Welcome to Preuss, Class of 2023!Comments Preuss Students and Families, Congratulations on being accepted to Preuss! Now that you are here, be prepared to work hard, yet reap great rewards! Make sure that you have the materials you need (notebooks, index cards, glue, pencils, etc). Families, make sure your student has a quiet place to do their homework every day and check your child's planner to make sure their homework is done. Also, check their backpacks daily to make sure they are organized and prepared for the next days classes (Blocks 1-4 Mon/Wed, Blocks 5-8 Tues/Thurs, Fridays rotate). Looking forward to a great year! Mrs. Melissa Anguiano ([email protected] or [email protected])
Homework Due Thurs 6/22: Block 5- Final Project Due Tues 6/20: Block 6- Final Project Due Thurs 6/15: Finish missing assignments for Ch. 14 Due Tues 6/13: Christianity Storyboard Due Fri 6/9: Venn Diagram Due Thurs 6/8: Ch. 14 L. 2 CN Due Tues 6/6: Ch. 14 L. 1 CN Due Thurs 6/1: CH. 14 Preview Page Due Tues. 5/30: Ch. 10 Notebook Due Fri. 5/26: Title Page, Preview Page, PEERS Due Tues. 5/23: 10 Commandments Due Thurs. 5/18: Middle East Map Due Tues. 5/16: Ch. 10 Vocab Squares Due Thurs. 5/11: Time Traveler Book Due Tues. 5/9: Study guide, notebook due Monday! Test Monday! Due Thurs. 5/4: Completed PEERS Due Tues. 5/1: Day 8 Reading "Achievements of the Han" Due Thurs. 4/26: Day 7 The Silk Road Reading and Suitcase Due Fri., 4/21: Philosophy Chart and Border Due Thurs 4/20: Day 2 Reading Due Tues., 4/18: Persuasive Letter Objective: Your goal is to persuade the San Diego Archaeological Society to send you on a trip to Ancient China. Letter Format:
Due Thurs., 4/13: Complete ALL Ch.8 vocabulary squares (16 total) Due Tues., 4/11: None Due Thurs., 4/6: Complete Google Slides for group project (Ancient India ABC Book) Due Tues., 4/4: No assigned HW! EXTRA CREDIT!!! Go to www.brainpop.com (username: preuss, password: preuss) and watch Gandhi video. Do any or all of the activities that have to do with the video. You can print them out or write down directions and answers on a piece of paper. Due Thurs., 3/16: Complete PEERS page Due Tues., 3/14: Ch.7, Ln.3 Outline (complete Sections 1 & 2, to end of "Changes to Hinduism") Due Fri., 3/10: Ch.7, Ln.2 Outline Due Thurs., 3/9: Ch.7, Ln.1 Outline Due Tues., 3/7: None Due Thurs., 3/2: Pop-up Cover (full name, Mrs. Anguiano, Block #, Original title in English and Hieroglyphics, pictures to represent Egypt, no pencil) Due Tues., 2/28: Study Guide (can get extra copy on Aeries) & Test Tuesday Due Thurs., 2/23: Complete Final Draft of Pop-up Paragraphs Due Tues., 2/21: Ch.5 Notebook Assignments (p.99-125)
Due Thurs., 2/16: Ch.5, Ln.4 LS Project “The New Kingdom” Ch.5, Ln.4 Left-Side Project: Illustrated Timeline
Directions: Include the events in lesson 4 on a timeline (turn your paper sideways). For each event include the date, description of what happened and a small picture. Make sure to cover the reign of each of the rulers in the new kingdom (there are 5 mentioned). Due Tues., 2/14: Ch.5, Ln.4 Vocab Squares (Hatshepsut, obelisk, Ramses II) Due Fri., 2/10: Ch.5, Ln.3 Left Side Project “The Pyramid Builders” Ch.5, Ln.3 Left-Side Project: Choice-Article, Illustration, or Quiz Questions (circle one)
Directions: Pick one of the above options. For the article write at least a ½ page about the pyramid builders. For the illustration divide your paper into 3 sections and include an illustration in color and caption for each section of reading (The Old Kingdom, Khufu’s Great Pyramid, The Middle Kingdom). For the quiz include at least 5 good questions with answers. Due Thurs., 2/9: Ch.5, Ln.3 Vocabulary Squares (dynasty, succession, pharaoh, pyramid, step pyramid, Khufu) Due Tues., 2/7: Ch.5, Ln.2 LS Project Due Thurs., 2/2: Ch.5, Ln.2 Vocab Squares
Due Fri., 1/27: Ch.5 Preview Page (all except Learned column) Due Thurs., 1/26: Ch.5, Ln.1 Vocab Squares (cataract, delta, silt, fertile, linen) Due Tues., 1/24: None! Due Thurs., 1/19: Mesopotamia PEERS Flipbook & Ch.3-4 Test Corrections (due by the end of class on Thursday) Due Tues., 1/17: Ch.4 Notebook Assignments (extra copy of rubric on Aeries) Due Fri., 1/13: Complete Ch.4 Title Page and Preview Page Due Thurs., 1/12: Complete Ch.3 & 4 Study Guide (Test Thursday and notebook due next week) Due 1/10: Complete Ch.4, Ln.3 Cornell Notes and Vocabulary Squares (5 total) Due 1/5: Complete Ch.4, Ln.2 Cornell Notes, Ch.4, Ln.2 Vocabulary Squares Due 1/3: None! (students can work on their vocab squares or other assignments in Chapter 4 if they would like to get ahead) Due Thurs., 12/15: Ch.4, Ln.1 Vocab Squares Due Tues., 12/13: Ch.4 Preview Page (All except for the L-Learned Due Fri., 12/9: None Due Thurs., 12/8: JOB DESCRIPTION Ch.3, Ln.2-3 Homework
