Social Studies 6 (Period 1) Assignments

05/06/19  //  Our Agenda

1. Loose Ends: Drawing & Painting project....

2. The Test: we will wait until testing is officially over...

3. Test Run for Tuesday/Thursday

4. Please turn in Passport from International Day

write your class period and first and last name right above the word PASSPORT :) I will give you 20 points extra credit!!! Thanks for participating you awesome Raiders you.

Our Agenda - Our Murals of Ancient Art

1. Guidelines: Choose your subject! Draw your subject.

Plan how you will pain your composition. Make sure you have the supplies you will need. You may want to NOT pain. Colored pencils? Pastels? The paint is water soluble but we only have this supply of paint. Once it's gone, it's gone... Our brushes are on the thick side and don't lend themselves well to detail work. You may want to bring finer brushes from home. PLEASE take care of your supplies and rinse all brushes thoroughly during the clean up time.

2. Only pour a little bit of paint (even if mixing colors). The paint you don't use will often be wasted and rinsed out. Try to pour unused paint back in the jugs if possible. To avoid this, however, pour small amounts of paint. Only pour paint into cups when you are ready to paint. Paint one color at a time. 

3. Make sure you have a clear space in the classroom to work with your team.

4/16/2019  //  Our Agenda

1. Pointers for Presentations

a. Audience should be attentive - not multi-tasking

Audience should be thinking of questions to ask presenters. Questions should be thoughtful. If presenters can not answer, then that is fine! Presenters may answer the question or say that they don't know. It's ok not to know everything!

Audience is filling out a constructive form that shows they understood the presentation and offers positive feedback to the presenters.

b. Presenters are not reading from slides but are using each slide as a starting point for a discussion on their research. Presenters have practiced explaining their findings and have practiced sounding informed on their topic.

c. Presenters answer questions and show that they are engaged with the class in a discussion of their topic.

4/15/2019  //  Our Agenda

1. Expectations for Presentations:

CONTENT: Does your presentation show a depth of knowledge? Is is clear that you have read up a lot on your topic? Does it seem that you are a "mini-expert" on your topic? Is a lot of information/details/content presented in your presentation?

 

ORGANIZATION: Did you organize the information that you amassed in a way that makes sense? Do your ideas or does your format progress in a logical way throughout the presentation? Do you have a title at the beginning? Do you have a Works Cited slide at the end that includes all of your sources?

 

CONVENTIONS: Did you use solid rules of grammar and spelling and syntax? Does your presentation have very few errors or are there enough problems to reveal a lack of editing on your part. (Make sure you proofread your presentations for these little errors that can highlight carelessness or rushed work.)

2. Make sure you get your Chapter 10 work checked!

3. If you have finished your work on the presentations, then you may work on the DDC for the Ancient Rome chapter. 

 

1. Day 3 of research for your topic. Remember that you need 5 sources with different authors who write about your topic. You are reading, fact finding, exploring your topic so that you may become very knowledgeable on your topic. A depth of knowledge requires extensive reading about your topic so you may need time at home, reading about the topic you've chosen.

2. Day 3 of research might include working on the presentation itself but you will need to be flexible and add to and change your slides as your knowledge intensifies.

3. Homework! Reading about your topic. Gaining more and more knowledge about your topic...

4/10/19  //  Our Agenda

It was clarified today that you must do RESEARCH for your topic by READING about your topic a lot! You will need to find 5 different sources for your topic. These can be books or articles that explain what your aspect of Ancient Greek culture was like. Through thoughtful exploration of your topic you will design several slides (10-15 is a good goal) that highlight the most interesting information that you were able to collect and organize on your topic.

4/9/2019  //  Our Agenda

Ancient Greek Projects in the library!

Choose a topic from ancient Greece and research it in depth. 

*Homer - The Iliad and the Odyssey & the Trojan War

*Boat makers, ships, navigation

*Power and politics in Athens - Democracy... Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

*Greek gods & goddesses

*Typical home of a greek peasant and a greek aristocrat

*Architecture: columns, the Parthenon, amphitheaters, the arch... bridges, roads, etc.

*Greek weaponry and warfare

*Greek pottery and Greek statues. Other art in Ancient Greece....

*The Olympics, and athletics and games in Ancient Greece

*Foods and diet of ancient Greeks. Other habits such as bathing? Parties? Public baths? 

*Clothing and jewelry of ancient Greece

*Science and medicine

 

Make a presentation that delights us with your knowledge of your topic!

 

The presentation should show a rich understanding of your topic and how

Ancient Greece influenced your topic right up to today!

 

Make sure there are visuals on every slide and text to explain. Make sure text is written in your own words. 

 

You will need to use several sources and cite those sources at the end of your presentation. Make sure to draw information from many sources (at least 5 different books, articles, and websites. 

 

 

04/08/19  //  Our Agenda

1. Welcome back from break! I hope everyone is feeling rested and ready to go for the rest of the school year! Wow, this year went fast, no?

2. In glancing through notebooks, I've realized that many of you have not finished the Chapter 10 questions (all 4 sections...venn diagram on section 2???) Please finish as I am checking that work!

3. You may work on the packet for Greece once these section questions are complete. We are moving on to the next chapter so let's go 6th graders!

