Today in Western Civilizations: 3/14/12

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

• Outline:  The Renaissance
• Intro to Map Quizzes

REMINDERS/COMING UP:

• Friday
• Map Quiz 1:  1-15
• Binder Check
• Parent/Permission Slip

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Today in Western Civilizations: 10/27/11

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

• Cities Quiz #2
• Calendars (let me know before CNN starts if you do not have one for some reason)
• Women of the Renaissance Activity
• IWT/Vocabulary

REMINDERS/COMING UP:

• Graded work in the tray (on right)
• Remember to check your folders if you've been absent!
• Pick up Graded Scrapbooks and Binders
• Thursday
• Cities Quiz #2 (Cities #16-30)
• Monday 10/31
• Binder/CNN Log Check
• Skyward Check
• Wednesday 11/2
• Age of Change Test
• Get on board w/ Skyward!
• Vocabulary Due

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Today in Western Civilizations 10/26/11

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

• Map
• Anticipation Guide:  Life in the Renaissance
• Vocabulary
• IWT

REMINDERS/COMING UP:

• Remember to check your folders if you've been absent!
• Pick up Graded Scrapbooks and Binders
• Thursday
• Cities Quiz #2 (Cities #16-30)
• Monday 10/31
• Binder/CNN Log Check
• Skyward Check
• Wednesday 11/2
• Age of Change Test
• Get on board w/ Skyward!
• Vocabulary Due

Unit Vocabulary For The Age of Change:
Top 10:

1. Renaissance
2. Secular
3. Perspective
4. Printing Press
5. Utopia
6. Protestant Reformation
7. Circumnavigate
8. Capitalism
9. Joint-Stock Company
10. Mercantilism

All-Stars:

1. Leonardo Da Vinci
2. Martin Luther
3. Johannes Gutenberg
4. Christopher Columbus
5. William Shakespeare

2nd Tier Terms & People:

1. Niccolo Machiavelli
2. Galileo Galilei
3. Michelangelo
4. Nicholas Copernicus
5. Sir Thomas More
6. Balance of Trade
7. Humanism
8. Indulgences
9. 95 Theses
10. Predestination
11. Amerigo Vespucci
12. Henry the Navigator
13. Magellan
14. Hernan Cortes
15. Henry VIII

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Today in Western Civilizations: 10/25/11

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

• Engineering an Empire:  "Da Vinci's World" (write these main ideas down now!)
• Waking up after the long sleep following the fall of Rome
• The rise of tiny republics
• City-States create alliances and struggle with one another to gain control of Italy
• Famous masters of art and architecture were also some of the greatest military and civil engineers of the age.
• IWT:  Vocabulary/Cities

REMINDERS/COMING UP:

• Remember to check your folders (green) if you've been absent!
• Pick up Graded Scrapbooks and Binders
• Thursday
• Cities Quiz #2 (Cities #16-30)
• Monday 10/31
• Binder/CNN Log Check
• Skyward Check
• Wednesday 11/2
• Age of Change Test
• Get on board w/ Skyward!
• Vocabulary Due

Unit Vocabulary For The Age of Change:


Top 10 Vocab:

1. Renaissance
2. Secular
3. Perspective
4. Printing Press
5. Utopia
6. Protestant Reformation
7. Circumnavigate
8. Capitalism
9. Joint-Stock Company
10. Mercantilism

All-Stars:

1. Leonardo Da Vinci
2. Martin Luther
3. Johannes Gutenberg
4. Christopher Columbus
5. William Shakespeare

2nd Tier Terms & People:

1. Niccolo Machiavelli
2. Galileo Galilei
3. Michelangelo
4. Nicholas Copernicus
5. Sir Thomas More
6. Balance of Trade
7. Humanism
8. Indulgences
9. 95 Theses
10. Predestination
11. Amerigo Vespucci
12. Henry the Navigator
13. Magellan
14. Hernan Cortes
15. Henry VIII

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Today in Western Civilizations: 10/24/11

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

• CNN News Log for 10/24/11-10/28/11
• Turn Renaissance Outline
• Major Players of the Age of Exploration

COMING UP:

• Remember to check your folders (green) if you've been absent
• #s today
• Graded binders and scrapbooks in back.
• Thursday
• Cities Quiz #2
• Friday
• Skyward!!!
• Binder Check

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Today in Western Civilizations: 10/20/11

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

• Cities Quiz #1
• Remember to check your folders (green) if you've been absent
• #s today
• Finish Renaissance Outline

COMING UP:

• Skyward!!!
• Thursday
• Cities Quiz #1

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Today in Western Civilizations: 10/19/11

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

• Remember to check your folders (green) if you've been absent
• #s today
• 2nd Block:  Red
• 3rd Block: Blue
• Renaissance Outline

COMING UP:

• Skyward!!!
• Thursday
• Cities Quiz #1

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