7th--Warmup, Finish Topic 1, Lesson 2: Origins of Christianity and Reading Support and attached assignments, Begin Topic 1, Lesson 4: Roman Culture and its Legacy, Reading Like A Historian Assignment (Document A and B with questions)--finish and collect.
8th--Warmup, Finish Topic 0, Lesson 3: The 13 English Colonies with Reading Support and attached assignments, Begin Topic 0, Lesson 4: A Tradition of Liberty and Rights, 13 Colonies Brainpop.
7th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will "discuss the relationship between Rome and Judea," they will "explain who Jesus was and what he taught," they will "describe how the religion of Christianity developed and changed," and they will "analyze how Christianity spread."
7th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will "summarize the cultural exchanges that took place between Rome and other ancient civilizations," they will "identify the Roman achievements in art, literature, and science," they will "explain how ancient Rome influenced language and popular culture," and they will "describe the legacies left by Rome's government and concept of citizenship."
8th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will "compare how the 13 colonies developed their economies," they will "discuss how slavery started in the colonies and what were its effects," they will "identify which resources the settlers of the Northern, Middle and Southern colonies used to build their economies," and they will "describe why colonists such as Quakers believed that slavery was cruel and unjust."
8th Grade Learning Objectives: Students will "explain what John Locke suggested that people can do if governments violate their natural rights," they will "summarize Baron Charles-Louis Montesquieu's ideas that challenged the divine right of monarchs," they will "discuss how the ideas of Enlightenment thinkers affected colonists such as Benjamin Franklin and others," and they will "compare some of the ideas that emerged from the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution."
HW for Thursday Night: 7th--None, 8th--None.