Phone: 925-779-7420
Bio: Seventh grade history teacher, Chico State grad. Big fan of the outside and all things baseball.

Phone: 925-779-7420
Bio: Seventh grade history teacher, Chico State grad. Big fan of the outside and all things baseball.
Class Agenda/What We did in class
2026-2027
Monday, August 24: Weekend check-in; Finish and turn in mapping worksheet, side I; start primary/secondary source (1/2 sheet and video)Primary source video link NO HW
Friday, August 21: Planner check; CNN 10; finish geography notes; start mapping w/s
Thursday, August 20: Finish labeling maps (most classes), geography notes; geography worksheet. NO HW.
Wednesday, August 19: Finish labeling maps; geography notes; geography worksheet. NO HW.
Tuesday, August 18: Turn in InstaMe; Review syllabus and class website (lilac and orange papers); start geography. NO HW
Monday, August 17: Weekend check-in; Insta Me activity. HW: finish Insta Me activity--due tomorrow.
Friday, August 14: Planner check/CNN 10; Finish 'Geography of me" and turn in
Thursday, August 13: Getting to know you handout
Wednesday, August 12: Label history books and leave in classroom; get personal business passes.
Tuesday, August 11: Planners: how to; routines and class rules
Monday, August 10: Seats, roll and getting to know you
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Daily Agenda/What We Did in Class (2025-26)
Friday, May 29: Planner check (the last one); CNN 10; continue or start learning list.
Thursday, May 28: CNN 10; Muslim Contributions--finish w/s and turn in; Learning List. NO HW
Wednesday, May 27: CNN 10; Muslim Contributions worksheet. NO HW
Tuesday, May 26: CNN 10; Muslim Contributions handout--read and highlight. Periods 6 & 8: Silent classroom, same thing
Friday and Monday: No school/Memorial Day
Thursday, May 21: Planner check; CNN 10
Wednesday, May 20: Periods 2/3/4/7: Continue geography, text pages 60-62 and start pink w/s. Periods 6 & 8: SILENT classroom: geography text handout and questions. Complete in class. NO HW.
uesday, May 19: Geography of the Middle East--notes and text, page 60; NO HW
Monday, May 18: turn in late project; clean out history folder/binder; finish Middle East map and get stamped (5 points); Geography! video. NO HW Geography video link
Friday, May 15: Turn in project; Planner check; CNN 10; start new unit--the Middle East--mapping. NO HW
Thursday, May 14: NatGeo Inca video + half sheet of notes (pink sheet). Aztec/Maya/Inca project due tomorrow at start of class.
Wednesday, May 13: Start final draft of Aztec/Maya/Inca. Due Friday at start of class. Today is the last day of class time to work on project.
Tuesday, May 12: Start rough draft of Aztec/Maya/Inca project--blue sheet, two sides. Big (11" x 17") paper. Things that will help you on the project--worksheets and graphic organizer completed in class last week; DUE Friday at start of class.
Monday, May 11: Introduce project and brainstorm; finish "Andes" video. NO HW
Friday, May 8: Minimum day. Planner check; CNN 10. NO HW
Thursday, May 7: Continue graphic organizer started on Monday; Video: "The Andes" NO HW
Wednesday, May 6: Complete both sides of grey worksheet, get stamped; start Nat Geo video: "Inca Island in the Sky" NO HW.
Tuesday, May 5: Cinco de Mayo video; text, page 180-181; two videos (see links); side II of grey w/s. Get stamped when completePachacuti video link Machu Picchu video link: Machu Picchu video link
Monday, May 4: Test results; graphic organizer; Inca video Inca: TedEd video link NO HW
Friday, May 1: Planner check; Aztec test; CNN 10; finish grey worksheet given yesterday.
Thursday, April 30: turn in map project (map and pink sheet); text, page 176-177; grey worksheet. Short video:Nasca geoglyph video linkAztec test tomorrow. Study guide given in class yesterday.
Wednesday, April 29: Study guide for Friday's Aztec test; continue map project--due at start of class tomorrow. Aztec test on FRIDAY
Tuesday, April 28: Continue map project--map civilizations and geographic features, using textbook pages 147 and 167, along with world atlases. Map is due at start of class on Thursday, April 30.
