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**Jordan World History I :**
https://sites.google.com/a/rsu1.org/rjord/home
 * Link to Jordan's website**

Link to Jordan's Homework Schedule: https://docs.google.com/a/rsu1.org/spreadsheets/d/18uhYSJjE8K2fGOvikHwIBgLa9niJ3jQ5dpjm4uZFJ4s/edit#gid=805431705


 * Co-Taught section 240-2 with Julia**
 * Students: Maggie Hanson, Sara Graves, James Guffey, Taylor Avery, Ben Hinds, Brandon Barone, Aaron Baker**

Students: Talia Logan, Emily Sharron, Erica Guild (Liz B supporting)
 * 240-1**
 * 240-3**
 * Students: Leann Moran, James Ostrander, Gabe Pinette (supported by Lise) **

Final Exam! Multple Choice 50-60, 10-15 Sem 1 (more basic things not specific pharaohs for example, 15-20 Greece/Rome, 20-25 Islam/Christianity, Africa, Middle Ages. Map: know bodies of water, more recent things that are specific, Greece, Rome, Egypt, some cities Matching: specifically with people Short Answer: will have choice Essay: will have choice for example writing about a different time period. One will definitely people, who had a big impact on history, Charlemagne, Alexander for example. Another would be innovations/inventions such as aqueducts, or even religions, What's successful, what's unsuccessful for governments/civilizations. Another topic could be 5 themes of geography and connect it to a culture.
 * 240-5**
 * Students: Rhiannon True (supported by Sharon), Maisey True **
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 * 6/4:** Notes in class for Middle Ages 9.1 and 9.2. All done just in class, Here on out just classwork no extra homework. Get in the Africa work if not in yet.


 * 5/27**: African Map, Chapter 7 Review q's overview need to be finished first. Then Start Africa Photo Essay (refer to google classroom). This will be in-lieu of a test. Use the topics from the Ch 7 review questions and find photos that represent that topic. DUE MONDAY June 1st!


 * 5/26:** Working on Chapter 7: Early African Civilizations paper. also should have finished Chapter 7 Development of African Civilizations already and Africa's Cultures Before European Contact map. No test this week.


 * 5/18:** Test tomorrow on Islamic section. All homework is due tomorrow from chapter 6 including the map and assignments listed on 5/13 below. Test will have map, the five pillars which are belief, charity, fasting prayer and pilgrimage, and study guide we did last week. See blog for more info.


 * 5/13:** Students should have "Last Section of Legacy of Prophet Muhammad Returns to Mecca" one sided paper finished. Eleven questions. Also Chapter 6- "World of Islam" section 2 "Arab Empire and Successors" two sided huge sheet is due asap. May have test today or Monday. I was doing Science test with Juniors, not in class.

Quiz on Islam at end of week. 6.1 questions, map, movie notes on Muhammad, 6.2 questions Studying Islam. 6.1 textbook reading, movie notes "Muhammad Legacy of a prophet" and map
 * 5/11:**
 * 5/5:**


 * 4/29:** Bingo with terms while watching Christianity in Rome movie. Quiz on Christianity and Rome Friday. Study the homework and / or book.


 * 4/28:** 5.4 Christianity in rome notes for homework. Will be a quiz at end of week on Christianity in Rome. Took half notes in class, other half for homework due tomorrow.

4/14: See blog for more information. Keep working on 40 words and definition Puzzle. Make sure students send their slides to Mr. Jordan. Should have copy sent to self also. Slides 1 thru 16 finished today. More next class.


 * 4/9:** Finish all work for tomorrow. Decline of Rome, Barbarian Map, and Book Work.

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 * 4/6:** Map #2 Rome and Barbaric Invasions due this week. Students were given back in class their hard copy map, or should reload into Art Studio or Notabilty if prefer the online version


 * 4/3:** Students can choose how they want to show the decline of the Roman Empire. Essay, powerpoint? Due Monday or Tuesday. Save in google classroom.I've attached a graphic organizer that might be helpful..
 * 4/2:** In class work that can be finished as homework: Pick a topic from the blog or one of own choice to write a few sentences about which can be submitted on the blog or on a paper done by hand. Then, tomorrow's class, read an idea or two.


