SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 27- OCTOBER 1

Monday, September 27

1.  Lecture:  The Greek Polis
2.  Read "Solon Put Athens on the Road to Democracy"

Finish reading article.  Quiz over article tomorrow.

Tuesday, September 28

1.  Quiz over reading.
2.  Video:  The Greeks:  Crucible of Civilization

Read p 127-139.  Complete reading guide for Friday.

Wednesday, September 30

1. Finish video.  Discuss.
2.  Lecture:  Athens v. Sparta

Thursday, September 31

1.  Video:  The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization, Part 2

Reading Guide due tomorrow.

Friday, October 1

1.  Finish Video:  Discuss
2.  Lecture:  Athenian Democracy

Quiz over chapter 4 on next week!

SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 20-24

Monday, September 20

1. Go over Ch 4 reading guide
2.  Review for test

Tuesday, September 21

Test over Unit 1

Bring book tomorrow!

Wednesday, September 22

1.  Go over test
2.  Complete Map for Unit 2

Map due tomorrow.  Bring Book Again Tomorrow.

Thursday, September 23

1.  Introduction to Greek Geography
2.  Read Chapter 5 section 1.  Complete "Cornell Note" sheet

Cornell notes due tomorrow.

Friday, September 24

1.  Quiz over reading
2.  Lecture:  Homer's World (D'Oh!)

Complete reading guide for Chapter 5, section 2.  Due Monday.

SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 13-17

Monday, September 13

1.  Avatar Skills Reading
2.  Go over Ch 1 "Civilization"  Reading Guide
3.  Lecture:  Buddhism

BRING BOOK TOMORROW.  TEST OVER UNIT 1 NEXT TUESDAY!

Tuesday, September 14

1.  Intro to Judaism
2.  "Specific Definitions" activity on Hebrew Beliefs

HW:  Chapter 4 Reading Guide.  Due Thursday.

Wednesday, September 15

1.  Lecture:  Rise and Fall of Empires

Thursday, September 16  LATE ARRIVAL

Go over Chapter 2 and 3 reading guides

Friday, September 17

1.  Lecture:  China

Start studying.  Test on TUESDAY!

SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 7-10

Tuesday September 7, 2010

Lecture:  River civilizations:  Egypt, India and China

Homework:  Chapter 3 Reading Guide.  Due Friday.

Wednesday September 8, 2010

1.  Go over Chapter 1 reading guide.
2.  Lecture:  Hinduism and Buddhism.

Chapter 3 reading guide due Friday!

Thurday September 9, 2010

No School.  Happy New Year! Year 5771!

Friday September 10, 2010

1.  Go over Chapter 2 Reading Guid
2.  Lecture: Judaism

Reading Guide for Chapter 2

The reading guide for Chapter 2 is found in 2 parts:  Part 1      Part 2

For the civilizations chart, these are the items that must be placed into the proper categories. NOTE: Some of the terms may be used for more than one civilization.

365 day calendar
Ancestor worship
City grid system
Coined money
Cuneiform writing
Early origins of Hindu religion
Epic of Gilgamesh
Euphrates River
Feudalism
Hammurabi’s code
Hieroglyphics
Huang He River
Indus River
Invention of the wheel
King Narmer unites regions
King Sargon creates first empire in area
Language contained over 10,000 symbols
Mandate of Heaven
Monarchy
Mummification due to belief in afterlife
Nile River
Oracle bones
Pharaoh
Polytheistic
Pyramids
Re, the sun god
Roads and canals
Sewer system
Shang Di, the supreme god
Shang Dynasty
Theocracy
Tigres River
Undecipherable language made up of over 400 symbols
Use of cast iron
Xia Dynasty
Zhou Dynasty
Ziggurats