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.

DECEMBER!

Following our slight intermission (Thanksgiving) we will begin a symphonic chord portraying ANCIENT ROME, the EARLY REPUBLIC and EMPIRE - with GREECE, they both helped establidh the birth of WESTERN CIVILIZATION.....

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!....

If you need to do TEST CORRECTIONS, look back at October's Entry - click here for instructions.

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

• ANCIENT GREECE 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 DECEMBER...

DECEMBER

5 - Chapter 11 - Byzantium, Russia and Turkey
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 11
12 - Chapter 12 - East Asia
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 12
NO READING OVER THE BREAK (Enjoy your Christmas Break)

CHANGE OF REGIONAL CONTEST DATE & LOCATION

• Saturday, February 25th
• TIME: TBA
• Location: Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA

THREE MORE WEEKS - YOU SHOULD BE FINISHING UP YOUR RESEARCH for the NHD project - if you have not started yet, begin assorting your cards in your notecard box according to your outline. Follow the NOTECARD COMPILATION ASSIGNMENT rubric to organize your cards.
Remember there is only ONE WAY to earn your 10 points each week - you MUST have 10 notecards each week. Otherwise, it is a zero - stay on top of your research, folks!

We will go over your project concepts the next two weeks.

NOVEMBER!

We will continue our musical interludes with ANCIENT GREECE and ROME - after an intermission (Thanksgiving) we will begin looking at an early Republic in the boot of Italy that would eventually conquer most of the Mediterranean world. Between the Roman Empire and the Greek Civilization, we will begin to see the birth of WESTERN CIVILIZATION.....

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......why are you not using them???

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 NOVEMBER...

NOVEMBER
7  -  Chapter 9 - The Americas
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 9
14 - Chapter 10 - Islam
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 10
28 - Chapter 11 - Byzantium, Russia and Turkey
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 11

The final competition will be in March - mark you calendars!
• Saturday, March 11th
•  9:00 am
•  9:30 am - 1:30ish pm
• Location: North Idaho STEM Gym/Music Room

NOTECARD COMPILATION ASSIGNMENT - if you need another rubric CLICK HERE.

THREE MORE WEEKS - YOU SHOULD BE FINISHING UP YOUR RESEARCH for the NHD project - if you have not started yet, begin assorting your cards in your notecard box according to your outline. Follow the NOTECARD COMPILATION ASSIGNMENT rubric for your organization.
Remember there is only ONE WAY to earn your 10 points each week - you MUST have 10 notecards each week. Otherwise, it is a zero - stay on top of your research, folks!

We will go over your project concepts the next two weeks.

Don't forget - we talked in class last week about a TEST this Wednesday over the ANCIENT RIVER CIVILIZATIONS! You will need to know:

• The Indus River Valley cultures (Mohenjo Daro and Harrapa)
• The Nile River cultures (Egypt, Kush and Meroë)
• The Chinese River cultures (Shang, Xia - the Huang He and Chiang Jiang)
• REVIEW Mesopotamia

Also make sure you go over your MAPS - we have had only three (Mesopotamia, Egypt and Indus River Culture).

You will also want to review your READING VOCABULARY.

REMEMBER TO MAKE NOTECARDS....PERHAPS you may be able to use them this week...

NOVEMBER!

We will continue our musical interludes with ANCIENT GREECE and ROME - after an intermission (Thanksgiving) we will begin looking at an early Republic in the boot of Italy that would eventually conquer most of the Mediterranean world. Between the Roman Empire and the Greek Civilization, we will begin to see the birth of WESTERN CIVILIZATION.....

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......why are you not using them???

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 NOVEMBER...

NOVEMBER
7  -  Chapter 9 - The Americas
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 9
14 - Chapter 10 - Islam
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 10
28 - Chapter 11 - Byzantium, Russia and Turkey
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 11

The final competition will be in March - mark you calendars!

• Saturday, March 11th
•  9:00 am
•  9:30 am - 1:30ish pm
• Location: North Idaho STEM Gym/Music Room

WEEKLY - until Christmas Break you will be required to have 10 notecards with 10 facts on your topic EACH THURSDAY! You must have your THESIS STATEMENT (typed - and your OWN copy) handy when I check your notecards, and remember to have a BIBLIOGRAPHY CARD for each fact you find.

Remember there is only ONE WAY to earn your 10 points each week - you MUST have 10 notecards each week. Otherwise, it is a zero.
IF you fall behind, you do not owe me 10, but 10 PLUS what you owed me the week(s) before...stay on top of your research, folks!

NOTECARD COMPILATION ASSIGNMENT - if you need another rubric CLICK HERE.

We will go over your concepts soon...GREAT IDEAS folks!

TEST CORRECTIONS
If you earned an "A" or "B" on your test, you will receive the credit for TEST CORRECTIONS automatically. Any grade lower demands the corrections. YOU MUST HAVE YOUR TEST ATTACHED TO THE TEST CORRECTIONS FOR CREDIT! You must also do the following:

• Provide the CORRECT ANSWER 5 TIMES
• Your answers must be in FULL SENTENCES
• You must HAND WRITE your answers
  (you may not type/print them)
• Please, NUMBER your corrections according to the numbers on the test
• AND REMEMBER - you must attach your test to the corrections...

