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Warm-up:
-  Warm-up Map Quiz

Planners:

- Egyptian Mummies Discussion 
- Ancient Egypt Vocabulary
- Ancient Egypt Homework Packet Due Next Tuesday       

Picture of the day: Egyptian Mummies

Daily Did you Know:  Ancient Egyptians mummified not only people but animals as well. Archeologists discovered a 15-foot- (4.5-m-) long mummified crocodile. The crocodile is known as the “devourer of human hearts” in the ancient Book of the Dead.


 
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Warm-up:
- Warm-up Map

Planners:
- Quiz
- Map Quiz tomorrow
- When done, do word search, draw, or iPads
- Projects due Jan 30, 31 and Feb. 1           

Picture of the day:
Market place in Gambia, what is a large market place?

Daily Did you Know:In Tunisia, images of fish are often used to protect against evil. New buildings often have fish bones or tails embedded in them as they are built, and cars have brightly colored plastic or cloth fish attached to them to provide protection to the people inside


 
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Warm-up:
- Warm-up Map

Planners:
- Turn in Homework
- Review Game
      *Quiz Tomorrow!
- Project due Jan. 30,31, and Feb. 1

Picture of the day:A shelter in the Mhaïreth oasis in Adrar, Mauritania 

Daily Did you Know: The Sahara Desert is expanding in the south at a rate of about half a mile a month


 
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Warm-up:
-  Warm-up Map West Africa: Warm-up Quiz Friday

Planners:

- Recap of Projects
- Hieroglyphics Special Mission

- Homework: North Africa Review Worksheet
- Work on Study Guides and missing work

Picture of the day:
The Great Mosque in Djénné, ancient hub for trans-Saharan caravan routes, was built of mud and is the largest mud brick or adobe building in the world 

Daily Did you Know:  
Two of the most popular sports in Africa are soccer (called football) and cricket. Both sports were introduced during colonial times and have flourished on the continent due to the international success of African teams.


 
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Warm-up
- West Africa Map

Planners:
- Welcome back
- Quick recap of procedures
- Break Interviews
- Quiz Thursday!

Picture of the day:
Fez, Morocco/Fez's tanners'

Daily Did you Know:  Islam is currently the largest religion in Africa, with Christianity following closely behind. These two religions make up 85% of the continent’s population, while just 15% of the population are non religious or follow traditional African religions


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    Mr. Kacel - 7th Grade History Teacher at Waverly Middle School

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