Social Studies Grade 7 Assignments
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- 2013-2014 School Year
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Study for test on chapter 13 tomorrow
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Complete the following assignments:
Chpt. 13 Vocabulary Study Guide
Answer "Terms and Names" and "Main Ideas" on page 454 in your notebook.
Complete Standards-Based Assessment on page 455 in your notebook.
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Chapter 13, Lesson 3 Quiz
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Complete the following:
Reteaching Activity for lesson 3
Geography Practice: "Universities in Renaissance Europe"
Answer questions 4-6 on page 450 in your notebook
Study for quiz on Monday
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Read and outline pages 445 to 448 stopping after the section "The Elizabethan Age". Use the organizer given to you or outline in your notebook.
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Finish Renaissance trading cards
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Answer questions 2, 6, and 7 on page 441 in your notebook.
Complete "Reteaching Activity" for this lesson
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Read pages 437 to 441.
Complete handout "Great Renaissance Artists"
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Mosaic which shows the achievements of the Incas, Mayan, and Aztec. (See handout for all the details.)
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Read and summarize pages 429-431 in your notebook.
Complete the outline map activities on the handout "Renaissance Europe, c. 1500"
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Complete the questions on the handout "Timeline Challenge".
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Read the article "Bridges of Apurimac Canyon", and then answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper.
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Test on the Incas
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Study for the test on the Incas tomorrow.
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In your ISN (Interactive Student Notebook) packet, complete the processing activity on pages 5 and 6.
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Read sections 4 and 5 on the Incas, and then answer the questions for each section in your ISN.
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Read section 2 in the handout on the Incas, and then answer the questions for this section in the ISN (Interactive Student Notebook) handout.
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Test on Aztec Empire
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Study for test on the Aztec Empire.
Please bring your coloring supplies to class tomorrow.
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Complete the 3 sections on life in Tenochtitlan that you were assigned in class today.
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Read pages 294-295 in the handout "Daily Life in Tenochtitlan", and then complete section 2 questions in the handout "Interactive Student Notebook".
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Design a flag for the Aztec Empire on the construction paper provided.
(See the handout "Interactive Student Notebook" for specific details on what to include on the flag.)
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Read sections 2, 3, and 4 in the handouts about the growth of the Aztec Empire, and then answer the questions for each section in the other handout which is titled "Interactive Student Notebook". Write your answers on the handout or on a separate sheet of paper.
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Chapter 11 Test
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Study for test tomorrow
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Finish Crossword puzzle and vocabulary study guide
Answer questions 5 through 10, and 12 on page 390 on a separate sheet of paper.
Write a question for each lesson on an index card. (Question of the front of the card, answer on the back)
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Quiz on the Maya civilization
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Finish History Mystery on the Maya if you did not complete this in class today.
Study for quiz on the Maya tomorrow
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See the handout for directions on creating an advertisement on an Mayan Innovation
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Using the information from the handouts and your textbook (pages 381-386), complete the GREASES chart about the Maya civilization.
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Read the handouts about the Maya civilization, and then answer all the questions on the "Reading Notes" handout (both sides).
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Define "Terms and Names" on page 373
Read pages 373 to 377, and then answer the questions on the handout in your notebook.
There will be an assessment on the Olmec civilization on Monday.
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Chapter 11, Lesson 1 Quiz
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Complete the Reteaching Activity, and study for quiz on this lesson tomorrow.
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Read pages 368-371, and then answer the following questions in your notebook:
1. How do climates vary in Mesoamerica?
2. In what climate conditions do rain forests thrive?
3. How does the temperature in the mountains of Mesoamerica differ from the temperatures at sea level?
2. In what climate conditions do rain forests thrive?
3. How does the temperature in the mountains of Mesoamerica differ from the temperatures at sea level?
4. How has geographic diversity affected the natural resources and crops found in Mesoamerica?
5. How did Mesoamericans use jade and obsidian?
6. Why do you think Mesoamerican farmers abandoned their fields after a few years?
7. Why do you think Mesoamericans used slash-and-burn agriculture?
8. Mesoamericans did not use pack animals to transport goods. How do you think overland trade would have been affected if Mesoamericans did have pack animals?
