March 23-27, 2015

This is the last week of the 3rd quarter.  I will end the quarter in my grade book on Wednesday 3/25.  Work collected later in the week will be recorded for 4th quarter.
Next week: Spring Break

World Geography
Mon. 3/23 -- Physical maps of Africa DUE (we worked on them Friday).  Questions on the Sahel. p. 424-427 with a worksheet.  PowerPoint on the regions of Africa. There will be a north, south, central, south and east note sheet with the PP.
Tue. 3/24 -- Political Map of Africa.  I will return the physical maps today and we will also do some review.
Wed. 3/25 -- African tribal groups.  I have a set of books from the library (40 books to choose from) about different tribes in Africa.  Students will use the books to complete a worksheet about the group, draw a house, and place the house on a class map.
Thur. 3/26 -- Parade of Flags, Africa.  More map review!
Fri. 3/27 -- [30 minute classes due to assembly and CIPA lesson]: Map Quiz on Africa.

Ancient Medieval
Mon. 3/23 -- Video "Islam: Empire of Faith" Notes will be taken with the video and we will discuss the material for the upcoming unit.
Tue. 3/24 -- Reading from the Qur'an.  Based on the video from the previous day, we will discuss the reading in terms of Muhammad's life.  Short worksheet on the "Rise of Islam" p. 263-268.  Game to review vocabulary.   All of the vocab for the quiz is on the "Rise of Islam" worksheet.
Wed. 3/25 -- QZ: Islam Vocabulary. Map on the growth and spread of Islam. 
Thur. 3/26 -- Partner activity -- What are the cultural legacies of Islam?  Pages 274-279.  Student partners will pair up and make a graphic organizer.
Pages 274-279 Islamic Culture. Describe (two sentences each) 7 innovations attributed to Islamic cultures.  One must be the HOUSE OF WISDOM.  Look at astronomy, literature, art architectures, medicine, math, science, and philosophy. Your "poster" must include three graphic elements which may range from algebra formulas to drawings.  Solo project if you are absent.
Fri. 3/27 -- Finish the Cultural Culture assignment.  Reading on the Dome of the Rock, p. 266. If we have time -- Islamic Art slide show.

Art History
Mon. 3/23 --  Lecture on Impressionism.
Tue. 3/24 -- Video on Impressionism, notes on the various shows the Impressionists organized.
Wed. 3/25 --  Qz. on Realism and Impressionism (slides) open card quiz.  Art Cards on Realism and Impressionism due (RED set);  Post-Impressionists activity.
Thur. 3/26 -- Lecture on Post-Impressionism, notes
Fri. 3/27 -- Looking at Japanize prints and how Japanese art influenced Impressionism and Post-Impressionism.


 

March 16-19, 2015

Tuesday 3/17 -- Happy St. Patrick's Day
Friday 3/20 -- No School, Spring professional day

World Geography
Mon. 3/16 -- Current event day (Iraq/Syria and ISIL); Also some beautiful Arabic art to balance out the conflict of the region.  The unit test is Wednesday the 18th and will allow students to choose a conflict and area of culture to write about (two paragraphs).  Review sheet out.
Tue. 3/17 -- Review Day (work on review sheet, outline the essay)
Wed. 3/18 -- Unit test on SW Asia.  Again students will write and essay on culture and conflict in SW Asia.  For culture we have covered: Islam, Arabic writing and Islamic art; For conflict we have looked at the Persian Gulf War (oil); Israel and Palestine and Iraq and ISIL.  Students should choose one topic from each list for their essay.
Thur. 3/19 -- End of quarter map review day -- We are about half way through the semester.  I will take a day to review the maps we have finished.

Ancient Medieval
Mon. 3/16 -- Chinese philosophies.  We have a sheet on the three philosophies founded in China.  Student groups of 2 or 3 will write school rules to match each philosophy.  We will conclude by watching a section of a biography on Confucius.
Tue. 3/17 -- Han China reading p. 200-207 and worksheet.  The worksheet is due in class today.
Wed. 3/18 -- Compare China and Rome.  Review sheet out.
Thur. 3/17 -- Test on Asian Empire Unit.  Notebook #3 DUE. 

Art History 
Mon. 3/16 --  Review 18th Century test.  Finish Chinese timelines. AP students will be assigned two pieces of Chinese art to add to their green collection on non-European art.
Tue. 3/17 --  Short Lecture on Chinese Art.  Introduce modernism in Europe.
Wed. 3/18 -- Realism in France and the US.  Lecture notes.  AP students will practice a DBQ tonight on Courbet. 
Thur. 3/19 -- Introduction to Impressionism.  I have a short lecture with a chart on the Impressionist painters.  We will look at the characteristics of the style.  Then we will pass around unknown pictures and try to identify each artist's work.

