Week of Dec 19- Rome Test and DBQ

Due Wednesday:  Scaffolding Questions (the questions that follow each document) and the Box Outline.
Click HERE for the Rome DBQ

Thursday you will be writing the DBQ in class.  You can use your completed scaffolding question and box outline. 

Friday you will take the multiple choice part of the Rome test. 

Due Friday:  Rome photo journal...you only need one picture

Make sure all make-up homeworks for Rome are submitted by Thursday.  See us for extra help to see if you are missing anything and for help with the PJ and DBQ.

Rome Unit- Week Beginning 12/19

OK KIDS...1 week till break...time to work hard and finish this week strong

DUE THIS WEEK:

WEDS 12/21- the Scaffolding (questions) and the Box Outline portion of your ROME DBQ

THURS 12/22- we will be writing the DBQ in class..have your outline and questions answered

FRI 12/23- PHOTO JOURNAL DUE: we will also have our Multiple Choice Test Today

All this week Ms. Hahn and Mr. Sasso will be available for extra help...please see them with any questions!!!!!!!

Rome Unit- Week Beginning 12/12

MONDAY 12/12- Read Textbook pg. 130-134...answer #'s 1-4 on pg. 134


TUESDAY 12/13- Test Corrections for Ancient Greece Test...ALSO

The Collapse of Romes Republic Worksheet- Find Solutions

WEDNESDAY 12/14- pg. 19 and 20 of your packet...MAP OF ROME...Use your textbook and colored pencils


FRIDAY 12/15- pg. 13 and 14 in your packet...USE TEXTBOOK

THIS IS NOT THE TIME OF THE YEAR TO SLACK OFF!!!
PLEASE BE PREPARED TO WORK EACH DAY =)

Monday 12/5

**PHOTO JOURNALS**

Due Tuesday (TOMORROW) 12/6

TEST on ANCIENT GREECE

12/7 Weds- Multiple Choice (25 questions)

12/8 Thursday- DBQ (The one we did in class, exactly the same DBQ, but you will not be allowed to use your notes!!!)

All Incomplete Assignments Must Be Made Up By THURSDAY 12/8, otherwise it's a Z-E-R-O =)

WORK DUE WEEK OF 12/5

DUE TUESDAY: COMPLETED PHOTO JOURNAL...must be completed (NO EXCUSES)

TEST DAY: TUES AND WEDS
25 multiple choice questions
AND.....
complete shortened DBQ (WITHOUT NOTES or ANY HELP!!!!!!!)

Work Due for Greece week of 11/28

Due Tuesday 11/29:  For our Athens/Sparta debate, have pg. 16 completed...for each question you need to have 5-6 arguments!!!!

DUE ON THURSDAY 12/1

pg. 7 and 8 in your packet...YOU MUST USE THE TEXTBOOK!!! pgs. 113-116

Leave no blanks!!! 
In addition make sure pages 3 and 4 of your packet are complete.  Use the presentations in the blog post below to complete these pages.

Due Friday 12/1:  Shortened DBQ- complete all parts of the directions.  See us for extra help if you do not understand what to do.  Click HERE for the assignment.  You will have to recreate this assignment when we test on Greece. 

Legacy Presentations- finish for homework if you do not finish in class

Use the following links to view presentations to help you complete pages 3 & 4 of your packet. If you finish early work on the DBQ assignment.

Click HERE for the presentation on the Olympics
Click HERE for the presentation on Art and Architecture
Click HERE for Drama
Click HERE for Math, Science and Medicine

Test corrections due Wed (11/23) & Extra Credit opportunities

Test corrections on the India/China test are due Wed.  You can earn 1 point for every question you got wrong if you do the corrections 'correctly'. 

Extra Credit if you go to tonight's talent show (tuesday 11/22) Show us your ticket on Wednesday.  Also extra credit if you bring in canned food Wednesday for the Thanksgiving food drive.

How to do test corrections!!!!

1.    Summarize or rewrite each question you got wrong. 

2.    Summarize or copy the correct answer for that question.

3.    Write a very good explanation for why that is the correct answer.

You will only get points back on your test if you write a very good explanation for the right answer!!!