03/28/19  //  Our Agenda 

1. Independent work

2. Go over Chapter questions

3. Due by the end of the period tomorrow (tomorrow is a very short period)

Chapter 10, Sections 1 -4, Questions 1 - 4! AND

DDC for Chapter 10 words   

03/27/19  //  Our Agenda

1. Do you owe me work? Chapter 9, Section 2&3!!!

2. Let's work on Chapter 10, Sections 3 & 4 Today!!!

3. Hang in there 6th graders - Spring Break is around the corner!

03/25/19  //  Our Agenda

1. Continue work started last Friday on a DDC for the words found on page 285 (Chapter 10). Work to finish Chapter 10 Sections 1 and 2 questions by Wednesday.

2. Ms. Weiss is checking Ch.9, Sections 2&3 questions

3. Conclude film :) 

Preview tomorrow: Reading Chapter 10 section 3 together. Ms. Weiss will continue to check notebooks. 

1. Let's read the rest of Ch. 10, Section 2 about the Spartans and the Athenians. Wow, those Spartans sure were tough!

2. Reminder: tomorrow Ch. 9 Sections 2 & 3 questions are due. Also, the 12 Greek Gods page will be due tomorrow.

3. Let's watch a bit more of Hercules!

3/20/2019  //  Our Agenda

1. Ch.10, Lesson 1 Discussion

2. 4 scary minutes of Perseus defeating Medusa

3. Hercules! Yay! 

Homework: Reminder: Chapter 9, Section Questions are due this Friday: Section 2 and 3! Work on Chapter 10 section 1 questions due Tuesday, March 26! I'll be checking the 12 Greek Gods paged too (that all 12 are labeled correctly :)

3/19/2019  //  Our Agenda

1. Work on Ch.9, Sec 2 & 3 Chapter Questions

2. Watch a few minutes of Hercules

Reminder: Also assigned are the Greek Gods from the page in the Ancient Greece packet. Powerpoint is under yesterday's edlio agenda.

3/18/2019  //  Our Agenda

1. Turn in your map of Ancient Greece if you have not already done so!

2. Read Chapter 9, Section 2 and/or Section 3 p.268

3. Answer Questions for Section 2 - you may work with a partner but each of you must record your own answer.

Review expectations: Does the assignment have a title? ("Ch.9, Sec.2, Q.1-4")

Did you answer in complete sentences that restate the question in the answer? Hint: avoid pronouns. Who or what does "He..." and "It..." represent?

Answer all parts of the question. 

 

3/15/2019  //  Our Agenda

1. Finish your maps by the end of this class period. You may only have extended time if you were absent Wed., Thurs, or today :)

2. Work in the Greek packet on cutting out the gods and their names and roles! (Into your notebooks...)

3. Work on Chapter 9, Section 2 Questions

Happy Friday! Have a beautiful weekend! Some warmer weather for a change - yippeeeeeee!

 

03/14/19  //  Our Agenda

1. Pass out the Greek Packets

2. Work on your maps (due tomorrow by the end of the period...)

Write your first and last name in the upper right corner of the paper with your class period or I will take points!

3. Happy pi day!

ANCIENT GREECE PACKET INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Write your name on both front covers (top 2 pages) (I couldn't decide which one I liked better... top one has those gods... second one has the name line... decisions...decisions...) 2. You don't need to do the vocabulary triangles :) Yay. 3. You don't need to do the map page - yay (but you could take the compass rose off there for the map that you are  turning in....) 4. You will need to do the timeline page... then, read the page about Minoans and Mycenaeans. Then, go to the page about Homer. Read about Homer and the Iliad and the Odyssey. Now, take all the gods and cut them out and arrange them in your notebook and match up the name and the specific type of god he or she was. Await further instructions :)

3/13/2019  //  Our Agenda

1. Listen as I explain how to follow the instructions on the back.

2. Use pages 255, 290, 296, 300 (and the atlas at the back) in the textbook as a resource

3. Remember that Crete is a long island at the BOTTOM of the map.

4. Use the scale also to orient your map correctly.

5. Use colored pencils. Bring/Share/Replenish your colored pencil and hand-held pencil sharpener supplies.

6. Work with a neighbor but each of you needs your own map!

3/12/2019  //  Our Agenda

1. Attendance

2. Several notebooks to be collected

3. Naviance program in the library with Mrs. Straub and Mrs. Sunata

Be awesome and bring colored pencils tomorrow for map work. :)

03/11/19  //  Our Agenda

1. Work on the Ancient Greek Philosophers handout in your notebook. Use the back of the handout and your textbook. You may work with a neighbor if your teacher is ok with that!

2. Handout the Greek Map activity. BRING your colored pencils to class by Wednesday. You'll need them.

3. Be good for the sub.

 

03/08/19  //  Our Agenda

1. Have your notebook open to the DDC on Chapter 9. I'll call you up to check your work today and Monday.

2. Work on finishing Chapter 9, Section 1 questions that are due next Tuesday (I'll check those today & Monday if you have them already done!)

3. Brainpop on Athens, Homer, and Greek Myths! Let's hear Tim tell Moby all about these topics.

Have a lovely weekend with your families! If you are looking for something to do, then please visit the Getty Villa. It's the perfect destination for what we are learning! If you bring me back proof of having gone there, then I'll give you some extra credit points and RIStix.

1. Work on DDC DUE TOMORROW p. 253

Do you have 15 words?

