Tuesday, October 30, 2012

October 29 to November 2, 2012

Economics
Mon. 10/29 -- Worksheet on Money and Monetary Standards.  Complete worksheet, due on Tuesday.
Tue. 10/30 -- [Calendars Out] Video on US Mints,.  There is a video note/worksheet.  Get a copy and complete it using a classmates notes. Extra Credit Opportunity: AP Government is putting on a mock debate between President Obama (Ian Gephart) and Mitt Romney (Tyler Salyer) It is in the auditorum at 7 p.m. Free.
Wed. 10/31 --  Show money, Watch a segment of "It's a Wonderful Life" Powerpoint on Banking history (pick up a copy). Create a timeline showing the history of banking and mints in the US.  Use the dates from the notes, worksheet and text.  Find 10 key dates and put it on the timeline.
Thur. 11/2 -- Finish the bank timeline, Watch "Your Bank has Failed"   Discuss
Fri. 11/2 -- Chart on the structure and responsibilites of the Federal Reserve.  Video "Eye of the Storm" about how the Fed deals with a crisis.

Art History
Mon. 10/29 -- Color Code the Monastery of St. Giles, and complete the questions on the back about Feudalism, p. 360-363 in the Blue history book.
Tue. 10/30 -- Notes on Early Medieval Art.  Start Video on the Vikings from Nova.
Wed. 10/31 -- Finish the video.  Project on the Early Medieval art -- Medieval Fusion.  The project involves looking at different examples of early Medieval art and finding component elements.
Thur. 11/1 -- Lecture on Carolingian Art.
Fri. 11/2 -- Research on Islamic Art -- Partners will research different pieces of art. We are going to the library.

Ancient Medieval History
Mon. 10/29 -- Video on "Islam Empire of Faith"  Students will list 12 facts from the video about the beginning of Islam that are new pieces of information.
Tue. 10/30 -- Reading a part of the Qur'an.  Students complete the worksheet on the "Rise of Islam" Review vocabulary for quiz on Wednesday.
Wed. 10/31 -- Quiz on Islam vocbulary .  Map on the Growth of Islam.
Thur. 11/1 -- Finish the map.  Reading on the Dome of the Rock, p. 266.  Start a project on the contributions of Islamic culture.  Student pairs will read pages (p. 274-279) and identify 7 contributions of Islamic culture.  For each write two sentences and add three graphic elements. We will finish on Friday.
Fri. 11/2 -- Finish project.


 

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