Monday, April 27: Aztec test question activity; start map project (two sheets of paper handed out, one pink w/questions, the other a blank map). NO HW
Friday, April 24: Planner check; CNN 10; Mexico video NO HW
Thursday, April 23: Continue Aztec--text page 170 and side one of w/s. Short video:Aztec video link NO HW
Wednesday, April 22: Finish Aztec Daily Life reading and worksheet from yesterday. Turn in w/s. NO HW>
Tuesday, April 21: Aztec Daily Life handout. Reading + highlighting. Worksheet. NO HW.
Monday, April 20: Continue Aztec: text, page 168-169; finish side II of Aztec w/s. NO HW
Friday, April 17: Planner check; CNN 10; Finish side one of Aztec w/s (pg. 166-167) for credit; begin video: "Engineering an Empire" NO HW
Thursday, April 16: Test results; continue Aztec, text pages 166-`67. Start side one of Aztec w/s. NO HW>
Wednesday, April 15: More Aztec: text, page 166.
Tuesday, April 14: TEST. Video Aztec geography video link NO HW.
Monday, April 13: CNN 10; Start Aztec--blue flag activity with partner and video; HW: TEST tomorrow. Study guide given in class on Friday.
Friday, April 10: Planner check, CNN10; review blue worksheet (Civilizations of Mesoamerica); get study guide and start filling it out for Tuesday's test.
Thursday, April 9: Maya, page 162-163; worksheet. NO HW, test on Tuesday, study guide tomorrow.
Wednesday, April 8: Continue Maya: Side II of lilac w/s. Complete and get stamped. HW: complete side II of Maya w/s.
Tuesday, April 7: Welcome Back! Spring check-in; Continue the Maya: --video (see link) and review side I of lilac w/s. NO HW Maya video link
Thursday, March 26: Minimum Day. Planner check; CNN 10; TBD. No school tomorrow. Spring break ! Return Tuesday, April 7
Wednesday, March 25: Continue Maya: Text, page 158; short video (see link); continue lilac worksheet. NO HW. Mesoamerican Ballgame video
Tuesday, March 24: The Maya: short video; text pages 156-157; lilac-colored worksheet, side one. NO HW.
Monday, March 23: Text, page 154; finish blue worksheet. NO HW.
Friday, March 20: Planner check; CNN 10; TBD. NO HW
Thursday, March 19: Text page 152-"Las Cabezas Grande" The Olmec. Short video. Blue worksheet #s 6-12. NO HW Olmec video link
Wednesday, March 18: Text, page 150; blue worksheet, #s 1-4. NO HW
Tuesday, March 17: CNN 10; finish map from yesterday and get stamped. NO HW. Wednesday schedule the remainder of the week.
Monday, March 16: clean out history folder/binder; start Mesoamerica map--text page 147. Music video: Mesoamerica song link NO HW
Friday, March 13: Planner check & CNN 10; quiz; caravel video. NO HW.
Thursday, March 12: Finish Explorers Scavenger Hunt --light pink worksheet; complete tasks 1-4, get stamped (3 stamps); Quiz preview. HW: Scientist or Explorer quiz tomorrow.
Wednesday, March 11: Continue Explorers Scavenger Hunt--finish tasks 1 & 2 (get stamped); start tasks 3 & 4. NO HW.
Tuesday, March 10: Text, page 364; Start Explorers Scavenger Hunt (tasks 1 and 2, light pink worksheet); NO HW
Monday, March 9: Turn in scientists worksheet; short video about Age of Exploration; text, page 362-363. NO HW Age of Exploration video link
Friday, March 6: Planner check and CNN 10; finish scientists w/s; finish age of exploration w/s. HW: get outside!
Thursday, March 5: Age of Exploration: handout and highlighting; worksheet. NO HW.
Wednesday, March 4: Finish " long term effects" column on scientists w/s; start final question on reverse of same w/s. NO HW.
Tuesday, March 3: Gallery walk--7 scientists and graphic organizer. NO HW.
Monday, March 2: Finish Friday's grey worksheet; Start gallery walk. NO HW>
Friday, Feb. 27: Planner Check; CNN 10; Test results; Text, page 356
Thursday, Feb.26: Vocabulary test; text, page 356. NO HW
Wednesday, Feb. 25: Safety training; HW: vocab test tomorrow.
