Mr. Dorrough’s History Class

We now have a new way of “attacking” each chapter.

Starting today we are going to approach each chapter differently. We are going to use the standards guide to see what information we need to know in order to meet the CA content Standards.

First, lets look at the “Study Guide for Chapter 23.” I have renamed it a Standards Guide, because it is a guide to the content standards that we will be studying for the chapter. The standard guide has three parts: The Key Terms, Essential Questions, and Standards Addressed. Every Monday we will define the key terms. Some weeks I will assign only a few of the key terms for class work, but remember, you are responsible for knowing what they all mean.

The essential questions are an important part of the standards guide. If you can answer the essential questions then you can meet the standards. The questions are worded in ways that reflect the standards. I have not reworded them because the state department of education believes that a seventh grader should be able to read and understand the standards. If you do not understand the words or the questions feel free to ask at an appropriate time.

Finally, The Standards Addressed section has the actual state standards word for word. This section is simply for your information. If you know what the key terms mean, and you know the answers to the essential questions you will have a proficient understanding of the standards.

In class today we read 23.1 and 23.2 for a warm up.

We then discussed the standard guide for chapter 23.

We did the key termsDefinitions and sentences for classwork.

For homerek I asigned essental Question # 2.

Who were the Olmec? What were their accomplishments?

So far in unit two we have studied the geography of Arabia, the life of Muhammad, and the teachings of Islam. Now we are going to explore how the ideas and inventions from the Islamic world during the Middle Ages traveled through out the world, and how we use them today.

For our warm up we created a study guide from the key terms and the essential questions.

In class we did The Prereading Questions for chapter ten. We also defined the key terms.