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Week 2 (Sept 14-Sept 18)

Mon - p. 375-379 + Foldable notes (Functions and Characteristics of Money)

Tues - section 1 Group Quiz, video

Wed - Timeline of American Banking, p. 387-385 - computer lab assignment (*available online under "files")

Thur - CONSTITUTION DAY - "the case of the unlucky locker"

Fri - SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, section 2 Group Quiz

Week 3 (Sept. 21-25)

Mon: p. 387- 391 foldable notes

Tues: Finish notes, group quiz,

           How to read a bank statement

Wed:  Review Bingo

Thur: How to write a check

            Review Jeopardy

Fri: Test!!!

Week 4 (Sept. 28 - Oct. 2)

Mon- go over Econ Test

           "The Mystery Tribe" activity

           Video: The first great migration

Tues - BrainPop Video: Farming Revolution

             Read p. 13-15

Wed - Mesopotamia Map (Homework?)

Thur - Read p. 17-18

             BrainPop Video: Sumerians

Fri - Read p. 19-21

         Video: Epic of Gilgamesh

Week 5 (Oct. 5-9)

Mon - Epic of Gilgamesh handout

            Video: Trade Routes and Transportation

Tues - Read p. 23-25

             Code of Hammurabi

Wed - The end of the Sumerians

            Read p. 27-28

Thur - SUBSTITUTE

             Read p. 29-30

             Venn Diagram: Assyrians/Chaldeans

Fri - SUBSTITUTE

         Timeline - The Worlds First Empires

         Video - Mesopotamia: Return to Eden

Week 6 (Oct. 12-16)

Mon - Bingo Review

Tue - Jeopardy Review

Wed - Mesopotamia Test

Thur - Design Greek City-State Flags

Fri - Ancient Greece Intro

Week 7 (Oct 19-23)

Mon - Read p. 118-121 + notes

Tue - NO SCHOOL

Wed - NO SCHOOL

Thur - Finish notes from Mon

              Review Game

Fri - Video: The Trojan War

 

Week 8 (Oct 26-30)

Mon - Dark Ages to Colonization (notes)

             Discuss "typical" Greek city-state

Tues - Read p. 125-127

             Sparta Videos: Spartan Bootcamp, Weapons of War

Wed - BrainPop: Athens

             Read p. 128-130

            Venn Diagram: Sparta/Athens

Thur - PowerPoint Notes: Persia Attacks!!!

Fri - Olympic Games

Week 9 (Nov. 2-5)

Mon - Begin group notes for Chapter 4 section 4

Tues - Finish and present notes

             Athenian Timeline

Wed - Discuss Greek Mythology, Poetry, and Fables

            BrainPop: Greek Gods

           Video: Perseus v. Medusa

Thur - Ancient Greece Scavenger Hunt (computer lab)

Week 10 (Nov 9-13)

Mon - read p. 157-158

         -dicuss Trojan War

Tue - read p. 160-161

       - Videos: Perseus v. Medusa, Midas's Golden Touch

Wed - read 162-163

        - BrainPop: 7 wonders of the ancient world

       - 7 wonders chart + map

Thur - Group Notes: Philosphers

Fri - Socratic Seminar: the BIG questions

Week 11 (Nov 16-20)

Mon - Alexander the Great PowerPoint notes

Tues - Opinion Wall: Alexander the Great

         - CYOA: Alexander the Great

Wed - PowerPoint notes: Spread of Greek Culture

Thur/Fri - Olympic Games/Review Bingo