Hello Everyone,
Another week is in the books and we had a good one.
Weekly journals were turned in today, there was no quiz. Grades for the journals will be in Active Parent by Monday afternoon.
We are currently working on a timeline for our unit that will aid us going forward. We are planning on a quiz for Wednesday. The quiz will focus on key individuals (Christopher Columbus, Prince Henry the Navigator, Vasco Da Gama) and important things and events (The Silk Road, the Crusades, the Renaissance, the invention of the printing press), as we have been doing a lot of work this week on those items.
Progress Reports will be coming home Thursday, Sept. 11.
As of now I am planning a video exercise for Thursday and Friday. The video in question is episode 2 of the National Geographic documentary "Guns Germs and Steel," based on Professor Jared Diamond's book of the same name. The documentary has an excellent explanation and dramatization of Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire.
Moving forward, I am anticipating the second unit test for Wednesday, Sept. 17, so go ahead and mark that (in pencil) on your calendars.
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