September

Evan Buckwalter's Post for 9/7/10

-Homework due Wednesday 9/8/10: None/ Study for Islam quiz Monday. -No Assignments collected -No Assignments passed out

What did we do today? - We discussed what we believe happened to Mr. John's car, and then found out a raging deer hit it. - As a class we created a wiki account and then joined Mr. Johns wiki (Mr. John's Wiki ) - As a class we took the pretest/quiz and Chapter review on Chapter 11 Islam on the Prenhall website Spodek's Book Site -We then went over the questions and answers on the quiz -Islamic Hadith

Question example: // 1. Question: "Guidance for how Muslims should live is drawn from the "hadith", which is: "// // 1. Answer: "based on the known actions of Muhammad himself." //




 * Image from book and website**

Evan Buckwalter Post for 9/8/10

-Homework for Friday 9/10/10 (no school thursday): None/ Study for quiz Monday -No Assignments collected -Lesson 26 passed out (A general review guide)

What did we do today? - We watched //Muslim in America: 30 Days// - We all participated in an Online discussion base on this video -30 Days



Evan Buckwalter Post for 9/10/10

-Homework for Monday 9/13/10: Study for Islam quiz on Monday -No assignments collected -No assignments passed out

What did we do today? -Watched the last few minutes of //Muslim in America: 30 Days// //-//Discussed the video as a class -As table groups we discussed Lesson 26/ Islamic images and the concepts of these images -We discussed the burning of the Quran -Burning the Quran Article - **VS. ** ---Pastor Jones--- Imam Feisal---

-We discussed whether or no a mosque could be built by Ground Zero -Mr. Johns asked if we had any questions about the quiz and discussed it -[|More of Burning the Quran Articles]

Charles Belanger 9/14/10

-Homework for Wednesday 9/15/10: Read pages 388-394 and make a positive and negative list of World trade -No assignments collected -No assignments passed out

What did we do today? -Retook chapter 11 quiz as a group and correction in class -Pretest of chapter 12 quiz [|Spodek's Book Site] with discussion of harder part of it. -Discussion of homework

Charles Belanger 9/15/10

-Homework for Thursday 9/16/10: Read pages 394-400 with a chart identifying trade group, length of empire, significant trade items, impact on region, and one other category. -No assignments collected -No assignments passed out

What did we do today? -Discussed relation between world religions and trade and did we learn religions prior to trade. -Table discussion of the homework and creation of one good/bad list of world trade.

Charles Belanger 9/16/10

-Homework for Friday 9/17/10: Vocab assignment and reading assignment #2 (pp.394-400) -No assignments collected -Chapter 11 test passed out

What did we do today? -Received chapter 11 test. -Video on Great Zimbabwe -We analyzed a picture from an African artist and discussed its meanings

(or "http://gtm-media.discoveryeducation.com/videos//imagelibrary/print//EF6E8A06-CFFD-D165-F10D8DBA4E9CE83B.jpg" for complete picture.)