29 - First Day of School!

Team Activities then 15 minute classes
HW: Sign Class Syllabus.

30

Pre-Test on Ancient Greece.

4
Finish Video: Greeks - Secrets of the Past

Understanding Prompt #1

6
Finish: The Geography of Greece

HW: Textbook pg. 158 (1-6)

10
Lesson: Crete and Mycenae

Update Portfolios

Understanding Prompt #3

24
Finish Lesson: The Odyssey Assignment

Period C - Meteorology Presentation (Science)

1

All classes - Continued - Lesson: Ardipithecus Ramidus

2 NECAP Testing

Period B - Testing

Period C - Video: Engineering an Empire - Greece

3 NECAP Testing

Period C - Testing

Period B - Video: Engineering an Empire - Greece

4 NECAP Testing

All classes - Continued - Lesson: Ardipithecus Ramidus

5

All classes - Continued - Lesson: Ardipithecus Ramidus

Period B - Testing

Period C - Lesson: Ardipithecus Ramidus (Primary & Secondary Sources)

Period C - Testing

Period B - Lesson: Ardipithecus Ramidus (Primary & Secondary Sources)

11 NECAP Testing

All classes - Finish - Lesson: Ardipithecus Ramidus (Primary & Secondary Sources)
HW Due Tuesday the 16th: Analyze the Relationship Between Ardi's Primary and Secondary Sources assignment.

Video: Helen of Troy (TV Movie)

12

All classes - Continue video: Helen of Troy (TV Movie)

16 NECAP Testing

Period B - Testing

Period C - Continue video: Helen of Troy (TV Movie)

22

Finish lesson: Tracing the Development of Democracy in Ancient Greece

24

All classes: Finish video then begin lesson: Understanding the Persian Wars

25

All classes: Understanding the Persian Wars

26

Field Trip to Salem

29

No School due to Hurricane Sandy!

30

No School due to Hurricane Sandy!

31

All classes: Video: Battles B.C. - Judgment Dat at Marathon as part of the lesson: Understanding the Persian Wars

1

Continue lesson: Understanding the Persian Wars

2

Continue lesson: Understanding the Persian Wars

5

Continue lesson: Understanding the Persian Wars

7

Video: Last Stand of the 300

8

Video: Last Stand of the 300

9

Finish lesson: Understanding the Persian Wars

13

Review: Primary and Secondary Sources Assessment

14

Assessment: Primary and Secondary Sources (Ancient Greece)

15

Assessment: Primary and Secondary Sources (Ancient Greece)

1/2 Day - Parent Conferences

16

Guest presenter, Ms. Demers: Lesson on Olympics

19

Guest presenter, Ms. Demers: Lesson on Olympics

20

Finish: Guest presenter, Ms. Demers: Lesson on Olympics

21

Video: First Olympians (Not Graded)

26

Geography Bee Preliminary Round

27

Finish Geography Bee Preliminary Round
(Team winner goes to school finals)

28

Lesson: Touring Athens in the Golden Age

29

Continue: Touring Athens in the Golden Age

30

Continue: Touring Athens in the Golden Age

3

Lesson: Greek Against Greek - Athens vs. Sparta

Trimester 1 Ends | Trimester 2 Begins

4

Continue: Greek Against Greek - Athens vs. Sparta
Due: Touring Athens in the Golden Age

5

Video: Engineering an Empire: Greece - The Age of Alexander

6

RI Technology Assessment in Media Center (Not a class assignment)

7

10

Finish: RI Technology Assessment in Media Center (Not a class assignment)

11

Lesson: Alexander the Great - Hero or Villian

12

Continue: Alexander the Great - Hero or Villian

13

Continue: Alexander the Great - Hero or Villian

14

Continue: Alexander the Great - Hero or Villian

17

Continue: Alexander the Great - Hero or Villian (Debate)

18

Continue: Alexander the Great - Hero or Villian (Debate)

19

Review: Unit Test on Ancient Greece

20

Unit Test on Ancient Greece

21

Team Movie: Simon Birch

2

Update portfolios.
Video: Engineering an Empire - Rome

3

Finish video.

4

Finish Video.

7

Pre-Test on Ancient Rome.

8

Video: Ancestors of Ancient Rome - The Etruscans

9

Lesson: Discovering Etruscan and Greek Influences on Roman Civilization.

Textbook Section Review pg. 196 (1-6)

10

Continue Lesson: Discovering Etruscan and Greek Influences on Roman Civilization.

11

Period B - Lesson: Patricians and Plebeians - The Struggle for Power

14

Lesson: Patricians and Plebeians - The Struggle for Power

Period B - Homework: Textbook Section Review pg. 202 (1-6)

15

Video: Engineering an Empire - Carthage

Period C - Homework: Textbook Section Review pg. 202 (1-6)

