Blue Textbook
Green Textbook
June
6/4 Monday - Who were the Maya? - >>> Journal Instructions <<<
>>> Journal Slides <<<
6/5 Tuesday - Maya Part II (Family Life, Social Structure, Agriculture, Religion, Architecture, Art, Calendar), Who were the Aztec?
6/7 Thursday - Who were the Aztec? >>> Notes and Journal 3 Instruction Slides <<< Journal 3 Due Monday
6/12 Tuesday - >>> Geography Test Optional <<< -- >>> Geography Test Map Blanks/Templates for Studying (exactly the ones that will be used on the test) <<< - Who Were the Inca? >>> Current Event <<< Grouping, Filming and editing (if time permits)
6/13 Wednesday - >>> Current Event <<< Filming and editing
6/14 Thursday - >>> Current Event <<< Filming and editing
6/15 Friday - Current Event Projects DUE, Watch Current Event Projects, Hope Azuz Comes to PTMS Next Year!
May
5/3 Thursday - Geography Test 12: Florence, Milan, Ferrara, Venice, Naples - >>> Map to Study <<< , >>> Blank Map We Will Use on Test <<< , Comparison of Michelangelo and Leonardo
5/7 Monday - Dante and Machiavelli
5/8 Tuesday - Bramante and Brunelleschi, Wrapping up the Renaissance and beginning the Scientific Revolution
5/10 Thursday - Scientific Revolutionaries Group Project
5/14 Monday - Late Start - Podium, Galileo Case Study
5/15 Tuesday - Review, Renaissance and Scientific Revolution Quiz
5/17 Thursday - Geography Test 13: Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti - Begin Age of Exploration
5/21 Monday - Review Renaissance and Scientific Revolution Quiz, Continue Age of Exploration
5/22 Tuesday - Age of Exploration Project
5/24 Thursday - Geography Test 14: Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Peru - Complete projects and carousel - Explorer Video Review - Begin Colombian Exchange
5/28 Monday - No School
5/29 Tuesday - Complete Colombian Exchange (Document Analysis), Impact of European Exploration on New World, Review
5/31 Thursday - Geography Test 15: Paraguay, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela - Age of Exploration Quiz (Final Quiz/Test of School Year)
April
4/2 Monday - Review For Middle Ages Test
4/3 Tuesday - Middle Ages Test, >>> Crusades Map <<< , >>> Crusades Map Questions <<< , >>> Crusades Slide Slideshow <<< , >>>
4/5 Thursday - Geography Test 9: Albania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Crusade Document Analysis, Crusade Map Analysis, Crusades Videos, Test Review, Quick Overview of Byzantine Empire and Orthodox Christianity
4/9 through 4/13 - >>> Reading <<<
4/16 Monday - Late Start - Finish Up Map Assignment and corresponding questions - >>> Crusades Map <<< , >>> Crusades Map Questions <<<
4/17 Tuesday - >>> Crusades Slide Slideshow <<<, Timelines, Byzantine Empire Review, Interview Preparation
4/19 Thursday - Geography Test 10: Slovakia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Caucasus Mountains, Carpathians
4/23 Monday - Beginnings of the Renaissance, Case Study - School of Athens
4/24 Tuesday - Continue the Renaissance, Geography and City States, Trade and Commerce
4/26 Thursday - Geography Test 11: Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Denmark, San Marino - Renaissance Humanism
4/30 Monday - Late Start - Family Night - Begin Humanism
5/1 Tuesday - The Medici, Complete Humanism, Work on Renaissance Timeline
5/3 Thursday - Geography Test 12: Florence, Milan, Ferrara, Venice, Naples - >>> Map to Study <<< , >>> Blank Map We Will Use on Test <<< , Comparison of Michelangelo and Leonardo
March
