Warm-up:
- Warm-up Map
Planners:
- How to write a short answer question
- Review for quiz
- West Africa HW packet due Friday
- Project due Jan. 30,31, and Feb. 1
Picture of the day:Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Daily Did you Know: In Nigeria, young people never call anyone older than them by their first name. As a sign of respect, they add "Brother" or "Sister". So you will never find a teen calling a 30 year old by their first name
Warm-up:
- Warm-up Map
Planners:
- Turn in Vocab
- West Africa Notes
- West Africa HW packet due Friday
- Project due Jan. 30,31, and Feb. 1
Picture of the day:Sierra Leone Diamond Mines
Daily Did you Know: Shipwreck Point in Liberia is a mecca for globe trotting surfers. They come for the 10 meter waves between March and October
Warm-up:
- Warm-up Map: Quiz Friday
Planners:
- Map Warm-up
- Figure out project dates
- Review for Ancient Egypt Quiz for Friday
- Project due Jan. 30,31, and Feb. 1
Picture of the day:Temple of Rameses III - Medinet Habu
Daily Did you Know: The Greeks called Egyptian symbols hieroglyphs (hieros + glyphe = “sacred” + “carving”) because they saw them carved into the walls of temples and other sacred places. Because hieroglyphs have no vowels, we will never know for sure how the ancients pronounced their words
Warm-up:
- Warm-up Map
Planners:
- Research in computer lab for projects
- Ancient Egypt Quiz Friday
- Warm-up Map Quiz Friday
- Projects due Jan. 30, 31, and Feb. 1
Picture of the day:
None, in computer lab
Daily Did you Know:
Warm-up:
- Warm-up Map
Planners:
- Prezi on Ancient Egypt
- Quiz over Ancient Egypt on Friday
- Project due Jan. 30,31, and Feb. 1
Picture of the day:
Colossi of Memnon, West Bank, Luxor
Daily Did you Know: Pharaoh Pepi II (2246-2152 B.C.) had the longest reign in history—94 years. He became Egypt’s king when he was only 6 years old. Pharaoh Pepi II allegedly would smear slaves with honey to attract flies away from him
Warm-up:
- Warm-up Map
Planners:
- Ancient Egypt Homework Packets * Due Tuesday Jan.15
- *Extra Credit* Turn in signed progress report
- Computer Lab
- Project due Jan. 30,31, and Feb. 1
Picture of the day:
Daily Did you Know:
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.
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
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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