Thursday, December 20, 2012

December 20th, 2012

161,163,164-Took Quiz on Ancient Egypt! NO HOMEWORK

162-Reviewed for quiz tomorrow and discussed Ancient Egypt Project
HOMEWORK:Study for Quiz!!

Monday, December 17, 2012

December 17, 2012

161, 162, 164- Today we took notes on the ancient egyptian social structure and began a group activity on the social structure

164-HOMEWORK- TAKE HOME QUIZ

163- Continued our group work on the egyptian social structure

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

December 12, 2012

Today all classes worked independently on a reading comprehension activity on Hatshepsut, the first female pharaoh of Egypt.  Your Homework tonight is to read the King Tut worksheet you received in class and answer the following questions:

1. Why is Howard Carter a significant figure in history?

2. Describe what historians discovered in King Tut's tomb

3. Why is there believed to be a curse on King Tut's tomb?

This is due tomorrow =)

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

December 11, 2012

161,163,164- Today we reviewed government under the pharaohs by watching a brain pop video and discussing his four responsibilities.  We also went over the correct answers to your reading comprehension take home quiz COPIES WERE NOT DONE-NO HOMEWORK TONIGHT

162- Today we spoke about the roles of our own leader and compared them to the roles of an egyptian pharaoh.  We took notes on his job and how the people served him
 NO HOMEWORK

Monday, December 10, 2012

December 10, 2012

161, 163, 164- Today we took fill in notes on the government under the pharaohs! NO HOMEWORK!

162- Today I collected your take home quiz and then we discussed the unification of Egypt along with the three kingdoms of ancient Egypt
HOMEWORK--> FINISH GRAPHIC ORGANIZER !

Friday, December 7, 2012

December 7, 2012

Today we remember Pearl Harbor and all of the men and women who sacrifice their lives defending our freedoms.

Today classes 161,163, and 164 learned about King Menes and the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt.  We did a brief listening activity and then split into pairs to work on our "Three Kingdoms of Egypt" graphic organizer

HOMEWORK: FINISH THE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER!!

Class 162- Due to your excellent class behavior your class won for the month of November.  Because of this, you earned a movie day.  We will resume ancient Egypt on Monday..Congratulations!!

Thursday, December 6, 2012

December 6, 2012

Today we finished our notes on the geography of ancient Egypt, went over our homework and watched  videos on the Nile River

Homework: Take home Quiz!! Read passage and answer three questions iN FULL SENTENCES

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

December 5th, 2012

Today we began our unit on ancient Egypt by taking notes on the geography of ancient Egypt.  Your Homework tonight is to read your packet and answer questions 1-3 in full sentences in your notebook.  I noticed after that some of the reading was cut off by the copy machine.  Please do your best to answer the questions Thank you and see you tomorrow!

Monday, December 3, 2012

December 3rd, 2012

Today we took an exam on Ancient Mesopotamia which means tomorrow we start ancient Egypt!!

No Homework tonight but be ready for tomorrow!