 * 3/24, 3/25, 3/26:** All the assignments given on March 19 below are due now. They should have the 49 questions called New Wars and Warriors: Rome finished as well as the Barbarian Invasion of Rome map, and the sections 5-1 and 5-2 from the blue history text or downloaded from Mr. Jordan's blog turned in asap.


 * 3/19:** Three assignments due by Monday 23rd. 1). Ancient Rome Map 2.) Little History reading and questions. 3.) 5.1 and 5.2 Questions from textbook. Hard copies of all assignments are okay, and on his website. Today movie on Ancient Rome, notes collected at end of class.


 * 3/1:** Test on Greece Thursday or Friday. Today did notes on 4.5 Reading. Mrs Simmons will put together a packet of review material in each Study Strats person's mailbox to help students prepare![[file:4.5 Hellenistic Notes.odt]]

2/26: Next week Greece quiz. Today finish up the 100 reading on Alexander, start interactive map on website. due next class

2/23/15: Working on a writing piece on Alexander the Great. Students should answer questions that go along with the reading. Notes on video clip we watched as well.

2/11/15: Athens Plague Article: Went over expectations. Quick short, to the point, good headline, due by end of day on Friday turned into google classroom. Needs to be in newspaper layout.

2/10/15: Students in section 3 still need to take 4.2 Quiz. Section 2 due tomorrow 4.4 notes for quiz on Wed or Thurs. End of the week due is a Newspaper article on the Plague of Athens, post it on Google classroom.

2/5/15: Looking at Greek Wars, Athens vs Sparta today. By tomorrow everyone should've taken quiz on 4.2. If got a low score, see Mrs. Simmons for a re-do.

1/26/15: New information on Greece, Notes, Maps today. Quiz at end of the week. Handed out questions that go with text chapter 4 section 2. Students have the textbook through the google classroom.

1/12/15: Going over Midterm Review: Link to Bob's google classroom that has the practice test. Mrs. Simmons has a hard copy. He will post answers to this by Thursday for students to be checking their answers. Also

1/6/15: Finished movie To Live, will do writing assignment, students should have something written down in booklets. DUE By Thursday! Finish Greece Section 1 Q's, will have an open note quiz on these questions on Thursday! See Mrs.Simmons if can't download Chapter 4 on Greece!

1/5/15: Finishing movie "To Live" on China transition from old culture to communism. Communism: Common ownership, everything belongs to everyone, government and economic system have to be involved. In Chinese in 20th century pretty authoritarian, darker side of oppression that goes with it as well. Everyone gets the same no matter how hard you work or if you have good ideas. "Why would I go to the trouble of working really hard when I don't benefit from it" Smaller pie but all equally distributed. Capitalism/Free Market: Individual, a lot of people who are middle class, but few people who also have a lot of wealth, People have incentives to do well. Bigger pie altogether but different slices of the pie.

12/11: Test on Tuesday!
 * Review:
 * Chapter 3-4 Question Sheet
 * Chapter 3-3 Question Sheet
 * Religions / Philosophies Worksheet:
 * Chapter 3-1 Question Sheet: RMJ Version
 * Recent Posts to Class website for videos and images
 * Unit Sheet: Note Unit Vocabulary: Unit Sheet 2b :
 * Page 1: Objectives and Terms related to India and China
 * Page 2, Terms Columns 4 and 5 + Places 4 - 5

12/10: Finished in class questions for 3.3 and 3.4 if not done. When done needs to do a DBQ. Documents based questions. Needs to answer SOAPS and questions within the document for at least 2. Use the links on his website. There will be an East Asia quiz next week.

12/9: Finished movie on China. See attached notes:

12/8: Went over chapter 3 section 3 and most students in class did not do the work. That is now due again as well as Chapter 3 section 4. This is work to do in study halls or at home, not during class time.

Watched Video on Ancient China. Homework was checked, Brandon, James, and Ben H all had a lot of it missing. Finished class by using textbook to finish World Religion Note Sheets.
 * 12/4:**

First 3 pages of notesheet on world religions due for tomorrow.
 * 12/3:**

Work on World Religions with focus on India today. Went over notes and what should be on notesheet from last class.
 * 12/1**


 * 11/24: Tomorrow is the quiz on Chapter 3 maps, vocabulary, prezi. Notes below.**


 * 11/21: Notes on Ancient Civil, Maps, and Timeline, PLEASE STUDY: probably a quiz Tuesday Bob's not sure yet.**

Here is link to Bob's prezi on the notes that should be taken for these civilizations https://prezi.com/sepu77e9cyik/ancient-civilizations/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
 * 11/19:**

Homework for next class explaining the following terms with definitions and what do they have in common: Monsoon, Aryans, Sanskrit, Varnas, Caste, Hinduism, yoga, reincarnation, karma, dharma, nirvana.

