Dec 13th

Complete Middle Kingdom Guided Reading

Study guide due Wed. Dec 14th for the 5 bonus points, due Tues. Dec 20th for those who did not go for the bonus points.

Test: Tues. December 20th and Wed. December 21st.

Extra help session Monday December 19th afterschool.

Dec. 12th

Middle Kingdom Guided Reading

Dec. 6th

Work on Pharaoh Ankh project. Project due Monday Dec 12th.

Dec. 2nd

Work on the Coffin Project, Due Monday Dec. 5th :)

Dec. 1st

Work on Coffin project. Due Dec. 5th

Paragraph must be typed.

Complete the Family life/ Leisure
Dress and Grooming

Nov. 30th

Work on coffin project. Project due date: Tues. DECEMBER 5th

Nov. 28th

Complete Mummification Activity

Study for Map quiz

Nov. 21st

Write the name of three famous people using hieroglyphics. Do not write them in English, we will be translating them from the hieroglyphics.

Nov. 17th

Job of the priest summary worksheet. Good luck summarizing the paragraphs into one sentence. This can be a tricky skill, but you can do it!!

Study five min for your map quiz.

Map Quiz: Tues. November 29th.

+++ATTENTION PARENTS+++ Mesopotamian Tests went home Wed. November 16th

Nov. 16th

Read and complete the Pharaoh worksheet.

Nov. 15th

Complete reading and questions on the Egyptian economy.

November 14th

No Homework :)

Nov. 10th

Reading and worksheet: Egypt's Quick History
Complete guided reading from class: Old Kingdom

Nov 9th

No homework :)

November 3rd

Study for test. The test will be on Nov. 7th and 8th.

Complete the Crossward (Crossword) Puzzle.

Preparation hint for the upcoming open response:

When starting to write think about a time without civ (Neolithic) and reflect on how since the first civ there has always been one. Meaning there is something important about civilizations, we live in one now! What elements are so important we still have the same elements today? You should have three pieces of direct evidence and he must explain the evidence. Hope this helps.

October 27th

Complete the Women in Mes questions.

Ranking the Kings response due Fri. Please see blog from early in the week for instructions.

October 25th

Rank the Mesopotamian Kings (Due Friday)

Give your opinion as to who is the most important king. Be sure to give evidence and fully explain why you ranked the kings in that order. This should be three paragraphs and I would like it typed.

October 24th

Please read the handout on Mesopotamian daily life, and then fill out the "Daily Life Work Sheet". You do not have to complete the box in the reading marked assignments, but you do have to answer all the questions on the work sheet.

October 19th

If you have not completed the web quest please do so.

On the Civilizations worksheet list two things from Mesopotamia that fit the category.

October 18th

If you did not complete the laws reading and Government/Law worksheet in class please do so for homework.

Read examples of Hammurabi's code and answer the questions on the worksheet.

Weekend Homework :)

Summarize your notes then come up with two questions you may have about Sumerian religion, or if you can not think of any questions come up with two questions you think I would have on a test.

October 12th

Open Response re-writes are due Friday October 14th

Interpreting Primary Sources worksheet due October 13th

E Class: Draw pictures representing reasons people lived on the rivers.

October 11th

Welcome Back!!

Fill out the Mesopotamian Guided Reading. Due Wed. 12th

Open Response re-write due Fri 14th

Quizzes went home today. If a student received a grade lower than a 75% they have the option to re-write their open responses in order to improve their grade (students may only earn up to 75%).

Sept. 28

B,C,F,G- Complete the Civilization Worksheet- Please do not just write no or yes, but give examples. Study for map quiz.

E- Study for Early Man quiz

Sept. 27th

B,C,F,G- Study map for map quiz

E- look over Early Man study guide

September 26th

All classes- Don't worry about the map. We will go over it all Tuesday!