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Illustrate the terms and names on page 367 on the construction paper that you were given in class today. Write the name of the term and its definition for each one.
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1. Page 175: Complete "Standards-Based Assessment"
2. Handout: Crossword Puzzle and Vocabulary Study Guide
3. Read story on pages 148 and 149 in the textbook, and then answer questions 2 (Minimum of 4 sentences required for the this answer.)
This was classwork for today and any of the work you did not complete should be finished for homework, if necessary.
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1. Page 174: Complete "Terms and Names" and "Main Ideas" (Use the same sheet of paper as they used for assignment 1)
2. Complete any work you did not complete in class for homework, if necessary.
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Ancient African Kingdom Presentation that you completed with a partner(s) should be uploaded or shared with me at [email protected] by 8 am today.
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Complete "Geography Challenge: Africa"
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1. Read pages 152 to 154, then answer the following questions in your notebook:
Trade and Regional Commerce
What are the factors that prompted trade between North Africa and West Africa to increase?
What effect did expanding trade have on cities?
What was the relationship between kings and trade in West Africa?
The Oral Tradition in West Africa
What beliefs did West Africans have about their ancestors?
Why was the storyteller important in West African society? Why were griots important to West African schooling?
Why are storytellers still important today?
2. Answer questions 6 and 7 on page 154 in your notebook.
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Read the West African folktale on the handout, and then answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper.
Read "Mali: Griots and the Story of Sundiata" and think of an ending for the story. Be ready to discuss your ideas in class on Monday.
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Complete "Using What You Learnt" handout
Use colors for the pictures you create
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Read the article "How Dare She?" on pages 10 and 11 in "Junior Scholastic" magazine. Then answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper:
1. What do these five stories have in common?
2. What does this say about the history of women's rights in the United States?
3. Which of the women mentioned do you see as most courageous? Explain.
4. Can you think of any "typically male" jobs or pastimes that women can't or shouldn't do? Explain.
4. Can you think of any "typically male" jobs or pastimes that women can't or shouldn't do? Explain.
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Chapter 4 Test
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Study for test tomorrow
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Answer questions 1 through 9 on page 140 on a separate sheet of paper.
Answer SBA on page 141.
Write a True/False question for each of the 3 lessons on the notebook. Question on one side of the card, then answer not the back.
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Chpt 4, Less 3 Quiz
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Answer the following question on a separate sheet of paper. Your answer should be 2-3 paragraphs, and may be typed using 12pts and double-spacing.
In what ways were the achievements of the Abbasid and Umayyad dynasties similar? In what ways were they different?
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Read pages 134 and 135, then use the graphic organizer to outline it.
Answer the following questions in your notebook:
1. What contributed to the development of a golden age in Cordoba?
2. Why was al-Idrisi's geographical encyclopedia important?
3. What were some of the medical ideas that physicians in Cordoba promoted?
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Complete the following questions if you did not finish them in class today.
How did the Umayyads create a strong Muslim kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula?
In what ways was al-Andalus different after Abd-al-Rahman III's reign?
What changes did the Umayyads bring to Spain?
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Define "Terms and Names" on page 131
Read the article on Abd al-Rahman III, and then answer the questions in your notebook.
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Chapter 4, Lesson 2 Quiz
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Complete Reteaching Activity for lesson 2
Answers questions 2, 6, and 7 on page 125 in your notebook.
Quiz on this lesson tomorrow.
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Encyclopedia Entry of an Islamic leader
Set up your entry like an encyclopedic entry. Type your entry using a 12pt. font and double-spacing, please).
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Read pages 121 to 123, and then use the cluster diagram to record information on the developments of the Abbasid culture.
Complete Geography Practice: The City of Baghdad (Answers questions 1-5 only)
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Read the section "Uniting Many Peoples" (pages 114-115), then outline on the graphic organizer you were given in class today.