Ms. Weiss checks your sentences carefully. Do you have complete sentences that start with capital letters and end with punctuation? Does your sentence actually use the word you are trying to practice with? Did you underline the word where it appears in the sentence? Does the sentence "prove" that you have an understanding of the word's meaning? (Don't just say "My mother has a polis." That makes no sense.) Did you write neatly so I can actually check all this stuff without scrunching my eyes up and trying to find better magnification glasses at CVS?

2. Work on answers 1 - 4 at the end of Chapter 9 Section 1. They are due Tuesday, March 12th! Restate the questions in your answers and write in complete sentences. Does your work have a title? Chapter 9, Section 1, Questions 1 - 4

3. Let's read section 2 together!

1. Testing! Let's get everyone who needs to finish the China test or go to ELPAC where they're going...

2. Finish up your DDC for the Ancient Greece Chapter (Chapter 9). The words appear on page 253. There are 15 words total. Have a beautiful chart for me by Friday! :)

3. Introduction to Ancient Greece! Yay!

Here is a slide show on Minoan and Mycenaen civilization.

 

1. Test on Ancient China

2. When finished, please work quietly on your DDC for the Ancient Greek key terms that appear on page 253. Let's be quiet and respectful of students who choose to use the entire class period for their assessment!

3. Mrs. Lewis-Wang will sub my classes period 3 & 4. Be excellent students while she proctors your exam!

4. DDC is due Friday. 

5. Make sure you get your China packet and sections 3, 4, and 5 checked this week. 

1. Last minute grade woes - Do you owe me Trimester 2 stuff? :(

2. Introduction to Ancient Greece Unit!!!! 

3. DDC on the 15 words on page 253: including influence DUE FRIDAY

4. Do you know where you are supposed to be today and other announcements.

 

2/28/2019  //  Our Agenda

1. Announcements: Phones policy 3rd P., Test Postponed to Tuesday, March 5 and Jeopardy is tomorrow, Friday March 1

2. Current Events: Summit in Vietnam, Politics, Pakistan/India

3. China Review

2/27/2019  //  Our Agenda

1. Go over answers to sections 3, 4 and 5 of our China Unit.

2. Reminder: Test postponed to Tuesday next (March 5)

3. Jeopardy review will now be this Friday, March 1st.

4. Finish up the China packet.

 

2/25/2019  //  Our Agenda

1. Turn in any Trimester 2 Assignments ?

2. Period 3 & 4 only: Last 5 minutes of Documentary on Terracotta Warriors

2. Work on questions for Sections 3, 4 and 5

3. Study Jeopardy Questions for Test THIS THURSDAY

JEOPARDY STYLE REVIEW IS WEDNESDAY

Here is a link to the jeopardy game:0

02/20/19  // Our Agenda

Copy the Chart from the Board about Dynastic order of Ancient China.

XIA=>SHANG=>ZHOU(WARRING STATES)=>QIN=>HAN

Read Section 4 together and then answer questions.

 

WEDNESDAY next week (27th) is our JEOPARDY REVIEW

THURSDAY next week (the 28th) is our CHINA TEST

 

 

02/15/19  //  Our Agenda

 

1. Finish up getting credit for Ch.7, Sections 1 & 2

2. Work on the Confucius sayings

3. Let's go over what the sayings mean!

4. Start checking the China Packet

5. Work on Sections 3 & 4

1.  Last minute touch-up for skits on 3 Chinese Philosophies

2. Perform Skits

3. Evaluate Skits!

 

02/08/19  // Our Agenda

1. Any maps? Any DDC's?

2. Great Wall Brainpop? Silk Road Brainpop?

3. Finish Questions on 3 Philosophers Handouts

4. Skits! Show that you understand your philosophy by making a skit that demonstrates the belief system you and your group chose!

2/7/2019  //  Our Agenda

Substitute Teacher for Periods 2, 3, and 4

Reading about Legalism, Confucianism, and Daoism, 3 Chinese Philosophies.

Watch Great Wall of China and Silk Road Brainpops!

2/6/2019  //  Our Agenda

 

1. Check in - Agendas

2. No homework night is tonight!!!!

3. Do you still owe me a DDC for China OR the map of China though???

4. On going projects:

A. China packet (you need the powerpoint info posted in here on 1/22/19) 

B. Questions on sections 1 & 2 (Questions 1-4) for Chapter 7

C. Review packet exercises for Ch.7

D. Daoism/Confucianism/Legalism skits

2/1/2019  //  Our Agenda

1. Are you still writing your agendas down? :)

2. See the Friday schedule for RISTIX RALLY!

3. Let me get RETAKE test kiddos started.

4. Work quietly on the China packet and chapter questions while I call you up to the desk to check your DDC's.

5. Please be considerate of those doing the retake.

01/31/19  //  Our Agenda

 

Ms. Weiss continues to check the DDC's

While...students work on their China Map activity (both sides), which is due by the end of the period tomorrow.

 

Keep in mind that tomorrow is the RETAKE for the India Test. You will have to accept the new grade so if you take it make sure you study chapter 6! 

 

If you are all caught up, then you may work on questions 1-4 of sections 1 & 2 of Chapter 7. 

