World Studies 2: Unit 1: Africa: Wolf, 2016 Projected Unit Schedule

1/25/16 (day 1)

1. Intro to course, registration of online websites, and survey completed.

2. Receive Unit 1 schedule. Begin Unit 1. Study guide of ORIGINAL WORK is to be done online and submitted to turnitin.com before the Unit test.

1/26/16 (day 2)

1. PPP – Geography of Africa

2. Homework: Complete Reading and wkst for Chapter 2.2 for 1/27/16.

1/27/16 (day 3)

1. Discuss Chapter 2.2 reading and worksheet.

2.WCI: Ancient Egyptian PPP

3. Video: Engineering an Empire: Egypt

1/28/16 (day 4)

1. Video: Engineering an Empire: Egypt

2. Homework:  Read Historical Sources: Egyptian Pyramids: Did slaves build the Great Pyramid at Giza? Stanford Read Like a Historian:  http://sheg.stanford.edu/egyptian-pyramids

1/29/16(day 5)

1. Discuss historical sources

2.Group work: Write song for Deep in the Tomb of Egypt

2/1/16 (day 6)

1.Sing Deep in the Tomb of Egypt.

2. Prepare for a defense on all things Ancient Egypt. Defense on 2/3/15.

2/2/16 (day 7)

1.Ancient Egypt defense.

2.Work time in class on Chapter 7.1 and Chapter 7.2. Homework:  Worksheets 7.1 and 7.2 due 2/3/16.

2/3/16 (day 8)

1.Discuss Chapter 7.1 and 7.2.

3. Work time on Chapter 7.3 and 21.2. Homework: 7.3 and Chapter 21.2 due 2/4/16.

4. Defense based on Chapter 7 and 21.2 on 2/4/16

2/4/16 (day 9)

1. Defense of Chapter 7 and 21.2.

2. Introduction and begin working on African project. Project due at the start of class on 2/9/16.

2/5/16 (day 10)

1. Work day on African project. Project due at the start of class on 2/9/16.

2/8/16 (day 11)

1.Final in class work day on African project.

2. In class work day on Chapter 25.2 and Chapter 30.1

2/9/16 (day 12)

1. African project due at the start of class.

2. Note taking based on student’s African presentations.

2/10/16 (day 13)

1. Note taking based on student’s African presentations.

2/11/16 (day 14)

1.Finish note taking based on student’s African presentations.

2/12/16 & 2/15/16 -  No School

2/16/16

1. Review for test

2/17/16

1. Unit 1 study guide due before class time (submit to turnitin.com).

2. Unit 1 test.

3. Final day for defending and re-defending by 3pm.