May 29-June 1, 2012

Geography
Tue. 5/29 -- Travel project on Australia and New Zealand.  Each student will research three places to visit in each Australia or New Zealand.  They must pick one cultural spot (art, music, museum, botanical garden) one historic spot (colonial history, gold rush, native history) and one national park.  The paper should be 200-250 words long and include a listing of two different sources.
Wed. 5/30 -- Notes on Australia and New Zealand.  Reading p. 698-701.  Make a list of 3-4 bullets for each section in the reading.
Thur. 5/31 -- Map of Oceania.  Video on sinking islands in the Pacific.
Fri. 6/1 -- Review for the test on MONDAY.

Ancient Medieval
Tue. 5/29 -- Disaster of the 14th century project
Wed. 5-30 -- Disasters of the 14th century project.  Notes on the Avignon Papacy and the Great Schism.
Thur. 5/31 -- Notes on the Black Death -- video on the Scourge of the Black Death.  Notebooks due.
Fri. 6/1 -- Notes on the 100 Years War,  video on Joan of Arc.
** some of these deadlines were altered for the seniors in these classes.

Anthropology
Tue. 5/29 -- Second Day on the cultural regions in North America.  Students are working on projects they began on the 25th of May.
Wed. 5/30 -- Review for the test on social structures.
Thur. 5/31 -- Test on Social Structures.
Fri. 6/1 -- Project on the Navajo.  Each student is getting one section to read on the Navajo from a ethnology bt James Downs.  Students will read their section and plan a page for a powerpoint.  Ms. Fenton will put the power point together and then students will present their sections to the class.   This is part of our larger unit on the Navajo for the final week of school.

June 4-8, 2011

World Geogrpahy
Mon. 6/4/ --  Test on SE Asia and Oceania.  A review time before the test is planned.
Tue. 6/5 -- Final Review of countries  Three days with a power point showing pictures of slides that will be on the final.  There are 24 in the review powerpoint and 10 of those will be on the final. We will see 8 slides each day as an introduction.
Wed. 6/6 -- Final Review of cities. 
Thur. 6/7 -- Final Review on physical features, map due.
Friday 6/8 -- Semester Final  for 4th period.  These semester finals are 10% of the semester grade.
Monday 6/11 -- Semester Final for 1st period.

Ancient Medieval
Mon 6/4 -- Review for High Middle Ages Test.  We will spend part of class on a few sheet and part on a review game.
Tue. 6/5 -- High Middle Ages Test. 
Wed. 6/6 -- Review Activity for the Final.  We will divide into groups and make a review for each unit we have studied.  Each team will review vocabulary, events and major legacies of each section.
Thur 6/7 -- Review master Jepordy
Fri. 6/8 -- Semester Final for 2nd period.
Mon 6/11 -- Semester final for 5th period.

Anthropology
Monday 6/4 -- Introduction to Navajo sand painting.  We will look at a short power point explaining bout sand painting and each student will start their own project. 
Tue. 6/5 --   Day 2 of sand painting.  Classroom project on the Navajo.
Wed. 6/6 -- Final Day of Sandpainting
Thur. 6/7 -- A Thief of Time.  This is a PBS Mystery (non-rated) based on a series of books by Tony Hillerman.  Students will look for examples of Navajo culture portrayed in the video.

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.

May 14-18, 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. 

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.

April 23-27. 2012

World Geography
Mon. 4/23 -- Test over Africa
Tue. 4/24 -- Directions, topics and first reading assignment for Global Issues paper.  This paper is worth about 80 points.  Make sure you get directions and topics if you are absent!!!
Wed. 4/25 -- Full day in the library for research.
Thur. 4/26 --Introduction to South Asia -- Map of South Asia DUE.
Fri. 4/27 -- Worksheet p. 551-555 and p. 560-563.


Ancient Medieval
Mon. 4/23-  Review for test.  We finished the test review, brainstormed ideas for the essay quesion and played a little review jeopardy.
Tue. 4/24 -- Test over Islam and the East, Chapters 10-11
Wed. 4/25 -- Map of Europe in 500 AD.  Reading pages 353-357 (outloud as a group, read them on your own!)  Notes of Germanic kingdoms on the back of the map (Franks, Visogoths and Vandals -- 3 bullets about the history of each).
Thur. 4/26 -- Video notes "The Dark Ages" Color code the monastery plan of St. Gall's.  Discussion of the roles of monasteries in the Middle Ages. 
Fri. 4/27 -- Pretty pictures of manuscript illumination.  Short worksheet on manuscripts. 

Anthropology
Mon. 4/23 -- Presentations on Ancient American cities.  Hand out the review sheet
Tue.  4/24 -- Lecture notes on the American Southwest and a short video on Chaco Canyon.  Maybe 1 more presentation
Wed. 4/25 -- Finish presentations -- review and possibly jeopardy type question game.
Thur. 4/26 -- Unit test on Prehistory most of the questions will be on the New World, but there will be a few general archaeology questions as well.
Fri. 4/27 -- Notes on "The Nature of Culture."  Get a note sheet and complete if absent.