 

1/29/2019  //  Our Agenda

[1/28/19 - Substitute Teacher - Work on China]

1. Catch up - How did yesterday go

2. Test Make ups for students who were absent

3. China, Chapter 7, Section 1 & 2, Questions 1-4

4. 3rd Period Only: Write down kindnesses on the cards to be posted all over the school. What a cool project, infused with goodness!

HOMEWORK: DDC Due TOMORROW so if you need to work on that NOW so you can have fun tonight, then DO IT!

01/22/19  //  Our Agenda

1. Last day to get your Chapter 6, Sections 3 & 4 work checked for full credit!

2. China Cover Page

3. China vocabulary in DDC form. NOT THE WORDS from the packet! Rather, the words that appear on page 181 are to be put in DDC Format. Reminder: DDC format is to make 3 columns. Each word is a row. Define (D) the word in the first column using the definition from the text. Middle column: Draw (D) a picture that helps you to remember what the word means or represents in your mind. Create (C) an original sentence in the 3rd column that uses the word in a meaningful way.

4. See below for the Interactive Powerpoint!

5. Most students will start this next week: Map of China activity.

Here is the PowerPoint that accompanies the map activity.

You'll need COLORED PENCILS for next week...

 

1/18/2019  //  Our Agenda

1. Distribute the China Packet

2. Get Section 3 (Q.1-4) & Section 4 (Q. 1-3) checked

3. If you have a device you may start studying for the India Test which will be next Thursday, January 24th.

4. If you don't have a device, you can reread Chapter 6, study your notebook or start the vocabulary DDC for Chapter 7.

 

1/17/2019  //  Our Agenda

1. See yesterday (only Period 4 is in my class today...)

2. Yesterday recap:

 

01/16/19  //  Our Agenda

1. Work independently in Ch.6, Sec.3 Q.1-4

2. Work independently in Ch.6, Sec.4 Q.1-3

3. Let's read section 4 together, giving careful attention to the different leaders' similar names! Oh my! 

THIS WORK IS DUE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD FRIDAY.

I DON'T SEE SOME OF YOU THURSDAY SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY...

 

1/15/2019  //  Our Agenda

1. (?) Finish film

2. Turn in the film worksheet/handout

3. Work in the text book independently on Chapter 6, Section 3, Questions 1-4 <= That's the title in your notebook for this assignment...

4. Work in the textbook, independently on Chapter 6, Section 4, Questions 1-3

01/14/19  //  Our Agenda

1. Conclude film : The Little Buddha - Finish worksheet and turn in (period 4)

2. Show me the India first 4 pages (all pages are due now)

3. Work on questions 1-4, page 161

4. Read Upfront Magazine's latest issue!

 

1/11/19  // Our Agenda

 

1. Attendance!

2. Finish up the Inida Packet

3. Finish questions 1-4 on page 161 of the Textbook (Section 3) Restate the questions when you are answering in complete sentences.

4. Check out the Active Classroom assignment for Ancient India! NOTE: I am having to manually enter all my students and it's taking me some time... (thanks for my little helpers today in 3rd period) So if you can't log in you will be able to soon. I should have everyone entered by Monday. :) No rush on this assignment....

 

Login to the portal => click on Active Classroom (3rd Icon) => login again using your  [email protected] and 123456 for a password and make a new password => Do the top assignment (the one assigned on 1/11/19

 

 

 

1. Checking pages 1-4

2. The Little Buddha (Bernardo Bertolucci's beautiful film about Buddhism)

3. Work on the India Packet to finish! 

The social hierarchy pyramid

The venn diagram for Hinduism & Buddhism

The bubble chart of Hinduism

Scientific advancements but particularly astronomy

4. Current Events: Upfront Magazine seaturtle1

01/08/19  //  Our Agenda

1. Last call, first pages 1-4 (vocabulary, title page, map, and timeline - unless you were absent)

2. Work in computer lab.

3. Continue in the Little Buddha film

01/07/19  //  Our Agenda

1. Check in about India Pages - Where are we at?

2. Work on India Pages - use Powerpoint if you have your own device. I'll try to get the library or Computer Lab for some days this week to finish up!

3. Welcome Back! Read p. 156-157

4. Little Buddha by Bernardo Alfredo Bertolucci

12/20/2018  //  Our Agenda

Last day with Chromebook Cart

Please get as many pages in the India packet done!

I'll get the cart back upon our return but let's get lots done today :)

-Ms. Weiss

Our Agenda

1. Explain about Chromebooks

2. Get a chromebook

3. Work on interactive packet pages

(Please have first few pages complete by break: the title page, vocabulary page, map page and timeline page...)

4. Watch 2 short films on India today (P.1&2 will watch tomorrow) from NYT Upfront

12/18/2018  //  Our Agenda

1. Go around and stamp Ch.6, Section 2, Q.1-4

2. Chromebook etiquette

3. Work on the interactive notebook pages while we have the chrome-book cart

4. Pages : Title Page, Vocabulary, Map, Timeline should be done by the end of tomorrow

5. Social hierarchy, Hinduism and Buddhism pages by Thursday...

12/12/2018  //  Our Agenda

1. P1 Only: Finish the "My Life My Religion: Hinduism" video

2. Finish Reading Ch.6, Section 1 (starts on P. 144)

3. Explain about the PowerPoint(?)

4. Work on the vocabulary triangles or the Chapter Section Questions.

5. Help put the Hebrews posters on display. 

12/11/18  //  Our Agenda

1. Turn in posters - there's no time to finish or present :(

2. Anyone need to make up the Hebrew Test from being out? Please see me ASAP so I can send you to the library.

3. India!!!! Let's watch "My Life, My Religion: Hinduism"

4. Let's watch/listen to Mr. Nicky Ancient India

 

Interactive Powerpoint HERE:

Here are the jeopardy review questions. Please let me know immediately if you can't open this document!

