Welcome back and to our third 9 week period. I hope everyone had a great holiday season and we are ready to get back to work.
During this 9 week period will continue our study of how civilizations begin, what was important to ancient civilizations and the specifically learn about one of the most intriguing ancient civilizations: Egypt.
The first thing we will do this 9 weeks is review where we have been and explore where we are going. The first week back students will learn more about civilizations and how they form by breaking into groups of four and each group developing their own civilization.
Once this is completed students will begin to go into more detail on Egypt and the civilizations that depending on the Nile river in order to survive. This will be accomplished by studying the geography of the Nile river, delving into the ancient Egyptian religion and culture, learn about the rulers of Egypt and finally learn about the Nubian cultures.
Important dates for this 9 week period are as follows:
07 Jan 2014 - Assign classroom group project
"Design your Civilization"
24 Jan 2014 - "Design your Civilization"
project is due.
27 Jan 2014 - Pretest for Ancient Egypt Unit
31 Jan 2014 - Ancient Egyptian Unit 6 begins Students given pretest
07 Feb 2014 - Unit 6 Vocabulary Test
21 Feb 2014 - Unit 6 Ancient Egypt Test
During this 9 week period will continue our study of how civilizations begin, what was important to ancient civilizations and the specifically learn about one of the most intriguing ancient civilizations: Egypt.
The first thing we will do this 9 weeks is review where we have been and explore where we are going. The first week back students will learn more about civilizations and how they form by breaking into groups of four and each group developing their own civilization.
Once this is completed students will begin to go into more detail on Egypt and the civilizations that depending on the Nile river in order to survive. This will be accomplished by studying the geography of the Nile river, delving into the ancient Egyptian religion and culture, learn about the rulers of Egypt and finally learn about the Nubian cultures.
Important dates for this 9 week period are as follows:
07 Jan 2014 - Assign classroom group project
"Design your Civilization"
24 Jan 2014 - "Design your Civilization"
project is due.
27 Jan 2014 - Pretest for Ancient Egypt Unit
31 Jan 2014 - Ancient Egyptian Unit 6 begins Students given pretest
07 Feb 2014 - Unit 6 Vocabulary Test
21 Feb 2014 - Unit 6 Ancient Egypt Test