Thursday, October 20th, 2016

Go do some Vocab.com work

Take this quiz

Circle: One specific place you would like to visit before you die?

Silent Reading
1) Read & identify passages to support claims that explain theme -- the point of the book.
2) Write
3) A Survey on Reading

Fall of Rome Unit
1) Debrief: What did we do last class and why are we doing it.
2) Independent Research: What was so great about Rome?
3) Become an Expert: Pick one of the reasons Rome fell and research it so you can give examples/evidence and explain how that reason made Rome fall.
Examples: Corruption, Over-expansion, Bad leaders, Over-reliance on slave labor, growing gap between rich and poor, Christianity, Invasion, Weakened military, Natural disasters.
4) Making Connections:  Work together to find modern equivalents to Rome's problems.

Scenario: We are all Historian's. Office story.

DBQ Pre-Assessment:  Why do we need to understand DBQ's  Oxford Hills Football
You will be answering the following questions:
1. The first question is "who produced it?" - gender, age, ethnicity, social status, religion,
intellectual beliefs, etc.
2. The second question is "when was it produced?" Can it be connected with a
significant historical event?
3. The third question is "who was the intended audience?" – written privately, written to
be read/heard by others (who?), official document for a ruler to read, commissioned
painting, etc.
4. The fourth question, as any good detective knows, would be "why?" What is the
MOTIVATION of the writer/producer of the document, based on what you can surmise
about them?

Careers Unit Work
Learning Targets: After this unit, you will know hot to: write a resume, research a college, research a career, create a monthly budget, set up and execute job shadow,  determine possible career paths and fill out a job application.
1) Your budget is due.
2) Start the College Fact Sheet  (Google Classroom)
3) Start the College Fact Sheet (Google Classroom)


In the future: Fall of Rome DBQ