Sept. 21st

Classes- C,F,G
Complete the Neolithic Guided Reading
Work on Quiz Study Guide

Class- E
No homework

Class B-
Complete the paragraph and picture based off of the movie

Sept. 19th

No homework :)

Sept. 16th

All classes Paleolithic Age Guided Reading (Due Monday)

7th grade Sept. 15th

No homework :)

Sept. 13th

Classes: B,C,F,G : Read and complete guided reading worksheet, Meet the Leakeys. Due Wed. Sept. 14th

Class: E In their interactive notebook students are to write a paragraph explaining the reasoning and meaning behind pictures.

Sept 12th

Tonight study your maps. Map quiz Sept 13th.

Archeology guided reading due Tues. Sept 13th.

September 8th

The essay was assigned today rather than Monday due to the fact I was out. I understand that many students wanted to bring in notes, and I've taken that into account by allowing students to take the essay home and complete it there.

Students were given the entire class time in order to write the essay, because of that please do not spend any more than 20 min on it for homework. If you find you need more time feel free to stop and see me after school so that we may together go over the essay.

The essay is due Friday
The Archeology guided reading due date moved to Tuesday.
Map project due Monday(project assigned on Wed. should only take about 30min of students time to complete).
Map quiz given on Tues. Please spend 5 min every night looking over map.

Sept. 7th

Reminder PIN night is tomorrow, September 8th. Your child will be bringing home their schedule of classes for you to follow that night.

Please return all forms given during advisory.

Map quiz Tues. September 13th. For homework study your map. Please remember a word box will not be provided.

Mapping project: You are to create a map of your neighborhood. This project will be due Monday, September 12th. Directions and grading rubric will be sent home.

Sept. 6th

Study for map quiz. Quiz will be on Tues. Sept. 13th

Look over textbook and report any damage.

Turn in all forms that were given during advisory.

Welcome Back!

Welcome to Ancient History 7th graders.

For class please come with a separate binder. You will be given many handouts, and to keep from getting them mixed up with other classes having a separate binder really helps.

Due:

Please have these forms filled out and turned back in as soon as possible

Emergency Information Card
Cluster Information Card
Emergency Health Information Sheet

Reminder PIN night will be held on September 8th.

Tests Coming Up

8th grade- Test Tues. May 10th

Extra help session will be held Monday May 9th after school.

7th grade- Test Wed. May 11th

Extra help session will be held Tuesday May 10th after school.

Greek Week!!!!

7th grade, create your I am poems.

8th- Due tomorrow your laws based off the two quotes from the Quran.
Due Fri your important contributions ranking and explaining.

8th grade- You have a test coming up on Tuesday March 29th.

Friday we will dedicate the whole day to review and working on your study
guide.

Monday Gameday. If you need extra help after school I will be avaiable
Monday after 3:00pm. I dedicated an entire day on Friday and Monday
for review to replace the fact I am not available right after school
the day before the test.

7th- Worksheet and guided questions on Myths

7th grade- Your project will be due on Monday. As it says in your timeline your homework for this weekend is to edit all parts and to add transitional sentences.

Add transitional sentences to parts 2,3,4. Making it a three paragraph essay.

Please put together your project neatly in the order of the parts (part one first and so on).

Good luck and I can't wait to see your hard work!

8th grade- If not completed already work on the the Shiite and Sunni reading.

8th grade

For homework answer the following question. Be sure to type it, and it should be at least 7 sentences long. As always I want you to not only answer the question, but explain your answer as well.

Muhammad was said to be illiterate. Why would his being illiterate be important or critical to the religion of Islam?

Think about our discussion today, and how we talked about the importance of why the Qur’an must not be translated. Remember don’t just give me an answer. Tell me why.


7th grade

Today was a surprise day in the computer lab. Hopefully you researched Part 5 and got most of it done. Tonight’s homework is to work on Part 5, but if you finished that today in class start on your Historical Fiction. Remember to keep looking at your timeline, and use the organizer as well.
I will be here afterschool on Thursday if you need extra help.

7th grade-

We are now back on track for our timeline. Be sure to look at it for the homework, and up coming deadlines. Tuesday's homework is to finish your battle map. If you have done so already please feel free to work ahead on your third paragraph which is part four.