Looking at Israel, Phoenicians, IndoEuropeans, Hitties on maps, and timelines setting up learning about these civilizations. Filled out graphic organizer on these, **Homework!** Please start just reading sections 2 and 3 in Notability on these civilizations! Finishing up each section on Egypt in Keynote or Prezi in class submit through google classroom. Starting to work on Essay on Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms of Egypt. He showed students how to use Marvel through the library website to get more resources outside of the textbook. REMINDERS! Turn in Sumer Prezi, and Map through google classroom if haven't already!
 * 11/18:**
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Looking at Egypt. Students need to turn in google classroom their Presi (using Presi app on Ipad) on Sumer. Needs to be done today! Worked on map on Nile and Egypt. We wiil finish in class tomorrow.
 * 11/4:**

Download chapter 2 onto Ipad, use his website to get to the link, can download in drive or notability. Watched another video on Sumer. Went over what should be on notes sheet. Prezi needs to be downloaded onto Ipads. Everyone will eventually be making a prezi on an ancient culture.
 * 10/29:**

Today looking at early civilizations in Mesopotamia. We as a group will look at Sumer, don't have to be an expert in all. Handed out Unit 2 overview. Packet includes notes from video and textbook reading, as well as timeline. We identified Sumer on timeline and on maps. We watched video and used on graphic organizer/notesheet. Each civilization will have different amounts of information for each.
 * 10:27:**
 * All tests need to be done and to Mrs. Simmons or Mr. Jordan by Wednesday**
 * Homework:** get chapter 2 uploaded onto Ipad, through google classroom.

Map and timeline assignments to round out chapter 1. Will need to be done for Fridays class, which means work on after school. Assignments are attached!
 * 10/21:**

working on one of two assignments to prepare for UNIT TEST WED or THURS: Option 1: Notability: this sheet give details on how to do the assignment, the second attachment has the list of terms the students need to find in the text.
 * 10/20:**

Option 2: Questions in textbook with handout, please don't give attachment to students, it has the answers!

Went over answers to questions for chapter 1 section 2, hold onto them, we will have a quiz on this middle of next week. Students need to download chapter 2 into notability (done through his website, see Mrs. Simmons if confused) assignment is at the top, need to do the highlighting activity actually in notability, this we will be doing in class, but need to have it all all set to go for class.
 * 10/17:**

Chapter 1 section 2 read in class and answered questions from memory. Also need to hand in 2001 Space Odyssey paper (re-write notes into sentences, write up a summary). There will be test on Chapter 1 soon.
 * 10/14:**


 * 10/9**

Due today Chapter 1.1 Questions. Due today 2001 Space Odyssey Paper (okay if this isn't finished, students are all over the place with this assignment. Emailed to students a copy of my notes from drive.


 * 10/6**

- Finished turning in Numbers Presentation into Google Classroom, James G, Taylor A and Aaron B did not turn in. Due tonight by Midnight. Submit something even if not done, can fix it for a better grade after the due date - The class is still working on Chapter 1 reading and questions. (Link to questions here https://docs.google.com/a/rsu1.org/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=cnN1MS5vcmd8cmpvcmR8Z3g6NjViOWFlODZjNDhjNjQ5OQ Mr. Jordan has paper copies, he doesn't know yet when these are due, as they will be done in class until the textbook is working in Notability. He would prefer students do this work in Google Classroom though so he can see progress.


 * 10/3: Mr. Jordan set everyone up with the apps and bookmarks they needed to place their photos they took at the garden or on their own into their homework due Monday. They should be all set and know what to do. We are starting page 3 in the blue history books on Monday. It is on Homo Sapiens. There are questions to answer either on their I-Pads or the homework sheets (2 sided) that Bob gave kids who did not have I-pads or preferred to do them on hard copies.**

today in class. On blog (see above) homework is textbook questions on Homo Sapiens. We are doing it in class as well. They all should have the Supply and Demand paper on oil and babysitting finished.
 * 10/2:** Photos from Garden work due on Monday. Leann and Gabe absent. James and Dale S. have downloaded photos


 * 9/30:** No new homework. Took test- all three students need to finish in Study Strats Wednesday.

