Week 5: September 17-21

Ancient World

Monday:  Test on Chapter 1

• Homework (due Tuesday):  read pages 37-42 (stop at The Aryans in India) and write a response to the following:  what does archeology tell us about the Harappans?  Why must we rely on archeology for our understanding of them?

Tuesday:  Harappans, Dravidians, and early India

• Homework (due Wednesday):  read pages 42-47 (stop at Daily Life in Ancient India) and write a response to the following: in what ways did the Aryans change India?  In what ways did India change the Aryans?

Wednesday:  The Aryans and India

• Homework (due Thursday):  read pages 47-50 (stop at Escaping the Wheel of Life) and write a response to the following:  what role did India play in trade in the Ancient World?  How did India's geography shape its economic development?

Thursday:  Socio-Economic Development in Early India

• Homework (due Tuesday, September 25th):  read pages 50-52 (stop at Buddhism:  the Middle Path) and write a response to the following:  what was the relationship between Brahmanism and the caste system?  How did one support the other?

Friday:  9th Grade Day Away


Monday (September 24th):  No Class

Modern World

Monday:  The Spanish Armada Concluded

• Homework (due Tuesday):  read your book review book

Tuesday:  The 30 Years War and Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe

• Homework (due Wednesday):  read your book review book 

Wednesday:  Absolutism and Artwook in Early Modern Europe

• Homework (due Friday):  study for the test on Chapters 14 and 15

Friday:  Test on Chapters 14-15

• Homework (due Tuesday) begin chapter 16, read pages 450-454 and write a response to the following:  what enabled the Ottomans to be so successful at conquering territory?  What challenges did the Ottomans face and overcome?

Monday (September 24th):  No Class


United States History

Monday:  Test on Chapters 2 and 3

• Homework:  read your book review books

Tuesday 5th period/Wednesday 6th period:  The War of Jenkins Ear, Growing Colonial Economic Independence, and Demographic Change

• Homework (due Wednesday, 5th period/due Thursday, 6th period):  read pages 116-122 (stop at The Mid-Century Challenge) and write a response to the following:  how was the Enlightenement in America different from that in Europe?  What role did the Great Awakening play in the American Enlightenment?

Wednesday 5th period/Thursday 6th period:  The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening

• Homework (due Friday):  read pages 123-126 and write a response to the following:  how did the French and Indian War impact Europe?

Friday:  The French and Indian War

• Homework:  Read your book review books

Monday (September 24th):  No Class