Planning Your Week​​​
August 13-17, 2018

Monday, August 13
  1. Art Analysis: Early Egyptian Civilization
    1. HAPPY: Palette of King Narmer; Seated Scribe; Great Pyramids of Giza; King Menkaura and his Wife; Akhenaton, Nefertiti and Three Daughters, Tutankhamun’s inner coffin
    2. OPTIC Last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb (page from the Book of the Dead). New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty. c. 1275 B.C.E. Painted papyrus scroll. 
    3. View https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/egypt-art/new-kingdom/v/judgement-in-the-presence-of-osiris-hunefer-s-book-of-the-dead
  2. Literature Analysis: Book of the Dead SOAPSTone 
 
Tuesday, August 14
  1. History Lecture: Indus River Civilization (Harappa and Mohenjo Daro)
  2. Harappa Society images 
    Comparison Question: What differences do you find among the images of Harappa Society and the hunter/gatherer societies of Paleo/Meso/Neolithic era
 
Wednesday, August 15
  1. History Lecture: Huang He (Yellow) River Civilization
  2. Essay writing: LEQ comparison, causation, CCOT
    1. Understand the rubric
    2. Analyze the structure
    3. View the video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GopSXFeOfcY
 
Thursday, August 16
  1. MLA formatting refresher
  2. Complete an LEQ.  Choose a comparison or causation question.
  3. Peer review and score.
 
Friday, August 17
  1. Multiple choice skills and strategies
  2. Take a multiple choice quiz.
  3. Score and analyze your thinking.




August 6-10, 2018
  
Monday, August 6
  1. Literature Period 1 Readings due Monday, August 20.
  2. Overview: World Regions Map, Key Concepts 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
  3. History Lecture: Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic Revolution
 
Tuesday, August 7
  1. Art Analysis:  Apollo 11 Stones and the Ambum Stone 
  2. Literary Analysis: Stories of the Australian Dreamtime  View: The Mimis
  3. History Lecture: Introduction to River Valley Civilizations
  4. Prepare a River Valley Civilizations SPICE Chart
 
Wednesday, August 8
  1. History Lecture:  Mesopotamian/Sumerian Civilization (Tigris/Euphrates River)
  2. Literature Analysis: Code of Hammurabi: SOAPSTone  https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/ancient-near-east1/babylonian/v/stele-of-hammurabi
  3. Art Analysis: Hammurabi’s Stele: OPTIC
 
Thursday, August 9
  1. Art Analysis:  The Caves at Lascaux—the Great Hall of the Bulls  
  2. Literature Notes: Epic of Gilgamesh (Sumerian Civilization)
  3. Understanding archetypes, Characteristics of an epic hero, Flood stories comparison
 
Friday, August 10
  1. Mesopotamian Art Analysis
  2. History Lecture: Egyptian Civilization (Nile River)


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August 1-3, 2018
 
Wednesday, August 1
  1. Establish the seating chart
  2. Teachers will call for TRSS forms
  3. Differentiated Reading: 
    1. Students who have not begun the summer assignment, read and respond to Jared Diamond’s article “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race.” 
    2. Students who have read the summer assignment, read and respond to “14,000-Year-Old Piece of Bread Rewrites the History of Baking and Farming.”
  4. Overview of the class, syllabus, pre-course reading
  5. Preview the Humanities Practices and Skills.
 
Thursday, August 2
  1. Return signed syllabus.
  2. Answer questions concerning the syllabus, review Humanities Practices and Skills.
  3. Rotation
    1. One group will go with Mrs. Tatum to lab 9129 to sign up for several online resources.
    2. One group will stay with Mrs. Herndon and analyze five sources within “History Before Writing: How Do We Know?”
 
Friday, August 3
  1. Finish lab/reading rotations from Thursday.
  2. History Lecture: Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic Revolution