HONORS: Homework 8/26, key concepts from class, and evaluating how you are doing so far

Honors World History students: Today, we started or continued work on our project on early human history and the Neolithic (= "New Stone Age") Revolution, in which agriculture was invented and human beings began to transition from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to sedentary (settled) lifestyles in villages, cities, and other political structures. There was no Do Now and no new homework was assigned. We will continue/finish the project in class tomorrow and present the projects on Monday, unless students finish earlier.

Tomorrow at the start of class, please turn your notes on the "What is History?" reading packet into the tray before getting started on the Do Now. During the Do Now, I will come around to check that everyone has a 3-ring binder with 5 labeled tabs. (See "binder guidelines" in one of yesterday's posts below).

Please make sure you are familiar with the following concepts that we have discussed this week:

-Primary vs. secondary sources - read this web site if you need additional help distinguishing (telling the difference) between primary and secondary sources.

-What archaeologists do / what archaeology is (search for material artifacts left behind by ancient cultures)

-What historians do (research primary source evidence such as artifacts, letters, photographs, documents, etc. and read secondary sources such as the work of other historians, then weave together a (hopefully) true story about what happened in the human past).

How are you doing? - I haven't returned graded work yet, and I will be grading very generously the first week of classes. If you are wondering how you are doing in class, ask yourself these questions:

-Do I understand the concepts listed above that we have discussed in class? Could I demonstrate my knowledge of them on a test or quiz?
-Am I staying on-task and making a positive contribution to the learning environment in the class?
-Have I completed all work and assigned reading to the best of my ability, and turned all assignments in on time?
-Do I have a good sense of the key ideas (about early human development and/or the beginning of agriculture) my group will be presenting to the class in our project?
-Have I been fully on-task during all class time spent on the project?

See you tomorrow,
Mr. McCarl