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Weekly Agenda Nov. 4-8

Monday- Migration

Review Abraham & Moses pages 202-204 (old textbook)

Draw a Venn Diagram comparing Abraham and Moses

Into Israel Play

Write out a script (narration) for the journey of Abraham and Moses

HW- Finish script, finish Chapter 4 Quizlet

Need earbuds with mic tomorrow

 

Tuesday- Migration

Create maps (with narration) showing the routes of Abraham and Moses and why Abraham & Moses are important figures in Hebrew history (CW grade)

HW- Submit Abraham & Moses Mapping

 

Wednesday- Basic beliefs of Judaism

Watch Schoology video maps

“Understanding World Religions: Judaism” (Discovery Ed)

Read pages 205-207 (old textbook)

HW- Read Chapter 4, Lesson 1 “Beginnings”

 

Thursday- 1st 3 Kings of Israel

Read page 205 (old textbook)

Solomon video 

Make chart of the 1st 3 kings of Israel using First Kingdoms of Israel ppt.

HW: None

Friday- Basic beliefs of Judaism

Review HW reading focusing on central features of Judaism “Covenant” section and “What is the Hebrew Bible” and “Jewish Daily Life” in Lesson 3

Judaism video

Judaism reading in Schoology

HW- Study for Chapter 4 mapping & vocabulary quiz- Wednesday, November 13

 

Weekly Agenda Oct. 28 - Nov. 1

Monday- Kush vs. Egypt 

Read Chapter 3, Lesson 4 “The Kingdom of Kush”

Answer section review questions

Work on ch 3 study guide

HW- Study guide due Wednesday

Chapter 3 Mapping and Vocabulary Quiz Wednesday

Chapter 3 Test Friday

 

Tuesday – Key Figures from Ancient Egypt 6.17

Egyptian Pharaoh’s video

Research and Create a poster on a pharaoh including:

  • Rise to power
  • Leadership Style
  • Accomplishments

Present poster to the class and take notes on other pharaoh’s presented

Reflection - Which pharaoh was the best ruler? Give evidence

  

Wednesday- Review

Ch 3 vocabulary and mapping Quiz

Check Chapter 3 study guide

Chapter 3 Quizziz

Online review- use online textbook

HW- Study for Chapter 3 test Friday

 

Thursday- Geography of Ancient Israel

Read pages 202 & 203 (old textbook) and review map

Complete Ancient Israel maps

HW- Study for Chapter 3 test Friday

 

Friday- TEST

Chapter 3 test

Read Chapter 4, Lesson 1 “Beginnings”

Start Chapter 4 Quizlet- Due Tuesday

HW- Work on Chapter 4 Quizlet – due Tuesday

2nd Quarter Extra Credit - India Fest

Extra Credit Opportunities

Memphis festivals and special museum exhibits (10 extra points)

2nd Quarter- India Fest     www.indiafestmemphis.org

Saturday, November 2nd

Agricenter International

** To earn the extra credit, take a selfie of yourself participating in the event. Then email the picture to your teacher. In the subject line, type your name and class period.

 

Weekly Agenda October 21-25

Monday-  Pyramids

*Building a pyramid video

*Read pgs. 94&95 (old textbook)

*Perform play—Planning a Pyramid

* Horrible Histories- Tomb Raider

* Constructing a Civilization video

* Browse pyramid websites

HW- Read Chapter 3, Lesson 3 “Egypt’s Empire” (online textbook)

 

Tuesday-  Hatshepsut & Ramses the Great

* Review Queen Hatshepsut ( Old textbook pg. 97)

* “The Pharaoh that Would Not be Forgotten” video

* Play “Hatshepsut and Thutmose III”

* Review Ramses the Great (Old textbook pg. 98 & 101)

* Ramses the Great Ducksters (CW grade)

* If time- Ramses Reading Sheet & Questions

HW- Watch Pharaohs Brain-Pop

 

Wednesday- Tutankhamen

*The Pharaoh Report video

*Review page 88, “Who was ‘King Tut’”

*Pharaohs Brain-Pop (quiz grade)

*King Tut reading & questions

*King Tut video

*HW- Bring things for Ancient Egypt Day

 

Thursday-  Ancient Egypt Day

 

Friday-  Egyptian Achievements

*Horrible Histories- Hieroglyphics Song

* Review Egyptian achievements, pgs. 102-106 (old textbook)

Ch 3 study guide - due Wednesday 10/30

Weekly Agenda October 7-11

See Below for Egypt Day Sign Up Links

 

Monday- Geography of Ancient Egypt

Go over Egypt Day signup genius

The Gift of the Nile video

Geography of Ancient Egypt- Ducksters

Ancient Egypt Map

HW- Finish Chapter 3 Quizzlet due TOMORROW

 

Tuesday- Agricultural Practices

Check Chapter 3 Quizzlet – HW grade

Egypt-National Geographic video

Read pages 62-64 (online textbook), highlight the “Making Connections” on page 63

