Middle Ages test results

Maybe some of you have started summer vacation a little early.  Or maybe there were just too many names for you to keep track of.  In any case, this test did not work out too well for a few of you.  So, I decided to curve the test for everyone by three points.  These adjusted grades have been entered in PowerSchool.  The average grade for all three classes is now 76, which is a C.  Congratulations to the 16 of you who scored an A on this test.

I also entered the bonus scores for those of you who read my blog on May 14 and took advantage of my offer.  If you didn't do the Chronology, you weren't penalized, but if you did do it, you picked up a few free extra credit points.

Tomorrow, Section 3 meets for the last time, at which time we will review for the test.  Sections 1 and 7 meet Monday for their review.  Be sure to check my blog over the weekend for more information, as the exam gets finalized.

test tomorrow

Our test on the Middle Ages - the final test of the fourth quarter - will be tomorrow.  30 questions, multiple choice.  Study the GoogleSlide I've posted, plus the information on Charlemagne, and you will be in great shape for the test.  No open blog, so pack everything into your craniums.

Charlemagne and his medieval friends

As promised, I have posted a Google Slides version of the Charlemagne PowerPoint.  Enjoy it and employ it for next Wednesday's test!

more medieval material

Add Charles the Hammer, Pepin the Short, Charlemagne, Louis the Pious, Charles the Bald, and Louis the German to your list of key players in the Middle Ages.  Would hurt to know the significance of the Battle of Tours and the Treaty of Verdun as well.

the clock is ticking down...

We will finish our studies of Western Civilization with the Middle Ages.  This week we will cover feudalism and the likes of Clovis, Pope Gregory, Charlemagne, Muhammad, and others.  We will test on this material next Wednesday, May 28.

Then on Thursday, section 3 will review for the final in our last meeting.  Sections 1 and 7 will do the same on Monday, June 2.  The semester exam will be given on Tuesday, June 3, at 10:00.

For your convenience, here is the entire exam schedule:

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

·         8 AM – English

·         10 AM – Social Studies

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

·         8 AM – Math

·         10 AM – World Language

Thursday, June 5, 2014

·         8 AM – Religion

·         10 AM – Science

       Friday, June 6, 2014, will be a makeup day in case we have a snow day earlier in the week.

Arrivederci, Roma...

Today, we tested on Rome.  Almost a thousand years, from republic to empire, from consuls to emperors, from superpower to collapsed government.  And now we are done with it - until the semester exam, that is.

Now, we move on to... the Middle Ages. (Sometimes known as the Dark Ages.  You'll see why soon.)

Tonight, read p. 151 and put your notes in your blog.  Also, for five extra points, copy the Chronology found on page 152, and put that in your blog.

test tomorrow

Repeating the message from yesterday:   Tomorrow's test will combine the last two tests with info from the "Rome Fades Away" GoogleSlide.  Emphasis should be placed on the three emperors and the invading barbarian tribes.  Be ready for tomorrow!

finally, the fall of Rome

See the link to the right?  The one called "Rome Fades Away"?  Take around ten questions based on that presentation, add in a couple dozen from the last two tests, and you have the final, definitive test on Rome.  The one you're going to take on Wednesday, May 14.  Be ready!

finally Friday

A productive day:

• Large Rome Tests were returned
• Large Rome Tests were reviewed
• Chapter 8 was begun
• a PowerPoint on the rise of Christianity and the decline of Rome was presented
• a homework assignment was given

The HW: read p. 123, and put the notes you take on it in your blog.

Oh yeah, have a good weekend, too.

learn anything today?

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

Aristotle

Whatcha doin this week?

Well, you're taking a test on Rome on Wednesday.  But before that, you're reviewing the first Rome test you took before we went on break, because a number of those test questions will magically appear on this week's test.  Plus, you're watching a PowerPoint in class that will cover Caesar Augustus and some other emperors, because that will also be on this test.

classwork for Friday, May 2

We won't be watching any more of the video on Nero in class - feel free to search it on YouTube and watch more on your own time if you like.

Today's classwork is as follows:  Take notes (in your blog, or in your notebook - your choice) on these sections of your textbook.

• First, read "Assassination and Another Caesar" on p. 101.
• Then, read p. 103.
• Follow that with p. 104-107, LO1 The Rule of the Emperors.

Again, take good notes on this material in class today.  What you don't finish is homework.  Any notes you enter will count as today's blog.

Obviously, the test will not take place today, and since we will need to have a proper review, we will shoot for Wednesday, May 7, for our test on Ancient Rome.

Thank you, and have a great weekend.

announcement

Today Section 3 took a look at one of the more bizarre of all the Roman emperors - Nero.

Descended from Caesar, but without the political acumen, Nero ruled over Rome following a devastating fire, determined to turn Rome into a great city that would celebrate art and artists.  But a little thing called insanity kept him from achieving his goals.