Week 18 . . . Weekly Assignments . . .
Unit 3 . . . West African Civilizations . . .
Chapter 5, Section 1 (Geography of Africa) . . .
Chapter 12 (Early Society in West Africa) . . .
Content Objectives: SWBT to describe the physical features, vegetation and climate of West Africa.
Language Objective: SWBT explain how the geography of West Africa influenced settlement and trade.
Essential Question: What is good and bad about the Savanna?
Essential Question: Why did extended families eventually join to form villages?
Essential Question: Where is the Niger River located?
*Week 9 of Quarter 2 . . . This is the first week of 2019 and the penultimate week of Quarter 2! Yes, 2019, can you believe it? Believe it. What are your New Year’s Resolutions? Well, please continue working hard and always do your best work! Happy holidays everybody!:)
Monday, January 7, 2019
Today’s Agenda: Class work . . . Day 84 . . . Week 18
Check website, Power School Pro, Google Classroom, Remind.com, bring tablets to class everyday (fully charged), review today’s agenda, announce homework and activity updates and complete DCL (daily checklist) . . . If the aforementioned message does not make sense to YOU then . . . JUST LISTEN TO ME! . . . 2 minutes.
Journal Entries . . . 3 minutes.
Tablet & Lanyard check . . . 2 minutes.
SRQ 15 (The Ghanian Empire: Complexity and West Africa’s First Major State) due by Saturday, January 12 by 6pm.
TFT (8 of 9): “He who loves money must work.”—African saying.
View EDpuzzle video: “West Africa: Geography & Impact of Geography” (5:33) . . . 6 minutes.
ICA #12 (Forrest vs. Savanna) . . . 10 minutes.
Background information for DBQ 2 (The Crusades) . . . 12 minutes.
Introduce online text Unit 3 (West African Civilization) pages 106-153 . . . 7 minutes.
ICOLR (Unit 3, Chapter 5, Section 1 pages 112-115 . . . 10 minutes.
Release time for upcoming Class Debate 1
Visual Analysis 4 (solo): students read & summarize three articles then complete back page (Cartoon Analysis), four questions and Writing Prompt (completed assignment is due on Monday, January 14 . . . 12 minutes.
Mr. Fulumirani