Show online textbook’s PPT pics

Egypt, Land of Abundance video

 

Wednesday- Early Pharaohs & Their Roles

The River Nile video

Read online textbook pages 64-66

The Pharaoh video

Ancient Egypt Pharaohs- Ducksters

Nile River Lesson 1 Self-check

Essay Question #5 on page 66

HW- Read online textbook Chapter 3, Lesson 2, pages 67-79

 

Thursday- Religion of Ancient Egypt

Review old textbook pages 92-93

Egyptian Myths video

Ancient Gods slide show

Great Gods and Goddesses worksheet

HW- Watch Mummies BrainPop

 

Friday- Mummification & Afterlife Beliefs

Mummification video

Mummies Brain Pop

Ancient Egypt Mummies/Afterlife Beliefs worksheet

Watch mummification videos & websites in Schoology

 

Egypt Day – Sign Up Genius Links

First Period:

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Second Period:

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Third Period:

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Fifth Period:

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Sixth Period:

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Weekly Agenda Sept 30 - October 4

Monday- Hammurabi’s Code

Sargon’s Rule and Hammurabi’s Code Play

Hammurabi’s reading and video

Code of Hammurabi- Ducksters (CW grade)

Quizziz vocabulary review

HW- Study for Chapter 2 vocab. & mapping quiz, study guide due Wednesday

 

Tuesday- Review

Chapter 2 Vocabulary quiz

Work on Chapter 2 study guide

HW- Finish study guide and study for Chapter 2 test

 

Wednesday- Review

Check study guide & review answers

Chapter 2 Review

HW- Study for Chapter 2 test

 

Thursday- Test

Chapter 2 test

Read old textbook pages 86-89

Start Chapter 3 Quizlet (due Tuesday, Oct. 8)

HW- Work on Chapter 3 Quizlet

 

Friday- Geography of Ancient Egypt

Review Case 21 Results

Egypt & the Nile River Video

Read online textbook pages 58-61

The Cities of Ancient Egypt mapping

Ancient Egypt video

 

Egypt Day Links

First Period:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445AFA82CA4FF2-pitts10

 

Second Period:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445AFA82CA4FF2-pitts11

 

Third Period:

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Fifth Period:

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Sixth Period:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090445AFA82CA4FF2-pitts14

 

Weekly Agenda September 23-27

Monday- Governments

“Mesopotamia Turning Points” video clip

Mesopotamia Government Reading & Questions

Mesopotamia Government PPT-  students will take make notes of the types of law & government for: Sumerians, Babylonians, & Assyrians

 

Tuesday- 4 Major Empires

Four Empires of Mesopotamia in 5 Minutes or Less” video clip

Assyrian Mapping

Read in online textbook pages 42-49, taking notes on the Akkadians, Babylon, Assyrians, & Chaldeans (New Babylon)

HW- Need Model Magic tomorrow

 

Wednesday- Cuneiform

“History of Writing” video clip

Go through “History of Mesopotamia” British Museum link on writing

Students use the cuneiform code to make a cuneiform clay tablet

HW- Chapter 2 vocabulary & mapping quiz next Tuesday, Chapter 2 test Oct. 3

 

Thursday- 4 Major Empires

Read New textbook on the Chaldeans and complete the empress chart

Create a FlipGrid video over 1 empire summarizing the empire

 

Friday- Case 21

Case 21 benchmark test for Social Studies

Make-up day Monday for absent students

 

Weekly Agenda September 16-20

Monday- Sumer

Read pages 33 & 34 “City-States Arise” in the online textbook

“Rise of Sumer: The Cradle of Civilization” video

“Sumerians” Brain Pop- video and quiz (QUIZ grade)

Sumerians reading and questions

HW- Read pages 60-64 in the old textbook

 

Tuesday- Religion

Review pages 62 & 63 “Religion Shapes Society” in old textbook

Read pages 34 & 35 “Gods, Priests, and Kings” in online textbook

Perform play “Humans and Gods in Mesopotamia”

Religion of Ancient Mesopotamia PPT

Religion Reading and Questions

 

Wednesday- Epic of Gilgamesh

Read pages 65 & 66 “The Invention of Writing” in old textbook

Read aloud a version of the Epic of Gilgamesh

Ducksters Epic of Gilgamesh, CW grade

Sumerian Writing and Stories video

HW- Read online textbook pages 36-40

 

Thursday- World’s First Empire, the Akkadians

Read old textbook pages 61&62 about the Sargon (biography) & the Akkadian Empire

Siege Engines video

Akkadian Empire Ducksters reading and online quiz

Sargon of Akkad video

 

Friday- Mesopotamian Achievements

Mesopotamia 101 video 

Use old textbook & websites to draw and describe 6 of the following achievements:

Writing, wheel, plow, mathematics, architecture, art, plow, astronomy, & medicine

 

 

Weekly Agenda September 9-13

Students will need 1 package of white Model Magic on September 25th.

Please send in labeled with your students name and class period.