 

 

Study tonight and tomorrow night so you can do well on the test. First review the jeopardy a couple times. Then read over the chapter!

12/3/2018  Our Agenda

Poster Project on Jewish Holidays & Cultural Practices

1. Sukkot

2. Rosh Hashana

3. Chanukah

4. Yom Kippur

5. Passover

6. Shabbat

7. Bar/Bat Mitzvah

8. Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day)

9. Purim 

 

Pick one and research it in a group of 2, 3, or 4.

Make a poster that has at least one picture and important facts to highlight the importance of this cultural tradition to the Jewish people.

11/30/18  Our Agenda

1. Work on Chapter 8, Section 3

If you are ahead of everyone, then read about

Noah's Ark and the Tower of Babel 

2. Go over Chapter Questions

REMINDER: Test on Ch. 8 will be December 6 and the Jeopardy Review will be on Wednesday December 5!

Our Agenda for Thursday, 11/29/18

1. Finish My Life My Religion: Judaism?

2. Finish up Ch.8, Sec.2

3. Start Ch.8, Sec. 3

Pick Jewish Holiday Poster Project

Reminder: Lunch Today: Come work on the mural!

1. Finish reading Ch.8, Section 1 if you haven't

2. Answer questions 1-5 on page 303 in complete sentences and restating the questions in your answers.

3. Start Chapter 8, Section 2!

P.1 Only: Finish film

1. Read the rest of Ch.8, Section 1

2. Work on questions with a partner!

3. Questions 1-4 in complete sentences, restating the questions in your answers!

 

11/26/18 Our Agenda

1. Test (give back...make ups...check answers...)

2. Finish Film

3. Coordinate lunch time art project for Tuesday/Thursday

4. Hebrews Unit is next!

 

11/13/2018  //  Our Agenda

1. Reflect on the pyramid project on your yellow sheet. Tear off that page and turn in. Make sure your name is on it!

2. Work on some aspect of our classroom transformation into an Egyptian tomb (or temple ;-). OR study for test this Thursday on Chapter 4, Egypt.

3. JEOPARDY

4. Study your DDC, chapter questions, and read the chapter over.

Here is a link to the jeopardy review game:

 

11/07/2018  //  Our Agenda

1. Check in about Friday's Pyramid Project

Question? Reminders

2. Finish Ch.4, Sec 3 & 4 (pink sheet)

3. Go over Q&A for ^

11/06/18  //  Our Agenda on Election Day!

1. Plan your pyramid with your group.

What supplies will you need?

What order are you going to build in?

How much time do you think each task will take?

Will you have the frame for a pyramid within 55 minutes?

Good luck! Let's have fun and try to fully appreciate how hard it must have been for the Ancient Egyptians to build such huge and beautiful pyramids! 

2. Work on Ch.4, Section 3 questions 1-3

3. Work on Ch.4, Section 4 handout (pink, 2 sided)

4. Vocabulary Builder packet (pink or white)

Let's have a great day and remember to clean up after ourselves. The classroom is being left super messy :(((

1. Work on Chapter 4, Section 3 Questions with a partner

2. Ms. Weiss is finishing up checking notebooks: the DDC for Egypt is her focus!

3. Work on Chapter 4, Section 4 Handout

 

Our Agenda

1. Reminder: buy toothpicks and bring them to school by next Friday!

2. Let's go over the answers to Ch.4, Sec.2

3. Let's look at Ch.4, Sec. 3

ANSWER KEY! :)

Chapter 4, Section 1 Questions and Chapter 4, Section 2 Questions

1. Lower Egypt is located along the Nile River delta.
2. The Nile delta was ideal for settling because it had a lot of rich soil and it was near the Mediterranean Sea.
3. The Nile’s cataracts helped Egypt because it created a barrier against their enemies and it could also hurt them because it was impossible to navigate and use as a transportation channel.
4. a. The foods the Egyptians ate were fish, plants and wild animals. Yummy!
5. The Nile’s role in Egyptian diet was to provide fish, duck, geese, and to water the crops for all the veggies.
6. The desert to the west and east of Ancient Egypt helped the civilization to develop in peace because they created a natural barrier to enemy invaders.
7. a. The first pharaoh of Egypt was perhaps Menes. Some say that Menes may be a mythical pharaoh.
8. The pharaohs of the first dynasty wore a double crown to symbolize the unification of lower and upper Egypt.

Chapter 4, Section 2 Questions

1.a.The phrase “Old Kingdom” refers to the period of 500 years from 2700 BCE to 2200 BCE.

1.b.The pharaoh’s authority was never questioned because they thought he was the god Horus. Therefore, the pharaoh was the people’s link to the gods. His holy role made them fear him. This helped him to assert his or her power.

1.c.I think the pharaoh’s might have wanted the support of the nobles (rich people) because this will give the pharaoh great power. The only people who could afford weapons to overthrow the pharaoh would be the nobles. If he or she had the nobles’ support then he or she was safe from assassination. Also, the pharaoh needed help from the nobles to run the country.

