6/19/09
6/17/09
6/16/09
FINAL EXAM: JUNE 19, 2009
FINAL EXAM REVIEW SHEET
FINAL EXAM REVIEW SHEET
Objective 1
Click on this link HERE to begin the Test Review.
Work with a Partner
Begin with Chapter 1: Earliest Human Societies
1.) For each chapter Read the Review and Study Notes
1a) Take turns quizzing each other on definitions using the Vocabulary Flip Cards #1-10 in the Games and Activities Section. Don't move on until you have most of them RIGHT!!!
2.) Take the Quiz for each section!
DO the SAME for EACH CHAPTER BELOW:
Next is Chapter 2: Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent
Third is Chapter 4: Ancient Egypt and Kush
Finally is Chapter 7: Ancient Greece
Click on this link HERE to begin the Test Review.
Work with a Partner
Begin with Chapter 1: Earliest Human Societies
1.) For each chapter Read the Review and Study Notes
1a) Take turns quizzing each other on definitions using the Vocabulary Flip Cards #1-10 in the Games and Activities Section. Don't move on until you have most of them RIGHT!!!
2.) Take the Quiz for each section!
DO the SAME for EACH CHAPTER BELOW:
Next is Chapter 2: Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent
Third is Chapter 4: Ancient Egypt and Kush
Finally is Chapter 7: Ancient Greece
6/12/09
The World Community
Objective 1
Check out the map and the interactive for the Greek/Persian Wars HERE
Objective 2
Choose any country in the world. Find a picture, look it up on Google Earth, and write 3 things special about it in blogger.com
6/11/09
Greek Warrior
Objective 1
Half will read about the wars with Persia and Greece. Click HERE-- Then click Listen NOW
Writing assignment in blogger.com- Click Here for Directions
Objective 2
Half will view the slideshow.
After you are done, read text book page 197-201.
Half will read about the wars with Persia and Greece. Click HERE-- Then click Listen NOW
Writing assignment in blogger.com- Click Here for Directions
Objective 2
Half will view the slideshow.
After you are done, read text book page 197-201.
6/10/09
Rich government, poor people
Those of you that DID NOT finish your writing, click HERE to go to yesterday's blog.
Objective 1
1.) Watch Brain Pop Video- Democracy
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/democracy/
2.) Take the Graded Quiz-
3.) Email me at mr.creighton.davis@gmail.com with your scores
Objective 2
Create a 4 picture slideshow using Google Presentations of what you believe democracy represents.
6/8/09
Directions for the 3 Writing Assignments
1.) Vision of Freedom
2.) Question of Freedom
3.) Do we have a responsibility to fight for the freedom of others?
YOU MUST FINISH THESE ASSIGNMENTS- This is 60% of your grade!!!
If you DO NOT complete ALL 3 you are not going to PASS!!!
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE DONE WILL MONITOR AND HELP THE OTHER STUDENTS.
6/5/09
Can you CHANGE the world?
Directions for the 3 Writing Assignments
1.) Vision of Freedom
2.) Question of Freedom
3.) Do we have a responsibility to fight for the freedom of others?
YOU MUST FINISH THESE ASSIGNMENTS- This is 60% of your grade!!!
If you DO NOT complete ALL 3 you are not going to PASS!!!
6/3/09
Should we even have freedom? Democracy says Yes, We should!!
Objective 1
Democracy and Freedom
Objective 2
nish Working on Are you free? Does freedom exist for you in this country?
Click HERE for the directions. Include personal experiences.
1.) What do I do?
Click Here and read the directions. They are the same ideas as the Vision of Freedom you wrote already. You ALL know what to do!!
2.) Where do I do this?
You may do this in YOUR Blog!!! If YOUR Blog does not work, complete this in a Google DOC.
3.) What is a personal experience?
A personal experience is something that happened to you.
4.) What is limited freedom?
It is an example of how someone's freedom was stopped. You must use your knowledge from the VIDEOS!!
5.) I saved my Blog post yesterday and now I can't find it!!!
After you sign in, instead of clicking NEW POST, CLICK Edit Posts. You should find your work.
6.) What do you do when I am done?
You make sure you spelled EVERY word correctly. Read over your essay. Finish your Vision of freedom if you haven't already.
Objective 3
Do we have a responsibility to fight for the freedom of others?
Click HERE for Directions
nish Working on Are you free? Does freedom exist for you in this country?
Click HERE for the directions. Include personal experiences.
6 Frequently Asked Questions
1.) What do I do?
Click Here and read the directions. They are the same ideas as the Vision of Freedom you wrote already. You ALL know what to do!!
2.) Where do I do this?
You may do this in YOUR Blog!!! If YOUR Blog does not work, complete this in a Google DOC.
