Date Activities and Assignments

8/21

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  Teacher Workday
  

8/22

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  Inservice
  

8/23

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  Inservice
  

8/24

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  Inservice
  

8/25

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  Teacher Workday
  

8/28

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  No school
  

8/29

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  Assembly schedule – 45 min classes
  
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  Teacher introduction – PowerPoint
  
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  Hand out class syllabus. Go over class rules and procedures. Due Wednesday.
  
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  Show the students the website
  

8/30

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  Semester pretest
  

8/31

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  Bell Work: Personal History
  
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  What Is History? Activity - Split students into groups and have the oldest student in each group act as the group scribe. Using the What Is History Powerpoint, give the groups several questions to discuss and respond to within the given timeframes. Afterwards, discuss their answers as a class. Make last as long as feasible.
  
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  Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgmNkYUL_Cw
  
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  If finish up, begin filling in the Geography Notes guide (copy this)
  

All Standard 1: History

9/1

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  Bell Work: Vacation
  
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  Geography Notes guide using the Eastern World textbook (need to scan and post these pages).
  
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  Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLrowCiVEdk
  

All Standard 2: Geography

9/4

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  Labor Day
  

9/5

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  Bell Work: Region
  
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  Finish Geography Notes in class or as homework. Due Tuesday.
  
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  5 Themes of Geography Ppt, slides 1-8
  

All Standard 2: Geography

9/6

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  Bell Work: Continents
  
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  Hand out The World Map Introduction and have students color and label them.
  
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  Set up binder
  
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  Geography Notes due and begin going over them
  

BG to all SS standards

9/7

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  Bell Work: Location
  
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  Finish going over Geography notes
  
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  5 Themes of Geography Ppt slides 9-12. Copy Mr. Help slide on the back of their Geography Notes guide.
  
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All Standard 2: Geography

9/8

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  Bell Work: Practice for World Map quiz (should have been done on Thursday with the quiz on Friday)
  
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  Watch 5 Themes of Geography by James White on Youtube
  
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  Watch on Youtube The Continents and Oceans (LMFAO Remix) by The Singing History Teachers, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ2V-VgCJgI
  
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  30 Geographical Terms I Should Know Ppt and Activity – Hand out worksheet and go through the Ppt with them. Have the students guess the feature in the picture, then show them the answer. The Ppt is not in order with the worksheet.
  

BG 6-9.WHC.2.3.3

9/11

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  Bell Work: Geographical Features
  
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  World Map Quiz
  
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  Finish 30 Geographical Terms I Should Know
  

BG 6-9.WHC.2.3.3

9/12

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  Bell Work: Map Terms Use p. H6 and H7 to go over their answers and discuss the terms.
  
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  Introduce North America Map
  
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  Different Kinds of Maps – political, physical, special purpose. Use p. H8 and H9 to discuss the types and usefulness of each kind of map.
  

6-9.WHC.2.1.1

9/13

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  Bell Work: 5 Themes Review (There is a 5 Themes Review doc you can use for the answers)
  
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  Youtube videos – Singing History Teachers Map Features “Gentleman” by Psy Parody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4GMno9p4g4&index=3&list=PLaSP9oNn44MfKzjekloVtNM7CtBcMDROM an Scale on Map Fall Out Boy Parody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd8gJm5c4CY&list=PLaSP9oNn44MfKzjekloVtNM7CtBcMDROM )
  
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  Latitude and Longitude worksheet
  
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  Watch Youtube “Why We Need to Teach Geography” clip (w/Jay Leno interview), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_pw8duzGUg
  

6-9.WHC.2.1.1

9/14

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  Bell Work: Relative
  
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  North America Map Practice
  
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  Discuss the difference between absolute and relative location. Absolute and Relative Location activity
  

6-9.WHC.2.1.1

9/15

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  Bell Work: Study for Map Test
  
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  North America Map Test
  
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  Finish absolute and relative location activity
  

6-9.WHC.2.1.1

9/18

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  Introduce Countries and Capitals List #1 and make folded sheet
  
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  Absolute and relative location activity due
  
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  Patrick the Platypus in groups and go over them as a class. Only copy one per group.
  

All Geography Standards

9/19

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  Bell Work: Latitude/Longitude Review
  
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  Youtube video – Latitude and Longitude One Direction Remix by The Singing History Teachers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ab-gE8ov4o
  
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  Write Geography Autobiography
  

All Geography Standards

9/20

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  Bell Work: Easiest/Hardest
  
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  Share Geography Autobiography
  

All Geography Standards

9/21

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  Bell Work: study Countries and Capitals to review for quiz on Friday and play around the world
  
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  Split students into groups of three and using butcher paper, have them create and then present to the class what they think culture is?
  
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  Begin 9 Elements of Culture Ppt – slides 1-?
  
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  Hand out unit study guide
  

6-9WHC1.8

9/22

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  Bell Work: Culture
  
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  Countries and Capitals Quiz List #1 review
  
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  Review elements of culture covered the previous day and finish 9 Elements of Culture Ppt, slides ?-end
  

6-9WHC1.8

9/25

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  Bell Work: Countries of Western Europe A Map Introduction
  

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  Class discussion - have the students identify different cultures they are familiar with (American, Hispanic, Asian, Mormon, sports team, etc). Also discuss how and why stereotypes develop as well as the pros and cons of stereotypes.
  
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  Have students get back together with their groups and on the back side of the butcher paper write lists of different cultures that they belong to and the characteristics of those cultures.
  