3/1 Thursday - Geography Test 4: Vatican City, Italy, Portugal, Spain, France, Rome Quiz and Essay Review
3/5 Monday - Feudalism work time, discussion and further review
3/6 Tuesday - Quick feudalism review, skit background information and preparation, begin skits
3/8 - Thursday - Geography Test 5: Alps, Iberian Peninsula, Ural Mountains, Danube, Pyrenees - complete skits and review skits (life in Medieval Towns)
3/12 Monday - Late Start - Journals (Life in Medieval Towns)
3/13 Tuesday - 8th Grade Registration Informational Meeting - Begin the Church and Holy Roman Empire (HRE)
>>> π <<<
3/15 Thursday - Geography Test 6: Greece, Turkey, Austria, Hungary, Cyprus - Continue Church and HRE
3/19 Monday- Power of the Church notes then >>> Storyboard <<<
3/20 Tuesday - Church Architecture Webquest >>> Slide Show <<< - >>> Worksheet <<< - time for >>> Storyboard <<<
3/22 Thursday - DUE STORYBOARD AND WEBQUEST: Geography Test 7: Switzerland, Ukraine, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro
3/26 Monday - Late Start - Wellness Day
3/27 Tuesday - Education in the Middle Ages, The Plague Strikes
3/29 Thursday - Geography Test 8: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Finland, Review Plague, New Notes - Crusades (Videos and Document Analysis), Homework Time >>> Study Guide <<< STUDY GUIDE DUE ON AND TEST ON APRIL 3
4/2 Monday - Review For Middle Ages Test
4/3 Tuesday - Middle Ages Test, Crusades
4/5 Thursday - Geography 9 Test - Albania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina
February
2/1 Thursday - Begin Fall of Rome Unit - Geography - >>> Study Guide <<<
2/5 Monday - Late Start + Assembly Schedule - Begin Fall of Rome Unit Discussion - Family Night
2/6 Tuesday - Complete Fall of Rome Unit Discussion - >>> Legacy of Rome Activity <<<
2/8 Thursday - Geography Test 1: England, Scotland, Ireland, Norway and Sweden, Begin Essay (>>> Rome Slide Show with examples we grouped <<<
2/12 Monday - 2,4,6 Day
2/13 Tuesday - Discuss Essay, Time to Work on Essay, Peer Edit, Time to Revise Essay
2/15 Thursday - Collect Essay, Geography Test 2: Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Review Legacy of Rome, Boggle via Legacy of Rome in Magazines
2/19 Monday - No School
2/20 Tuesday - The Rise of Christianity
2/22 Thursday - Geography Test 3: Adriatic Sea, English Channel, Ionian Sea, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, >>> Fall of Rome Documents <<< and >>> Document Analysis <<< - >>> Rome Quiz Study Guide <<<
2/26 Monday - Late Start - Fall of Rome Documents Cartooning
2/27 Tuesday - Feudalism introduction
3/1 Thursday - Geography Test 4: Vatican City, Italy, Portugal, Spain, France, Rome Quiz and Essay Review
January
12/23 - 1/7 - No School
1/8 Monday - Late Start - New seats, what you did on break, begin West Africa
1/9 Tuesday - >>> Geography Review and Early Society in West Africa Panels <<<
Panel 1: Title – Early Societies in West Africa by YOUR NAME
Panel 2: Outline the map of West Africa and label the Sahara, the Sahel, the savanna and the forest. Then draw and label the types of vegetation found in each area. Also label the Niger River. Use the maps in Setting the stage feature to help you
Panel 3: Create a drawing and caption that describe the earliest communities in West Africa
Panel 4: Create a drawing and caption that describe how and why villages formed from these early communities. Be sure to include the reasons why family based communities joined together to form villages.
