As you know, we have been working on a research essay since the beginning of Week 1!  Finally, students (after going through a lengthy drafting and redrafting process) are finished this part of their project that is worth 20% of their final mark this semester.

Students were instructed to finish their 3-D Project during the October holidays.  However, many have still not finished.  Nevertheless, students were told in the past that the due date for the 3-D aspect of their research project is due on November 20th, 2009.   I strongly encourage you to finish these projects as soon as possible so you will have time to study and finish other projects you may have been assigned.

I would like students to take a picture of their completed future board / 3-D project and show it to me by November 20th.  (DO NOT bring it in UNLESS you have my permission.)  Students will bring in their projects on December 10th and will set them up AFTER their final exam in the exam schedule (probably Science) or on December 14th in the morning.    I will then grade your projects and I should know your final mark within a day or so of you handing it in.

No projects will be accepted after the date I have mentioned above!

The Grade 7 Social Studies projects will be on display for the parents to see on December 17th, 2009–the night of the Christmas performance.

Last week we did the first part of the Roman Empire Test thanks to field trips that forced me to split the test into two.  Well, because of another surprise field trip, we will have to have our test on Wednesday instead of Thursday as I had originally planned!

The last part of the Roman Empire Test is as follows.  Study three study guide sheets:  pages 81 to 87.

Everything we did on the Roman Empire–starting with Caesar all the way to the fall of Rome and the contributions of Rome.  Know the dates of the Pax Romana and be prepared to write about everything on those study guide sheets.

The test is Wednesday!  GOOD LUCK!

Students,

As I have told you from the beginning of the year, make sure you have a lot of extra A4 removable sleeves in your portfolio!  I will be giving you a new contents page and you will have to make sure you have all your sheets in the correct order.

If you are missing sheets, find them!  You are responsible for photocopying  sheets that you have lost.

If you do not have enough A4 clear plastic sleeves, buy them!

When your parents come on Friday, Oct. 16th, I may be showing them your portfolio!

1. Recognize all of the megafauna on your Prehistoric Oral Presentation list.
2. Hunting Point-Form Notes—make sure you know how to discuss how Cro-Magnons and Neanderthals hunted various animals in the Stone Age.
3. Recognize the animals we pointed out on your cave art sheet and know how each of them was hunted.
4. Understand what extinction is and know the basic order of events in your Stone Age Timeline such as the extinction of various hominids, when art was produced, the end of the Ice Age, etc.  Do not memorize all of the dates! I will give you some fill-in-the-blank words and phrases that you should be able to fit into the timeline based on what we have learned.
5. Understand what happens when different species of upright apes meet, i.e., there is a conflict due to food/territory that results in the species with better technology and a bigger brain driving out the other species.
6. Prehistoric Art Project #2.  Focus on stone sculpture—know when art began (during the “Great Leap Forward”) and why Venus figurines were so important—to show fertility, etc.  Know how to recognize the Venus of Willendorf.
7. Know all the information on your Chapter 4, Lesson 2, Study Guide.   (Also, be prepared to describe Neanderthal tools as well.  You may use your stone tool handout that we just had a quiz on as a guide.)
8. Stone Age Toolkit—make sure you know the names and uses of each tool.  Also know what an atlatl is and what it was used for.  [Here are some clues if you did not get a chance to finish your activity:  1. Antler harpoon—to hunt large marine animals; 2. Burin—to make fine cut marks while decorating a weapon; 3. Beads—worn for decoration; 4. Blade Core—used to make stone tools; 5. Bone Flute—used to make music; 6. Bone tip—used on the end of a spear to hunt animals; 7. Awl—to poke holes in animal skins or to shred plant fiber; 8. Clovis Point—used on spears in North America; 9. Scraper—to clean fat, etc. off of animal hides; 10. Needle—to sew clothes.]
9. Clash of the Cavemen sheets—make sure you know all of the information that you filled in and that we went over in class.

