Welcome to 6th Grade World History. World History uses the textbook "Journey Through Time". This year you will be taking notes, doing maps, and using computers.
Chapter and Unit resources and reviews are available on the textbook website (located on links page) but the on-line edition of the textbook is no longer available.
12/17 - Begin The Ancient World (pp 108-253; Chapters 4-7) Hmwk - Read The Early Greeks (pp 116-123); p 123 (1-6) 12/19 - Correct p 123 Begin Sparta and Athens How are they same, how are they different Hmwk - Finish reading pp 124-130 and p 130 (1-4 & 6-7) Due 1/7 ****CHRISTMAS BREAK**** 1/7 - Correct p 130 The Persian Wars (pp 131-137) Hmwk - Finish reading 1/9 - In class work - Read section 4 The Age of Pericles p 137 (1-3); p 146 (1-5) Hmwk - Finish for Monday 1/14 1/11 - Keyboarding 1/14 - Correct p 137 and 146 Compare notes with Reading Review page - All the main ideas of the chapter are listed here, your notes should include the details that support these main ideas. Begin p 148-149 (1-14 & 18-20) Hmwk - Finish pp 148-149 for Wednesday 1/16 - Correct p 148-149 Begin Map Terms Hmwk - Bring map materials on Wednesday 1/18 - Map terms 1/23 - Finish Map terms and begin Maps 1/25 - In class work - Aegean Region I and Aegean Region II Hmwk - Finish for Monday 1/28 - Correct Maps (Aegean I and II) Begin Ancient Greece and River Valley Civilization Maps Hmwk - Maps will be due at 1:15 pm on Wednesday. If you think you will need more than 1 hour to finish on Wednesday, do some work tonight or tomorrow night 1/30 - Map work and final map corrections 2/1 - Catholic Schools Week Mass 2/4 - Begin Chp 5, Greek Civilization Hmwk - Finish reading pp 154-163; p 163 (1-4 and 6) 2/6 - Correct p 163 Icarus and Daedalus Hmwk - Read Section 2 pp 169-173 2/8 - Keyboarding 2/11 -In Class work - p 173 (1-3 and 5) Due at end of class Intro to Alexander the Great (pp 175-181) Hmwk - Finish reading 2/13 - Correct p 173 In class - p 179 (1-5) Hmwk - Read pp 183-186; p 186 (1-4) Due Wednesday 2/15 - Ski Trip 2/18 - Presidents Day 2/20 - Correct p 186 Hmwk - p188 (1-15 & 17) 2/22 - Correct p 188 Hmwk - Bring Map materials next Wednesday Have Section 1, Chp 6 read by next Wednesday 2/25 - No Class 2/27 - In Class work on maps Hmwk - Finish for Friday 3/1 - Correct Maps 3/4 - p 201 (1-6) Hmwk - Finish for Wednesday 3/6 - Review of Unit up to this point Read Section 2 (through p 208) 3/8 - Keyboarding - Half of class at Science Fair 3/11 - Pass back quiz Correct p 201 Begin p 208 (1-4) Hmwk - Finish for Wednesday 3/13 - Correct p 208 Read pp 209-216; p 216 (1-4) Hmwk - Finish for Friday 3/15 - Correct p 216 Hwmk - p 218 (1-11;15;17-19) Due 3/20 3/18 - St Patrick's Day 3/20 Correct p 218