6th Grade - All: 1. Add two Haiti Earthquake Aftermath entries to your Earthquake Journal per day until further notice. You should have a total of 14 by Wednesday, Jan. 27. You must use a minimum of 2 different sources each day & write the source next to the entry.
6V: Due Friday - Write a list of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. State what each one was, where it was located, & approximately when it was built. Cite your source. You may use an encyclopedia or the internet.
Vocabulary words for the week: 1. Hammurabi 2. seige 3. aqueduct 4. bas-relief 5. Assyria 6. Nineveh 7. Babylon 8. Babylonia (the Babylonian Empire) 9. Neo-Babylonian Empire (also know what "neo" means) 10. Nebuchadnezar II 11. astronomy 12. Name & know the dates of the height of the 4 major Mesopotamian empires ( Akkadian Empire - 2300 BCE, Babylonian Empire - 1750 BCE, Assyrian Empire - 650 BCE, Neo-Babylonian Empire - 600 BCE)
Vocabulary test on Friday. UPDATE: Re-scheduled to Monday.
8th Grade: Continue with you Haiti Earthquake Diary - daily entires, two or more sources cited.
Vocabulary - Test Friday: 1. legend 2. Tenochititlan 3. empire 4. mercenary 5. alliance 6. plaza 7. causeway 8. aviary 9. dike 10. chinampas 11. tzompantli 12. tribute PLUS know the dates of the Aztec Empire's height of power.
9th Grade: 1. Research Baroque Music & Classical Music. Find & read brief biographies of Mozart, Bach, and Handel. 2. Continue to keep your Haitian Earthquake Event Diary.
10th Grade: 1. Read pages 19-29, "The German Blitzkreig in Poland." Answer questions 1-3 page 30. 2. Continue to keep your Haitian Earthquake event Diary.
