May 30 - June -3

 Monday - Memorial Day

Tuesday -  Focus - What are the differences between the Greek- City States of Sparta and Athens? Discuss, work on Sparta and Athens worksheet in pairs,  Watch short video on Athens and Sparta - Life in these city-states

Wednesday - Focus - Read the Olympic City State Handout as a class / Discuss,  Watch Video on the Ancient Greece Olympics / Discuss, Check Powerschool - work on missing assignments

Thursday - Focus - Work on Ancient Greece Review Sheet, Watch two short video on Unkown Facts about Ancient Greece and Life as an Athenian

Friday - Focus - Make - Up / Special Events and Game Day - 7th Grade

May 23 - 27

Monday - Focus - What is colonization?, Short video - Ancient Greece Colonization, Work on Greek-City States and Colonization (graded) 

Tuesday - Focus - Why is trade important? Exporting, Importing, GDP, Work on Importance of Trade Worksheet - Ancient Greece, Watch CNN 10 / Discuss

Wednesday - Focus - What famous Greek gods have you heard about?, Watch short video about the Greek Gods (discuss), Work on Vocabulary Builder - Greek Mythology (check), Watch CNN 10

Thursday - Focus - Who was Pericles?, Read the Biography on Pericles and answer the questions 1-3 about him (discuss), Watch a short video Pericles and discuss it, Watch CNN 10 / Discuss

Friday - Focus - Read the Escanaba Daily Press, Watch a video Living History in Ancient Greece - 10 sentence fact sheet due at end of period, Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Rock Song of the Week 

May 16, 17, 18, 19, 20

 Monday - Focus - Study for Ancient Greece Quiz, Take Ancient Greece Quiz (check), watch short video - Daily Life in Ancient Greece (5minutes) Watch CNN 10 / Discuss

Tuesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Complete Comparing Countries Activities (Junior Scholastic), U.S Scavenger Hunt - for fun (Junior Scholastic)

Wednesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Life Skills - Mrs. Chaillier

Thursday - Focus - Watch CNN 10,  Work on Vocabulary Builder 2 - Governments in Ancient Greece, Watch a video on Ancient Greece Governments

Friday - Focus - Read Escanaba Daily Press, Make - Up Day, Movies in Afternoon at Willow Creek,

May 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

 Monday - Focus - Finish Ancient China Review Sheet / Take Ancient China Test and check, Watch Journals through History - Ancient China Contributions

Tuesday - Focus Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Read Junior Scholastic 10 minutes and then work on the Quiz Wizard in pairs

Wednesday - Focus - Mrs. Challier - Life Skills

Thursday - Focus - What do you know about Ancient Greece? Brainstorm, Ancient Greece Powerpoint - take notes (it is on your google classroom), Read a handout on Ancient Greece Geography and complete the questions that go along with it

Friday - Focus - Read Escanaba Daily Press, Take A Quiz on Ancient Greece, Watch a short video on Ancient Greece, Grade Check - Check Powerschool - missing assignments, Rock Song of the Day

May 2 - 6

 Monday - Focus - Visual Aids / Review Ancient China, Quiz Ancient China / Check, Watch CNN 10 / Discuss

Tuesday - Focus - The Teaching of Confucius and Laozi - work in partners check, Watch Video Silk Road - 10 Sentence Fact Sheet, Watch CNN 10 - Discuss (if time)

Wednesday - Focus - CNN 10 / Discuss, Life Skills - Mrs. Chaillier

Thursday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Complete Far East Knowledge Check, Work Ancient China Crossword (for fun)

Friday - Focus - Read Escanaba Daily Press, Work on Ancient China Review Sheet, watch Journals through History - Ancient China

April 25, 26, 27, 28, 29

 Monday - Focus - Watch CNN / Discuss, Work on your Ancient Chinese Invention Project - concentrate on your sketch (you will receive your notecard)

Tuesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Present Ancient Chinese Invention Projects, Assignment - Wudi worksheet - read answer 1 & 2, Watch short video - Wudi

Wednesday -  Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Life Skills - Mrs. Challier

Thursday - Focus - Present Chinese Invention Projects,  Read Junior Scholastic 15 minutes, Work on Quiz Wizard (pair up)

