Friday - 11/30/2018

What We Did Today
We began exploring the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc cave paintings.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Cave paintings; artifacts from 10,000/30,000/200,000 years ago.

Thursday - 11/29/2018

What We Did Today
We learned the truth about the archaeological discovery.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Archaeological discovery.

Wednesday - 11/28/2018

What We Did Today
We talked about the work of archaeologists and began studying the findings of a 4000 yr. old archaeological discovery (fictional).

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Archaeological dig: tell me about the discovery.

Tuesday - 11/27/2018

What We Did Today
We continued talking about the beginnings of human society (200,000 to 6,000 BP).

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Stone Age.

Monday - 11/26/2018

What We Did Today
We watched a video on early human civilizations.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Early human civilizations; one common ancestor.

Tuesday - 11/20/2018

What We Did Today
We finished the Geography Bee.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
GeoBee.

Monday - 11/19/2018

What We Did Today
We participated in the GeoBee.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
GeoBee: What is it?

Friday - 11/16/2018

What We Did Today
We continued talking about the beginnings of human society.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
History of the world in seven minutes.

Wednesday - 11/14/2018

What We Did Today

We practiced some reading strategies, then began discussing BIG history (from the Big Bang onward).

Homework

None.

Discussion Starters

How long has the universe been around?

Tuesday - 11/13/2018

What We Did Today
We discussed and practiced non-fiction reading strategies on a text.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Strategies good readers use when reading.

Monday - 11/12/2018

What We Did Today
We discussed Veterans Day.

Homework
Thank a veteran!

Discussion Starters
Armistice Day/Veterans Day; Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers.

Friday - 11/09/2018

What We Did Today
We finished exploring our textbooks, then watched CNN10 and some world history videos.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Textbook exploration.

Thursday - 11/08/2018

What We Did Today
We continued exploring "history" as a discipline.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
History as a discipline; textbook.

Wednesday - 11/07/2018

What We Did Today
We continued exploring the textbook as a resource.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Textbook; outlining to take notes; scavenger hunt.

Monday - 11/05/2018

What We Did Today
We examined our textbook as a resource for our course.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Getting to know the textbook.

Thursday - 11/01/2018

What We Did Today
We discussed spatial scales as a way to organize and analyze historical accounts.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Continents; continental shelf; how many continents are there?