Classroom Discussion and Homework for 8/27 to 8/31

Classroom Discussion and Homework for 8/27 - 8/31

M, 8/27: What is History? How should Historians write history?

Homework: Read and annotate, Body Ritual Among the Nacirema. Due T, 8/28.

Read and annotate, How to Write History by Lucian. Due T, 8/28.

T, 8/28: Understanding Cultures and Civilzations

Homework: Write a paragraph describing something that you normally do in your day-to-day life, but write about it in such a way that other’s may not be able to immediately tell what is going on. Think of the Nacirema “Holy-mouth men.” Due: W, 8/29. **You must have one other person read your paragraph and sign it before turning it in.

W, 8/29: Map of the Ancient Near East and Seed People Demonstration.

Homework: Fill-out Map of the Ancient Near East. Due: T, 9/5

Study for Vocabulary Test on TH, 8/30

Vocabulary words for week of August 27:

absence

absorption

abundant

acceptable

accidentally

accommodation

accompaniment

accurate

accustomed

achievement

acquaintance

actuality

TH, 8/30: Vocabulary Test, Seed people Demos, and Timelines.

Homework: Finish Map and Timeline of the Ancient Near East. Due, T, 9/5

Study Vocabularly List for week of September 4. Due: TH, 9/6

adequately

administration

adolescent

aggressive

agriculture

amateur

ambassador

analysis

analyze

angel

annual

apparatus

F, 8/31: Have Socratic Discussion on Apology by Plato (Period 7/8) and discuss long term writing assignment.