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 * [[image:Colloseum.jpg width="143" height="78"]]John S. Battle World History I ** [[image:Sphinx_2.jpeg width="120" height="90"]]

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__Course Overview__ In World History I students will understand the development of world civilizations from the prehistoric era to 1500 A.D. Emphasis is placed on Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Asian cultural and geo-political contributions. Students will acquire an appreciation of the world's major religions. This course is an excellent precursor for World History II.

//Course Syllabus://

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World History Year Long Daily Assignments Click Here

**Daily Assignments:** //Jan 03// - Review classroom procedures, distribute textbooks with syllabus, and participate in the. //Jan 04// - Schools closed due to inclement weather. //Jan 05// - Schools closed due to inclement weather.

//Jan 08 -// Schools closed due to inclement weather. //Jan 09 -// Schools closed due to inclement weather. //Jan 10 -// Join into groups and investigate the Sam Smiley case. //Jan 11 -// Complete the and create iPhone Apps that would aide the survival of a caveman. //Jan 12 -// Play 3rd World Farmer in the computer lab.

//Jan 15 -// Design a toy that could have been used by a child from the Neolithic Era. //Jan 16 -// Work on. //Jan 17 -// Schools closed due to inclement weather. //Jan 18 -// Schools closed due to inclement weather. //Jan 19 -// Complete the.

//Jan 22 -// Take a quiz on the River Valley Civilizations map. //Jan 23 -// Play Mummy Maker, Pyramid Builder, Escape from the Mummy's Tomb, Death in Sakkara, [|Pharaohs Tomb]and Three Pyramids. //Jan 24 -// Design a Sarcophagus for someone whom you admire. //Jan 25 -// Work on the Test #1 study guide. //Jan 26 -// Take Test #1 and complete the.

//Jan 29 -// Create a for a person from Chapter 1 or 2. //Jan 30 -// Schools closed due to inclement weather. //Jan 31 -// Make a Phoenician boat foldable. //Feb 01 -// Create a travel brochure to attract settlers into the Indus River Valley. //Feb 02 -// Schools closed due to inclement weather.

//Feb 05 -// Finish creating a travel brochure that invites settlers to the Indus River Valley. //Feb 06 -// Play the Indus Valley Trader Game //Feb 07 -// Create a caste system mannequin. //Feb 08 -// Take notes on Hinduism. //Feb 09 -// Join into teams and play the Hinduism game.

//Feb 12 -// Create a. //Feb 13 -// Participate in a Chinese inventions gallery walk. //Feb 14 -// Complete the Test #3 study guide. //Feb 15 -// Take Test #3 on ancient India and China. //Feb 16 -// View scenes from //Mulan.//

//Feb 19 -// Create an advertisement that could be sponsored by a Greek god. //Feb 20 -// Join into teams and participate in the Olympics. //Feb 21 -// Play Olympians, Warriors, Achilles, Achilles 2 and Helios in the lab. //Feb 22 -// Join into teams and play the //Greek War// game. //Feb 23 -// Create a mannequin for a Spartan warrior or an Athenian citizen.

//Feb 26 -// Create a //Be The Thing// for the Parthenon. //Feb 27 -// Complete the Ancient Greece test study guide. //Feb 28 -// Take Test #4 on Ancient Greece. //Mar 01 -// Finish the Ancient Rome chapter walkthru. //Mar 02 -// Work on the //Map Exercise: Ancient Rome// activity.

//Mar 05 -// Design a Roman gladiator that will fight against a classmate's gladiator. //Mar 06 -// Spring Break //Mar 07 -// Spring Break //Mar 08 -// Spring Break //Mar 09 -// Spring Break

//Mar 12 -// Play Gladiator, Dressed to Kill, Death in Rome, Gladiator Arena, Roads of Rome //Mar 13 -// Take a quiz on Ancient Rome notes. //Mar 14 -// School closed due to inclement weather. //Mar 15 -// Create an annotated and illustrated timeline of events from Ancient Rome. //Mar 16 -// Work on the Ancient Rome test study guide.

