Monday, March 3

I can evaluate the distribution of power in societies.

1. Starter: What is the best and worst thing about life during the Middle Ages for the role you researched?

2. Presentations: Share with the class the information about the role you researched. As your classmates are presenting, take notes on the chart.

3. Medieval Kingdoms: 
Choose a Kingdom: You will be recreating a medieval kingdom. Begin to research the following monarchs and choose one that you want to focus on. You will primarily need to find a map of the monarch's kingdom and draw it on poster paper.
 
Alfred the Great  
William the Conqueror  
Eleanor of Aquitaine  
King John of England  
Hugh Capet  
Otto the Great  
Ferdinand & Isabella
Henry IV  
Richard the Lion-Hearted 

Draft a plan for your kingdom. Layout your kingdom including a castle, city, and manor with all of their necessary elements. These kingdoms will face medieval challenges and will have to respond appropriately.

5. Ticket Out the Door: Write a higher order thinking question about the Middle Ages. Answer it.

Friday, February 28th

I can evaluate the distribution of power in societies.

1. Starter: Medieval Social Classes Simulation

2. Feudal Societies & Medieval Cities: take notes

3. Medieval Social Roles: You will be assigned one of the following medieval roles to present to the class. Use the question sheet linked below to be sure your research is comprehensive. 
Medieval Social Roles Research

You should use the following link to take you to quality web resources.
Websites for Medieval Roles Research

Your presentation will be evaluated using the rubric linked below.
Rubric for Presentation

Presentations will be due Monday.  

4. Choose a Kingdom: You will be recreating a medieval kingdom. Begin to research the following monarchs and choose one that you want to focus on. You will primarily need to find a map of the monarch's kingdom and draw it on poster paper. 

Alfred the Great
William the Conqueror
Eleanor of Aquitaine
King John of England
Hugh Capet
Otto the Great
Ferdinand & Isabel
Henry IV
Richard the Lion-Hearted

5. Ticket Out the Door: List 2 facts you learned this week that you found interesting and one fact you found confusing or uninteresting.

Thursday, February 27th

I can make predictions based on historical patterns.

2nd Block:
1. Starter: Describe a king nicknamed "the great." What 5 qualities or characteristics must he possess?

*Monks & Monasteries presentations

2. Charlemagne: Take notes as we go through the PowerPoint.

3. Get Inside Charlemagne's Head: Complete the handout. 

5. Ticket Out the Door: How many of your characteristics of "great" did Charlemagne possess? Explain. 

3rd Block:
1. Starter: Starter: What are the three most interesting facts about the Byzantine Empire?

2. Monks & Monasteries Posters & Presentations: Finish your posters and present the information to the class.
*As you finish get caught up on whatever work you owe me. 

3. Write a Day in the Life of a Monk story. This should be an entertaining, historically accurate 1st person account.   

4. Ticket Out the Door: Would you like to be a monk for a day in the Middle Ages? Why or why not?  

Wednesday, February 26th

I can make predictions based on historical patterns. 

1. Starter: What are the three most interesting facts about the Byzantine Empire?

2. Terry Jones' Medieval Life - The Monk: As you watch...

3. Complete the handout Christianity in Western Europe using pgs. 361-365.

4. Write a short Day in the Life of a Monk story. This should be a 1st person account. 

5. Ticket Out the Door: 

• Create one higher order thinking question about today's lesson (use process skills).
• Answer the question.

Tuesday, February 25th

I can make predictions based on historical patterns. 

1. Starter: Based on the following statement, make a prediction about the end of the Byzantine Empire. 

"The Byzantines themselves, not the Turks, bear the greatest responsibility for the end of their empire."

2. Rick Steves visits Istanbul: Answer the questions as you watch.

3. Complete the handout on the Byzantine Empire using the textbook.

4. Write an ode to Justinian and Theodora (or whichever you think is deserving of the praise). 

5. Ticket Out the Door: Would you like to visit the city of Istanbul? Why or why not?

Monday, February 24th

1. Starter: Fill in your World Religions BINGO boards.

2. Graphicize It: How can you graphically represent the similarities and differences between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. 


Assignment & Rubric:
10 pts - Non-biased perspective
10 pts - Legible/neat
10 pts - Creative (illustrations & words)
20 pts - Detailed/well-thought out
20 pts - Rigor: show higher level thinking and goes beyond the chart

3.Choose either Buddhism, Hinduism, or Confucianism. Add this religion to your World Religions chart and fill it in for the religion you choose. Use the textbook to complete the chart. 

4. Ticket Out the Door: Which religion would you most like to learn more about or experience? Why?

Friday, February 21st

I can make predictions based on patterns. 

1. Create a K-W chart. What do you already know about Islam? What would you like to learn about Islam? 

WHAT I KNOW ABOUT ISLAM	WHAT I WANT TO LEARN ABOUT ISLAM

2. World Religions Chart: Complete the chart for Islam. 

3. Graphicize It: How can you graphically represent the similarities and differences between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Tomorrow we will create the final product. 
Today we are going to nail down the requirements of this assignment and a grading rubric before you get started. 