Friday - Focus - Go over visual Aids - Ancient China, Take Ancient China Quiz / Grade, Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Read Escanaba Daily Press

April 18, 19, 20, 21, 22

 Monday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Read Lui Bang Biography / answer 1 & 2, Watch video about Lui Bang - Discuss

Tuesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Watch Video - Ancient China Philosophers / Discuss  (take notes), Work on Ancient China Vocabulary Builder 2 (check)

Wednesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Life Skills - Mrs. Chaillier

Thursday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss,  Take Ancient India Philosopher Quiz (10 questions), Watch Video - Great Wall of China - 10 Sentence Fact Sheet due at end of period

Friday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Read Escanaba Daily Press,  Start Research Chinese Invention  Notecard Project

April 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

 Monday - Focus - Check Indus River Knowledge Check (extra points), Work on Ancient India Review Sheet Test, Watch CNN 10 - Discuss

Tuesday - Focus - Question - What do you know about Ancient China? notecard - brainstorm, Powerpoint- Ancient China, watch short video - Terracotta Warriors - Discuss

Wednesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss,  Work on Vocabulary Builder Ancient China Section 1

Thursday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, watch video Liu Bang / discuss, work on Lui Bang Biography do questions 1 & 2

Friday - Good Friday - No School

April 4, 5, 6,7, 8

 

Monday - Professional Development - No School for Students

Tuesday - Focus - Notecard Goals 4th Quarter, Work on Ancient India Section 3, Watch CNN 10 / Discuss

Wednesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Work on Indus River Valley Knowledge Check,  Watch short video on Indus River Valley

Thursday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Go Over Visual Aids on Ancient India in Class, Watch Indus River Valley Review - Study for  Ancient India Test

Friday - Focus - Study for Ancient India Test, Take Ancient India Test Review Sheet (grade), Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Rock Song of the Week

March 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

Monday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Work on Ancient India Section 2 in class,  Watch short videos on Caste System and Hinduism 

Tuesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10, Take Short Hinduism Quiz, Make - Up - All missing assignments need to be turned in

Wednesday - Life Skills

Thursday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Career Speakers 

Friday - Focus Watch CNN 10, Work on Ancient India Section 3 (Siddhartha Gautama / Buddhism ), Watch short videos on Siddhartha Gautama and Buddhism

March 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

 Monday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Read Indus River Valley Dig (play), Watch Video - Indus River Valley - (Master of the River)

Tuesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss,  Work on the Indus River Valley (History and Geography), Watch Video - Mysteries of the Indus River Valley

Wednesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Check Indus River Valley History and Geography Sheet, Read about Candragupta Maurya - answer 1 and 2, Watch Video on Candragupta Maurya - History

Thursday - Focus - Watch CNN 10, Work on Ancient Indian Section 2 Handout

Friday - Focus - Take Ancient India Quiz (check), Read Escanaba Daily Press - Discuss, Watch CNN 10, Play Rock Song of the Week,

March 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

 Monday - Focus - Watch CNN 10, Make - Up Day - Get caught up with all assignments (Egyptian Trading Cards, Egyptian Vocabulary Sheet, Quiz Wizard) Ancient Egypt Test - Tuesday

Tuesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10/ Discuss, Take Ancient Egyptian Test (check), Homework - The Indus River Valley Worksheet - Read and Complete

Wednesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Indus River Valley Powerpoint, Finish The Indus River Valley Worksheet - collect

Thursday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Work on Ancient India Geography Sheet, Watch Video - History Ancient India (12 minutes)

Friday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Read the play The Indus Valley Dig, Watch Video - Master of the River : Ancient India Civilizations - 12 Sentence Fact Sheet due at end of period

February 28, March 1, 2, 3, 4

 Monday - Focus - Watch CNN 10/Discuss, Present Ancient Egyptian Trading Cards, Work on Ancient Egyptian Crossword 

Tuesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Present Ancient Egyptian Trading Cards, Unscramble the Words Activity

Wednesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 - Five Factual Sentences about CNN 10 , Life Skills

Thursday - Focus - Watch CNN 10, Finish Ancient Egyptian Trading Card Presentations, Work on Ancient Egyptian Vocabulary Quiz Sheet Review

