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__Homework Assignments__


 * Due Friday, August 17**: Visit the Introduction to Mr. Goldberg's web page for 20 minutes, then write two meaty paragraphs about a) what interested you in the Introduction and b) what you are interested in learning about this year in World History I.
 * //Please EMAIL these thoughtful and grammatically correct paragraphs to Mr. Goldberg by midnight if possible, so that he can read them over before class in the morning. Please **also bring a hard copy** of these paragraphs to class on Friday, formatted as requested under// Policies and Procedures//.//


 * Due Monday, August 20**: Introduce yourself to the class using maps from Google Earth and pictures and/or artifacts that you bring in to make your past "come to life" for us. Mr. Goldberg will model this assignment on Friday, so you can see what it looks like.


 * Due Tuesday, August 21**: Read and annotate the [|Table of Contents] of our book through Chapter 15. Come to class with a marked up text. Your text should be marked up with your questions or comments -- you should show more engagement than just underlining or highlighting.


 * Due Block Day (Wed/Thu), August 22/23:** Read and ANNOTATE [|The Greatest Mistake in the History of the Human Race]

In class on the block day, we will have a discussion/debate about whether it was a mistake to switch from the hamburger to the bun (i.e., from hunter-gathering to farming).


 * Due Friday, August 24**: Re-write your first assignment. Please staple the first draft (with my brief comments on it) behind the new draft. See the [|blog] for details.

In class, we will collaborate to craft two conflicting thesis statements about whether it was a mistake to start farming. Each thesis statement should be supported by at least three pieces of supporting evidence. One thesis should argue that it was a huge mistake to start farming -- the other thesis should argue that it was not a mistake at all to start farming.

Our thesis statements should demonstrate that we read the article carefully and that we were paying attention during our class discussion (during the block class).


 * Due Monday, August 27:** Decide which thesis you like better -- was farming a mistake or not? -- and write a thesis statement supported by your three most convincing pieces of evidence. You will also write a counter-thesis supported by at least two pieces of evidence.

Additional reading for Monday: pp. 77-82 (electronic page numbers), and see the charts on p. 83 and p. 87.

Visit https://web1.caryacademy.org/facultywebs/sam_morris/secure/etext/ to get a copy of Chapters 1-4.

//We'll talk more about this assignment in class on Friday.//


 * * * FOR ALL SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNMENTS, YOU SHOULD **ANNOTATE** ALL READINGS * * *


 * Due Tuesday, August 28:** [|Choose a current event] that you would like to follow for the trimester. Write a paragraph explaining why you are interested in this topic. Write a second paragraph that shows what you have learned from conducting some initial research. See the [|sample provided in class].


 * Due Block Day (Wed/Thu), August 29/30:** We will have a class discussion about Gilgamesh.

Mr. Goldberg has prepared a [|packet about Mesopotamia and Gilgamesh].

For context, read electronic pages 120 (Nature in Mesopotamia) and 129 (about Gilgamesh) in our text book.

Read the shortened translation of the Epic of Gilgamesh (pages 10-15 in the packet), and look at the pictures and maps of Mesopotamia from the same packet. Other material in the packet is //optional//.


 * Due Friday, August 31:** Develop at least three thoughtful questions about your current event. The librarians will use these questions to prepare for class on Tuesday before we go on our trip to Camp Cheerio.

Also by Sept 10, please read [|these pages] from __On Writing Well__.

For those of you interested in Darfur as a current event, here is a link to a [|Darfur Handout].


 * Due Tuesday, September 4:** Do your best to answer at least one of the questions you posed about your current event.


 * Due Monday, September 10:** Read electronic pages 114-122 in your textbook (pages 68-76 in the actual book).


 * Due Tuesday, September 11:** Read, watch, and listen to materials on the blog about 9-11. Spend a few minutes reflecting on 9-11 -- what was the US reaction, and how has the country changed since 9-11?


 * Due Wed/Thu, Sept. 12/13:** Read pp. 76-86 in your textbook


 * Due Friday, Sept. 14:** Read pp. 86-91 in your textbook


 * Due Monday, Sept. 17:** Present with your group about your river civilization (seven minutes per group); review for test


 * For Tuesday, Sept. 18:** Review for the upcoming test on Introductory materials, Gilgamesh, Chapter 3, and the Jared Diamond article


 * Wed/Thu, Sept. 19/20:** Test on Introductory materials, Gilgamesh, Chapter 3, and the Jared Diamond article


 * For Friday, Sept. 21:** Evaluate your class participation thus far, using the form provided. Also evaluate your group presentation, again using the form provided.


 * For Monday, Sept. 24:** When you are done with the reading you did in class Friday (pp. 93-98), please write a few sentences that describe the most interesting thing you learned from the reading. After you do that, please list at least three questions (up to five is okay) that you had about the material in the reading. Show that you were an active reader. I will check your homework on Monday.


 * For Tuesday, Sept. 25:** Read pp. 100-104 (Cretan and Mycenean civilizations)


 * For Wed/Thu, Sept. 26/27:** Work on Timeline or Cover Page, depending on which group you're working with


 * For Friday, Sept. 28:** Present your group's Timeline or Cover Page


 * For Tuesday, Oct 2:** No homework due, but work on your current event log and update

//See schedule of deadlines for current events updates//


 * For Wednesday, Oct 3:** No homework (and the only class that meets is A block because of the Shakespeare trip)


 * For Thursday, Oct 4: (remember, it's a TUESDAY schedule)** Read the seven samples I sent you from various students’ tests and annotate each one. For each of the seven samples, note what each one does well and what each one needs to work on. **I’ll check to make sure you have annotations on your samples at the beginning of class.** I realize we talked about a few examples in class, but go ahead and annotate those as well. You should have an annotation for each of the seven samples.


