The Middle Ages

The Middle Ages is one of the most exciting units we learn all year! There is way more information than we could ever manage in class...feel free to spend some time looking around with the Online Resources to the right. Have some fun learning!

Run!!!! The Vikings are here....

For today, I'd like you to click here. You will use this site as a starting point for some additional Viking Research. At the end of our class period today, you will be required to turn in:
1) One complete thought (in sentence form) that explains an additional fact you learned through today's research. For example: "Vikings were known for their round shields, which they used as a defensive and offensive weapon.  They had a center metal "cup" which protected the hand, and at least one metal bar across the back to use for a hand-hold."

2) A cite for that source:
Viking Age Arms and Armor Viking Shields (name of page)
 http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/manufacturing/text/viking_shields.htm (web address)

You may write this by hand, or type it onto a Word document.

Roman Unit

We begin our Rome unit on 1/17 with a pretest on Chapters 10 & 11. We will do a variety of activities with this unit, and it will take 3-4 weeks to complete. Students are encouraged to preview the chapters and "test out", earning the ability to design their own study of Rome.

Greece and Christmas

We are in the middle of our study of Ancient Greece. Students have read the background information in the World History Book from Chapters 8 and 9.  They have been working on writing a newspaper (every student is responsible for an article and a "fun" piece). We will continue our work on that after Christmas, but if you want to do some research or writing over the break, please do so! Resources for Ancient Greece are listed in the column to the right.

Information on Ancient Israel

Chapter 7 in the World History book (see right for login, password, and link) pages 202-219. 

There are also links in the Online Resources list to the right for more information...

History, Archaeology, and the Stone Ages

The students did really well on their Geography Unit tests overall. We have begun our study of history, archaeology, and early man this week. We will spend the next couple of weeks learning how historians and archaeologists work, and some of the early parts of human history. There will be a short assessment at the end of this unit, but it will be open book, so we will not pretest on this topic. I have added links to the Resources list that may assist students in learning more at home.

Geography

I am getting here a little behind the times this unit. Usually, I update this at the beginning of a unit, highlighting new links in the resources bar, and letting you know what chapter in the book we are using as a resource.
For our Geography unit, we have not used the book very much, because much of the information is scattered. You can look at pages H14-15, H18-21, and Chapter 1, Section 2 pages 12-17. Also, if you want to see examples of the 2 main kinds of maps, check the atlas, pages R4-5. All of this is available online, go to the World History Book Login link at the top of the Online Resources list, and use the Username and Password I've provided in the top right corner of this blog page.  I am also moving up some links to geographical websites - some with games, some with cool information! Study hard for the test this Friday - I know you'll all do great!