Friday - Watch CNN 10, Go over Ancient Egypt Review Sheet - Take Questions, Read Junior Scholastic for 15 minutes, Work on Quiz Wizard for 15 minutes

February 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

Monday - Professional Development - No School for Students

Tuesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Finish Research on Pharaoh, Work on Egyptian Trading Card Project

Wednesday - Life Skills - Mrs. Challier

Thursday  - Focus - Watch CNN 10, Finish Egyptian Trading Card,  Ancient Egyptian Crossword

Friday  - Focus - Watch CNN 10 - Present Ancient Egypt Trading Cards, Work on Ancient Egyptian Vocabulary Review Sheet

February 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

 Monday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Read about Uncovering the Past The Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamen answer 1-3 Due Tuesday, Watch Video on King Tutankhamen / Take Notes

Tuesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, How important was religion to the Ancient Egyptians?  read Ancient Egyptian Religion Handout / Discuss, Watch a short video on Ancient Egyptian Religion

Wednesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Read Article about Arts and Recreation in Ancient Egypt / Discuss, Read Cleopatra Play in class, Watch Short a Video on Cleopatra / Discuss

Thursday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Work on Quiz Wizard in Class (in pairs)

Friday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Read Article about Ancient Egypt Medical Knowledge (Discuss), Read Escanaba Daily Press, Start Ancient Egyptian Rulers Trading Card Project

February 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

 Monday - Focus - Finish Sumerian Final Review Sheet, Powerpoint Ancient Egypt, Watch CNN 10 / Discuss

Tuesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Work on Information Sheet - Life in Ancient Egypt answer                                    1-4,  Video - Life in Ancient Egypt / Discuss

Wednesday - Focus - Take Ancient Egypt Quiz, Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Ancient Egypt World Search for fun

Thursday - Focus - Read Ancient Egypt Religion Article / Discuss, Work on Comparing School (Ancient Egypt handout - groups of 3) Discuss

Friday - Focus - Read Escanaba Daily Press,  assignment - Howard Carter Biography, Video - Waling Inside the Tomb of King Tut

January 31, February 1, 2, 3, 4

 Monday - Focus - Watch CNN 10, Take Ancient Mesopotamia Quiz (grade it), assignment - work on Sumerian Number Challenge

Tuesday -  Focus - Watch CNN 10 (take notes), Watch Video on Life in Ancient Mesopotamia, Work on Contributions of the Sumerians 1-28 (work in partners)

Wednesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 (take notes),  Finish worksheet  Contributions of the Sumerians 1-28 (partners), Video - Farming and Inventions in Ancient Mesopotamia - take notes

Thursday - Focus - Name Five Things you have learned about Ancient Mesopotamia (discuss), Watch CNN 10, Work on Sumerian Final Review Sheet

Friday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 (discuss), Read Escanaba Daily Press / Write Summary in your Journal, Last Finish Sumerian Final Review Sheet (this will be a test grade), Rock Song of the Week

January 24, 25, 26, 27, 28

 Monday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Work on Mesopotamia - warm -up (check), assignment - work on Hammurabi Biography

Tuesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Who was Hammurabi?  check Hammurabi Biography (grade), Work on Hammurabi Hook Exercise - groups of 5 / Discuss 15 Points

Wednesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10 / Discuss, Review Sumer Power point, Work on a Sumer Writing Exercise 1-5 Work with a partner / complete sentences 2-4 sentences per answer

Thursday - Focus - Watch CNN 10, Watch Video Ancient Mesopotamia - 12 sentence Fact Sheet of Notes due at the end of the period

Friday - Focus - Watch CNN 10, Ancient Mesopotamia quiz, Read Escanaba Daily Press,  Song of the Week. 

January 17, 18, 19, 20, 21

 Monday - Focus - Make - Up Day - Work on All Missing Assignments/ Read Junior Scholastic

Tuesday - Focus - Finish -make-up-work, Work on Semester Review Sheet

Wednesday 1st Hour- Work on Growth Plan Assessment

Thursday 3rd and 4th Hours - Work on Growth Plan Assessment

Friday - 5th and 6th Hours - Work on Growth Plan Assessment