Unfortunately we were not able to do the role plays today, but we will for sure do them on Monday.  Too many groups were just not ready to perform today.

role play directions

Have a great weekend!

Today and yesterday, students have been preparing role plays about different social classes in ancient Egypt.  For their role plays they are to bring in props and costumes to make it look and seem more realistic.

We will start performing our skits tomorrow.  This will be their summative grade for chapter 9.

Here are the chapter 9 reading notes:

ch 9 reading notes

Here are the directions for the play (make sure you see which one is yours):

role play directions

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Can’t believe it’s already 2016!!

Hope everyone had a great break.

Today in class we continued with chapter 9: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt.  We re-read section 2 and completed the notes for it (whatever they don’t finish, they are responsible for finishing on their own when I check reading notes).

Then I assigned each group a section from chapter 9, giving them a certain social class from ancient Egypt, e.g.  Government Officials, Priests, Scribes, Artisans, or Peasants.  Students had to read their section and complete the notes for that section

ch 9 reading notes

As a summative grade for this chapter, students will be doing a role play, acting out a “scene” from the daily life of the different social classes.  Tomorrow I will give them more information about what they should do for their plays.
Students are advised to bring in props and costumes to make the setting more realistic.

NO HOMEWORK

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Students took the chapter 8 assessment today in class.

When they finished they worked on their chapter 9 illustrated dictionary, which will BE DUE TOMORROW!

Here is the illustrated dictionary for chapter 9.  They only need to do the BLUE terms!

ch 9 illustrated dictionary

HOMEWORK

1. Chapter 9 ID DUE TOMORROW!!

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Today we went over the study guide for chapter 8.

CHAPTER 8 TEST IS TOMORROW!

Here is the study guide:

ch 8 study guide

I will check bellwork and their reading notes tomorrow.  Here are the reading notes in case they lost them:

ch 8 reading notes

QUIZLET

Here is the link to Quizlet for chapter 8 vocabulary:

Quizlet Ch 8 Vocab

We also watched a video on Ramses II.  Here is the link.  We watched from
1:21:22 (one hour, 21 min, 22 sec)
to
1:29:25 (one hour, 29 min, 25 sec)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ_GF854XDI

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Only one more week!

TUESDAY IS CHAPTER 8 ASSESSMENT

I gave students their study guides today to work on.  We will review on Monday, and test is on Tuesday.  Here is the study guide:

ch 8 study guide

We watched a video on the pharaoh Hatshepsut.  Here is the link to the video.  We only watched 8 minutes of the long video.  You can find the informatoin about Hatshepsut from 50:50 (50 min, 50 sec) until 59:30 (59 min, 30 sec)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ_GF854XDI

Have a great weekend!

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Today we continued with chapter 8, and completed section 6 about pharaoh Ramses II and his temple at Abu Simbel.

Students need to have the reading notes completed before the assessment.  I plan on taking the chapter 8 assessment on Tuesday.

ch 8 reading notes

Code of Hammurabi last day is tomorrow.  Any one who hasn’t turned it in by tomorrow will get a 0 out of 30 summative points.

hammurabi assignment (1)

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Today we worked on section 4 in the text and completed the notes.  Students need to either complete their notes on a separate sheet of paper, or they can print them here and complete them on the printed sheets.  Here are the reading notes for chapter 8

ch 8 reading notes

CODE OF HAMMURABI IS DUE TOMORROW!

Posters for the Code of Hammurabi are due tomorrow.  Students need to have the following:

1. Summary of the code of laws
2. Summary of their opinion of Hammurabi’s laws
3. 10 laws if they were principal of the school
4. Picture with explanation

It needs to be on a 12×18 inch poster!  Should be colored and organized neatly.  Rurbic needs to be taped or glued to the back!

hammurabi assignment (1)

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Today in class we continued chapter 8 and learned about Pharaoh Khufu and the Great Pyramid of Giza.  We discussed the different Hypotheses of how the pyramids were built.  Students need to complete sections 2 and 3 in their reading notes.

(sections 3-6 reading notes will be done as ‘tweets’ using hashtags, instead of using a postcard).

ch 8 reading notes

CODE OF HAMMURABI PROJECT DUE WEDNESDAY!
Anything late will be 5 points off each day, nothing accepted after December 11th.
To see the reading overview sheet and actual laws, be sure to SCROLL DOWN the page attached:

hammurabi assignment (1)

HOMEWORK:

Code of Hammurabi poster due Wednesday

Today we began chapter 8 on the Egyptian Pharaohs.

Monday the chapter 8 illustrated dictionary will be due:

ch 8 illustrated dictionary

Next Wednesday the Code of Hammurabi project will be due

hammurabi assignment (1)

Please be sure to follow all of the directions on the project.

Have a great weekend