Mullen’s Megaphone

No warm-up today!

AGENDA:
1. Chapter 20 test
2. Notebook Quiz
3. Define vocabulary words for Chapter 21

Define the following words on pp 112-113 of your notebook:
Mohandas Gandhi
Taliban
martial law
Dalit
Indira Gandhi
panchayat
jute
information technology
Green Revolution
Taj Mahal
Mahabharata
dialect
dowry

Homework: define vocab

Have a great weekend!

Warm-up #3  My friend is celebrating his 13th birthday tomorrow. How old is he?

AGENDA:
Ring, Ding, Dong review game

Announcement/Homework: Chapter 20 test/Notebook Quiz tomorrow. Study your study guide and remember to bring your notebook!

Warm-up #2  Name one thing that Buddhism and Hinduism have in common.

AGENDA:
1. Reviewing questions (pp 108-109 in your notebook)
2. "An Indian Prince"
3. Study guide for chapter 20

Homework: study guide

Announcement: Your comic strip was due on Monday! You are late if you have not turned it in. Also, Chapter 20 test/Notebook Quiz is on Friday, 2/29th.

Warm-up #1   Name one thing that you can remember about the colonization of Africa.

AGENDA:
1. EQ reflection for third nine weeks
2. Using pp 108-109 of your notebooks:
    –On page 604, complete "Review Question" (answers only) 1-8
    –Draw a venn diagram comparing and contrasting Hinduism and Buddhism.

Homework: classwork not completed

Announcement: Chapter 20 test/Notebook Quiz on Friday, 2/29th

Warm-up #10  What is a crossroads? (hint: p 598)

AGENDA:
1. Turning in warm-ups and comic strips
2. Guided Reading for Section 3, pp 598-603

Announcement: Chapter 20 test/Notebook Quiz on Friday, 2/29/08

If you were absent: Make sure that you turn in your warm-ups and Mr. Cloud comis strip!

  Warm-up #9 Why do people bathe in the Ganges River?

AGENDA:
1. Updating notebooks
2. Assembled in Allahabad
3. Mr. Cloud comic strip of the Ganges River

Homework: Mr. Cloud comic strip is due Monday!

Warm-up #8  According to HIndu beliefs, why would someone be reborn as a poor or sickly person? (hint: p 594)

AGENDA:
1. Reviewing Anticipation Guide
2. The Story of Ganga (learning about Hinduism)

Homework: none

If you were absent: Make sure that you show me your Anticipation Guide. I took a homework grade.

Warm-up #7   When did the Indus River valley civilization thrive? (hint: p 591 in your book)

Agenda:
1. Review section 1 (looking at your summaries)
2. Presenting Mr. Cloud
3. Anticipation Guide over section 2, pp 591-593

If you were absent: Come to see me so that I can explain "Mr.Cloud"

Homework: Anticiaption Guide

Warm-up #4   What city is sinking in Southeast Asia? (hint: p 575)

AGENDA:
Reviewing map
Reading/taking notes on chapter 20, section 1, pp 570-589
Progress reports

Homework: none

Announcement: Vocabulary/Map quiz on Friday, 2/15/08

Warm-up #3   Tuesday, 2/12/08 Name the subcontinent of Southern Asia.

AGENDA:
1. Checking vocabulary words
2. Post test over Africa
3. Updating notebooks
4. Reviewing vocabulary
5. Map of Southern Asia

Homework: map of Southern Asia

Announcement: Vocabulary/Map quiz on Friday, 2/15/08