Saturday, April 27, 2013

April 29- May 3, 2013

Ancient Medieval
Mon. 4/29 -- Video on the Early Middle Ages, monasteries and Charlemagne,  Some lecture notes on Charlemagne HW: Read p. 353-355 to prep for the quiz.
Tue. 4/30 -- Qz. on the Germanic Tribes. Video on the Vikings and drawing a Viking longship.
Wed. 5/1 -- Viking readings -- group projects about the Vikings. Each group will have a different topic about the Vikings to explore.  A drawing and 8 interesting facts. IF Absent -- Choose one of these topics (Viking Runes, Viking (norse) Mythology, Viking forts, Viking exploration (Iceland, Greenland) and do some research.  Write (in your own words) about 125 words on the topic and return to me. 
Thur. 5/2 -- Introduction to Feudalsim. Reading p. 360-363.  A quick simulation on feudal structure. Students will spend about half of the period reading about Feudalism and drawing a diagram of a feudal manor. p. 360-363.  Diagram all 8 parts of the manor and write 6-8 sentences about life on a manor.
Fri. 5/3 -- Lecture on Castles and Knights. Reading about the technology of seiges.  We will read about different seige engines and defensive structures used in the middle ages.

World Geography
Mon 4/29 -- Video "Gandhi" for two days will we view the movie "Gandhi" to look at questions of independence in India and how the partition (based on religion) affects South Asia today.  Students will identify several forms of civil disobediance used in the Indian independence movement.
Tue. 4/30 -- See above
Wed. 5/1 -- Global Issues paper, 3rd work day and 2nd day in the library. An outline of the paper is due by the end of the period.
Thur. 5/2 -- Final class time for the Global Issues paper.  We will take about 10 minutes in class to look at creating a Works Cited page and citing quotes properly in a paper.  Students will also recieve directions.
Fri. 5/3 -- Powerpoint pictures/review of South Asia.  Quiz on South Asia geography. Worksheet on the history of India. p. 567-572.
Tuesday 5/7 -- Global Issues Paper due by 3 p.m.

Art History
Mon. 4/29 -- Art Cards 77-87 are DUE -- Early Modern art and 2 buildings.  Library time to work on art team research questions.
Tue. 4/30 -- Art team research, second day in the library (questions due at the end of the period).
Wed. 5/1 -- Modern Art Review day -- I have three types of cards to play review games with.  You will switch between types of cards.  We are preparing for a quiz where types of modern art are shown and students correctly identify the style.
Thur. 5/2 -- Quiz on Art styles,  Discussion of the AP Art History Free-Response Questions, format and scoring guides.
Fri. 5/3 -- Post Modern Art lecture.

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