2.a. The Egyptians thought that the afterlife is a place where your soul goes when you die for all eternity. The gods will test you at the entrance and if you pass the test then it’s a really great place. Everyon

2.b. Embalming was important to the Ancient Egyptians because it prepared the person for their afterlife.

3.a. Engineering is the science of architecture. It is very practical.

3.b. The building of the pyramids tells us about Egyptian society because we learned that there is a tomb inside. There are hieroglyphs also all around that tell us the stories of the pharaohs. It also tells us that the Egyptians wanted to get closer to their gods. They were also very advanced and organized to be able to pull off such a huge undertaking. They were very smart.

1. Finish copying down Q.'s for Chapter 4, Section 1

2. Read Chapter 4, Section 2

3. Answer Questions in your notebook

4. If there is time, then please start Section 3!

Our Agenda

1. Finish watching Egypt film

2. Work on Chapter 4, Section 1 read & answer questions

Our Agenda

10/24/18  //  Our Agenda

1. Finish the Map Activity for Egypt

2. Instructions for Tomorrow:

3. Title in your notebook:

Egypt Fact Finding using www.discoveringegypt.com

1. Write your name in Egyptian Hieroglyphs 

Hint: Go from the top of the page down

S

A

M

2. Write down 2 additional facts about Egyptian Hieroglyphs

a. 

b. 

3. What is the importance of the Rosetta Stone?

 

4. Write the number 2 million 4 thousand and 3 in Ancient Egyptian. 

 

5. For how many years did Hapshepsut rule?

 

6. Who was Amenhotep to Hapshepsut?

 

7. Draw 4 Canopic Jars with the organs inside them. Explore "Mummies" to find out more about the Canopic Jars.

 

8. What were the 5 steps for mummification that the most wealthy could have done to them before burial?

Step1

Step2

Step3

Step4

Step5

9. Watch the short film under "Mummification" called: A short animation about.... by the Getty... See how he was mummified.

10. The eye of Horus was a combination of 2 types of eyes. Which ones? Draw the eye of Horus.

 

11. Write about these 4 different Egyptian inventions here.

 

Toothpaste

Makeup

Clocks

Police

 

12. Write about an Egyptian Temple and an Egyptian Pyramid.

 

 

 

 

 

1. Read the Map of Egypt and the Near East Directions Together (You'll need colored pencils this week!)

2. Students work on Map in pairs (I want students to work with one other person)

       *Land should be colored brown or green

       *Bodies of water should be colored blue or purple

3. Ms. Weiss (or our Substitute Teacher) checks DDC's for Ch. 4 on page 87!

4. Move desks back before the end of period!

Our Agenda

1. HOMEWORK: Due TOMORROW: The vocabulary words for page 87 - all 27 words. Make sure your sentences are legible. If I can't read them then you'll need to do them all over. :( Sentences start with capital letters and end with punctuation marks. 

 

2. Go over the questions that you got wrong on your test! Tests are at the front of the room.

 

3. Tape your test and the Hammurabi Code work into your notebook. Tape is on the work table.

Pajama Day! :)

1. Work on the DDC, all the words listed on page 87 :)

 

2. Part II of "Test" Postponed.

 

Our Agenda

1. Directions for Test

Name: First and Last

Subject: Ch.3                   Test No.:  A

Date: 10/18/18                 Period: 

10/17/18  //  Our Agenda

1. Jeopardy Review

2. Wear Red TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!! Live a drug-free life and follow your dreams!

STUDY FOR YOUR MESOPOTAMIA TEST TOMORROW

10/16/18  //  Our Agenda

1. Review how things went

2. What can I do to study for the test?

a. Look at your key terms and study them

b. Look at your hints

c. Read through Chapter 3

3. Loose ends: did we go over Hammurabi's Code? 

Did we finish going over all Chapter Q.'s?

4. Start Egypt - woohoo!!!! DDC Chart - All Words on p.87

THIS WEEK IS RED RIBBON WEEK!!! LIVE A LIFE THAT IS DRUG FREE!!! LET's ALL TRY TO PARTICIPATE!

Tuesday: Dress like a tourist

Wednesday: Crazy socks/shoes

Thursday: Wear Red Day

Friday: Wear your pajamas to school

10/15/18  //  Our Agenda

Notes: Hints for Test

 

10/10/18 Our Agenda

1. Announcements - Evacuation Drill

2. Finish your Cuneiform Project

3. IXL pilot project

1. Read directions for Cuneiform Project

2. Get started - make your alphabet!

3. Get clay and make your clay tablet with secret message!

A. Make an Alphabet Decoder

B. Make a "vowels only" decoder

C. Make your tablet with its secret message

D. Names on the back and maybe go over in sharpie... 

1. Hammurabi's code interpretations - page 16-17 of the attachment: read the column on the left (10 laws) and then state to the right why you think that law was needed. Also, state whether you think this law is fair or not.

2. Finish up all the questions for Chapter 3 sections 1,2 and 3?

3. Come up with 5 laws for Ms. Weiss's class and consequences if you break them! YOU make the rules! Write them in your notebook.

4. Start Cuneiform project (tomorrow?)

 

3. Announcements about our field trip for Thursday:

a. Try to wear Ridgecrest or PV clothing. Or, wear a green shirt.