3.) What is a personal experience?
A personal experience is something that happened to you.
4.) What is limited freedom?
It is an example of how someone's freedom was stopped. You must use your knowledge from the VIDEOS!!
5.) I saved my Blog post yesterday and now I can't find it!!!
After you sign in, instead of clicking NEW POST, CLICK Edit Posts. You should find your work.
6.) What do you do when I am done?
You make sure you spelled EVERY word correctly. Read over your essay. Finish your Vision of freedom if you haven't already.
Objective 3
Do we have a responsibility to fight for the freedom of others?
Click HERE for Directions
6/2/09
Social Responsibility Vs. Objectivism
Objective 1
Social Responsibility vs. Objectivism
Finish Working on Are you free? Does freedom exist for you in this country?
Click HERE for the directions. Include personal experiences.
6 Frequently Asked Questions
1.) What do I do?
Click Here and read the directions. They are the same ideas as the Vision of Freedom you wrote already. You ALL know what to do!!
2.) Where do I do this?
You may do this in YOUR Blog!!! If YOUR Blog does not work, complete this in a Google DOC.
3.) What is a personal experience?
A personal experience is something that happened to you.
4.) What is limited freedom?
It is an example of how someone's freedom was stopped. You must use your knowledge from the VIDEOS!!
5.) I saved my Blog post yesterday and now I can't find it!!!
After you sign in, instead of clicking NEW POST, CLICK Edit Posts. You should find your work.
6.) What do you do when I am done?
You make sure you spelled EVERY word correctly. Read over your essay. Finish your Vision of freedom if you haven't already.
6/1/09
Leaders that fought for freedom
Poem: The New Colossus
Objective 1
Finish Working on Are you free? Does freedom exist for you in this country?
Click HERE for the directions. Include personal experiences.
1.) What do I do?
Click Here and read the directions. They are the same ideas as the Vision of Freedom you wrote already. You ALL know what to do!!
2.) Where do I do this?
You may do this in YOUR Blog!!! If YOUR Blog does not work, complete this in a Google DOC.
3.) What is a personal experience?
A personal experience is something that happened to you.
4.) What is limited freedom?
It is an example of how someone's freedom was stopped. You must use your knowledge from the VIDEOS!!
5.) I saved my Blog post yesterday and now I can't find it!!!
After you sign in, instead of clicking NEW POST, CLICK Edit Posts. You should find your work.
6.) What do you do when I am done?
You make sure you spelled EVERY word correctly. Read over your essay. Finish your Vision of freedom if you haven't already.
Click HERE for the directions. Include personal experiences.
6 Frequently Asked Questions
1.) What do I do?
Click Here and read the directions. They are the same ideas as the Vision of Freedom you wrote already. You ALL know what to do!!
2.) Where do I do this?
You may do this in YOUR Blog!!! If YOUR Blog does not work, complete this in a Google DOC.
3.) What is a personal experience?
A personal experience is something that happened to you.
4.) What is limited freedom?
It is an example of how someone's freedom was stopped. You must use your knowledge from the VIDEOS!!
5.) I saved my Blog post yesterday and now I can't find it!!!
After you sign in, instead of clicking NEW POST, CLICK Edit Posts. You should find your work.
6.) What do you do when I am done?
You make sure you spelled EVERY word correctly. Read over your essay. Finish your Vision of freedom if you haven't already.
Objective 2
Choose any leader that fought for freedom: Here are examples
Ghandi
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Cesar Chavez
Dalai Lama
Margaret Sanger
Nelson Mandela
Rosa Parks
W.E.B. DuBois
Ghandi
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
Cesar Chavez
Dalai Lama
Margaret Sanger
Nelson Mandela
Rosa Parks
W.E.B. DuBois
Create a research profile for the leader. Find 3 interesting facts. Find 2 things you learned about how the leader fought for freedom. Write this in your blog- include a picture.
Objective 3
Do we have a responsibility to fight for the freedom of others?
This is the last essay writing assignment we will have with the Dot-to-Dot project.
Tomorrow you will get the template... tonight answer this question in 2 paragraphs for HW.
Do we have a responsibility to fight for the freedom of others?
This is the last essay writing assignment we will have with the Dot-to-Dot project.
Tomorrow you will get the template... tonight answer this question in 2 paragraphs for HW.
5/29/09
Do you think we should fight for freedom?
Hi 605, 606, 607, 608, and 609!!!
I am in California right now and it is 3:07 AM in New York but only 12:07 AM in California!!!
I make time stop when I travel! I want to tell everyone that I hope they have a great Friday and that they complete the essay.
Make sure you turn in high-quality work! The video we are making for Dot-to-Dot is starting to look amazing! Keep up your hard work! Do well today and continue being LEGENDS!!!!
