Sunday, March 15, 2015

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.


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