February 12 - 15, Feb. 25 and 26

February 12-15: Students worked on creating a Powerpoint presentation that explained an invention/innovation or a belief of Ancient China.

February 25:
Students watched a segment of the film Mongol to see the origins of Genghis Khan. Students then worked on a reading guide about the early Mongol Empire.

February 26:
We did a vocabulary word study on the word "ascend." Students then worked on a map of the Mongol Empire. Packets will be due on Friday, here is a list of assignments in the packet so far:
1. Prosperity fill-ins
2. Chapter 7, Lesson 2 reading guide
3. Awesomeness questions (for powerpoint topic)
4. Mongol
5. Reading Guide, Mongol Empire pp. 233-235
6. Ascend
7. Mongol Empire Map

Monday, Feb. 11

Today I discussed the prosperity during the Tang and Song dynasties which led to innovations and inventions. Students completed fill-in notes. Students then worked on a reading guide about the Tang and Song dynasties which will be due tomorrow. Students were then assigned a topic from this time period to research (Confucianism, Buddhism, Gunpowder, Wood block printing, Paper/paper money, the Compass, Porcelain). Students will research and create a short presentation about thier topic which includes a mock magazine ad for the topic they were assigned.

February 5, 6, 7 and 8

Tuesday 2/5: Students viewed a portion of the A and E biography about Confucius and then worked on thier dynastic cycle powerpoints.

Wednesday 2/6: Students viewed a portion of the A and E biography about Confucius and then worked on thier dynastic cycle powerpoints.


Thursday 2/7: Students finished the A and E biography about Confucius and then paraphrased/illustrated four Confucian quotations of their choosing.   Friday 2/8: Students answered questions about Buddhism while reading from their texts. Students also worked on a map of the spread of Confucianism and Buddhism in Asia. I also collected the first packet of the 3rd quarter. Here is a list of the assignments in the packet:   1. Engineering an Empire I 2. Asia Map 3. Engineering an Empire II 4. Chapter 7, Lesson 1 pp. 213-216 5. Dynastic Cycle Fill-ins 6. Confucius Words of Wisdom I 7. Confucianism Quotations 8. Confucius Words of Wisdom II 9. Buddhism Reading Guide 10. Confucianism/Buddhism Map

February 1 and 4

Friday, Feb. 1 - Students worked to create a powerpoint presentation illustrating the Dynastic Cycle of China.

Monday, Feb. 4 - Students continued working on their presentations.