Week of 13 - 16 October

Freshmen World

Tuesday: Today we will do some housekeeping, go over our Unit Tests on Rome, and get introduced tot he Byzantine Empire. For homework, students will clean out their binders completely (keeping everything in a safe place for midyear time. Also, students will complete a worksheet on the city of Constantinople.

Wednesday: Today we will look at a map of the Byzantine Empire, and do some guided reading together. For homework, students will complete a map of the Byzantine Empire, using color!!! Due tomorrow. This might help!

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Click here for a satellite image of Constantinople (modern day Istanbul).

We'll discuss this photo, taken just a few days ago in Ankara, the capital of Turkey.

Thursday: Today we will finish looking at the strategic advantages of Constantinople before we watch the documentary Engineering an Empire: The Byzantines, which will show us not only how the empire was constructed physically, but also socially and politically. Students will answer corresponding questions while viewing. For homework, students will read a handout about the Byzantines and complete the accompanying reading questions, available here.

Friday: Today students will continue viewing the documentary from yesterday. Homework over the weekend is to complete reading Byzantium: A New Rome and to answer the questions at the end, on a separate sheet of paper.

Sophomore Modern World

Tuesday: Today we will finish our activity on the Congress of Vienna, hashing out our final negotiations between the five big powers. For homework, students will read Chapter 7, Section 5 and complete this worksheet. NOTICE: UNIT TEST WILL BE THIS FRIDAY - STUDY!!!

Blank Map of Europe Pre-Congress of Vienna

Blank Map of Europe Post-Congress of Vienna

Wednesday: Today, most of the class will be taking the PSATs, so for the majority of class, we will be reviewing the Unit in preparation for the test on Friday. Come prepared with any questions you may have! Here are notes that everyone may find useful for the test! Print them out!!!!!!!!

Thursday: Today we will see how close we came in our activity to the real results of the Congress of Vienna. We will quickly review some notes, and then play a review game in preparation for the Unit Test on Friday. STUDY TONIGHT!!!


We will also have a quick discussion about the refugee crisis in Europe.

Friday: Test day! In yourselves believe, and great deeds accomplish you shall... For homework, students need to clean out their binders, in preparation for the new unit on Monday!

Junior USII

Tuesday:Today we will review the Industrial Revolution in America after our long weekend, and then we will finish our statistics chart and discuss the mass migration to cities during the late 1800s. Then we will read a few different firsthand accounts of the Industrial Revolution from those who lived through it, and we will analyze them to form educated opinions about the IndustRev. :)

Wednesday: PSATs today! Good luck, everyone!!!

Thursday: Today we will be comparing periods in history regarding technology and different industries. We will work on this in class, and the homework is to complete the two modern boxes on the bottom.

Friday: Today students will be reading the Testimony of Samuel Gompers, the president of the American Federation of Labor in the late 1800s and early 1900s. We will answer some questions, and watch CNN Student news. For homework, students will finish any questions from the worksheet they did not finish in class.