Government branches, circular flow model, themes of geography, Economic Resources. Just like practice packet we did last week. The only new material on test is going to be the Executive, Judicial and Legislative branches of government. Also, there may be one question on supply and demand. Probably what is it? Answer: The more we demand (want) something, the higher the price of that will be and the supply will go up to meet the need.
 * 9/29:**
 * TEST TOMORROW!**

Test next week, check out website, Mr. Jordan has pooled all resources needed to study for the test on his website. If did poorly on the practice test do corrections and he will let you turn it in for a better grade.
 * 9/25:**

Supply and Demand Example done in class. No right or wrong answer, looking at how much money it would take for you to babysit for 7 hours. Starting at 0 dollars an hour, how many would you work. Ending at $1,000 an hour how many of the 7 hours would you work?

Current Events Homework: Due next class in the google classroom. (Link through Jordan's website) Be able to find a News Articles from a credible sources on the internet that are related to the 3 various branches and levels of government, federal, state and local.
 * 9/24:**

https://docs.google.com/a/rsu1.org/document/d/1XkcKQjVoxiudnv_quZOGG9RydpsUvCW9EMttimxJQJQ/edit


 * 9/23: Pop Pre-test in Jordan today.** This will be almost the same as the actual test next week- probably on Wednesday. It had the 5 themes of geography, then examples that students matched with theme. Then 3 themes of geography. 4 types of Economics and matching them with examples. Draw the circular flow chart. What is the basic economic problem/ What is a market? What is the "basic economic problem? I put copies in the Study Strats teachers' mailboxes of the pre-quiz answers. Fitch, Hudson, Simmons, and Mace


 * 9/22:** If students don't have their Five themes of Geography Assignment downloaded to Mr. Jordan's site, they should do that. He walked the class through the process today. We are having a quiz tomorrow on the 5 themes, circular flow model (goods and services at top, Businesses/ employers to the right, Labor Market on bottom of circle, and Individual consumers / workers on the left. Everyone filled in that on charts today. Also, Basic Flow chart**.**

Today worked on finishing uploading presentations to Google Classroom, a lot of students had of problems with this. Please see Mrs. Simmons if need help! Second part of class went over Economic Circular Flow Model, keys are that money moves clockwise and labor moves counterclockwise.
 * 9/19:**

Worked in class with creating a google presentation explaining 5 themes of geography with pictures. Many students did not have keynote loaded onto Ipad, or had issues with Google Drive. (Kobe, Aaron, James all did not complete assignment, Taylor has it done but needs to upload to Bob's Google Classroom).
 * 9/18:**

Explained more thoroughly 5 themes of geo from homework. Students must have Ipads with them for tomorrow's class. Please let Mr Jordan or Mrs Simmons know if don't have one.
 * 9/17:**

**9/15:** No Kobe Took notes on 5 themes of Geography, students then had to apply these ideas to the State of Maine. Due for next class is the worksheet on State of Maine, notes were not handed in,



**9/12**: No Kobe Paper due today. Looking at economics, students must give 2 examples of a economic decision from their life, and come up with how a Maine business uses LLCM.

[[file:Econ Homework Outline.pdf]][[file:Econ Homework Assignment.pdf]]

 * 9/9 ** : HOMEWORK: Intro history assignment, due FRIDAY 12th for all sections, Apply the theories of Turning Points, Trends, and People in history to you own life. Notes:

**9/8:** Study notes on Land, Management, Labor, and Capital- the 4 Basic Economic Resources. There will be a quiz on these Friday. The discussion today was the bombing of the Twin Towers and how the terrorists tried to destroy the World Trade Center (financial area), the Pentagon ( our defense system where the heads of armed forces are), and either the Capitol or White House, we aren't sure which because the passengers helped crash the plane on the way (Political place of our government). This was a historic turning point which caused us to think of a whole new life due to security measures.) The end of the week, the students will write turning points in their lives. More later on that.


 * 9/5: ** Practiced taking notes with help from Jordan. Handed them in at the end of class. Given a rules handout. Course description handed in today signed by parents.


 * 9/4:** Worked on map identification of continents and waters. Signed course description due tomorrow.jhfgfg[[file:test scan.pdf]][[file:Timeline.pdf]]