Homework March 19-23

Word Wall March 19- 23

Current Events Assignment

Holes

Word wall

Roman Accomplishments: The aquaducts at Segovia, Spain

From Spain 2011 Part 1

Engineering Empires Rome: (we watched a bit of this in class but here is the entire version if you would like to watch it:

Greek Culture Webquest

Greek Culture Webquest

1. Go to the http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/ancient_greeks/
2. Click on the homepage link on the left, and then click on “Find Out” in the middle of the page.

  Olympic Games Questions

1. Who do the Olympic Games honor?
2. How long did the Olympics last?
3. Did cities fight during the games?
4. What was the only event in the early games?
5. How many people could run at once?
6. Who could attend the games?
7. What was pankration?
8. What festival honored women? What goddess did it honor?
9. How many different athletic games took place in Greece?
10. What were the rewards for each game?

Athens Questions

1. What resources made Athens rich and powerful?
2. What building did Perikles build?
3. When was democracy started in Greece?
4. Were women allowed to be citizens?
5. How large were juries? How did they vote?
6. How were speakers timed in court?
7. Girls were usually educated to do what? Usually women were married by what age?
8. What kinds or work might slaves do?
9. What did the wealthy consider it an honor to do?
10. How many people could many Greek theatres seat?

Panama Canal National Geographic Assignment

Panama Canal

South America Physical and Political Maps

South America Physical Map South America Political Map (1)

Making a cool timeline.

Try to register with Time Toast and make your own Timeline.

Test your Geography Knowledge

Here are two places that have great games to test your geography knowledge:
Purpose Games
Sheppard Software

Enjoy, let me know how you do!

Aztec/ Inca Quiz

Aztec Inca Quiz

Webquest Aztec, Incas, Mayas Webquest

Today in Social Studies we worked on the following webquest in class:

Aztec Maya Incan Webquest Version 2.0

Guns, Germs and Steel.

We are watching part of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steele in class and for students that are interested in checking out the complete show. I found this link online where you can watch each segment.

Questions

Link Here.

Episode 1
Questions Here



Episode 3
Questions Here 

Renault Alpine A310

Euro Classics in Winston-Salem