Mr. Davis
Objective 1
Are you free? Does freedom exist for you in this country?
Click HERE for the directions. They are slightly different from yesterday.
6 Frequently Asked Questions
1.) What do I do?
Click Here and read the directions. They are the same ideas as the Vision of Freedom you wrote already. You ALL know what to do!!
2.) Where do I do this?
You may do this in YOUR Blog!!! If YOUR Blog does not work, complete this in a Google DOC.
3.) What is a personal experience?
A personal experience is something that happened to you.
4.) What is limited freedom?
It is an example of how someone's freedom was stopped. You must use your knowledge from the VIDEOS!!
5.) I saved my Blog post yesterday and now I can't find it!!!
After you sign in, instead of clicking NEW POST, CLICK Edit Posts. You should find your work.
6.) What do you do when I am done?
You make sure you spelled EVERY word correctly. Read over your essay. Finish your Vision of freedom if you haven't already.
If you are done with EVERYHING- FREEEEEEE TIME!!!!!
Have a great weekend. Be ready to begin interviews on Monday!!
Mr. Davis
5/28/09
Why do people continue to come to this country? Is this the land of the free?
Objective 1
Answer the first 3 questions.
Watch- Sixth Sections
Objective 2
Watch- Sixth Sections
Objective 3
Are we free? Interviews
Objective 4
Does freedom exist for me in the U.S.A.?
This assignment is due on Monday CLICK HERE for directions.
I will not be here on Friday, please complete this assignment on paper and then in your blogs.
This assignment is due on Monday CLICK HERE for directions.
I will not be here on Friday, please complete this assignment on paper and then in your blogs.
5/27/09
Does money make us free?
Objective 1
Answer the first 3 questions.
Objective 2
Watch: Struggling to Survive
Objective 3
Complete the remaining questions
Objective 4
Choose a favorite sentence from your Vision of Freedom. Copy and Paste it into a Microsoft Word Document. Make the font REALLY BIG!!!
MR. DAVIS WILL NOT BE HERE ON FRIDAY. ON Friday, I am counting on everyone to complete a written assignment that answers
5/26/09
Objective 1
Stereotype means: an idea that many people have about a thing or a group that may often be untrueWatch: Girl Like Me
Objective 2
Discussion: Are we free when people consider us based on stereotypes?
Objective 3/Homework
2 Paragraph Essay: Are you free when people consider you based on stereotypes?
2 Paragraph Essay: Are you free when people consider you based on stereotypes?
5/22/09
Are we free?
Poem: The New Colossus
Objective 1
Watch: Perversion of Justice
Take notes on the video in a Google Doc
Objective 2
Discussion
Discussion
Memorize the poem: Those students that have it memorized will get a chance to go to the Statue of Liberty with me.
5/21/09
Are we free?
Poem: The New Colossus
POEM QUIZ ON FRIDAY!!!!!
Objective 1
Watch: Books Not Bars
Objective 2
Look over the statistics: HERE
Check out: Children Behind Bars
Is the law fair?
Are you free in this kind of system?
Do you think the system wants people educated or in jail?
Check out: Children Behind Bars
Homework:
Is the law fair?
Are you free in this kind of system?
Do you think the system wants people educated or in jail?
5/20/09
What is the symbolism behind this picture?
Poem: The New Colossus
POEM QUIZ ON FRIDAY!!!!!
Today is the LAST day, NO MATTER WHAT!, we will be working on our Vision of Freedom.
You must finish typing it in your blog today.
Tomorrow, we will begin on our quest to discover- Are we Free?
Song: Imagine
Homework: Are we free?
5/19/09
In our discussion of freedom, we are Philosophers.
Poem: The New Colossus
Vision of Freedom----
DUE DATE: At the END of CLASS Tuesday, May 19
DUE DATE: At the END of CLASS Tuesday, May 19
Objective 1
Complete the rough draft of your VISION of Freedom
Find a partner to edit your paper.
Type your rough draft in YOUR blog.
Objective 2
Find a partner to edit your paper.
Objective 3
Type your rough draft in YOUR blog.
Homework: Finish your rough draft
If you are finished, answer the question-- Are you free? Why or why not?
5/18/09
How might this be freedom?
Poem: The New Colossus
Vision of Freedom----
DUE DATE: At the END of CLASS Tuesday, May 19
DUE DATE: At the END of CLASS Tuesday, May 19
Objective 1
Complete the rough draft of your VISION of Freedom
Find a partner to edit your paper.
Type your rough draft in YOUR blog.
Objective 2
Find a partner to edit your paper.
Objective 3
Type your rough draft in YOUR blog.
Homework: Finish your rough draft
If you are finished, answer the question-- Are you free? Why or why not?