March 9-13, 2015

World Geography
Mon. 3/9 --  Finish Regions pamphlet -- about 30 minutes.  Brief discussion of Arabic writing and art. There are handouts to pick up if you are absent.
Tue. 3/10 -- PowerPoint on oil and conflict in SW Asia.  Notes and questions.  During the PowerPoint students will complete a timeline on the conflicts in Iraq/Iran.  There are questions on the back of the page 529-531 to answer.
Wed. 3/11 -- QZ on the SW Asia map.  DVD on the Arab Gulf states with questions. 
Thur. 3/12 -- Graphic organizer on the three religions founded in the Middle East. -- Judaism, Christianity and Islam.  Students will complete a graphic organizer showing the date, location, founder, holy book, places of worship and basic beliefs of each religion.  No partners. If you are absent you need to pick up detailed directions with an example.
Fri. 3/13 -- Israel and Palestine -- A short PowerPoint with maps of the occupied territories and history of Israel.  Reading with questions p. 510-513.

Ancient Medieval
Mon. 3/9 -- Go over the test on Rome.  Poster on Hinduism and Buddhism.
Tue. 3/10 -- Work time on poster on Hinduism and Buddhism.
Wed. 3/11 -- Quiz on Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism.  Match facts to the correct religion. We will have a review that day in class and it is really helpful if you are there!  More time to finish the poster. -- plan for about 35 minutes.  Poster DUE.
Thur. 3/12 -- Introduction to China -- PP lecture about the early dynasties -- Shang to Han with some extra detail.  After the notes students will practice writing some Chinese characters and look at a Chinese calendar.
Fri. 3/13 -- DVD -- Engineering China -- Great Wall, Qin Emperor Tomb and the terra cotta warriors.  Sketches and notes from the video. (Similar to what we did for Roman engineering).

Art History
Mon. 3/9 -- Powerpoint on the history of photography -- a copy of the power point is provided.  Begin unit review.
Tue. 3/10 -- Ac: 48-57 (Romantic) DUE.  We will have an open card quiz, cards only no notes. We are way past halfway done with the cards!  More review.
Wed. 3/11 - Review for test on the RNR unit.
Thur. 3/12 -- Test on RNR unit. Notebook #3 Due.
Friday -- 3/13 -- Chinese art.  Timeline with dynasties and examples of art from each section. Two day project.

March 2-6, 2015

World Geography
Mon 3/2 -- Parade of Flags, review for Russia map quiz.  Remember to focus on the western republics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova).  Practice the cities and physical features.  www.ilike2learn.com is pretty good with the Europe map in general.
Tue. 3/3 -- Russia and the Republics map Quiz.  Review sheet for the Europe test.
Note the essay will focus on comparing/contrasting Europe to Russia and the republics. 
Wed. 3/4 -- Europe and Russia unit test. Start the SW Asia (Middle East) map.
Thur. 3/5 -- Finish the map; Read pages 478-485 (intro and maps for the unit) and pages 487-490 (Landforms and Resources).
Fri. 3/6 -- PowerPoint on the regions of the SW Asia.  See page 502.  Regions pamphlet project -- you will need to pick up a copy of the directions if absent. We will have some time on Monday to finish this project.

Ancient Medieval
Mon. 3/2 -- Fall of Rome graphic organizer.  Use pages 173-176 to describe four causes for the fall of Rome.  Each cause muse have two sentences of explanation.  One cause must be the Germanic tribes. I also recommend Diocletian's dividing of the Empire.  In two other boxes write about legacies of Rome p. 178-183.  Pick two ROMAN legacies (there are a few Greek ones mixed in) and write three sentences about each.
Tue. 3/3 -- Review the vocabulary words for the Fall of Rome.  Fill in the Blank Quiz with word bank. Story of Humankind -- Fall of Rome. Notebook #2 DUE.
Wed. 3/4 -- Review of Rome for the test. Discussion of Roman legacies.
Thur. 3/5 -- Test on Rome.
Fri. 3/6 -- India introduction, new calendar and some notes of the beginning of ancient India. Short reading guide p. 44-49 in the text. 

Art History 
 Mon. 3/2 -- Biography on Napoleon -- Video with some notes.
Tue. 3/3 -- Open note Quiz on the history of France (T/F).  Neoclassical art lecture.
Wed. 3/4 -- Library to work on American Art Project mini-PowerPoint.   Students will work with one partner and there is a list of choices.  All presentations will be done with Google presentations and shared with me. Jonnie.Fenton@rsd.edu
Thur. 3/5 -- Romantic Art Lecture. Art Cards due 37-47 (Rococo, Natural and Neoclassical) purple and yellow set.
Fri. 3/6 -- American Art Project day 2.  Meet in the library. Project due Saturday by noon.
Romantic cards 48-57 are due on Tuesday the 10th.  You probably should do them over the weekend.