Today we completed our Mongol Empire maps and did the Mongol Empire DBQ. **Please write a question on your DBQ worksheet in preparation...

Today we wrapped up religions with Crash Course (Buddhism & Ashoka --- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nn5uqE3C9w ) and took video...

Today we finished our Eastern religions Character Collages (Buddha/Buddhism, Laozi/Daosim, Confucius/Confucianism), and used them to take...

Today we reviewed vocab for world religions ("4 corners" warm up) and began working on character collages in small groups for major...

Today we began comparing eastern and western thought by examining Hinduism ("Spirit of Hinduism" reading packet + completing the pink...

Today we took Cornell Notes on the historical context of the big 3 western religions (lecture) and finished the jigsaw activity from last...

Today we read about the Silk Road online (access to the reading through Actively Learn in ClassLink: https://launchpad.classlink.com/Issa...

Today we watched Crash Course Ancient Egypt (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Wvw6BivVI) and did quiz corrections (7th). We also...

Today we did quiz corrections (6th) and worked on Hammurabi's Law Code (small group assignment---finish outside of class if you did not...

Today we took our Unit 1 Quiz and began a WebQuest on River Valley civilizations. **It is not homework, we will have class time on...

Today we finished watching Guns, Germs, and Steel and turned in the film questions. We also did a couple of review games for our first...

Today, we finished and turned in Section Notes for Chapters 1.2 and 1.3, and began watching the film Guns, Germs, and Steel. **Please...

Today we did the Culture Fair, sharing your PowerPoint slides in small groups before turning them in.

Today we introduced the Cultural Universals Mini-Project. We worked on computers to make PowerPoint slides about you and your personal...

Several Postcard assignments were submitted with no name. Be sure to check the "no name" assignments posted next to the turn-in trays in...

Today we went to the library and learned about how to use research databases and library resources with Ms. Olsson. We also worked on...

Today, we discussed cultural generalizations vs. stereotypes, and watched "The Danger of a Single Story" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Today we took notes on the 7 cultural universals, and did a "jigsaw" reading of different version of the Cinderella story from around the...

Today we discussed our current events in small groups, introduced Cornell note-taking, and began to read & take Section Notes on Chapter...

Today we finished and turned in our Place Postcards and researched a current event to summarize and connect to the themes of geography. ...