Tuesday, Feb. 24: Turn in Renaissance project; Clean out history folder/binder; finish yesterday's vocab (pink sheet); short video (see link)Scientific Revolution video link HW: vocab test on Thursday.
Monday, Feb. 23: CNN 10; turn in Renaissance Project (+1 point for turning in one day early); start vocab pink sheet, page 354: eliptical, geocentric theory, heliocentric theory, hypothesis, scientific method, theory, scientific revolution, Nicolaus Copernicus; HW: finish Renaissance project. Due tomorrow at start of class.
Friday, Feb. 20: Planner check; CNN 10; continue working on project. Project due at the start of class, Tuesday, Feb. 24. If turned in at start of class on Monday, Feb. 23, one extra point.
Thursday, Feb. 19: Start Renaissance project (bright green handout); practice letters. Project due at the start of class, Tuesday, Feb. 24. If turned in at start of class on Monday, Feb. 23, one extra point.
Wednesday, Feb. 18: Illuminated letters: two videos (see links below); what they are and practice. NO HW. Illuminated letter What are they? video How to draw...video link
Tuesday, Feb. 17: Finish Renaissance alphabet; Illuminated letters. NO HW.
Monday, Feb.16: President's Day holiday--NO school.
Friday, Feb. 13: (Seventh grade fake mustache day :) Planner check; CNN 10; continue Renaissance alphabet. NO HW and no school Monday.
Thursday, Feb. 12: Finish yesterday's graphic organizer; start Renaissance alphabet with partner. NO HW
Wednesday, Feb. 11: Text, page 342; Graphic organizer with Renaissance advances in art and science. Two "Black History in About Two Minutes" videos NO HW>
Tuesday, Feb. 10: Finish video + notes; text, page 342. NO HW.
Monday, Feb. 9: NO SCHOOL
Friday, Feb. 6: Planner check; CNN 10; finish video and notes.
Thursday, Feb. 5: Complete Shakespeare w/s. Renaissance architecture video + note. NO HW>Renaissance video link NO HW.
Wednesday, Feb. 4: Shakespeare! Read and highlight handout; complete matching w/s. NO HW
Tuesday, Feb. 3: Turn in yesterday's cream-colored worksheet; The Printing Press: video, text page 340, T-chart. NO HW>Gutenberg video link
Monday, Feb. 2: Test results; text page 336; cream-colored worksheet-get stamped when done; HW: complete today's worksheet. Due tomorrow.
Friday, Jan. 30: Planner check;Safety video; test; CNN 10 HW: NONE
Thursday, Jan. 29: Medici/Borgia Venn diagram; test review (student notes); start page 336. HW: test tomorrow.
Wednesday, Jan. 28: CNN 10; finish yesterday's worksheet (white, 1.4/Medici and Borgias); Venn Diagram NO HW. We watched these two videos: Renaissance Man music video link Welcome to the Renaissance music video link
Tuesday, January 27: Turn in y'day's video notes; complete and review blue worksheet (given in class Thurs., Jan 15); text page 330 and white worksheet. NO HW>
Monday, January 26: Finish PBS NOVA "Decoding DaVinci" video and notes. See video link below. NO HW>
Friday, January 23: Planner check/CNN 10; video + notes--PBS NOVA "Decoding daVinci" PBS NOVA "Decoding..." link NO HW
Thursday, January 22: Turn in "Turtle/Artist" worksheet that was homework yesterday; short video (see link); text page 326-327; work on side two of blue worksheet given in class last Thursday. NatGeo: Brunelleschi's Dome video link HW: None
Wednesday, January 21: Finish art appreciation and turn in; start "Ninja Turtles or Renaissance Artist" handout. HW: complete all of Turtle/Artist worksheet. Due tomorrow.
Tuesday, January 20: Test results; Art appreciation activity. NO HW.
Monday, January 19: No school, MLK Day
Friday, January 16: Planner Check; Vocabulary test; CNN 10; continue working on blue worksheet, side one. Get stamped when done. NO HW, no school on Monday.