Greece textbook Homework Due Friday 11/18

Due Friday:  Read pages 116-121 in your textbook and on page 121 answer # 1a, b, c, g & #2-5

Week of November 11th 2011

PHOTO JOURNALS

DUE TUESDAY 11/15

There are TWO journals to do...make sure you do them BOTH!!!!

!!!!!TEST WEDS!!!!!

Hinduism/Buddhism...Chinese Philosophies

Study pgs 17 and 18 in your notes packet

Study Guide with "TERMS TO KNOW" on the back page of your notes packet

If you have no done so yet...be sure to have completed pgs. 13 and 14 of your Chinese Philosophies packet

1st Quarter Ending Thursday 11/10- ALL make-up work due thursday and page 12 (11A) Eulogy of Shi Huangdi due thursday (11/10)

ALL WORK MUST BE SUBMITTED BY THURSDAY 11/10
Please come to extra help after school to finish or make up any work that you are missing. This includes making up MAP QUIZES!!!

Also page 12 (11a) of your packet- The Eulogy of Shi Huangdi is due Thursday 11/09-

Start your photo journals!!! They are the last page of your China packet. They will be due Tuesday 11/15 when you will be tested.

It is up to YOU to find out what work you are missing!!!!!

Confucianism vs. Legalism

Thursday 11/3 HW- assignment is located on the bottom of pg. 5 of your new China Packet...

• Write 10 SENTENCES that would describe your life if you were ruled by either a Confucianist Leader or Legalist Emperor.
• Make sure pgs. 2,3, and 4 are filled out completely
  

Hinduism and Buddhism DBQ's will be returned on Monday11/7...Corrections will be due on Weds. 11/9

**ATTENTION**

The end of the first marking quarter will be on THURSDAY 11/10
Please make sure you have handed in all your assignments and made up any tests!!!!!

Hinduism/Buddhism DBQ Essay

On Tuesday 11/1 we will begin writing the DBQ in class.

Please make sure that you have answered all the document questions as well as completed the outline.

The only space missing in your outline should be your thesis statement (which we will complete in the beginning of class).

Hinduism/Buddhism DBQ Outline

Due on Monday 10/31

• DBQ outline- Front (Task, Document #'s, and Magic words) AND Back (#'s 1-9)
  
• We will begin writing the essay portion of the DBQ in class
• If you have not done so already, make sure you have answered all the DBQ document questions
  

Hinduism/Buddhism DBQ and winners of the RAP contest

This is the first DBQ of the Year, please pay careful attention to all due dates.

• Due on Friday 10/27- Document Questions (pgs. 2-4) completed in FULL SENTENCES!!!
• Due on Monday 10/31- Outline (pgs. 5-6) Be sure to answer each question on the back of the DBQ

We will be writing the actual essay in class next week.  Click HERE for a blank copy of the DBQ.

Congratulations to all winners of the RAP contest!!!
Period 1- Jess Perone and Brittany Selvaggi
Period 4 winners- Lauren Carlson and Liz Earle
runner-ups- it was a tie between 3 teams!!!..Steph and Savannah, Rob, Andrew, Liam and Flash

Also a HUGE Congratulations to Mrs. Kavanagh for the birth of her son, Brennan Fin!!!

A HUGE Welcome to Mr. Sasso who will be filling in for Mrs. Kavanagh till the end of the school year.

Rap Battle Tomorrow (Thursday)!!!!

Hinduism/Buddhism Raps due tomorrow, THURSDAY 10/27

• Needs to have 3 facts about Hinduism
• Needs to have 3 facts about Buddhism
• Needs to be AT LEAST 12 lines

Also if you have not yet done so:

1. Hand in photo journal
2. Have parent/guardian sign and comment on Progress Report
3. Complete Buddha Facebook assignment
4. Make up any missing work
   

Hinduism and Buddhism Rap

Click HERE for Assignment

Due Thursday 10/27

Progress Report and Test Corrections Due Tuesday

Progress Report must be signed AND commented on by your parent/guardian

Test Corrections- 1pt. per question answered and explained (See directions handed out in class)

Extra credit on pg. 11 of your packet- "Write a paragraph describing the founding of Hinduism"

THIS IS ALL DUE ON TUESDAY 10/25

Hinduism Report Card HW

Pg. 11 in the Hinduism and Buddhism packet. There is a blank posted on the left of the blog if you forgot or lost your packet. This is due tomorrow.

