Day #

Date

Topics/Key Concepts

 32

9/16
Monday

Review Personal Progress Check on Unit 1. Reteach topic 1.6 on Europe. 

33

9/17
Tuesday

(Substitute) Mankind video: Plague. 

34-35

9/18-9/19
WD/TH

Introduce Unit 2: Student self-check document to be filled out as we progress. In groups, students fill out Content Ladder on Topic 2.1 and complete the tasks on the back of the sheet. Students individually prepare a historical claim supported with evidence on this prompt, to be entered into Peergrade by Thursday night. HERE are the Topics for Unit 2. Print these and use them to annotate the readings this week.

36

9/20 Friday

Peer-evaluate claims and evidence on Peergrade. Quiz on Mongol Podcast. HW: Listen to Mongol Podcast found here (scroll down)

37

9/23
Monday

Review Historical Claims from last week. Quiz on Mongols, Complete content/analysis on the Mongols. HW: Students read and annotate Strayer, Commerce and Culture pp. 335-341 (Find this in ItsLearning)

38

9/24
Tuesday

Networks of trade. HW: read and annotate Commerce and Culture, pp. 341-348 (Sea Roads: Exchange Across the Indian Ocean) Watch THIS VIDEO on paragraph composition before Wed/Thurs. 

39-40
 

9/11-9/12
WD/TH

Reading and annotation of Commerce and Culture, pp. 348-351 (Sand Roads: Exchange Across the Sahara)

41

9/13
Friday

In-class SAQ and quiz on Strayer readings.