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Textbook Assignments for 600-1450

THESE SHOULD BE DONE IN CORNELL NOTE FORMAT! PLEASE INCLUDE PAGE NUMBERS! Assignments: 600 CE -1450 CE (Period 3) # Assignments Due Date 1A 1B ·          Read and complete chart on Post-Classical/Big Changes and Continuity ·          Read and Outline pages 117-143 and answer the following questions: o     How did the environment of Arabia impact the social organization and lifestyle of the Bedouin? o     What role did Mecca play in Arabia? o     What was the role of women and marriage in Arabia? o     What events led to the fall of the Umayyads? o     What did the new religion of Islam offer to the divided people of Arabia? o     How did surrounding empires react to Islam? o     How did the Umayyads rise to power...

Week of 10/9-10/13

Monday 10/9 --- No school Here are the answers to questions 8-10 on the HW sheet: 8.   B 9.   D 10. A Tuesday 10/10: Stimulus test today!!! I'm excited! Wednesday 10/11: HW:  1.  Reading on Empress Wu.  What was her role as a female leader in Tang China? 2. Read and take notes on Double Trouble reading. 3. Work on textbook reading Thursday 10/12: 1. Assignment #4 is Due on Friday Friday 10/13 Assignment #4 is DUE! 

Week of 10/2-10/6

Monday 10/2: DUE TODAY:  Reading and chart on post-classical civilizations. Changes and continuities. 

Week of 9/25-9/29

Monday 9/25 :   QUIZAM today on F-600BCE.  Study your notes and review packet from last year. 20 multiple choice questions and two SAQs HW tonight :  Please read p.1-2 in the Classical Civilization packet.  Use the information to examine the civilizations of Han China, India, and the Mediterranean (Persia, Greece, Rome).  Take notes and create a "brag sheet" for each empire.  In other words for each empire/region create a list of  FIVE  things they should be remembered for. Write the lists on a SEPARATE sheet of paper. Please take notes on the reading as well, while reading.  Tuesday 9/26:  1. DUE TODAY: Classical civilization brag sheet. 2. HW tonight: Read the assigned p. 5 about the conclusion of the empires and take notes. Wednesday 9/27: 1. DUE TODAY: Conclusion of empires Thursday 9/28: 2. HW tonight: Universal religions reading and questions. 

Week 9/11-9/15

MONDAY 9/11 TUESDAY 9/12 --THEME assignment DUE                               Flood story questions due tomorrow WEDNESDAY 9/13- -- Flood story due                                       Indus handout due tomorrow THURSDAY 9/14- -- Indus DUE                                    Practice thesis statement due tomorrow FRIDAY 9/15- --  Thesis due MONDAY 9/18 ---We are writing a comparative essay in class TODAY 

Week 9/5-9/8

Tuesday 9/5 : FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! History is like an Onion article.  Read and take notes on the article. Wednesday 9/6 :  History like an Onion reading is DUE today. Worst Mistake/Howell Article: please read and complete the assigned outline due tomorrow. Thursday 9/7: Due today: Worst Mistake article There is a quiz tomorrow on the region map and the time periods.  The quiz will take 10 minutes.  Friday 9/8: Region and Time period quiz today! Reminder: Theme assignment is DUE on Tuesday 9/12. 

Extra help schedule

Mondays 7:00-7:20 in room 128 Mondays 2:15-2:40 in room B176 Wednesday 2:15-2:40 in room B176