Complete the assignment about the Hajj on the handout you received in class today.
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Finish answering questions on Document C in the packet we worked on in class today.
Complete the Final Claims Summary on the back of the handout "How did the Islam Empire Expand?"
Define "Terms and Names" on page 113 in the back of your notebook.
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Chapter 3 Final Assessment
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Complete the activities in "Visions" magazine that was assigned in class today.
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Study for test tomorrow
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Complete all work that was assigned in class today.
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Chapter 3, Lesson 3 Quiz
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Complete Reteaching Activity for lesson 3
Answer questions 3 -7 on page 103 in your notebook.
Quiz on this lesson tomorrow
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Read and outline the section "First Four Caliphs" on pages 100 and 101.
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Outline Map Activities: "Spread of Islam, AD 661"
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Chpt. 3, Lesson 2 Quiz
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Complete the Reteaching Activity for lesson 2.
Answer questions 6 and 7 on page 96 in your notebook.
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Finish the Islam web on the Five Pillars of Islam.
Read the article "The Holy City Of Mecca", then answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper. (Answer to question 4 should have a minimum of 5 sentences.)
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Read the article entitled "The Life of Muhammad", then answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper. (Your answer to question 4 should contain a minimum of 5 sentences.)
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Complete Geography Practice: "Water Resources of the Arabian Peninsula".
Read pages 85 to 88 (Stop after the section "Trade Routes and Trade Goods"), and then use the graphic organizer to outline what you read.
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Complete the questions on the Middle East, and then locate the answers for numbers 1, 2, 3, and 5 on the map. (Use black pen and print.)
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Chapter 7 Test
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Study for Chapter 7 Test
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7A Complete Chapter 7 Vocabulary Study Guide and Crossword Puzzle
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Study for Chapter 7 test on Thursday
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Read and outline pages 239 and 240 in your notebook.
Complete map activity: "Reading a Special-Purpose Map"
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Complete "I Have a Dream" assignment
Chapter 7, Lesson 3 Reteaching Activity
Define "Terms and Names" on page 239 in notebook
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Write an acrostic poem about Kublai Khan (Write on the construction paper your were given using the paper in a vertical position.)
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Essay on a Chinese invention or technological advancement. (See handout)
Your essay should be typed(12pt), double-spaced, and have 3 paragraphs. Each paragraph should have at a minimum of 4 to 5 sentence.)
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Chapter 7, Lesson 2 Quiz
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Read page 225 to 227, and then answer the following questions in your notebook.
How did the new type of rice imported from Southeast Asia help the population grow?
How did producing extra food affect people's jobs?
Why did the Song Dynasty begin to print paper money?
Why did trade take place in cities and towns rather than in the country?
What did the Tang and Song governments do to improve trade?
How did the use of a new type of rice in China affect China's relationship with foreign lands?
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On the construction paper you were given, draw the definitions of the terms and names on page 223.
Read pages 227-229 (Begin at the section "A Time of Brilliant Achievements")
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Chapter 7, Lesson 1 Quiz
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Complete the Reteaching Activity for Chapter 7, Lesson 1
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Read the article "China's Great Wall", and then answer the questions in your notebook.
Read the article "Wu Zhao: China's First Female Ruler", and then answer questions 4 though 6 in your notebook.
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Define "Terms and Names" on page 213, then learn the definitions.
Read pages 213 to 216 ( Stop after the section "A Change in Confucian Thought"), and then answer the following questions in your notebook:
1. What happened after the Han Dynasty fell in A.D. 220?
2. What were the effects of the fall of the Han Dynasty?
3. How were floods, droughts, and hunger in China connected?
4. How did Confucianism promote social order?
5. Why did Confucianism lose influence?
6. What type of harmony did Daoists try to bring into their lives?
7. How did Buddhism help people to endure suffering?
8. How long did it take Buddhism to spread from India through East Asia?
9. How did China's belief systems change?
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Chapter 10 Test
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Complete questions 6 through 12 under "Main Ideas" on page 356 (On a separate sheet of paper)
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Define "Terms and Names" on page 341
Read pages 342 and 343, and then answer the questions on the ahdnout or in your notebook.
