I hope that everyone is having a pleasant Halloween. We continue with Unit III next week. Remember that this is an experiential unit, which means that there will be numerous student products to generate!!
Mon (Green)- Students will participate in the creation of Manors in an exploration of Manorialism. For homework, students will submit the Feudalism and Manorialism review sheet.
Tue - Teacher Workshop Day
Wed (White & Hon) - Hon will discuss the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
Thur (Green) - Students will take notes on a direct instruction regarding technological advancement in the Middle Ages. There will be a quiz. For homework, students will begin the Middle Ages Need to Know Sheets.
Friday (White & Hon) - There will be a guided reading on the social role of the Church in the Middle Ages, differentiated by student ability level. For homework, students will complete a biographical profile of Joan of Arc.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Preview of Week Beginning 10/26
I am feeling unwell and will be out on Monday. This week, we begin our unit on the Middle Ages.
Mon (White + Hon)
New Centers Test. Submit Need 2 Know Sheet and Webquest.
Tue (Green)
New Centers Test. Submit Need 2 Know Sheet.
Wed (White+Hon)
Feudalism direct instruction, decifering a feudal contract. Charlesmagne Profile for Homework. (Hon) Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
Thu (Green)
Feudalism direct instruction, decifering a feudal contract. Charlesmagne Profile for Homework.
Fri (White+Hon)
Manorialism direct instruction, determine social roles, all students join and create a manor. Homework: Feudalism and Manorialism sheet.
Mon (White + Hon)
New Centers Test. Submit Need 2 Know Sheet and Webquest.
Tue (Green)
New Centers Test. Submit Need 2 Know Sheet.
Wed (White+Hon)
Feudalism direct instruction, decifering a feudal contract. Charlesmagne Profile for Homework. (Hon) Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
Thu (Green)
Feudalism direct instruction, decifering a feudal contract. Charlesmagne Profile for Homework.
Fri (White+Hon)
Manorialism direct instruction, determine social roles, all students join and create a manor. Homework: Feudalism and Manorialism sheet.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Preview of Week Beginning 10/19
This week, the classes will be out of sync, on account of last week's field trip. We are ending the second unit, New Centers of Culture. The test for Unit II will be on Monday and Tuesday of next week, so students should begin studying NOW!!
Green Day
Monday: Arab Empire Webquest investigating Ibn Battuta, Mu'awiyah, and Ibn Sina. If students do not complete in class, they are to complete at home using provided print sources or online sources on blog.
Wednesday: Students will engage in an extended written response, where they write a creative letter from a Byzantine to an Arab scholar. This activity will be available as a bonus for White Day students.
Friday: TBD. We may have a Competitive History Jeopardy, a discussion of study strategies complete with handouts on how to use flashcards, a video learning extension, or a report out of student work. This will be determined by student performance and assessed preparation for the exam on Tuesday of next week. Students should complete the Need 2 Know sheet over the weekend.
White Day (block 1 + Hon)
Tuesday: Direct Instruction regarding the Arab Empire. Arabs worksheet for Homework. Honors also has the Ibn Battuta primary source.
Thursday: Arab Empire Webquest investigating Ibn Battuta, Mu'awiyah, and Ibn Sina. If students do not complete in class, they are to complete at home using provided print sources or online sources on blog. Students are to complete the New Centers Need 2 Know Sheets as preparation for the test on Monday of next week.
White Day (Block 3)
Tuesday: Arab Empire Webquest investigating Ibn Battuta, Mu'awiyah, and Ibn Sina. If students do not complete in class, they are to complete at home using provided print sources or online sources on blog.
Thursday: Students will engage in an extended written response, where they write a creative letter from a Byzantine to an Arab scholar. This activity will be available as a bonus for White Day students.
Green Day
Monday: Arab Empire Webquest investigating Ibn Battuta, Mu'awiyah, and Ibn Sina. If students do not complete in class, they are to complete at home using provided print sources or online sources on blog.
