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!