Middle East History Test

Wednesday - we completed our test on the History of the Middle East and went over our answers on Thursday. I hope you all remember some of those great test taking strategies in the future and avoid octopus arm moments :-)

Friday - We saw a prezi on political cartoons and looked at some cartoons from various view points on the Middle East.

Have an awesome weekend!

Jeopardy Game Click the link Below!!!

Don't forget to study for your test over the History of the Middle East tomorrow!!!


This link goes through Jeopardy!
https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0ARZcYR4_cc6NZGR2Z2Z3NDZfODhnNzk0OWdmeA&hl=en&authkey=CO7v4rwO

Review Sheet and Answers

All- I have attached the blank review sheet for the Middle East History and Conflict Unit under the assignments heading. I am attaching the link to the flip chart with all of the answers to it here. Please click below and make sure you are confident about all of your answers. Have a great weekend.

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BxZcYR4_cc6NNjg5NGY0NmUtMWY2Ny00ZWE3LWEzMDMtNmYyNDk1M2JkZWIx&hl=en&authkey=CL6oprMK

This Week

This whole week has been about now putting all of the pieces of the Middle East History Unit back together in order and making those important connections. I hope you are all completing your review sheets for Friday and getting ready for Jeopardy on Tuesday.
Unit Test Wednesday!

Last Day to Upload!!

I'm watching many of you try and upload documents with some difficulty. Remember you can save documents in Google Docs or Slideshare if you have accounts there. You must change the settings to view them for all. If you don't change the privacy setting to share to anyone with a link on google no one can see them! Also, remember to add things on to your existing page and not create new ones unless you really need to and link them to your new page. Glogsters can be uploaded on to your page by copying the "embed on the page link" and pasting it on the "add a link" on your own page. PLEASE PAGE DOWN and keep your old work on the page!!!
Best of Luck!

Movies Movies Movies!!!

Wednesday and Thursday this week we saw two great movies on conflicts in the Middle East. One concentrated on the 21 day invasion of Iraq by American troops and the other was on Afghanistan.

I hope that you are all working well on your Think- Tac Toe Assessments that are due on Monday.

Friday- Today we enjoyed PAWS Day and the Hispanic Heritage Assembly. Inclass we finished up the power point on Israeli/Pal. Conflict. See the link in the blog below!

Who's House is it Anyway?

Friday- We began an activity called Who's House where students were asked to decide which of three siblings should inherit the family home if the parents die unexpectedly. The analogy was then linked to the land of Israel/Palestine in the Middle East. Students were split into groups and asked to become experts on one of three sides in that area; British, Palestinian, or Israeli. Each expert was then assigned to educate others on their position and learn from two other different experts the remaining sides.

Tuesday- Today we will see a promethean presentation on the history of the Palestinian Crisis and discuss our assessment project Middle East Think-Tac Toe. The assignment can be viewed under the assignments link on the left hand side of the blog. If you would like to see the Promethean Presentation at home, Click on the link below.

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BxZcYR4_cc6NNzEwMjY2ZTItYTMwMC00MzU2LWJhY2MtZjk4Y2Y0OTJkYzAz&hl=en&authkey=CKLvjrkL

Ottoman Empire and End of WWII

Monday- We finished up Chapter 21 on the Ottoman Empire and began the Ottoman Empire Rise and Fall note taking activity

Tuesday- We discussed what each of us had put down in our notes and discussed Artificial Boundaries

Wednesday- We began our discussion of how the end of WWII affected the movement of Jews from Europe back to the Middle East. We enjoyed hearing the story The Ball.

Thursday- We read and discussed the Zionist Movement and particularly about the ship, The Exodus.

Friday

We used Friday to go over the What a Man homework assignment, go over the tests, and see our grades on the Glogs. Have a great weekend!

Rest of the Week

Wednesday- We took our test over Unit One. It covered the Geography, Culture, and Religions of the region

Thursday We began the history of the region with a Power Point presentation on the Ottoman Empire
See the attached link below:
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0BxZcYR4_cc6NNDRhOWRmNzYtMjYwYy00NjdlLTk1NDItNDhmYzIyNGM1ZmI2&hl=en&authkey=CKicrtYE