Geo 11/30/10

Students got their review sheets today and took their Map Quiz. The review sheets are due tomorrow for a grade and we have our Unit 10 test tomorrow.

11/29/10 Geo

Map Quiz tomorrow. Study: South Africa, Botswana, Gabon, Sudan, Chad, Congo, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Red Sea, Kenya, Ethiopia, Lake Victoria, Zambezi River, Congo River, Niger River, Kalahari Desert, Namib Desert, Atlantic Ocean, and Indian Ocean. Test Wed!

AP World 11/29/10

DBQ essay on Middle ages is due Wed. Test on chapters 9, 10, and 11 will be Friday. After school review Wed in Cafe 3.

AP World 11/22

The students need to finish the Chapter 11 "Americas on the Eve of Invasion" worksheet to turn in on Monday. The students also need to answer all the questions associated with the DBQ. We will work on writing the DBQ in class on Monday. Students need to finish reading Chapter 11. Possible RQ on Monday.

Geo 11/22

The students worked on their Sub-saharan maps today. Any maps not compelted in class are due tomorrow for a grade.

Geo 11/19

The students took their Unit 9 test today on North Africa and Southwest Asia. They need to finish their Unit 10 guided reading for homework and be ready to take a reading quiz on the guided reading on Monday. The guided reading will be collected Monday.

Geo 11/18

The test was postponed until Friday. Students need to have review sheets ready to turn in their review sheets before the test for a homework grade.

AP World 11/18

Students need to read the first half of Chapter 11 pages 239-251. They should be ready for a RQ on Monday. Also bring your permission slip for the iPads.

Geo 11/16

The students have a map quiz tomorrow and need to be able to locate 15 of the following possible places: Morrocco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait, Israel, Turkey, Nile River, Euphrates and Tigirs river, Atlas Mountains, Taurus Mountains, Zagros Mountains, the Red sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Persian Gulf, Baghdad, Mecca, Istanbul, Cairo.
The map quiz is wed 11/17 and the test will be Thursday 11/18.

AP World 11/16

The students need to read page 224 to the end of chapter 10 and be ready for another reading quiz. The comparative essay was postponed to Thursday. They need to be able to compare the spread of Islam to the spread of Christianity.

Geo 11/12

The students took their Unit 8 test today. Students were given two maps today. North Africa and SW Asia. All of these maps need to be completed and colored and ready to turn in on Monday. They will be collected Monday for a grade.

AP World 11/12

The students need to read Chapter 10 pages 213-224 and be ready for a reading quiz on Tuesday. The students also need to be ready to write a comparative essay dealing with aspects of Islam and Christianity in the post classical time period. This comp essay will be on Tuesday in class.

AP World 11/10

The students have a RQ on chapter 9 page 203 to the end of the chapter on Friday. They also need to get their iPad permission slip signed. Also the Chapter 9 guided reading and Kievan Rus worksheets are due Friday.

Geo 11/10

The following places could be on the map quiz: Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Rio Grande River, Amazaon River, Andes Mountains, Pampas, Cuba, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Brasilia, Mexico City and Rio de Janerio.

The students also need to complete the vertical zonation activity on page 208. That will be collected for a homework grade tomorrow (Thursday 11/11).

Geo 11/09

The students turned in their homework from last class. The guided reading from Latin America. They also took a reading quiz on Latin America. The students started their maps of Latin America today. They will have a Map Quiz on Thursday. The test on Latin America will be on Friday. Completed maps are due tomorrow.

Geo 11/05

Students need to complete the Latin America guided reading activity and be ready for a reading quiz on Tuesday. The guided reading worksheet will be collected Tuesday for a grade.

AP World 11/05

Homework: Students need to read Stearns chapter 9 pages 193-202 and be ready for a reading quiz on Tuesday. The guided reading answers are due Friday.

AP World 11/05

After your test go to the following link
http://www.crystalinks.com/byzantine.html
Using the above link answer the following questions on your note pad (not sundry notes)
1a. List the three events that could be used as the starting point of the Byzantine Empire.
1. When did Constantine establish the new capital for the Eastern Roman Empire?
"Early History"
2. Who was responsible for making the city impenetrable to attacks and how?
3. When did the western Roman empire collapse?
4. What was Justinian I greatest accomplishment?
5. What was the purpose of the great dome on the Hagia Sophia?
5b. What is religiously unique about the Hagia Sophia? Study the photo closely.
"Fight for Survival"
6. How did Heraclius fully Hellenize the Byzantine Empire?
7. Why was the Byzantine Empire seen as a military superpower of the early middle ages?
8. What controversy dominated the 8th century and into the early 9th century?
"Golden Era"
9. What was the Great Schism?
"End of Empire"
10. What allowed the Ottomans to finally conquer Constantinople in 1453?