Panel 5: Create a drawing and caption that describe how and why some villages became trading sites and eventually grew into larger towns and cities
Panel 6: Create a drawing and caption that describe how and why some of the wealthiest cities were able to conquer more territory and become a kingdom
1/11 Thursday - Panel Review, >>> Ghana Overview <<< >>> Adinkra Cloth <<< >>> Study Guide Time <<<
1/15 - No School
1/16 Tuesday - >>> Mali and Primary Sources, LINKS BELOW <<<
The Kingdom of Mali Overview
1) How important was trade to Mali
2) How helpful were the kings of Mali
3) How religious were people in the kingdom of Mali
4) What was it like to live in Timbuktu
5) How important was learning in the kingdom of Mali
6) Why did the kingdom of Mali decline
7) Comparing sources
8) Change and continuity
1/18 Thursday - Tenth Map Test (Mali, Ghana, Nigeria, Niger, Algeria), Finish >>> Mali and Primary Sources, LINKS ABOVE <<< >>> Mansu Musa Documents <<< >>> Mansu Musa Document Analysis <<< and >>> Travel Journal
1/22 Monday - Late Start - Influence of Islam on Africa
1/23 Tuesday - Influence of Islam on Africa, Cultural Legacy of Africa
1/25 Thursday - Review, Semester Map Test (3 Continents or Oceans and 3 Countries, Bodies of Water or Geographic Features from each of the previous 10 map tests (SEE BELOW) - Review Africa Test
1/26 Friday - SEMESTER ENDS
1/29 Monday - No School
December
11/27 Monday - Review Japan Test and Activities, Get >>> Study Guide <<< Introduction to geography of the Arabian Peninsula, and the rise of Islam
11/28 Tuesday - Complete Arabian Peninsula Questions on Map from test day. >>> Super-Duper Arabian Peninsula and Islam Map Activity of Awesomeness <<<
11/30 Thursday - Eighth Geography Test (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Iraq, Jordan), Arabian Peninsula 5 Question Quiz >>> Rise of Islam Notes <<< - >>> Review Geography <<< If Time Permits
12/4 Monday - Late Start - >>> Rise of Islam Illuminated Manuscript Poster Including Arabesque Artwork <<<
12/5 Tuesday - >>> Rise of Islam Illuminated Manuscript Poster Including Arabesque Artwork <<<
12/7 Thursday - Ninth Geography Test (Oman, Iran, Qatar, Kuwait, Persian Gulf) >>> Finish >>> Rise of Islam Illuminated Manuscript Poster Including Arabesque Artwork
12/11 Monday - Documents and written response test review
Green Textbook
- Note: This is the text only, in a pdf format. The text will be the same however images will be all be missing. To find where we are please navigate through Table of Contents located between pages 5 and 9 of the pdf. Look for where the titles match up with what we are currently studying
June
6/4 Monday - Who were the Maya? - >>> Journal Instructions <<<
>>> Journal Slides <<<
6/5 Tuesday - Maya Part II (Family Life, Social Structure, Agriculture, Religion, Architecture, Art, Calendar), Who were the Aztec?
6/7 Thursday - Who were the Aztec? >>> Notes and Journal 3 Instruction Slides <<< Journal 3 Due Monday
6/12 Tuesday - >>> Geography Test Optional <<< -- >>> Geography Test Map Blanks/Templates for Studying (exactly the ones that will be used on the test) <<< - Who Were the Inca? >>> Current Event <<< Grouping, Filming and editing (if time permits)
6/13 Wednesday - >>> Current Event <<< Filming and editing
6/14 Thursday - >>> Current Event <<< Filming and editing
6/15 Friday - Current Event Projects DUE, Watch Current Event Projects, Hope Azuz Comes to PTMS Next Year!
May
5/3 Thursday - Geography Test 12: Florence, Milan, Ferrara, Venice, Naples - >>> Map to Study <<< , >>> Blank Map We Will Use on Test <<< , Comparison of Michelangelo and Leonardo
5/7 Monday - Dante and Machiavelli
5/8 Tuesday - Bramante and Brunelleschi, Wrapping up the Renaissance and beginning the Scientific Revolution
5/10 Thursday - Scientific Revolutionaries Group Project
5/14 Monday - Late Start - Podium, Galileo Case Study
5/15 Tuesday - Review, Renaissance and Scientific Revolution Quiz
5/17 Thursday - Geography Test 13: Jamaica, Cuba, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Haiti - Begin Age of Exploration
5/21 Monday - Review Renaissance and Scientific Revolution Quiz, Continue Age of Exploration
5/22 Tuesday - Age of Exploration Project
5/24 Thursday - Geography Test 14: Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Peru - Complete projects and carousel - Explorer Video Review - Begin Colombian Exchange
5/28 Monday - No School
5/29 Tuesday - Complete Colombian Exchange (Document Analysis), Impact of European Exploration on New World, Review
5/31 Thursday - Geography Test 15: Paraguay, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela - Age of Exploration Quiz (Final Quiz/Test of School Year)
April
4/2 Monday - Review For Middle Ages Test
4/3 Tuesday - Middle Ages Test, >>> Crusades Map <<< , >>> Crusades Map Questions <<< , >>> Crusades Slide Slideshow <<< , >>>