 * For Monday, Oct. 8:** Read pages 1-4 of [|this handout] actively (read to where it says "STOP HERE FOR MONDAY"). Look up the items I've marked in purple, and also choose a few other aspects of the reading to find out a few more details about. Engage with the material. Help bring the book to life. I've provided a space on the blog for you to post things you learn that you think will help your classmates.

[|Hammurabi Handout]

[|Mesopotamia Maps]


 * For Tuesday, October 9:** Read pages 5-7 of [|the same handout].

TENTATIVE ASSIGMNENTS:


 * For Wed/Thu, Oct. 10/11:** Read [|this essay] comparing Egypt and Mesopotamia. Come to class ready to discuss why Mesopotamian societies (such as the Assyrians and later the Persians) took over Egypt instead of the other way around.


 * For Friday, Oct. 12:** No homework due -- work on your Mesopotamia-Egypt essay, due Monday.


 * For Monday, Oct. 15:** Hand in your [|take-home essay] -- we will review in class for the test on Tuesday.


 * For Tuesday, Oct. 16:** Prepare for a test. Here's a [|review sheet].

And here are some term definitions.


 * For Wed/Thu, Oct 17/18:** Read [|this document] and come to class prepared to discuss the civilization project.


 * For Monday, Oct. 22:** No Homework

Here are [|the maps we looked at] in class on Monday.

Here is the [|timeline/overview] we looked at in class on Monday.

Here are the [|Google Earth Links] for a few places in Ancient Greece.


 * For Tuesday, Oct. 23:** Read [|these pages] about Greece.

1. Watch the 7-minute video on the [|blog] about the Parthenon 2. Finish the reading for Tuesday if you did not finish it 3. Write a paragraph that explains what you learned from reading my comments on your paper as well as my [|feedback] about the take-home Greece-Mesopotamia essay. In class, I will conference with each student for about 5 minutes to discuss essay writing. 4. Choose two topics in Ancient Greece that you want to learn more about.
 * For Wed/Thu, Oct. 24/25:** Do four short things:


 * For Friday, Oct. 26:** Prepare for an Athens-Sparta debate. Read [|this document].


 * For Monday, Oct. 29:** Read the first 5.5 pages of [|this reading] (stop in the middle of the sixth page -- read up to "The Hellenistic Synthesis").

What happened in Athens [|after the Peloponnesian War]?

There will be **//no additional current events updates//** due this trimester. Ignore the due dates in early November.
 * NOTE:** We will focus on Greece for the remainder of the trimester.

Here are a list of [|Greek Terms] for the test.

Here are [|notes from class on Monday] (including a chart we've not seen yet but that we'll go over in class Tuesday)


 * For Tuesday, Oct 30:** Research your Greek topic for 30 minutes. Start with the Encyclopedia Britannica, then explore other sources.


 * For Wed/Thu, Oct 31/Nov 1:** Read Plato's [|Allegory of the Cave] -- we will discuss this famous document in class. You only have to read the first five pages. The additional material there is for me to refer to as I give you more context. If we discuss points from the other pages in class, you are responsible for those points... but you are not responsible for material beyond page 5 that we do not talk about.


 * For Friday, Nov 2:** Review for the test on Monday

Here's a memo about [|how to write effective IDs].

And here are some [|examples of good IDs] from some of your colleagues' tests.

Here are more examples of [|IDs of Pericles]. These have the level of detail you need and do a good job of including many terms we've looked at in class. They could be better organized, but it's an in-class writing assignment...


 * On Monday, Nov 5:** Test on Greece

The test will include a map... You can download a blank map from this site: http://www.unc.edu/awmc/downloads/wlAncientGreece_blank.pdf You should be able to label the following items on the map:

ISLANDS: Crete, Delos AREAS: Ionia, Peloponnesus, Asia Minor CITIES: Olympia, Athens, Sparta, Delphi

Here's [|an example] from a student who chose Socrates. This example has all the required elements (2-3 paragraphs, two well-chosen pictures with explanations, and a link to a cool resource -- in this case, a video), but could be improved by adding a sentence or two at the beginning explaining why this student got interested in Socrates. Also, a few more links to a few more cool resources would be good to add at the end -- for each link, describe what good information we could learn about your topic if we followed the link.
 * For Tuesday, Nov 6:** Bring to class what you learned about your Greek topic so we can post it to the class website.

This is an unusual example, because this student started working on her topic before we studied Socrates in class -- therefore her writeup doesn't contain much more than the information we talked about in class. If your topic is one we have discussed in class, try to make sure you are adding new information. Your audience is our class.

Also, this student hasn't cited sources. It's not clear where the quotes at the end come from, or where the information in the two main paragraphs comes from. Get in the practice of citing your sources.


 * For Wed/Thu, Nov 7/8:** Post to the class blog (under "Further Class Discussion", go to your block) about WHERE and WHEN you think your class should locate your civilization. This posting is due to the blog by 8 a.m. on the day your class meets.

Include a “because” in your posting to explain WHY you made your choice.


 * Also Due on the block day:** Your [|self-evaluation] of your class participation. You may print this in class on the block day.


 * For Friday, Nov 9:** No HW

We will look at what's going on in Pakistan in class, so if you are curious, check out this [|Q&A piece form the BBC] that explains some of the background.

This is a [|story of how the military coup unfolded] in 1999. There was some tense drama with General Musharraf's plane almost crashing because it had only 7 minutes of fuel left, and the folks on the ground would not let him land.

Audio is connected to [|this article from the NYT] on Thursday. There's a 6-minute interview with a reporter covering the story.