Tuesday - 01/29/2019

What We Did Today
Classes continued the conversation of Catalhoyuk; 6th hour watched the finals of the school-wide Geography Bee.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Catalhoyuk.

Thursday - 01/24/2019

What We Did Today
NWEA testing.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
NWEA.

Tuesday - 01/22/2019

What We Did Today
NWEA testing.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
NWEA.

Friday - 01/18/2019

What We Did Today
We worked a bit in our textbook.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Farming.

Thursday - 01/17/2019

What We Did Today
We read and answered questions about Çatalhöyük.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Çatalhöyük.

Wednesday - 01/16/2019

What We Did Today
We explored life in early settled villages, focusing specifically on specialization.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Specialization; Çatalhöyük.

Tuesday - 01/15/2019

What We Did Today
We responded to the prompt: Why did so few people live during humanity's longest era of history (the Foraging Era)?

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Why did the human population grow so much more during the Agrarian Era, even though it was much shorter than the Foraging Era?

Monday - 01/14/2019

What We Did Today
We finished discussing the Agricultural Revolution.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Crops; 70% of humanity lived during the Agrarian Era (10,000 years).

Friday - 01/11/2018

What We Did Today
We explored when various fruits and vegetables were first cultivated in the world.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Agrarian Era; Timeline.

Thursday - 01/10/2018

What We Did Today
We continued exploring the Agricultural Revolution, focusing on a timeline of world history.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Timeline; major features of the agrarian era.

Wednesday - 01/09/2018

What We Did Today
We began talking about the Agricultural Revolution.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Agrarian; turning point; the Great Thaw.

Monday - 01/07/2018

What We Did Today
We did some reading on foraging lifeways during the Paleolithic age.

Homework
None.

Discussion Staters
Foraging lifeways.

Friday - 01/04/2018

What We Did Today
We did some critical reading about Paleolithic foragers.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Foraging; stone tools.

Thursday - 01/03/2018

What We Did Today
We changed seats, watched CNN10, and explored the Paleolithic Age.

Homework
None.

Discussion Starters
Paleolithic Age; new seats.