Oct. 29, 30 and 31

10.29 Unit test on the Rome Unit.

10.30 We began our unit on the Rise of Islam with a map of the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding region. Students also got thier tests back.

10.31 We continued working on the Arabian Peninsula map. No homework on Halloween. Happy Haunting.

October 25

Students worked on a practice map for the test which has now been moved to Monday. Students then had time to work on their Rome iMovie "trilogy." The "trilogy" project will be DUE TOMORROW. Students have created 3 iMovie shorts (Republic, Empire, and Legacies of Rome) that we combined into one final iMovie short. I'll be grading it this weekend, and it will count towards the first quarter grade. Monday's test will also count on the first quarter grade. Go Giants!

Oct. 23 and 24

Tuesday:
We practiced writing one of the short answer questions that will appear on the test as a class. Students then had time to finish the iMovie project.

Wednesday:
We practiced writing an additional short answer question that will appear on the test as a class. Students then had time to finish the iMovie project.

I postponed the test until Monday so that students would have more time to finish the iMovie project. iMovie projects due tomorrow.

Monday Oct. 22

Today I passed out a study guide to help students for the test Friday (see below). Students worked to constuct an explain and describe paragraph about the Legacies of Rome that we discussed last week.
Once that paragraph is complete students will finish their iMovie project using that paragraph. The final film project will contain 3 elements. A segment about the Roman Republic, a segment about the Roman Empire and one about the legacies of Ancient Rome.

Here is the study guide:

Terms/People to Know
Julius Caesar,  Augustus Caesar, Diocletion, Constantine
Justinian, Jesus, Judaism, The Huns
Barbarians, Eastern Orthodox Church, Patriarch
Pope, Constantinople, Republic, Clovis
Byzantium, Citizenship, Hagia Sophia
Justinian Code, Aqueduct, Legacy
Analyze, Mosaic, Roman Catholic Church
Empire, The Franks,
Philosophy, Schism, Stoicism



On a Map you will need to be able to identify:
Italy, Mediterranean Sea, Africa, Europe
Constantinople, Greece, Black Sea, Atlantic Ocean
The Western Roman Empire, The Eastern Roman Empire
Rome

Short answer questions to prepare for:

I. What are the 6 important legacies of Ancient Rome that we discussed in class?

II. Why did the Western half of the Roman Empire “fall?” What factors led to the successful barbarian take-over?

III. How did the Romans preserve Christianity?

IV. Explain the differences between the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox churches.

Oct. 17 and 18

10.17
I collected the packets (Legacy of Rome II). Students then created a paragraph which listed important events of the Roman Empire. That paragraph will be used to create a second iMovie short in which students use images to "animate" their paragarph.

10.18 Students worked on the iMovie project that we started yesterday.

Oct. 15 and 16

Monday: Students worked on a map illustrating the lands reconquered by Justinian in the 6th century. Students also did a reading guide about the Schism of 1054, and the split within the Roman Catholic Church.

Tuesday: We viewed about 10 minutes of video about why Justinian's plan to re-unify Rome was unsuccessful. Students also drew and labelled an illustration of the Schism. Packets are due tomorrow.  Here is a list:

1. Chapter 2, Lesson 1 pp. 50-51 Reading Guide
2. 3 emperors to remember fill in notes
3. Empire Divides Map
4. Fall of Rome .ppt/fill ins Chapter 2, Lesson 2
5. The Byzantines I
6. Chapter 2, Lesson 3 Fill-ins pp. 59-60
7. Postcard from Constantinople
8. Byzantine Empire A.D. 565 map
9. Reading Guide, Chapter 2 pp. 61-63
10. Emperor Justinian Video Questions/The Schism illustration

Oct. 12

Today we watched the final 5 minutes from the Engineering an Empire video. It was about the construction of the Hagia Sofia. Students then wrote a postcard from Constantinople circa 550 A.D. I did not collect packets, but will  next week. Here is a list of assignments so far. All assignments should be completed by now:

1. Chapter 2, Lesson 1 pp. 50-51 Reading Guide
2. 3 emperors to remember fill  in notes
3. Empire Divides Map
4. Fall of Rome .ppt/fill ins Chapter 2, Lesson 2
5. The Byzantines I
6. Chapter 2, Lesson 3 Fill-ins pp. 59-60
7. Postcard from Constantinople

Have a great weekend - Go Giants!

Oct. 9, 10, and 11

Tuesday: We watched the Roman Republic short films that the students created. Students filled in notes on "3 emperors to remember." After that students began working on a map illustrating the Eastern and Western Roman Empires.

Wednesday: Students filled in notes about the various problems which faced the Roman Empire at it's end and we discussed the fall of Rome. Students had time to complete the map which was begun on Tuesday.

Thursday: We watched a segement of the  History Channel's Engineering an Empire about the Byzantine Empire. Students were also given a worksheet covering pages 59 and 60 in their text. Packets are not due this week.

Oct. 5 and 8

Friday: Students worked on completing the short paragraph iMovie assignment. Song of the week #1 was Crosssroads by Robert Johnson.

Monday: Last day to finish the iMovie project. Students did have homework tonight - finish the Chapter 2, Lesson 1 Rise of Christianity reading guide (pp. 50-51) by tomorrow.

October 3 and 4

Tuesday: Students will be using the paragarph we built on Monday to create a short iMovie project that illustrates some of the important events that occurred during the Roman Republic. We talked about how to use iMovie and students gathered images to use in their project. I collected the first packet of work from our Rome unit, and grades are in Powerschool.

Wednesday: Students spent most of the class working on their iMovie project.

Monday Oct. 1 and Tuesday Oct. 2

Monday:
We did a vocabulary word study of the word "Empire." We then practiced writing a summary/sequence paragraph about important events of the Roman Republic.

Tuesday:
We used our summary paragraphs as the basis of our next computer assignment. We'll be animating the paragraphs using iMovie. Today was spent gathering images to use in that short animation.

Packets are due tomorrow, here is the list  of assignments in the packet:

1. Rome: Engineering an Empire I
2. Reading Guide Chapter 2, Lesson 1
3. Vocab Word Study: Legacy
4. Rome: Engineering an Empire II
5. Roman Roads/ Engineering an Empire III

6. Roman Empire Map A.D. 117
7. Latitude and Longitude of Europe (Extra Credit)

8. Vocab Word Study: Empire

9. Important events of the Roman Republic Timeline/Paragraph