Textbook Homework on India due Thursday 10/19

Due tomorrow- 10/19 thursday ...read pages 78-82 in your textbook and answer #1-4 on page 82

Test Tomorrow --Great Study Website

Due tomorrow: ALL FIVE PHOTO JOURNALS

Unit Test: River Valley Civilizations tomorrow 10/18

A GREAT site to use for studying is: Regents Prep.org
Go to Global Studies, then Multiple Choice, Interactive Questions, Early People & the Neolithic Revolution and other topics that relate.

**Due Dates and Important Information**

Due on Tuesday: All FIVE photo journals (Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus, Hebrews, and China) must be printed and in class with you.  We will collect them and grade them. 

Tuesday will be our unit test for the River Valley Civilizations.  Therefore, all homeworks that were due during this unit MUST BE MADE UP by Tuesday.  We will not accept any late homeworks from this unit after Tuesday.  If you are unsure if you are missing anything, please see Mrs. Kavanagh if you are in period 1 and Ms. Hahn for periods 4 & 6 by Monday. 

Indus, Hebrews, China Photo Journal Blank and Due Dates

Click HERE for a blank copy of the Hebrews, Indus, and China Photo Journals.

Reminder that pgs 21 & 22 in your 2nd packet (Hebrews Homework) are due tomorrow.  You need to use the textbook for this assignment.

Due Friday: Photo Journal  # 4: Yellow River Valley, China
Due Tuesday: Photo Journal # 3: Hebrews and Judaism AND Photo Journal # 5: Indus River Valley
and Review Terms

TEST WILL BE TUESDAY. If photo journals are not complete (missing a picture, journal missing, etc) you will write a DBQ essay instead of taking the multiple choice test.

HERE is a blank copy of the 2nd packet in case you need it.

Hebrews Homework due Thursday

Keep in mind that at this point both your Mesopotamia and Egypt Photo Journals should be completed. If they are not or you were told that they need to be fixed, you need to come to extra help on Wednesday or Thursday (during lunch or after school).

Pg. 21&22 of the 2nd packet (without the aim sheet) are due on Thursday. Use your textbook to complete the pages about the Hebrews.

Egypt Photo Journal Reminder

Just a reminder that the Egypt PJ is due tomorrow (Tuesday).

Mesopotamia and Egypt Photo Journal (PJ) Assignments, MESO DUE TOMORROW

**MESOPOTAMIA PHOTO JOURNAL DUE TOMORROW (FRIDAY)

• Click HERE for a blank copy of the Mesopotamia and Egypt PJ assignment.
• Start with the Mesopotamia PJ - read and follow all of the directions
• --**Must be on a separate piece of paper, number all questions, write in complete sentences, MUST have ONE PICTURE for each PJ(one for Mesopotamia PJ and one for Egypt PJ) **

COPY OF CLASS NOTES ARE POSTED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BLOG

Copy of Egypt Notes, Assignments

• Click HERE for a copy of today's Egypt notes. We completed pages 15,16 in class.
• For tomorrow, answer questions 1,2 and 3 based on the reading that you were given in class today.
• DUE Wednesday: Geography Matters (SEE POSTS BELOW for instructions and Presentations)

Upcoming Assignments-Sumer and Geography Matters

Due Monday: complete pages 6 and 6a in your packet. (extra credit, but HIGHLY RECOMMENDED)

Due next Wednesday (feel free to get a head start!): complete the Geography Matters pages in your packet (9&10) using the Google Presentations posted below. Click HERE for a blank copy of pages 9 & 10.

Geography Matters Presentations

Click HERE for the Natural Barriers presentation.

Click HERE for the Rivers presentation.

Click HERE for the Location presentation.

Neolithic Essay, Mesopotamia Blank Packet

The Neolithic Essay will be due on Wednesday in Google Docs.  Please check to make sure that you have shared it with us (hahnkav@bmchsd.org). **If you shared it once, please do not do so again. 

We highly recommend that you come to see us for extra help TODAY.  Ms. Hahn will be in the Library 5th period and Rm 127 after school. Mrs. Kavanagh will be in B166 both 5th period and after school for extra help.  There is no extra help tomorrow.

A new packet was given out today: Click HERE for a blank copy.