Wednesday: Students will engage in an extended written response, where they write a creative letter from a Byzantine to an Arab scholar. This activity will be available as a bonus for White Day students.
Friday: TBD. We may have a Competitive History Jeopardy, a discussion of study strategies complete with handouts on how to use flashcards, a video learning extension, or a report out of student work. This will be determined by student performance and assessed preparation for the exam on Tuesday of next week. Students should complete the Need 2 Know sheet over the weekend.
White Day (block 1 + Hon)
Tuesday: Direct Instruction regarding the Arab Empire. Arabs worksheet for Homework. Honors also has the Ibn Battuta primary source.
Thursday: Arab Empire Webquest investigating Ibn Battuta, Mu'awiyah, and Ibn Sina. If students do not complete in class, they are to complete at home using provided print sources or online sources on blog. Students are to complete the New Centers Need 2 Know Sheets as preparation for the test on Monday of next week.
White Day (Block 3)
Tuesday: Arab Empire Webquest investigating Ibn Battuta, Mu'awiyah, and Ibn Sina. If students do not complete in class, they are to complete at home using provided print sources or online sources on blog.
Thursday: Students will engage in an extended written response, where they write a creative letter from a Byzantine to an Arab scholar. This activity will be available as a bonus for White Day students.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Arab Empire Webquest
Ibn Battuta
This site has a short summary, with good info on his family. Link
This site is a very readable biography. Link
This site lets you click on the different places that Ibn Battuta travelled, and see what he did there. Link
Ibn Sina
A short biography of Avicenna (Ibn Sina). Link
This encyclopedia article is divided up into categories. Link
This site has an excellent article on the good doctor. Link
Mu'awiyah
The Encyclopedia Brittanica has a short biography, with an evaluation of his reign. Link
This short article discusses the controversial legacy of Caliph Mu'awiyah. Link
Monday, October 12, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Cool Pics of Byzantine Cisterns
Underneath Constantinople, the Byzantines built huge underground cisterns, or water tanks, to hold rainwater for drinking in case of an attack. Many of these still work today and are impressive because of their size and artistry. Check it out!
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Preview of Week Beginning 10/12/09
I hope that everyone is enjoying the long weekend. This week will be a little chaotic, with the YCCC visit, and with Open House on Thursday night, but these things keep life interesting. The classes are not going to be in sync for the next two weeks or so, due to the YCCC visit, so please pay close attention to the due dates for YOUR class.
Green Day Classes
Tuesday - Students should submit the Belisarius profile, if they haven't done so already. I will have many materials to return to students. Religion Essays will be LATE starting at 7:45 am on Tuesday. Any materials passed in on this day will be for 90% credit. Students will investigate the legacy of Roman Law by interpreting an actual Roman law code in class and presenting it to the group. For homework, students should begin the Need 2 Know Sheet
Thursday - I will give direct instruction regarding the rise of the Arab peoples. There will be a QUIZ on the direct instruction. Students should complete a Cloze activity on the Arabs for homework. Essay submitted for 80% credit.
White Day ( Block 1 + Hon)
Wednesday - We will be attending the YCCC college visitation. Students who are unable to attend will report to the study hall in the great room. These students may begin the Need 2 Know Sheet.
Friday - Students should submit the Belisarius profile, if they haven't done so already. Hon students also owe the Procopius primary source. I will have many materials to return to students. Religion Essays will be LATE starting at 7:45 am on Tuesday. Any materials passed in on this day will be for 90% credit. Students will investigate the legacy of Roman Law by interpreting an actual Roman law code in class and presenting it to the group. For homework, students should begin the Need 2 Know Sheet.
White Day (Block 3)
Wednesday - Students should submit the Belisarius profile, if they haven't done so already. I will have many materials to return to students. Religion Essays will be LATE starting at 7:45 am on Tuesday. Any materials passed in on this day will be for 90% credit. Students will investigate the legacy of Roman Law by interpreting an actual Roman law code in class and presenting it to the group. For homework, students should begin the Need 2 Know Sheet
Friday - I will give direct instruction regarding the rise of the Arab peoples. There will be a QUIZ on the direct instruction. Students should complete a Cloze activity on the Arabs for homework. Essay submitted for 80% credit.
