1. History of the Ancient and Medieval World The Study of History: Getting Started Walsingham Academy Mrs. McArthur Room 111

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

3. Black Ships Before Troy Must have by: Sept. 20 th Available on-line: http://www.amazon.com/ http://www.alibris.com/ http://www.abebooks.com/ http://www.barnesandnoble.com/

4. Assignment 1 1.Read syllabus with parent. (acknowledgement slip* due to me Monday, Aug. 30 th ) 2.Read handout: Recurring Historical Themes and answer questions posed on a separate sheet of loose- leaf paper. 3.Go to: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/ and watch the CNN Student News for Monday and Tues. This is an on-going assignment and will be the source for class discussion and extra-credit questions on tests.http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/ *Note: Loose a sheet-It’s on SPA!

5. 3 5 4 21 6 1.Identify the country that has been in the news. 2.Explain why.

6. Assignment 2 1.Read syllabus with parent. (Acknowledgement slip due to me Monday, Aug. 31) 2.Begin organizing your graphics and your design ideas for Notebook Project. Be sure to consult parameters and rubric. 3.Watch video, History of the World in 7- minutes (Link on following slide) Complete activity #1 on accompanying handout. Note: Loose a sheet-It’s on SPA!

7. What is History? A study of man’s past. (working definition)

8. History: Study of Man’s Past To study history, one must understand 2 key concepts: Chronology of events Examples from our history: Duration of time Examples: Proportional and Relative representations of time

9. Place in Chronological Order English arrive in Jamestown The Great Depression War Between the States World War II American Revolution My Birth

10. 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.

11. Assignment 3 1.Read handout, watch Internet video clip and answer questions #2-3 in complete sentences on separate piece of paper. 2.Decide on a design scheme for project; create an electronic folder; collect possible images in it. Project Due Date: Friday, Sept. 3 rd

12. 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 on handout.) Project Due Date: Friday, Sept. 3 rd *DTP = Desktop Publishing (Use Word, Publisher or PowerPoint)

13. Assignment 4 1.Work on project 2.Read text, pp 4-5 and create brief definitions of social sciences mentioned. 3.Missed the CNN News: Time to catch up. Acknowledgement Slip Due Monday Aug. 30 th Project Due: Friday, Sept. 3 rd