1. Monday, April 25 th  Welcome!  Bell Work: using your study guides, review the major themes of the Aztec and Inca societies.  Have out your study guides to be stamped.  Upcoming due dates:  Tuesday, April 26 th – 8 th Grade Course selection worksheets.

2. Test Postponement  We are going to move back the Americas test one day to Tuesday/Wednesday, April 26 th /27 th.  Study guides that are stamped today will receive extra credit, while study guides that are completed tomorrow will still be able to receive full credit.  We will be using the turning point “clickers” to prepare for the Americas test today.

3. Daily Agenda  Individual study time  Group study time  Turning point study grouping.

4. A-Block: Tues/Wed: April 26/27  Bell work: you have 8 minutes to prepare for the Ch 15 Americas Test  Have out your study guide to turn in or be stamped.  Have out your pink 8 th grade course selection sheets to be turned in.  Upcoming due dates:  Monday, May 2 nd : CH 11.1 and 11.2 handout due  CH 11 Quiz on Monday, May 9 th  CH 11 vocabulary on Monday, May 9 th

5. Daily Agenda  Prep for the Ch 15 Americas test.  Take the Ch 15 Americas Test.  If you finish early, you may get started on the CH 11 vocabulary.  Renaissance KWL  Videos: Review Europe in the Middle Ages and Feudal Life in the Middle Ages  Powerpoint: Review The black death and the end of the middle ages. (complete handout).  Begin Reading CH 11.1 for homework.

6. CH 11 vocabulary  We will be following a different format for the next three chapters (11, 12, 13)  You can find the word list on 297  You will receive a sheet for this chapter, but you will need to complete the other chapters on your own.  I will also post this new format on my webpage.

7. CH 11 vocabulary (17 words) All of the words can be found on page 297 1. Marco Polo 2. Interest 3. Cosimo de Medici 4. Renaissance 5. Humanism 6. Dante Aligheri 7. Niccolo Machiavelli 8. Perspective 9. Michelangelo 10. Leonardo da Vinci 11. Petrarch 12. Johann Gutenberg 13. Christian humanism 14. Desiderius Erasmus 15. Albrecht Durer 16. Miguel de Cervantes 17. William Shakespeare

8. B-Block: Thurs/Fri, April 28/29  Bell work: You have ten minutes to work on your Ch 11 vocab.  Upcoming due dates:  Monday, May 2 nd : CH 11.2/11.2 homework due  Monday, May 9 th : Ch 11 Quiz  Monday, May 9 th : Ch 11 Vocabulary due.

9. Daily Agenda  Review the Middle Ages, Black death, and the Origins of the Renaissance (notes)  Group activity: jigsaw renaissance activity.  Read and discuss the Italian Renaissance (11.2)