Thursday, January 15: Turn in Knight/Samurai T-chart (late, -2 points); finish pink vocab sheet (eight words on page 322, listed yesterday); text, page 324; start blue worksheet. HW: Vocab test tomorrow
Wednesday, January 14: Turn in Knight/Samurai T-chart; start vocab on pink sheet, these eight words from page 322: humanism, classical, secular, cartography, printing press, vernacular, Renaissance, patron.
Tuesday, January 13, 2026: Continue Samurai/Knight T-chart project: finish rough draft and get stamped; start 'real one'. Due tomorrow at start of class. HW: finish project.
Monday, January 12, 2026: Finish Friday's Samurai vocab worksheet and turn in; start Samurai/Knight T-chart project.
Friday, January 9, 2026: Planner check and CNN 10; finish reading and annotating Samurai handout; start Samurai vocab handout. NO HW
Thursday, January 8, 2026: Finish goal setting; continue Samurai handout:read and annotate. (Samurai handout was given in December). HW: None.
Wednesday, January 7, 2026: Welcome Back! New personal business passes; review classroom rules/expectations; goal setting and growth mindset--videos and activity.TED Talk video NO HW
Friday, Dec. 19: Minimum Day. Planner check and CNN 10. See you on Wednesday, January 7, 2026
Thursday, Dec. 18: Samurai: highlight . (or not, actually). NO HW
Wednesday, Dec.17: Continue samurai handout--highlighting. NO HW
Tuesday, Dec. 16: Samurai! Handout and Highlight NO HW
Monday, Dec. 15: Samurai! Video + notes Samurai video link NO HW
Friday, Dec. 12: Planner check and CNN 10; Haiku in a Hurry project. Due at end of the period
Thursday, Dec. 11: Text, page 246-247; history of anime videos; Japanese writing activity. HW: None
Wednesday, Dec. 10: Vocab test. HW: none.
Tuesday, Dec. 9: CNN 10; text, page 242-243; finish all of side two of pink worksheet; HW: vocab/geography test tomorrow.
Monday, December 8: Quick review; Text, page 240-241. Pink worksheet, side two, #s 1-10.. Side two of pink w/s link HW: Vocab/geography test on Wednesday
Friday, Dec. 5: CPR training.
Thursday, Dec. 4: Planner Check and CNN 10; finish side one of pink worksheet; text, page 240, the first four paragraphs. NO HW
Wednesday, Dec 3: Japan notes/map; pink worksheet (from text pages 238-239) NO HW. Pink worksheet THIS ONE
Tuesday, Dec. 2: Stamp yesterday's pink vocab sheet for completeness; Islands--pros and cons of living on; Geography of Japan video + notes; text, page 238 Geography of Japan video link HW: none
Monday, Dec. 1: Clean out history binder/folder. Toss any medieval papers, but keep KNIGHT stuff; start new unit--Japan!; start vocab on pink paper. These eight words: 1) archipelago 2 aristocracy 3) clan 4)embassy 5) meditation 6) regent 7) ritual 8) feudalism Many of the definitions can be found in the Japan chapter. Check pages 238-242 as well as the glossary. HW: finish vocab
Friday, Nov. 21: Planner check and CNN 10; Thanksgving break next week. Return Monday, Dec. 1
Thursday, Nov. 20: Medieval test and other activity to be determined. HW: None
Wednesday, Nov. 19: 100 Years War: short video; text, page 314-315, notes on back of study guide. HW: study for tomorrow's test.
Tuesday, Nov. 18: Turn in Magna Carta worksheet; finish Black Death reading and worksheet; get pink study guide for Thursday's TEST. HW: get ready for Thursday's test Medieval Test study guide link
Monday, Nov. 17: Finish Magna Carta; Start Black Death--blue worksheet. HW: finish Magna Carta worksheet. Due tomorrow.
Friday, Nov. 14: Planner check and CNN 10; Continue Magna Carta--worksheet and two videos, as linked below. NO HWMagna Carta Videofest worksheet
Thursday, Nov. 13: Finish "Trebuchet vs.Longbow" video Trebuchet vs. Longbow video link . Magna Carta: text page 308; video: Story of the Magna Carta video: The Story of the Magna Carta video link and worksheet. HW: NONE Other videos to be used while learning about the Magna Carta: Horrible Histories Rap Battle: Magna Carta Epic Rap Battle Link and Anamaniacs Magna Carta song:Anamaniacs video link
Wednesday, Nov. 12: Second Step HW: None
Monday, Nov. 10 and Tuesday, Nov. 11: NO SCHOOL
Thursday, Nov. 6: Medieval church video + Notes (see link); text, page 306. Start side two of lilac worksheet. HW: None Medieval church video link
Wednesday, Nov. 5: Second Step; No HW.
