The Semester is drawing to a close

if you have questions about your project that is due 12-2-08 please email me at my yahoo address (renemacvay@yahoo.com) so that I can assist you.

REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL 6 CHAPTERS WORTH OF MATERIAL - DO YOUR PEERS A FAVOR AND DO A GOOD JOB SO THEY DO NOT HAVE TO GO BACK AND THOROUGHLY REREAD EVERYTHING. THIS PROJECT WAS GIVEN TO YOU A MONTH BEFORE IT WAS DUE...YOU HAD A MONTH TO PICK AWAY AT THE PROJECT/READINGS. YOUR WORK SHOULD REFLECT THAT TIME.

The final MC is a project grade. It includes a NEW section about the topics you are presenting - India, China, Japan.

We'll have a final APAH test on Thursday the 11 or Friday the 12th of December. The MC will be due that day. Final test will reflect new material with connections to old.

Blog Bonus Trivia

The current issue of Smithsonian magazine has an article about the restoration of the Hagia Sophia. For an extra 5 bonus points, read the article and complete the following.

After reading the Smithsonian article, I learned the following five things about the Hagia Sophia that my book did not teach me:

Due...before Thanksgiving.

Week of November 17th

1. Masterpiece card for next week has been added - Due Thursday 11/20/08.

2. Museum Catalog for 11-12-13-16 is due before Thanksgiving.

3. We'll have a QUIZ on the material before the Holiday as well...Friday 11/21 is my target...notes can be used if MC is not done as of the test date. Quiz will be slide based...3 to 5 slide based questions (5 to 10 minutes each). Look on the website...link on the blog. All powerpoints have been posted. A review powerpoint has been made.

4. Workbook..

Read Chapter 13 and complete wkbk Q's ( (131 # 3, 4 page 132 # 8, page 133 #1, 6) by Wednesday 11-19
Read Chapter 16 and complete wkbk q's ( page 159 #1, 2 discussion Q's...answer fully) by Thursday 11-20

5. Read the following articles from the Smithsonian...link on the side of the blog:

History & Archaeology Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Temple?

Predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey's stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the rise of civilization

Arts & Culture Warhol's Pop Politics

Andy Warhol's political portraits anticipated today's blurred boundaries between public office and stardom

Go to Turnitin.com and complete the discussion question based upon your reading of the articles. DUE BY MONDAY 11/24/08 (ANYTIME BY THAT CALENDAR DAY).

The week of 11/24 we'll have an opportunity to work on the project that is due the day you return from Thanksgiving break.

Monday 11-24 meet in the library

Tuesday 11-25 meet in class (we have use of computer pod) for computer work, paper return, Tuesday Fun Day, Work on project/get my help...lots of activities going on this day.

Week of November 10th

Masterpiece Card (on website) due Thursday - we'll have one due each week.

Read Chapter 11 and complete WKBK by Thursday 11-13
page 111 #1 (How...)
112 #2, 4
113 #8 (1st one)
114 #10
115 Discussion #2

Read Chapter 12 and complete WKBK by Tuesday 11-18
Page 119 #1,2 and Early Byzantine #1
120 #3
121#10
122 Definitions
123 #7
124 Definitions
125-126 Thoroughly answer Looking Carefully

FIELD TRIP

We'll visit the Norton Simon Museum, http://www.nortonsimon.org/, in Passadena on Wednesday December 10, 2008.

Thanks to all those that volunteered to drive!

Details to come!!

Etruscan and Rome Test

Take Home test needs to be uploaded at Turnitin.com no later than before school Tuesday 11/11/08.

Turn in a hard copy with assignment sheet in class Tuesday.

Art Beyond the European Tradition Project

Due 12/2/08 - Class presentations and written assignment.

Rubric and Information

Register for Turnitin.com...by Thursday 11/6/08

go to www.turnitin.com and register for the block that you are in:

Block 1: 2488703
Block 6: 2488705

Password: Room322

Your take home Etruscan and Rome Questions will be posted at Turnitin.com Friday. They will be turned in to the turnitin.com site as well and printed out and brought to class on Tuesday 11/11/08.

Week of November 3rd

Sophomore orientation 11/3 and 11/4 - chapter 10 workbook due the day you are here. We'll be introduced to a group project during the "small class" time so that all questions may be answered. WKBK 10 due the day you are here.

As I mentioned in class Friday, our test would be pushed back. We'll have the test and MC due on the 11th...that means homework over the long weekend. The test is going to be a take home essay...requires research - citing sources - needs to be thorough since it is take home. It will be submitted to me on the 11th and also online at turnitin.com. Students will be given info for registering so they can submit it online.

The rubric for the MC for chapter 9 and 10. The test questions handed out in class Friday.