Pick up a Bingo card and find your seat. 5 min Ancient History Day 2 Pick up a Bingo card and find your seat. 5 min

Daily Objective Students will know class expectations and procedures outlined in the syllabus Students will understand basic vocabulary and purpose of chronology Students will be able to order key events in human history

Syllabus Theme: Community Goal: Creative, Cooperative, Tolerant Materials: 2in Binder by Friday with dividers Pen or Pencil Anything due that day

World History Beginnings to 1500

Classroom Expectations 1. Come to class prepared to learn On time Student Binder, pen/pencil, homework, assignments Alert and ready to work! Please no cell phones or other distracting technology unless the lesson requires it 2. Participate in class activities with a positive attitude. Follow directions the first time Contribute to group work Do not distract others 3. Respect Others Polite language Raise hand to ask/answer question Treat others with courtesy

Consequences Moving Seats Meeting with Ms. Bell after class Sitting in the hallway to complete assignment Ms. Bell’s “GP Detention” Lunch/afterschool detention & Parent notification Administrator notification Saturday School

Grading Classwork (includes Interactive Student Binders): 20% Quarter Exam: 20% Tests & Quizzes: 30% Projects/Assignments: 10% Homework: 10% Participation: 10%

Final Exam In order to be exempt from the Final you must earn either B, A, A, A B+, A, A, A A, A, A, A Final with either be an exam or a project. It will be worth as much as a quarter grade (20%).

Interactive Student Binders Get a 2in Binder I like ones with sleeve If you do not think that you will be able to get one for whatever reason, see me during the break TODAY and I will see if I can find you one Teacher Version on Bookshelf 4 Sections: Class Documents Notes/Handouts Homework Graded Work

Break Times No water or bathroom breaks during class time We will have a 5min break each day for you to do these things

Participation Every Day the Student will have the opportunity to earn 4 participation points: On time (1) Preparation (1) (with notebook, pencil/pen, all papers when bell rings) Will lose if you have to ask me for a pen, run to your locker, disrupt class to get papers, etc.) On Task (1) Will lose point if teacher repeatedly help student stay on task Contribution (2) Ask or Answer questions Volunteer for a demonstration Present information

Homework Short Assignments (about 30 minutes) 10% of your grade Prepare you for next class or reinforce what we did that day ½ credit if late but before unit test ¼ credit if late because of an unexcused absence

Extra Credit Occasionally given for winning review games or doing review quizzes 1 assignment per quarter

Attendance You are responsible for making up work Come to me the day you return for GP to get missed work and update your Interactive Student Binder Use website for PowerPoints

Late Work ½ credit if in by the unit test No work assigned after the quarter it was assigned

Make Up Email Website GP One week to turn in assignments for full credit Class time is not time to make up work

Unexcused Absences Ms Bell contacts your parents Come to GP to get work Lunch Detention to do work Don’t show up? More detention No credit awarded for in-class work Quizzes and Tests ½ credit Homework ¼ credit

Tardies Sign In By The Door Come in quietly Pick up materials at the front table Do not distract others 3 tardies = parent notification & lunch detention Every tardy after that = lunch or GP detention Tardy of 20 minutes or more = unexcused absense

Other Stuff Turn in: trays in the back Pick up: table in the front Extra papers: cart by the door Tardies box and sign in on cart

Procedures Quiz 1st and 7th: Tues, Sept 13 6th: Wed, Sept 14 10 questions, taken from the syllabus

Calendar of Human History Each day on the calendar represents 279 years Dec 31: 1737-2016 CE There are 5 events in this period Dec 30: 1458-1769 One event fits in a calendar day spot

Chronology Basics Chronology: a way to arrange time according to the order of events Chronos: time -ology: study of

Chronology Lingo Periods/Eras/Epoch: blocks of time Example: “Ancient” “Middle Ages” “Stone Age” Decade: period of 10 years Century: period of 100 years Millennium: period of 1000 years Circa (c.): about/around

Calendars Dating systems that measure time Different cultures have different calendars

Calendar of You Create a quick timeline on your packet. The Year of your birth should be year 1. Anything that happened before your birth should be counted back and called BMB: (Before My birth) Anything that happened after your birth should be counted up and called AMB (After My Birth) 5 BMB Ms. Bell’s parents get married Year 1 AMB Ms. Bell is Born Year 18 AMB Ms. Bell graduates from high school

Share Is everyone’s year 1 the same in the Western calendar? No! All cultures calendars are different depending on the important events in their history Today other countries convert their calendars to Western if they do business with the West

Western Calendar Organized around one event: Birth of Jesus is our Year 1

Old System B.C.: Before Christ A.D. Anno Domini (Year of Our Lord) or to help you remember “After Death”

New System B.C.E. Before Common Era C.E. Common Era Same as B.C. Same as A.D.

Centuries Because we don’t have Zero centuries this gets a little off Century is always one above the hundred place 150 AD is in the ______ Century 200-101 100-1 201-300 1-100 101-200

Let’s Practice! If we want to discuss an event that took place during the lifetime of Jesus are we in BC(E) or AD(CE)? AD(CE) If we want to describe this century what would we call it? First Century AD(CE) What years would technically be included? 1-100 AD(CE)

Let’s Practice! 4. If we want to discuss an event that took place 5000 years ago are we in BC(E) or AD(CE)? BCE 5. What year was it 5000 years ago? 2986 B.C.(E.) 6. If we want to discuss an event that took place 1348 years ago are we in BC(E) or AD(CE)? AD(CE) 7. What year was it 1348 years ago? 666 AD(CE)

Let’s Practice! 8. What century would events in 545 AD/CE take place in? 6th century AD/CE 9. What century would events in 788 BC(E) take place in? 8th century BC(E) 10. What century would events in 2014 AD/CE take place in? 21st century AD/CE

Homework 2 in binder with 4 dividers Signed Syllabus Letter to Ms. Bell