1. HISTORICAL ARABIC WORLD MAP It’s Wednesday! Turn in last week’s bellwork and get a new one. I AM checking floppy folders TODAY! Work on Wordy Wednesday In the Monday and Tuesday boxes, write “Labor Day Holiday” When done with today’s bellwork, turn in your floppy folder into your class’s box.

2. Final Thought What was one good thing that happened to you over the weekend?

3. MAINTENANCE DAY! Group F “Hand Out” some graded work. You need your notebooks/binders today If I didn’t check your floppy folder for any reason yesterday, I need to check it like now. Work on Throwback Thursday

4. Lots of things to do so made a listlist  Discuss Unit 1 Test and Test CorrectionsCorrections  Move things out of floppy folder and place in notebook, behind the Unit 1 tab divider. Floppy folder should now be empty except for this week’s bellwork and our Arabic World Map.floppy folder  Pass out NEW Unit 2 folder work. Place in floppy folder. Now your folder should have this week’s bellwork, Arabic World Map, Timeline, Important People  Discuss EssaysEssays  Create Unit 2 tab divider The Arabic World from 400A.D.-1500 A.D.  Pass out Progress Reports

5. Test CorrectionsCorrections  Take test home and have parent sign the bubble sheet, near the top please; this will be 5 points  Then, on separate sheet of paper  1. Write the full question  2.Write the full answer (not just the letter, the written answer, map questions, describe where it is on the map)  3. Explain why that is the correct answer.  For each correction you do, you will get a point added to your test.  Corrections are due September 15 th.

6. Things to transfertransfer  Asia Map  Timeline  Important People  All Chinese Religion and Government Notes  The Mongol Empire Worksheet  China’s Legacy Worksheet  All Japan During the Middle Ages Notes  The Tale of Genji Worksheet

7. Essays  Pass out essays.  Pass out Record Sheets and place in the very front of your notebook/binder  Fill out Record Sheet according to the marks given on the rubric sheet.  Take essays home TONIGHT and have parents sign them, by your grade.  Bring back TOMORROW for 5 extra points on your essay.

8. Final Thought Looking at your now almost completed map of the Arabic world, what is one word to describe the size of the Islamic Civilization that existed from the 400s to 1500s?

9. EDUCATIONAL VIDEO! It’s Friday! If you have your essays SIGNED, turn them in the TURN IN bin If you have already finished your test corrections, turn them in the TURN IN bin Work on Fun Write Friday. Then, get out a sheet of paper and label it “5 things from video that remind of what we learned in class”

10. ORIGINS OF ISLAM NOTES It’s Monday Turn in last week’s bellwork and get a new one. This is Week of 9/14-9/18 If you have your test corrections done already, staple to your test and turn them in the Turn In Bin Work on Main Idea Monday! Get out paper and label “Day 1 Origins of Islam Notes

11. Geography  Arabian Peninsula lies between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf and is ¼ the size of the U.S.  Arid region-little rain, mostly deserts  Southern mountains and north of peninsula, small portion, used for agriculture http://maps.howstuffworks.com/world- vegetation-map.htm

12. Think, Pair, Share Read the question, think of answer. When prompted, discuss with your partner/group. THEN, write the classes final answer in your notes. How would people survive and thrive in a desert climate?

13. Nomadic Life  Bedouins were herders and nomads (move place to place); had to do this to live in the desert.  However, they don’t wander, they follow water, specifically oasis.  They would trade with people who settled by an oasis.  Bedouins live in clans, sharing a common ancestor and ruled itself  Had good fighting skills to protect clan.

15. Things to ponder Read the question, think of answer and write it down in your notes. 1. So trading was centered around the people who had settled around the oasis. So what do you think these areas are going to eventually become? Explain. 2. The Bedouins had good fighting skills. Think about the Islamic Empire maps you are doing. How are the fighting skills and the map connected? Explain.

16. Arabic Trade  The Arabian Peninsula was perfectly situated for trade. Crossroads between Asia, Europe, and Africa  By 600s, Arabs moving to the oases towns, which made them cities, and were centers for trade.  Sea and land routes connected Arabia to major trade centers in Asia, Africa, and Europe and got products from all three places.

18. Things to Ponder Read the question, think of answer and write it down in your notes. Besides the wealth and stuff of nations, what other things does trade spread? Explain.

19. Final Thought What is one good thing that happened to you over the weekend?