Barbarians! And Stonehenge!

Today's class revolved around the origins of the Greeks, the barbarian Indo-European nomadic tribes who migrated around Europe.  But the real question that came up in every class - the question I could not answer - was this:

How in the world was Stonehenge built, anyway?

Year of the Snake

Happy Chinese New Year to all!  If you are interested in learning about this tradition, click here and here.  
新年好!

On to Greece!

Hopefully you all aced today's test on Prehistory, Mesopotamia, and ancient Egypt.  I will let you know when I have posted the grades.


Don't forget to blog with your thoughts about today's test - due before midnight Saturday night.

Assignment for the weekend: Read the intro to Chapter 3 (p.45), and LO-1: The European Barbarians (p. 46-49) in the text. In at least 300 words, summarize the important points in this section.  Be sure to define or describe terms such as barbarian, megalith, tribe, Indo-European, and Western, as they apply to this reading.  If you think pictures or maps would be helpful to you later, go ahead and include them, too.

This assignment is worth 10 points.  Post it to your blog before Monday's class.

test tomorrow

Don't forget to check out all the resources I have supplied to help you study for tomorrow's test.

Be ready, and good luck!

more virtual pyramid building

The angst and the frustration, leading to the shout of ultimate triumph.  

Such is the glory of successfully completing the Pyramid Challenge.

Reminder:  the 100-point test on Chapter One, covering Prehistory, Mesopotamia, and ancient Egypt, will be given on Friday.  The helpful Links Inc. section is filled with material to help you prepare for the test.

Another reminder:  if you did not complete the Pyramid Challenge in class, or if you were not in class to take the Challenge, you still have to do this assignment.  Click on this link to get to the Challenge.  After you successfully build your virtual pyramid, take a screenshot of it and post it to your blog.  This assignment is due before Friday's class.

Build like an Egyptian

I love it when my students have a feeling of accomplishment.  When they really feel like they have truly achieved something, and attained a level of expertise to which they had never even dared to aspire - that's a good day.

Today was a good day.

Congratulations Ravens Nation!

Great game, and a great victory for Baltimore!

And, a quick note: under Links, Inc. I have just posted a schedule for the rest of the school year.  It is subject to change as things like snow days come up, but we will try to stick to this schedule the best we can.