CLASSWORK &
HOMEWORK
UNIT 1 – 8000 BCE to 1450 CE
~ From the
syllabus ~
If you know you will be absent on the day of a test
or a quiz, you are expected to take it ahead of time. If you miss
an assessment/exam for an excused absence, you will have 2 school days from the
date of your return to make it up or it will become a zero in the gradebook.
Exams missed for an unexcused absence will result in a zero grade. Late
work is worth half credit and is due no later than the end of the unit during
which it was assigned. Work will be considered late if it is not turned
in at the beginning of the period or when it is collected during class; work
turned in after the completion of the unit will not be accepted.
Islamic Empire
Oct. 27 Today: Exam
on World Religions. The exam will be open-note (not open-book or
open-packet). Your World Religions Project is due
today!
NO HOMEWORK
Oct.
28/29 Today: Finish exams as
needed. Then, start Islamic Empire.
1) Write the following quote on a piece of paper for
you to keep: “For the west, much of the history of Islam has been obscured
behind a veil of fear and misunderstanding.” Analyze the quote. Give examples
of fear/misunderstanding. Where do they come from?
2) On the same paper, write
the following goals and question:
Goals: To understand the significance of the Islamic
Empire and the role of religion in the Empire. To understand how religion
shapes behavior.
Question: How did religion shape the politics, economy,
society, intellectual pursuits, arts, and natural world of the Islamic Empire?
3) Make predictions/explain
what you know about the Islamic Empire on the Predictions handout.
4) Review from religions
work and introduce new concepts by completing the vocabulary
handout.
5) Watch video about the development of Islam to get
a better understanding of the religion, as it will be important to
understanding the Islamic Empire. Complete the video guide while watching.
NO HOMEWORK
Oct. 30 Today: Continue video about Islamic
Empire and complete video guide.
Discuss.
NO HOMEWORK
Oct. 31 Today: Invisible Children
presentation!!!
NO HOMEWORK
Nov. 3 Today: Additional information about
Islam. (Click here for PowerPoint presentation handout.)
Take quiz on the basics and score quiz in class.
NO HOMEWORK
Nov. 4/5 Today: Critical reading about women in
Islamic Empire (from No god but God and textbook). Highlight, make notes
in the margins, ask questions while reading. Reading available only in hard
copy. When done, bring reading to Ms. Johnston to show markings and get reading questions.
Then, discussion of election – predictions and
results. Review Electoral College, color electoral college map with
predictions.
HOMEWORK: Watch the election returns!!!
Nov. 6 Special Schedule
(Veterans Day Video)
Today: Election results. Finish reading from
Tuesday/Wednesday and work on questions.
NO HOMEWORK
Nov. 7 Special Schedule
(Veterans Day Assembly)
Today: Finish reading
questions from Thursday. These are due Wednesday, no excuses!
HOMEWORK – Finish reading questions if
you are not done. Bring them to class on Wednesday.
Nov. 10 NO
SCHOOL – Learning Improvement Day (Teacher Inservice)
Nov. 11 NO
SCHOOL – Veterans Day
Nov. 12 C DAY
Today: Homework check on reading questions from
last week (18 points). You may turn the questions in late for ½ credit. Review
questions as needed. Continue Islamic Empire and society – merchants, other
people in society.
** Click here for lecture
PowerPoint if you were absent.
If you will be
absent for the rest of the week, it is advisable to read Chapter 10 in your
World History textbook and to get notes from a classmate when you return.
NO HOMEWORK
Nov. 13 C DAY
Today: Watch part 2 of Islam: Empire of Faith.
This segment is called “The Awakening” and is about the important intellectual,
economic, and political contributions of the empire. Art and architecture are
also covered, as is the relationship to the natural world. Click here for the video viewing guide.
If you will be absent for the rest of
the week, it is advisable to read Chapter 10 in your World History textbook and
to get notes from a classmate when you return.
NO HOMEWORK
Nov. 14 Special Schedule
(Corporal’s Diary)
Today: Finish part 2 of Islam: Empire of
Faith. This segment is called “The Awakening” and is about the important
intellectual, economic, and political contributions of the empire. Art and
architecture are also covered, as is the relationship to the natural world.
Click here for the video viewing
guide.
