10/22/13 - TU

* * PICTURES WED. 10/23
* * PLAY WED. 10/23

* * BE PREPARED TO GIVE BOOK TALKS (with pictures)  by WED/THUR


I.  CHARLEMAGNE - encyclopedia article
- Review previous Spiral Notes
- Finish encyclopedia article
- Finish Cornell-Style-notes in Spiral
* Why is he considered the "father" of modern Europe?
* What did he do?  What did he accomplish?


II.  DARK AGES - video notes (early Christianity)
* background information on life after fall of Rome
* leads to rise of Franks and Charlemagne
- view The Dark Ages Part 3, "Common Thread of Christianity"
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEcQ_Kzxgfg&safe=active
    * how to take video notes/key word columns

III.  DARK AGES - video notes (life in early Dark Ages)
- continued background to understand world that Charlemagne grew up in
- continued focus on how to take video notes with key words in column form
   The Dark Ages - Part 6 "Men of the Cloth, Men of Letters"
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-mFcbc0M8E&safe=active

 IV.  LIBRARY
- choose a book that is chilling, thrilling, scary; horror, monster, or suspense & mystery
- if it's a series of short stories, that's okay, too. (read a novel-like # of pages)

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HOMEWORK -- no Crossword or Atlas this week
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___  finish Free Choice Book for Book Talks on Wed/Thur ! !
___  brainstorm images to draw for Book Talks on Wed/Thur
___  begin/finish 5-7 Scary Vocab #1 words (due FR)
         * PRIORITIZE!  Focus on work due soonest (Book Talk)