the Assyrians so successful?
Answer #30
Define Empire
Complete Chart
Thursday -
Read - Achievements
Answer #21
Create Class Splash Walls (What achievement of Mesopotamia influences our
culture the most?)
Homework - create mini splash wall
Friday -
literature
Compare the flood stories of Mesopotamia and the Bible using a Venn Diagram
Read section on the literature of Mesopotamia in textbook and answer #22.
Record notes in notebook - Due Monday
Study for vocab quiz and chapter test.
Week of December 1st -
Monday -
Patriots - complete lesson 2 notes and Fertile Crescent Map.
Red Sox & Celtics - complete crossword puzzle (due Thursday)
Tuesday -
Lesson 2 quiz
Share oral histories
Wednesday -
Thinkdot - Political Map of Middle East (graded)
Thursday -
Survey lesson 3 - Mesopotamia
Read pages 69 - 72.
Answer the following questions
15, What was the culture of Mesopotamia?
16 - Describe the writing system pf ancient Mesopotamia
Define Terms
Create a writing system - homework
Friday -
Decode partners writing system
Answer #17 - Describe the religion of ancient Mesopotamia
Answer #18 - What was the rule of Law?
record corrected notes in notebook.
Week of November 24th
Monday -
Answer Question #10 How did the development of an agriculture society lead
to the emergence of civilization? Work in groups using the cause and effect
skill.
Complete Map of Fertile Crescent (graded)
Answer #12 How has the course of the rivers changed today? Compare the map
of Mesopotamia with a current map of the Middle East.
Find 5 characteristics of civilization by rereading last paragraph on page
68. Highlight these characteristics on 'frameworks' handout.
Tuesday -
Answer #11 What are the Characteristics of civilization
Complete activity with partner by studying visuals to determine which
characteristics of civilization are depicted.
Record 9 - 14 and vocabulary in notebook
Lesson 2 quiz on Tuesday after Thanksgiving.
Wednesday -
No social studies class
Week of November 17th
Monday - Tuesday
Lesson Review due (graded)
Complete Migration Map (graded)
Answer # 8
Record notes in notebook
Work on Journal assignment - due Friday (graded)
(Be sure to follow the directions and the rubric)
Wednesday -
Survey Lesson 2
Answer question #9
Define Terms
Thursday -
Complete Map of Fertile Crescent
Answer # 12, 13, 14
Friday -
Journal due today (graded)
View movie Ice Age
record 20 characteristics of the Stone Age observed in the movie.
Week of November 10th -
Monday -
Define Paleolithic and Neolithic
Complete Stone Age Chart
Work on Illustration - Changes in the Stone Age
View powerpoint presentations on stone age
lesson 1 quiz on Thursday
cave art due Thursday - glue onto page 6
Tuesday -
no school
complete oral hisory project
Wednesday -
Oral History Project Due
Work on Illustration
Cave Art - due Thursday
Changes in the Stone Age - Due Friday
Journal Assignment - 3 entries illustration due 11/21
Review for quiz on Friday
Thursday -
Lesson 1 quiz
Ice Age - read lesson
complete Flow chart
Answer #7
Complete Assessment (Graded)
Friday -
Complete Assessment
Work on Migration Map (Thinkdot Activity) (Graded)
Week of November 3 -
REMINDER - Oral History Project -Due: Nov. 12th
Rubric and Directions are on the handout page of TeacherWeb.britt
Students will become an anthropologist. Students will select a member of
their family to interview to learn how culture has changed. Students will
write interview questions, conduct an interview, tape the interview, and
type the completed interview.
Monday -
Read Lesson 1 - Chapter (Changes)
Answer question #2
Set up notebook & title page
glue in web and chart
record notes
Tuesday - no school
Wednesday -
Work in groups
Read supplemental packet on art in the stone age
Answer questions 3 -6
design a sample of cave art using red, yellow, and black
Term 1 packets will go home Wednesday for parent signature
Thursday -
Work in groups
Read supplemental packet on First Farmers
complete flow chart
finish copying notes in notebook (due Friday)
Friday -
Answer questions 7 & 8
Complete Chart
Work on Illustration - changes in the stone age
Lesson 2 quiz on Monday
Week of October 27th
Monday -
record grades
organize packets - term 1
share journals
Tuesday -
Visual Discovery - Stone Age
Wednesday -
Read History Alive textbook Chapter 2
Complete Chart
Thursday - Friday
Read text book - chapter 3
What do we know about people who lived in prehistoric times?
Answer #1 in packet
Comlete Web
Week of October 20th -
Camp Week - no assignments
If a student did not pass in a journal or notebook, these are now overdue.
Please pass in. If a student missed the unit test on Friday, they need to
make arrangements to make up this test.