Tuesday, Nov. 4: Turn in Coat of Arms project; CNN 10; work on and turn in side one of lilac worksheet (1.6 Manor System)Today's worksheet
Monday, Nov. 3: Coat of Arms check-in; Medieval review; read text page 304; start (barely) lilac colored worksheet. HW: Coat of Arms. Due TOMORROW
Friday, Oct 31: Planner check; CNN 10; history of Halloween video. Continue working on Coat of Arms project. DUE Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Thursday, October 30: Finish video worksheet and turn in. Start Coat of Arms (orange half-sheet). We will work on this in class tomorrow. Coat of Arms is due Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Wednesday, Oct. 29: Second Step--postponed: Plan B (and what we did) Finish "Secrets of the Shining Knight" video. HW: bring colored pencils tomorrow if you have them.
Tuesday, Oct. 28: Turn in HW; Video: PBS/Nova: "Secrets of the Shining Knight" and worksheet. NO HW.
Monday, Oct. 27: Continue knights: video; finish reading and annotating grey handout; start knights vocab/T/F worksheet. HW: complete knights worksheet (the white one given in class today)Knights video link
Friday, Oct. 24: Planner Check; CNN 10; start Knights--grey handout and annotating. NO HW.
Thursday, Oct. 23: Feudalism--text page 300-301 and notes on back of yellow worksheet; Start knights. What do you know about knights? NO HW.
Wednesday, Oct. 22: Second Step. NO HW
Tuesday, Oct. 21: Finish green sheet/review Charlemagne; Battle of Hastings video; text, pg.301 (only the first paragraph today); notes on back of last week's yellow sheet: NO HW.
Monday, October 20: Test results; Charlemagne: grey sheet-annotate (prompts from board); green sheet-answer questions and turn in.
Friday, October 17: Planner check; CNN 10; start Charlemagne/grey handout. NO HW
Thursday, Oct. 16: Vocab test; review yellow worksheet and text pages 294-295. HW: none
Wednesday, Oct. 15: Vocab review (8 words from blue sheet, done in class on Tuesday, Sept. 30); HW: study for tomorrow's vocab test
Tuesday, October 14: Welcome back! Writing prompt in planner; review and PbP; short video.The Middle Ages in Ten Minutes video link HW: Vocab test on Thursday.
October 4-13: No school--fall break
Friday, October 3: Planner check; CNN 10
Thursday, October 2: Yellow worksheet: start it, finish it, turn it in. HW: None
Wednesday, October 1: Finish blue sheet of eight vocab words (listed on y'day's agenda)and get stamped ; finish reading text, pg. 294-295; HW: None. Tomorrow's vocab test is postponed to Wed., October 15.
Tuesday, Sept. 30: Start new unit--pg 288. Read first three paragraphs of pg. 294. Vocabulary-blue sheet- these words: 1: chivalry 2: convert 3: feudalism 4: knight 5: lord 6: manor 7: serf 8: vassal. HW: vocab test on Thursday.
Monday, Sept. 29: Clean out history folder/binder; PowerPoint and K-W-L. HW: None.
Friday, Sept. 26: Planner check and CNN 10; video-"An Epic History of Everyday Things" NO HW
Thursday, Sept. 25: Test results; complete yellow sheet question from Tuesday and turn in; Fall of Rome--text page 32 and short video. HW: None.
Wednesday, Sept. 24: Test.
Tuesday, Sept. 23: Finish text, page 30-31; Roman Catholic church hierarchy on back of yellow w/s, along with question from board; start fall of Rome. HW: use yesterday's bright green study guide to get ready for tomorrow's test.
Monday, Sept. 22: Review yellow worksheet; read text, page 30-31; study guide (bright green) for Wednesday's test (that's 9-24-25); HW: start getting ready for Wednesday's test.Study guide link
Friday, Sept. 19: Planner check; CNN10; finish yellow worksheet that was started in class yesterday and get stamped. (see y'day for link to worksheet). NO HW, expect a test next week.
