A document-based approach to ancient and medieval history, emphasizing document analysis, writing and literacy skills, and critical thinking.
Click here for the course syllabus.
***Textbook sections listed below need to have been read before the class date listed.***
Last updated: 4/15/13
EXAM REVIEW and EXAMS
5/21 – 5/24 – Exams
5/14 – 5/20 – Exam Review
5/14 and 5/15 – EOCs
CHAPTER 9 and CHAPTER 16 – The Americas
5/15 and 5/16 – students who did not achieve mastery on the Americas Project were given projects back; must resubmit by Friday morning at 8:00 am
4/30 – 5/13 – Americas Literacy Project
CHAPTER 14 – The Formation of Western Europe
***Extra Credit Replacement Assignment – Pictorial History of the Crusades – DUE MAY 3
Chapter 14 notes
4/24 and 4/25 – chapter 14 test; clerihews extra credit due (5 poems on medieval characters worth 2 points each on a major assessment; click on link to right for details on how to write a clerihew)
4/22 and 4/23 – DBQ: “The Evolving Attitudes of Christianity and Islam toward Commerce”
4/19 – no school
4/17 and 4/18 – students should have read ch. 14 sec. 4 and answered #1-7 on p.403; RETESTING FOR CHAPTER 13 WILL HAPPEN IN CLASS
4/15 and 4/16 – students should have read ch. 14 secs. 2 and 3 and answered #1-7 on p.392 and p.397; RETEACHING FOR CHAPTER 13 WILL HAPPEN IN CLASS (make sure you review church and state, feudalism and manorialism, monasteries, and the papacy)
4/12 (A-day) – “The Canterbury Tales”
4/10 and 4/11 – Mr. Stone was absent; students peer evaluated Coats of Arms
4/8 and 4/9 – students should have read ch. 14 sec. 1 and answered #1-7 on p.385
3/29 – 4/7 – Spring Break. WOOT!
CHAPTER 13 – European Middle Ages
Click here for the study guide
Click here for chapter 13 notes handout (REMINDER: Printing notes is not an excuse to not pay attention. Students who print notes and fail to pay attention will have those notes taken away.)
3/27 and 3/28 – chapter 13 test; Coat of Arms due (click here for help getting started…)
3/25 and 3/26 – students should have read ch. 13 sec. 4 and answered #1-7 on p.373
3/22 – SLCs
3/20 and 3/21 – students should have read ch. 13 secs. 2 and 3 and answered #1-7 on p. 363 and 369
3/18 and 3/19 – students should have read ch. 13 sec. 1 and answered #1-7 on p.357; students will receive the Coat of Arms project
CHAPTER 12 – Empires of East Asia
[previously listed at top of page] ***STUDENTS WHO WISH TO ARGUE FOR POINTS ON THE GROUP ASSIGNMENT GRADES FROM CHAPTER 12 MUST DO SO AFTER SCHOOL ON 3/26 OR 3/27. ONLY GROUP MEMBERS PRESENT TO ARGUE FOR POINTS WILL BE AWARDED ANY CREDIT GIVEN.***
3/13 and 3/14 – chapter 12 test
3/8 and 3/15 – “A Samurai Instructs His Son” and “Movement of the Ainu”
3/4 — 3/7 AND 3/11 — 3/12 – students will be working in groups on chapter 12; click here for the assignment
CHAPTER 11 – Byzantine, Russian, and Turk Interactions
Click here for chapter 11 notes handout
3/1 – What is a credible source?
2/27 and 2/28 – students will study the beginnings of Turkish empires and the origins of the Crusades
2/25 and 2/26 – students will study the beginnings of Russia and the Russo-Mongolian conflict
2/22 – What is a credible source?
2/20 and 2/21 – students will study the Byzantine Empire and the East-West split in the Christian church
CHAPTERS 8 & 15 – Africa
2/20 and 2/21 – Africa map projects DUE
2/18 and 2/19 – students will have a case study assignment in class on the Bantu which will count as a test grade; STUDENTS MUST HAVE BOOKS OR THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT
2/15 – What to Wear to Mecca – A and B students may turn in this assignment for extra credit
2/13 and 2/14 – students will finish working through critical thinking questions and receive Africa map project
2/11 and 2/12 – students will begin working through critical thinking questions after the chapter 10 test
CHAPTER 10 – The Muslim World
2/11 and 2/12 – chapter 10 test
***Students may submit their Islamic culture example from 2/6 and 2/7 on test day as a replacement grade for their lowest quiz grade.***
2/8 – The Arabian Nights
2/6 and 2/7 – students should bring to class one of the following, and be able to discuss EITHER a news article from the previous 5 years about some aspect of Islam. (NB: We will not be having a political debate. This is an opportunity to learn about a different civilization.) OR one example of Islamic art or architecture.
