Announcement

The social study quiz which was supposed to take place tomorrow will be reported to next Wednesday and will be covering both the Nile valley during Ancient Egypt and Ancient Egyptian Gods and Goddesses.

Thank you for your understanding.

Ancient Egypt Resources

Please find two online books that students can read about Ancient Egypt and help them in understading more about it:

Egyptian Mythology and Everyday Life

Ancient Life along the Nile

Homework (Sunday for California and Monday for New York)

Many did not finish the classwork worksheets on the Nile River given in class yesterday.
Students are to complete them. They can use the book and research on the internet.

For those absent:

Weekly plan and quiz

The quiz on the Nile valley during Ancient Egypt will be on Wednesday next week. 

Next week we will continue the next chapter about the Old Kingdom. 

Homework: Sunday (California) Monday (New York)

Presentation (either on a flash memory or a collage on a board) on the Nile River durring Ancient Egyptian times! The homework below will help for this presentation and any research from the internet can be included as long as it is not a copy paste.

Please make sure students finish completing the 4 questions from the book on the Nile Valley:
1) What are the major features of the Nile River?
2) How did ancient Egyptians control the flooding waters of the Nile?
3) How did the unpredictability of the Nile's floods affect early Egyptians' religious beleifs?
4) How did trade along the Nile support the growth of Egypt?

Please make sure all the vocabulary of the capter is understood including the 5 words in the book:
- Delta
- Cataract
- Arid
- Predict
- Afterlife

Students have watch this video in class and were supposed to take note. Please make sure the notes are complete and they watch the video again at home:

Students have asked me to post the two song realted to this chapter so here they are:

 

New Chapter: The Nile Valley and Ancient Egyptians

We have been learning since the begining of the school year about how civilizations began please watch the video below and remember what we have studied:

Please watch the different resources below as well as reading p.132 -  p.139 in the Social Studies Book for this week.

For the more advanced students:

Homework, Weekly plan, and Quiz

Homework for Sunday (California) and Monday (New York):

How did Sargon maintain control over his empire?

How did Hammurabi organize the laws of Babylon?

Read the Chapter again p120 - 125 and write a small paragraph for each question. 

(Internet research with pictures and oral explanation will be a bonus. No copy paste will be allowed.)

We have studied in class how the song relates to what the Social Studies Book has written on Mesopotamia. Please make sure the students listen to the song.

Next week we will be covering the geography of Mesopotamia.

Quizz will be on Monday 19th on Sumerian Inventions, Sargon, Hammurabi, and Geography of Mesopotamia. 

Please note that during the Parent-Teacher meeting I have told the parents that we will be working from the book and from external videos, And that there will be a combination of quizzes and presentations to make the Social Studies grade.

Also, note that there have been changes in the schedules of Grade 5 please make sure students come ready with the appropriate copybooks every day. Thank you for your understanding. 

SCHEDULE NEW YORK	SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WENESDAY	THURSDAY
Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
Period 4
Period 5	ENGLISH	ENGLISH	ENGLISH		ENGLISH
Period 6	ENGLISH	ENGLISH
Period 7		SOCIAL STUDIES	SOCIAL STUDIES	SOCIAL STUDIES
Period 8

SCHEDULE CALIFORNIA	SUNDAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WENESDAY	THURSDAY
Period 1	ENGLISH	SOCIAL STUDIES	ENGLISH	ENGLISH	ENGLISH
Period 2	ENGLISH	ENGLISH
Period 3
Period 4
Period 5
Period 6				SOCIAL STUDIES
Period 7
Period 8	SOCIAL STUDIES