Assignments+(T2)


 * Due Monday, November 26:** No HW. Welcome Back!

In class, we will look at this [|Greco-Roman Blog] to get an overview of the Greco-Roman world.

On the right margin of that blog, you will see a few links. If you find additional useful links, please share them via email.

See the [|rubric] for how this will be graded. These pages are due on Monday, December 3.
 * Due Tuesday, November 27:** Add to your topic on the Greece page.

In class we will see the first 40 minutes of the PBS video "Athens: The Dawn of Democracy" Here are [|Mr. Goldberg's notes] from the video to help you remember some of the points raised in the video.


 * Due Wed/Thu, Nov. 28/29:** Work on your Greece page.

In class, we will discuss the video and each others' Greece pages.

We will also break into groups to work on the civilization project.


 * Due Friday, Nov. 30:** Work on your Greece page (it's due on Monday)

If you are done early with your page, start thinking about a Rome topic. You can also work on Google Earth duty and/or art and culture duty for Rome.


 * Due Monday, Dec. 3**: Your Greece page is due (see [|rubric]).

We will talk briefly about Greek [|humanism].

We will also look at a few of each others' web pages.

And we will begin to look at [|Alexander The Great] in class.

Mr. Goldberg will model how to ask questions and extend the reading in a meaningful direction.


 * Due Tuesday, Dec. 4**: Finish through page 6 of the [|Alexander The Great] reading.
 * By 10 p.m. Monday night**, post at least three thoughtful questions about ATG on the [|blog].

You should also begin to //answer// at least one of your questions (but don't post your answer)

In class, we will each share our attempt to answer one of the questions we posed.

Here are some questions to ponder as you read about ATG:
 * What personal traits does a leader need in order to be "great"?
 * Was Alexander "great"? Why or why not?
 * Why was Macedonia able to take over so much of the world? What allowed for such an extensive conquest?


 * Due Wed/Thu, Dec. 5/6**: Finish the reading about [|Alexander The Great]; post at least two additional questions about ATG to the blog.

As a class, we will discuss ATG

Keep track of your process. We will share what we learned in class.
 * Due Friday, Dec. 7:** Research one of your questions from your question log for 15 minutes maximum.

then **post your two most thoughtful questions (no more than 2!!) to the [|blog]****by 9 p.m. Sunday**.
 * Due Monday, Dec. 10:** Look at a chronology, and do an intro reading about Rome

For initial context, look at this [|brief chronology] of Rome from the BBC. a series of wars fought between Rome and Carthage (a Phoenician colony) between 264 and 146 BCE.
 * Note that this chronology does not mention the **Punic Wars**,

These wars were significant because after Rome won them, it had gained supremacy of the Mediterranean Sea.

These wars are kind of cool because of Hannibal, a leader of Carthage who famously used [|elephants] during the Second Punic War.

Your reading is short and is in two parts. It comes from the Met in NYC.

Here's part 1 about the [|Roman Republic], and here's part 2 about the [|Roman Empire].

Feel free to click on an artifact or two while you're virtually visiting one of the world's great museums.

Post your two most thoughtful questions about Rome to the [|blog] **by 9 p.m. Sunday** (and answer a few discrete ones in your notes so that in class Monday __you__ can have something to share from your screen via SynchronEyes

You will make a web page about this topic in the near future. //We will spend this class reviewing for a test on the block day.//
 * Due Tuesday, Dec. 11:** Choose a potential Rome Topic to explore in more depth.

Here's a [|study guide for ATG].

(this test will include several Greek review questions and a few other review questions)
 * Due Wed/Thu, Dec. 12/13:** Test on ATG and Rome intro materials

We will go over the tests using Purple Pen
 * Due Friday, Dec. 14:** No HW due; work on your civilization project

Post your two most thoughtful questions about Rome to the [|blog] **by 7 p.m. Sunday**
 * Due Monday, Dec. 17:** Short reading about Rome (pages 124-129 of the [|Rome Reading], up to "The Failure of the Republic")

(be sure to also answer a few discrete questions in your notes so that in class on Monday __you__ can have something to share from your screen via SynchronEyes... even if you did not sign up to share)

We will discuss the reading in class and then you will have some time to research your Rome Topic.


 * Due Tuesday, Dec. 18:** Visit the Greece page and look at three more web sites (you already looked at the two below yours -- so look at the three below that, for a total of five pages). Which pages are particularly effective? Why? Look at the [|rubric]. Also, use the rubric to evaluate your own page. Where did you need additional work? What did you do well?

