Friday, February 27, 2015

Preparing for NME!

Eighth Grade Ancient History Scholars created sock puppet plays to 
    1) Review for the NME
    2) Produce videos that the 5th, 6th, and 7th graders can use to review for the NME






A link to our Youtube Puppet Play videos
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National Mythology Exam March 6

Eighth Grade Ancient History Scholars 
Preparing for the National Mythology Exam

Athena Parthenos, Encylopedia Brttannica http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/40729/Athena-Parthenos, 26 February 2014.
 As a part of their study of ancient Greece, eighth grade ancient history scholars are preparing to take the National Mythology Exam.  This exam is taken by over 10,000 students from the U.S. and around the world, and is sponsored by the American Classical League and Excellence Through Classics organizations.  
  

Students will be striving for:
The Gold Medal (The Athena Award of Excellence) for earning 100%, 
a Silver Medal, or a Bronze Medal.  
This exam score will also count as a quiz grade in this class.  

The students will complete:
  •  30 general questions about the classical Greek and Roman gods and goddesses, 
  • 10 questions about the theme, "Theseus"
  • 10 questions over Book XXI of The Odyssey, which they are reading in English class.
(Materials for review can be found on the Ancient Aegean Resources page.)

For more information about the ACL, ETC, and the National Mythology Exam, (and a picture of Mrs. Fiegle and Mrs. Nixon)  follow this link
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Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Bronze Age Aegean Civilizations

MINOANS OF CRETE
Palace of Knossos. Ancient Greece, http://www.ancient-greece.org/images/ancient-        sites/knossos/, 13 February 2014.
Minoan Bull Leaping Fresco.  Boundless,
 https://www.boundless.com/art-history/aegean-civilizations/the-minoans/painting--2/, 13 February 2014.
This fresco, part of the Palace of Knossos in Crete, Greece, was painted about 1400 BCE. It offers one of many depictions of the ancient practice of bull-leaping.

Phoenicians - "Carriers of Civilization" 
The First Great Navigators
Creators of our alphabet

Phoenician Alphabet
Phoenician, http://www.phoenician.org/alphabet.htm, 14 February 2014.


   
Phoenician Ship Coin. Wild Winds, http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/phoenicia/tyre/t.html, 14 February 2014.

Ancient Hebrews         
 Hebrew scroll. Photos,  http://www.photos.com/images-photo/torah, 14 February 2014.


    MYCENAEANS OF GREECE
The historical time and places 
of The Iliad and The Odyssey
Lion’s Gate at Citadel of Mycenae. 
Great Buildings, http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/lion_gate.html, 14 February 2014.
 The Eighth Grade ancient history scholars are exploring the historical settings for Homer’s epics.  As they read the Odyssey in English class, they are following Heinrich Schliemann on his search for Troy and Mycenae and Sir Arthur Evans as he “recreates” Knossos.  They are discovering the ties between myth, legend, place names, and history in these cultures, the root cultures of ancient Greece.








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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Check it out!


Check out some 
featured Eighth Grade eText Blogs 
and their Ancient History Timeline Projects!
(This project will be continued throughout second semester.)   
*You must use Internet Explorer or Firefox to view the Timeline Project section of the students' blogs. 
1st - click on the link below to the student's eText Blog
2nd - click on the Ancient History Timeline Project page on their blog
3rd - look for the image of a chain at the top of the box, click there, then click "View Link" for a larger image.




The Ancient History eText Blog
The Refrigerator - The students post work they are proud of as their "Refrigerator" - what you would hang on your fridge at home, or find some information that they found interesting which relates to the fields of ancient history or archaeology. 

Unit Pages - They also create a page for each unit of study for this class.  On this page they display examples of their writing, what they think about what they are learning, research, or projects they created during the unit.

The Ancient History Timeline Project - This ongoing project is designed to help the students see and understand the correlation of events in history.  They can compare what was going on concurrently in different places and cultures, recognize the interaction and transfer of ideas across civilizations, find catalysts causing specific effects, as well as registering events which affect the history of the ancient world.
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Monday, February 2, 2015

Egypt Test Review

This is the Basic Criteria List made into a study guide.

Other materials to use for studying:
1) Review Chart (See Review Chart Key on Egypt Resources for 2/2/15)
2) Vocabulary List (See Egypt Vocabulary Definitions on Resources 2/2/15)
3) Your outline notes 
4) My typed notes
5) Worksheets
6) Classmates' power points (See Google Drive - shared doc)
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