10.  Be ready to compare-contrast your teacher with a Neanderthal.

The Roman Republic Test (in the first class next week)

• Know everything on the following Reading Comprehension Sheets:  Pages 75, 77, 78, and 80.
• Know how to label the Roman soldier and draw/label the soldier’s kit.
• Page 79’s LPS is NOT on the test, but you need to know what Republic, patrician, and plebian are.  The note taking for the Roman Soldier sheet and the Oral Presentations will NOT be on the test.
• Rome’s social and political structure is on the test.  Know the proper names of the rich and poor citizens, the Latin name of the Roman father and be ready to explain the patronage system / patron-client relationship.
• Be ready to explain how the Republic comes to an end.
• Know how to label the map on Page 76.  Make sure you know the significance and location of each term we went over.  I will give you clues about the labels that you will need to know.  For example,
  • The enemy of Rome is __________   (Crhatgae).
  • You will need to write Carthage in the blank and then label the map in the correct location!

1. Visit this site and read it carefully:  http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey/

CLICK “PLAY” to watch how humans migrated around the world.

2. Watch the following YouTube video:  Human Prehistory 101 Part 1 Out of (Eastern) Africa

3.  Borrow your friend’s corrected quiz and, WITH A PENCIL, correct any mistakes that you have made.  If you got less than 14/20, you will need to write a quiz reflection!

For the test next week, you need to study the following things:

Know the different skulls and craniums on the back of your “Brains vs. Brawn” reflection sheet.

Know ALL the facts about “Lucy” and all the other hominids except for Neanderthals and Homo sapiens (Cro-Magnons).  But make sure you know the meaning of every hominid name or the reason behind each hominid name.  And make sure you know all the facts found on study guide (Chapter 4, Lesson 3) “Hunters and Gatherers.”

Know the order that the hominids appear on the timeline: Lucy, Homo habilis, Homo erectus/Homo ergaster, Homo Heidelbergensis, Neanderthals, Homo sapiens. You do not have to memorize the exact dates because there are not always “exact” dates in the study of prehistory. Just know the order that the hominids come in and the other details about them like toolmaking ability, etc.

Know who/what “Lampang Man” was, that the four cranium fossils were found in 1999, etc.

Be ready to identify some pictures and state why they are important.

Remember to study all the sheets I told you, especially your study guide (Chapter 4, Lesson 3) “Hunters and Gatherers.”  The sheets you need to study on your Contents page are 7, 11, 13, 14, 15, and 16.

If you have any questions, come and see me!  Study with your friends!  Get your parents or friends to quiz you!

Good luck!

For Word 2007, click “References” and then click “Insert Endnote.”  Then you copy and paste the website address into the endnote that appears. Make sure that the endnote is right up against the period or full stop, i.e., make sure that there is not space between the end of the sentence and the endnote.

(To change the endnotes to the standard “1, 2, 3,” click on the little arrow at the bottom of the box where you found “Insert Endnotes.”  Once you click on that little box, a new window will appear and you will choose “1, 2, 3″ in the “Number Format” option.  Then click “Apply.”  All of the endnotes that you typed should change from “i, ii, iii” to standard numbers.)

In Word 2003, visit this site:

http://www.ischool.utexas.edu/technology/tutorials/office/word/09footnotes.html

Please feel free to check HOMEWORK and see how you can contact me, etc.

Welcome!

The first page that you see when you open you folder should be your title page.  On the back of your title page (after you have turned the page over) you should have your Contents page.  The page next to it should be My Medieval Family.  Check out the rest of the pages below.

You can copy and paste the following information onto your contents page.  Make it look medieval, add pictures, etc.

Contents of My Medieval Life Folder

Title Page

Contents of My Medieval Life Folder

My Medieval Family

Coat of Arms

My Coat of Arms

Life as a Knight

Medieval Fashions

Research Tasks and Problem Solving Sheet

My Castle (Side View and Floor Plans)

My Castle Contents

How I Would Attack a Castle

How I Would Defend a Castle

Mortality in the Medieval Ages

Feeding the King (Medieval Feast)

Entertaining the King (Medieval Entertainment)

Medieval Commerce

** Medieval Guides ** (Optional)

MLF Rubric

Rubric for the Knight Handout Competition

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Make sure you follow the instructions closely.  Follow the order that you were given!

FINAL TOURNAMENT FOR GRADE 7:   Send the final draft of your essay from the first term AND all the digital files of your MLF to give2william@yahoo.com! The points that you win will determine who wins this year’s medieval tournament.

We shall see who wins!