Mr. Kahn’s Social Studies

We have another short week this week, so we must make the most of it! This is also the last week of Ms. Snyder’s stay here at WCMS.

Homework this week: Read pages 268-276 and answer questions 1, 2, 4, 5 & 6 on page 276. This is due Thursday.

Monday, March 15th

 Ms. Snyder will wrap up her time with us with a special lesson.

Tuesday, March 16th

 We will learn about Roman daily life

Wednesday, March 17th

 We will learn in detail about Pompeii.

Thursday, March 18th

 We will learn about the Pax Romana.

Friday, March 19th

No school — District Day

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I don’t even know what part of the 9-weeks this is at this point. We’ve had so many snow days that it is getting confusing.

Homework this week — Read pages 262-267 — Answer questions 1-5 on 267 — Due Friday!

Monday, March 8th

 Ms. Snyder will be teaching about the civilizations that blended to make Rome. Guest teacher will be Ms. Merrill, as I will be at Mammoth Cave with Team 3.

Tuesday, March 9th

 Mammoth Cave Trip!

Wednesday, March 10th

 Computer Lab — more about the beginnings of Rome

Thursday, March 11th

 The life of Julius Caesar

Friday, March 12th

 The beginning of the Roman Empire

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This week we will be looking at Alexander the Great and his conquest of the world.

Homework this week is to read pages 174-181. Answer questions 1, 2, 3 & 5 on page 179 and questions 1 & 2 on page 181. This is due Friday.

Monday, March 1st

 Open Response Question for Unit Assessment on Greece

Tuesday, March 2nd

 Alexander the Great — timeline and overview of his life

Wednesday, March 3rd

 Alexander the Great — The creation of an empire

Thursday, March 4th

 Alexander the Great — Lasting effects

Friday, March 5th

 Quiz on Alexander the Great and intro to Rome

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To work on your study guide, use the web pages linked under Ancient Greece on the left side of the page. You can also use search engines listed on the left side of the page to look up individual items. When you are finished AND you have shown your work to Mr. Kahn or Ms. Snyder, you may go to explore the Winged Sandals web page.

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Hopefully we will be able to have a full week of school this week. Finally, we will finish up Ancient Greece and have our unit assessments on Thursday & Friday.

Homework this week is the study guide for the assessment. The study guide is duplicated below Friday’s post. It is due on Friday, though the students should have it complete by Thursday.

Monday, February 22nd

We will review the Greek scientists and learn about the Literature & Drama in ancient Greece.

Tuesday, February 23rd

We will work on the study guide and do other review activities.

Wednesday, February 24th

We will work on the study guide and do other review activities.

Thursday, February 25th

Unit assessment on Ancient Greece — 50 multiple choice questions

Friday, February 26th

Unit assessment on Ancient Greece — Open Response Question

Study Guide

Study Guide for Greece Unit Assessment

Listed below are a series of questions to guide your study and review of this unit. I have listed page numbers at the end of the question to help your study. Write your answers on a separate piece of paper … they don’t need to be long answers; they just need to show that you have looked over the material.

1. How did the ancient Greeks live? (117)
2. What was the Greek “Dark Age?” (120)
3. How did Sparta increase its territories? (126)
4. Who could be a citizen in Athens? (130)
5. Who was Xerxes and why did he want to conquer Greece? (135)
6. How were the Greeks able to defeat the Persians in the Battle of Salamis? (136).
7. What was the Delian League? (139)
8. What is Direct Democracy? (139)
9. Be able to compare Athenian and American Democracy. (140)
10. Who was Pericles and for what was he best known? (141)
11. Why was Athens finally defeated? (145)
12. How did Pericles define Athenian Democracy? (145)
13. Who were the Olympian gods? (155)
14. How did the Greeks honor their gods? (156)
15. Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey and what were they about? (158)
16. What is drama? (160)
17. What is a philosopher? (169)
18. Who was Socrates and what were his ideas? (170)
19. Who would be in charge in Plato’s ideal government? (171)
20. What did Herodotus write? (173)
21. Know about the great Greek scientists & mathematicians. (183-186 and the chart on 185)
22. Remember the three orders of Greek columns.

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Science

1.       http://www.crystalinks.com/greekscience.html

2.       http://galileoandeinstein.physics.virginia.edu/lectures/thales.html

3.       http://www.sentex.net/~ajy/facts/greeksci.html

4.       http://www.ics.forth.gr/~vsiris/ancient_greeks/index.html

Astronomy

1.       http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/science/astronomy/index.htm

2.       http://ircamera.as.arizona.edu/NatSci102/NatSci102/lectures/greekast.htm

3.       http://www.iep.utm.edu/anaximan/#H6

4.       http://historylink102.com/greece3/astronomy.htm

Math

1.       http://library.thinkquest.org/C0122667/greece/maths.html

2.       http://www.crystalinks.com/greekmath.html

Music and Theatre

1.       http://www.cwu.edu/~robinsos/ppages/resources/Theatre_History/Theahis_2.html

2.       http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/art/music/index.htm

3.       http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Music.htm

4.       http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0834560.html

5.       http://www.wsu.edu/~delahoyd/greek.music.html

Philosophy

1.       http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/index.htm

2.       http://www.crystalinks.com/greekphilosophy.html

3.       http://www.livius.org/gi-gr/greeks/philosophers.html

4.       http://www.thebigview.com/greeks/

History

1.       http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/literature/herodotus.htm

2.       http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/People/Thucydides/

3.       http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/People/Xenophon/

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We are getting close to finishing up Greece this week.

Homework — Read pages 169-173 and pages 182-186. Answer questions 1 & 2 on 173 and 2, 3 & 6 on 186. This is due Friday.

Monday, February 8th

 Ms. Snyder will be continuing her lesson about Greek thinkers, mathematicians & scientists.

Tuesday, February 9th

 Ms. Snyder will be continuing her lesson about Greek thinkers, mathematicians & scientists.

Wednesday, February 10th

 Ms. Snyder will be finishing her lesson about Greek thinkers, mathematicians & scientists.

Thursday, February 11th

 We will learn about Greek drama and literature

Friday, February 12th

We will summarize what we have learned about Greece with an ORQ

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For today’s assignment, you will fill in charts and answer questions. Use the recommended web sites to find your answers.

1.  Which god was married to Aphrodite? click here

2. You will be listing the nine Muses and their duties. Find information here

3. You will be looking up information on ten of the Olympian gods: Apollo, Demeter, Dionysus, Hephaestus, Artemis, Hermes, Athena, Ares, Aphrodite and Poseidon. You can get information from here or here

4.  You now need to write the story of Bellerophon and Pegasus. Use these sites for information: This one or that one

After you have finished, look around the Winged Sandals website.

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It is now time to learn about the gods and mythology of Greece.

Homework this week:

Your architecture project is due on Friday.

Also, you are to read pages 155-163 and answer questions 1-5 on page 163.

Monday, February 1st

We will begin Greek mythology — Creation of the gods, creation of woman, Ends of the Titans, Zeus’ bad habits

Tuesday, February 2nd

Great stories from Greek mythology — Perseus and the Gorgon; Daedalus & Icarus, the labyrinth, Theseus & the Minotaur; Hades, Demeter & Persephone; The Odyssey

Wednesday, February 3rd — Early Release

We will be in the computer lab, and will look at the Greek Gods and heroes

Thursday, February 4th

Ms. Snyder will be leading our lessons Greek thinkers

Friday, February 5th

Ms. Snyder will be leading our lessons Greek thinkers

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