5/14/09
Think about Amerigo when you look at this picture.
Click on the link HERE to see the picture in a larger size
Read Poem: The New Colossus
Tomorrow, YOU will write Your very own VISION of Freedom to finish this week's activities.
This VISION should keep in mind all the stories and include parts of the definitions of freedoms we made for Amerigo, Gopi, Patricio, and Maya.
A VISION of Freedom is more than just a definition because as we learned one, single sentence is not enough and has too many loopholes.
A VISION of Freedom is 2-4 paragraphs and is detailed, specific, personal, and passionate!!!!
This is the first part of out Dot-to-Dot Project part 1- What is Freedom?
Objective 1
1.) Find a partner
2.)Get the slip of paper--- DO NOT SHOW IT TO YOUR PARTNER
3.) Partner A: Make the statement on the slip to your partner.
4.) Partner B respond and agree/disagree with the statement. Argue why/why not
5.) Partner B: Make the statement on the slip to your partner
6.) Partner A respond and agree/disagree with the statement. Argue why/why not
Objective 2
Read the story of Gopi- Click HERE
Objective 3
1.) Find a partner
2.)Get the slip of paper--- DO NOT SHOW IT TO YOUR PARTNER
3.) Partner A: Make the statement on the slip to your partner.
4.) Partner B respond and agree/disagree with the statement. Argue why/why not
5.) Partner B: Make the statement on the slip to your partner
6.) Partner A respond and agree/disagree with the statement. Argue why/why not
Objective 2
Read the story of Gopi- Click HERE
Objective 3
Homework: Make a list of ideas/factors that need to be included in your VISION of Freedom.
Memorize the POEM!!!!!
5/12/09
What do you think the word- Exploiter- means?
Read Poem- The New Colossus
Objective 3
Objective 4
1.) Find a partner
2.)Get the slip of paper--- DO NOT SHOW IT TO YOUR PARTNER
3.) Partner A: Make the statement to your partner:
4.) Partner B respond and agree/disagree with the statement. Argue why/why not
5.) Partner A: Make the statement to your partner
6.) Partner B respond and agree/disagree with the statement. Argue why/why not
1.) Find a partner
2.)Get the slip of paper--- DO NOT SHOW IT TO YOUR PARTNER
3.) Partner A: Make the statement to your partner:
4.) Partner B respond and agree/disagree with the statement. Argue why/why not
5.) Partner A: Make the statement to your partner
6.) Partner B respond and agree/disagree with the statement. Argue why/why not
Homework:
Complete the 2 HWs from Monday and Tuesday Night!!! It is DUE on Thursday!
Complete the 2 HWs from Monday and Tuesday Night!!! It is DUE on Thursday!
5/11/09
Women are treated differently from men. What do you think this picture is saying?
Read the poem- The New Colossus
Objective 1
Objective 3
Discuss with a partner or your group this statement. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
Maya still has freedom because she has a little education, is not a slave, and will have the opportunity to get married and work in the fields.
Homework:
Write two paragraphs answering this question.
Why should everyone have a chance to have an education?
Write two paragraphs answering this question.
Why should everyone have a chance to have an education?
Refugee Camp-
A place for people to live that were kicked out of their home country
Read the poem: The New Colossus
Objective 1
Read Patricio's story-- Click HERE
Objective 2
Complete the questions about the story
Homework: In 2 paragraphs- Compare your life with Patricio's life. What is different? What is the same? What do you both want? What do you both dream of?
5/8/09
What is this message behind this picture?
Objective 1
Ancient Greece Quiz #2
Objective 2
Question 1: What do you think the "Freedom Riders" believed freedom meant?
Directions HERE!!!
Open up the e-mail I sent you to get the page so you can EDIT it.
List of Legends
Objective 2
Objective 2: Socratic Dialogue
The text: Freedom RidersQuestion 1: What do you think the "Freedom Riders" believed freedom meant?
Directions HERE!!!
Open up the e-mail I sent you to get the page so you can EDIT it.
List of Legends
5/7/09
What is freedom?
Objective 1
Chapter 1 and 2 Readings
Chapter 1 Quiz
Chapter 2 Quiz
Challenge: Choose your favorite god and write two things you like about him/her in your blog. Then find a picture(s) of the god and put it in your blog.
Objective 2: Socratic Dialogue
The text: Freedom Riders
Question 1: What do you think the "Freedom Riders" believed freedom meant?
Script:
Rule 1: Each student MUST speak.
Rule 2: While students are speaking, take notes on the main idea of what each person is saying.
Where? In a GOOGLE Doc.
Directions HERE!!!
Question 1: What do you think the "Freedom Riders" believed freedom meant?
Script:
Rule 1: Each student MUST speak.
Rule 2: While students are speaking, take notes on the main idea of what each person is saying.
