March 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Monday - Focus - CNN.Student News, Sumerian Math Number System Activity, video - Culture and Math - The Arabs (Discovery Education.com)
Tuesday - Focus - CNN.Student News, Mesopotamia Empires Worksheet - Guided Questions 1-3, Regular Questions - 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 (work in pairs) Check Wednesday
Wednesday - Focus - CNN.Student News, Check Mesopotamia Worksheet (grade), Start Mesopotamia / Sumerian Review Sheet (use chrome books)
Thursday - Focus - CNN.Student News - Finish Mesopotamia / Sumerian Review Sheets, watch video - Story of Gilgamesh
Friday - Focus - CNN.Student News, Take Mesopotamia / Sumerian Test / Play Chronology with Class

February 23, 24, 25, 26, 27

Monday - Focus - Check Contributions of Sumerians worksheet,  power-points - Mesopotamia  & Sumer, Read Article - Inventions of Mesopotamia
Tuesday - Focus - CNN.Student News, work on Sumerian Questions Guiding Questions 1-3, Regular Questions 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9 , Sumer Quiz - Wednesday
Wednesday - Focus - Study for Sumer Quiz, Take Quiz, work on crossword - Early Empires
Thursday - Focus watch video - Ancient Mesopotamia (12 sentence fact sheet due at end of period) HomeworkMesopotamian Empires - Guided Questions 1-3, Regular Questions - 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11
Friday - No School for Students (Profession Development for Teachers)

February 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

Monday - Focus Study for Ancient Greece Test, Take Test, Read article about Greek Goods
 Tuesday - Focus CNN.Student News, Read Mesopotamia Sheet - answer 1-7, make-up day - (Students can make up anything they are missing and get full credit) Grade Checks, Early Empires Crossword for fun
Wednesday - Focus - Who were the Sumerians?  watch video on Ancient Sumerians, Do Mesopotamia Handout - Guided Questions 1-3, Regular Question 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9
Thursday - Focus - Finish Mesopotamia Handout and grade,  Quiz Ancient Mesopotamia 1-12
Friday - Focus CNN.Student News, Read Article about Ancient Inventions and Discuss, Take Ancient Mesopotamia, Work on Questions on Contributions of the Sumerians 1-28 (partners)

February 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Monday - Focus - CNN.Student News, What do we know about Sparta and Athens?  (brainstorm),  work on Sparta and Athens Handout - Guiding Questions 1-3, Regular Questions - 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8
Tuesday - Focus CNN.Student News,  Check Sparta and Athens Worksheet, Work on Venn Diagram together - (Sparta and Athens), Sparta and Athens Quiz - Wednesday
Wednesday - Focus - Study for Sparta and Athens Quiz, Take Quiz, Read Handout together about each city state, talk about the Greek Gods and go over handout, watch video clip - Greek Gods
Thursday - Focus -Play Ancient Greek Jeopardy, work on Ancient Greece Review Sheet
Friday - Focus - Read Daily Press - 10 minutes, finish Ancient Greece Review Sheet, Ancient Greece Test - Monday