This is Finals Week the semester ends 1-18-19
Monday & Tuesday ( 1-14 & 1-15) are regular school hours
Wednesday 1-16 1st & 2nd Hour Finals 7:20-10:30 ( dismissal is at 10:30- no lunch , breakfast will be served)
Thursday 1-17 3rd & 4th Hour Finals 7:20-10:30 ( dismissal is at 10:30- no lunch, breakfast will be served)
Friday 1-18 5th & 6th Hour Finals 7:20-10:30 ( dismissal is at 10:30 – no lunch, breakfast will be served)
Reminder this school semester ends 1-15-19. Finals will begin 1-16-1-18 each of these dates is a 1/2 day, students will be dismissed at 10:30.
World History: Chapter 11 Africa and the Americas 300 AD-1590 AD .
The rise of Islam as a world religion
Identify contributions Arabs have made in Science, Mathematics, and Literature
Compare the West African civilizations of Ghana, Mali, and Songhai
Describe the Mayan, Aztec, and Incan civilizations of Central & South America
Finish Chapter 10 – Review for test on 12-20
Work on Mosaic project, complete this week.
Reminder Winter Break is from 12-24- 1-4
Reminder Wednesday 12-12 is Late Start , school starts at 8:20.
Complete Chapter 10-
Magna Carta, Gothic architecture, Latin Language
Complete “coat of arms” project
Section 3 & 4 of Chapter 10
Vocabulary : Manor, serf,moat, courtyard. joust, tournament, cathedral, gothic
Introduction of project: design your coat of arms
Begin Chapter 10- Life in the Middle Ages AD 1050-AD 1500
Explain the role of the Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages in Europe
Recognize the causes and effects of the crusades
Describe European feudalism
Describe life on a manor
Vocabulary:convent, monastery, crusade, Holy Land, pilgrim, pilgrimage,fief, knight, lord, page, peasant, squire,manor, serf, moat, joust, Parliament
Reminder No School on Wednesday 11-21, Thursday 11-22, Friday 11-23: Happy Thanksgiving!
Monday 11-19, first day of the 3rd card marking.
Sec 3 – Europe During the Middle Ages pages 231-234
How England was settled , who was the King!
Franks
Vikings
Normans
Reminder Food Drive this week- Bring in cans or dry goods
Chapter 9 The Middle Ages in Europe 500 A.D. – 1453 A.D.
Compare the Byzantine and Roman Empires
Importance of Charlemagne to European history
Several reasons why historians call this period the “Dark Ages”
Reminder : No School on Tuesday 11-6 VOTE!!
Roman Empire Sec 4 & 5
Fall of the Roman Empire: Huns & Visigoths
Vocabulary : survive, practical, reasonable, imperfection, vaulted, sanitation
Test on Thursday 11-8 ( open book and open notes)
Chapter 8 Sec 2 & 3 – Bad Emperors & The Rise of Christianity
Bad Emperors: Tiberius, Caligula and Nero
Rome’s decline Taxes, the plague
Who was Jesus of Nazareth and what he did to spread Christianity