WEBQUEST TUESDAY!

Today, you will be working on a webquest for the African empires of Ghana and Mali.  If you cannot load the website, you may have entered the address wrong (there is no "www" on this address).  Click on the link below and it will take you right to the website.

http://ghanaandmali.weebly.com/

(Note: there are two "a"s in the middle of the address)

If you installed a "VPN" on your iPad, you may have issues loading the site.  Disable the vpn  or delete the vpn and you should get it to work.

Schedule January 26 - 30

Monday, January 26

Lecture: African Empires, Part 1.  There is a notesheet for this lecture.

Tuesday, January 27

Today you will be working on a webquest about West African Empires.  You will have the entire period to work, but it is long so you will have to work hard to finish it in class.

Here is the link to the website:  http://ghanaandmali.weebly.com/

Wednesday, January 28

Lecture: African Empires, Part 2.  You will be finishing the notesheet given on Monday.

Thursday, January 29

1.  Notesheet Quiz.  This quiz will cover the notesheet on African Geography, the webquest and the African History notesheet.
2. Lecture:  Intro to Exploration.  There is a notesheet for this lecture.

Friday, January 30

1. Notesheet Pre-Quiz: This quiz will cover Exploration, the Columbian Exchange and Slavery. This can all be found in Chapter 19 and Chapter 20.
2. Lecture:  Exploration. Continue with the Exploration notesheet.

New Semester, New Schedule

Welcome back!  This semester we will continue with what we were doing last semester with one important addition:  Pre-Quizzes!

Wednesday, January 21

1.  Intro to the New Semester
2.  Begin Unit 5 with a Pre-Quiz!
3.  Lecture:  Introduction to Africa

Thursday, January 22

1. New seats
2. Map of Africa Activity

For this activity, use Chapter 15 in your textbook and the following websites:
http://www.mapsofworld.com/physical-map/africa.htm
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~pleigh/PEOEBUS/empireb.jpg

Friday, January 23

Meet down in the THEATER for a Renaissance Art Forum

Final Exam Review

As you get ready for finals, there is a review sheet that you can fill out for extra credit.  Click on the link below to access the review.  You will eventually get a paper copy, but you can use this for now.

WH Final Exam Review

Schedule January 5 - 9

Monday, January 5

Welcome back!  Today, we will be finishing up the Reformation with a Notesheet about John Calvin and Henry VIII

Tuesday, January 6

Webquest: The Ancient Americas.  What you do not finish in class, you will need to do on your own.

Here are the websites that you will use:

http://www.classzone.com/net_explorations/U4/U4_article1.cfm
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/na.htm  
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/sa.htm
http://mayaincaaztec.com/religion.html
http://www.aztec-history.com/aztec-temples.html
http://www.aztec-history.com/mexico-city-history.html
http://www.azteccalendar.com/azteccalendar.html
http://www.aztec-history.com/fall-of-the-aztec-empire.html
http://www.webexhibits.org/calendars/calendar-mayan.html
http://www.history.com/topics/maya
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pizarro-traps-incan-emperor-atahualpa
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/tour_def/mythology/inti_sun.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/lost-inca-empire.html
http://archaeology.about.com/od/americanancientwriting/a/quipu.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/lost-inca-empire.html

Wednesday, January 7

Forum:  Art of the Renaissance. Meet down in the theater.

Thursday, January 8

Lecture:  Maya and Aztec

Friday, January 9

Lecture:  Incas

Monday, January 12

Notesheet Quiz:  Reformation and the Ancient Americas

Tuesday, January 13

Review for Final Exams

Wednesday January 14 - Friday January 16

FINAL EXAMS