Thursday, Sept. 18: Text, page 26-27. Start yellow worksheet (see attached link) Today's yellow worksheet link NO HW
Wednesday, Sept. 17: Test results; short video; text page 24. NO HW video link: Today's video link
Tuesday, Sept. 16: Vocab test. HW: None.
Monday, Sept. 15: 1:10 dismissal all week. Review vocabulary words (those 8 on your pink sheet + oratory, mosaic, aqueduct); text, page 24. HW: study for tomorrow's vocab test.
Friday, Sept. 12: Planner check; CNN 10: turn in optional HW. (also OK to turn in on Monday); finish vocab on pink sheet. Vocab test on Tuesday.
Thursday, Sept. 11: Turn in Rome legacy project; 9/11: CNN10; Vocab pink sheet and these words: pope, parable, missionary, Christianity, epistle, Paul, Jesus, Constantine. HW: extra credit and optional: Ask a grownup where they were on 9/11. Write it in 2-3 sentences and have them sign it. Due tomorrow.
Wednesday, Sept. 10: Rome Legacy project. Complete in class or finish at home. See attached link for directions Rome Legacy project
Tuesday, Sept. 9: Text, page 22; finish yesterday's graphic organizer; start project. NO HW>
Monday, Sept. 8: Rome's Legacy: video, graphic organizer and notes. HW: review pages 18-21Rome video link
Friday, Sept. 5: Planner check; CNN 10; check HW; review worksheet; intro 'legacy'. NO HW.
Thursday, Sept. 4: Teenage Roman video ; text, page 20-21; finish all of worksheet and get stamped when done. HW: finish today's worksheet Teenage Roman video link
Wednesday, Sept. 3: Roman Roads video Video link; why Roman roads are pitched; worksheet #s 1-10; no HW
Tuesday, Sept. 2: Planner stamp check; Continue/complete Roman City videp; turn in video notes. NO HW.
Monday, Sept. 1: No School--Labor Day
Friday, August 29: Planner check; CNN 10; start Roman City video and worksheet. NO HW. No school on Monday due to Labor Day.
Thursday, August 28: Text, page 17; continue /complete yesterday's worksheet. NO HW.
Wednesday, August 27: Turn in HW; text, page 16; start 1.3 worksheet (#s 1-7) NO HW 1.3 worksheet link
Tuesday, August 26: Check homework (if complete, red cow stamp); text page 14-15; homework: Augustus and the Pax Romana video + questions. video: Pax Romana video link Video questions
Monday, August 25: Quiz results; text, page 12-13. Vocabulary: Eight words (aqueduct, bas-relief, arch, emperor, fresco, mosaic, oral history, oratory) on pink sheet. Start in class, finish as homework
Friday, August 22: (minimum day) Planner check; CNN 10; Quiz
Thursday, August 21: Finish map (write in 7 continents and 4 major oceans) and review; short video on geography. QUIZ tomorrow. Five points. Geography video link
Wednesday, August 20: Continue geography--world map and labeling. NO HW.
Tuesday, August 19: Review primary and secondary sources worksheet; intro to geography--where do you live? x 5. NO HW.
Monday, August 18: Primary and secondary sources: notes, video, worksheet (video link: Primary source video link) HW: find a primary source at home and write it down.
Friday, August 15: Planner check and stamp for credit; complete, review and turn in text book scavenger hunt.
Thursday, August 14: Book check and text book scavenger hunt. NO HW
Wednesday, August 13: Finish and turn in InstaMe assignment. HW: bring history book to class tomorrow.
Tuesday, August 12: Finish going over syllabus (orange sheet); personal business passes and class website QR code (pink slip of paper); start InstaMe project. HW: use QR code to check class website.
Monday, August 11: Finish History of Me worksheet and turn in; label text books with green tape; review syllabus (bright orange); HW: review syllabus w/a grown-up.
Friday, August 8: Planner check; CNN 10; A Brief History of Me worksheet. NO HW--it's Friday!
Thursday, August 7: Book check; complete getting to know you; procedures and expectations. HW: Bring history book to class tomorrow.