2/4 and 2/5 – students should have read ch. 10 secs. 2 and 3 (there will be a QUIZ covering both sections); p. 280, #9-18 due; students will watch a short film on the origins of algebra
2/1 – The Arabian Nights
1/30 and 1/31 – students should have read ch. 10 sec. 1; introductory material on Islam, including a 30 minute film; QUIZ
1/28 and 1/29 – students will read a Newsweek article from 2002 on Islam and complete guided reading questions
CHAPTER 7 – India and China Establish Empires
1/24 and 1/25 – in-class writing assignment based on the writings of Ban Zhao
1/22 and 1/23 – students will work in groups to create an exam for government positions based on an ancient Chinese format; ch.7 secs. 1,2,3 #1-7 due
CHAPTER 6 – Rome
1/18 – Roman Roads
1/16 and 1/17 – Rome test and research questions due
1/14 and 1/15 – lecture/discussion on Rome; work on study guide for test
1/11 – Roman Roads; students who went on the Les Mis field trip need to make up this assignment
1/7 – 1/10 – students will be watching Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith in class as the basis for a research project TBA; click here for the historical background assignment (due 1/9 and 1/10)
- Star Wars assignment
- Star Wars rubric
- Martin Winkler’s research is very helpful for comparing ancient Rome with the Galactic Empire. If available at local libraries or on the internet, use those resources to better understand the parallels.
- NB: Pay attention to the climate of fear created by Palpatine, especially after Anakin becomes Darth Vader. This climate of fear was used by many Roman politican-generals to control politics and achieve their personal desires (e.g., Marius and Sulla).
- Just for fun: Are lightsabers possible?
- Just for fun: Darth Julius
- Extra credit (up to 5 pts): Create an image that combines an element of Roman history and an element of Star Wars. See the example of Darth Julius above. Due on chapter 6 test day.
–BEGIN 2ND SEMESTER–
Click here for the midterm project and here for the rubric.
12/12 – exams begin; PART 5 OF EXAM IS DUE DURING THE EXAM PERIOD; see schedule here
12/10 and 12/11 – students should have read ch. 6 sec. 5 and answered #1-7 on pg. 183; PART 4 OF MIDTERM DUE; Q2 Extra Credit due, click here for the assignment
12/7 – in-class research on the transition between Roman Republic and Empire
12/5 and 12/6 – students should have read ch. 6 secs. 3 and 4 and answered #1-7 on pgs. 172 and 176; students will play the Ancient Mediterranean variant of Diplomacy in class; PART 3 OF MIDTERM DUE
12/3 and 12/4 – students should have read ch. 6 secs. 1 and 2 and answered #1-7 on pgs. 159 and 165; students will play the Ancient Mediterranean variant of Diplomacy in class; PART 2 OF MIDTERM DUE; Mr. Stone will be available from 3:00-4:00 each of these days to help students who did not achieve mastery on the Pericles’ Funeral Oration writing assignment; rewritten assignments are DUE 12/5/12 (A day students) and 12/6/12 (B day students)
11/30 – in-class research on the transition between Roman Republic and Empire
CHAPTER 5 – Classical Greece
Athenian democracy, started by Draco(?),
Could not have gained the approval of Plato.
Wisdom and reason, or so it should seem,
Must rule ev’ry head in every deme.
Click here for ch. 5 notes handout. Students who print notes as an excuse to not pay attention during class will have their handouts taken away.
11/28 and 11/29 – chapter 5 document-based test; maps due; PART 1 OF MIDTERM PROJECT DUE
11/26 and 11/27 – students should have read ch. 5 sec. 5
11/19 and 11/20 – students should have read select passages from Thomas Martin (click here and here and here and here and here and here and here) on Alexander the Great
11/16 – students will watch a film based on Plato’s Republic
11/14 and 11/15 – in class writing activity on Pericles’ Funeral Oration; students should have completed pre-writing before coming to class these days
***Students who did not finish the writing assignment on 11/14 or 11/15 must submit the assignment via email no later than midnight of the day of class.***
11/12 and 11/13 – students will annotate and analyze Pericles’ Funeral Oration in class in preparation for in class writing on Wed/Thurs; click here for the assignment and here for the rubric (PLEASE NOTE THE HOMEWORK ON THE ASSIGNMENT!!!); click here for the first page of the speech on Perseus Project (follow the rest of the text with the arrows)
11/9 – students will watch a film based on Plato’s Republic
11/7 and 11/8 – students should have read select passages from Thomas Martin (click here and here and here and here and here); modeling of SOAPStone method of speech analysis
11/2 – mythology day (Titans v. Olympians; reading of Iliad; Athena, Poseidon, and Athens)
