Week of October 15, 2013

Homework Club meets Tuesday and Thursday after school in room 218. I will be there on Thursday for extra help.  Quiz Friday on material covered this week.

Honors summer reading due Thursday and Malaria reading on Friday.

This is week 2 for current events.

Due Tuesday
3(5) Strong Rulers Unite China (101-107)
Identify the terms, people and places
What did Shi Huandi do to the scholars in the picture on 102?
Look at the map skills on page 103, answer questions #2 and #3.
Look at the map on 105, list 7 cities were connected by the Silk Road. What was the key Chinese product traded on the Silk Road?
What Chinese treatment is pictured on page 106.
Look at the picture on 107, what is a bodhisattva and what is their purpose?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences

Wednesday- Boston Aquarium trip.  EC identify and explain the significance of the Boston Harbor outfall pipe.  How does the statement “dilution is the solution to pollution” explain why this pipe was built? 

Due Friday

12(1)Two Golden Ages in China (366-375)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Read the report on Kublai Khan's fleet (367). How did the Japanese stop a Mongol invasion of Japan in both 1274 and 1281?
Identify three Chinese inventions listed on page 370.
Describe the woman's shoes pictured on page 372.
Answer  the four checkpoint questions OR questions #4-6 on page 374 in complete sentences.

Due next Tuesday
12(2) the Mongol and Ming Empires.(376-382)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Answer the biography question on page 377.
Answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2 on page 379.
Answer question #3 on page 380.
Answer the three checkpoint question OR questions #3-5 on page 382