//Mar 19 -// Take the Ancient Rome test. //Mar 20 -// Create mosaics //Mar 21 -// Join into teams and play the Byzantine Empire sentences game. //Mar 22 -// Take a test on the Byzantine Empire & Russia. //Mar 23 -// Play Hunt for the Noor Stone

//Mar 26 -// View //30 Days: Muslims and America// and answer questions from the video. //Mar 27 -// Create a graphic organizer displaying information about the 5 major religions. //Mar 28 -// Complete the Islam test study guide. //Mar 29 -// Take the Islam test. //Mar 30 -// **Good Friday**

//Apr 02 -// Play Mighty Knight, [|Kingdom Rush], Knight Invaders, Chops Away, and Arrow. //Apr 03 -// Join into teams and play the Feudalism game. //Apr 04 -// Work on the Castle Builder activity. //Apr 05 -// Create a Coat of Arms. //Apr 06 -// Take the Middle Ages Test.

//Apr 09 -// View //Man Vs Wild Africa// and make observations about the geography. //Apr 10 -// Join into teams and play the //Game of the Crusades.// //Apr 11 -// Conduct the Black Death investigation. //Apr 12 -// Play Virus Wars and Pandemic. //Apr 13 -// Complete the Americas mapping activity.

//Apr 16 -// Conduct the Mayan investigation lab. //Apr 17 -// Take the test on AMI, Japan, the Crusades, and the Black Death. Do I have a Right? //Apr 18 -// Participate in a Digital Breakout game on the Renaissance. //Apr 19 -// Play Renaissance Bingo. //Apr 20 -// Conduct the Sistine Chapel simulation.

//Apr 23 -// Work on the Renaissance test study guide. //Apr 24 -// Take the Renaissance test. //Apr 25 -// Create a board. //Apr 26 -// Continue working on the WTWL board. //Apr 27 -// Continue working on the WTWL board.

//Apr 30 -// Complete the WHI.2 & WHI.3 SOL practice quizzes. //May 01 -// Complete the SOL Pictorial Review handout. //May 02 -// Complete the WHI.4 & WHI.5 SOL practice quizzes. //May 03 -// Complete the WHI.6 & WHI.7 SOL practice quizzes. The Migrant Trail //May 04 -// Complete the WHI.8 & WHI.9 SOL practice quizzes.

//May 07 -// Complete the WHI.10 & WHI.11 SOL practice quizzes. //May 08 -// Complete the WHI.12 & WHI.13 SOL practice quizzes. Practice SOL Test iCivics //May 09 -// Take the SOL review picture quiz. SOL Practice Test #2 //May 10 -// Take the SOL review picture quiz//.// //May 11 -// Finish a practice SOL test.

//May 14 -// Take the SOL review picture quiz. //May 15 -// Take the World History I SOL Test. //May 16 -// None //May 17// - Work on the A to Z Books. //May 18// - Continue working on the A to Z Books.

//May 21// - Continue working on the A to Z Books. //May 22// - Continue working on the A to Z Books. //May 23// - Continue working on the A to Z Books. //May 24// - Continue working on the A to Z Books. //May 25// - Finish working on the A to Z Books.

**Announcements:** //Mr. Beverly's 2017 schedule:// **1st period** - World History I **2nd period** - World History I  **3rd period** - A.P. Government **4th period** - World History I **5th period** - Planning

**World History I Useful Links:** [|EyeWitness to History] [|BBC's Mummy Maker] [|BBC's Romans] [|Interactive History Games] [|BBC's Pyramid Challenge] [|BBC's Gladiator: Dressed to Kill] [|BBC's Death in Rome] [|Museum Box Creator] [|Mr. Roughton's Assignments] [|World Wonders Project] [|Animoto - Create Videos] [|The 7 Wonders Panorama] [|Crash Course on World History Videos] [|Playing History] [|History Channel's Warriors Game]