7th--Warmup, Begin Topic 1, Lesson 4: Roman Culture and its Legacy, Continue/Finish Constructed Response, The Roman Empire Reading Like A Historian.
8th--Warmup, Give One Get One Reasons for Colonization, Topic 0, Lesson 4: A Tradition of Liberty and Rights, Hierarchical Flow Map (if time).
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 "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 Tuesday Night: 7th--Active Journal Practice Vocabulary page 20 due Friday (only do a word map for the word oratory), 8th--Active Journal Practice Vocabulary page 11 due Friday.