Islam info

1. In spiral, please describe what things were surprising to you about the mapping activity you just completed (we just began talking about this in class) and why.

2. Go to the following link and explore just that one page (top to bottom). What did you learn in one page of the portal? What was interesting? Surprising? Why? [please do not go to other pages, stay on this one only-- for purposes of the assignment...of course you may look at other items on your own].

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Islam

ok no weekend hw

Ok, I decided against the small weekend assignment.

So have fun! :)

Ch. 1; Section 2

1. Read Ch. 1 section 2 (Islam) in your text.

2. Read/answer questions from handout.

3. Prep for quiz on this assignment (quiz tomorrow).

PJ#7-- Silk Road Merchant

1. Go to your next stop on your map.

2. For that place, please find 3 pictures showing any major geographical features (landmarks, landforms, etc). Paste/Label them in your PJ.

3. Find a historical building from that place (church, mosque, government building, palace, etc) and paste a picture of it in your PJ (label please).

4. Write a journal entry about your new stop. Do you like it? What do you like about it? why?

5. Write another entry in which you are in the historical building (sightseeing) when you happen to run into a merchant from the Silk Road in China. This merchant thinks that it is still around 500 CE. What do you tell him? What does he tell you? Describe the meeting and discussion.

NOTE: YOU ONLY NEED TO START THIS TONIGHT-- WE WILL WORK ON IT IN CLASS TOMORROW.

Quiz Postponed Until Monday

For those of you who see this tonight-- the quiz is postponed until Monday.

Tomorrow in class you will be studying for it with a revised Study Guide.

For Quizam

You should be comfortable with these items for the Quizam:

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• Dates for all dynasties
• What each dynasty was known for (highlights)

Other items that will be tested (you will get notes tomorrow):
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• Taoism
• Confucianism
• Legalism

Work on Poster if you Need to Only

Tonight's home work is only to work on the poster project if you NEED to. Some groups might, and others might not.


Posters MUST be finished by the end of tomorrow's class (total time=45 minutes).