Good news, late busses are now on Tuesday/Thursday and will leave at 4:15.
Homework club meets in room 218 after school on Tuesday.
Current Event Week #2 due next Monday.
With all of the short weeks we will be catching up on the homework already assigned.
We will be wrapping up the life of Buddha this week.
Your 6-8 panel cartoon of Buddha's life is due on Friday.
There must be at least 18 statements/facts about Buddha's life included in the panels.
We will also be discussing Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism in China. Book work on China has already been assigned.
For a quiz on you are assigned a short position paper due next Friday.
What is the best way to (choose one) coach a team, teach a class, raise a
family, babysit young children (any relationship where a power difference
exists):Confucianism, Daoism, or Legalism. Be able to explain whether these would work
better in the short or the long term. You have to show me that you understand
Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism.
Use MoBaThBlue in the opening paragraph.
Body should include three paragraphs: why two philosophies do not work and one philosophy works.
Conclusion. Restate thesis statement and sum up argument.
Honors London sewer reading due this Thursday.
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Week of November 19, 2012
Homework club: Tuesday after school in room 218
Don't forget canned goods for Turkey basket.
Week 1 current event due.
6 Panels of the Buddha's life due Wednesday Quiz grade
Book work due Monday after Thanksgiving vacation
Honors Reading on 19th century sewers due Tuesday after vacation
Don't forget canned goods for Turkey basket.
Week 1 current event due.
6 Panels of the Buddha's life due Wednesday Quiz grade
The Buddha’s
Life in 6 panels (5 points each-30 points)
1) Birth- born Siddhartha Gautama (flower?) _____
2) Life before 29. What did he want for? What was his quest? _____
3) Ascetic life 29-35. What did it lead to? _____
4) Journey to enlightenment.
a. What did the musician say to his student? _____
5) The Dark Lord Mara’s temptations _____1) Birth- born Siddhartha Gautama (flower?) _____
2) Life before 29. What did he want for? What was his quest? _____
3) Ascetic life 29-35. What did it lead to? _____
4) Journey to enlightenment.
a. What did the musician say to his student? _____
(pride, greed, fear, ignorance, and desire)
6) Teachings of the path to
enlightenment: Where did he sit?
4 Noble Truths (8 fold path) _____
Book work due Monday after Thanksgiving vacation
Honors Reading on 19th century sewers due Tuesday after vacation
Monday, November 12, 2012
Week of November 13, 2012
Due
Thursday:
Gandhi titled his autobiography The
Story of My Experiments with Truth.
Identify
and write about two events in Gandhi’s
life that led to his growth as a person. Complete DBQ 17
Due
next Monday after Thanksgiving Vacation
3(4)
Rise of Civilization in China (92-100) Double
homework credit.
Identify the terms, people, and places. Choose 5.
Draw the image of 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 is still strong today in many Asian cultures?
Identify the terms, people, and places. Choose 5.
Draw the image of 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 is still strong today in many Asian cultures?
Draw
the yin-yang symbol pictured on page 98.
Read the secrets of
making silk (99) Answer thinking critically question #1.
Answer four of the 6
checkpoint questions in complete sentences
Week 1 Current Event due on Monday
Week 1 Current Event due on Monday
Due next Tuesday
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 questions 4-6 on page 374 in complete sentences.
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 questions #3-5 on page 382.
Honor's class reading on the sewers of London will be due after Thanksgiving vacation.
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 questions 4-6 on page 374 in complete sentences.
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 questions #3-5 on page 382.
Honor's class reading on the sewers of London will be due after Thanksgiving vacation.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Week of November 5, 2012
Tomorrow is election day.
What is your prediction in the Presidential race?
Circle winner: Obama_____________ Romney______________ Electoral vote (total of 538)
Due Wednesday:
3(1) Early Civilizations of India and Pakistan (68-74)
Book work due this Friday
What is your prediction in the Presidential race?
Circle winner: Obama_____________ Romney______________ Electoral vote (total of 538)
Due Wednesday:
3(1) Early Civilizations of India and Pakistan (68-74)
Identify the terms, people, and places
Read Witness History (68) What do archaeologists study?
Read Map Skills (69) Answer question 2.
Read the biography on page 70. What ancient civilization did Wheeler study?
Read Remnants of Indus Civ. (71) Draw one of the carved animals.
What is the woman on page 73 practicing? Why do you think this practice has lasted so long?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
Read Witness History (68) What do archaeologists study?
Read Map Skills (69) Answer question 2.
Read the biography on page 70. What ancient civilization did Wheeler study?
Read Remnants of Indus Civ. (71) Draw one of the carved animals.
What is the woman on page 73 practicing? Why do you think this practice has lasted so long?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
Separate hw grade: read The Mahabharata (75)
Answer Thinking Critically question #1.
The first half of 3(2) just the Hinduism part.
3(2) Hinduism and Buddhism (76-78)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness history (76) in what ways were religion and society intertwined in ancient India?
Identify and draw the 3 major Hindu gods pictured on page 77.
Answer the first two checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
The first half of 3(2) just the Hinduism part.
3(2) Hinduism and Buddhism (76-78)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness history (76) in what ways were religion and society intertwined in ancient India?
Identify and draw the 3 major Hindu gods pictured on page 77.
Answer the first two checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
Book work due this Friday
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.
Answer
the last two checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
Due
next Wednesday (November 14)
3(4)
Rise of Civilization in China (92-100) Double homework credit.
Identify the terms, people, and places. Choose 5.
Draw the image of 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 is still strong today in many Asian cultures?
Identify the terms, people, and places. Choose 5.
Draw the image of 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 is still strong today in many Asian cultures?