Where? In a GOOGLE Doc.
Directions HERE!!!
Homework: 4 paragraphs of writing
See handout.
5/5/09
Does freedom mean the same thing across the world?
Objective 1
Objective 2
Read Chapter 1.
Complete the quiz in the remaining time.
Warm-up 5/5/2009-
A picture from the journey of the Freedom Riders.
A picture from the journey of the Freedom Riders.
Objective 1
Objective 2
Three roles per group---
Connector--- This person shows how the ideas of students are connected
Clarifier----- This person makes sure the comments are clear--- Has the power to stop the group and ask if everyone understands the comment.
Summarizer----- Tries to see how many people agree with each other.
Says: So far many people in this group, think this....
1.) Each person can only speak once until everyone else has spoken.
2.) The clarifier can speak after each person has spoken to make sure everyone understands
3.) The connector can speak after two people have spoken to connect.
4.) The summarizer can speak after all people in the group.
Question: Is non-violence the best way to solve problems?
Three roles per group---
Connector--- This person shows how the ideas of students are connected
Clarifier----- This person makes sure the comments are clear--- Has the power to stop the group and ask if everyone understands the comment.
Summarizer----- Tries to see how many people agree with each other.
Says: So far many people in this group, think this....
Rules:
1.) Each person can only speak once until everyone else has spoken.
2.) The clarifier can speak after each person has spoken to make sure everyone understands
3.) The connector can speak after two people have spoken to connect.
4.) The summarizer can speak after all people in the group.
Question: Is non-violence the best way to solve problems?
5/4/09
Remember this quote from Friday's class-
Freedom is something people take, and people are free as they want to be.
Do you still agree or disagree?
Is freedom something else?
Objective 1
Homework:
Memorize the 1st 2 lines of the poem.
Writing: Imagine you are one of the Freedom Riders. Write a letter to your mother pretending you are one of the buses about reach Montgomery. Your mother is very worried about you and she doesn't understand why you are fighting for the rights of people you don't even know.
1.) Tell her why you are doing what you are doing.
2.) Share with her your emotions and your feelings.
3.) Then try to convince her at the end of the letter why you are doing that by writing what freedom means to you.
Writing: Imagine you are one of the Freedom Riders. Write a letter to your mother pretending you are one of the buses about reach Montgomery. Your mother is very worried about you and she doesn't understand why you are fighting for the rights of people you don't even know.
1.) Tell her why you are doing what you are doing.
2.) Share with her your emotions and your feelings.
3.) Then try to convince her at the end of the letter why you are doing that by writing what freedom means to you.
4/30/09
Look VERY closely at the picture for 1 minute.
Objective 1
Please begin Greece Quiz HERE
Objective 2
Blue Team: Quote----- Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.Orange Team: Quote----- Only the educated have freedom.
Green Team: Quote---Those who deny (stop) freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
1.) Think-
2.) Pair
3.) Share- Everyone in your group has one chance to talk. Share your idea about the quote. Tell your group WHY you agree or disagree with the quote.
Click on this Link HERE to do the Warm-up. Your warm-up is for PICTURE #2.
Objective 1
Introduction to the Poem---- The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus
Check your E-mail for the Comic about the poem.
Objective 2
Quotes on Freedom-
Quote 1----- You can only be free if I am free.
Quote 2----- Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.
Quote 3----- We must not believe everyone, who says that only free people should be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free.
Objective 1
Introduction to the Poem---- The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus
Check your E-mail for the Comic about the poem.
Objective 2
Quotes on Freedom-
Quote 1----- You can only be free if I am free.
Quote 2----- Freedom is not something that anybody can be given. Freedom is something people take, and people are as free as they want to be.
Quote 3----- We must not believe everyone, who says that only free people should be educated, but we should rather believe the philosophers who say that only the educated are free.
4/29/09
If you did not finish the QUIA quiz from YESTERDAY, Do it HERE
If you did not finish the Freedom Questions YESTERDAY go to Yesterday's blog and complete it. YOU MUST!
Objective 1
Objective 2
Go to ClassZone- and look at the Ch. 7 map about Greek trade----- Click HERE
After you finish,
Do the Quiz Here
Homework-
Memorize the first line of the poem.
Memorize the first line of the poem.
4/27/09
Complete the Check-up Quiz based on yesterday's class- CLICK ON QUIZ- HERE
Objective 1:
1.) Read four of your classmates definitions of freedom. ------ HERE
2.) Copy and paste one of your classmate's definition of freedom into the Form
There are people on your team who submitted definitions---- Choose one partner from your team and copy his/her definition into the form.
3.) Question your classmate's definition just like you would question why someone in their right mind would jump off a bridge or commit a crime? Try to understand why someone would do this but be very critical of their writing.
