Unit 1: From Eridu to the Sumerian Lady: Early Mesopotamia
-Wednesday 8/7: Intro Session. HW: Read Chapter 2 of Near Eastern World, prepare for reading quiz -Thursday, 8/8: Irrigation and Formation of Towns. HW: Read Chapter 3, prepare for reading quiz -Friday 8/9: Technology and the First Cities. HW: Read Chapter 4, prepare for reading Quiz -Monday 8/12: The Invention of Writing. HW: Read Chapter 5, finish cuneiform activity -Tuesday 8/13: Religion in Mesopotamia. HW: Read Chapter 6, prepare for reading quiz Wednesday 8/14: Absent -Thursday 8/15: Queens, Kings, and Religion in Early Cities. HW: Study for Unit 1 Test -Friday 8/16: What does a Unit Test Look Like? HW: Study for Unit 1 Test Monday 8/19: Wetums/Study Day. HW: Study for Unit 1 test Tuesday 8/20: Unit 1 Test. HW: Read Chapter 8
Unit 2:Sargon, Hammurabi, and Gilgamesh
-Wednesday 8/21: Sargon, the First Empire Builder. HW: Read Ch. 9, prepare for reading quiz, Tablet 1 -Thursday 8/22: Priests and Priestesses in Mesopotamia. HW: Read Ch. 10, be sure to take notes, Tablet 2 -Friday 8/23: Hammurabi and the First Lawmakers. HW: Read Ch. 11, prepare for reading quiz, Tablet 3-4 -Monday 8/26: The Justice System in Mesopotamia. HW: Read Ch. 12, finish Tablet 5-6 Tuesday 8/27: Mesopotamian Workers, Slave and Free. HW: Read Ch. 13, prepare for reading quiz, Tablet 7-8 -Wednesday 8/28: The Mesopotamian Family. HW: Read Ch. 14, Tablet 9 Thursday 8/29: Education in Ancient Mesopotamia. HW: Read Ch. 15, Tablet 10 Friday 8/30: Scenes from a Mesopotamian Palace Tuesday 9/3: The Epic of Gilgamesh. HW: Review Ch. 7, finish Epic of Gilgamesh for Seminar Discussion Wednesday 9/4: Seminar Discussion on Gilgamesh. HW: Study for Unit 2 Test Thursday 9/5: Review Day/Contracts-Justice Activity. HW: Study for Unit 2 Test Friday 9/6: Review Day/Game. HW: Study for Unit 2 Test Monday 9/9: Unit 2 Test. HW: Read Ch. 16
Unit 3: The Israelites and Other Near Eastern Empires -Tuesday 9/10: Hittite Victories and Indo-European Language. HW: Read Ch. 17, prepare for reading quiz -Wednesday 9/11: Diplomacy and the Great Powers. HW: Read Ch. 18 -Thursday 9/12: The Settlements and Movements of the Israelites. HW: Read Ch. 19, prepare for reading quiz, bring notes for collection -Friday 9/13: Map Activity/Review of Unit So Far. HW: Nothing -Tuesday 9/17: The Religion of the Israelites. HW: Read Chapter 20, final Israelite Reading -Wednesday 9/18: The Exodus and the Ten Commandments. HW: Prepare for Israelite seminar -Thursday 9/19: Israelite Seminar. HW: Read Ch. 21, prepare for reading quiz, bring notes for collection -Friday 9/20: Assyria. HW: Read Ch. 22, begin studying for Unit 3 test -Monday 9/23: Rise of Babylon, Fall of Judah. HW: Ch. 23, prepare for reading quiz -Tuesday 9/24: The Last Mesopotamian King. HW: Read Ch. 24 -Wednesday 9/25: The Persian Empire. HW: Study for Unit 3 test -Thursday 9/26: Review Game. HW: Study for Unit 3 test -Friday 9/27: Unit 3 Test
Unit 4: Early Egypt (Old Kingdom) -Monday 10/14: Geography of Egypt. HW: Read Ch. 2 -Tuesday 10/15-Wednesday 10/16: Narmer. HW: Read Ch. 3, prepare for reading quiz -Thursday 10/17: The Old Kingdom. HW: Read Ch. 4, Satire of the Trades -Friday 10/18: Hieroglyphics. HW: Read Ch. 5, prepare for reading quiz -Monday 10/21: Gods of Egypt. HW: Read "Story of Re", prepare for seminar discussion -Tuesday 10/22: "Story of Re" seminar. HW: Read Ch. 6 -Wednesday 10/23: Mummies and the Afterlife. HW: Prepare for reading quiz, bring colored pencils -Thursday 10/24: Mummy Activity. HW: Read Ch. 7 -Friday 10/25: Pyramid Age/Old Kingdom. HW: Study for Unit 4 Test -Monday 10/28: Grudgeball. HW: Study for Unit 4 Test -Tuesday 10/29: Unit 4 Test. HW: Read Ch. 8
