MAY!

We are in the last refrain...
Keep listening to the music of the Medieval Age as we conclude this portion of the symphony of mankind...

We will continue daily quizzes...
We have not had Wednesday vocabulary QUIZZES... but start counting on them [REMEMBER to go over your VOCABULARY from your reading each week]

NOTECARDS...you know how this works....hopefully some of you (or ALL OR YOU) will take advantage of making them (and using them)...

REMEMBER - go over your notes 3-5 minutes daily!

A FINAL IS COMING so you need to remember these...

• ANCIENT AFRICA Map
• ANCIENT INDIA Map
• ANCIENT Americas Map
• ANCIENT CHINA (Tang/Song) Map
• ANCIENT JAPAN Map

NO MORE READINGS for the year...Which should give you plenty of time to finish the SCORE and prepare for the FINAL...

You LUCKY PEOPLE, you...

You will have a FINAL EXAM Tuesday, JUNE 6th!

This is over ALL material we have studied this year - mostly the PESKY DATES, MAPS, VOCABULARY and the 5 PATTERNS OF MANKIND.

In case you lost your STUDY GUIDE, click here for another one.

Also, the MAPS are located here in one convenient spot.....you're welcome.

PLEASE NOTE - we may not finish with all the maps on this spot. You will (obviously) only be responsible for maps we discuss in class...

[I REALLY RECOMMEND NOTECARDS if you have not made them yet]

FINAL PROJECTWe will continue to work Thursdays on the...
SCORE - historic timeline project
You and your team of 3 or 4 will work within your time range (OPUS) to build a timeline for. It must include:

• DATES from the DATES SHEET provided to you at the beginning of the year (only use the dates from your particular OPUS and only on page 1 up to 1492 AD).
• At least 20 TERMS from the weekly vocabulary sheets (again, only within the time of your OPUS).
• At least 20 MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS (the INSTRUCTIONS and DETAILS offers some to get you started; you may use these or use your own).
• At least 5 SOLOS, or MAJOR HISTORICAL PERSONS living within the time period of your team's OPUS.

INSTRUCTIONS and DETAILS can be found HERE, in case you lost your copy.In case you lost your RUBRIC, CLICK HERE.
This is a BIG ONE - 100 POINTS!

(This is for a TEAM project - teams of 3 &4)

DEADLINE: THURSDAY, June 1 

I'm really impressed with some of your ideas - really AWESOME stuff!....

APRIL!

Our symphony is coming to an end...
Only two more sections of Opus 5 before the end of this year's operetta of Mankind's existence... 

We will continue daily quizzes and every Wednesday a vocabulary QUIZ...[REMEMBER to go over your VOCABULARY from your reading each week]

NOTECARDS...you know how this works....hopefully some of you (or ALL OR YOU) will take advantage of making them (and using them)...

REMEMBER - go over your notes 3-5 minutes daily!

A COPY OF LAST MONTH'S LIST in case you need another map...

• ANCIENT AFRICA Map
• ANCIENT INDIA Map
• ANCIENT Americas Map
• ANCIENT CHINA (Tang/Song) Map
• ANCIENT JAPAN Map

ONLY TWO MORE READINGS for the year...
Once you are finished, you will have plenty of time to work on your "What If?" Essay and your SCORE timeline assignment...

APRIL

3  -  NO READING DUE - REMEMBER - YOU JUST HAD SPRING BREAK!
10 - Chapter 18 - Islam Expands
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 18
17 - Chapter 19 - Explorations East
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 19


VOCABULARY FORMAT, in case you wish to use them still
(highly recommended).

FINAL PROJECT
As discussed last month, you have a project we will work on during Thursdays - it is in TWO PARTS:

[1] The SCORE - historic timeline project - you and your team of 3 or 4 will be provided a time range (OPUS) to build a timeline for. It must include:

• DATES from the DATES SHEET provided to you at the beginning of the year (only use the dates from your particular OPUS and only on page 1 up to 1492 AD).
• At least 20 TERMS from the weekly vocabulary sheets (again, only within the time of your OPUS).
• At least 20 MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS (the INSTRUCTIONS and DETAILS offers some to get you started; you may use these or use your own).
• At least 5 SOLOS, or MAJOR HISTORICAL PERSONS living within the time period of your team's OPUS.

INSTRUCTIONS and DETAILS can be found HERE, in case you lost your copy.In case you lost your RUBRIC, CLICK HERE.

(This is for a TEAM project - teams of 3 &4)

[2] "What If?..." ESSAY - historic analysis paper - based on a topic from the same time period (OPUS) assigned to your team for The SCORE.

