1. Walsingham Academy Mrs. McArthur Room 107
History of the Ancient and Medieval World The Study of History: Getting Started
Walsingham Academy
Mrs. McArthur
Room 107

2. World History: Connections to Today
Meet the author
(Paris: 2007)

3. Black Ships Before Troy
Must have
by: Sept. 15

4. Assignment: Aug. 21
Read syllabus with parent. (acknowledgement slip due to me Monday, Aug. 25)
Read 2 handouts: Recurring Historical Themes and answer questions posed on a separate sheet of loose-leaf paper.
Note: Loose a sheet-It’s on Blackbaud!

5. Project*: Personalized Notebook
Create a personalized cover using DTP*: (front, back, spine) for your history notebook. The components include:
Personal information: your name, course title, school, year
Visual Representation of each of the key themes presented in lecture (notes) and summarized on your handout. Each visual must have a clearly identifiable number.
Key: identifying the visual representations by theme.
Your choices should reflect our subject and if possible your interests. (Suggestion: look through the text for some ideas.)
*(Rubric and Extra Credit details on handout.)
Project Due Date: Friday, Aug. 29
*DTP = Desktop Publishing (Use Word or PowerPoint)

6. Project Due Date: Friday, Aug. 29
Assignment: Aug. 22
Read syllabus with parent. (acknowledgement slip due to me Monday, Aug. 25)
Personalized Notebook Project:
Project Due Date: Friday, Aug. 29

7. *This is based on scientific theory and is necessarily approximate.
Quick Fact File*
The earth is about 4,000,000,000 years old.
Homo-Sapiens appeared about 250,000,000 years ago.
Homo-Sapiens-Sapiens appeared about 40,000 years ago.
The last ice age ended about 10,000 years ago.
Civilization arouse about 5,000 years ago.
*This is based on scientific theory and is necessarily approximate.