4.) Answer the question you ask.
5.) Write a new and improved definition.
Objective 2
Examine Greek Geography and Trade Routes------- Click HERE
Answer these questions in class or for Homework----
Part I
1.) Which bodies of water did the ancient Greeks use for trade?
2.) What countries did ancient Greece trade with?
3.) What was one thing Greeks traded?
Part II
Memorize the first two lines of the poem.
List of Legends
4/26/09
Warm-up:
Objective 1:
Ancient Greece Geography
Objective 2:
What is Freedom?
List of Legends
Homework:
Read the poem- The New Colossus- Memorize the first line
Write a one paragraph response to this question-
How did the geography of ancient Greece influence they way the Greeks lived?
4/24/09
Warm-up- Match the features of the map below to your map
Green spots= flat land
Orange/Brown spots- Hills/Mountains
Draw these different features on your map.
Students will work in their Orange, Blue, Green teams to create the map in the park.
Rules
1.) Students must work in their assigned teams.
2.) Students cannot leave the baseball field in the park.
3.) Students can trace their map on the sand or on the grass using sticks or whatever they choose.
4.) Students are required to replicate the physical landscape of Greece using whatever materials they can find.
Students go to the park and create their map.
4/23/09
Warm-up:
Challenge:
1.) What sea is close to Greece?
Must-Do:
2.) The picture is about agriculture. What do you see?
Should- D0:
3.) Who do you think the people are and what are they doing?
Make a post on this blog.
All Teams: Finish Ancient Greece Museum Walk------
The artifacts for the Ancient Greece Museum Walk
We will share our inferences and observations.
#2: Objective---- What is Freedom?-------- check out your Google Docs
4/22/09
Warm-up-
1.) What continent is Greece on? What sea is close to Greece?
2.) What do you see?
3.) What do you think this was?
Objective 1: Blue Team/ Orange Team- Ancient Greece Museum Walk
Objective 2: Green Team- What is Freedom? Google Doc
The artifacts for the Ancient Greece Museum Walk
4/21/09
Warm-up: Greeks were experts in pottery. 5 minutes
Must- Do: What continent is Greece on?
Must- Do: What do you see on the vase?
Challenge: What do you think this tells us about Greece's social pyramid?
Green Team will begin with Objective 3----------- First 10 minutes
Further Instructions:
Objective 1: There are only 6 books for 8 members of a team. Some of you will have to work together!!!! YOU ARE TEAMMATES
Objective 2: First, write your own definition of freedom as a comment to THIS blog. Then on the poster paper, write your group's definition. Discuss it.... Quietly
Must- Do: What continent is Greece on?
Must- Do: What do you see on the vase?
Challenge: What do you think this tells us about Greece's social pyramid?
Objective 1: Ancient Greek Book Tour------------- 10 minutes
Objective 2: What is Freedom? ------ w/Mr. Davis----------- 10 minutes
Objective 3: Read the Geography of Ancient Greece-------- 10 minutes
Must- Do: Write 1 thing you learned
Should-D0: Write 2 things you learned
Challenge: Write 3 things you learned
Objective 3: Read the Geography of Ancient Greece-------- 10 minutes
Must- Do: Write 1 thing you learned
Should-D0: Write 2 things you learned
Challenge: Write 3 things you learned
Blue Team will begin with Objective 1----- First 10 minutes
Orange Team will begin with Objective 2-------- First 10 minutes
Green Team will begin with Objective 3----------- First 10 minutes
Then SWITCH!!! Green will then work on Objective 1, Orange Team on Objective 3, Blue on 2...
Further Instructions:
Objective 1: There are only 6 books for 8 members of a team. Some of you will have to work together!!!! YOU ARE TEAMMATES
Objective 2: First, write your own definition of freedom as a comment to THIS blog. Then on the poster paper, write your group's definition. Discuss it.... Quietly
4/20/09
Do Now: What do you think this number stands for?
What does the picture have to do with our next unit of social studies?
Objective 1: Blue team- You will be able to locate and describe Greece on a map.
Objective 2: Orange Team- You will create a definition of freedom.
Objective 3: Green Team- You will review Egypt test results.
Objective 1.) Use Google Earth to locate Greece. Answer the questions on a Google Doc.
Objective 2.) What does freedom mean?
1.)Write your individual idea as a comment to this blog.
2.) Choose one definition for your entire group.
3.) Write that definition on the white board or on poster
Objective 3.) Egypt Test Review
4/8/09
1.) Review the Chapter Test
2.) Mr. Davis Teacher Survey
3.) Make-up work for Spring Break
Happy Spring Break!
2.) Mr. Davis Teacher Survey
3.) Make-up work for Spring Break
Happy Spring Break!
