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QUIZ # 3-THURSDAY

Tuesday:  Take notes on Video of Egypt.

Thursday:  Quiz # 3 and complete Chapter 5 Survey worksheet on Ancient Egypt.

Tuesday:  City State Task is due (see handout students were given weeks ago for ideas)  Students must complete a different element or trait each week (there are 5 elements of any civilization and students have handouts with information about these elements).  If they complete one element, they may not complete another task for that element (ex.  Centralized Government can only be done once)  Review by watching vidoes on Mesopotamia and taking notes using their study guides.

Thursday:  TEXT over Mesopotamia.  The Empire and Free Choice Level tasks are both due next Tuesday!!!!

Students received The Changing Earth textbooks and will have these for the next unit.  When there is reading material with pages numbers, they will refer to these books.  Look on the science page of my blog for additional resources for Earth Science.

Monday:  Read pages 8-13 and complete Reading Study Guide (RSG) 1.1 A. worksheet.

Wednesday:  Read pages 14-19 and complete RSG 1.2 A. worksheet.

Friday:  Read Sections 1.3 (beginning on page 20) in textbook and complete RSG 1.3 A worksheet.

Tuesday:  Read and complete Hammarabi’s Code worksheet.  Village Level Task due (see handouts for options)  There will be a City-State Task due next Tuesday.

Thursday:  Quiz # 2 (see Fertile Crescent Fact Sheet); Challenge for teams-in class. 

Monday:  Catch up day to get caught up on missing work.

Wednesday:  Staying Alive worksheet

Friday:  Watch video on Earth’s Catastrophic Past.  CELL PROJECTS DUE!  See handout for options on the projects.

Parents:  Each Tuesday a TASK is due in social studies.  Refer to the student’s handout for suggested projects.  You may look at last week’s posting to get more details. 

Tuesday:  Quiz # 1 (taken from the Fertile Crescent Fact sheet); Tribe Level Task is due today; Teams create a poster representing their assigned civilization ( in class).

Thursday:  Present posters to the class.  Begin reading and discussing the handout entitled:  Hammarabi’s Code.  This will be finished next Tuesday.

• Cell Project will be due Friday, October 10.  Students may chose one of the following projects to show their knowledge of cell organelles:  Cell Model of both a plant and animal cell (include the following organelles-cell membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus, cell wall-in plant and chloroplasts-in plant); create a cartoon that represents the functions of the cell organelles listed above; or create a story where the characters take on the functions of the organelles mentioned.

Monday:  Read and complete the worksheet entitled:  The Parts of a Cell:  Reinforcement Activity

Wednesday:  In class create a poster of the main parts (organelles) of a cell and explain their functions.

Friday:  Read the handout on Plant and Animal Cells.  Study for cell quiz and work on cell projects in class with any time left.

• Upcoming quiz in social studies next week over the first 10 Fertile Crescent Facts (students should have a sheet they were given with questions and answers to study from)
• First (of 5) TASKS are due next Tuesday.  Students have a handout labeled Tribe Task containing the 5 elements of a civilization listed on them-government, religion, writing, job specialization-social class, and art-architecture-public works.  They must choose one of these 5 elements and do one of the suggested tasks listed below that element.  Students know they must answer the question that coordinates with the element they have chosen, however, they may not write out the question or its answer.  Instead, students are to answer the question within the task they choose to do.  The tasks will be due each Tuesday.  Tribe task is due September 30, Village Task is due October 7, City-State Task is due October 14, Empire Task is due October 21 and the fifth task may be done within any level of their chosing.  Students must have one task from each of the 5 elements and cannot repeat any element.

Tuesday:  Read pages 83-86 and answer questions in book on page 86.

Thursday:  Work on Tribe Level Task for Mesopotamia and complete it.  Students will have this task due on Tuesday, September 30.  Please refer to handouts given in class.

Monday:  Pond Water Lab  (work in class) students will complete the labsheet on Wednesday.

Wednesday:  Finish Pond Water Lab – complete worksheet

Friday:  NO SCHOOL – Teacher workday

Tuesday:  Complete Fertile Crescent Map, begin reading handout on Mesopotamia and turn in the Fertile Crescent worksheet from last Thursday.

Thursday:  Finish reading handout on Mesopotamia and complete worksheet entitled:  Sumerian Civilization Quiz