Wednesday, February 23, 2011

3 Leaders, 3 epitaphs

On one page (or one cemetary) make 3 tombstones for our 3 greatest nonviolent
world leaders: Mandela, Gandhi, and ML King.

Draw and write an inscription that tells their story and their contributions to our world.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

TIMELINE

Remember...copy the book from 1850-1900
THEN, add 10 events from 1900--- include Gandhi, Mandela, Martin Luther King

Friday, February 18, 2011

Timeline on Imperialism (I will ck Fri. HW on Tues. Sorry!)

nReview 330-362
see
p. 330. There is a major timeline
nCopy events from 1855-1900 and then add the next 10 events from the unit on Imperialism. (Africa, India, other countries in text)
nMake a new timeline (add at least 10 events to timeline on 330)

Thursday, February 17, 2011

SHOW AND TELL: Imperialism in Pictures

HW: Focus on Everyday life: Read 360-61

Describe each picture on 361; what does each
Tell you about imperialism?

Connecting w/ Past: Answer 1, 2

What Indian words are part of our languages?

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

MANDELA and GANDHI HW

Tues: HW: Read p. 683 Read and Identify 8 key events in this brief history of Nelson Mandela. Then, write into your own description of his rise from prison to president.

Weds. HW: Read p. 358 Describe the Indian National Congress and its 3 goals.
nChoose 6 key facts about Gandhi and summarize in your own words.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Nelson Mandela!!

HW: Read and Identify 8 key events in this brief history of Nelson Mandela.

Then, in two detailed paragraphs (1, 2)write into your own description of his
rise from 1. prison to 2. president. Start with a topic sentence.