Really nice to see everyone this morning, and get caught up after missing the past three days of classes. I was pleased to see that a good number of the students had all of their homework complete and were well-informed about what we had been studying in class. This morning both classes watched a video, and took notes about the Battle of Thermopylae. (Video is posted on the Humanities page.) After explorations class, the students returned and we did a homework check, finished our video and went over the unit vocabulary and some of the notes.
HOMEWORK: Please see the list below of the assignments that were assigned since Friday, and make sure that each is complete:
a) Ancient Greece Vocabulary: Scan Chapter 7 in their SS textbook, and write down all of the bolded terms and their associated definitions. Choose 10 of the vocabulary terms and to write 10 full sentences using the term in context (not a definition.)
b) Read the Myth of Prometheus on pages 162 - 163 and to answer the THINK FOR YOURSELF Questions on page 164.
c) Take notes from pages 151 - 160 in their SS textbook.
d) Research each of the conflicts listed on page 155 of their textbook & write a summary paragraph of each:
HOMEWORK: Please see the list below of the assignments that were assigned since Friday, and make sure that each is complete:
a) Ancient Greece Vocabulary: Scan Chapter 7 in their SS textbook, and write down all of the bolded terms and their associated definitions. Choose 10 of the vocabulary terms and to write 10 full sentences using the term in context (not a definition.)
b) Read the Myth of Prometheus on pages 162 - 163 and to answer the THINK FOR YOURSELF Questions on page 164.
c) Take notes from pages 151 - 160 in their SS textbook.
d) Research each of the conflicts listed on page 155 of their textbook & write a summary paragraph of each:
- The Trojan War
- The Persian Wars
- The Peloponnesian War
- The Campaign of Alexander the Great