on to Egypt!

We are taking a brief trip to ancient Egypt, where we will spend two class periods covering material from the textbook (p. 35-43), a couple of worksheets, plus the "Prehistory to Civilization" SlideShow (found in the sidebar to the right). The 75-point test on Egypt (same format as the test on Mesopotamia) will be given on Monday, March 4. Hopefully you will be inspired by the spirit of Maat (seen to the right), the ancient Egyptian goddess who personified the concepts of truth, balance, order, harmony, law, morality, and justice.

And acing tests.

Mesopotamia quiz on Tuesday

I mentioned it in class. It appeared on the classroom calendar. It has been posted on Veracross. And now it is being announced on my class blog. It's this Tuesday's quiz on Mesopotamia!

school day... snow day... school day... snow day...

This is one of the weirdest months I've ever seen at JC. It's hard to create any momentum when the patterns and rhythms keep getting interrupted by snow days, holidays, and weekends. For example, school has been cancelled - again - for tomorrow (Wed Feb 20).

Not that I'm complaining...

In an effort to stay a little bit on track, I am posting the GoogleSlides we have covered in class. At this point, you are responsible for the first nine slides. After we complete our exercise with Hammurabi's Code, and take a quiz on Mesopotamia (the date of which is yet to be determined), we will pick up again with Ancient Egypt (slide #10). The link is here and in the sidebar to the right.

See you soon... maybe...

working with the textbook

FYI, we are beginning to use our textbook (Ancient World History - Patterns of Interaction) in class. You will not be required to bring the book home; rather, we will be reading and taking notes from the text in class.

First up: portions of Chapter Two - Early River Civilizations, 3500 B C -450 BC (p. 26-43 will be covered). We begin with Mesopotamia, then move on to ancient Egypt.

what a weird week!

Late bells, and snow days and early dismissings

Stick to the lesson plan? Who am I kidding?

Subzero wind chills that make my cheeks sting

These are a few of my favorite things!

So, what do all the delays and cancellations mean to you, students of Western Civilization? Glad you asked. Here's the schedule for the next few days:

Monday Feb 4

• Section 1 takes their test on Guns, Germs, and Steel
• Section 2 does not have class
• Honors finishes the video

Tuesday Feb 5

• Section 1 does not have class
• Section 2 takes their test on Guns, Germs, and Steel
• Honors takes their test on Guns, Germs, and Steel

Wednesday Feb 6

• Sections 1 and 2 begin the next chapter 
• Early River Civilizations, 3500 BC - 450BC
• Chapter 2 in the text (p. 26-57)
• Honors does not have class

Thursday Feb 7

• Honors begins the next chapter
• Sections 1 and 2 continue Chapter 2

Got it? Good! Let me know if you have questions. See you in class!