Here's what I consider a [|quality web page about ancient Rome] (though unlike your pages, it cites no sources).

The page was made by [|Mark Damen], a professor with a shared appointment in the Departments of History and Theatre Arts at Utah State University.

Connected with his Roman History web page is this [|powerpoint] that he converted into a pdf document.


 * Due Wed/Thu, Dec. 19/20:** By 9 p.m. Tuessday (or 7 p.m. Wednesday if you meet Thursday), please email me your self-evaluation of your website. Make sure you have all the text in the body of the email -- please do NOT attach a document.

This assignment should contain two parts.

First, start by telling me what you think you deserve for each category of the rubric (eg. 3/4 or 3.5/4). If you don't get the full credit for a part of the rubric, please explain what you need to work on.

Then, please explain **in a few paragraphs** what you learned from our conversation in class today. What lesson(s) can you apply to the Rome page you will do in early 2008? What might you focus on doing more of or less of on future web pages you work on?

Even if you think you got an 18 or higher on this first web page, go ahead and think beyond the rubric. What qualities does an excellent web page have, and what aspects of an excellent web page do you want to focus on as you make your Rome topic into a web page?

Also, add at least three questions to your web page that you'd like to know more about, if you had infinite time and resources (you need not answer these questions).

//In class, we will finish discussing characteristics of excellent web pages and then we will do some work on your civilization project.//


 * Due Friday, Dec. 21:** Nothing; our class will not meet

Here's a link to a Terry Jones video about [|Barbarians]...

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and for those of you who are into barbarians, consider [|Attila the Hun].


 * 2008

Due Thursday, Jan 3:** Nothing -- welcome back!

you would like to answer about your topic, now that you have started to learn about it.
 * Due Friday, Jan 4:** Proofread your Greece page. Make sure you added at least three questions

Bring your research to class, and write down //at least five questions// in your OneNote document (below your initial research) that you would like to answer about your topic. You should consult at least two sources -- cut and paste the most interesting material into your OneNote document.
 * Due Monday, Jan 7:** Research your Rome topic for 15-20 minutes, using OneNote (it should record where you got your information)

Come to class with **extension questions** (not hypothetical questions) about the reading written in your notes -- have at least two. Email me any clarification questions so we can go over them in class. Be ready to share anything cool you found out about Rome as a result of doing the reading. Four people (alphabetically first) will share what they found with the class.
 * Due Tuesday, Jan 8:** Read this [|Reading about the Roman Republic] (just skim the last two pages with the brief biographies)

As with the reading for Tuesday, please come to class with **extension questions** (not hypothetical questions) about the reading written in your notes -- you should have at least two. Email me any clarification questions so we can go over them in class. Be ready to share anything cool you found out about Rome as a result of doing the reading and following up on a question you had. Four people will share what they found with the class.
 * Due Block Day, Wed/Thu Jan 9/10:** A [|second reading about the Republic]

Also, do 15-20 minutes of reserach (keep it in One Note) on your Rome web page topic

Here is a great source for [|maps of Rome] (we looked at some of this site in class).

Here is the OneNote document with the [|maps of Rome] we looked at in class.


 * Due Friday, Jan 11:** Prepare for a 10-minute quiz on the Roman Republic (10 points)


 * Due Monday, Jan 14:** Work on your Rome web page (you will work on the civilization project during class)


 * Due Tuesday, Jan 15:** Read the first 4.5 pages of this [|reading about Caesar and Augustus].


 * Due Block Day, Wed/Thu Jan 16/17:** Finish the reading from Tuesday (pages 5-9), and review for the test on Friday

Here is a sheet of [|review terms about Rome].


 * Due Friday, Jan 18:** Test on Rome


 * No School Monday, Jan 21 in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.**

(paragraph of interest, plus 2-3 paragraphs of the most interesting things you learned).
 * Due Tuesday, Jan 22:** Spend 20 minutes writing up the research you did about Rome


 * Due Block Day, Wed/Thu, Jan 23/24:** Read the first nine pages of [|Are We Rome]?

Come to class with at least three examples (include page numbers) of how Cullen Murphy (the author of the book) compares the Roman Empire to the US today.

[In case you are interested, here are the [|next few pages from that book]. You are __not__ responsible for those pages.]


 * FOR A BLOCK ONLY:** because we missed class today, read only the first 4.5 pages (up to "The Empire That Won't Go Away")

Have at least two questions or comments about the 4.5 pages you read.