8th grade-

Read and answer the questions on your So, What's the Deal With Jihad Handout. Complete the five pillar worksheet from class.
Be ready to discuss these handouts in class.

8th grade- Arabian Geography story due on Monday. Don't forget to look at the rubric.

7th grade- Work on part 3, which is your second paragraph. Remember you no longer have a quiz coming up, but you will be peer editing on Tuesday so come ready with your rough drafts and organizer.

7th grade- Please refer to your timeline handout for the homework

8th grade- Work on your Arabian Geography Book. Due Monday.

8th grade- No homework!

7th grade- Find a Greek name, one from your assigned city-state. Don't just make one up but find an actual person who is from your city-state, and write a couple sentences about them on the back of your name card. Remember on the front put the Greek name. On the back your name and the three sentences. Name game begins Monday.

E- You have the above homework but you also must decide which battle you would like to research. Rank them in case you do not get your first pick, you can try for the second pic. The battles you are going to choose from are on the Timeline handout given to you during class.

Map quiz coming up on Tuesday for C,D,F and Wed. for E.

Have a great weekend!!!!

7th grade

Tests have been sent home.
Students will have a map quiz on Tues (C,D,F) and E on Wed.
A quiz on this unit will be given Friday of next week.
I will be available Thursday for any needed extra help.
Monday students will be assigned a large project. Be on the look out for the handout with the time-line and details.

8th grade

Students will be Tested on Friday. Study guides will be given on Wed. and students will have all of class to work on them. Thursday during class we will review the test. Any extra help needed will be available Wed. or Thurs. afterschool. The study guide will be due Thursday for the extra 5 bonus points.

7th grade- You have a test on Thursday. Extra help session Wed. afterschool!!

Tonight for homework rank the four Persian kings from most important to the least and be sure to detail your responses as to why you ranked them in the position you did. If you did not finish the anagram, be sure to do that as well.

8th grade- Complete Tetzel's response and be ready to share. Remember you will be sharing these in class so be sure to keep the "passion/anger" to an appropriate level.

7th grade

Test coming up on Thursday February 17th.
After school extra help session will be Wed. February 16th.
Students will receive a study guide.

8th grade- Study for your test tomorrow.

7th grade- Go on your Hanging Garden web quest. Be sure to find two different websites that are not Wikipedia then answer the questions on the sheet. For the last question be sure to show off that you did it.

If you did not finish the gate readings make sure you do that.

8th grade

You have a test coming up on Wed.

Study guides for the 5 bonus points are due Monday
Tuesday: Review game day!!!!!
Tuesday after school: Extra help session
Wed: Test!!!!

Thursday: We start the Reformation :)

7th grade

Map quiz on Monday

7th grade- Assyrian Textbook Guided Reading, answer attached questions.

8th grade- Handout on Copernicus and Kepler, answer attached questions.

7th grade- Read the handout on Abraham, then answer the questions attached.


8th grade- Read the handout on Kepler and Descartes, then answer the questions attached.

8th grade- Read the two different textbook excerpts and answer the questions on the worksheet.

7th grade- Complete the textbook guided reading worksheet. The page numbers are on the worksheet.

8th grade- Tell me what you think Renee Decartes meant when he said " I think, therefore I am" .Make this as long or as short as you would like it, but remember I want you to explain your answers and give details.




7th grade- No homework!

7th grade- Write a paragraph explaining why so many prophets appeared at that time, what was their message and why did they need to bring that message? This paragraph is due on Thursday and need to be typed.

8th grade- Prepare for your debate. Tomorrow is the last day of the debate. Even if you have already gone, still study and prepare to add your two cents any chance you get. Goal, to convince all you are the most important Renaissance figure.

8th grade

Everyone did wonderful on their interviews. GOOD WORK.

Tomorrow you have your written placement exam. I know you all will do great. Be sure to eat a big breakfast and get plenty of sleep.

Homework is to keep preparing for your debate. There are some pretty big preparation cards out there to take down other opponents in the debate so be ready!!

7th grade

Complete the questions from today's activity on trade. Make sure you add detail and really explain your answers.