World History Week of January 9 - 13

Welcome to World History. As I said in class, this class is going to move fast. We have to cover the history of the world in one semester. There are 11 units, so tests will come every week and a half to every two weeks. We will also have some projects that will count as test  grades. We began Unit 1 with the Mining the Standards and the Mesopotamia and Egypt Cloze notes. Also in this unit is the study of ancient India and China. The test is scheduled for Friday, January 13.

Important Links

Mesopotamia and Egypt PPT

Mesopotamia and Egypt Cloze Notes

Ancient India and China PPT

Ancient India and China Cloze Notes

World Literature Week of January 9 - 13

Welcome to 2017 and World Literature! This course includes literature from around the world from all time periods. We will start this week with the Epic of Gilgamesh, which is one of the first known epics. We will also take the SLO pre-test, and get started on a pre-test for the class. (I know, too much testing--I'm with you completely.) Typically, our class periods will be a mixture of reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary. Language Arts covers a lot of ground.

These are the Learning Questions we will cover this week.
- The historical and cultural context for the literature we will read from this time period.
- The types, elements, and conventions of an epic - How to analyze an epic for the archetype of the hero’s quest
-What is the function and use of the archetypal setting in ancient literature?

Important Links
Gilgamesh Study Questions

Gilgamesh Study Question discussions

World Literature Week of December 12 - 16

We will finish The House on Mango Street and Julius Caesar this week. At the end of the week, we will begin reviewing for the final exam which will be Tuesday, December 20 during 1st Block.

World History Week of December 12 - 16

We have one more unit before the end of the semester--The Cold War. I will give you a packet to complete on Monday. This will be the major grade for this unit. Our final exam will be on Tuesday, December 20, during 2nd Block.

US History Week of December 12 - 16

The EOC is Monday morning. I will see you in the morning to make sure everyone has word to word dictionaries. Good luck and get plenty of rest. I'll see you Monday afternoon. This week, we will work on grade recovery, watch some historical movies, and attend the presentation of John Overcash about the Vietnam War.
Link to previous EOC test

World Literature Week of November 28 - December 2

I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday. Welcome back. We will focus on finishing The House on Mango Street and testing on it, and we will begin our study of Julius Caesar. 

World History Week of November 28 - December 2

I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving Break. We have a lot of history to cover in the three and a half weeks left in the semester. Our current unit covers the event leading up to World War 1 and the actual war itself. We will have notes and activities to discover this fascinating time in world history.