Benchmark Exams!

Benchmark Exams are upon us.  The schedule is listed in the sidebar to the right.  Please make sure your study guide is complete by the day of your scheduled exam.  (Click on the class page above to download the study guide for your class.)  Study hard!

Today’s Activities, 10/19-10/20

Note: Thursday’s class periods were shorter due to the all-school field trip to see “Julius Caesar.”

AP World History

• Bell Work: types of government review
• Finish chapter 5 group presentations
• Work on Benchmark Study Guide
• Exit Ticket: create two exam questions (best  2 questions in each class will appear on the exam!)
• Independent Practice: study/review for Benchmark Exam, complete study guide

World History

• Bell Work: types of government review
• Work on Benchmark Study Guide
• Vocabulary Word Search (Benchmark Exam Review)
• Exit Ticket: create two exam questions (best  2 questions in each class will appear on the exam!)
• Independent Practice: study/review for Benchmark Exam, complete study guide

Geography Review Help

Looking for a different way to study/review the geography locations?  Check out the following website.  It has every country, continent, ocean, sea, and river in a bunch of easy-to-understand programs.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm

 

 

Today’s Activities, 10/17-10/18

AP World History

• Bell Work: vocabulary review
• Create PowerPoint presentations for assigned ch. 5 sections
• Begin ch. 5 group presentations
• Exit Ticket: geography review
• Independent Practice: begin working on Benchmark Exam Study Guide

World History

• Bell Work: vocabulary review
• Empire Creation!
• Review key geography locations
• Exit Ticket: map “quiz”
• Independent Practice: begin working on Benchmark Exam Study Guide

Today’s Activities, 10/5-10/7

Note: Thursday, 10/6 was an early dismissal C-day, due to Open House.  All AP and World History classes participated in a review game. 

AP World History

• Bell Work: read/discuss ch. 4 “In-Depth” sections
• Notes: Classical Mediterranean World
• Video: Rome: Power & Glory
• Independent Practice: read chapter 5, complete reading notes/questions, study for quiz

World History

• Bell Work: discuss “What makes a successful leader?”
• Notes: Ancient Mediterranean World
• Video: Engineering an Empire: Alexander the Great
• Independent Practice: “Politics” by Aristotle – read excerpt, answer discussion questions, complete MAPPARTS chart 

Today’s Activities, 10/3-10/4

AP World History

• Bell Work: prep for quiz
• Quiz – chapter 4 reading/vocab, Geography Locations 2
• Notes: Classical Mediterranean World
• Independent Practice: Classical Greece Map

World History

• Bell Work: prep for quiz
• Quiz – Ancient China/India vocab, Geography Locations 2
• Notes: Ancient Mediterranean World