If you will be absent for the rest of
the week, it is advisable to read Chapter 10 in your World History textbook and
to get notes from a classmate when you return.
NO HOMEWORK
Nov. 17 Today: Overview of the Ottoman Empire
as continuation of the Islamic Empire. Review and categorize learning into
PERSIAN elements (PERSIAN: Politics, Economy, Religion, Society, Intellectual
Pursuits, Arts, and Natural World).
Meeting places (if needed): All periods –
Lab 109
Nov. 18/19 SUBSTITUTE
BOTH DAYS – Ms. Johnston out for conferences
Today: Finish categorizations. Start work on artifacts project.
Click here for some helpful links.
How will you be assessed?
o Click here for teacher/student assessment rubric.
o Click here for reflection rubric.
o Click here for individual participation rubric.
Meeting places Tuesday: 1st
& 5th periods – Lab 110
Meeting place Wednesday: 4th period –
Lab 110
Nov. 20 Today: Continue work on artifacts project.
Click here for some helpful links.
How will you be assessed?
o Click here for teacher/student assessment rubric.
o Click here for reflection rubric.
o Click here for individual participation rubric.
Meeting places (if needed): All periods – Lab 109
Nov. 21 Today: Continue work on artifacts project.
Click here for some helpful links.
How will you be assessed?
o Click here for teacher/student assessment rubric.
o Click here for reflection rubric.
o Click here for individual participation rubric.
Meeting places (if needed): All periods –
Lab 109
Nov. 24 Today: Last day to work on artifacts project. Work on individual
reflection and rubric today.
Click here for some helpful links.
How will you be assessed?
o Click here for teacher/student assessment rubric.
o Click here for reflection rubric.
o Click here for individual participation rubric.
Meeting places (if needed): All periods –
Lab 110
Nov. 25 C DAY- BJTAC Assembly
Schedule
Today: Present artifacts and assess. Teacher and
students will view artifacts and descriptions and assess the work. Each student
group will receive two assessments – one from the teacher, one from a fellow
classmate – on the teacher/student assessment rubric. Reflections and individual rubrics are due today!! You will
not have any more time to work on them in class.
How will you be assessed?
o Click here for teacher/student assessment rubric.
o Click here for reflection rubric.
o Click here for individual participation rubric.
Nov. 26 Early
Release Schedule
Today: Finish artifacts presentations as needed,
turn in reflections/complete rubrics as needed.
Complete course
evaluation and turn in. You do NOT have to put your name on it, but you can
if you like. Be HONEST in your evaluations, as I take these seriously!
[Nov. 27-28 NO SCHOOL:
Happy Thanksgiving!!]
Dec. 1 Welcome back!
Today: Explain what grade you believe you earned on
the Islamic Empire project by using assessment information and your own work as
evidence. Use this handout to
prepare, think, and explain. Due at the end of the
period.
NO HOMEWORK
Dec. 2/3 Today: Whole class discussion ~ Examine what it
means to have habits of mind, heart, and work.
This is in preparation for Socratic Seminar.
Then ~ Prepare to examine Islam in the present. Read
your assigned article in class. Highlight, develop questions about the article.
Prepare to discuss the practice of veiling (taking the hijab) for modern
Muslim women.
Text choices (choose only A,
B or C – not all):
A) “Damned if you
do, damned if you don’t”
B) “In
Saudi Arabia, a view from behind the veil”
C) “Under
a scarf, a Turkish lawyer fighting to wear it” PLUS “Shrouded
in contradiction”
HOMEWORK: Finish your article if needed.
Dec. 4 Today: Socratic Seminar discussion on the
practice of veiling. Preparation and drafting of guiding questions first, then
discussion and debrief. Reflections if time allows. Click here for the assessment rubric for
today.
NO
HOMEWORK
Dec.
8 Early Release
Today: Second chance Socratic Seminar discussion for those
who did not contribute or earn a 3 or better on the rubric on Friday. Same guiding questions as Friday.
NO HOMEWORK
Dec. 9/10 Today: Culminating Project Proposal
orientation and work time in the computer lab. (Click here
for Sehome’s Culminating Project information page.)
Class
Meeting Places:
1st
period – Lab 109
4th
period – Lab 109
5th
period – Lab 109/110
NO HOMEWORK
Dec.
11 Today: Start new unit! (See next unit’s web page for
information and homework.)