4/5 Thursday - Geography Test 9: Albania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Crusade Document Analysis, Crusade Map Analysis, Crusades Videos, Test Review, Quick Overview of Byzantine Empire and Orthodox Christianity
4/9 through 4/13 - >>> Reading <<<
4/16 Monday - Late Start - Finish Up Map Assignment and corresponding questions - >>> Crusades Map <<< , >>> Crusades Map Questions <<<
4/17 Tuesday - >>> Crusades Slide Slideshow <<<, Timelines, Byzantine Empire Review, Interview Preparation
4/19 Thursday - Geography Test 10: Slovakia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Caucasus Mountains, Carpathians
4/23 Monday - Beginnings of the Renaissance, Case Study - School of Athens
4/24 Tuesday - Continue the Renaissance, Geography and City States, Trade and Commerce
4/26 Thursday - Geography Test 11: Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Denmark, San Marino - Renaissance Humanism
4/30 Monday - Late Start - Family Night - Begin Humanism
5/1 Tuesday - The Medici, Complete Humanism, Work on Renaissance Timeline
5/3 Thursday - Geography Test 12: Florence, Milan, Ferrara, Venice, Naples - >>> Map to Study <<< , >>> Blank Map We Will Use on Test <<< , Comparison of Michelangelo and Leonardo
March
3/1 Thursday - Geography Test 4: Vatican City, Italy, Portugal, Spain, France, Rome Quiz and Essay Review
- Documents Due Today: Rome Study Guide, Legacy of Rome Activity Guide and Christianity Notes
3/5 Monday - Feudalism work time, discussion and further review
3/6 Tuesday - Quick feudalism review, skit background information and preparation, begin skits
3/8 - Thursday - Geography Test 5: Alps, Iberian Peninsula, Ural Mountains, Danube, Pyrenees - complete skits and review skits (life in Medieval Towns)
3/12 Monday - Late Start - Journals (Life in Medieval Towns)
3/13 Tuesday - 8th Grade Registration Informational Meeting - Begin the Church and Holy Roman Empire (HRE)
>>> π <<<
3/15 Thursday - Geography Test 6: Greece, Turkey, Austria, Hungary, Cyprus - Continue Church and HRE
3/19 Monday- Power of the Church notes then >>> Storyboard <<<
3/20 Tuesday - Church Architecture Webquest >>> Slide Show <<< - >>> Worksheet <<< - time for >>> Storyboard <<<
3/22 Thursday - DUE STORYBOARD AND WEBQUEST: Geography Test 7: Switzerland, Ukraine, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro
3/26 Monday - Late Start - Wellness Day
3/27 Tuesday - Education in the Middle Ages, The Plague Strikes
3/29 Thursday - Geography Test 8: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Finland, Review Plague, New Notes - Crusades (Videos and Document Analysis), Homework Time >>> Study Guide <<< STUDY GUIDE DUE ON AND TEST ON APRIL 3
4/2 Monday - Review For Middle Ages Test
4/3 Tuesday - Middle Ages Test, Crusades
4/5 Thursday - Geography 9 Test - Albania, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina
February
2/1 Thursday - Begin Fall of Rome Unit - Geography - >>> Study Guide <<<
2/5 Monday - Late Start + Assembly Schedule - Begin Fall of Rome Unit Discussion - Family Night
2/6 Tuesday - Complete Fall of Rome Unit Discussion - >>> Legacy of Rome Activity <<<
2/8 Thursday - Geography Test 1: England, Scotland, Ireland, Norway and Sweden, Begin Essay (>>> Rome Slide Show with examples we grouped <<<
2/12 Monday - 2,4,6 Day
2/13 Tuesday - Discuss Essay, Time to Work on Essay, Peer Edit, Time to Revise Essay
- Essay Due 2/15, Hard Copy (printed) at the beginning of class
2/15 Thursday - Collect Essay, Geography Test 2: Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Czech Republic, Review Legacy of Rome, Boggle via Legacy of Rome in Magazines
2/19 Monday - No School
2/20 Tuesday - The Rise of Christianity
2/22 Thursday - Geography Test 3: Adriatic Sea, English Channel, Ionian Sea, Black Sea, Baltic Sea, >>> Fall of Rome Documents <<< and >>> Document Analysis <<< - >>> Rome Quiz Study Guide <<<
2/26 Monday - Late Start - Fall of Rome Documents Cartooning
2/27 Tuesday - Feudalism introduction
3/1 Thursday - Geography Test 4: Vatican City, Italy, Portugal, Spain, France, Rome Quiz and Essay Review
- Documents Due Today: Rome Study Guide, Legacy of Rome Activity Guide and Christianity Notes
January
12/23 - 1/7 - No School
1/8 Monday - Late Start - New seats, what you did on break, begin West Africa
1/9 Tuesday - >>> Geography Review and Early Society in West Africa Panels <<<
Panel 1: Title – Early Societies in West Africa by YOUR NAME
Panel 2: Outline the map of West Africa and label the Sahara, the Sahel, the savanna and the forest. Then draw and label the types of vegetation found in each area. Also label the Niger River. Use the maps in Setting the stage feature to help you
Panel 3: Create a drawing and caption that describe the earliest communities in West Africa
Panel 4: Create a drawing and caption that describe how and why villages formed from these early communities. Be sure to include the reasons why family based communities joined together to form villages.
