Friday December 14 Minecraft/Sketchup Civ Project Cont

Good morning,

I'd like to meet with each of you to see your progress on the Minecraft/Sketchup civilization projectand learn what I can do to help.
While meeting with each person you'll be working on the project.

Wednesday 12.12.12 -Civilization SketchUp/Minecraft Project

Good Morning,

Today we are going to start our SketchUp/Minecraft project.

Your task:
Recreate 1 significant building from any 2 civilizations we have studied. You will be recreating 2 buildings.
We've studied: Rome, Byzantine Empire, Islam, Sub-Saharan Africa, Aztec, Maya, and Inca. Here's an example: You could recreate a traditional village home (Sub-Saharan Africa), and the Temple of the Cross-see image below (Maya). Or the Colosseum (Rome) and the Hagia Sophia (Byzantine Empire).

Your steps to success:

1. Complete the steps below for your first building before starting on your second.
2. Choose 1 building you want to start building.
3. Sketch by hand the building in your IN. 
4. Write a several sentence explanation about the buildings importance to the civilization and why you chose it.
5. Build it in SketchUp or Minecraft.

Completed the above steps for your first building? Now you can start on your second. Use the same world to build each of the buildings.

Your grade depends on completing the 5 steps above for 2 civilizations.

SketchUp tutorial 1
SketchUp tutorial 2







Image Credit

Tuesday 12.11

Good morning,

Let's discuss your homework (watch Angry Aztecs and write a quick summary).
After we'll watch more Empires: Maya  

HOMEWORK: Study Island 4a MesoAmerica and Andean Civilizations

Monday 12.10

Hello,

I trust you had a nice weekend.

Let's review what was accomplished on Thursday and Friday while I was out of town.
We'll make notes as we watch and discuss Empires: Maya 

HOMEWORK: Watch and write a summary on Angry Aztecs. Please download it while in class.
Please download (at school) Angry Aztecs

Friday 12.7

Happy minimum day!

I'm in San Diego for AVID training and I hope that things are going great with my guest teacher.

Today:
Make cornell notes on the Maya, Inca and Aztec posters you made on Wednesday (they are posted on the inspiration wall).



HOMEWORK: finish the columns on the chart handed out on Tuesday. You can find the chart here.

Wednesday 12.5

Good morning 7th grade,

You have 40 minutes to create a poster on one of the RED sections of the textbook from the Am I chapters 7-9. Work with the partner of your choice. Pick your red section on the board.

After we're going to have another scavenger hunt today.
Go to: https://docs.google.com/open?id=1cr-rgRUJ956XcQE7ftVNFKRUHPZuW3Wm8Jz6Pbqnhjtx7EMSB0jGy9MeRrD8

Please write the questions and answers in your IN.

HOMEWORK: Inca column of the Am I chart handed out yesterday.

Tuesday 12.4

Good morning,

We are switching gears as we begin to study the Aztecs, Maya and Inca.
Today I'd like you to flip through the book and draw something that represents each of the civilizations. That's 3  drawings. You should draw these in your IN on the left side.

Homework:  If you didn't finish the drawings, please do. AND fill out the Maya column of the AM I chart handed out today. You can find the chart here

Monday 12.3

Happy December,

This school year sure is flying by!
Let's have a fun group game on Sub-Saharan Africa using Study Island. We'll break into 2 or 3 teams and have a friendly competition.
After you'll have an opportunity to catch up on your individual Study Island. By the end of this week you need to have 20 questions on 2a (Fall of Rome), 2b (Byzantine Empire), 3a (Islam) and 3c (Medieval Africa). We finished 2a and 2b a few weeks back, so you should just have 3a and 3c.