April 25, 26, 27, 28, 29

Monday - Focus - Who are the Mayans? Powerpoint - Mayans, Incas, Aztecs, Watch Video - Ancient Civilizations of Mexico: Aztecs and Mayans (Discoveryeducation.com)
Tuesday - Focus - CNN.Student News, Work on First Americas Guided Questions 1-4, Regular Questions 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10 Check and Discuss
Wednesday - Focus - Study for Quiz - Mayans, Take Quiz, Read Similarities and Differences of the Aztecs, Mayans, and Incas (Discuss)
Thursday - Focus - CNN.Student News, Watch - Video - Incas (discovery education.com),  Homework - Knowledge Check - Incas - 1-12
Friday - Focus - CNN.Student News, Work on Junior Scholastic Quiz Wizard (Grade and Check)

April 25, 26, 27, 28, 29

Monday - Focus - CNN.Student News, Finish Ancient Rome Mosaics
Tuesday - Focus - Present Ancient Rome Mosaics, Work on Ancient Rome - The End of the Republic Guiding Questions 1-3, Regular Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 (grade Wednesday)
Wednesday - Focus - Grade - The End of the Republic Worksheet, Continue Roman Mosaic Presentations, Watch Video - Fall of Rome (Discovery Education.com)
Thursday - Focus - CNN.Student News, Work on Ancient Rome Review Sheet (Chrome books)
Friday - Focus - CNN.Student News, Take Ancient Rome Test (Grade), Read Daily Press - Six to Eight sentence Paragraph (Summary of Article /Date)

April 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

Monday - Focus - Watch CNN.Student News, Work on Republic to Empire (pair up), Watch Video - Ancient Rome Expansion and Conquest (discoveryeducation.com) 10 sentence fact sheet due at end of period
Tuesday - Focus - What is a mosaic?, Powerpoint - Mosaics - take notes, You Tube Video - How to make a mosaic. (five minutes) Go over Mosaic Project - Research different Mosaic Ideas (need to have idea by end of period (groups of 5)
Wednesday - Focus - What are your goals and roles for Mosaic?, Start on Mosaic Project,
Thursday - Focus - Watch CNN.Student News, Work on Mosaic Project
Friday - Focus - Finish Mosaic Project, Work Ancient Rome Knowledge Check, Present Mosaic Projects on Monday. (1/2 Day)

April 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Monday - Focus - CNN.Students News, Finish Roman Shield Project, Read Daily Press if you finish early
Tuesday - Focus - Read Article Together - Roman Engineering (Discuss), Work on Climate Sheet - Analyze - Climate - Discuss, Watch Video - Rise of Rome (Discovery Education.com) 10 Sentence Fact Sheet due at end of class
Wednesday - Focus - Study for Ancient Rome Quiz, Take Quiz,  Read Article - Two Roman Rulers (Discuss),  Journal - What have learned about Ancient Rome? (6-8 sentences)
Thursday - Focus - CNN.Student News, Work on Republic to Empire in Groups of Two (grade and check at end of period), Assignment Check (communicate to students to see if any assignment are missing)
Friday - Focus - Watch CNN.Student News, Read Junior Scholastic Answer Quiz Wizard Check, Discuss - All Eyes on the iPhone Article - Privacy vs. Safety