Test Review Day

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Please Do Now:

1. On a blank piece of paper, invent 5 questions that you think I might ask on Friday’s test.  Make two easy short answer questions, two medium short answer questions, and one hard essay question.  I will collect these when you are finished. 

Today, students will:

1. Divide into your 2nd Quarter Peer Editing Groups.  These are your teams for today’s game.  Take 3 minutes to come up with a team name (suggestion: be like Alexander the Great and name them after yourselves).
2. Here is a list of some (not all) of the terms that I think will be helpful for Friday’s test (Test 2 Review List).    You will also be responsible for bigger why and how questions (How did Plato view the physical world?  Why did the Peloponnesian War start?)
3. The game works like charades.  A representative from each team draws terms from a box, and acts them out while their teammates try to guess the terms.  The team that guesses the most terms wins.
4. The rules are as follows: In round 1, people who are acting out the terms can talk while their teammates are guessing, but cannot say the word or anything that sounds like it or rhymes with it.  In round 2, people can act out the terms but can only say two words.  In round 3, people can only act out the terms but cannot say anything.  Teams that are not performing for a round must silently pay attention so they can learn good words and motions to use in later rounds.
5. Teams go in turns and have one minute to act out as many terms as possible.  The round conitnues until all terms are guessed.  Each term is worth one point.  If you mess up and break the rules, your team loses one point.   

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Study for the test!

INDO-EUROPEAN / SEMITIC VENN

INDO-EUROPEAN / SEMITIC VENN

Test Friday!

THIS FRIDAY YOU WILL HAVE YOUR FIRST TEST OF THE SECOND NINE WEEKS.  WE WILL HAVE A REVIEW ON WEDNESDAY – MOST OF THE MATERIAL COVERED HAS TO DO WITH THE GREEKS AND ROMANS.

Please Do Now:

1. Make a Venn Diagram showing the similarities and differences between Indo-European and Semitic Cultures. (Blank Venn)
2. Include information such as their sense of time, their most important senses, their view of how the universe works, examples of the different cultures, etc.

Today, students will:

1. Compare and contrast Indo-European and Semitic cultures (LA.A.2.2.7)
2. Learn the history of the early Roman Empire (Pax Romana)(SS.A.1.4)
3. Learn basic facts about Julio-Claudian, Flavian and the Five Good Emperors (LA.A.2.4.1)

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Using the Venn Diagram we made in class today, comment on the short essays of your  peer editing groups using the comment form.
2. Read pp168-171.  Answer questions 1 and 4 on your blogs.
3. Read pp 172-177.  Answer questions 1 and 4 on your blogs. 

Roman Republic for Real

Please Do Now:

1. Based on yesterday’s readings, answer the following questions on a blank piece of paper: Roman Republic Q’s

Today, students will:

1. Learn about Roman territorial expansion.
2. Learn about the life of Julius Caesar (Romans 1a)

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Read the latest Sophie’s World packet.
2. Explain the author’s differences between ancient Indo-European and ancient Semitic Culture.  What ideas do we borrow from each of these cultures today? (One Paragraph on your blog)

Ancient Rome

Please Do Now:

Answer one of the following questions, depending on which comic book your group made over the weekend:

1. The Romans abducted the Sabine women.  When the Sabine men came to fight for them, the abducted women pleaded with men on both sides to make peace.  Why do you think the women asked the Sabines and the Romans to get along?  What reasons might they have had for not wanting their tribesmen to fight to rescue them?
2. Suppose you were Julius Caesar.  You were given one chance to address the senate and explain why you should be made dictator for life.  Draft your speech.

Today, students will (SSA.1.2.4, SSA.1.2.4):

1. Present their early Rome comic books to their peers
2. Understand how Rome’s government changed over time (Roman Republic)
3. Understand how Rome’s political structure and territory changed over time (Romans 1)
4. Learn the story of the Punic Wars (Hannibal)

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Read pages 150-154 and answer questions 1 and 3 on your blog.
2. Read pages 156-157 and answer questions 2 and 4 on your blog.
3. Read pages 158-161 and answer questions 2 and 4 on your blog.

Sick Day

I apologize for not making it in today, especially after being called away on Friday.  I want to get you started on our next unit so you don’t fall behind just because I’ve fallen ill.

Go to these two websites and read them as a group.

http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/HD/romr/hd_romr.htm

http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/HD/roem/hd_roem.htm

View the different pieces of artwork from the different periods of Roman history.  In one paragraph, write what you think Roman artwork tells us about Roman culture and society.  This should be collected at the end of the period.

Hopefully I will make it in for the rest of the week.  Again, I apologize for being out!

Mr Weiss

Hellenism

Please Do Now:

The following is just a thought exercise.  There are NO right answers to these questions.

1. Make a list of things we can know.  Then make a list of things we can only believe.
2. Indicate some of the factors contributing to a person’s philosophy in life.
3. What is meant by conscience?  Do you think conscience is the same for everyone?

Today, students will:

1. Review the Persian Wars, The Age of Pericles, The Peloponnesian War and Greek Art (Greece Review PowerPoint).
2. Discuss Alexander the Great and the rise of Hellenistic culture.
3. Read pages 120 – 148 of Sophie’s World.

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Finish the Sophie’s World packet.
2. Expand and revise your compare and contrast essays about the 3 classical philosophers (5 paragraphs)

Your Classwork

This is how much of the Venn you filled out in class today.  Use it with your peer commentys, but it is not an exhaustive list by any means.

Classwork Venn

Socrates, Plato and Aristotle

Please Do Now:

1. How can a baker  bake fifty absolutely identical cookies?
2. Why are all horses the same?
3. How did Plato and Aristotle answer the question of whether or not man had an immortal soul? (Clearly, there is no right answer for you to say in this class).

Today, students will:

1. Compare and contrast Socrates, Plato and Aristotle (Author’s Purpose, Ideas vs. Form, Ethics, Politics, Views on Women, Legacy). (LA.A.2.4.2, LA.A.2.2.7) (Philosophy Venn Diagram)
2. Read excepts of Socrates’ Apology and Plato’s Republic (Book VII: The Allegory of the Cave). (LA.A.1.4.2, LA.A.2.4.1, SS.A.1.4, SS.A.2.4)
3. Read my college essay on The Republic. (I remember I got a ‘B+’ on it).

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Read pages 122-125 in the textbook.  Answer questions 1 and 3 on your blog.
2. Read pages 130-132 in the textbook.  Answer questions 2 and 4 on your blog.
3. Read pages 133-137 in the textbook.  Answer question 2 on your blog.
4. Comment on your peers’ essay in your peer editing groups using the comment form. (LA.A.B.1.4)

Sophie’s World of Fun

Please Do Now:

Respond to the following:

1. Is there such a thing as natural modesty?
2. Wisest is she who knows she does not know…
3. True insight comes from within.
4. He who knows what is right will do right.

Today, students will:

1. Compare and contrast Sparta and Athens (athens-sparta.ppt)(SS.A.1.2.4)
2. Read pages 57-93 of Sophie’s World 
3. Compare and contrast Socrates and Plato (SS.A.1.2.4)

Tonight’s homework is:

1. Finish your Sophie’s World packet
2. Write a 1 paragraph essay comparing and contrasting Socrates, Plato and Aristotle on your blog.
3. Read 113-120 in the textbook and answer question 4 on page 117.

Tonight’s homework is