4/5/09
Postponement: Egypt Unit Test- Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 8, 2009
Objective One : 1.) Blue Team' 2.) Green Team 3.) Orange Team 10-15 minutes
-- Test Prep. Flash Cards
Choose 3 questions you found the most difficult on the test prep sheet.
Write the question and answer on the flash card.
Circle around in your group and take turns asking questions.
Objective Two: 1.) Orange 2.) Blue 3.) Green 10 minutes
Practice the Main Idea reading strategy by choosing important words from the Mummies reading.
Choose two paragraphs from the reading. Choose 4-6 main idea words.
Then summarize those words into a sentence. Example HERE
Objective Three: 1.) Green 2.) Orange 3.) Blue 12-15 minutes
Read Tut, Tut
Objective One : 1.) Blue Team' 2.) Green Team 3.) Orange Team 10-15 minutes
-- Test Prep. Flash Cards
Choose 3 questions you found the most difficult on the test prep sheet.
Write the question and answer on the flash card.
Circle around in your group and take turns asking questions.
Objective Two: 1.) Orange 2.) Blue 3.) Green 10 minutes
Practice the Main Idea reading strategy by choosing important words from the Mummies reading.
Choose two paragraphs from the reading. Choose 4-6 main idea words.
Then summarize those words into a sentence. Example HERE
Objective Three: 1.) Green 2.) Orange 3.) Blue 12-15 minutes
Read Tut, Tut
4/2/09
Warm-up- Read the first paragraph of The Age of Pyramids.
Choose the 6 words from the paragraph that you think are most important to understanding the main idea.
1.) Read Mummies and Pyramids (pgs.41-45) - 12 minutes
After reading complete the Reading Quiz
Steps to write in your blog:
1.) Read Mummies and Pyramids (pgs. 46-53)
2.) Choose your favorite god
3.) Choose your favorite pharaoh- ex. Ramses II, Tutankhamun, Hatshepsut, Akhenaton
4.) Pretend you are that pharaoh that makes Egypt monotheistic from polytheistic.
5.) Write a prayer to the god that includes:
1.) What you are going to build that god
2.) Why you love that god (use information from the reading)
3.) Ask for protection from... (Ra, the sun god, might protect Egypt from rain, etc.)
Choose the 6 words from the paragraph that you think are most important to understanding the main idea.
1.) Read Mummies and Pyramids (pgs.41-45) - 12 minutes
After reading complete the Reading Quiz
Steps to write in your blog:
1.) Read Mummies and Pyramids (pgs. 46-53)
2.) Choose your favorite god
3.) Choose your favorite pharaoh- ex. Ramses II, Tutankhamun, Hatshepsut, Akhenaton
4.) Pretend you are that pharaoh that makes Egypt monotheistic from polytheistic.
5.) Write a prayer to the god that includes:
1.) What you are going to build that god
2.) Why you love that god (use information from the reading)
3.) Ask for protection from... (Ra, the sun god, might protect Egypt from rain, etc.)
3.) Summarizing- The Age of Pyramids Reading- Mini-Lesson
Step 1: Read a paragraph.
Step 2: Choose the words that are most important- No more that 7 words
Step 3: Combine those words into 1 sentence
Step 4: Move on to the next paragraph. Do Steps 1,2,3 for the new paragraph
Step 1: Read a paragraph.
Step 2: Choose the words that are most important- No more that 7 words
Step 3: Combine those words into 1 sentence
Step 4: Move on to the next paragraph. Do Steps 1,2,3 for the new paragraph
3/31/09
Ancient Egypt Test- Monday, April 6, 2009
1.) Read Mummies and Pyramids (pgs.41-45) - 12 minutes
1.) Read Mummies and Pyramids (pgs.41-45) - 12 minutes
After reading complete the Reading Quiz
2.) A pharaoh's prayer to the gods- 20 minutes
Steps to write in your blog:1.) Read Mummies and Pyramids (pgs. 46-53)
2.) Choose your favorite god
3.) Choose your favorite pharaoh- ex. Ramses II, Tutankhamun, Hatshepsut, Akhenaton
4.) Pretend you are that pharaoh that makes Egypt monotheistic from polytheistic.
5.) Write a prayer to the god that includes:
1.) What you are going to build that god
2.) Why you love that god (use information from the reading)
3.) Ask for protection from... (Ra, the sun god, might protect Egypt from rain, etc.)
3.) Egypt Timeline Activity- 8 minutes
Click on this Timeline to begin.
Find the dates of the Old Kingdom.
Find the dates of the Middle Kingdom.
Find the dates of the New Kingdom.
Draw the dates of the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, and New Kingdom on the timeline handout.
Homework: Read Mummies and Pyramids Chapter 4
Write the steps of Mummification- This is going to be on the test!!
