September 2013
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2 No School 3 New Students Only 4 First Day of School, Welcome Letter, Google Earth Tour 5 Procedures, Year Long Time Line 6 Time Line Activity
9 Dig Site Slide Show, Investigating the Past Activity Sheet 10 Finish Dig Site Slide Show, Dig Site 11 Dig Site, Assign Text Books, Text Book Scavenger Hunt 12 Text Book Scavenger Hunt, Mesopotamia Predictions Activity 13 Correct Scavenger Hunt, The Tigris Euphrates River Valley Activity, Chapter Map Directions, Chapter Map #3
16 Finish Chapter Map, Begin Ch 3 Guided Reading 17 Finish Ch 3 Guided Reading, Mesopotamian Slide Show, 18 Who Had the Write Idea? Activity 19 Turn in Ch 3 Guided Reading, Introduce If I Were a Sumerian Activity 20 Continue If I Were a Sumerian
23 Engineering an Empire - Persia, Video Response Notes 24 Haummurabi's Code Turn & Talk 25 Haummurabi's Code Turn & Talk 26 Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Activity 27 Finish 7 Wonders (10 min), Mesopotamia Pop Quiz
30 Mesopotamia Time Line, "What Did You Learn About Mesopotamia?" What Do You Know About Egypt? Give One, Get One        

October 2013
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  1 Finish Egypt - Give One, Get One, Start From Scratch Activity 2 Chapter Map #4 3 Chapter Map #4, Egypt Slide Show 4 Egypt Slide Show
7 Finish Slide Show, ISN Design 8 ISN Design 9 ISN Design 10 Video - Secrets of the Afterlife (:50) 11 No School
14 CH 4 Guided Reading 15 The Rosetta Stone 16 Building the Great Pyramid 17 Finish video, Ch 4 Guided Reading due, Egypt Time Line, 18 Create a Crossword from Egypt and Mesopotamia
21 Create a Crossword 22 Create a Crossword, Video - Unlocking the Great Pyramid 23 Finish Video and VRN 24 Create a Crossword, Egypt Graphic Novel Assignment 25 Exchange crosswords, Egypt Graphic Novel Assignment
28 Egypt Graphic Novel Assignment 29 Valley of the Kings video and VRN, Egypt Graphic Novel Assignment 30 Finish Video, Egypt Graphic Novel Assignment, 31 King Tut Slide Show, Egypt Graphic Novel Assignment  

November 2013
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        1 King Tut Slide Show, Egypt Graphic Novel Assignment
4 Cleopatra Activity, Test Review 5 The Story of Isis, Osiris, and Seth 6 Egypt/Mesopotamia Test, Chapter Map #5 7 Continue Ch Map #5, Confucius Says Activity 8 (SUB) Ch 5 Guided Reading
11 No School 12 Finish Confucius Says, China Slide Show, Extra Credit Time Line 13 Due: Ch 5 Guided Reading, Chinese Artifact Activity, Ancient India Artifact Activity 14 Finish Artifact Activity, Hinduism, the Buddha, and the Caste system wkst, Trimester 1 Final Exam Review 15 Finish Hinduism and Buddha Assignment, Buddha Says Activity Sheet,
18 Mandala Activity and slide show 19 Mandala Activity, Begin video - Engineering An Empire - China 20 Trimester 1 Final Exam, Finish video - Engineering An Empire - China 21 END OF TRIMESTER 1, Finish Mandala 22 INSERVICE, NO SCHOOL
25 Conferences 26 Conferences 27 Conferences 28 No School 29 No School