(If you have nothing that says Palos Verdes or Ridgecrest or green don't worry.) 

b. Bring snacks for the bus and a sac lunch. We may have to leave the lunch on the bus so try not to bring anything perishable. Also, bring a disposable lunch if possible. Containers that fit in small bags are ok. The museum does not allow backpacks or large bags in to the exhibits. So if you're bring a bag then bring a small bag only.

c. You may bring a cell phone but please be careful to hang on to it. There is no flash photography in the King Tut exhibit. 

d. You may want to bring some cash (optional) if your group leader/chaperone takes your group to the gift shop. 

e. Be on your best behavior! You represent our school and our community when you attend a field trip. 

f. Go to school like any other day. You'll be called out of class to go to your lockers and put your books away. Then, we'll all meet down at the lower parking lot where I'll already be getting to know the parent chaperones who will meet me there at 8:30. 

g. I'm hoping we will be back right on time, around 2:30. 

 

1. Mr. Nicky Mesopotamia Song

2. Ch. 3 Notes Chart using textbook 

Our Agenda:

1. Check Note cards & Collect Maps

2. Work on Ch. 3 Notes Chart using textbook. 

Hints: Stable Food Supply (P.58), Social Structure (P.65), Government (P.62-63), Religion (p.64-65), Record keeping/writing (p. 67-68), Arts (p. 70), & Technology (p.69)

3. Fun Happy Time Notes

1. Finish up your Map and Notecards (or DD Chart) (they are due tomorrow!)

2. We will read Ch. 3, Section 2

3. HW: Please finish up the map and your note cards. Anyone who doesn't have them on Friday will have points deducted. Make sure that your name and class period is on your map in the upper right corner. I will display them.

4. Ch. 3, Section 2 questions, p.66, Questions 1-3; Restate the question in your answers.

Example:

1a. What was the basic political unit of Sumer? =>The basic political unit of Sumer was...."

1b.  What steps did city-states take to protect themselves from their rivals? => "To protect themselves from their rivals, the city-states took several steps. They are..."

1c. How do you think Sargon's creation of an empire changed the history of Mesopotamia? Defend your answer. (Try using a quote for this one!) => "Sargon's creation of an empire changed the history of Mesotamia by..."

Our Agenda

1. Finish the flashcards for the words from page 55

(Remember: the word on one side; the definition and a small iconic picture on the other side.) Due this Friday, September 28!

2. Finish the Map of Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent (if you lost your map, another one can be printed out with the instructions from yesterday's agenda entry.) Due this Friday, September 28!

3. Notes on Mesopotamia 

Using the PowerPoint attached here, fill in the blanks on your class notes that you copied. We will do this in class but if you miss any, I've attached a blank and the PP.

4. Bring Playdoh (small container like party-favor size is fine!) to class next week. We will be making clay tablets just like the Ancient Mesopotanians made. (Well sort of just like them.) If you bring a little extra for friends I'd really appreciate it :) Please bring it for Monday, October 8. We will start the tablets that day. 

Our Agenda

1. We are continuing to work on the maps and the notecards

 

2. Brainpop movies and quizzes assigned.

These quizzes are due on Tuesday, October 2nd.

09/24/18  // Our Agenda

1. Permission Forms

2. Comments about notebooks: Notes look great - you are keeping up! Bravo! Many of you aren't writing the daily agendas in your notebook! Write it every day! Write the date to the left of the agenda so you have a daily record! Write neatly and in complete sentences please! I need to be able to read your DDC sentences. The sentences need to show that you understand the meaning of the word! 

3. Maps of the Fertile Crescent. Listen carefully to the instructions. Sumer is in yellow so label and color that before you color Empire of Sargon and the Fertile Crescent.

09/20/18 // Our Agenda

09/19/18 Our Agenda

1. Work to make our notebooks look great for Friday

2. The Iceman Movie

09/17/18  //  Our Agenda (Monday & Tuesday's Agenda)

1. Permission forms will be distributed tomorrow. Bring them back by Friday for a treat! Please get your permission form in on time. We have a deadline to let the museum know how many students are coming so don't forget to get it turned in. 

2. Work on a DDC Vocabulary assignments for all the words on page 27 (17 words total.) Remember the left column is the definitions, and the middle column of the chart is a picture (color) and the last column is an original sentence that uses the word to show you understand the meaning of the word.

3. Work on Chapter 2, Section 3 questions, Questions 1-3

4. I'll be looking at your notebooks Friday so make them look great!

1. Watch Brainpop on Climate Change

www.brainpop.com Our username is ridgecrestis and our password is brainpop ; You have access to this site all year as a Raider!

2. Journal Entry (JE): Global Warming

How can we help to reduce the warming of the planet? How can we help to prevent the worsening of climate instability?

 

09/13/2018 // Our Agenda

1. Reminders

2. Retake

3. Notes :) on Hunter Gatherers & Farmers

 

A. Hunter Gathers

B. Farmers

C. Agricultural Revolution vocab

8 Neolithic founder crops: Emmer Wheat, Einkorn Wheat, Barley, Lentil, Pea, Chickpea, Bitter Vetch, Flax

 

D. Impact of the last Ice Age

 

 

09/13/18 Our Agenda

Back to School Night!