TEST CORRECTIONS are always due the following Thursday after a test - so this first one is due Thursday, October 27th.

REMEMBER, the only way to avoid TEST CORRECTIONS is to study and be prepared for the test the FIRST time...

OCTOBER!

Get ready for the concert of mankind's civilization to continue in ANCIENT CHINA, INDIA, GREECE and ROME - we will spend time in the symphony hall of history - highlighting the beginnings of WESTERN CIVILIZATION.....

We will continue daily quizzes and every Wednesday a vocabulary QUIZ...[REMEMBER to go over your VOCABULARY from your reading each week]
AND REMEMBER...anyone how makes NOTECARDS are allowed to use them on Wednesday quizzes (not daily quizzes....but on Wednesday).

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 OCTOBER...

OCTOBER
3  -  Chapter 4 - Empires
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 4
10 - Chapter 5 - Greece
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 5
17 - Chapter 6 - Rome and Christianity
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 6
24 - Chapter 7 - India and China
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 7
30 - Chapter 8 - African Civilizations
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 8

The final competition will be in March - mark you calendars!

• Saturday, March 11th
•  9:00 am
•  9:30 am - 1:30ish pm
• Location: North Idaho STEM Gym/Music Room

WEEKLY - until Christmas Break you will be required to have 10 notecards with 10 facts on your topic EACH THURSDAY! You must have your THESIS STATEMENT (typed - and your OWN copy) handy when I check your notecards, and remember to have a BIBLIOGRAPHY CARD for each fact you find.

Remember there is only ONE WAY to earn your 10 points each week - you MUST have 10 notecards each week. Otherwise, it is a zero - stay on top of your research, folks!


NOTECARD COMPILATION ASSIGNMENT - if you need another rubric CLICK HERE.

We will discuss other coming assignments later such as the Annotated Bibliography and Process Paper...

SEPTEMBER

Get ready for a year of the wonderfully exciting orchestra we call "Mankind's HIstory"!
We will listen to the melody of human advancement and play the harmony of early history to modern days.

It's unfinished. Because we are not finished.

You make history every day - you observe history every moment - as long as mankind exists, we will continue the symphony. Together we will observe and analyze the advancement and progress of human beings, as well as errors in judgement - but we will learn from these events of jubilation...and defeat.

So...here we go. One, two, three...cue the music!

This blogspot will be updated monthly!
(unless told otherwise)

Your weekly reading assignments will go along with what we will discuss in class. They are all online and will also be available on the school network.

The files are password protected for copyright reasons - the password will be provided in class (and only in person). Please do not share the password online or via email, texting, etc. - just face to face.

READING QUESTIONS will be passed out each week and will be due at the beginning of class EACH MONDAY. The reading assignments go until February; afterwards you will have other assignments, so I don't want to overload you!

The assignments and their due dates are listed below, if you wish to work ahead...

SEPTEMBER
12 - Chapter 1 - Origins
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 1
19 - Chapter 2 - River Valley Civilizations
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 2
26 - Chapter 3 - Migrations
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 3

OCTOBER
3  -  Chapter 4 - Empires
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 4
10 - Chapter 5 - Greece
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 5
17 - Chapter 6 - Rome and Christianity
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 6
24 - Chapter 7 - India and China
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 7
30 - Chapter 8 - African Civilizations
         • QUESTIONS - Chapter 8

NOVEMBER
7  -  Chapter 9 - The Americas
14 - Chapter 10 - Islam
28 - Chapter 11 - Byzantium, Russia and Turkey

DECEMBER
5  -  Chapter 12 - East Asia
12 - Chapter 13 - Middle Ages

JANUARY
2  -  Chapter 14 - Western Europe
9  -  Chapter 15 - African Empires
17 - Chapter 16 - American Empires
23 - Chapter 17 - The Renaissance and Reformation
30 - Chapter 18 - Islam Expands

FEBRUARY
6  -  Chapter 19 - Age of Exploration

GLOSSARY!
READING QUESTIONS will be updated and posted monthly.
As apart of your reading you will also have VOCABULARY definitions. You can find those definitions in the reading.....OR....here is a GLOSSARY link for all the terms found in your reading.

Your welcome!

EWWW!!! We don't have to learn a bunch of old dates, do we????
Alas....yes. But only 85 - and we will learn them as the year goes along. You will be expected to know all of them by the end of the year.

I know, I know....I hate dates too. But they really do help you establish some relationships with other events in history....and more importantly - where YOU fit in all this!

Here is the date list you will be required to learn.

We will also be participating in

NATIONAL HISTORY DAY!

You will be working on projects on ANY historical subject, within the confines of this year's theme and the timeframe of the class - early cultures to the Fall of Constantinople (1453 AD).

This year's theme is:

TAKING A STAND IN HISTORY

We will work on NHD each Thursday until the regional competition on Saturday, March 11.
We will hold the competition at STEM like last year!

More details will follow!
And we will talk more on the first Thursday about the project.