1. Tuesday, August 23 Syllabus Acceptance Letter due
Today’s focus – Geography/Intro to World History
Using Textbooks
1. using pencils and map pencils – complete the World Map
2. Complete the worksheet on the back of the map

2. Tuesday, August 23 Focus Activity
Draw a map from where you live to Magnolia High School using a blank sheet of paper
Be sure to use the compass rose (North, South, East, West)

3. Wednesday, August 24 Syllabus Acceptance Letter due
World Continents Map/Worksheet
Today
Timelines

4. August 24 Focus Activity
Create a personal time from your birthday to the present
Present
Born Texas Grad Daughter Son MHS

5. Thursday August 25 Syllabus Acceptance Letter due
World Continents Map/Worksheet one day late
Timeline Worksheet due
Today
Interpreting Historical Sources

6. Focus August 25 In your spiral
Make a list of three events that happened during your lifetime
Make a list of three events that occurred before you were born

7. Remember - You are AWESOME!!!
Friday, August 26
World Continents Map/Worksheet two days late
Timeline Worksheet one day late
Interpreting Historical Sources due
Don’t forget tardies begin Monday, Monday, Monday
Today
How To Answer Data-Based Questions
Remember - You are AWESOME!!!

8. Focus August 26

9. Remember - You are AWESOME!!!
Monday, August 29
Timeline Worksheet two days late
Interpreting Historical Sources one day late
How To Answer Data Based Questions Due
Don’t forget tardies begin
Today
Review
Test Wednesday
Seating Charts
Remember - You are AWESOME!!!

10. Tuesday, August 30 Interpreting Historical Sources two days late
How To Answer Data Based Questions one day late
Spirals due Friday – will leave for the weekend
Don’t forget tardies begin
Today
Review
Test Wednesday

11. Wednesday, August 31 How To Answer Data Based Questions two days late
Spirals due Friday – will leave for the weekend
Today
Test Wednesday – Multiple Choice and Fill in the Blank
Subject – Unit One Test
Unit Two Key Terms – use Jarrett book

12. Thursday, September 1 Spirals due Friday – will leave for the weekend
Today
Make Up Test Wednesday – Multiple Choice and Fill in the Blank
Subject – Unit One Test
Unit Two Key Terms – use Jarrett book
Begin River Valley Civilizations
Focus
PowerPoint/Notes - Neolithic Revolution/Civilization
Map – River Valley Civilizations

13. Friday, September 2 Spirals due Friday – will leave for the weekend
Today
Make Up Test Wednesday – Multiple Choice and Fill in the Blank
Subject – Unit One Test
Unit Two Key Terms – use Jarrett book due
Map – River Valley Civilizations
Unit Two: River Valley Civilizations
PowerPoint/Notes - Mesopotamia
Early Civilzation Pyramid

14. Tuesday, September 6 Today
Hand back papers and Unit One Test – corrections
Unit Two Key Terms – use Jarrett book one day late
Map – River Valley Civilizations due
Unit Two: River Valley Civilizations
Egypt
Early Civilization Pyramid

15. Wednesday, September 7 Today
Unit One Test corrections due by Friday (PLC)
Unit Two Key Terms – use Jarrett book two days late
Map – River Valley Civilizations one day late
Unit Two: River Valley Civilizations
Egypt (continuation) – PowerPoints/Notes
Video
Hieroglyphics Writing Activity
Early Civilization Pyramid due Friday

16. Thursday, September 8 Today
Unit One Test corrections due by Friday (PLC)
Map – River Valley Civilizations two days late
Unit Two: River Valley Civilizations
Make Up River Valley Civilizations Quiz #1
Hieroglyphics Writing Activity one day late
Complete Indus River Valley Text p.38
Early Civilization Pyramid due Monday

17. Friday, September 9 Today
Unit One Test corrections due by Friday (PLC)
Unit Two: River Valley Civilizations
Make Ups - River Valley Civilizations Quiz #1
Hieroglyphics Writing Activity one day late
Complete Indus River Valley Text p.38
Early Civilization Pyramid due Monday
Ancient China p. 42

18. Monday, September 12 Today Unit Two: River Valley Civilizations
Hieroglyphics Writing Activity two days late
Early Civilization Pyramid due Monday
Ancient China p. 42

19. Tuesday, September 13 Today Don’t forget to be AWESOME!
Unit Two: River Valley Civilizations
Hieroglyphics Writing Activity two days late
Early Civilization Pyramid one day late
PowerPoint
Video
Primary Document Activity: What Is A Ruler To Do?
Don’t forget to be AWESOME!

