Week of January 30,2012

Current Event Week 1 will be due by next Monday


Due by Friday
Look at the quick study guide on page 180. It will help with your answers.
5(3) The Roman Achievement(p. 161-165)
Identify the terms people and places.
Why did Caesar forgive Cicero's criticisms? (Safety under the Law p. 161)
Answer the primary source question about what can be learned from history on page 162. Answer questions 1+2 of Thinking Critically (p.163)
Why do you think the bread pictured on page 163 was baked this way- we get the term "breaking bread" from this type of loaf. Answer questions 3-5 on page 165 in complete sentences.

5(4) The Rise of Christianity (p.166- 171)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Answer the focus question on page 166.
Why do you think the Sermon on the Mount (p.168)is especially appealing to the powerless? Where is their reward?
Look at the map on page 169, answer questions 2+3.
Answer the biography question on St. Peter on page 170.
Answer questions 3,4,5 on page 171.

5(5) The Long Decline page 173-177.

Identify the terms, people and places.
Answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2 on page 175.
 Answer questions 3,4,5 on page 177. Write your answers in complete sentences.

Week of January 23, 2012

The paper assigned last week on being a Confucianist, Taoist, or Legalist coach.... is due this Friday

We will discuss the paper on Monday and then begin our review of Classical Greece and Rome.

Homework due Thursday
4(3) Conflict in the Greek World (124-128)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Read Map Skills (125)  answer questions #1-3
Read page 127, answer question #1
Look at the picture on page 128,  where did the hoplite get his name?
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences

4(4) The Glory that was Greece  (130-135)
Identify the terms, people and places
Read the Biography on Socrates on 131, list 3 facts about Socrates
Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 133
Answer the 3 checkpoint questions in complete sentences

4(5) Alexander and the Hellenistic Age (137-144)
Identify the terms, people and places
Read the map skills on page 138, answer #3
What is pictured on page 139?  How does this show a blend of East and West?
Read the infographic on page 140-141, draw two Hellenistic advances.
What does the caduceus (142) represent?
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Week of January 17, 2012

Last week of the term, make sure any missing work is in.

This week we wrap up Confucianism, Legalism, and Taoism

The only new book work is due on Thursday.
Chapter Assessment (p.110) fill in the blank #1-6.
Document-Based Assessment (p.111) # 1-3.

Due next Tuesday,  5 paragragh essay:
  What would be the best way to (choose one)  coach a team (you choose the sport), teach someone to skateboard, babysit, raise a family, teach a class...
 using Confucianist, Legalist, or Taoist method.  Which would be the most successful in the short and long term? 
 Make sure you explain the benefits and drawbacks of each method.

Week of January 9, 2012

The 5 paragraph essay on Gandhi and the 7 Social Blunders  of the West is due on Tuesday

Due  Wednesday-  Storyboard of Buddha's life in 5 panels.

Homework assigned last week , due Thursday

3(4) Rise of Civilization in China (92-100) Double homework credit.
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Outline the Mandate of Heaven, listed as the Dynastic Cycle on page 95.
Read the Biography of Confucius on page 97. Why do you think Confucianism lasts to today?
Draw the yin-yang symbol pictured on page 98.
Read the secrets of making silk (99) Answer thinking critically question #1.
Answer the 6 checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due Friday
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.

Week of January 3, 2012

Happy New Year.
Homework for the week

Position paper due Monday. Do not use "I think, I believe, I..." 

We have viewed 20th century history as well as Hinduism and the life of Gandhi.

Mahatma Gandhi cited 7 Social Sins afflicting western culture.  Choose three of the following and explain why you agree or disagree with Gandhi's observation.  Explain how Gandhi lived his words.  Would Gandhi be happy or unhappy with western life today?
Use the  Answer,  Evidence, Explain method

Wealth without Work 
Pleasure without Conscience
Science without Humanity
Knowledge without Character
Politics without Principle
Commerce without Morality
Worship without Sacrifice

Book work due Thursday
3(2) Buddhism p.79-82
Identify
Siddhartha Gautama, Eightfold Path, nirvana, sect
Answer thinking critically questions #1+2 on page 79.
List the 4 Noble Truths on page 80.
Look at the map on page 81.  Answer question #2.e
Answer the two checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due next Tuesday
3(4) Rise of Civilization in China  (92-100) Double homework credit.
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Outline the Mandate of Heaven, listed as the Dynastic Cycle on page 95.
Read the Biography of Confucius on page 97. Why do you think Confucianism lasts to today?
Draw the yin-yang symbol pictured on page 98.
Read the secrets of making silk (99) Answer thinking critically question #1.
Answer the 6 checkpoint questions in complete sentences.