Paleo/Neo Notes: Homework

NOTES: Click HERE for a copy of Paleo/Neo Notes packet
Click HERE for a copy of the notes from the History of the World in 7 Minutes Video
Click HERE for a copy of the PEGS of the Paleolithic Notes
Click HERE for a copy of the Neolithic Chart Notes

***The Neolithic Revolution essay is due on Wednesday 9/28.  The essay should be shared with hahnkav@bmchsd.org in the student gmail accounts.

  **If you  have trouble accessing your student gmail at home through the Bellmore-Merrick website: go to Gmail.com and type in your username (for the school account) with @bmchsd.org at the end.  For example: hahnkav@bmchsd.org and then your password for the school computers.

Essay Outline Format

Click HERE for guidance on how to outline your essay.

Neolithic Essay Blank Copy and Outline due tomorrow

Click HERE for a blank copy of the Neolithic Revolution essay.

The boxing out chart on the back of the essay handout is due tomorrow.

Advocate Decision Making: Neolithic Revolution--Great OR Not

Homework: Click HERE for a blank copy if you misplaced yours or were absent today.

Judges: On your advocate sheet, come up with 5 questions to ask the advocates.  Do not complete the second part of the page. You will do that during class.
For example:
Name two ways that farming was a more efficient way of getting food than hunting and gathering (for advocates of farming).  Name two ways that hunting and gathering provided a better lifestyle than farming (for advocates against farming).

Advocates: You were given a side to advocate for (for Farming or against farming).  Completely fill out the advocate sheet in order to be prepared for the argument.

Neolithic Homework

Complete the documents on pg. 15 in the packet. You should write in complete sentences.

NOTES:
Click HERE for a copy of Paleo/Neo Notes packet
Click HERE for a copy of the notes from the History of the World in 7 Minutes Video
Click HERE for a copy of the PEGS of the Paleolithic Notes
Click HERE for a copy of the Neolithic Chart Notes

Summer Essay due tomorrow

Complete, edited summer essays are due tomorrow. You do not need to print it out. Make sure that you have shared it in google docs.

In the Lab, When you are finished...

Click HERE to go on a virtual tour of the Lascaux Cave in France. 

Once you have visited, click HERE and post 3 comments that would describe what life was like for those who lived in these caved.  How did they survive? How did they build? Who was in charge? etc.

Summer Essay Update

After today in the computer lab, students should have the majority of their essays completed.  They should finish their rough draft tonight for homework because we will be doing peer editing in class tomorrow.  The final essay is due on Friday.  Tomorrow is our last day to work in the computer lab.

Summer essay homework

Today in the computer lab, students started their summer essays in Google docs. Students can access their work at home by logging into their student email from the Bellmore-Merrick homepage. We will be working on the essays again tomorrow in the lab, but students should have the first TWO paragraphs finished tonight.

9/11 Memorial Assignment- completed in class Friday- & Your weekend Homework

1st Make sure you save the blog in your favorites

2nd complete your worksheet as you examine your assigned art gallery.  Click HERE to view Honathan Hyman's photos.

3rd Participate in the 9/11 online discussion - Link will be posted soon.

4th Make sure your boxing out chart for your summer essay is filled with details, with introduction and conclusion for Monday.

Boxing Out Chart Assignment

Complete the boxing out chart for your summer essay assignment. This must be completed by Monday.

Click HERE for a blank copy of the Summer Essay Assignment.
Click HERE for a blank copy of the Boxing Out Chart

Homework #2

On page 9 in your packet, come up with 10 words that describe your experiences from the summer.

Welcome to Calhoun and Global Studies 1 with Ms. Hahn and Mrs. Kavanagh

Here is a list of supplies to be successful in Global History and Geography I.

1. 3-ring binder or simply a folder to store all your notes.

2. Pen and Pencil

3. One folder that will stay in the classroom.

Your first Homework assignment:
Become a follower of the blog and have your parent complete the Parent Contact Form below. They must also sign the course outline that can be found in your packet.

Parent Contact Form for Period 1 Students: HERE

Parent Contact Form for Period 6 Students: HERE
Parent Contact Form for Period 4 Students: HERE

***Your parent should fill out the paper contact form ONLY if you do not have access to a computer at home and you have spoken with us about this.