Write the steps of Mummification- This is going to be on the test!!
Do Now:
What do you see in this picture?
2 observations and inferences.
Today's 3 Objectives:
1.) Polytheism and Monotheism Mini-Lesson - 10 minutes
2.) Mummies and Pyramids Reading (pgs. 34-39) Quiz - 15 minutes
3.) Who REALLY built the pyramids??? State a hypothesis (Educated Guess)- 15 minutes
Your own hypothesis should be your FIRST sentence. Then provide details explaining WHY.
Homework
Scribes Reading
Scribes Reading
3/29/09
The Race to Become Legendary
Three Teams- Blue, Orange, Green
You have one minute to choose your team name.
Today's three objectives:
1.) Copy down the Group Rules that are in BLUE print!!!
2.) Polytheism and Monotheism Mini-Lesson - 8 minutes
Why did the actions of Pharaoh Akhenaton create such a controversy?
3.) Mummies and Pyramids Reading (pgs. 34-39) Quiz -20 minutes
If EVERY member of the team completes EACH objective, the whole team receives 1 point.
The team with the highest average on the quiz receives 1 Bonus point.
If everyone finishes each objective with time to spare, then they have the choice of reading two books
Tut, Tut or Mummies in the Morning (Found in your e-mail)
If a member fills out this week's reading sheet- 5Ws
that team member earns 1 bonus point for the team.
If all members of the team completes its homework, then the team gets 2 bonus points.
At the end of the week, the team with highest points wins and receives a prize.
Each team has three objectives for the day.
If EVERY member of the team completes EACH objective, the whole team receives 1 point.
The team with the highest average on the quiz receives 1 Bonus point.
If everyone finishes each objective with time to spare, then they have the choice of reading two books
Tut, Tut or Mummies in the Morning (Found in your e-mail)
If a member fills out this week's reading sheet- 5Ws
that team member earns 1 bonus point for the team.
If all members of the team completes its homework, then the team gets 2 bonus points.
At the end of the week, the team with highest points wins and receives a prize.
Homework- Pharaoh Ramses Reading
3/26/09
What is this? Share 3 observations for this picture and make 3 inferences.
I see... so I think that
Egypt 3/4 Unit Test
Chapter 1 Reading Quiz
Tut, Tut Reading Quiz
3 things you learned
2 things you found interesting
1 question you have
I see... so I think that
Egypt 3/4 Unit Test
Chapter 1 Reading Quiz
Tut, Tut Reading Quiz
Complete a 3-2-1 for the reading of the Mummies and Pyramids
3 things you learned
2 things you found interesting
1 question you have
3/25/09
Warm-up: Draw and Fill-in a social pyramid of Egyptian society
Group 1 Tut, Tut Reading
Group 1 Tut, Tut Reading
Tut, Tut Reading Quiz
Group 2 Mummies and Pyramids
Mummies and Pyramids Reading Quiz
Group 3
Work on Project
Homework:
Reading
Group 2 Mummies and Pyramids
Mummies and Pyramids Reading Quiz
Group 3
Work on Project
Homework:
Reading
3/24/09
SWBAT distinguish between the various characteristics of each social group
Do Now:
1.) What was life like for men in Egyptian society?
2.) What was life like for women in Egyptian society?
3.) Egyptians loved family life. What did families really value?
4.) List the 6 social classes in Egypt.
1.) What was life like for men in Egyptian society?
2.) What was life like for women in Egyptian society?
3.) Egyptians loved family life. What did families really value?
4.) List the 6 social classes in Egypt.
Homework:
1.) Read Section 9.3 Government Officials
Answer the Questions
2.) Draw a social pyramid of our school.
Who has the most power? The least power?
Explain why for each social class.
Principal
Assistant Principal
Dean
Teacher
Student
Janitor
Explain why for each social class.
Principal
Assistant Principal
Dean
Teacher
Student
Janitor
3/22/09
Objective: SWBAT classify the social groups in Egypt.
Egypt Then:
Egypt Now: What are the differences you see?
1/3 Objective: SWBAT classify the social groups in Egypt.
1/3 Legends of Lexicon
1/3 Reading (Check your E-mail) and Reading Quiz
Legends of Lexicon and Today's Objective
Egypt Now: What are the differences you see?
1/3 Objective: SWBAT classify the social groups in Egypt.
1/3 Legends of Lexicon
1/3 Reading (Check your E-mail) and Reading Quiz
Legends of Lexicon and Today's Objective
Homework
Read: Ancient Egypt's Social Pyramid
Complete the Questions and a 3-2-1
Label the Social Pyramid
Read: Ancient Egypt's Social Pyramid
Complete the Questions and a 3-2-1
Label the Social Pyramid
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