CHW3M

Find your Pharaoh

Lab 107

Choose your top 5 for tomorrow

Pharaohs assigned

Class determines

Criteria for Success

Quiz Game! Could you become a citizen of ancient Egypt?

Research using Easybib - notes from 3 sources

Lab 214

Class determines

Criteria for Success

List of Pharaohs Assigned

Begin preparing your persuasive arguments

List of Pharaohs Assigned

Research Goal - all done research by end period

September 29

Prepare arguments

September 30

Peer Review Day:Instructions

October 1

Tournament Begins Today!

Sudden Death Tournament Vote based on Success Criteria and Greatness Criteria

Rounds 2 and 3

March Madness FINAL ROUND

All research and reflections due today

October 6

Ottawa Swordplay - Guest Speaker Craig Shackleton on using primary source evidence.

Class Timeline - Presenting and voting on significance - Compose a tweet for your person/event/development.

Use significance criteria hashtag eg. #revealsthepast.

Class votes on most significant events.

Finish voting on the most significant events of Unit 1

The Classical World

Unit Assignment:

Crash Course Persians and Greeks

What is the Question, Thesis and Evidence?

Discuss Crash Course Persians and Greeks in small groups

Compare to Horrible Histories

- Criteria for a good research question

PD Day

no school

October 13

Thanksgiving - No School

Criteria for a good presentation/video

Watch History Teachers Greek videos (especially Crete) and Horrible Histories (esp. woman festival)

Discuss and analyze - is there a question, thesis and evidence? Which Historical Thinking Concept are they using?

Criteria for a good inquiry question

Greece - generate research questions - write down 3 in your journal - what makes them good questions?

Rome Crash Courses:

Empire or Republic?

Begin Timeline of Greece and Rome

Complete timeline of Greece and Rome

Rome Crash Course: Judaism to Constantine

Speed Dating to develop a variety of inquiry questions.

October 20

Develop your topics and questions for the Classical Studies Conference

- Use a Historical Thinking Concept approach

Enter your question in the spreadsheet

Homework: Preliminary research. Set up your project on Easybib and share with me and group members

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Empire or Republic?Terms/viewing guide

Edit your question in the spreadsheet as needed.

Set up your project on Easybib and share with me and group members

Resources:

Greece Crash Courses:

Persians and Greeks

Alexander the Great?

Greece: Lectures

Rome Crash Courses:

Judaism to Constantine

Rome:Lectures

Second Floor computer cart

Edit the spreadsheet as needed.

Peer Review Day - Bring in your (mostly) completed work

Second Floor computer cart

Edit the spreadsheet as needed.

Read your section of jigsaw

Last day to revise/prepare

October 27

Classical Studies Conference Day 1

Classical Studies Conference Day 2

Library

Find a book for the Non-Fiction Book Report

Asian Civilizations

Explore sources - find something interesting in the print resoures

Readings: Exploring Sources about Ancient Asia

November 3

Finish Exploring Sources about Ancient Asia

Read your book

Assessment Tracking and Mid-Term Reflection

Watch Crash Course: Indus Valley

Identify the thesis, evidence and subtopics

Watch Crash Course: Buddha and Ashoka

Good Friday

No School

November 10

Easter Monday No School

_{Ancient China}

Watch Crash Course Confucianism

The Mongols Crash Course

Questions - sticky note activity

Put your questions in the spreadsheet

Goal: Complete Step 1 of the Ancient Asia Photo Essay

Goal: Complete Step 2 of the Ancient Asia Photo Essay

November 17

Goal: Complete Step 3 of the Ancient Asia Photo Essay

Goal: Complete Step 4 of the Ancient Asia Photo Essay

Finish working on the Ancient Asia Photo Essay

Presentations of the Ancient Asia Photo Essay

November 24

Finish presentations

Complete reflections in journal

Add to timeline - events for Ancient Asia

Read chapter on African Kingdoms

African Kingdoms

Crash Course: Mansa Musa

Finish African Kingdoms jigsaw

Non-Fiction Book Club Discussions

Choose 2 questions to discuss

Journal: 2 things I learned about African Kingdoms, 1 research question

December 1

Islam and Medieval

Intro to Summative #1 - Leaders and Legacies

Islam and Medieval

Your questions

The Dark Ages Lectures - Byzantines and Western Europe

HW: Examine slides

Western Europe in the High Middle Ages Lecture and take notes

Islam and Medieval

The Rise of Islam

Islam: Crash Course

Question: Why So Popular?

I slam Jigsaw readings

Islam and Medieval

Finish I slam Jigsaw

Medieval Lives - The Peasant - What is the stereotype? What is the evidence?

Begin planning for Medieval Feast

Medieval Feast Plan check

Begin Summative

World History Speed Dating!

Brainstorm research questions for the each civilization

December 8

Building the Great Cathedrals

What does this tell us about Medieval Society? What can we learn from these builders?

Work on Summative

Set up Easybib and enter

Research Question and subtopics

Begin research - using notecards

Netbooks in class

Work on Summative

World Legacies Summative

Use notecards - should have 2-3 done minimum today

Library

Book Report DUE

Work on Summative

Netbooks in class

Notecards from 5-6 sources today

December 15

Work on Summative

Netbooks in class

All research (notecards) done today (6-8 sources)

Organize outline

Work on Summative

Lab 215

Write essay

Work on Summative

Library - for printing!

Summative #1

Essay Due

Printed on paper with title page, bibliography, appendices and a staple!

American Civilizations: Maya, Inca, Aztecs

Mayan Civilization

Questions:

What can we learn from ancient peoples?

How do we know what we know about the past?

Video: Cracking the Mayan Code (PBS, 56 minutes)

Examine The Mayan Jaguar - add to your thinksheet

December 22

Holidays

December 29

Holidays

January 5

Aztec Civilization

Questions:

What can we learn from ancient peoples?

How do we know what we know about the past?

add to yourthinksheet

Video: In Search of History - The Aztec Empire (History Channel, 42 minutes)

Inca Civilization

Questions:

What can we learn from ancient peoples?

How do we know what we know about the past?

add to yourthinksheet

Video: Macchu Picchu: Road to the Sky (Discovery, 45 minutes)

Work on either

a) Research Essay

b) Medieval Feast

Share research with me on Easybib. Use notecards to take notes

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Work on either

a) Research Essay

b) Medieval Feast

Share research on Easybib

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Field Trip Aviation museum D-Day ceremony

with Ms. Pannell-Barrett and Ms. Thibault