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Happy Wednesday! I’m looking forward to seeing you all today because most of you didn’t have History yesterday 🙁 3/11 Quick Write: We are taking a look at one of India’s most influential and powerful ancient emperors… Emperor Ashoka! Ashoka is an interesting character because he started off as a fierce, violent, and confrontational leader. … Continue reading »

It’s going to be a busy day! Remember to go to 1st hour. From there we will go down to the cafeteria to get into our museum groups. You don’t need bags or books, money or food. Just bring yourselves and some curiosity! We will be leaving Smith at 9 am, and getting back about … Continue reading »

Hello team! Welcome back. I hope Day Light Savings Time didn’t mess with you too badly… at least it will be nice and bright in the mornings now! Reminder: We have our DIA field trip tomorrow! You do not need to bring anything for it… no lunch, no snacks, no money. We will have lunch … Continue reading »

Hi team… yay Friday! We made it through a complete week which feels like an accomplishment, especially after the two snow days last week. 3/6 Quick Write: Today we are wrapping up our Buddhism comic, showing the story of Prince Siddhartha and how he became The Buddha. Remember, you need two things per chapter (total … Continue reading »

Hi all! I know we have covered a lot of information this week, and we still have more to go! Remember to ask questions as we go… 3/5 Quick Write: Today after a quick review of Hinduism and the caste system, we will take a look at another Indian religion. Again, some of you did … Continue reading »

DIA Permission Slips! DIA Permission Slips! DIA Permission Slips! DIA Permission Slips! Housekeeping: 4th, 5th and 6th hour Your Investigation #3 CER scores have been posted and the assignment has been electronically returned to you on Google Classroom. If you earned under a 3, you may take the opportunity to do corrections. Take a look … Continue reading »

Hey team. Remember to go right to your first period class today because it is Target Tuesday! **Remember those permission slips!!** 3/3 Quick Write: Today we are going to take a look at one of the oldest settlements in Ancient India, what is modern-day Pakistan today. The city of Mohenjodaro was an extremely advanced settlement … Continue reading »

Hi all… welcome back! Last week was pretty funky with two days of guest teachers and two snow days, so I am very excited for all of us to get back into our routine. Housekeeping: all classes! Bring in your DIA permission slips!!!! The deadline has been extended twice. Your slip absolutely must be turned … Continue reading »

Hi all! Hopefully you all enjoyed your two days off! You need to bring all of your work from Monday and Tuesday! This includes the two maps, definitions and four Frayer Models. You will bring this whether the assignments are completed or not. 2/28 Quick Write: Come prepared and let’s get back to our routine!

Oh hi! We are continuing our work on India today. 2/25 Quick Write: If you were not done with the maps from yesterday, you may have time to work on them at the end of class. But the majority of class will be spend familiarizing ourselves on vocab for our new unit. Our assignment is … Continue reading »