10/31 and 11/1 – CH. 4 RETESTING WILL OCCUR IN CLASS; students should have read select passages from Thomas Martin (click here and here and here and here and here and here)
10/29 and 10/30 – students should have read ch. 5 sec. 2 and select passages from Thomas Martin (click here and here and here)
10/26 – mythology day (Titans v. Olympians; reading of Iliad; Athena, Poseidon, and Athens)
10/24 and 10/25 – students should have read “Geographical and Historical Introduction” (8 brief sections) in Thomas Martin’s Overview of Classical Greek History; the text can be found at the Perseus Project here; modeling activity of annotating/analyzing a speech in preparation for Pericles’ Funeral Oration project (‘I do, You do, We do’ method)
CHAPTER 4 – First Age of Empires
10/22 and 10/23 – chapter 4 test; receive Greece maps for ch. 5
10/19 – SLCs
10/17 and 10/18 – students should have read ch. 4 sec. 4 and completed p. 109 # 1-7; “Intrigues of the Warring States”
10/15 and 10/16 – students should have read ch. 4 sec. 3 and completed p. 103 # 1-7; “Babylon” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
10/12 – teacher workday
10/11 – the majority of freshmen will be on a field trip to Camp Greenville
10/10 – catch up day for students
10/8 and 10/9 – students should have read ch. 4 sec. 2 and completed p. 98 #1-7; storytime! “You Wouldn’t Want to Be an Assyrian Soldier”; “The Destruction of Sennacherib” by George Gordon, Lord Byron and 2 Kings 19:32-37
10/5 – Valley of the Kings; students will begin assignment in class (A-Day - due 10/10)
10/3 and 10/4 – students should have read ch. 4 sec. 1 and completed p. 94 #1-7; “Ozymandias” by Percy Shelley
10/1 and 10/2 – students will have an intro activity for chapter 4; students will receive ch. 3 tests back; AA will occur in class these days so that students may retest on 10/5
CHAPTER 3 – People and Ideas on the Move
9/28 – Valley of the Kings; students will begin assignment in class (B-Day – due 10/4)
9/26 and 9/27 – ch. 3 test; Ancient Civilizations map due
9/24 and 9/25 – students should have read ch. 3 sec. 4; short film on Judaism; begin “Ticket Out”
9/21 – students will have the entire class period to work on the Ancient Civilizations Map (due 9/26 and 9/27)
9/19 and 9/20 – students should have read ch. 3 sec. 3; CAR – Siddhartha; students will receive ch. 3 study guide
9/17 and 9/18 – students should have read all of ch. 3 sec. 2 (time was given the previous week in class for this); 30 minute video on Buddhism
9/14 – students will receive ch. 3 map assignment and begin work in class (due 9/26 and 9/27)
9/12 and 9/13 – caste reflection paragraphs due at beginning of class; students should have read ch. 3 sec. 2 (stop at “The Buddha Seeks Enlightenment”); 30 minute video on Hinduism; CAR – Siddhartha
9/10 and 9/11 – students will read ch. 3 sec. 1 in class; caste activity, reflection paragraph due on 9/12 and 9/13
CHAPTER 1 – The Peopling of the World and CHAPTER 2 – Early River Valley Civilizations
9/10 and 9/11 – River Valley Advertisement + ch. 2 homework due; click here for ad rubric
9/6 and 9/7 – CAR – Gilgamesh (final day; writing exercise in class)
9/4 and 9/5 – chapter 1 document-based test (take-home portion of chapter 1 test due at beginning of class!!!); finish discussing chapter 2; begin work on river valley advertisements (due 9/10 and 9/11)
Click here for the chapter 1 study guide.
9/3 – Labor Day
8/31 – literacy skills – outlining
8/29 and 8/30 – ch. 2 – SKIM; questions 9-17 on p. 56; CAR - Gilgamesh
8/27 and 8/28 – ch. 1 sec. 3; questions 1-5 and 8 on p. 23; CAR - Gilgamesh
8/24 – literacy skills – outlining
8/22 and 8/23 – ch. 1 sec. 2; questions 1-5 and 7 on p. 18; CAR - Gilgamesh
8/20 and 8/21 – Archaeology day; students should have (if possible) read chapter 1 section 1 and completed questions 1-6 on p. 11; students who have not yet received textbooks should make this up by the following class period
Introductory Unit – Geography
8/17 – literacy skills – map making
8/15 and 8/16 – review of major geographical concepts (whole class and small groups); geography QUIZ
8/13 and 8/14 – major geographical concepts (QUIZ on Wed/Thurs; click here for the study guide), map practice
Links
ClassZone – locate our text (Ancient World History) and register for online resources
Çatalhöyük – articles, images, and videos from the excavations of a neolithic village
Perseus Project – find ancient texts, images, and other resources (mainly Rome and Greece)
Dēmos – scholarship on Athenian Democracy
The Ancient City of Athens – essays and photos about the ancient city
Pharaohs – good source of information on the numerous kingdoms of Egypt
Theban Mapping Project – digitalized map of the Valley of the Kings