 

Monday- Fertile Crescent

Fertile Crescent video clip

Geography of the Fertile Crescent PPT

Geography of Ancient Mesopotamia Reading and Questions

HW: review vocabulary in Quizlet and PPT from the day

 

Tuesday- Agricultural Achievements

Agriculture of Mesopotamia PPT

Agriculture reading and questions

Irrigation in Mesopotamia video clip

Mesopotamia Worksheet

HW: review vocabulary in Quizlet and PPT from the day

 

Wednesday- Trade Routes and Transportation

Mesopotamia Trade Routes and Transportation video

Trade in Mesopotamia PPT

Read and discuss page 36 in online textbook

Trade Goods Reading and Questions

HW: review vocabulary in Quizlet and PPT from the day

 

Thursday- Trade Routes and Transportation

Trade Reading and Questions

Trading Partners comic strip

Mesopotamia Explained video clip

HOMEWORK: Complete comic strip

 

Friday- Emergence of City-States

Review online textbook page 33

Mesopotamia video clip

The First Civilization worksheet

Emergence of City-States in 5 Minutes or Less

HOMEWORK: watch the Sumerians Brain Pop 2 times and take the quiz

Weekly Agenda September 2-6

Monday- No School

 

Tuesday- Review

Check Chapter 1 study guide for a homework grade

Review with Quizziz 

HW- Study for Early Humans & the Agricultural Revolution test

 

Wednesday-

Early Humans & the Agricultural Revolution Test

Download old textbook Unit 2 & read pages 54-57

Start Chapter 2 “Mesopotamia” Quizlet (due Friday)

HW- Work on Chapter 2 Quizlet

 

Thursday- Geography of the Fertile Crescent

Migration of the Fertile Crescent (video- Discovery Ed)

A Fertile Land worksheet

Ancient Mesopotamia mapping worksheet

Read pages 30-32 online textbook

HW- Finish Quizlet

 

Friday- Geography of the Fertile Crescent

Check Chapter 2 Quizlet for a HW grade

Read pages 30-32 online textbook

The Fertile Crescent Map

 

 

Weekly Agenda August 26 - 30

Monday- Agricultural Revolution

Nomads to Farming video

Read and discuss online textbook Chapter 1 Lesson 2 & old textbook pages 40-43

Answer lesson review questions

HW- Study for Chapter 1 vocabulary & mapping quiz (Friday)

 

Tuesday- Agricultural Revolution

Caveman Farmers video clip

Chap. 1, Lesson 2 online textbook Power point (Agricultural Revolution)

Agricultural Revolution Brain Pop

 

Wednesday- Traits of a Civilization

Civilization video clip

Old textbook- River Valley Civilizations, pages 58 & 59

The First Civilizations Mapping

Review old textbook page s 42&43, “An Early Farming Society” Catal Huyuk picture

Adventure in Catal Huyuk play

Bronze Age video clip

HW- Start bringing in Model Magic—need by Sept. 25

 

Thursday- Traits of a Civilization

Traits of a Civilization video

Chap. 1, Lesson 2 online textbook Power point (Civilizations Emerging)

Agricultural Revolution- Engage with Text worksheet

Stone Age 1st City video clip

HW- Study for Chapter 1 vocabulary & mapping quiz

 

Friday- Traits of a Civilization

What is a Civilization? video clip

Chapter 1 vocabulary & mapping quiz

Civilization Popplet (CW grade) 

 Include: cities & governments, religions, social structure, culture & technology, writing & art

Start Chapter 1 study guide

HW- Finish Chapter 1 Study Guide- Test Wednesday

Weekly Agenda August 19-23

Monday- Review

Schoology & online textbook introduction

Timeline review

Kahoot -Map Graphics Skill Review

HW- Study for Geography skills quiz

 

Tuesday-

Set up Quizzlet

Geography skills quiz

Work on Chapter 1 Quizzlet (due Friday)

HW- Read pages 7-21 (online textbook)

 

Wednesday- Stone Age Tools

Multi-Purpose String video clip

Review pages 1-11 (online textbook), pages 32 & 39 (old textbook)

Around the Fire at Terra Mata play

Stone Age Tools video clip

Neanderthals Video (online textbook)

HW- None

 

Thursday- 

Stone Age video- take notes and draw examples: shelters, tools, & food

seen in the video

HW- Chapter 1 Quizzlet due tomorrow

Need colored pencils tomorrow

 

Friday-

Check Chapter 1 Quizzlet (HW grade)

Work on 1st People Poster (CW Grade), using notes and Stone Age websites

HW- Finish 1st People Poster (if you didn’t finish in class)

 

Extra Credit - 1st Nine Weeks

Extra Credit Opportunities

Memphis festivals and special museum exhibits (10 extra points)

1st Quarter- Germantown International Festival. http://gfest.org

Saturday, August 24, 11-5 p.m.

Agricenter International

Cost: Free

** To earn the extra credit, take a selfie of yourself participating in the event. Then email the picture to your teacher. In the subject line, type your name and class period.