Wednesday, August 6: Welcome! Seats and Roll; Planners; Getting to Know You. HW: Bring History book to class tomorrow.
What We Did in Class, 2024-2025
nue grey worksheet; HW: review Pax Romana worksheet. TEST on Friday, study guide tomorrow.
Monday, Sept. 23: Finish Roman City video and notes; turn in notes. Grey worksheet. Start working on section 1.4 from page 18. HW: review vocab words from page 10
Friday, Sept. 20: Text, page 20; continue video and notes from y'day.
Thursday, Sept. 19: Turn in Rome reading notes, 1.3; text page 18. Video and worksheet (see links)Rome City Video Link Rome video notes w/s
Wednesday, Sept. 18: Second Step. Turn in Rome reading notes worksheet tomorrow.
Tuesday, Sept. 17: Roman review; Roman road video; text, pg. 17. Complete and turn in worksheet (started in class y'day). HW: complete worksheet if not done in class. (link to worksheet on Monday's agenda)
Monday, Sept. 16: Roman review; Roman colisseum video; text, pg. 16. Handout, #s 1-6 NO HW.Roman Colisseum video link Rome Reading Notes doc link
Friday,Sept. 13: Minimum Day. Planner check. Finish and turn in Second Step handout
Thursday, Sept. 12: Second Step. HW: organize your binder
Wednesday, Sept. 11: Turn in Augustus video notes; CNN 10 news and 9/11; start Second Step. HW; Talk to a grownup about where they were on 9/11/2001.
Tuesday, Sept. 10: Vocab: Check and stamp; Start Rome--big board and video/worksheet. Worksheet due tomorrow at start of class. NOT dog-able.Today's Rome video link Today's worksheet (Augustus)
Monday, Sept. 9: Test results; Vocab, page 10 (ten words). HW: complete vocab words. Due at start of class tomorrow.
Friday,Sept. 6: Turn in geography notes; TEST
Thursday, Sept. 5: Finish goal setting; complete mapping notes. TEST tomorrow on five themes of geography and mapping (see attached) What's on the geography test document No retakes. Study!
Wednesday, Sept. 4: Second Step Goal Setting. NO HW.
Tuesday, Sept. 3: Finish and review Friday's map and continent practice; Text, page GT 6 and start Parts of a Map notes on back of last week's geography notes. NO HW.
Monday, Sept. 2: Labor Day--no school
Friday, Aug 30: Return last week's Ticket In; map and continent practice w/s. No HW and no school Monday due to Labor Day.
Thursday, Aug 29: Review geography notes; video (the one we didn't watch y'day). Continent review Map video link
Wednesday, Aug. 28: Class website and review of cell phone policy; Start maps/mapping, text page GT 5-6; video Map Video link (Crash Course) HW: check out class website and bookmark it.
Tuesday, Aug. 27: Return textbook scavenger hunt; continue and complete Five Themes of Geography notes. NO HW.
Monday, August 26: Planner, page 24: Integrity. Discuss and short video (see link); Text page GT 1-3. Start notes and video
Integrity video link Five themes of geography video
Friday, August 23 Minimum Day: Finish class procedures and expectations notes.
Thursday, August 22: Complete and review primary source practice sheet; class procedures and expectations--notes. NO HW.
Wed.,August 21: Ticket In (because we didn't get to y'day's Ticket Out):Imagine a historian finds your room in 100 years. First: List three things in your bedroom.Then, answer this prompt: Write 3-5 sentences on what a future historian would deduce (conclude, based on evidence) about your life in 2024. Turn in. Continue working on yesterday's primary source practice sheet. NO HW>
Tuesday, August 20: Book check; text, page 12 Primary source practice handout. NO HW.
Monday, August 19: book check; correct and turn in scavenger hunt. Start text, page 12--primary and secondary sources.
Friday, Aug. 16: Book check; complete and start correcting (in class) text book scavenger hunt.
Thursday, Aug 15: Book check; start textbook scavenger hunt
Wednesday, Aug. 14: Complete syllabus notes; Q & A. BRING textbooks tomorrow.
Tuesday, August 13: Complete and turn in InstaMe activity; Start syllabus and notes. NO HW
Monday, August 12: Get Personal Business Passes and DoGs; InstaMe (getting to know you) activity. NO HW