Green Day Classes
Tuesday - Students should submit the Belisarius profile, if they haven't done so already. I will have many materials to return to students. Religion Essays will be LATE starting at 7:45 am on Tuesday. Any materials passed in on this day will be for 90% credit. Students will investigate the legacy of Roman Law by interpreting an actual Roman law code in class and presenting it to the group. For homework, students should begin the Need 2 Know Sheet
Thursday - I will give direct instruction regarding the rise of the Arab peoples. There will be a QUIZ on the direct instruction. Students should complete a Cloze activity on the Arabs for homework. Essay submitted for 80% credit.
White Day ( Block 1 + Hon)
Wednesday - We will be attending the YCCC college visitation. Students who are unable to attend will report to the study hall in the great room. These students may begin the Need 2 Know Sheet.
Friday - Students should submit the Belisarius profile, if they haven't done so already. Hon students also owe the Procopius primary source. I will have many materials to return to students. Religion Essays will be LATE starting at 7:45 am on Tuesday. Any materials passed in on this day will be for 90% credit. Students will investigate the legacy of Roman Law by interpreting an actual Roman law code in class and presenting it to the group. For homework, students should begin the Need 2 Know Sheet.
White Day (Block 3)
Wednesday - Students should submit the Belisarius profile, if they haven't done so already. I will have many materials to return to students. Religion Essays will be LATE starting at 7:45 am on Tuesday. Any materials passed in on this day will be for 90% credit. Students will investigate the legacy of Roman Law by interpreting an actual Roman law code in class and presenting it to the group. For homework, students should begin the Need 2 Know Sheet
Friday - I will give direct instruction regarding the rise of the Arab peoples. There will be a QUIZ on the direct instruction. Students should complete a Cloze activity on the Arabs for homework. Essay submitted for 80% credit.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Preview of Week Beginning 10/05
This is only a four day week, as we have a teacher workshop on Friday, and a long weekend. We begin a new unit this week: New Centers of Culture. This is a historical unit, which discusses the shining lights of the Byzantine and the Arab (Umayyad,Abbasid, & Fatimid for history buffs) Empires in the (comparative) darkness of the Middle Ages. We will discuss the achievements of these two great empires, and explore how they acted as a bridge between the Ancient and the Modern Worlds.
Green Day
Monday - Direct Instruction on Constantinople. Students complete an illustration of the city and a profile of Constantine the Great for homework.
Wednesday - Students will work on a Byzantine History Content Packet (guided reading) in class today, and if it is not completed, it will be homework over the long weekend. Students should complete a profile on the great Byzantine general Belisarius for homework.
White Day & Honors
Monday - Direct Instruction on Constantinople. Students complete an illustration of the city and a profile of Constantine the Great for homework.
Wednesday - Students will work on a Byzantine History Content Packet (guided reading) in class today, and if it is not completed, it will be homework over the long weekend. Students should complete a profile on the great Byzantine general Belisarius for homework. Hon. students will also have a primary reading from the Byzantine historian Procopius, who was the personal secretary of Belisarius.
Green Day
Monday - Direct Instruction on Constantinople. Students complete an illustration of the city and a profile of Constantine the Great for homework.
Wednesday - Students will work on a Byzantine History Content Packet (guided reading) in class today, and if it is not completed, it will be homework over the long weekend. Students should complete a profile on the great Byzantine general Belisarius for homework.
White Day & Honors
Monday - Direct Instruction on Constantinople. Students complete an illustration of the city and a profile of Constantine the Great for homework.
Wednesday - Students will work on a Byzantine History Content Packet (guided reading) in class today, and if it is not completed, it will be homework over the long weekend. Students should complete a profile on the great Byzantine general Belisarius for homework. Hon. students will also have a primary reading from the Byzantine historian Procopius, who was the personal secretary of Belisarius.
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