Cori's Class: 2015-03-08

Friday, March 13, 2015

1. Expert Group Research - choose 2 subcategories & List potential museum display ideas for your expert area.
~~I will email your parents a resource page for internet resources.
~~If you need to check out a book from me, please do and be sure to return to me!!!
DUE MONDAY March 16

2. Timeline: Follow the instructions - Due Monday
~ Research your timeline event - so you can fully understand and are able to fulfill the requirements
~ title of Event & Date in big letters
~ smaller text with details of facts of even and color illustration to teach audience
~ sources you used for research cited
~ Must fit in the design box of 6"x6"
Due - Monday
TARQUIN - 300 bce Mayan adopt the idea of monarchy for their government - now ruled by kings
KIRIN -900 ce Classic Period ends with collapse of southern lowland cities
LIAM - 1542 ce The Spanish found the city of Merida

3. Create a Would You Rather - must be appropriate for middle school!!!! -DUE FRI

4. Reading - Middleworld Week #2 - Do all parts A-C in your curator's notebook.
-DUE TUES MARCH 17th

**3rd Quarter - Service DUE 1st Week of April
CULTURAL SERVICE OPPORTUNITY - Whole Planet Event - to support micro-loans
March 13th 6-9
At Portland Four Square Church
2830 NE Flanders T
donation 45-10

Thursday, March 12, 2015

Thursday March 12...

Homework:

1. Timeline: Follow the instructions - Due Monday
~ Research your timeline event - so you can fully understand and are able to fulfill the requirements
~ title of Event & Date in big letters
~ smaller text with details of facts of even and color illustration to teach audience
~ sources you used for research cited
~ Must fit in the design box of 6"x6"
Due - Monday
TARQUIN - 300 bce Mayan adopt the idea of monarchy for their government - now ruled by kings
KIRIN -900 ce Classic Period ends with collapse of southern lowland cities
LIAM - 1542 ce The Spanish found the city of Merida

2. Create a Would You Rather - must be appropriate for middle school!!!! -DUE FRI

3. Reading - Middleworld Week #2 - Do all parts A-C in your curator's notebook.
-DUE TUES MARCH 17th

**3rd Quarter - Service DUE 1st Week of April
CULTURAL SERVICE OPPORTUNITY - Whole Planet Event - to support micro-loans
March 13th 6-9
At Portland Four Square Church
2830 NE Flanders T
donation 45-10

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Wednesday March 11

Reading - Middleworld Week #2 - Do all parts A-C in your curator's notebook.
-DUE TUES MARCH 17th

3rd Quarter - Service DUE 1st Week of April

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Tuesday March 10th

1. Reading - Middleworld Week #2 - Do all parts A-C in your curator's notebook.
-DUE TUES MARCH 17th

2. Database Research - Go to OSLIS.ORG
username: port
password: oslis
-spend 10 minutes browsing and getting to know OSLIS
- Research your fact and write your answers on a separate paper
-DUE THURS, March 12th

Monday, March 9, 2015

MAYA WEBSITES

Homework from Last Week - due Tomorrow, Tues March 10th

1. Ancient Cultures Reading Packet...chapter 1 & 2 - highlight 2-3 main points per SECTION (1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2...etc)
- Write a 1 paragraph summary for each Chapter. Be sure to use evidence you highlighted in your reading to summarize your understanding. - Due Next Tues 3/10

2. Reading - Middleworld/Jaguar Stones - Assignment #1 - Ch 1-5, due Tuesday March 10th
- Tape the assignment in your Reading section of Curator's Notebook
~ Complete all Parts A-C in your reading section of curator's notebook. Be prepared to share your part on tues with your group.
A. Research your topic from your book and on the internet
B. Do the pre-reading questions
C. Choose 2 of the 5 chapter questions - answer in your reading section of curator's notebook.

3. Complete Character portrait - due TUES

NEW HOMEWORK DUE TOMORROW, TUES March 10th
4. Research 5 more interesting facts/info on your Ancient Maya City (the one you started on today in class.) Use the websites below and/or other sites you find.
**IF you WERE ABSENT today...Research CARACOL - IN BELIZE

General Maya websites

FAMSI: broad academic Maya resource - glyph dictionaries, guide to writing glyphs, Linda

Schele drawings, and down-loadable versions of the Maya codices.

www.famsi.org

Mesoweb: articles, photographs and information on the Maya.

http://www.mesoweb.com/

Maya Web - photographs and articles on the ancient and contemporary Maya

http://www.mayaweb.nl/enghome.htm

N ASA Earth Observatory statistic:

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Study/Maya

Maya Archaeological sites:

Ancient Maya Cities in the Yucatan

http://www.traditionsofthesun.org/ViewerYucatan/