Weekly Schedules 1-6 for World History
Week 6, 9/27-10/1
9/27
- Introduction to Buddhism
- Reading- Buddha and the Caste System
- Buddhism readings- how to live according to Siddhartha Gautama
- HW: Eightfold Path activity
- Buddhism Movie
9/29
- Notes on 3 early world religions
- Read pgs 72 -76 and create a timeline of Judaism
- Review 3 stories of the flood- pg 77- Quick discussion as a class
- Religious wrap up, review for quiz on Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism
early_religions_around_the_world_lecture.doc | |
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10/1
- Old World Religions Quiz
- Introduction to Ancient Greece
- Introduction to Ancient Greek Project
intro_greece.doc | |
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creating_a_travel_brochure.doc | |
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Week 5, 9/20-9/24
9/21
- Computer time to work on World Religions Study Guide- 50 min
- Come back to class, grade India study guide together
- HW: India Study Guide due 9/22-9/23, Religious Webquest due 9/22-9/23
9/23
- Pep Rally
- Hinduism Caste Activity
- HW: FInish the back side of the Hinduism wkst
Week 4, 9/13-9/17
9/13-9/14
- Begin River Valley Civilization Presentations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus River Valley, and China
- Go over River Valley Civilization Chart together as a class
- Hammurabi "You Be The Judge" Activity
- Review Game for Test- Study Guide is below
test_study_guide_ch_1_and_2.doc | |
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9/15-9/16
- Activity- Aliens take over the U.S.- What rights would you keep from the Bill of Rights?
- Test- Ch 1 and 2, including vocabulary and River Valley Civilizations
- Cultural Diffusion Activity
- Work on study guide for Hinduism
9/17-9/20
- Finish Hinduism Study Guide
- World Religions Webquest using this website and the textbook
- If there is time, we will watch a movie on Islam
new_world_religions_chart_2010.doc | |
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Week 3 9/7-9/10
9/7-9/8
- Collect Papers on Early Man- Must be turned in by Friday for a late grade!!
- Finish civilization game
- Wkst- compare Civilization to Austin
- Introduce 4 River Valley Civilizations- break the class into groups and each group will research 1 river valley civilization and will create a mural about it in class.
- Begin presentations of murals; as students present, groups will fill in their river valley civilization charts
formation_of_civilizations.doc | |
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earlycivilizationsmuralproject.doc | |
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9/9-9/10
- Finish group presentations on civilization murals
- Fill in the 4 River Valley Civilization charts together as a class
- Review for Unit 1 Test- Ch 1 and Ch 2
Week 2 8/30-9/3
8/31-9/1
- Wrap up Hominid notes- look at
- Look at "artifacts" from foreign lands
- Trade activity
- Civilization Game
- Introduce Early Human Writing Project- Due 9/7-9/8
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9/2-9/3
- Read Ch 1 Sec. 3 and take notes into project chart
- Fill in chart from sections 1 and 2
- Work on writing project during the period
- Turn in paper when finished
- Begin early civilizations graphic organizer
Week 1 8/23-8/27
8/23 - 8/24
- Introduction to World History
- Syllabus
- Class information sheet
- Personal Timeline - make a timeline of 8-10 important things in your life, then 10-15 things that have happened in all of history
8/25 - 8/26
- Collection of important papers - syllabi, class info sheet
- World History pretest
- Background info in world history - Roman Numerals, Time
- Introduction to Cornell Notes
- Begin notes - Ch. 1 Sec. 1 in class
8/27 - 8/30
- Complete notes - Ch. 1 Sec. 1
- Discussion of artifacts - look at 3 cultures' artifacts
- Activity - Motel of the Mysteries
- Movie - Mysteries of Mankind with movie questions
- Reading - Lucy, with reading questions
- HW: Ch. 1 Sec. 2, answer questions 1-4