December 2013
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2 ISN Review, Final Time Line Test (not for grade) 3 What Do You Know About Greece? Give One, Get One, Chapter Map #9 4 Ch 9 Activity Sheet, Video - Lost Civilizations, The Aegean - 49:00 5 Finish - Lost Civilizations, The Aegean, Finish Ch 9 Activity Sheet 6 Ch 9 Activity Sheet and Chapter Map due, Intro Ch #10 Chapter Map #10
9 Finish Chapter Map #10, Ancient Greece and the Aegean Map 10 Ch 10 City-state wkst 11 Acropolis and City-state Slide Show, Create a City-state 12 Create a City-state Rubric Activity 13 Chapter Map #10 and Aegean Map due, Create a City-state
16 Create a City-state 17 Create a City-state 18 Create a City-state 19 Create a City-state 20 Create a City-state
23 WINTER BREAK 24 WINTER BREAK 25 WINTER BREAK 26 WINTER BREAK 27 WINTER BREAK
30 WINTER BREAK 31 WINTER BREAK      

January 2014
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    1 WINTER BREAK 2 WINTER BREAK 3 WINTER BREAK
6 Create a City-state 7 Create a City-state 8 Create a City-state 9 Create a City-state 10 Create a City-state
13 Marathon/ Thermopylae story, Part 2 CH 10 Questions, Video - Battles B.C. - Marathon 14 Finish video - Battles B.C. - Marathon, Finish Part 2 CH 10 Questions 15 Chapter Map #11 16 City-state DUE, Group Evaluations, Ch 11 Guided Reading 17 Ancient Greek Architecture, Getting to the Root of It
20 No School 21 Turn in Chapter map #11, Ch 11 Guided Reading, Syllogisms Worksheet 22 Ch 11 GR due, Finish Syllogisms Worksheet, Aristotle Quotes Activity 23 Finish Aristotle Quotes Activity, Intro to Greek Mythology, "The Great Gods and Others Wkst" 24 Continue Great Gods Wkst, Greek Myths - "Creation" and "How Evil Came Into The World"
27 No School 28 Finish Creation and Evil Myths, "The Iliad" (The Trojan War) reading and crossword 29 Correct "Great Gods," "The Iliad" reading and crossword 30 Correct "Creation" and "Evil", finish "The Iliad" reading and crossword 31 "The Odyssey" and Skeleton Plot Chart

February 2014
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3 Correct "The Iliad," begin movie - The Odyssey (2:49) 4 The Odyssey 5 The Odyssey 6 Finish The Odyssey 7 Correct The Odyssey, Begin The Hero's Journey, Hero Journey Chart Activity LT: Recognize the Hero's Journey in the literature you read and the movies you watch.
10 The Odyssey, Begin Hero Myth Creative Writing Assignment, LT: Recognize the Hero's Journey in the literature you read and the movies you watch. 11 Hero Web, Hero Myth Creative Writing Assignment, LT: Use the Hero's Journey pattern to create you own Hero Journey 12 Hero Myth Creative Writing Assignment, LT: Use the Hero's Journey pattern to create you own Hero Journey 13 Hero Myth Creative Writing Assignment; LT: Use the Hero's Journey pattern to create you own Hero Journey 14 Hero Myth Creative Writing Assignment; LT: Use the Hero's Journey pattern to create you own Hero Journey
17 No School 18 Ch 12 Chapter Map; LT: Use the Chapter Map format to organize important information from your text book. 19 CH 12 Activity Sheet 20 Clash of the Titans; LT: Identify the stages of the Hero's Journey in Clash of the Titans. 21 Turn in Ch 12 Activity Sheet, Clash of the Titans; LT: Identify the stages of the Hero's Journey in Clash of the Titans.
24 Finish Clash of the Titans 25 Hero Myth due, Rome List/Group/Label 26 Roman Influences Flipbook, Chapter Map #13 27 Finish Chapter Map, Slide Show, Why Roman Numerals?, Roman Numerals 28 Finish Roman Numerals, Chapter 13 Guided Reading

