6th form Social Studies

Assignment Calendar - First Quarter - Riordan

August 2003

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

New MS student orientation 9-11 A.M.

Classes begin

In class:

1. PIN #s and email

2. Define geography terms as a class, using globe manipulatives

3. How to get to the web sites

Homework:

1. any time this week, take the "geography terms" quiz at quia.com; Print out the results, and give to Mr. Riordan by Friday.

In class:

1. map warm-up

2. Finish geography terms

3. Latitude - longitude relay race

Homework:

1.longitude/latitude work.

(Here is an extra latitude longitude on-line practice you can try)

School picnic 6 P.M.

In class:

1. headlines

2. introduce five themes of geography (textbook pp. 34-40)

3. Play Rags to Riches

Homework:

None, but remember you should have done the "geography terms" quiz some time since Tuesday afternoon.

Convocation 8:15 A.M.

In class:

1. define types of landforms (pp. 12-13 illustration)

2. review: team competition

Homework:

1. study map (continents, oceans, and seas) and be ready for short quiz on Monday. You will have to fill in names on a map.

In class:

1. headlines

2. map quiz -- continents, seas, oceans

2. climate regions p. 38

Homework:

Read "Vegetation regions," and complete activity

(for extra practice, try this on-line quiz)

In class:

1. warm-ups

2. finish climate and vegetation region activities

Homework:

1. complete activity for "The World at your Fingertips" pp.17-21

In class:

1. headlines

2. take notes on types of government

Homework:

pp. S14-S25, answer multiple choice and understand the difference between charts, pie graphs, line graphs, time lines

(for extra practice on government types, click here)

In class:

1. headlines

2. Introduce "New Continent" project

Homework:

1. sketch rough draft ideas for your continent; bring this tomorrow

In class:

1. Go over study guide for geography test

2. Review: team competition

Homework:

begin studying for test

September 2003

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

LABOR DAY

In class:

"New Continent" project

Homework:

study for test

In class:

1. "New Continent" project

2. go over study guide

Homework:

study for test

In class:

1. "New Continent" project"

2. Review: team competition

Homework:

study for test

In class:

Test: Geography skills

Homework:

Finish "New Continent" project for Tuesday!

In class:

1. Journal: imagine life as a hunter/gatherer & take notes

2. map activity: locating Mesopotamia

Homework:

1. finish Continent project

In class:

1. New Continent due/

headlines

2. Powerpoint presentation: take notes on Mesopotamia

Homework:

Draw map of Mesopotamia

Here's the blank map

In class:

1. finish Powerpoint presentation: notes on Mesopotamia

2. Illustrate pictures of Sumerian gods

Homework:

1. Visit British Museum site on Sumerian religion and answer these questions by Friday.

Middle school parents' night 7 P.M.

In class:

1. headlines

2. Listen to Gilgamesh part 1 & take notes on important names

3. review: team competition

Homework:

1. study for map quiz on Mesopotamia

In class:

1. Map quiz: Mesopotamia

2. Listen to Gilgamesh part 2

3. prepare for cuneiform writing on Monday

Homework:

1. Internet activity on Mesopotamia - find and copy your cuneiform monograph (bring a copy Monday)

and

visit this web site about cuneiform

On Monday, be prepared to write your monogram and a few simple words in clay for Tuesday

In class:

1. headlines

2. writing activity with clay tablets, cylinder seals

Homework:

Go to the Babylonian trade & transport site and answer these questions -- Do any time this week. The questions are due next Monday.

In class:

finish clay cuneiform activity

In class:

1. finish Gilgamesh part 3

2. play Decisions, Decisions: Ancient Empires

Homework:

Choose one web activity:

1. Palaces of Assyria and answer these questions, or

2. Assyrian Warfare and answer these questions

-- Do any time this week. The questions are due by next Monday.

In class:

1. headlines

2. finish Decisions, Decisions: Ancient Empires

Homework:

Finish up your web activities -

Babylonian trade & transport site and answer these questions

plus one of these:

1. Palaces of Assyria and answer these questions

2. Assyrian Warfare and answer these questions

In class:

1. Group activity: working with Mesopotamian contracts

2. Prepare for trial tomorrow.

3. Do activity on Hammurabi's Code

You can find the entire code here.

Homework:

1. prepare parts for Monday's trial

In class:

1. Hammurabi's courtroom - simulation

*Read letter to parents*

2. bring home notice: A Day in Babylon

Homework:

none

In class:

Begin city-state competition

1. take notes on Mesopotamian cities

2. choose teams and place armies - see game map

Homework:

1. homework:

scribe - create team journal

priest - make a picture of your patron god/goddess

merchant - do Sumerian math

leader - create city standard

everybody: study for review quiz on "When were the different Mesopotamian cultures" (you don't need to memorize dates - just know the names and the right order)

In class:

1. assign daily jobs - start merchant sheet

2. random events

3. quiz on cultures

4. map movement and battle

Homework:

1. homework:

scribe - write first entry in team journal

priest - color a picture of a god god/goddess

merchant - do Sumerian math

Everybody: study for review quiz on "What did they invent"

In class:

1. assign daily jobs

2. quiz on inventions

3. random events

4. map movement and battle

Homework:

1. homework:

scribe - write entry in team journal

priest - color a picture of a god god/goddess

merchant - do Sumerian math

Everybody: study for review quiz on "Who was in charge" and "How people lived"

In class:

1. assign daily jobs

2. quiz on politics and culture

3. random events

4. map movement and battle

Homework:

1. homework:

scribe - write entry in team journal

priest - color a picture of a god god/goddess

merchant - do Sumerian math

Everybody:

October 2003

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

9/29

In class:

1. Go over study guide for Mesopotamia test

2. Pick a Mesopotamian story to make into a skit

3.quiz on economics and religion

4. random events

5. map movement and battle

Homework:

1. scribe - write entry in team journal

priest - color a picture of a god god/goddess

merchant - do Sumerian math

Everybody: study for review quiz on "What did they do for money" and "What did they believe in"

9/30

In class:

1. assign daily jobs

2. quiz on military and religion

3. random events

4. map movement and battle

5. work on skit

Homework:

1. scribe - write entry in team journal

priest - color a picture of a god god/goddess

merchant - do Sumerian math

Everybody: study for review quiz on "How did they Fight" and Famous Mesopotamians"

In class:

1. assign daily jobs

2. quiz on notes

3. random events

4. map movement and battle

5. work on skit

Homework:

1. scribe - write entry in team journal

priest - color a picture of a god god/goddess

merchant - do Sumerian math

Everybody: study for "What are they remembered for" and review quiz on Epic of Gilgamesh part one, part two, and part three

In class:

1. assign daily jobs

2. quiz on Gilgamesh

3. random events

4. map movement and battle

5. work on skit

Homework:

none

Founders Day

At break:

A DAY IN BABYLON

In class:

1. work on skit

Homework:

work on study guide

Yom Kippur

Student Holiday

Faculty in-service

In class:

Homework:

In class:

Homework:

In class:

1. class review for test

Homework:

study for test

END FIRST QUARTER

1. Final test: Mesopotamia

Extra Practice:

Anchors Aweigh Longitude Game

Latitude Longitude On-Line Practice