Thursday, April 4, 2013

April 4-12, 2013

Ancient Medieval
Mon. 4/8 -- Reading a small section of the Qur'an.  worksheet on the Rise of Islam, p. 263-268 in the textbook.  Review game for the vocabulary quiz.
Tue. 4/9 -- Islam Vocab Quiz; Map on the Growth of Islam -- Map page 261 and questions p. 269-272 in text.
Wed. 4/10 -- Finish map as needed.  Reading about the Dome of the Roc, p. 266.  Islamic Art Show and discussion of trends in art -- How does Islamic art reflect the culture of Islam?
Thur. 4/11 -- Partner activity on the Contributions of Islam.  Read page 273-279.  Choose 8 legacies of Islamic culture and describe with at lteas two sentences each.  One must include the House of Wisdom.  Look at Astronomy, math, literature, art, science, architecture .....
Fri. 4/12 -- Map of Constantinople (get a copy from the file if you are gone). We will work on the map for about 30 minutes and then switch over to Engineering an Empire to write notes on the Hippodrome, Hagia Sophia and the Nika Riots.

Geography
Mon. 4/8 -- Reading on the Sahel pages 424-427 -- students will complete a worksheet while we read through the section.   Political map of Africa.
Tue. 4/9 -- African tribe project.  Each student will get a different African tribe to read about.  The project uses a set of books from the HHS library.  Students will read about the tribe, summarize some customs, and draw a house to put the the environment map.   If you are absent you may try to use the internet (but it is easier to check out a book from the library) and complete the assignment.
Wed. 4/10 -- Video on botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe. 
Thur. 4/11 -- Learning the map of Africa.  Parade of Flags.
Fri  4/12 -- QZ. Africa Map,  Power point notes on the history of Africa.

Art History
Mon. 4/8 -- DVD on Van Gogh.  Covers several other P-I artists as they interact.
Tue. 4/9 -- Art Cards 69-76 (Post Impressionism, sculpture and Art Nouveau).  Project on Symbolism, Sculpture and Art Neoveau. 
Wed. 4/10 -- Finish the Fin De Siecle project.  Hand out review sheets.  Notebooks DUE
Thur. 4/11 -- Slide Review day
Fri. 4/12 -- Test on Realism through Post Impressionism.  Right up to the end of 1900.  We start the last unit on Modern Art on Monday. 


 

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