Panel 5: Create a drawing and caption that describe how and why some villages became trading sites and eventually grew into larger towns and cities
Panel 6: Create a drawing and caption that describe how and why some of the wealthiest cities were able to conquer more territory and become a kingdom
1/11 Thursday - Panel Review, >>> Ghana Overview <<< >>> Adinkra Cloth <<< >>> Study Guide Time <<<
1/15 - No School
1/16 Tuesday - >>> Mali and Primary Sources, LINKS BELOW <<<
The Kingdom of Mali Overview
1) How important was trade to Mali
2) How helpful were the kings of Mali
3) How religious were people in the kingdom of Mali
4) What was it like to live in Timbuktu
5) How important was learning in the kingdom of Mali
6) Why did the kingdom of Mali decline
7) Comparing sources
8) Change and continuity
1/18 Thursday - Tenth Map Test (Mali, Ghana, Nigeria, Niger, Algeria), Finish >>> Mali and Primary Sources, LINKS ABOVE <<< >>> Mansu Musa Documents <<< >>> Mansu Musa Document Analysis <<< and >>> Travel Journal
1/22 Monday - Late Start - Influence of Islam on Africa
1/23 Tuesday - Influence of Islam on Africa, Cultural Legacy of Africa
1/25 Thursday - Review, Semester Map Test (3 Continents or Oceans and 3 Countries, Bodies of Water or Geographic Features from each of the previous 10 map tests (SEE BELOW) - Review Africa Test
- Continents and Oceans
- China, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar
- Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia
- Mongolia, Nepal, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh
- North Korea, South Korea, Cambodia, Japan
- Japanese islands of Honshu, Kyushu, Hokkaido, and Shikoku and the Sea of Japan
- East China Sea, Kanto Plain, Ancient Cities of Nara and Kyoto, Japanese Alps
- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Iraq, Jordan
- Oman, Iran, Qatar, Kuwait, Persian Gulf
- Mali, Ghana, Nigeria, Niger, Algeria
1/26 Friday - SEMESTER ENDS
1/29 Monday - No School
December
11/27 Monday - Review Japan Test and Activities, Get >>> Study Guide <<< Introduction to geography of the Arabian Peninsula, and the rise of Islam
11/28 Tuesday - Complete Arabian Peninsula Questions on Map from test day. >>> Super-Duper Arabian Peninsula and Islam Map Activity of Awesomeness <<<
11/30 Thursday - Eighth Geography Test (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Iraq, Jordan), Arabian Peninsula 5 Question Quiz >>> Rise of Islam Notes <<< - >>> Review Geography <<< If Time Permits
12/4 Monday - Late Start - >>> Rise of Islam Illuminated Manuscript Poster Including Arabesque Artwork <<<
12/5 Tuesday - >>> Rise of Islam Illuminated Manuscript Poster Including Arabesque Artwork <<<
12/7 Thursday - Ninth Geography Test (Oman, Iran, Qatar, Kuwait, Persian Gulf) >>> Finish >>> Rise of Islam Illuminated Manuscript Poster Including Arabesque Artwork
12/11 Monday - Documents and written response test review