1. Bellwork 8/31
#1 Open up your agenda’s to next week. Write the following down in your agenda: Monday- NO School   Wednesday- Concept Card Quiz Thursday- Assessment over 7.1 & 7.2 (Fall of Rome, Roman Legacies, Byzantine/Eastern Roman Empire) #2 Title page 17 in your compbook “The Byzantine Empire”. Fold the Byzantine Empire worksheet in ½ and glue the blank side down. (The cartoon should be facing up)

2. Review
Fall of Rome
Continuation of the Roman Empire as the Eastern Roman Empire
Eastern Roman Empire becomes the Byzantine Empire
Key to the Byzantine Empire’s success = Constantinople

3. What. Why. how What are we learning today? Why is this important?
We are going to learn more about why Constantinople was so successful and how it benefited the Eastern Roman Empire
We are also going to be practicing annotation skills 
Why is this important? 
How will we know that we've succeeded our goals for today?
__ I can list three reasons why Constantinople was so successful. 
__I can explain how Constantinople's success benefit the Byzantine Empire 
__ I can use the following annotations to connect with a text

4. Constantinople DBQ

5. Let’s work together:

6. Do the next 3 On your own:

9. Wrap it up!!!
On the back of your handout, write the following TOPIC sentence:
Constantinople’s location was beneficial to the Byzantine Empire’s success.
Under the TOPIC sentence, list 3 pieces of information from the documents that support the TOPIC sentence above.

10. extension
Write a supporting sentence for each of the pieces of supporting information you listed.
Restate the topic sentence in different words to create a full paragraph.