Comparing Classical

Governments

Bellwork

• Please take out your written response from yesterday. Discuss your response with the people sitting at your table. Be prepared to share which Classical Civilization had the greatest influence on modern America.

• Absent? Use the model notebook to get the prompt.

• Current Event presenters – get ready!

Current Events

North Carolina Charging Teens as Adults, For Being Minors

• A new North Carolina law has some people confused

• The law states that a teen who takes nude photos of themselves can be charged as an adult sex offender/child pornography

• The victim listed in these charges? The minor who took the photos.

NASA Creates Self Healing Material

• The new material can “heal” itself just two seconds after a bullet pierces though it

• When polymer layers are punctured, oxygen mixes with the gel, the reaction causes the liquid center to solidify

• While still under development, this could have applications in space travel as well as military equipment

Step 1: Mark the Text

• Use the following steps to Mark the Text

• 1. Number the paragraphs

• 2. Circle key ideas, names of people and places, and dates.

• 3. Highlight or box unfamiliar words.

• 4. Underline the main point or other relevant information.

• 5. Next to each document, summarize what it was all about in ten words or less.

Step 2: Text Based Questions

• Answer the questions for each document.

• Finally, at the bottom of your paper, write which system you think is the most relevant today/in your life. Which one do you like the best and why?

Unit 1 Exam – Tuesday, September 8

• Ancient River Civilizations (names and locations)• Ancient River Civilizations Foldable

• Five Characteristics of Civilization• Civilization Definitions

• Five Themes of Geography• Five Themes of Geography

• Neolithic Revolution• Civilization Definitions

• Hammurabi’s Code• Ancient River Civilizations Foldable

• Two Contributions of Greece, Rome and China • Greece, Rome and China Contributions Charts