Draw
the yin-yang symbol pictured on page 98.
Read the secrets of
making silk (99) Answer thinking critically question #1.
Answer
four of the 6 checkpoint questions in complete sentences
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Week of October 29,2012
Homework club meets Tuesdays in Room 218
after school.
Due Tuesday
25(1) Japan Modernizes (784-790)
Identify 5 of the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness history (784) What did the emperor want to keep and want to get rid of?
Read the primary source (785) What two countries acted as a bridge to the outside world for the Japanese?
Read the eyewitness accounts of Fukuzawa Yukichi when he visited America (787-788). Why didn’t he laugh at the dancing Americans although he thought they looked funny?
Look at the chart on 788. What happened to Japanese trade, manufacturing, banking and railways between 1883 and 1893?
Look at the picture on page 789. Why was Russia threatened by Japanese aggression in Korea?
Look at the picture on page 790. How long did the Japanese control Korea?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences
Identify 5 of the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness history (784) What did the emperor want to keep and want to get rid of?
Read the primary source (785) What two countries acted as a bridge to the outside world for the Japanese?
Read the eyewitness accounts of Fukuzawa Yukichi when he visited America (787-788). Why didn’t he laugh at the dancing Americans although he thought they looked funny?
Look at the chart on 788. What happened to Japanese trade, manufacturing, banking and railways between 1883 and 1893?
Look at the picture on page 789. Why was Russia threatened by Japanese aggression in Korea?
Look at the picture on page 790. How long did the Japanese control Korea?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences
Due next Tuesday
3(1) Early Civilizations of India and
Pakistan (68-74)
Identify the terms, people, and places
Read Witness History (68) What do archaeologists study?
Read Map Skills (69) Answer question 2.
Read the biography on page 70. What ancient civilization did Wheeler study?
Read Remnants of Indus Civ. (71) Draw one of the carved animals.
What is the woman on page 73 practicing? Why do you think this practice has lasted so long?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
Identify the terms, people, and places
Read Witness History (68) What do archaeologists study?
Read Map Skills (69) Answer question 2.
Read the biography on page 70. What ancient civilization did Wheeler study?
Read Remnants of Indus Civ. (71) Draw one of the carved animals.
What is the woman on page 73 practicing? Why do you think this practice has lasted so long?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
Separate hw grade: read The Mahabharata (75) Answer Thinking
Critically question #1.
The first half of 3(2) just the Hinduism part.
3(2) Hinduism and Buddhism (76-78)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness history (76) in what ways were religion and society intertwined in ancient India?
Identify and draw the 3 major Hindu gods pictured on page 77.
Answer the first two checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
The first half of 3(2) just the Hinduism part.
3(2) Hinduism and Buddhism (76-78)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness history (76) in what ways were religion and society intertwined in ancient India?
Identify and draw the 3 major Hindu gods pictured on page 77.
Answer the first two checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Week of October 22, 2012
Homework club Tuesday after school, room 218. Senior tutors available for help.
Due Tuesday
Due Tuesday
24(3) European Claims in Muslim Regions
(762-766)
Identify the terms, people, and places
Read Witness History (762) Why did Napoleon invade Egypt?
Look at the picture on 763. Who did General Pash fight for in the Crimean War?
Look at the infographic on page 765. What two bodies of water does the Suez Canal connect? What Asian colony did Britain more easily control because of the Suez Canal?
What Persian (Iranian) resource is pictured on page 766?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences
Identify the terms, people, and places
Read Witness History (762) Why did Napoleon invade Egypt?
Look at the picture on 763. Who did General Pash fight for in the Crimean War?
Look at the infographic on page 765. What two bodies of water does the Suez Canal connect? What Asian colony did Britain more easily control because of the Suez Canal?
What Persian (Iranian) resource is pictured on page 766?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences
Due Wednesday:
27(3) India Seeks Self Rule (865-867)
Identify the terms, people and places
What is pictured on page 865?
Who led the Great Salt March (picture 866)? Identify the terms, people, and places.
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
27(3) India Seeks Self Rule (865-867)
Identify the terms, people and places
What is pictured on page 865?
Who led the Great Salt March (picture 866)? Identify the terms, people, and places.
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
Separate home work grade.Read Primary Source: Mohandas Gandhi, page 868. Answer question 1+2 on page 868
in complete sentences
Due next Tuesday (October 30):
25(1) Japan Modernizes (784-790)
Identify 5 of the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness history (784) What did the emperor want to keep and want to get rid of?
Read the primary source (785) What two countries acted as a bridge to the outside world for the Japanese?
Read the eyewitness accounts of Fukuzawa Yukichi when he visited America (787-788). Why didn’t he laugh at the dancing Americans although he thought they looked funny?
Look at the chart on 788. What happened to Japanese trade, manufacturing, banking and railways between 1883 and 1893?
Look at the picture on page 789. Why was Russia threatened by Japanese aggression in Korea?
Look at the picture on page 790. How long did the Japanese control Korea?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
Due next Tuesday (October 30):
25(1) Japan Modernizes (784-790)
Identify 5 of the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness history (784) What did the emperor want to keep and want to get rid of?
Read the primary source (785) What two countries acted as a bridge to the outside world for the Japanese?
Read the eyewitness accounts of Fukuzawa Yukichi when he visited America (787-788). Why didn’t he laugh at the dancing Americans although he thought they looked funny?
Look at the chart on 788. What happened to Japanese trade, manufacturing, banking and railways between 1883 and 1893?
Look at the picture on page 789. Why was Russia threatened by Japanese aggression in Korea?
Look at the picture on page 790. How long did the Japanese control Korea?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
Be ready for a quiz on Friday on material
covered this week.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
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