 

It was awesome meeting the parents! Thank you so much for coming and for those who couldn't make it, here is more or less what I covered. Thank you for sending your children to me each day with such a thirst for knowledge! 

 

Sincerely,

 

Samantha Weiss

 

 

 

 

09/06/18  Our Agenda

1. Do you owe me the Continents & Oceans worksheet or the note cards for geography terms? 

2. Finish loose ends a) JE: Symbols of our Culture b) Q. 1-4 on pp. 14 & 15 c) Create-a-Map

3. Turn in Create a Map or take home to touch up but BRING back tomorrow

4. Geography review... What to study... Know where the oceans & continents are... Can you name them? What hemisphere does each lie in? Know the geography terms.

5. New Notes on Early Man:

 

      B.C.  vs.  B.C.E.

      Anthropology  - the study of human societies and cultures and how they develop.        There are 4 common fields of anthropology:

09/05/18   Our Agenda

09/04/18. Our Agenda

08/31/18  //  Our Agenda

08/31/18  //  Map Exercise on p. 14-15, Q. 1-4 [Restate question in answer; answers need to be in complete sentences!]

08/28/18  /  Our Agenda

08/28/18  /  Journal Entry on Student Safety 

                    Write about what you can do to make your school more safe.                            What are some factors that make you feel safe at school?                                  Responsible adults? Friendly kids? 

 

08/28/18  /  Vocabulary Assignments are called DDC's - Template Document                       attached

08/30/18   // Our Agenda

1. Work on geography vocabulary index cards (note cards are on the work table for anyone who forget theirs or who needs some) [Ms. Weiss will be checking your DDC so please have that out on your desk open to the start of your assignment. I'm excited to see your work!]

2. Geography lecture and activity. We will pin the terms on the maps we have in the classroom.

3. If there is time, we will start the Oceans & Continents worksheet. I will clarify the instructions for you. I have given every student this 2 sided worksheet but attached here is the electronic copy if you need to print out another one.

1.              Work on Vocabulary Assignment #1

2.              Geography Unit Explained

3.              Share your JE: School Safety?

4.              Reminders: Get parents to subscribe to edlio if                         they haven't and please donate some tissue or                         lysol wipes0 if you can!

 

8/29/18  //   Geography Unit Tasks & Due Dates

1. Map Vocab Study Cards - On index cards, paste the study cards (you'll need to make 6 of them because the copies were made double sided) If you do it right, you'll have 17 cards - 16 terms and 1 title card. [See attached document if you want to print out side 1 again...] This will be due on Wed., Sept. 5

2. The last paper is a two sided worksheet on Continents & Oceans. This will be due on Wed., Sept. 5

3. The Create a Map activity will be done in class, with a partner and the due date is TBA. Please await further instructions.

Our Agenda Today:

1. Copy this agenda down

2. Reminders about supplies

3. "Who Knows Us Best?" Game

This game will teach us about the unique composition of our class. We will get to know each other so that we can feel more comfortable working together throughout the year.

 

I'm attaching the "game boards" and answers here so you can open your class and find out how you did!

 

4. Seating charts for periods 3, 4, and 6

 

Homework: there is none. Classwork tomorrow will be finishing up the vocabulary assignments explained lesson. Then, yes, you guessed it, I'll be assigning our first vocabulary lesson of the year. I can't wait to see how you approach the first vocabulary lesson. You are each so unique! 

1. Please have a spiral or composition notebook for my class exclusively by tomorrow if possible.

2. Get your parents to subscribe to my edlio page.

3. Please answer these questions on an index card for tomorrow. I will compile the answers into a fun game where we get to know each other better!

 

Sharing Questions – Place Answers on Index Cards

 Name: __________________ P. ?

Our Agenda

1. Finish Notecards

2. Global Village

3. Journal Entry

4. Vocabulary assignments explained

 

Our Agenda:

1. Today I will show students how to go to my edlio page from www.pvpusd.net or directly from our ris.pvpusd.net page. 

2. I'll review my phone policy (don't have it out without my permission). I will be contacting parents if you are using your phone in class without permission. Furthermore, it is never ok to play video games in my class on your devices. 

3. I'll remind students about the doors. Please use the back door as it helps to promote students' safety in the hallway. There is not a lot of room during passing period as students are using their lockers.

4. I'll remind students that they need a spiral or composition notebook that will be for Social Studies exclusively by Friday (tomorrow). Please have all other supplies as soon as possible. (Colored pencils - 12 pack, a ruler, a gentle scissor, a glue stick, pens, pencils, hand held pencil sharpener) I would really appreciate Kleenex tissue and air freshener donations. Hand sanitizers are also a welcome item. If you can donate any extra supplies, then I will use those for our students who are forgetful. 

5. Please subscribe and have your parents subscribe to this edlio page. When new assignments are posted you'll be notified via email. You can also adjust the settings for minimum notifications and I can show you how to do that today.

6. We will play an "ice-breaker" game to get to know one another. I'll need you to answer some questions on an index card so that I can set up the game this weekend. It will be super fun.

7. We will start to look at how I expect you to take notes for the year. I hope you'll have a pen or pencil on Thursday, August 23. 

8. We will also get the room set up with seating charts and we will label the agenda boards so you know where to look in the room for our 'due dates' board.

That's probably all we have time for and I wouldn't be surprised if we run out of time together!