Welcome back, I hope everyone had a great summer.

The past couple days have just been going over procedures and classroom rules. I passed out the syllabus yesterday and we have reviewed it in class. This will need to be signed by both parent and student and turned in next Tuesday for points. I have also sent out a parent letter that is not necessary to return.

Here is the syllabus and parent letter:

Again, this is due next Tuesday when we come back from break.

Thank you, and I look forward to having a great school year.

https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/383432/results

These are the results for the city-track meet yesterday.

I am not sure if anyone is able to see the results, or if you need to be a member of athletic.net.  This is the first time we have used this website.

Congrats to the Boys team for their championship!  And to the girls for a narrow margin 2nd place!

TEST ON THURSDAY

Students will take the chapter 31 test on Thursday.  I will also check their reading notes and they will turn in their 28-31 ID that day too.

Reading notes:

https://moodle.dearbornschools.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=91675

Placards

https://moodle.dearbornschools.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=91677

28-31 ID

ch28-31 illustrated dictionary

Study Guide:

ch 31 study guide

Quizlet:

https://quizlet.com/84594818/chapter-31-vocab-piche-flash-cards/

Also on the test are the notes we did on Greek Mythology, Philosophy and Alexander the Great, which we did last week in class.  Here are the notes for that information, as well as the PPT I went over with it:

notes on myth, philo, and alexander

greek mythology, philosophy, alexander

Thank you

RE-TAKE TODAY AFTER SCHOOL!!

We have been working on Chapter 31:  The Legacy of Ancient Greece.  We are learning about how the ancient Greeks have contributed to the modern world in fields such as government, mathematics, geography, etc.

Here are the reading notes for the chapter:

https://moodle.dearbornschools.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=91675

Test on Thursday

On Thursday we will have the test on chapter 31.  I will also check their notes and their ID will be due that day as well.  Here is the ID (which includes other words we discussed in class as well):

ch28-31 illustrated dictionary

Test re-take tomorrow after school

For those we want to do a re-take on chapter 26 can do it tomorrow after school.  That will be on the only day, so if you can’t make it, please let me know now.

Thank you

TEST ON MONDAY!

I will check notes and bellwork that day

Please see LAST POST for all the documents needed for that day, including quizlet to study the vocab.

Here is the video list for the activities we did on simulating different forms of government:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h1fSpA-8wF1Zsq68jvhtTsXQiNBgBTA0NSXuaI7wsAk/edit

Thank you

Have a good weekend

We have been working on chapter 26: The Rise of Democracy in class the last few days.  We are learning about 4 forms of government that the ancient Greek city-states had; monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, and democracy.

Here are the notes for chapter 26:

Chapter 26- reading notes

The Illustrated Dictionary for this chapter is due on Thursday:

ch26 illustrated dictionary

TEST ON FRIDAY

This Friday will be the test for chapter 26.  Students will get their study guides tomorrow in class.

I will also check their notes and bellwork

Quizlet to study vocabulary:

https://quizlet.com/295736521/ch-26-vocab-piche-flash-cards/?new

Thank you

Students,

Please send me a (school appropriate) youtube video!!

Copy URL link into the e-mail (send to picher@dearbornschools.org)

If it’s more than 2 minutes, include the time length you want me to watch.

Need by Monday!

This week we finished our unit on ancient China.  Kids finished the silk road chapter this week by taking a quiz, turning in their ch24 ID, checking their RN, turning in their Silk Road journal entries, and also turning in the processing assignment.  Here is the processing assignment that was due yesterday:

Processing- silk road billboard

Video on modern day silk road:

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/chinese-silk-ancient-trade-production-craft/index.html

Yesterday we started our unit on ancient Greece.

Here is the map we worked on for ancient Greece:

ancient greece map- setting the stage

This was due today at the end of class.

Thank you

Next Tuesday we will take a quiz on the Silk Road.  Also that day their journal entries, reading notes, and chapter 24 ID will be due.

documents a-e silk road

examples-profile and journals

The Silk Road packet DBQ

ch 24 illustrated dictionary

Here is a link to a website that has some interesting stuff on the Silk Road and an ‘Oregon Trail’-like game on the Silk Road too:

https://web.stanford.edu/group/spice/SilkRoad/SilkRoad.html

Here are some videos that we watched today on the Silk Road and making of Silk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU1i0BED1Js

Thank you

The last few days in class we have been working on the Silk Road.

Students created a character that would have been ‘traveling’ west on the Silk Road from China to the Roman Empire, and along the way they wrote journal entries of what they learned.  At each stop they analyzed a document, answered questions about it, and wrote an entry.

Their journal entries are a SUMMATIVE grade for this chapter.  There will also be a short quiz next week on the silk road too.

Here is all the notes, documents and some examples of journal entries:

documents a-e silk road

examples-profile and journals

The Silk Road packet DBQ

Thank you

No homework