SAGA - 7th Grade - The Unfinished Symphony of World History

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!!!