16

Finish Video: Engineering an Empire - Carthage

Lesson: Understanding the Punic Wars

17

Continue Lesson: Understanding the Punic Wars

18

Continue Lesson: Understanding the Punic Wars

22

Finish Lesson: Understanding the Punic Wars

23

Lesson: Debating Whether Military Expansion Helped or Hurt Rome

24

Lesson: Debating Whether Military Expansion Helped or Hurt Rome

25

Lesson: Debating Whether Military Expansion Helped or Hurt Rome

Mid-Point of Trimester 2

28

Finish: Debating Whether Military Expansion Helped or Hurt Rome

29

Period C - Video: The Battle for Rome - Caesar

30

Period B - Video: The Battle for Rome - Caesar

Begin Lesson: Creating Columns to Evaluate Roman Emperors

31

Lesson: Creating Columns to Evaluate Roman Emperors

1

Lesson: Creating Columns to Evaluate Roman Emperors

4

Lesson: Creating Columns to Evaluate Roman Emperors

5

Continue Lesson: Creating Columns to Evaluate Roman Emperors

6

All classes: Survey Works in Computer Lab

7

SLO 1 Task on Ancient Rome

8

No School - Snow Day

11

No School - Snow Day

12

SLO 1 Task on Ancient Rome

13

Due: Lesson: Creating Columns to Evaluate Roman Emperors

14

Video: Jesus the Preacher (Intro to Christianity in Roman history)

15

Team Activity Day & Anything Goes - No classes.

25

Lesson: The Beginnings of Christianity

26

Lesson: The Beginnings of Christianity

27

Lesson: The Beginnings of Christianity

28

Lesson: The Beginnings of Christianity

1

Lesson: Writing a Travel Guide About Daily Life in Ancient Rome

4

Lesson: Writing a Travel Guide About Daily Life in Ancient Rome

5

Lesson: Writing a Travel Guide About Daily Life in Ancient Rome

6

URI Field Trip

7

Lesson: Writing a Travel Guide About Daily Life in Ancient Rome

8

Lesson: Writing a Travel Guide About Daily Life in Ancient Rome

11

Lesson: Writing a Travel Guide About Daily Life in Ancient Rome
(Finish research. Begin Travel Guide)

12

Video: Where did it come from? (Roman Daily Life)

13

Lesson: Writing a Travel Guide About Daily Life in Ancient Rome
(Last day to work in class)

14

Textbook: Chapter 7 Review (Complete all up to the Map Activity)

15

Due:Writing a Travel Guide About Daily Life in Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome Test Review

16

18

Video: Ancient Rome - The Fall of an Empire

Review for Unit Test on Ancient Rome

19

Review for Unit Test on Ancient Rome

20

Unit Test on Ancient Rome

21

Unit Test on Ancient Rome

22

Video: Engineering an Empire - The Byzantines

25

Video: Engineering an Empire - The Byzantines

26

Lesson: Inside the Byzantine Empire

27

SLO Assessment

28

SLO Assessment

29

No School

1

Lesson: Inside the Byzantine Empire

2

Lesson: Inside the Byzantine Empire

3

Video: The Vandals

4

Finish: Inside the Byzantine Empire

SLO 1 Assessment (Only students who haven't mastered)

HW: Textbook Section Review pg. 13 (1-6)

5

SLO 1 Assessment (Only students who haven't mastered)

8

Lesson: Comparing the Justinian Code to Contemporary Law

9

Video: Barbarians - The Huns

10

Lesson: Comparing the Justinian Code to Contemporary Law

11

Parent Conferences (4-7)

12

Movie: DaVinci Code

15

School Vacation Week

16

17

18

19

22

Movie: DaVinci Code

23

Finish Movie: DaVinci Code

24

Lesson: Comparing the Justinian Code to Contemporary Law

25

Lesson: Feudalism in Europe

26

Half Day - No classes.

29

Finish Lesson: Feudalism in Europe

30

Lesson: Development of Feudalism in Western Europe

1

Lesson: Development of Feudalism in Western Europe

2

Video: Christina - A Medieval Life

3

Continued

6

Lesson: Development of Feudalism in Western Europe

7

Lesson: Development of Feudalism in Western Europe

8

Lesson: The Role of the Church in Medieval Europe

9

Lesson: The Role of the Church in Medieval Europe

10

Lesson: The Role of the Church in Medieval Europe

13

Finish Lesson: The Role of the Church in Medieval Europe

14

NECAP Science - No C Period Class

Video: Templars Lost Treasure

15

NECAP Science - No B Period Class

Video: Templars Lost Treasure

16

NECAP Science

17

Continued.

20

Lesson: Comparing the Plight of Medieval Serfs with the Homeless Today

21

Lesson: Comparing the Plight of Medieval Serfs with the Homeless Today

22

Video: Islam - Empire of Faith: The Messenger

23

Video: Islam - Empire of Faith: The Messenger

24

Video: Islam - Empire of Faith: The Awakening

27No School

Memorial Day

28

Video: Islam - Empire of Faith: The Awakening

(Period C only)

29

Video: Islam - Empire of Faith: The Ottomans

30

Lesson: Applying the Teachings of the Qu'ran and Hadith

31

Continued.

3

Lesson: Applying the Teachings of the Qu'ran and Hadith

4

Lesson: Applying the Teachings of the Qu'ran and Hadith

5

Lesson: Applying the Teachings of the Qu'ran and Hadith

6

Video: The Crusades

7

8th Grade Outing

10

Lesson: The Contributions of Muslims to World Civilization

11

Lesson: The Contributions of Muslims to World Civilization

12

Video: Blood & Tears

13

Video: Blood & Tears

14

Lake Compounce Field Trip

17

Video: Blood & Tears

18

Promises

HW: Jerusalem: The Ultimate Question

Last Day to hand in revised or late work.

19

Promises

20

Promises

21

Field Day