(see hyperlink attached above)
~April 5, 2010~
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Trimester 3 will begin with
an in-depth study of Ancient Egypt.
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Readings
from Ancient World, Chapter 3 pp. 60-93.
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Students will be expected
to create their Study Stack of vocabulary words for Egypt. (Should be
completed for a Test Grade by April 26, 2010)
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Projects – Travel
Brochure of the Nile (Test grade)Due
4/12
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Writing Project – Hittite
Spy Journal (MultipleTest
grades) Due 4/26
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Unit Test
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4/29 and 4/30 (Written responses and Vocabulary components = 6 test
grades; 2 per SS strand)
We will be finishing 7th Grade with the
study of Ancient China.
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Focus on how the physical
geography of China helped shape the government and culture of its people
over the its’ 7,000 year history.
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Study of the early powerful
emperors and khans
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How the Silk Road connected
China to the West
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Students will create an
extensive Study Stack of Ancient China
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Readings in Ancient World
text – pp. 122 – 151
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UNIT TEST – JUNE (date TBA)
*Please refer to the Essential Questions in the new Social Studies
Middle School Curriculum link on the district website.
http://www.mitchellteachers.org/WorldHistory/MrMWorldHistoryCurriculumAncientMain.html
I have been a
Social Studies teacher for 15 years, after 20 years in the private
sector in sales/marketing management with Sears, advertising & public
relations. I have a BA in Journalism (Univ. of Rhode Island), secondary
teaching certificate (Univ. of Rhode Island), MA in History-Secondary
Education (Univ. of Rhode Island).
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Coventry resident over 30 years
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Adjunct professor of geography at Providence College (9 years)
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Certified baseball and soccer coach; former MS baseball coach and
varsity soccer coach
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Expert/lecturer on Early American and R.I. bottles and glass
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Travelled extensively (U.S. and Canada, Italy)
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Member Battery B- R.I. Light Artillery, Civil War Historical re-enactor
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Married 34 years; my wife Lynn is the director of the Coventry Public
Library
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2 sons, one finishing his PhD at Univ. of Southern California, the other
a BFA form URI and an actor at the Gamm Theater.