12/10/13 - TU

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I.  ISLAM ANTICIPATION GUIDE
- Islam impacts our lives every day, yet we understand very little of what Islam is
- Islam appeared in the late 500's and had a profound impact on European MA
- The Byzantines would actually wind  up buffering Europe from Islamic domination
- The Franks held Islam to Spain, which would be Islamic for 800 years
SO, THEN, WHAT IS ISLAM?
* focus on key words to guess; graded on participation not right answers
* use OTHER questions to help figure out possible answers elsewhere (reading strategy)
- discuss as a class/share what we THINK we know

II.  HISTORY ALIVE CHPT 7: GEOGRAPHY OF ISLAM
- we don't have time to read the entire unit and will focus on last two chapters.
- However, we should have an idea of what first two chapters are about

- skimming and scanning for information practice (how to select important information quickly)
- preview History Alive Unit 2 table of contents (pg. 71) - what do we learn?
- Scan 7.2-7.6 for quick facts -- fill out CORNELL NOTES (share later in groups)
- title is title of the chapter: Geography of the Arabian Peninsula
*scan titles, then glance at the first sentence of several paragraphs for main ideas.
* glance at last paragraph of a section for something that seems significant

 III.  HA CHPT 7: INTRODUCTION
- read Introduction, 7.1
- teacher-led Cornell Notes (with Think Aloud - connections and design of notes)
- Include the "So What" or summary

We are now ready to move on to focus more on
            Mohammed and the Teachings of Islam (TH)

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HOMEWORK - focus on MA book, Atlas, and Vocab
Due date for finishing Vocab now extended to FRI due to fire drill interruptions)
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____     finish VOCAB WEEK 9 D 1-3 (wacky week -- all due FRI now)
            *MO -  finish D1 in class, D2 at home as HW
            * TU - finish D3 as HW
            * WE - finish D4 as HW (be ready to discuss/correct in class on Thurs)

____    review ATLAS pages 142 & 163 ("Major Religions") - DUE FRI
            * 20 Observations from Major Religions maps
            * well-written, detailed sentences
            * typed or handwritten

____   finish Middle Ages Young Adult Historical Fiction Book
           * work on Bk rpt sheets (due Monday, but finish earlier!)
           __ I Am Poem (end of book poem)
           __ I Was Poem (beginning of book poem)
           __ Plot Events Sheet
           __ Comparison Sheet
           __ Themes and Values Sheet
           __ Things I Learned About the Middle Ages Poem