6-9.WHC.1.8

9/26

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  Bell Work: City
  
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  Population, Government, Economics Ppt
  
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  Hand out Study Guide
  

9/27

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  Finish Population, Government, Economics Ppt
  
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  Next year add Youtube videos – Singing History Teachers Map Features “Gentleman” by Psy Parody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4GMno9p4g4&index=3&list=PLaSP9oNn44MfKzjekloVtNM7CtBcMDROM an Scale on Map Fall Out Boy Parody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xd8gJm5c4CY&list=PLaSP9oNn44MfKzjekloVtNM7CtBcMDROM )
  
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  Review game for test
  

6-9.WHC.3.1

6-9. WHC.3.3

6-9.WHC.4.4.2

9/28

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  Bell Work: Review Countries of Western Europe A Map
  
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  Unit 1 test
  
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  Check unit 1 bell work
  

All standards for this unit

9/29

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  Bell Work: Archeologist
  
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  Study for map quiz
  
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  Countries of Western Europe A Map Quiz
  
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  Beginnings of Civilization Ppt Sec. 1: The First People
  

6-9.WHC.1.6.1

6-9.WHC.1.6.2

6-9.WHC.1.6.3

10/2

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  Bell Work: Early Man
  
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  Beginnings of Civilization Ppt – Finish Section 1
  
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  Assignment: Reading Check Questions, slide 9, complete with a partner and go over answers as a class
  
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  Beginnings of Civilization Ppt Sec. 2: The Beginning of Agriculture
  
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  Introduce Greek & Latin Stems. Discuss what they are and go over List #1. Make folded sheet of Greek and Latin Stems
  

6-9.WHC.1.6.3

6-9.WHC.1.7.1

6-9.WHC.3.2.2

10/3

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  Bell Work: My Cave Art
  
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  Beginnings of Civilization Ppt – Finish Section 2
  
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  Assignment: Reading Check Questions, slide 15
  

6-9.WHC.1.6.3

6-9.WHC.1.7.1

6-9.WHC.3.2.2

10/4

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  Bell Work: study stems for tomorrow’s quiz
  
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  Watch Horrible Histories “Stone Age Medley” clip
  
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  Early Human Settlement Activity – split students into groups to complete first column
  
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  Watch History of Britain on Skara Brae (min 3-11) and fill in 2^nd column
  
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  Show Horrible Histories “Sharp Stone, Blunt Stone” clip (Season 1, Episode 1, minute 16)
  

6-9.WHC.1.6.3

6-9.WHC.3.2.2

10/5

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  Bell Work: study stems
  
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  Stems test list 1
  
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  Beginnings of Civilization Ppt Section 3: Foundations of Civilization
  
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  Assignment: Reading Check Questions, slide 22
  

6-9.WHC.1.6.3

10/6

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  PTC Comp Day – No School
  

10/9

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  Bell Work: A Remarkable Discovery, will need copies of the high school World History book at their desks.
  
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  Group Civilization Activity – Now that students have studied the aspects of a civilization, working with a group, they should create a fictional civilization. Name it and describe what the seven characteristics of their civilization are like. The seven characteristics are on slide 23 of the Ppt. Perhaps relate this to Tolkien or other authors who make up fictional civilizations.
  

6-9.WHC.1.6, 1.7, 1.8

10/10

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  Bell Work: Civilization
  
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  Finish group civilization activity from Tuesday
  
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  Begin group civilization presentations
  
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  Show Horrible Histories “Stone Age Dragons Wheel, Beer Invention” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67r2Q_rWYGo&list=
  

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  Use document camera to display the time line found on p. 16-17 of the World History textbook. Talk about what technological advancements were made during the Stone Age (fire, wheel, eventually bronze).
  
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  Watch Horrible Histories “Stone Age to Bronze Age”
  

6-9.WHC.1.7.2

10/11

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  Parent Teacher Conferences
  
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  Bell Work: Technologies
  
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  Continue group civilization presentations
  
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  Finish group civilization presentations
  
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  Work with a partner. Use Chrome books to look up the Early Man Ppt on the website and fill in the corresponding worksheet. (Do this before the Thurs review next year.)
  

All standards for this unit.

10/12

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  Parent Teacher Conferences
  
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  Review for test
  
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  Check unit 2 bell work
  

All standards for this unit.

10/13

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  Bell Work: Study for test
  
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  Unit 2 Test
  

All standards for this unit.

10/16

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  Bell Work: Introduce Countries of Western Europe B Map
  
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  Bell Work: Water
  
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  Early Fertile Crescent Ppt
  

6-9.WHC.2.3.3

6-9.WHC.1.7.1

6-9.WHC.3.1.1

10/17

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  Bell Work: Water & Dirt
  
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  Mesopotamian Cities & Trade Ppt
  
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  Who Was Who in Ancient Mesopotamia?, p. 21
  

6-9.WHC.1.8.2

10/18

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  Bell Work: Writing
  
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  Begin Empires of Mesopotamia Ppt slides 1-8
  

6-9.WHC.1.7.2

6-9.WHC.1.8.1

10/19

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  Earthquake and Evacuation Drill
  
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  Begin Empires of Mesopotamia Ppt slides 9-12
  
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  Make cuneiform tablets with clay
  
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6-9.WHC.1.7.2

6-9.WHC.1.8.1

10/20

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  Bell Work: Review for Map Quiz
  
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  Countries of Western Europe B Map Quiz
  
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  Continue Empires of Mesopotamia Ppt slides 13-17
  
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  Do Mesopotamian Math (Originally on p. 86-88 of red Ancient Civilizations book, but found a different version online). If there’s more time, have them make up their own problems for the class to solve.
  

6-9.WHC.1.7.2

6-9.WHC.1.8.1