Week of October 13th -
Monday -
Holiday
Tuesday -
Complete Study Guide
Write 10 Interview Questions for Oral History
work on Journal (Journal is due Friday)
Wednesday -
Go over study Guide
work on Journal
Thursday -
Work on Journal
Friday -
Unit test
Turn in notebook (grade)
Week of October 6 -
Monday -
Homework due - notes in notebook & signed Oral History Sheet
Visual Discovery
Answer visual discovery questions using complete sentences. Please write in
cursive. Use the images in your packet
Tuesday -
Hw due - Visual Discovery (graded)
Read Textbook pages 48 -49 (Anthropologist)
-record 10 facts on your T-chart
-Answer question #6 in your packet
-Define terms using your glossary
-record all notes in your notebook once we have gone over in class
Wednesday -
Hw due - Record notes in notebook
Act-it-Out
Students will work in groups to complete Act-it-out sheet (graded)
Thursday -
Students will work in groups to Act Out the role of an archaeologist.
Journal - Students will complete a writing assignment. Be sure to follow
directions and rubric. (due Friday 10/17)
Friday -
Web lesson 2 Notes
record all notes in notebook
Glue all handouts into notebook
complete study guide - Due Tuesday
work on Journal Assignment - Due Friday
Lesson 1 quiz - Tuesday
Notebook will be graded next week
Unit Test will be next week
Week of September 29th
Monday -
- record grades
- glue in illustration and changes chart
- work in groups to create splash wall depicting the culture of the 50s,
60s, 70, or 90s.
-HOMEWORK: create mini splash wall (due Wed.)
Tuesday -
- Read Text - Why do we study culture?
- Melting Pot Activity
- Complete graphic organizer of Melting Pot
- Answer #3 in packet
- Define Global Village
Wednesday -
- Continue lesson 2
- Read Text "How do we study culture?"
- Answer questions 4 and 5
- Define terms
Thursday -
- Assign Oral History Project -Due: Nov. 12th
Students will become an anthropologist. Students will select a member of
their family to interview to learn how culture has changed. Students will
write interview questions, conduct an interview, tape the interview, and
type the completed interview.
Friday -
Visual Discovery
Read Text - What is an archeologist?
Record Answer to question #6
Define Terms
Read Text
Week of September 22 -
Monday -
Complete recording lesson 1 notes in notebook
Work on Collage
Turn in illustration
Tuesday -
Work in Groups to create a collage
List 10 elements of culture - group grade
Review for lesson 1 quiz on Wednesday
Wednesday -
Lesson 1 quiz
Skill Builder - How has Culture Changed?
Students will work with a partner to learn how different Elements of
cultures have changed through the decades.
Complete chart
Thursday -
Continue Skill Builder
Spectrum - Which element of culture has changed the most?
Friday -
Splash Wall -
Depict cultural elements of either the 50s, 60's, 70s, or 90s. Students will
create on large posters in class as a group. For homework they will create
mini splash walls from an era of their choice.
Next Week -
Lesson 2
Question #3 - Why do we Study Culture?
Experiental Activity - The Melting Pot
T-Chart
Graphic Organizer
Week of September 15 -
Monday -
Survey Chapter 2 using SQ4R
Tuesday -
Read Lesson 1 pages 35 - 37
Answer #1 - Record notes with partner using packet
check accuracy with transparency
Define culture
Select element of culture & illustrate
Wednesday -
Illustrate Element of Culture
Complete Cultural Pizza Sheet
Read Pages 38 - 39
Answer #2
Define Beliefs, rituals
Thursday -
Set up notebook
Write notes in notebook from packet
Glue Cultural Pizza into notebook - page 2
Complete illustration - due Monday
Cultural Chart
Friday -
complete notebook - due Monday
complete cultural chart - due Monday
complete illustration - due Monday
Bring in magazines for collage - Monday
Homework -
Due Monday - September 8
Bring in a folder and 3-subject notebook for Social Studies
Cover your Textbook
Due Tuesday - Sept. 9
Coat of Arms - be sure it is fully colored
Thusday - Sept. 11
Quiz on oceans and continents
Week of September 8
Monday -
Working in Groups
Learning Style Inventory
Study Habit Worksheet
Tuesday -
World Map - label oceans and continents
Study for Quiz on Thursday.
Learn SQ4R Study Method
Wednesday -
Review oceans and continents
Survey Chapter 2: Lesson 1 (What is Culture)
Thursday -
Quiz - oceans and continents
Read Lesson 1 and take notes with partner using packet
Select element of culture & illustrate (due Monday) (DID NOT GET TO)
Friday -
Go over Lesson 1 notes
Copy lesson 1 notes into notebook
Illustrate element of culture
Bring in magazine(s) for collage (Monday)
