No Bellringer Quiz

We are taking a break from the bellringers. No quiz Friday. We will continue our study of the early history of Louisiana. Read Chapter 5 for next week.

About the Athens Bellringer

Please read the sections on "Athen's expansion" and "Athens at its zenith" for the quiz on Friday rather than the first five paragraphs. 

See the last Weekly Preview for a link to the article.

Weekly Preview

8-12 December 2008

Monday
Bellringer: Ancient Greek Civilization
GLE #23

Tuesday
Bellringer: Sparta
Test: GLEs 18 through 22 (see the crossword study guides)
GLE #24
Binder/Mind Map Check

Wednesday
Bellringer: Athens
GLE #25 -- Legislative Sim

Thursday
Bellringer: Socrates
GLE #26

Friday
Bellringer: Plato
GLE #27
Quiz on Bellringers: Trojan War through Socrates

Weekly Preview (Week After Thanksgiving Break)

These are the bellringers for the week after Thanksgiving. Please do not confuse them with the ones on Egypt for tomorrow's quiz.

I encourage my students to download and print the GLE outlines before coming to class. It will save you a lot of work. See the link to the iDisk on the right-hand column of this blog.

Monday
Bellringer: Philistines and Sea People
GLE #18

Tuesday
Bellringer: Aegean Civilization
GLE #19

Wednesday
Bellringer: Minoan Civilization
GLE #20

Thursday
Bellringer: Homer
GLE #21

Friday
Bellringer: Trojan War
Review Test -- American Government (study the crosswords from the review videos)
Quiz on Bellringers -- Ramses II to Homer

The test on this week's GLEs will be next Tuesday.

Bellringer Quiz on Friday

As usual, we will take a quiz on the bellringers on Friday. The quiz will cover Amenhotep I to Akhenaton.

Weekly Preview

I updated the course grades with Test 2.3 and Quiz 2.2. I'll add Test 2.2 on Monday when I am back at school.

Monday
Bellringer: Khufu and the Pyramids of Giza
American government review

Tuesday
Bellringer: Sphinx
Test on Bureaucracy

Wednesday
Bellringer: Hyksos
American government review

Thursday
Bellringer: Ahmose I
Test on Civil Liberties

Friday
Bellringer: Amenhotep I
American government review

Bellringer Quiz on Friday

Please read and study your assigned bellringers for a 60 point quiz on Friday.

Weekly Preview

Hopefully, I will be back on Wednesday. Please keep my father-in-law in your thoughts as he recovers from an automobile accident. He is still in the hospital.

Monday

• Bellringer: Rosetta Stone
  
• World history review video

Tuesday

• ELECTION DAY

Wednesday

• Bellringer: Menes
  
• American government review video
• Research papers due (bring your papers and assume I will be back on this day)

Thursday

• Bellringer: : Djoser
• American government review video
  
• Tests on the executive branch and the Constitution

Friday

• Bellringer: Imhotep
  
• American government review video
• Test on federalism (know the seven stages of federalism, know about each stage, and know the cake analogies)

Weekly Preview

Monday
Bellringer: Israel & Judah
American government review
Test review crosswords (see previous post)

Tuesday
Bellringer: Cimmerian
Test 2.1 on American government
American government review

Wednesday
Bellringer: Scythian
American government review

Thursday
Bellringer: Media
American government review
RESEARCH PAPER DUE IN ALL CLASSES, INCLUDING 6TH PERIOD (bring before class, give them to me, do not just leave them at my door)
Field trip to Career Center

Friday
Bellringer: Persian/a.k.a. Ancient Iran
American government review
Quiz on bellringers

Bellringers on World History

The pretest administered at the beginning of the school year indicated a strong need for world history review. I have assigned readings on world history. Many students read these articles and are making good grades on the quizzes. Some students seem more challenged by the quizzes.

To help you review world history, I am requiring that students making less than a "B" on a quiz mind map the articles for the following week. I will show you your grades on today's quiz on Wednesday and let you know if you are assigned to make mind maps this week. Mind maps are a great study technique (one that I use when taking classes) -- I think that they will help many of you excel on the quizzes! Flash cards on the dates, people, and events would probably help. I am assigning reading on world history in place of textbook reading assignments. I will check your mind maps daily starting on Thursday. Those making "B" or above are excused from making mind maps but are encouraged to keep up the good work.

Changes to Our Usual Schedule and Due Dates

No test on Tuesday. Ms. Pomeroy's two-day field trip and the Explore Test on Thursday make a test impractical until the end of the week. I will provide your review on Monday because it is the only other day I will see all of you. Study your notes on the review game between Monday and Friday. I still plan to give you a quiz on the bellringers on Friday. The due date for the 1600s timeline and the take-home test is now Tuesday, 14 October 2008 (that gives you an extra weekend to finish the assignments). Since these are major assignments I will accept each late at a 50% per day deduction of points.

Reminder: World History Quiz Tomorrow

As seen on the board and course calendar, we have a world history quiz on Friday. The quiz covers the bellringers discussed on Monday through Thursday.

Bellringers

Please read the linked articles before coming to class. We will have a quiz on Friday.

Monday -- Nazca
Tuesday -- Olmec
Wednesday -- Skara Brae
Thursday -- Çatalhüyük
Friday -- Poverty Point

Need Internet Access?

I am sending a letter home on Tuesday to determine which students need Internet access at school to complete the bellringers or other assignments. I have repeatedly offered in all classes to write passes for anyone in need of Internet access. If you are reading this at home please continue to do so. I only want to write passes for those without access to the Internet at home. I am requiring everyone to sign and return a letter about Internet access to help those who truly need Internet access and hold everyone accountable for reading the world history articles that I have assigned. My pretest indicates a strong need for world history review before we take the LEAP.

Iron Age

Please read the following article before coming to class on Friday, 19 September 2008.

Iron Age

Bronze Age

Please read the following article before you come to class on Thursday, 18 September 2008.

Bronze Age

Neolithic Period

Please read the following article before class on 17 September 2008 so that you can answer the bellringer question:

Neolithic Period

Mesolithic Period

Please read this article for the bellringer on Tuesday, 16 September 2008:

Mesolithic Period

Paleolithic Period

We will begin our review of world history for the LEAP Test through the bellringers next Monday. Please read this article before you come to class on Monday, 15 September 2008 so that you can answer the bellringer question for that day:

Paleolithic Period

Binder Check on Wednesday, Test 1.1 Thursday

The binder check will be on Wednesday -- I have delayed it to give students another class day to trace their art maps (GLE #3). Test 1.1 will be on Thursday.

The binder check will include any bellringers not collected in class, the GLE #1 worksheet, and the northwest Louisiana parishes listed on page #3 of the GLE #2 worksheets should be added to your maps for waterways and parishes/parish seats.