Monday, December 8, 2008

Dec. 8th - Dec. 12th

This week in World History students will be introduced to the Americas. On Monday students took notes on a short overview of the major empires of mesoamerica. On Tuesday, students will review all the units we have studied so far this semester (Rome, Islam, and Africa). Homework for Tuesday will be to review for the assessment on Wednesday. On Wednesday, students will take their first state test for History. It will cover the subjects that we have learned about so far this year. When we return on Thursday, students will continue their study of mesoamerica - including the geography and agriculture that allowed empires to prosper and grow. Students should also have their history binders organized, finished, and ready for grading by Thursday. The assignments and table of contents for the binder are as follows:

1. Vocabulary/Summary - Words included were clan, griot, kinship, labor specialization and summary of the text book reading (pgs. 151- 154)
2. Map of Africa - colored and labeled
3. Video Questions "Ancient Africa"
4. Ghana PowerPoint notes
5. Ghana notes question and summary
6. Vocabulary sheet - all boxes filled and pictures colored
7. Compare/Contrast sheet - the 3 empires of Western Africa
8. Mali/Songhai PowerPoint notes

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