4. Ticket Out the Door: List 2 facts you learned this week that you found interesting and one fact you found confusing or uninteresting.

Thursday, February 20th

I can make predictions based on historical patterns. 

1. Starter: Revisit your T-Chart from yesterday. Add any information you can after the video and your research yesterday.

2.  Judaism & Christianity: Fill in the missing information in your charts as we go through the information together. 

3. Graphicize It: How can you graphically represent the similarities and differences between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Tomorrow we will create the final product. 

Today we are going to nail down the requirements of this assignment and a grading rubric before you get started.

4. Islam: As we watch the Crash Course video, fill in any information you can on your chart. Use the textbook to complete as much of the chart as you can.

5. Any remaining time you may use to work on your Fall of the Roman Empire Essay due tomorrow or begin drafting your ideas for your world religions graphic. 

4. Ticket Out the Door: How does the study of major world religions relate to the big idea of patterns.

Wednesday, February 19th

I can use patterns to make predictions.

1. Starter: Draw a T-chart. Write similarities on one side and differences on the other. Compare and contrast Christianity and Judaism based on your prior knowledge of either religion, or religion in general.

2. Crash Course: As you watch the video, Christianity from Judaism to Constantine, answer the questions on the handout.

3. World Religions Research: ** Open the World Religions Chart.  (Don't forget to Make a Copy and save it to your Drive in your World History folder.) Using the information from the Crash Course video, as well as your textbook, complete the Judaism and Christianity portions of your chart.

4. Graphicize It: How can you graphically represent the similarities and differences between Judaism and Christianity. Create a draft of your graphic. Tomorrow we will review the information for your chart and you can create your final product.

5. Ticket Out the Door:  

• Create one higher order thinking question about today's lesson (use process skills).
• Answer the question.

Tuesday, February 18th

I can make prediction based on patterns.

1. Starter: What is your thesis statement for your Fall of Rome essay planning? 

Anyone want to share their civilization?  

PowerPoint on Ancient Rome

2. Fall of Rome: Make sure you have a handout with primary & secondary sources that each have accompanying questions. You need to thoughtfully write detailed answers. You may discuss these sources & questions with a classmate - this DOES NOT mean that you can copy each others' answers!

3. Once you finish working with the sources, you need to open the Google Doc - Fall of Ancient Rome essay planning. MAKE A COPY AND SAVE TO YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE! Complete. Share with me. If this is all you do, you can earn up to an 80.
 

**You must use the information from your notes (PowerPoint & Crash Course) as your examples and information from the sources as your quote.  

4. If you would like the opportunity to earn up to a 100, you need to write the essay in Google Drive and share it with me. The essay will be due Wednesday.

5. Ticket Out the Door - KWL: 

• What is one thing that you knew prior to this lesson about today’s topic?
• What is one thing that you still want to know about the lesson?
• What is one thing that you learned during this lesson?

  

Monday, February 17th

I can make predictions based on historical patterns. 

This is really bad timing but I have a doctor's appointment in Raleigh today, so I will not be at LEC today. Use your time wisely!

This is really bad timing but I have a doctor's appointment in Raleigh today, so I will not be at LEC today. Use your time wisely!

Your Build a Civilization projects are due tomorrow. 

Agenda:

1. Starter: Watch the Crash Course World History video on the Fall of Ancient Rome.  This should be done in your journals as your starter.

2. The substitute will give you a handout with primary & secondary sources that each have accompanying questions. You need to thoughtfully write detailed answers. You may discuss these sources & questions with a classmate - this DOES NOT mean that you can copy each others' answers!

3. Once you finish working with the sources, you need to open the Google Doc - Fall of Ancient Rome essay planning. MAKE A COPY AND SAVE TO YOUR GOOGLE DRIVE! Complete. Share with me. If this is all you do, you can earn up to an 80.

**You must use the information from your notes (PowerPoint & Crash Course) as your examples and information from the sources as your quote. 

4. If you would like the opportunity to earn up to a 100, you need to write the essay in Google Drive and share it with me.

The essay will be due Wednesday but you will not have any more class time to work on it beyond today. 

Monday, February 10th

I can evaluate how patterns allow for predictions 

about future events.  

1. Starter: Predict what led to the fall of the Ancient Roman Empire.

2.The Fall of Rome: Take notes as we go through the PowerPoint.

3. Build Your Own Civilization: Finish work on the project. These are due tomorrow!

4. The Fall of Rome: Answer the questions that correlate with each source. 

5. Ticket Out the Door: How does the big idea of patterns relate to today's lesson?

 

Friday, February 7th

I can evaluate how influential civilizations are structured. 

1. Starter:

2. Brainstorm: If we decide to make this civilization assessment into a competition, what would the rules/guidelines need to be. They need to be historically sound (not random dice throwing or rock/paper/scissors). Consider: 

• How do you decide who to attack? 
• Once there is a battle how do you decide who has the advantage/disadvantage? 
• How do you decide who wins the battle? 
• What kinds of scenario cards (real-life factors in a civilization's success) could be used to enhance the competition in a historically appropriate way?