In case you need another rubric CLICK HERE.

• BASED on your TOPIC you chose with Mr. Johnson (between 13 Billion to 1500 AD), create a world without that historical element (person, event, movement, idea, invention, etc.)
• You should have at least 8 PARAGRAPHS (Introduction, Body [consisting of one paragraph providing a SYNOPSIS or general overview of your historical element, and one paragraph each for the 5 PATTERNS OF MANKIND], and a conclusion)
• Have fun with this - be creative!

PEER REVIEW form, in case you lost yours, can be found here.

ROUGH DRAFT DUE: Thursday, April 13
    [25 points; 10 initial + 15 Peer Review]
FINAL DRAFT DUE: Thursday, April 27 [50 points]
(This is for each INDIVIDUAL student - graded separate from The SCORE)

I hope this is enjoyable....not JUST another, dull, boring assignment....

MARCH!

Our music of mankind's symphony takes us from the BYZANTINE EMPIRE and the rise of ISLAM into the MIDDLE AGES time period of Europe, Asia and Africa...not to mention the Americas.... 

We will continue daily quizzes and every Wednesday a vocabulary QUIZ...[REMEMBER to go over your VOCABULARY from your reading each week]

NOTECARDS...you MAY use NOTECARDS on Wednesday quizzes, folks......So...many of your still are not using this option....WHY?....


REMEMBER - go over your notes 3-5 minutes daily!

As we pass out maps in class you may get a copy on the blog, in case you lose yours.
Here are some maps that we are using or will be using very soon...

• ANCIENT AFRICA Map
• ANCIENT INDIA Map
• ANCIENT Americas Map
• ANCIENT CHINA (Tang/Song) Map
• ANCIENT JAPAN Map

We are more than caught up on our reading so we will make a slight change this month - you have one reading due, and then I want you to work on LEARNING THE DATES required to learn by the end of the year - you will be creating PNEUMONIC DEVICES to help you memorize these crucial dates of history...

MARCH

6  -  Chapter 17 - The Renaissance and Reformation
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 17
13 - PNEUMONIC DEVICES - 8000 BC - 527 AD
21 - PNEUMONIC DEVICES - 622 AD - 1492 AD
27 - NO READING DUE - SPRING BREAK!


VOCABULARY FORMAT, in case you need one.

NEW PROJECT
As discussed last week, you have a new project we will work on during Thursdays - it is in TWO PARTS:

[1] The SCORE - historic timeline project - you and your team of 3 or 4 will be provided a time range (OPUS) to build a timeline for. It must include:

• BASED on your TOPIC you chose with Mr. Johnson (between 13 Billion to 1500 AD), create a world without that historical element (person, event, movement, idea, invention, etc.)
• You should have at least 8 PARAGRAPHS (Introduction, Body [consisting of one paragraph providing a SYNOPSIS or general overview of your historical element, and one paragraph each for the 5 PATTERNS OF MANKIND], and a conclusion)
• Have fun with this - be creative!

INSTRUCTIONS and DETAILS can be found HERE, in case you lost your copy.In case you lost your RUBRIC, CLICK HERE.

(This is for a TEAM project - teams of 3 &4)

[2] "What If?..." ESSAY - historic analysis paper - based on a topic from the same time period (OPUS) assigned to your team for The SCORE.

In case you need another rubric CLICK HERE.

• DATES from the DATES SHEET provided to you at the beginning of the year (only use the dates from your particular OPUS and only on page 1 up to 1492 AD).
• At least 20 TERMS from the weekly vocabulary sheets (again, only within the time of your OPUS).
• At least 20 MAJOR HISTORICAL EVENTS (the INSTRUCTIONS and DETAILS offers some to get you started; you may use these or use your own).
• At least 5 SOLOS, or MAJOR HISTORICAL PERSONS living within the time period of your team's OPUS.

ROUGH DRAFT DUE: Thursday, April 13 [25 points]
FINAL DRAFT DUE: Thursday, April 27 [50 points]
(This is for each INDIVIDUAL student - graded separate from The SCORE)

LEARN - but have fun with this!!!

FEBRUARY!

As we journey into the past, we will analyze the ancient nations of INDIA, CHINA and AFRICA. Not to mention the BYZANTINE EMPIRE and the rise of ISLAM...so break a leg and join us in our venture into the past.... 

We will continue daily quizzes and every Wednesday a vocabulary QUIZ...[REMEMBER to go over your VOCABULARY from your reading each week]

NOTECARDS...you MAY use NOTECARDS on Wednesday quizzes, folks......MAN, you should really make them and use them.....you know!....