Representative Institutions
1. Why did King Edward keep the Parliament?
2. Why was the parliament convened in 1295 called the Model Parliament?
3. What are the two houses of Parliament?
4. How did Parliament gradually limit the powers of the monarchy?
5. In what ways are the British Parliament and the United States Congress similar?
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Chapter 10, Lesson 3 Quiz
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Complete Reteaching Activity for lesson 3. Answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper.
Study for quiz on lesson 3
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Complete Geography Practice: The Norman Conquest (You do not have to complete number 6).
Outline the section "The Hundred Years' War" on pages 335-336.
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Read and outline pages 333 to 334 in your notebook. Define any new terms or names you read in the back of your notebook.
Complete "Graph the Plague in Europe" handout. Follow steps 1 through 6, and be sure to use graph paper.
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Complete the reteaching activity for lesson 2, and then answer the following essay question on the back of the paper: "What changes occurred on the Iberian Peninsula in the 11th Century?"
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Read pages 329 t0 331, and then answer the questions on the handout (or see below) in your notebook. Be sure to restate the question in your answer.
1. How did the Crusades affect the Muslims in Palestine?
2. What were the consequences of the Crusades for the Europeans?
3. How did the lives of the Jews differ in Europe and in Muslim-controlled territories?
4. What was the Reconquista? What was the outcome of it?
5. What was the Spanish Inquisition?
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Review key events and dates of the Crusades.
Read article "It is God's Will", and then answer the questions on the back of the paper. Be sure to use complete sentences.
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Read pages 326 and 327, and then answer the following questions in your notebook:
What were the religious, economic, and political reasons for the Crusades? What were the results of the First Crusade?
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Define "Terms and Names" on page 327
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Define "Terms and Names" on page 321
Read page 323, then answer questions 1-7 on the handout in your notebook.
Clean out your folder. Keep the Junior Scholastic Magazine, Chapter 8 test, and have some college-ruled loose-leaf paper in the folder at all times. Thank you.
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Chapter 8 Test
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Study for Chapter 8 test
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Complete the Vocabulary Review and Crossword Puzzle for Chapter 8 review
Study for test on Thursday
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Read pages 275 to 279, and then, on the graphic overview, list the accomplishments of each of the kingdoms discussed in the lesson.
Complete "The Korean Peninsula" geography practice, if necessary,
Complete "The Korean Peninsula" geography practice, if necessary,
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Chpt. 8, Lesson 3 Quiz
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Complete Reteaching Activity for lesson 3
Answer questions 3 and 4 on page 271 in your notebook
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If you did not complete the activity of finding 5 facts about one of the Japanese shoguns, please complete for homework.
Answer questions 3 and 4 on page 271 in your notebook
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If you did not complete the activity of finding 5 facts about one of the Japanese shoguns, please complete for homework.
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Complete the assignment on "World Leaders to Watch". See the handout for further information
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Read pages 268 and 269, and then answer the following questions in your notebook.
What values shaped the lives and attitudes of the samurai?
How did the feudal system impact the place of women in society?
What was the emperor's role in the feudal society?
What was the source of the shogun's power?
How did Yoritomo become the first shogun?
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Define "Terms and Names" on page 267, and then memorize these definitions.
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Finish your outline of pages 257-261 in your notebook
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Define "Terms and Names" on page 257 in the back of your notebook.
Read the primary source "Wisdom King Fudo", then answer the questions on the back of the paper.
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Chapter 8, Lesson 1 Quiz
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Redo summary (with heading) of pages 252-253, if necessary.
Complete Reteaching Activity for Chpt 8, Lesson 1. Answers to questions 1-4 should be completed on a separate sheet of paper, then stapled to the handout.
Study for quiz on this lesson tomorrow
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Define "Terms and Names" on page 251 in the back of your notebook.
Read and summarize the section "Early Japanese Society" on pages 252-253. (Summary should be in the front of your notebook were you started your notes on chapter 8, lesson 1.)
