page contents

 

Semester 2

Week of 1/13/20

Monday: Early History of Rome/Romulus and Remus

Tuesday: Advancements and Achievements

Wednesday: Roman Republic

Thursday: Roman Republic

Friday: Punic Wars

 

Week of 1/20/20

Monday: No School MLK

Tuesday: Roman Republic to Empire

Wednesday: Julius Caesar

Thursday: Republic to Empire/Pax Romana

Friday: Finish Pax Romana

 

Week of 1/27/20

Monday: Fall of Rome Stations

Tuesday: Finish Fall of Rome Stations

Wednesday: Ancient Rome Sources Review

Thursday: Ancient Rome review

Friday: Ancient Rome Unit Test

 

Week of 2/3/20

Monday: Monotheistic Religions Judaism and Christianity

Tuesday: Monotheistic Religions Islam

Wednesday: Comparing/Contrasting Monotheistic Religions

Thursday: Jerusalem Old City Evidence Chart

Friday: Religions Quiz (open notes)

 

Week of 2/10/20

Monday: Introduction to Hinduism

Tuesday: Buddhism: Basic Beliefs

Wednesday: Spread of Hinduism and Buddhism

Thursday: Trade of goods and religion along the Silk Road

Friday: iReady

 

Week of 2/17

Monday: Chinese Dynasties

Tuesday: Finish Chinese Dynasties

Wednesday: Silk Road

Thursday: Silk Road LEAP Practice

 

 

Week of 2/24/20

Monday: No School

Tuesday: No School

Wednesday: Introduction to West African Kingdoms

Thursday: Kingdom of Ghana

Friday: Mansa Musa and the Kingdom of Mali

 

 Week of 3/2/20

Monday: Economies of the West African Kingdoms

Tuesday: West Africa Gallery Walk

Wednesday: Quiz: West African Kingdoms

Thursday: Review Unit 3/4

Friday: Review Game

 

Week of 3/9/20

Monday: Vocabulary Review

Tuesday: CSA 3

Wednesday: Field Trip- no regular classes

Thursday: The Feudal System 

Friday: Middle Ages

 

Semester 1 

Week of 8/12/19

Monday: Syllabus, Class Procedures

Tuesday: Geographical Concepts- Map Components

Wednesday: Types of Maps

Thursday: Latitude/Longitudebnbnbn

Friday: Finding locations using latitude and longitude

 

Week of 8/19/19

Monday: Finding locations using latitude and longitude

Tuesday: Latitude Lines and Climate

Wednesday: World Migration Patterns using Charts and Maps

Thursday and Friday: Geography Stations

 

 

Week of 8/26/19

 Monday: Understanding Timelines

Tuesday: Historical Sources

Wednesday: How to Study History w/ Artifacts

Thursday: Geography Quiz

Friday: Digital Citizenship Day: how to search effectively 

 

 

Week of 9/2/19

 

 Monday: No School Labor Day

 

Tuesday: Characteristics of Civilizations

 

Wednesday: Geographical Factors that Affect Civilization

 

Thursday: Why Civilizations Collapse stations

 

Friday: Rise and Fall of Civilizations 

 

Week of 9/9/19

 

Monday: Hunter-Gatherers

Tuesday: Examining Artifacts of Early Humans

Wednesday: Tools, Technology, and Fire

Thursday: Ice Ages

Friday: Fire and Error Graphic Novel

 

 

Week of 9/16

Monday: Ice Ages

Tuesday: Stone Age timeline

Wednesday: Otzi the Iceman

Thursday: Characteristics of Agriculture, Pros and Cons of Agriculture

Friday: Early Human Quiz

 

 

Week of 9/23

 Monday: No School

Tuesday: Pros and Cons of Agriculture

Wednesday: The Neolithic Revolution

Thursday: Is farming better than hunting?

Friday: The Worst Mistake in Human History

 

Week of 9/30

Monday: Review Early Humans/ Hunter-Gatherer

Tuesday: Review Neolithic Age

Wednesday: Unit 1 Review Game

Thursday: CSA Quarter 1

Friday: Finish CSA

 

 

Week of 10/7

Monday: Mesopotamian Civilizations map and geography

Tuesday: Fertile Crescent and early Civilizations

Wednesday: How does Mesopotamia develop? 

Thursday: Finish

Friday: No School

 

Week of 10/14

Monday: Veterans Essays 

Tuesday: Characteristics of Mesopotamia (Sumer, Babylon, Assyria)

Wednesday: Achievements of Mesopotamia

Thursday: Hammurabi's Code

Friday: Life in Mesopotamia

 

 

Week of 10/21

Monday: The Rule of Sargon and Hammurabi

Tuesday: Trade and Transport in Mesopotamia (online resource)

Wednesday: No School/Parent-Teacher Conferences

Thursday: The First Civilizations- River Valleys

Friday: Importance of Trade and Transportation 

 

 

Week of 10/28/19

Monday: Geography of Ancient Egypt

Tuesday: Life Along the Nile

Wednesday: Pharaohs and Achievements

Thursday: Religion and the Afterlife: Mummification

Friday: King Tut Mystery

 

 

Week of 11/4/19

Monday: Social Structure in Ancient Egypt

Tuesday: Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt

Wednesday: Major Achievements of Ancient Egypt

Thursday: Review Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt

Friday: Test Mesopotamia/Egypt 

 

Week of 11/11/19

Monday: Introduction to the Indus Valley Civilization

Tuesday: Geography and Farming in the Indus River Valley

Wednesday: Field Trip

Thursday: Indus Valley Civilization Characteristics

Friday: Indus Valley Civilization

 

Week of 11/18/19

Monday: Early China Geography

Tuesday: Achievements of the Ancient Chinese

Wednesday: Ancient Greece Geography

Thursday: Introduction to Ancient Greek Culture

Friday: Introduction to Ancient Greek Culture

 

Week of 12/2/19

Monday: Athens and Sparta

Tuesday: Compare/Contrast Athens and Sparta

Wednesday: Greeks at War... Persian Wars

Thursday: Greeks at War... Peloponnesian Wars

Friday: Finish Peloponnesian Wars

 

Week of 12/9/19

Monday: Alexander the Great

Tuesday: Ancient Greek Government/ Athenian Democracy

Wednesday: Comparing Athenian and American Democracies

Thursday: Ancient Greece DBQ Review

Friday: Review Game (CSA next Tuesday, 12/17)

 

Week of 12/16/19

Monday: Review Ancient Greece and River Valleys

Tuesday: CSA 2

Wednesday: Finish CSA 2

Thursday: PBIS Day

Friday: Early Dismissal- Winter Break