We started our unit on the Middle Ages today by reading pages 4-8 in the Middle Ages book and answering some questions. We looked at a graph of global temperatures (and how some civilizations ended at convenient times) and started our unit notes on Feudalism. End of trimester 2 on Friday!!!
The Vikings are known as great sailors with a knack for brutality. We watched a couple of cheesy Monday videos (3 days early or 4 days late???) and then completed a Viking quest against the Lindisfarme monastery. If you would like to try the Viking challenge yourself, here is the link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/games/viking_quest/index_embed.shtml
We learned some more about the Vikings by learning the answers to yesterday's quiz. We also had a brief discussion on the Zika virus, the 2016 presidential elections, and other local news events.
Today we read the newspaper and wrote a summary on local news events. Rome tests were returned to students. We took a quiz (just for fun) about Vikings.
We took a final look at Rome with the rise of Christianity and the Vatican. We reviewed for tomorrow's Rome test by making a study guide.
Rome wasn't built in a day, and it didn't fall in a day either. Today we reviewed ten theories that describe how Rome may have collapsed as an empire. We turned in an assignment describing those theories.
We learned about the Colosseum (built from Roman concrete), gladiator fighting, and how Roman politicians used the games to control the mob.
Today we performed a class reader's theatre written by Mr. Frenzel to learn about Julius Caesar (no, he didn't invent pizza).
Today we read a billion pages out of the textbook and had a classroom civil war. Fortunately, the plebeians and patricians were able to settle their differences and everyone left class without any homework.
How do you build a military superpower? Hannibal shows us how he made Rome into the juggernaut that conquers Europe, even though his goal was to destroy Rome.
To break up the bookwork, we learned about Roman concrete by making some and then took a Kahoot review quiz
We read about ten ways that Rome improved on technologies of other civilizations and made their republic great
Today we finished our maps, our reading questions, and watched a simulation of the volcanic eruption Vesuvius over Pompeii.
Today we started a map of ancient Rome. We also read pages 4-8 in the textbook and answered five questions about the reading.
Student should have finished their Greek flipbook today. If they haven't finished, they need to have it done when they return to class on Monday.
Our Greek flipbook is taking the place of a unit test. Students worked on it today and will finish it tomorrow.
Today was the end of the unit, with stories of the naval battle of Salamis wrapping it up. What is the Greek legacy for us today?
We tried on some battle armor of the ancient Greeks, and learned the stories of the battles of Marathon and Thermopylae today.
We completed our class notes today on the Greek philosophers, most important of which were Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates.
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