CheckPoint #1 1.Checkpoint Objective: Identify the continents and oceans on a world map. 1.Get handouts and put out name tent 2.Number your ½ sheet Put your name in the RIGHT corner and give it a title 4.Wait for further instructions. 1.Get handouts and put out name tent 2.Number your ½ sheet Put your name in the RIGHT corner and give it a title 4.Wait for further instructions.

Checkpoint #1 1.What continent is to the North of Africa? 2.What continent is to the East of Europe? 3.What continent seems the largest in land mass? 4.Which ocean is farthest North? 5.Which ocean is to the East of North America and West of Africa? 6.Which ocean is named after a country? 7.Explain which oceans are the coldest and why. Complete sentence please (inside out).

1.Go over Mrs. Young’s Rules and Procedures 2.Read 1.1 to define and analyze the basic vocabulary of History Today’s Objectives

Classwork: Read 1.1 pp. 4-8 Define Vocab: Decade, Century, Era, Circa, BC/BCE, and AD/CEHomework: Get Rules and Procedures signed and bring back tomorrow History Mystery #1 due Wednesday Study Continents and Oceans

Period of time Group of 10 years Examples: 1990s = 1990 – 1999 is this 9 years or 10? 1980s = s = Decade

Group of 100 years Period of time Examples: 700s = 700 – 799 is this 99 years or 100 years? 800s = 800 – s = Century

Era A Large Period in history impacted by people or events Examples: 1.Prehistory – time period before people developed writing 2.Ancient history - is an era of time that comes after Prehistory. 3.The time period between about A.D. 500 and about A.D 1400 is the Middle Ages. 4.Modern history begins about A.D and continues to today.

Around Not quite sure Not exactly Example: Ancient history ends c. A.D Circa

Time dating period All the years Before the Birth of Christ Historians count backwards from 1 BC BCE = Before the Common Era (Before AD times) Ends at year 1 (there is no zero) Example: 1067 BC Always write BC after the year BC/BCE

Dating period AD stands for anno domini meaning “in the year of our Lord” Begins at 1 (there is no year zero) The year Jesus was born and all the years after CE = Common Era (after BC times) Example: AD 2015 Write AD in front of the year If the text does not give an BC or AD, then assume it is AD AD/CE

Practice: 1.How would today’s date be represented? a.BC August 17, 2015 b.August 17, 2015 BC c.August 17, 2015 AD d.AD August 17, 2015

Classwork: Read 1.1 pp. 4-8 Define Vocab: Decade, Century, Era, Circa, BC/BCE, and AD/CEHomework: Get Rules and Procedures signed and bring back tomorrow History Mystery #1 due Wednesday Study Continents and Oceans – Quiz Thursday

Project Instructions:. Cross them off when you complete each one 1.Label each of the continents and oceans (10pts) 2.Label and color each of the 7 ancient civilizations (20 pts) MesopotamiaEgyptIsrael IndiaChinaGreece Rome 3.Label and identify the major sea, rivers and mountain ranges of each ancient civilization (this means you’ll need a key) 20 pts Nile RiverHimalayan Mountain Range Nile DeltaTigris River Euphrates RiverHuang He River Mediterranean SeaIndus River 4.Label each of the following major ancient cities (20 pts): UrBabylonJerusalem Athens RomeCarthage Alexandria Troy 1.Must be neat, legible (10 pts) and accurate (20 pts) 2.Put your name on it. 3.This is due to Mrs. Young by Tuesday, September 1