Today in class students acted as “archaeologists” and analyzed different artifacts found from the Shang Dynasty of ancient China. Students had to decode the secret word that applies with each artifact as they went back and reviewed the sections we read. This was a challenge for some but it was great when they figured it […]

Today we started with Chapter 20 “The Shang Dynasty”. Students were to make their own illustrated dictionary for chapter 20. (The bolded blue words only) The essential question for this chapter: “What do Shang artifacts reveal about this civilization? The grades for the 5 world religions test will be updated this week. The fourth marking […]

We are done with the 5 Major Religions of the world. Tomorrow we are going to review and FRIDAY will be the assessment. Please study the 5 religions chart. You may not use it on the test. No notes are allowed on this test. Study guide will be given tomorrow. Here are the powerpoint presentations […]

Students did a nice job on their interactive dramatization on the government officials of ancient Egypt. Students depicted the roles of peasants, artisans, scribes, priests, and government officials. We will take the test on this chapter on Friday, Feb.13. Study guides will be handed out tomorrow. Today we did an overview on the 5 Major […]

Today we “talked to the text” about Scribes and how their status affected the daily lives of people. Students read pages 98-99 and completed section 5 notes. Today I checked the preview, sections 2, 3, 4, and 5 notes. Please see me tomorrow if you were absent today.

Today we read pgs 94-95 on government officials of ancient Egypt. We also completed section 3 notes. Students should have completed the preview activity and section 2 notes. We are learning about the different types of social classes, and how the status of their jobs affected the daily lives of people in the specific social […]

Today we read pages 74 and 75 and completed section 3 notes. Students also made their own illustrated dictionary on the 4 blue bolded words on page 74. I will be passing out the study guide for chapter 8 tomorrow. If you are going to be absent, here it is. ch-8-study-guide

Today in class we read pages 71, 72, and 73. We completed the preview activity and section 2 on Egypt, Kush, and Canaan. We identified the 3 environmental factors, water, vegetation, and topography for those areas. If you were absent yesterday please “talk to the text” for pages 86, 87, 88, and 89 on “The […]

Welcome back and Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a restful break. Today in class we began writing about our trips we took in ancient Egypt. We will continue with this tomorrow and then do peer editing. Please study for the unit I test on chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6. It will […]

All student should be done with section 8.3 notes and completed the postcard. If you did not turn in the code of Hammurabi poster please turn it in tomorrow. Remember, the city-state extra credit is due this Thursday. Here are the chapter 8 notes if you need them. ch.8 notes ancient egyptian pharaohs