Week of October 7

The Plan:

Social Studies:

Students will complete their investigation of evidence from ancient  Sumerian artifacts before beginning our look at "The First Empires" and the last section of Chapter 1. We will implement our first "Thinking Thursday" this week to help students manage their time while still doing their best work. We will finish up the week making connections between our textbook and with a video about the Assyrians that will help bring their reading to life.

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What Is Happening:

Monday:

• Quiz 1.2 Mesopotamian Civilization
• Wrap-Up "Was Sumer Really A Civilization?" with a whole class share out of our artifact analysis

Tuesday:

• Mrs. Tasset visited our class today to help us learn the qualities of a good friend
• PQR2ST+ Notes on "The First Empires" only TBpages 26-28
• 1.3 Quiz Friday, October 11th

Our first chapter test will be next Tuesday, October 15th.  I will choose two of the following essay questions for students to pick from on the exam. Study Guides will go home tomorrow.

1. Why do some historians consider the farming revolution to be the most important event in human history?
2. What is a civilization?
3. Why do historians call Mesopotamia the "cradle of civilization'?
4. What were some of the military accomplishments of the ancient Assyrians?

Wednesday:

• completed PQR2ST+ notes for TBpages 29-30
• Guided Reading Activity 1.3 - Find-Someone-Who

Thinking Thursday:

• Students could work all hour on completing their notebooks, poster projcects, make-up work, or study for the exam.

Friday:

• check and correct PQR2ST+ notes for 1.3
• discuss & correct Guided Reading Activity True/False 1.3
• used Two-Column notes on SSN page 23 to record our learning from the video The Assyrians: Masters of War 
• Quiz 1.3
• Chapter 1 test Tuesday, October 15