Directions: A job description outlines the requirements and duties of a certain position. In order words, it often states what skills an applicant should have in order to do the job well and what their responsibilities will be. It might also say the benefits of having such a job. Pick a job from Sumer (priest, king, slave, artisan, farmer, scribe) and write a job description including requirements for the job, duties, and benefits of having this job. Don’t write down which one you are doing; your classmates will try to guess what job it is! Due Tues., 12/6: Ch.3, Ln.3 Vocabulary Squares (bronze, pictograph, stylus, cuneiform, scribe) Due Thurs., 12/1: Ch.3, Ln.2 LS Project “The First Civilization” Ch.3, Ln.2 Left-Side Project: Word Puzzles
Directions: Create a word puzzle (crossword or fill in the blank test) with at least 10 of your words from Lesson 2 (think key terms and other important words). First write out your words, and for the crossword write clues for each word. For the fill in the blank, write a sentence that the word can fit into. Leave out the answers so that someone in class can try to solve it. Due Tues., 11/29: Ch.3, Ln.2 Vocabulary Squares (6 total) and see below for words Due Fri., 11/18: Ch.3, Ln.1 Vocabulary Squares (6 total) Vocabulary Squares Chapter 3 Directions:
Due Thurs., 11/17: Ch.3, Ln.1 Left-Side Project “The Geography of Mesopotamia” Ch.3, Ln.1 Left-Side Project: Articles
Directions: Write an article for a newspaper about the geography of Mesopotamia. Make sure you include all your key terms for the lesson (surplus, drought, semiarid, silt, floodplain, Mesopotamia) and use complete sentences. Also, your article needs a title and can include a couple of small pictures if you wish. Due Tues., 11/15: The Long Dry Spell p.80-81, answer #1-2 on p.81 Due Thurs., 11/10: Complete Art for Accordion Book (Cards 4-6, Dedication Page and About the Author) Due Tues., 11/8: Ch.2 Study Guide-Extra Copy on Aeries (Test Tuesday) Due Fri., 11/4: Ch.2 Notebook Assignments (Test Tuesday) Due Thurs., 11/3: Ch.2 Title Page (5 illustrations to show what you learned in Ch.2 with a sentence caption for each) Due Tues., 11/1: Ch.2, Ln.3 Left-Side Project: Web Due Thurs., 10/27: Complete illustrations (on index cards given in class) for Cover (see below), Question #1 (about evolution of early man), Question #2 (about migration), Question #3 (about hunter-gatherer societies) Cover Page Requirements:
Due Tues., 10/25: Ch.2, Ln.2 Left-Side Project: Mural (include caption with key terms-agriculture, irrigation, slash-and-burn, domesticate) Due Fri., 10/21: Fill out and get Ch.1 Score Sheet signed Due Thurs., 10/20: Ch.2, Ln.1 Left-Side Project-Quiz (5 questions with answers about lesson 1) Due Tues., 10/18: Ch.2, Ln.1 HW Hunters and Gatherers Unit 1: Chapter 2, Lesson 1 Homework Choose from one of the following assignments.
Due Thurs., 10/13: Ch.2, Ln.1 Warm-up (left column only) Due Tues., 10/11: Hunter-Gatherer Diary Due Thurs., 10/6: None Due Tues., 10/4: Ch.1 Study Guide (Ch.1 Test Tuesday, 10/4) Due Fri., 9/30: Complete Notebook Assignments p.1-26
Due Thurs., 9/29: Ch.1 Title Page Chapter 1 Title Page: The Tools of History Instructions (glue to top of page)
Due Tues., 9/27: Ch.1, Ln.4 Left-Side Project Lesson 4 Left-Side Project: Cartoons Create a cartoon about the content in Chapter 1, Lesson 4, “How Historians Study the Past”. Cartoons are humorous and often contain a series of pictures with word bubbles. This example (about archaeology) only has one picture and a caption. Your cartoon must take up most of this page, be in color, and have word bubbles or a caption. You can have one picture or a series of pictures Due Thurs., 9/22: Ch.1, Ln.4 HW-Article on p. 22 in notebook (see below) “New Discovery!” Unit 1: Chapter 1, Lesson 4 How Historians Study the Past (pp. 39-43) Homework Imagine yourself to be a famous historian who has just discovered a previously unknown civilization. Write a brief news account to a famous magazine (Time, National Geographic, or Newsweek) describing your discovery. Your writing must:
Due Tues., 9/20: Ch.1, Ln.3 Left-Side Project (Divide paper into 3 sections and draw an illustration for each section of lesson 3, add a sentence-long caption to describe each illustration) Due Fri., 9/16: Fossil v. Artifact Due Thurs., 9/15: Map Practice (p.13-14 in notebook) Due Tues., 9/13: Ch.1, Ln.2 Summary & Interaction Due Thurs., 9/8: Longitude & Latitude Practice (page 9 in notebook) Due Tues., 9/6: Read article, do quiz, & short summary paragraph Due Thurs., 8/31: Ch.1, Ln.1 Take Home Quiz Due Tues., 8/30: Complete Ch.1, Ln.1 Key Terms (write definition on page 4 of notebook for geography, continent, landform, climate, vegetation) Due Fri., 8/26: Map of the World Due Thurs., 8/25: Notebook Cover completed in pencil Due Tues., 8/23: Syllabus Signed |
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