Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Headed to the Today Show!!!

Mr.Silver, Mr. Elias, Mr. Shoemaker, Mr. Bingham and I are all going to be on the Today Show between 7-9 on 11/30 getting our beards from No Shave November shaved off. Tune in!!

Europe Test Review Resources

http://quizlet.com/30118607/europe-flash-cards/ Click here to review terms using Quizlet



http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cIXi2QVNKC Click this link to hear about the Black Death Short answer

http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cIXiI7VNKT Click this Link to hear about the cathedral Short Answer

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Coat Of Arms



In class we are learning about Medieval knights and their use of the coat of arms.  You will be creating a coat of arms and as a resident of Maryland are lucky since we are the only state with a Coat of Arms as its flag!  Here are some resources to use while creating yours.


http://www.fleurdelis.com/meanings.htm  This has all of the charges you could put on as well as their meanings.

https://www.houseofnames.com/nameSearch   See the Coat of Arms of an ancestor (not all names will be in here)

http://www.allfamilycrests.com/makecoatofarms.htm   Interactive Coat of Arms Creator

http://www.internationalheraldry.com/  All you would ever want to know about a Coat of Arms

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Asia Study Resource

https://quizlet.com/_1c2mqo    Quizlet



Use these to hear a short lecture on the topics you need for the short answer questions

http://screencast.com/t/uU7aQokpkF Samurai Screencast

http://screencast.com/t/4AYSrSqTQboq Chinese Inventions Screencast

Monday, March 23, 2015

Chinese Invention Project Web Resources












Travel and Exploration

http://www.computersmiths.com/chineseinvention/compass.htm     Compass


https://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch2en/conc2en/grandcanal.html   Grand Canal


http://www.madehow.com/Volume-6/Canal-and-Lock.html   Canal Lock


http://csmh.pbworks.com/w/page/7309552/610%20-%20Chinese%20invent%20the%20segmented%20arch%20bridge   Segmental Arched Bridge

http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100300581   Paddlewheel Boat

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/song/tech/compass.htm  Shipbuilding and the compass


Industry

http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/culture/china-porcelain.htm   Porcelain

http://www.computersmiths.com/chineseinvention/paper.htm  Paper

http://www.computersmiths.com/chineseinvention/blockprint.htm  Woodblock Printing

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/song/tech/printing.htm   Moveable Type

   http://www.china.org.cn/top10/2011-03/04/content_22054243_5.htm                Steel

http://www.ducksters.com/history/china/legend_of_silk.php  Silk


Military Technology

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/song/tech/gunpowder.htm  Gunpowder

http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/miltech/firearms.htm  Various Weapons

http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/miltech/warship.htm  Warships


Everyday Objects
http://www.computersmiths.com/chineseinvention/papermoney.htm  paper money

http://www.wopc.co.uk/china/   Playing Cards

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/song/tech/experiment.htm Mechanical Clock

Monday, February 23, 2015

Monday, January 26, 2015

Africa Project Research Links

Oral Traditions

http://vafriendsofmali.org/education/teaching-timbuktu/teaching-the-community/griots-malis-historians-and-musicians/  Griots

http://www.crbs.umd.edu/crossingborders/lessonplans/2006/gaskin-johnson/gaskin-johnson-2.pdf  Griots

http://www.ducksters.com/history/africa/griots_storytellers.php  Griots

http://www.goethe.de/ins/za/prj/wom/osm/en9606618.htm  Griots

https://www.bucknell.edu/Documents/GriotInstitute/What%20is%20a%20Griot.pdf Griots

https://www.teachervision.com/folk-tales/resource/3716.html  Folktales

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/africa/literature/anansi.htm  Anansi Folktales

http://www.spiritualsproject.org/sweetchariot/Literature/sankofa.php  History of Proverbs

http://www.crbs.umd.edu/crossingborders/lessonplans/2006/jones/jones-proverbs.pdf  Examples of well known West African Proverbs

http://schoolwires.henry.k12.ga.us/cms/lib08/GA01000549/Centricity/Domain/8286/Oral%20Traditions%20of%20Africa%20Article.pdf   Proverbs, Griots and Folktales



Music


http://spotlightonmusic.macmillanmh.com/n/teachers/articles/folk-and-traditional-styles/west-african-folk-music  Overview of Music

http://www.theafricanguild.com/mandingmusic/instruments.html  Overview of all instruments

http://www.drumconnection.com/africa-connections/history-of-the-djembe/  Djembe Drums

http://www.drumdr.com/djembe-history.html  Djembe Drums


https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/Kora_%28instrument%29.html  Kora

 http://babathestoryteller.com/the-ancient-craft-of-jaliyaa/musical-instrumentation-of-the-jali/ngoni/ Ngoni



http://www.gambia.co.uk/blog/2014/08/13/west-african-balafon/ Balafon

Art

http://artnetweb.com/guggenheim/africa/west.html  Masks

http://www.artyfactory.com/africanmasks/information/african-mask-artists.htm   All About Masks

http://www.csudh.edu/bdeluca/ThePowerofMasks/hum310/2_Africa.html Masks

http://www.museumofafricanart.org/en/masks.html Masks

http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/plaintexthistories.asp?historyid=aa39  Overview of Art

http://africa.si.edu/exhibits/kente/about.htm  Kente Cloth

http://www.kentecloth.net/ghanaian-kente-cloth/  Kente cloth

http://www.stlawu.edu/gallery/education/f/09textiles/adinkra_symbols.pdf  Adinkra Stamped Fabric

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/m/mud_cloth_bogolanfini.aspx   Mud Cloth

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-africa-oceania-americas/africa-art/ife-art/a/kingdom-of-ife-sculptures-from-west-africa  Sculpture

http://www.museumofafricanart.org/en/bronze-sculpture.html  Sculpture




Friday, January 16, 2015

Geography of Africa




Click on this link to reach the Google Doc. for Monday's lesson on West African Geography

https://docs.google.com/a/fcps.org/document/d/1Xj6tdLDOJ7rXSNxsj5qcAp_ve8Q1OtsuuJS0jIgk0Kc/edit?usp=sharing 





Click this link to Access the Powerpoint that goes with the Google Doc above