20. Wednesday, September 14 Today Don’t forget to be AWESOME!
Unit Two: River Valley Civilizations
Early Civilization Pyramid two days late
Primary Document Activity: What Is A Ruler To Do? Due today
Pass back papers
Ancient China Review Game
Don’t forget to be AWESOME!

21. Thursday, September 15 Today Don’t forget to be AWESOME!
Unit Two: River Valley Civilizations
Primary Document Activity: What Is A Ruler To Do? One day late
Ancient China Review Game
Quiz worksheets
Don’t forget to be AWESOME!

22. Friday, September 16 Today Don’t forget to be AWESOME!
Unit Two: River Valley Civilizations
Primary Document Activity: What Is A Ruler To Do? Two days late
Make Ups Quiz worksheets
Judaism
Don’t forget to be AWESOME!

23. Focus Activity – September 16
List what you know about Judaism and the Jews

24. Monday, September 19 Today Don’t forget to be AWESOME!
Open House Tonight
Unit Two: River Valley Civilizations
Make Ups Quiz worksheets
Judaism Vocabulary Pyramid Worksheet due
Unit Two Review – Independent Study
Unit Two Test Wednesday
Don’t forget to be AWESOME!

25. Unit Two Review Neolithic Revolution pp. 11 – 14
Mesopotamia pp. 16 – 19
Egypt pp. 26 – 30
Judaism pp. 33 – 36
Indus Valley pp. 38 – 41
Ancient China pp

26. Key Terms Sedentary - abiding in one place;
 cultural diffusion - the transmission of elements or features of one culture to another.

27. What makes a civilization a civilization?
Cities serve as administrative centers.
Political systems based on control of a defined territory (with borders).
Job specialization
Status systems (mainly based on wealth).
Monumental buildings.
A system for keeping records.
Long-distance trade.
Major advances in science and art.

28. Tuesday, September 20 Today Don’t forget to be AWESOME!
Unit Two: River Valley Civilizations
Judaism Vocabulary Pyramid Worksheet one day late
Optional Field Trip – Greek Restaurant
Unit Two Review Game
Unit Two Test Wednesday
Don’t forget to be AWESOME!

29. Wednesday, September 21 Today Don’t forget to be AWESOME!
Unit Two: River Valley Civilizations
Judaism Vocabulary Pyramid Worksheet two days late
Optional Field Trip – Greek Restaurant
Subject: Unit Two Test
Unit Three: Classical Civilizations
Assyrians and Persians Worksheet
Don’t forget to be AWESOME!

30. Friday, September 30 Today Don’t forget to be AWESOME!
Unit Three: Classical Civilizations
Neon Spirit Day
Video – Persia and Greece
Gallery Walk – Ancient Greece Key Terms and People
Don’t forget to be AWESOME!

31. Monday, September 26 Today – Grab your Spirals
Unit Three: Classical Civilizations
Gallery Walk – Ancient Greece Key Terms and People one day late
Unit Two Test Corrections
Focus Activity
Ancient Greece PowerPoint
Polis (City state) Activity
Don’t forget to be AWESOME!

32. Tuesday, September 27 Today – Grab your Spirals
Unit Three: Classical Civilizations
Unit Two Test Corrections and Retests due by Thursday
Polis (City state) Activity due Wednesday
Writing Assignment due by Thursday
Ancient Greece PowerPoint
Remainder of class….independent study….complete Polis Activity first, then Athens Writing Activity
Don’t forget to be AWESOME!

33. Wednesday, September 28 Today – Grab your Spirals
Unit Three: Classical Civilizations
Unit Two Test Corrections and Retests due by Thursday
Polis (City state) Activity due Wednesday
Writing Assignment due by Thursday
Ancient Greece PowerPoint
Remainder of class….independent study….complete Polis Activity first, then Athens Writing Activity
Don’t forget to be AWESOME!