Here are the assignments for Student Led Conferences on Thursday night. Students will engage in a reflective process with a parent (or, if their parents cannot attend, a classmate) using their work folders and the 2 reflection sheets that were completed in class. Students will receive credit for their participation.
Read pp. 1017-1023, 1012-1016, & 1040-1045. Answer all questions in complete sentences on loose leaf. Due Friday. (pp. 1017-1023) 1. Why did Palestinians and Jews both feel they had historic claim on Palestine? What recommendation did the UN make? 2. Make a three column chart entitled "Arab-Israeli Conflicts". The column headings should be: Year, Cause, Effects. Take notes into the chart for the conflicts of: 1948-49; 1956; 1967; and 1973. 3. What efforts at peace were made in the late 1970s? What was the result of these efforts? 4. What efforts at peace were made in the early 1990s? What was the result of these efforts? (pp. 1012-1016) 5. What key factors helped African colonies gain their freedom in the decades following World War II? 6. Who was Kwame Nkrumah? In what ways was he successful? In what ways did he fail? 7. Who was Jomo Kenyatta? Who were the Mau Mau? How did the granting of independence to Ghana and Kenya differ? (pp. 1040-1045) 8. What problems were faced by newly independent African nations? How did these problems stem from European colonialism? 9. What was apartheid in South Africa? How did black South Africans protest against apartheid? 10. What helped lead to the end of apartheid? Include the roles of: Desmond Tutu; F.W. DeKlerk; and Nelson Mandela. 11. Express Your Opinion: The Arab-Israeli conflict still lingers on today. In your opinion, why do you think efforts at peace have failed in this region for nearly 7 decades? Answer in a paragraph at least 5 sentences long. [HONORS: 2 PARAGRAPHS!]
Read textbook pp. 446-449, 452-458, & 459-463. Answer all questions in complete sentences. Due Friday. Questions: (pp. 446-449) 1) What evidence in the text supports the idea that the Maya built an advanced, complex civilization. Include a description of Mayan cities, agriculture, and trade in your response. 2) Describe some key features of Mayan religion, math, and writing. How were math & writing related to religion? 3) Which theory about the reason for the collapse of the Mayan civilization do you think is most likely? Explain your choice. (pp. 452-458) 4) Which peoples had settled the Valley of Mexico before the Aztecs? How did the Aztecs gain, consolidate, and maintain power in this region? 5) Describe some of the key features of the city of Tenochtitlan. How were the Aztecs able to overcome the problems associated with the city's location? 6) What evidence in the text supports the claim that religion played an important role in Aztec society? 7) Why did the Aztec empire begin to weaken after 1500? (pp. 459-463) 8) Describe the location of the Inca Empire. How were the Inca able to conquer such a vast empire? 9) Describe the methods the Inca used to create unity. Include descriptions of: government; public works; and record-keeping. 10) How were Incan and Aztec religious practices similar? How were they different? 11) CREATIVE RESPONSE: The Aztec and Inca civilizations flourished at roughly the same time in history. Imagine two students (one from each civilization) recently participated in an exchange program, in which each studied in the other's civilization for a semester. The program is now over, and the the two students are meeting to discuss what they've learned about each other's home civilization. Write a conversation that they might have (at least 5 lines for each student).
Congrats to the creators of these 3 great political cartoons! Gold Medal: Isaac Nahmias Silver Medal: Mia Vasquez Bronze Medal: Dream Springsteen
If you were absent and missed any of the following assignment, please pick up materials in class and submit no later than Friday. These assignments will NOT be accepted after they are entered in the online gradebook.
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Complete the reading. Answer the questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper. Due Friday.
Read about the Cambodian Genocide. Answer all questions. Due Friday.
The votes are in! Sixty-one students participated in the voting! Each first place vote earned 3 points. Each 'mention' vote earned 1 point. And the winners are:
GOLD MEDAL: Cartoon #12 by Isaac Nahmias, Period 3 (46 total points) SILVER MEDAL: Cartoon #39 by Mia Vasquez, Period 7 (42 total points) BRONZE MEDAL: Cartoon #19 by Dream Springsteen, Period 3 (19 total points) Prizes will be awarded... Congratulations! Here are the winning poems from our contest based on student voting! Twenty-nine students participated in the voting! Each first place vote earned 3 points. Each 'mention' vote earned 1 point. And the winners are:
Gold Medal = Poem #1 Silver Medal = Poem #3 Bronze Medal = Poem #6 We will reveal the mystery poets next week in class and award their prizes! Read textbook pp. 222-224, 413-419, & 422-427. Answer all questions in complete sentences. Due Tuesday 5/7. Questions: 1) Vocabulary Builder: Find one word in the reading that you don't know or are unsure of the meaning. Look up each word in the dictionary. For each, write out the word, the definition, and an original sentence (a sentence that you created yourself) that uses the word. Choose regular words, not social studies key terms that are boldfaced in the text. Do NOT leave this blank because you think you know every word -- you WILL lose credit! (pp. 222-224) 2) Who are the Bantu-speaking peoples? According to the map, what geographic features did they encounter in their migrations? Why do you think they didn't migrate northward? 3) Create a graphic organizer entitled "Bantu Migrations" with two sections, 'Causes' & 'Effects'. Take notes. (pp. 413-419) 4) How did Trans-Saharan trade begin to change in the 3d century? Explain how the gold-salt trade worked. 5) How did Ghana rise from a kingdom to an empire? How did Islam spread through the region? How did this impact Ghana? 6) Describe Mali's initial rise to power. How did Mansa Musa increase this power? 7) Who was Ibn Battuta? Describe some of the observations he made about the empire of Mali. 8) How did the leaders of the Songhai Empire gain, consolidate, and maintain power? When and how did the empire fall? (pp. 422-427) 9) What groups did East Africans trade with across the Indian Ocean? What goods were traded? What is Swahili? 10) How did Islam spread to East Africa? How did interaction with Arab Muslim traders impact East Africa? 11) DEFEND A CLAIM: Using information from the text, formulate a claim in response to the question, "Which was the greatest West African Kingdom: Ghana, Mali, or Songhay?" Write a two-paragraph response (5 sentences each) defending your claim.
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