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Chapter Assessment: Chapter 9, Lessons 1 and 2 Test
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Answer questions 6 through 9 under "Main Ideas" on page 314, and "Standards-Based Assessment" on page 315 in your notebook.
Study lessons 1 and 2 for test on Thursday
Study lessons 1 and 2 for test on Thursday
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Read and outline pages 301 and 302 in your notebook
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Middle Ages Poster due today
See the handout for more information. Please use the construction paper you were given, and use colors on your poster.
See the handout for more information. Please use the construction paper you were given, and use colors on your poster.
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Draw the definitions of the key words on page 299 on the construction paper you were given in class today.
Read the information about medieval manors on the handout. Then, answer the questions.
Read the information about medieval manors on the handout. Then, answer the questions.
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Chapter 9, Lesson 1 Quiz
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Complete Reteacing Activity for Chapter 6, Lesson 1. Answer questions 1 through 4 on the back of the paper using complete sentences.
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Bring your coloring pencils to class tomorrow, please.
Study for quiz tomorrow
Bring your coloring pencils to class tomorrow, please.
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Continue your research on Charlemagne's accomplishments and character. Please show 3 resources that you used. Notes should be in your notebook or typed.
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Using the graphic organizer you were given in class today, read and outline pages 291-295 (Stop after the section "The Growth of Monasteries")
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Finish writing your final claim to the question "Was the time period between 400AD and 1400AD a "Dark Age" for Europe?" . Support your claim with 4 to 5 pieces of evidence from the 6 document we studied in researching this question.
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Study Documents F and G, the answer the questions guiding questions on the handout.
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Complete the guiding questions for Documents A and B if you did not finish those in class today.
Reteaching Activity: "Recognizing Changing Interpretations of History"
Read the article, then answer the questions on the back of the paper. be sure to restate the question in answer.
Reteaching Activity: "Recognizing Changing Interpretations of History"
Read the article, then answer the questions on the back of the paper. be sure to restate the question in answer.
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"Map of Europe" Assignment
Complete questions 1-5. Be sure to read and follow the directions
Complete questions 1-5. Be sure to read and follow the directions
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Study for chapter 2 test tomorrow
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Read pages 67 to 71, then use the graphic organizer that you were given (or create your own) to highlight the achievements of the Romans in the arts, building, law, and government.
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Define "Terms and Names" on page 67 in the back of your notebook
"Skillbuilder Practice" Read the passage, then answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper.
7A STUDENTS: I gave you the wrong quiz on Friday. I will be asking you to take the quiz for lesson 3 on Tuesday. Please review for that. I am sorry for the mistake.
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Chpt 2, Lesson 3 Quiz
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Complete Reteaching Activity for lesson 3. Answer the questions on a
sheet of loose leaf paper.
Study for quiz on this lesson tomorrow.
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Finish defining the "Terms and Names" on page 59
Read the article "Constantinople", then answer the questions. The answer to number 4 should be, at least, 5 sentences in length.
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Complete the visualization chart on the causes of the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Be sure to read the directions and complete the assignment according to the directions given which are the same ones as you heard in class today. Pictures should be completed using coloring pencils or crayons. (No markers)
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Define "Terms and Names" on page 53 in the back of your notebook.
Read "Military and Political Problems" on page 54 and outline in the front of your notebook.
Read and summarize (in your own words) the section "Rome Divides into East and West" on page 54 to the top of page 55,
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Geography Practice: "Roman Roads" (Do not complete #6)
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Chapter 2, Lesson 1 Quiz
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Read pages 50 and 51 in your textbook.
Read Document F about Augustus Caesar.
Read Document F about Augustus Caesar.
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Define "Terms and Names" on page 47 in your textbook in the back of your notebook.
Read pages 47 to 49 in your textbook, then answer the questions on the handout in the front of your notebook. Be sure to restate the question in your answer.
Read pages 47 to 49 in your textbook, then answer the questions on the handout in the front of your notebook. Be sure to restate the question in your answer.