3. Benchmark Remediation: Complete & turn in!

4. Build Your Civilization: Continue work! Due Monday!

5. Ticket Out the Door: List 2 facts you learned this week that you found interesting and one fact you found confusing or uninteresting.

Thursday, February 6th

I can evaluate how effective civilizations are structured. 

1. Starter: Do you think that all social classes should have equal rights & privileges? Explain your answer.

2. Ancient Rome: Continue taking notes on your chart as we look at the Religion, Record Keeping & Writing, and Art & Architecture of Ancient Rome. 

3. Build A Civilization: Continue working on the previous topics. Move onto the final topics when ready. 


Formalized Religion
Answer the following questions:

1. What is the name of your religion? Explain your reasoning.

2. Is your religion monotheistic or polytheistic? Explain your reasoning.

3. What is the name/are the names of your major god(s)/goddess(es)?

4. What is the name of your religion’s place of worship?

5. How does your society worship god(s)/goddess(es)?

Record Keeping & Writing
Create a T-chart. Include 10 characters (letters, pictures, etc.) on one side and on the other side, provide a translation into English.

Describe an artifact that would tell future civilizations about the writing and record keeping of your civilization.

Art & Architecture
Create a piece of art that would show what your society valued. It can be a painting, sculpture, piece of jewelry, dance, etc.

Write a poem or song that praises your civilization. It can include what is great about the location of your civilization, glorify your ruler, focus on your religion, etc.

Design a building that would be typical of the architecture in your civilization. Explain why this type of architecture would be common.

Layout
Draw the aerial layout of your civilization. Include the landmarks and locations that many civilizations have in common (market, temples, town square, housing, farmland, roads, government buildings). Be sure to include geographic landmarks (water, mountains, etc.)

4. Ticket Out the Door: Write a higher order thinking question. Also, answer it.

Wednesday, February 5th

I can evaluate how influential civilizations are structured. 

 

1. Starter: Which form of government do you think is most effective for civilizations, such as Ancient Rome: republic, triumvirate, or dictatorship? Explain.


2. Ancient Rome: Continue filling in your chart as you take notes on the Social Classes & Specialization of Labor of Ancient Rome. 


3. Build Your Own Civilization: First we will claim land. Finish answering the questions for Developed Cities & Organized Government. Then you will work on developing the Social Classes & Specialization of Labor of your civilization. 

Social Classes

• Create a graphic that explains the social classes in your civilization. You can divide your social classes by jobs, age, wealth, etc.
• Answer the following questions:

1. What would you call your leader?

2. Would you have slaves? Why or why not?

3. What rights are given to each social class (voting, etc.)? Explain your reasoning.

Specialization of Labor

• Describe at least 5 jobs that people would hold in your civilization. For each job, answer the following questions:

1. What is this worker an expert at?

2. How will this worker spend an average work day?

3. How was this worker trained?

4. What goods will these workers produce? Illustrate them.

5. Which social class will this worker fall into?


4. Ticket Out the Door:

• Create one higher order thinking question about today's lesson (use process skills).
• Answer the question.

Tuesday, Ferbuary 4th

I can evaluate how influential civilizations are developed. 

1. Starter: Watch the Legend of Romulus & Remus. What does this legend tell you about the Ancient Romans?

2. Ancient Rome: Set up a chart for the Ancient Romans. Take notes as we go through the PowerPoint. Today we are focusing on Developed Cities & Organized Government of Ancient Rome.

3. Build a Great Civilization: Today you will focus on the your civilization's Developed Cities & Organized Government.


Developed Cities

Population: How many people live in your civilization? Provide reasoning.

Geography: Pick a location to build your civilization – locate it on the map. You can pick any place on earth, just make sure that you can explain your choice. Answer the following questions:

1. How will this location provide for the basic needs of your population?

2. How will this location provide for the defense of your civilization?

Name: What is the name of your civilization? How did you come up with this name?

Resources:

1. What is your food source(s)?

2. What are your raw materials?

3. What are your luxury goods?

4. Describe typical housing for the rich, middle class, and poor.

5. What goods will you import? Export?

6. How are you citizens educated?

Organized Government

Decide what type of government your civilization will have. We have looked at 4 types: monarchy, oligarchy, democracy, & theocracy. Answer the following questions:

1. What type of government will you have in your civilization?

2. Why did you choose this type of government?

3. How will this form of government benefit your civilization?

4. Who controls the military? Who serves in the military?

Laws:

1. Write 10 laws that your society will have to follow.

2. Make sure you also explain the punishment for breaking each law.

3. How will you inform your citizens of these laws and punishments?

4. Ticket Out the Door - KWL:

• What is one thing that you knew prior to this lesson about today’s topic?
• What is one thing that you still want to know about the lesson?
• What is one thing that you learned during this lesson?