Also, spend at least 15 minutes working on your civilization project and post your thoughts/contributions to the A Block wiki.

//Everyone should post something to the wiki.//


 * Due Friday, Jan 25:** Learn about Diocletian and Constantine


 * Due Monday, Jan 28:** Read the Sermon on the Mount (the link looks strange, but click it)

and have some evidence that you read and thought about it (a few questions, some notes -- and refer to a chapter and verse -- such as Matthew 6:24 or Matthew 7:15).

[[[|http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%205:1-7:27;&version=9;|Sermon] (circa 30 CE)

Here are some maps showing the [|spread of Christianity].


 * Due Tuesday, Jan 29:** No HW due -- work on civilization project and post your progress to the wiki.

By the end of the block day, you should make your wiki a finished product (remove the notes).
 * Due Block Day, Wed/Thu, Jan 30/31:** Work on your civilization project

DO NOT UPDATE THE WIKI AFTER 3:30 P.M. on Thursday, Jan 31.**
 * You will present your civilization on Friday, Feb 1

Your homework is to read other three wikis from your civilization and make some notes about each of the other three groups.

When each group presents (for 7 minutes each), each group can assume that the rest of the groups have already read their finished product on the Wiki.

Each member of your group should talk for about a minute.

In your presentation you will explain, from the perspective of an archaeologist, what decisions seem to have shaped the aspect of the civilization you focused on. You should also explain how your aspect connects to other aspects of the civilization (if you don't connect to another group, point that out, too -- few civilizations are completely consistent; just show that you thought about how the parts might connect).


 * No School Monday, Feb 4

No HW due Tuesday, Feb 5, but BRING YOUR TEXTBOOK TO CLASS.

Due Block Day, Feb 6/7:** Read the [|intro reading] about the Zhou and Qin Dynasties Also, read pp. 171-174 in your text. Come to class with evidence you did the reading and thought about the materials.

Here's a handout about the [|Hundred Schools of Thought]

And here's an informational packet about the [|Three Gorges Dam] (think about how this massive engineering project connects with Taoism and with Confucianism)

about China during the Qin and Han Dynasties. Also, read the other two sections of the Hundred Schools of Thought handout (you read one in your group in class)
 * Due Friday, Feb 8:** Read pp. 214-219 in your text (up to "BEYOND THE EMPIRES")

about what you learned about your Rome topic (the non-web page)
 * Due Monday, Feb 11:** Hand in three to four paragraphs of writing

Here's info about the Han Dynasty's [|jade burial suits].

And here is a [|summary of Han accomplishments].

and read this brief [|biography of the Buddha]
 * Due Tuesday, Feb 12:** Reading about India (pp. 211-214 in your text)

Here's the document we looked at in class about [|Monsoons] //(if you missed class because you were taking the AMC math test, be sure to watch the YouTube video links in that document; they show what a monsoon looks like, and each one is only a minute long)// Monsoon videos: http://youtube.com/watch?v=bETUbu7pXgs (43 seconds from Kozhikode, north Kerala in the southwest of India) (see map in the document) http://youtube.com/watch?v=srpVMO1WbT0 (1 minute -- from Mumbai and Pune) Look how calm people are -- they are used to this...

plus read pp. 223-224 in your book (looking at the aftermath of the "Axial Age")
 * Due Block Day, Feb 13/14:** Reading about [|Buddhism] (just the first nine pages -- the pages have WIDE margins)

Here's a [|timeline of Buddha's life in art] from the MET Museum in New York City.

Explanation of the term [|caste/varna] (that term is also a term that could be on the test Feb 18)

also, come to class with any questions you want to review about China or India
 * Due Friday, Feb 15:** Review Judaism and Early Christianity

Here's a [|review sheet] for the test on Monday Feb 18.


 * Monday, Feb 18: Test on Early Christianity, Han China, and Ancient India.**


 * Tuesday, Feb 19:** No HW


 * Wednesday, Feb 20 (Monday Schedule):** Review early materials (Agricultural Revolution, Egypt)

links: Menes: http://www.univie.ac.at/cga/art/Narmer.jpg Akhenaton: http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/newegypt/htm/wk_akhe.htm


 * Thursday, Feb 21 (Tuesday Schedule):** Review Greece (and Rome)

Early Roman Laws -- [|The Twelve Tables]


 * Friday, Feb 22:** Final class of review

Here are some [|sample IDs] from the most recent test that do a solid job conveying a lot of relevant information in a tight paragraph.


 * Exam is Thursday, Feb 28 --** here's a [|review sheet for the exam].