Black Death Period 6

Read the World History Book, (online) pages 540 - 545. Complete the map assignment (both sides), using maps on pages 531, 544, and the map link listed in Period 2's post.  Turn in the map when you are finished, and you can find more information on the Black Death in the Period 2 post.

Black Death Period 2

In order for history not to repeat itself, we need to understand the causes and effects of certain turning points. The Black Death (or Black Plague, or Bubonic Plague) was one of those turning points for Middle Ages Europe. Please use the following websites to research about the plague, as well as the packet that you received. You must complete the map in the packet to be turned in. Additionally, you should comment on this blog and answer these questions:

1) Imagine that you are a doctor during the Black Plague...what advice would you give to your patients?

2) Imagine you are a victim of the Black Plague...would you rather survive or die of the disease? Why?

If you go to the Brain Pop movie, you will have to sign in...

http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/blackdeath/

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/plague.htm

http://www.themiddleages.net/plague.html

http://www.medicinenet.com/plague/article.htm

http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/documents/Black_Plague.pdf

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/science/medicine/plague.htm

http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/health-and-human-body/human-diseases/plague-article/

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/games/fling/plague/index.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/black_01.shtml

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...