More maps are coming as we discuss other cultures.

REMEMBER - READING QUESTIONS will be passed out each week and will be due at the beginning of class EACH MONDAY. Here are the reading assignments for FEBRUARY...

FEBRUARY

6  -  Chapter 15 - African Empires
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 15
13 - Chapter 16 - American Empires
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 16
21 - Chapter 17 - The Renaissance and Reformation
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 17 
        Postponed due to snowday and  NHD
27 - NO READING DUE - focus on your NHD project!


VOCABULARY FORMAT, in case you need one.

TAKING A STAND IN HISTORY

REGIONAL CONTEST DATE & LOCATION

• Saturday, February 25th
• Time: Check in 8:00 AM; Judging Starts: 8:30 AM
• Location: Western Washington University, Cheney, WA
• COST: $15 (includes a T-Shirt)

PROCESS PAPER - if you need another rubric CLICK HERE.
DUE: February 21, Tuesday
(This is for the INDIVIDUAL Process Paper - you will still need to combine your team's papers together for the team paper, needed for the competition)

IF YOU NEED TO SEE AN EXAMPLE, click here.

You MUST have a cover page. You MUST indicate at the end of the paper your total word count.

We will continue working on the PROJECT. Remember, you have the entire week following President's Day - but stay focused, we do not have much time this year to complete the project!

YOU AND YOUR TEAM MUST HAVE A COMBINED ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PROCESS PAPER WITH YOUR FINAL PROJECT!!!

JANUARY is a month of TESTS for your class!

This Wednesday (January 11th) you have a TEST over ANCIENT GREECE.

The following Wednesday (January 18th) is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE preamble test [remember - it's a BIG ONE - 100 points! You will need to write it out (unless you schedule a time with me ahead of time that week to verbally recite it to me at lunch) AND tell me the meaning of one (or more) of the sections - be able to explain it in your own words!]

And on Wednesday January 25th, you will have your MID-TERM!

It will consist of any of the vocabulary terms from the entire semester! It will also have a section on MAPS - we have had only two (Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, Greece, China and Rome).

MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE in case you lost yours.

JANUARY!

FINALLY we get to ANCIENT ROME, the EARLY REPUBLIC and EMPIRE - we will move quickly through the most influential period in ancient Western Civilization...we'll be ROME-in along!!! 

(that's a joke....get it?.....)

We will continue daily quizzes and every Wednesday a vocabulary QUIZ...[REMEMBER to go over your VOCABULARY from your reading each week]

NOTECARDS...you MAY use NOTECARDS on Wednesday quizzes, folks......MAN, you should really make them and use them.....you know!....

As we pass out maps in class you may get a copy on the blog, in case you lose yours.

• ANCIENT GREECE Map
• ANCIENT ROME Map

REMEMBER - READING QUESTIONS will be passed out each week and will be due at the beginning of class EACH MONDAY. Here are the reading assignments for JANUARY...

JANUARY
2 - Chapter 13 - Middle Ages
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 13
9  -  Chapter 14 - Western Europe
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 14

READING POSTPONED to allow studying for the MIDTERM
23  -  Chapter 15 - African Empires
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 15
30 - Chapter 16 - American Empires
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 16
Feb. 6 - Chapter 17 - The Renaissance and Reformation
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 17

VOCABULARY FORMAT, in case you need one.

TAKING A STAND IN HISTORY

REGIONAL CONTEST DATE & LOCATION

• Saturday, February 25th
• Time: TBA
• Location: Western Washington University, Cheney, WA

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY - if you need another rubric CLICK HERE.
DUE: January 26, Thursday

IF YOU NEED TO SEE AN EXAMPLE, click here.

If anyone wants to look ahead, we have a PROCESS PAPER that will be due February 16.
The rubric is located HERE.

NOW we begin the PROJECT phase of NHD. For the remainder of January and February, on Thursdays, we will be working on the NHD projects in class.

SUPPLIES NEED TO BE BROUGHT THE FIRST THURSDAY OF JANUARY!!!

RESEARCH WORK WEEK...

This is your chance to catch up and make sure you are ready to hand in your NOTECARD COMPILATION assignment. You will have the ENTIRE WEEK to finish the 100 point assignment. The faster each team member finishes their notecard research, the quicker we can begin the actual projects!

We will be meeting this week to discuss your project concepts.

In case you lost yours, here's the NOTECARD COMPILATION ASSIGNMENT form and rubric.