Unit
1: Ancient Western Civilizations (Aug. 31 - Sep. 26) |
Mth. |
Day |
Activity |
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Reading to be Discussed That Day |
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Aug. |
31 W |
Introduction:
Rules, "What do you Know?" Quiz, and Line-up |
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Intro. p. 1 (1) - optional (There will be
an extra-credit quiz on this reading the first day.) |
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Sep. |
1 Th |
Neolithic
Revolution: Cause and Effect |
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pp.
2 - 7 (6) |
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2 F |
Paper
Chain Game |
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pp. 7 - 8 (2) |
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5 M |
**Labor Day - No
School** |
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- |
|
6 T |
Art and Music
as Artifact
Polegnala e Todora (per.
4 lunch: Stonehenge + collect
Summer Project) |
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p. 22
New Centers (1) + p. 23 Stonehenge |
|
7 W |
Ancient Egypt:
Old and Middle Kingdoms /
Pyramids and Funerary
Statuary (per.
5 lunch: Stonehenge + collect
Summer Project) |
|
pp.
14 - 20 (7) |
|
8 Th |
New Kingdom:
Akhenaton's Revolution and
Music: "Ankh, Ankh en Mitak"
(p. 4 lunch:
Amarna Period) |
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pp.
20 - 22 (3)
p. 16 Significance of Nile
p. 21 Hymn to the Aton |
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9 F |
Tutankhamon
(p. 5 lunch:
Amarna Period) |
|
Class Rules Due Today |
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12 M |
Ancient Sumeria
and Ah! B's in SAP (Sumerians, Akkadians,
Amorites/Babylonians, and Hittites) |
|
pp.
8 - 14 / 22 - 23 (8)
p. 12 Code of Hammurabi
p. 15 The Great Flood p. 14 Cuneiform |
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13
T |
Assyrian,Chaldean/Babylonian and Persian Empires |
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pp.
28 - 35 (7)
p. 36 Assyrian Military |
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14
W |
Phoenicians /
The Hebrews Establish
Jig-Saw Groups |
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pp.
23 - 28 (6)
p. 25 Alphabets Bring
Bibles to Class |
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15 Th |
Genesis: Mythology
Period 4 in at lunch |
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Genesis 1:1 - 4:26; 6:1 - 9:29; 11:1 - 11:9 |
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16
F |
Exodus: History/Identity/ Law Period 5 in at lunch |
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Exodus
1:1 - 3:22; 6:28 - 12:37; 14:1 - 14:31; 19:1 - 20:20 |
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19 M |
Psalms: Praise
Jonah and the Prophets: Universality |
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Psalm 104, Jonah (1 - 3) and
Isaiah 40 |
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20 T |
Jig (Same-Text
groups) |
|
Ecclesiates
(9)
Judges (11,13-16,19-21) (10)
Ruth + Song of Songs (Solomon) (10)
Lamentations (8)
Daniel 1 - 6 (10) Esther (9) |
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21 W |
*****
No School: In-Service ***** |
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22 Th |
Saw (Share
Different Texts) |
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- |
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23 F |
Hebrew
Scriptures Review |
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pp.
35 (2) |
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26
M |
Unit 1 Exam (Text Identification and Analysis) |
***** All readings are taken from World History, Comprehensive Volume,
Second Edition, by William J. Duiker & Jackson J. Spielvogel.
Copyright © 1998 by Wadsworth Publishing Company ***** (page numbers refer to the Third
Edition) |
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