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Assignments for the week of April 27th - May 1st

Monday
 * As a class you will view the PowerPoint on Geographic Terms (15 minutes)
 * Individually you will work on a geography matching activity. You will be matching the 30 terms you just learned to their definitions. (20 minutes)
 * As a class you will view a PowerPoint on the 7 Wonders of the world (15 minutes)
 * HOMEWORK: On the map handout provided, locate the locations of all 7 wonders using longitude and latitude. Due Tuesday

Tuesday
 * As a class you will view the PowerPoint on Egypt, Great Pyramid of Giza, Lighthouse of Alexandria (15 minutes)
 * As a class you will read the book, [|The Egyptian Cinderella] and we will discuss it (15 minutes)
 * In small groups you will use the website [|Write Like an Egyptian] to translate your names into hieroglyphics and write down the symbols. (15 minutes)
 * Students who are NOT on the computers should be in their groups discussing the book and how it compares to the version of Cinderella you are familiar with.
 * Quick discussion on how the book compares to Cinderella (5 minutes)
 * HOMEWORK: Organize the 7 Wonders on a time line by age (oldest to youngest). Due Wednesday

Wednesday


 * Finish comparing the book to Cinderella (5 minutes)
 * View PowerPoint on Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus as a class (20 minutes)
 * View PowerPoint on Greece, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Colossus of Rhodes as a class (20 minutes)



Thursday
 * Read myths of Zeus, Helios, and Artemis from [|Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire's Book of Greek myths]as a class (30 minutes)
 * Create a "family tree" of the Greek gods (20 minutes)
 * HOMEWORK: If you did not complete your family tree in class you should do so for homework. Due Friday

Friday
 * Image Quiz. You will view a wonder on the projection screen and then write down the name of that wonder. (10 minutes max)
 * Location quiz. You will be given the names of the wonders and have to identify the country the wonder is located in. (10 minutes max)
 * For the rest of the period you will write a 1 - 2 page story on a day in the life of either an Egyptian or a Greek person. You should utilize vocabulary from the PowerPoint presentations on the 7 wonders and Geographic terms as appropriate. (30 minutes min)
 * HOMEWORK: If your story is not complete by the end of the period you should finish it for homework over the weekend and turn it in on Monday.