March 2014
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3 Chapter Map due, Finish Ch 13 Guided Reading, Latin Match Up 4 Turn in Ch 13 Guided Reading, Latin Matchup 5 Finish Latin Match up, Roman Republic Brain Pop, Chapter Map 14 6 Finish Chapter Map 14, Video: Legions of Conquest (Punic Wars: 2:15-23:40) 7 Ch 14 Guided Reading, Video, Legions of Conquest (The Generals: 23:40-35:56) END OF TRIMESTER 2
10 No School 11 Finish Ch 14 Guided Reading, Patricians and Plebeians and the Women of Rome 12 Finish Patricians and Plebeians and the Women of Rome, Video - Income Inequality in Ancient Rome 13 The Roman Republic, The Roman Emperor Wants You! 14 Turn in Chapter 14 GR, The Roman Emperor Wants You!
17 The Roman Emperor Wants You! 18 20 minutes for poster, Begin Video - Gladiator: Blood Sport 19 Conferences 20 Conferences 21 Conferences
24 SPRING BREAK 25 SPRING BREAK 26 SPRING BREAK 27 SPRING BREAK 28 SPRING BREAK
31 Finish Video - Gladiator: Blood Sport, Chaos in Rome        

April 2014
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  1 A Walk to the Forum, 12 Tables of Rome Activity 2 12 Tables of Rome Activity 3 Roman Column Assignment 4 Roman Column Assignment, Pax Romana Brain Pop and quiz,
7 Begin Chapter Map 15 8 9 10 11
14 15 16 17 18
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28 29 30    
1 Rome Buildings Slide Show, Finish Chapter Map 15 2 Column Assignment due, Chapter 15 Guided Reading, Rome Slide Show, Flipbook Check 3 Chapter Map 15 due, Rome Slide Show, Finish Ch 15 Guided Reading 4 Finish Rome Slide Show 5 The Emperors Activity, Rome Test Review
8 Roman Newspaper 9 Roman Newspaper 10 Roman Jeopardy test review, Roman Newspaper 11 Rome Test, Days and Months 12 Ch 16 Guided Reading
15 Work Day 16 Flipbook Due, The Byzantine Empire wkst 17 Roman Newspaper due, Review Byzantine Empire responses, Introduce Middle Ages, Early Middle Ages Time Line 18 Correct Ch 16 Guided Reading, Work on Time Line, Start Vikings Video 19 Days and Months due, Finish Vikings Video
22 Intro Norse Mythology, The Norse Creation of the World, Yggdrasill, the World Ash Activity 23 Loki and His Evil Children, The World Tree Activity 24 The World Tree Activity, The Golden Age in Asgard Extra Credit 25 Work on World Tree, How Thor Got His Hammer 26 Begin Thor ( 1:46)
29 Thor 30 Finish Thor, Finish How Thor Got His Hammer, The Ragnarok, Doom of the Gods    

May 2014
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26 No School 27 28 29 30
    1 Finish Ragnarok, Intro Arabic Empire, Contributions of Arabic Empire Activity 2 Collect Thor's Hammer, Contributions of Arabic Empire Activity 3 World tree due, Mecca Slide Show, Intro Middle ages, Chapter Map #24
6 Collect Ragnarok, Chapter Map #24, Chapter 24 Guided Reading 7 Collect Ch 24 GR, Continue on Ch 24 Activity Sheet 8 Introduce Feudalism Project 9 Feudalism Project 10 Feudalism Project
13 Turn in Chapter Map #24, Feudalism Project 14 Feudalism Project 15 Castle and Armor Slide Show 16 Feudalism Project 17 Feudalism Project
20 What Was The Renaissance? 21 The Renaissance: Famous People Activity 22 Famous People of the Renaissance, Ever After 23 Famous People of the Renaissance, Ever After 24 Ever After
27 MEMORIAL DAY 28 Renaissance Slide Show 29 Renaissance Slide Show 30 Voyages of Discovery 31 Chapter 30 Guided Reading

June 2014
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9 10 End Of Trimester 3 - Last Day of School      
3 Final Time Line 4 Final Time Line 5 Final Time Line 6 Final Time Line 7 Final Time Line due!
10 Locker Clean Out, Yearbooks 11 END OF TRIMESTER, Last Day of School