Course+Calendar

__2015-16 Quarter 1__
Tues, Sept 8 - Welcome/Intro; Syllabus; Textbooks & "Get to Know You"; Notetaking tutorial Weds, Sept 9 - Nacirema culture; Archaeology activity; Two Stone Ages ppt; start "Guns, Germs, and Steel" Thurs, Sept 10 - finish "Guns, Germs, and Steel"; Features of Civilization charts; Middle East Maps; Iceman article Fri, Sept 11 - start Ancient Egypt ppt; "Instructions of Ptah-Hotep"; King Tut article; "Engineering an Empire: Egypt"

Mon, Sept 14 - Engineering an Empire: Egypt; finish Ancient Egypt ppt; Rosetta Stone rdg Tues, Sept 15 - jigsaw charts of ancient middle eastern civilizations; Mesopotamia: Return to Eden clip; work on middle eastern civ layers packets Weds, Sept 16 - book project presentation; work on middle eastern civ layers packets Thurs, Sept 17 - finish Mesopotamia video; Unit 1 Test Fri, Sept 18 - Ancient India ppt; Story of India clip; Indus Valley Civilization readings

Mon, Sept 21 - finish Ancient India ppt & articles; Mohenjo-Daro lab; Hinduism notes & clips; Arranged Marriage rdg Tues, Sept 22 - Buddhism notes & clips; jigsaw 3 Pillars of India; Untouchables rdg Weds, Sept 23 - Ancient China ppt; "7 Feminine Virtues" rdg; Confucianism, Daosim, & Legalism; Zhou vessel rdg Thurs, Sept 24 - Terra Cotta Warriors rdg; empire letter writing; China: Engineering an Empire clip Fri, Sept 25 - Unit 2 Test

Mon, Sept 28 - Greek geography & maps; Minoans, Mycenaeans, & Dorians; "Aegean: Legacy of Atlantis" clip Tues, Sept 29 - finish "Aegean" video; Athens/Sparta venn diagram; Ancient Greece ppt & clips from "The Greeks" Weds, Sept 30 - Cultural Contributions of Greece; start "Greece: A Moment of Excellence"; work time for small group presentations Thurs, Oct 1 - work time for small group presentations; finish "Greece" video Fri, Oct 2 - small group presentations; Rise of the Macedonians

Mon, Oct 5 - Rise of the Macedonians; Alexander the Great debate; Rome maps <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tues, Oct 6 - Growth & Expansion of Rome; Cleopatra rdg; "In Search Of: The Roman Emperors" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Weds, Oct 7 - Cultural Contributions of Rome; Greece/Rome venn diagram; "Rome: Engineering an Empire" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Thurs, Oct 8 - Rome & Christianity; "Christianity and the Roman Empire" article; "Rome: Engineering an Empire" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fri, Oct 9 - Fall of Rome inquiry; Rome obituary writing

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mon, Oct 12 - Unit 3 Test; work time for notes or book project <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tues, Oct 13 - Byzantine Empire packets <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Weds, Oct 14 - Early Middle Ages ppt; "Dark Ages" clips; Charlemagne & Eleanor of Aquitaine rdg <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Thurs, Oct 15 - (No School - MEA) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fri, Oct 16 - (No School - MEA)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mon, Oct 19 - The Church in the Middle Ages & Monasticism <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tues, Oct 20 - The Crusades <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Weds, Oct 21 - start Kings, Conquests, and Secular Life ppt w/ rdgs & clips; "Worst Jobs in History" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Thurs, Oct 22 -finish "Kings, Conquests..."; Joan of Arc rdg; Black Death clips <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fri, Oct 23 - Unit 4 test; work time for notes or book project

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mon, Oct 26 - 5 Pillars of Islam; "Islam: Empire of Faith" (pt. 1); Islam maps <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tues, Oct 27 - key terms; Muslim Civilization; "Islam: Empire of Faith" (pt. 2); Islam maps <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Weds, Oct 28 - Ottoman/Safavid Empires; "Why They Hate Each Other"; A Reunited China; Wu Zhao rdg <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Thurs, Oct 29 - Footbinding article; Mongol/Ming Empires; Genghis Khan clip; China; Engineering an Empire clip <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fri, Oct 30 - Japan ppt; Samurai clips

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mon, Nov 2 - Unit 5 Test; read John Oliver article; start "Africa: A History Denied" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Tues, Nov 3 - Great Zimbabwe reading; finish "Africa: A History Denied"; Africa maps; jigsaw groups on Africa topics <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Weds, Nov 4 - gallery walk on Africa topics; Incas reading; jigsaw groups for early Americas topics <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Thurs, Nov 5 - Americas map; gallery walk Americas topics; start "Maya: Blood of Kings" <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fri, Nov 6 - finish "Maya: Blood of Kings"; Unit 6 Test

(End of 1st Quarter)