Tuesday, May 22, 2012

May 21-25, 2012

Geography
Mon. 5/21 -- Introduction to SE Asia.  Complete the map of SE Asia.  This mapping assignment takes some time since there are a lot of countries to outline.
Tue. 5/22 -- Pictures of SE Asia to review the map.  Begin project on SE Asia.  If you are absent there is a worksheet the covers the same material.  Pick up a copy from the front of the room.
Wed. 5/23 -- Finish the project of SE Asia.  Asia map review for the quiz on Thursday.
Thur. 5/24 -- Quiz on SE Asia map.  Begin Australia with "Speaking Australian" activity.  Map of Australia and New Zealand.
Fri. 5/25 -- DVD:  Australia Revealed, with questions.

Ancient Medieval
Mon. 5/21 -- DVD:  Kingdom of Heaven -- focus on the causes of the Crusades and seige warfare.
Tue. 5/22 -- Finish DVD -- If you are absent there are some make-up questions.  The make-up questions are also for students who elected not to watch the movie.
Wed. 5/23 -- Summary of the Crusades.  Finish the Crusades packet.  We will like the major crusades (causes and events).  Students will complete the work on the Reconquista (Reconquest of Spain).
Thur. 5/24 -- Notes on the Growth of the government of England (lecture).  Read the Magna Carta and discuss the rights protected in this first document of English Liberty.  Review vocabulary words for quiz on Friday.
Fri. 5/25 -- Quiz on Crusades and church vocabulary words.  Commercial Revolution worksheet p. 387-392. 

Anthropology
Mon. 5/21 -- Notes on the family and vocabulary of kinship.  Students will make a kinship diagram of three generations of their families.  Students will also draw examples of kinship systems from the Hawaiian, Eskimo and Iroquois systems.  Use p. 556-557 in your text to see these diagrams.  copy with the kinship terms labeled.
Tue. 5/22 -- Descent systems: Define descent group and unilineal descent. From pages 540-548.  Define Patrilineal, do a diagram and provide a detailed example of patrilineal descent.  Do the same for matrilineal and ambilineal. 
Wed. 5/23 -- Video and questions on the Aborigines of Australia.  Clans
Thur. 5/24 -- Quiz on family vocabulary and kinship systems.  Notes on religion from an anthropological context.  Reading on a relgious ceremony from a Native American tribe.
Fri. 5/25 -- Project on culture groups of the Americas.  Get a copy of the directions.  Will extend into our next class period on Tuesday.

Sunday, May 6, 2012

May 7 - 11, 2012

Geography
Mon. 5/7 -- Global Issues paper due. (Parents this is the CBA paper and worth 100 points in total).
Graphic organizer on the religions on India.  -- Get directions if absent.
Tue. 5/8- Read pages 578-579 Disasters Cyclones.  Notes on Isses in South Asia.  Read p. 593-595. On page 595 answer questions 3 a,b,c and 4. Turn in notes and questions.
Wed. 5/9 -- Read pages 606-607 Map of East Asia (DUE). Reading about Disasters: p. 640-641 -- Flooding on the Yangtse.
Thur. 5/10 -- Reading Three Gorges Dam, 628-630, China worksheet.  Video clip on Tianammen Square protest.
Fri. 5/11 -- DVD: Discovery Atlas: China with worksheet.

Ancient Medieval
Mon. 5/7 -- Making a diagram of a medieval castle -- Discussion of castle defences. 
Tue. 5/8 -- QZ: Feudalism vocabulary (see noted from 5/3 and 5/4.  Mini-lecture on lay investiture and letters from Henry IV and Gregory VII.  We will divide into pairs.  Each pair will translate one letter from medieval language into something more modern.  One year someone did a rap! The final draft will be between 12 and 15 sentences long.
IF ABSENT: Read pages 370-373.  Define lay investiture and canon law. Page 373, do questions 3 and 5.  From page 372 write a 5-6 step sequence describing the conflict between Henry and Pope Gregory.  End with the Concordat of Worms.
Wed. 5/9 -- Intro notes on Japan, comparision between Japanese and European feudalism. 
Thur. 5/10 -- Video -- Japan Empires special.  Notebook Due at the end of class.
Fri. 5/11 -- Library -- Mini-research assignment on Japanese history or culture.  Students will do a quick bit of research into something about Japan that interests them and then write me a letter telling me what they discovered and why they found it interesting.  Directions available.

Anthropology
Mon. 5/7 -- Mbuti field notes III.  Stories that teach: readin Njobo the Elephant Hunter and two short stories.  How are cultural values taught to children?
Tue.  5/8 -- Video notes: Baka: People of the Forrest
Wed. 5/9 -- QZ: Mbuti and cultural facts.  Group assignments on Culture and Personalty.  Each group will prepare a presentation on different topics from Chapter 16.  Presentations on Thursday.
Thur. 5/10 -- Presentations and notes on Culture and Personality.
Fri.  5/11 -- Worksheet, Chapter 15 Language and Communication. 

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

April 30 to May 4, 2012

Geography
Mon. 4/30 -- Watching the movie "Gandhi"  Discussion of non-violent civil disobeience.  Link to US history and Martin Luther King Jr.
Tue. 5/1 -- Watching the movie "Gandhi"  Discussion of the partition of India and the assassination of Gandhi.
Wed. 5/2 -- Library day #3 for the Global Issues paper.  Either an outline ofr 1st parargraph are due today.  Brief lesson on creating a "Works Cited" page. 
Thur. 5/3 --  Library day #4 for the Global Issues paper.  Last day in class.
Fri. 5/4 -- Review South Asia, powerpoint and map preparation.  Take map quiz of South Asia.
Monday 5/7 -- Global Issues Paper DUE

Ancient Medieval
Mon.  4/30 -- Notes on Charlemange.  If absent get the Charlemagne diagram and copy notes from a classmate.  Vocabualry words for quiz on Tuesday.
Tue. 5/1 -- Quiz on Germanic tribes.  Introduction to vikings,  Draw a viking longship.  Copy notes from the video. 
Wed. 5/2 -- Group project on Vikings.  Teams will prepare a presentation on different aspects of Viking history/culture and teach the class.  If absent: Look up one of these topics: Runes, Viking longships, Viking exploration (Iceland, Greenland). and write a 12 sentence summary on the topic.
Thur. 5/3 -- Feudalism p. 360-363.  Diagram a medieval manor. Make a simple diagram/map showing a manor p 362.  Include all 8 parts.  Add 6 bullets about life on a Medieval Manor.
Fri. 5/4 -- Lecture notes on Castles and Chivalry.  Reading "The Art of Courtly Love," re-writing the rules of love.  Keep 2 rules, re-write 2 rules and replace 2 rules.

Anthropology
Mon. 4/30 -- Begin reading on the Mbuti.  Reading as a group and completing Mbuti I notes including the "Crime of Cephu."
Tue. 5/1 -- Movie: "The Gods must be Crazy."
Wed. 5/2 -- Movie: "The Gods must be Crazy."
Thur. 5/3 -- Mbuti field note II Reading "The Molimo" and "The Good Death."
Fri. 5/4 -- Folklore and Enculturation.  We are going to the library to select an example of folklore.  Students will read the story and describe the moral.  How are stories used to teach.  There is a copy of the directions in the folders int he room.