Unit 5: From Middle to Amarna -Wednesday 10/30: The First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom. HW: Read Ch. 9, prepare for reading quiz -Thursday 10/31: Medicine and Magic. HW: Read Ch. 10, bring in notes for collection -Friday 11/1: The Second Intermediate Period. HW: Read Ch. 11, prepare for reading quiz -Monday 11/4: Hatshepsut. HW: Read Ch. 12 -Tuesday 11/5: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt. HW: Read Ch. 13, prepare for reading quiz -Wednesday 11/6: Amenhotep III and Government. HW: Read Ch. 14 -Thursday 11/7: Foreign Relations in the New Kingdom. HW: Read Ch. 15 -Friday 11/8: Reading Day. HW: R&R. -Tuesday 11/12: The Amarna Period and Akhenaten. HW: Study for exam. Wednesday 11/13: In-class project. HW: Study for exam. -Thursday 11/14: Grudgeball. HW: Study for exam. -Friday 11/15: Unit 5 Exam. HW: Read Ch. 16
Unit 6: From Tut to Cleopatra -Monday 11/18: King Tutankhamen. HW: Read Ch. 17 -Tuesday 11/19: Birth in Ancient Egypt. HW: Review Ch. 17, prepare for reading quiz -Wednesday 11/20: Childhood in Ancient Egypt. HW: Read Ch. 18 -Thursday 11/21: Ramesses II. HW: Read Ch. 19, bring in notes for a note check -Friday 11/22: Village Life in Ancient Egypt. HW: Read Ch. 20 -Monday 11/25: The Sea Peoples. HW: Hieroglyph Assignment, bring colored pencils -Tuesday 11/26: Draw Yourself as an Egyptian. HW: Read Ch. 21, bring colored pencils -Wednesday 11/27: Draw Your Sarcophagus. HW: Eat turkey. -Monday 12/2: Egyptian Art. HW: Read Ch. 22, prepare for reading quiz -Tuesday 12/3: Nubia, Kush, and the 3rd Intermediate Period. HW: Read Ch.23 Wednesday 12/4: Alexander the Great. HW: Read Ch. 24 Thursday 12/5: Greek Rule of Egypt. HW: Review Ch. 24, prepare for reading quiz, bring notes for check -Friday 12/6: Roman Rule of Egypt. HW: Prepare for Cleopatra seminar, study for quest -Monday 12/9: Cleopatra Seminar. HW: Study for quest
Semester 2
Unit 1: Greece's Beginnings Monday 1/6: Geography of Greece + Map. HW: Read Ch. 2 Tuesday 1/7: The Origin of the Greek Gods. HW: Review Ch. 2, prepare for reading quiz Wednesday 1/8: Worship of the Gods. HW: Read Ch. 3 Thursday 1/9: The Earliest Greeks. HW: Read Ch. 4, bring notes for note check Friday 1/10: The Mycenaean Empire. HW: Read Ch. 5 Monday 1/13: The Trojan War. HW: Review Ch. 5, prepare for reading quiz Tuesday 1/14-Wednesday 1/15: Continue Trojan War. HW: Read Ch. 6, Read The Trojan Horse Thursday 1/16: Talk about The Trojan Horse. HW: Relax! Tuesday 1/21: Early Greek Poetry. HW: Review Ch. 6 Wednesday 1/22: Create a Prologue classwork. HW: Read Ch. 7, prepare for reading quiz Thursday 1/23: Colonies and City-States. HW: Study for Unit 1 Test Friday 1/24: Review Day. HW: Study for Unit 1 Test Monday 1/27: Unit 1 Test. HW: Read Ch. 8
Unit 2: The Rise of Athens to the Peloponnesian War Tuesday 1/28: The Rise of Athens. HW: Read Ch. 9, prepare for reading quiz Wednesday 1/29: Slavery in Ancient Greece. HW: Read Ch. 10 Thursday 1/30: Childhood in Ancient Greece. HW: Read Ch. 11, bring in notes for check Friday 1/31: Women in Ancient Greece. HW: Read Ch. 12 Monday 2/3: Sparta. HW: Read Ch. 15, prepare for reading quiz Tuesday 2/4: Military in Ancient Greece. HW: Read Ch. 13 Wednesday 2/5: The Persian Wars. HW: Read Ch. 14, prepare for reading quiz Thursday 2/6: Athenian Golden Age. HW: Read Ch. 16, bring in notes for note check Friday 2/7: The Peloponnesian Wars. HW: Study for exam Monday 2/10: Review Day. HW: Study for exam Tuesday 2/11: Unit 2 Test. HW: Read Ch. 17
Unit 3: From Culture to the Hellenistic Age
Wednesday 2/12: Science and Medicine. HW: Read Ch. 18, prepare for reading quiz Thursday 2/13: The Olympic Games. HW: Read Ch. 19 Friday 2/14: The Visual Arts. HW: Rest and Relax Tuesday 2/18: Performance Activity. HW: Read Ch. 20 Wednesday 2/19: Greek Drama. HW: Read Ch. 21, prepare for reading quiz Thursday 2/20: Greek Education. HW: Read CH. 22, bring in Ch. 20-22 for note check Friday 2/21: Greek Philosophy. HW: Read Ch. 23 Monday 2/24: Plato and Aristotle. HW: Review Ch. 23 Tuesday 2/25: Philosophy Activity. HW: Read Ch. 24, prepare for reading quiz Wednesday 2/26: Philip II of Macedon. HW: Read Ch. 25 Thursday 2/27: Alexander the Great. HW: Read Ch. 26, bring in 23-26 for note check Friday 2/28: The Hellenistic Age. HW: Study for test Monday 3/2: Review Day. HW: Study for test Tuesday 3/3: Unit 3 Test