Thanksgiving Break

Homework: Eat Turkey! Relax, and get ready for trimester II.

Wed. Nov. 19

Today we played Jeopardy in preparation of tomorrow's test. 

Tuesday, Nov. 18

Today students who had incomplete work in their packets (which I graded, and returned) worked on completing the unfinished work. Other students worked on 2 review crosswords. Test on Thursday! 

Friday, Nov. 14 and Monday Nov. 17

Friday: Students organized their packets and worked on completing assignments that weren't finished. Periods 1 and 2 worked on creating a small cube that illustrated the innovations and accomplishments of the Abbasids. Periods 4B and 5 worked on the Rise of Islam timeline. 

Monday: I collected the packets, distributed the study guides for Thursday's test and gave a brief lecture about the innovations and accomplishments of the Abbasids. 

Assignments collected today: 

1. Appetizers

2. Islam as a way of life

3. Empire of Faith: Awakening I

4. Spread of Islam Map

5. Chapter 3, Lesson 3 pp. 100-103

6. Acrostic Poem

7. Rise of Islam Timeline   

I can't get the study guide to paste into this field, so you'll have to ask your students to see it... they should have it. Please help them review if at all possible. 4 school days until the end of the trimester and the grades become final! 

Thursday, Nov. 13

Periods 1 and 2: Worked on an acrostic poem using the words Islam/Muslim or Roman Empire, and were also assigned a timeline assignment. The timeline assignment is due tomorrow. 

Periods 4B and 5: also worked on the acrostic poem. Their homework is the work on the Islam map 661 AD assignment that Periods 1 and 2 had already done. Map due tomorrow. 

Wednesday, Nov. 12

Periods 1 and 2: Students worked on two assignments which are due tomorrow. One is a map on the spread of Islam, AD 661 the other is titled "Chapter 3: Lesson 2 pp. 100-103." Trimester final is next Thursday!

Period 4B and 5: In these two classes students finished a film that periods 1 and 2 watched on Monday and worked on the "Chapter 3: Lesson 2 pp. 100-103" assignment. It is due tomorrow at the beginning of class.

Friday, Nov. 7, Monday Nov. 10

Friday: Students worked to finish their photoshop montages which illustrated a pillar of the Islamic faith. I also collected Packet 2 from the Rise of Islam unit. 

Monday: We discussed the 5 pillars of Islam and I used the images created by students in a powerpoint. Students watched a short section of  the film Islam: Empire of Faith. I returned the packets. 

Parents: If you are checking powerschool and see that your student has a zero score for any packet it means your student did not turn in anything at the time that packet was due. I will take late work, but students need to come see me on their time to work out any points for late work. 8 class days until the end of Trimester 1! 

Wed. Nov 5 and Thurs. Nov. 6

Wednesday: Periods 1 and 2 began creating a photoshop montage of one of the 5 pillars of the Islamic faith. Periods 4B and 5 watched a dvd on deserts (I had a substitute, my daughter was home sick). 

Thursday: Periods 1 an 2 continued on their montages and periods 4B and 5 began theirs. Packets are due tomorrow. 

Assignments in Packet #2 for the Rise of Islam Unit

1. Daily Appetizers

2. Islam: Empire of Faith III

3. Middle East and Africa Political Map

4. Middle East today grid

5. Chapter 3:2 Islam and Muhammad

6. Mid East today grid analysis and map

7. Deserts (periods 4B and 5 only)

Tuesday, Nov. 4

Today I explained the electoral map of a presidential election. Students re-took the quiz on the rise of Islam and worked on the statistical map of the Middle East. Packets will be due on Friday. 

Monday, Nov. 3

Today I passed back the quiz from last week and told students that they would all have a chance to take the same quiz again tomorrow. We reviewed the map of the Middle East in preparation for the quiz. I gave them a map to color code the Middle East based on religion, and GDP per capita. It will be due tomorrow. Quiz "do-overs" will occur tomorrow as well. 

Friday, Oct. 31

Today students worked to catch up on in class assignments. Assignment 5, the 3:2 reading guide about Muhammad and the 5 pillars of faith is due on Monday.