May 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Monday - Focus - Watch CNN 10, Finish Ancient India Chapter 5 Review Sheet - will check Tuesday, Read Article Wudi - answer 1 and 2 - Discuss
Tuesday - Focus - Grade Ancient India Review Sheet, Power Point - Ancient China, Discuss - Article Wudi
Wednesday - Focus - Read 160 - 165 Do Vocabulary Builder 1, Watch Video Early China Civilization (Shang) - Five Sentence Fact Sheet - (two points each - complete sentences)
Thursday - Focus - Work on Shang China - (History and Geography), Watch Video - Great Wall of China - Notes, Watch CNN 10
Friday - Focus - Read Escanaba Daily Press (15 minutes), Take Ancient China 6-2 Quiz 166-171,Watch CNN 10

May 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

Monday - Focus - Finish Vocabulary Builder 3, 1-3 PG 146 (check), Work on Comparing Hindu and Buddhist Literature - groups of four - answer 1-3 - Discuss, Watch CNN 10
Tuesday - Focus - Read 147-151 Take Open Book Quiz 5-4 (check), Work on Ancient India Chapter Review
Wednesday - Focus - Finish Ancient India Chapter Review, Play Ancient India Jeopardy, Watch CNN 10
Thursday - Focus - CNN 10, Powerpoint - Ancient China Power Point - Take Notes, Read The Teachings of Confucius and Laozi - Small groups - Discuss
Friday - Focus - Watch CNN 10, ReadArticle - The Railroad that Changed America - Discuss, Work on Quiz Wizard (pairs)

May 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Monday - Focus - Check Indus River W.S. and Grid, Work on Social Studies Skill 1-3 Dock Camera, Video - Origins of Buddhism (discovery education.com) - Ten Sentence Fact Sheet, Watch CNN 10
Tuesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10, Read 136 - 141 Do Vocabulary Builder 3 and 1-3 on page 141,
Wednesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10, Work in small groups - comparing Buddhist and Hindu Literature - Fill out 3 Questions - Discuss, Read 142 - 145 complete 5-4 Quiz Indian Empires
Thursday - Focus - Who was Ghandi? Read Autobiography - Do 1-3 Discuss, Watch Video - Mohandas Gandi
Friday - Focus - Who was Mohandas Gandhi? write a short paragraph - discuss, Work on Chapter Review Sheet, Watch CNN 10

April 29, 30, 1, 2, 3

Monday - Focus - Watch CNN 10, Read Should Students Go To School Year Around? Discuss, Work on Quiz Wizard in Pairs
Tuesday - Focus - Read 130 - 135 Open Book Quiz Hinduism (check), Watch CNN 10, Homework - Read the Story of Savitri from India's Mahabharata Do 1-3 (Due Wednesday)
Wednesday - Focus - Check Story of Savitri, Watch CNN 10, The Indus River Valley - History and Geography W.S. - work on in class
Thursday - Focus - Watch CNN 10, List - 5 things you have learned about the Indus River Valley
                  Finish Video - Indus River Valley Civilization Mysteries -  10 sentence fact sheet due
Friday - Focus - Read Escanaba Daily Press - Journal 5-8 sentences (share), Work on Origins of Buddhism w.s. Read 136 - 141, Watch CNN 10    

April 22, 23, 24, 25, 26

Monday - Easter Break - Students off!
Tuesday -  Focus -Read Escanaba Daily Press - Discuss Articles, Work on Ancient Egypt and Kush Review Sheet - Check, Watch CNN 10
Wednesday - Focus - Question - What do you know about Ancient India?, Powerpoint Notes Ancient India (take notes) -  Read 124 - 129 Do Vocabulary Builder 1, Watch CNN 10
Thursday - Focus - Open Book Quiz Origin of Hinduism 131-135, Watch Video -  Let's Look at World Religion (Hinduism) (Discoveryeducation.com), Watch CNN 10
Friday - Focus - Read Escanaba Daily Press, Read Article - The Girl Who Fought the Nazis - Discuss, Work on Quiz Wizard - Pairs, Watch CNN 10

April 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

Monday - Focus - Read Article Akhenaton - Discuss, Egyptian Trading Card Presentations, Watch CNN 10
Tuesday - Focus - Finish Ancient Egyptian Trading Card Presentations, Watch CNN 10
Wednesday - Focus - Read Article - Nefertiti - Discuss, Watch Clip about Nefertiti's Life, Work on Ancient Egypt Chapter Review (due Thursday), Watch CNN 10
Thursday - Focus - Check Chapter Review Ancient Egypt and Kush, Watch Video - King Tut PBS - Special - 12 sentence fact sheet due at end of period
Friday - Good Friday (no school)

April 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Monday - Focus CNN 10, Work on Egyptian Trading Card Project Research and work on card
Tuesday - 7th Grade Report to Auditorium - Head to Civic Center, Return 12:20 5th and 6th Periods
Wednesday - Focus - Watch CNN 10, Finish Trading Cards, Homework - Selections from the Amarna Letters - Complete the 6 Questions
Thursday - Focus - Discuss Selections from the Amarna Letters, Present Egypt Trading Cards (test grade), Watch CNN 10
Friday - Focus - Read Escanaba Daily Press - 15 Minutes, Work on Ancient Egypt and Kush Review, Play Ancient Egypt Jeopardy