Lesson Plans for Mr. Martens 

RESOURCES

• Introduction

  • • Classroom Rules, Guidelines, and Policies

    • Class Folder Guidelines

• Chapter 1:  First Peoples and Societies

  • • Notes

      • • 1-1.1 Notes:  History Joins Science

        • 1-1.3 Notes:  The Earliest Migrations

        • 1-2.1 Notes:  Early Agriculture

        • 1-2.3 Notes:  The First Large Settlements

    • Handouts

      • • 1-1.1 Sample Reading Notes

        • Chapter 1 Place Location

        • "Donald C. Johanson" People in History

        • "Mary and Louis Leakey" People in History

        • "Cave Paintings" Reading

        • "Who Was the Bog Man?" Reading

        • Chapter 1 Review Sheet

• Chapter 2A:  Early River Valley Civilizations

  • • Notes

      • • 2A-1.1 Notes:  Mesopotamia and City Life

        • 2A-1.2 Notes:  Sumer and the Beginnings of Writing

        • 2A-1.3 Notes:  The Babylonian Empire

        • 2A-2.1 Notes:  African Origins of Egyptian Civilization

        • 2A-2.2 Notes:  The Old and Middle Kingdoms

        • 2A-2.3 Notes:  The New Kingdom and Nubia

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 2A Place Location

        • Gilgamesh:  A Verse Narrative

        • "The Code of Hammurabi" Primary Source

        • "Finding Tutankhamun's Tomb" Primary Source

        • Chapter 2A Review Sheet

• Chapter 2B:  Eastern Mediterranean Kingdoms

  • • Notes

      • • 2B-3.1 Notes:  The Hittites and Assyrians

        • 2B-3.3 Notes:  Judaism and the Israelite Kingdom

        • 5-1.3 Notes:  The Phoenicians and Their Alphabet

• • • Handouts

      • • Chapter 2B Place Location

        • Chapter 2B Organizing Information

        • "David" People in History

        • "Solomon" People in History

        • "Did the Phoenicians Discover America?" Reading

        • Chapter 2B Review Sheet

• Chapter 4:  The Persian Empire

  • • Notes

      • • 4-1.2 Notes:  Early Persia

        • 4-2.1 Notes:  Darius and Persia's Golden Age

        • 4-2.3 Notes:  The Greco-Persian Wars

• • • Handouts

      • • Chapter 4 Place Location

        • "The Battle of Thermopylae" Profiles in History

        • Chapter 4 Review Sheet

• Chapter 5A:  Greek Civilization

  • • Notes

      • • 5A-1.2 Notes:  Crete and Trading Centers

        • 5A-1.4 Notes:  The Rise of Greek City-States

        • 5A-2.1 Notes:  Democracy in Athens

        • 5A-2.2 Notes:  Pericles and Cultural Advances

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 5A Place Location

        • "The Myth of Lost Atlantis" Geography in History

        • "Disappearance of an Island Civilization" Geography in History

        • "The Making of Spartan Soldiers" Primary Source

        • Chapter 5A Review Sheet

• Chapter 5B:  Hellenism--A Cultural Synthesis

  • • Notes

      • • 5B-3.1 Notes:  The Peloponnesian War

        • 5B-3.2 Notes:  Alexander the Great

        • 5B-3.4A Notes:  The Legacy of Ancient Greece

        • 5B-3.4B Notes:  the Olympic Games

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 5B Place Location

        • "The Trial and Death of Socrates" Profiles in History

        • "The Legacy of Ancient Greece" Bingo - Playing Sheet

        • "The Legacy of Ancient Greece" Bingo - Terms List

        • "The Legacy of Ancient Greece" Bingo - Questions

        • "The Olympic Games We No Longer Play" Reading

        • Chapter 5B Review Sheet

• Chapter 6A:  The Roman Empire

  • • Notes

      • • 6A-1.1 Notes:  The Emergence of Rome

        • 6A-1.2 Notes:  The Republic Expands

        • 6A-1.3 Notes:  Roman Society

        • 6A-2.1 Notes:  The End of the Republic

        • 6A-2.2 Notes:  Expanding the Empire's Frontiers

        • 6A-2.3 Notes:  Roman Armies and Engineering

        • 6A-2.4 Notes:  Pompeii

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 6A Place Location

        • "Spartacus in the Slave Revolt" Profiles in History

        • "Cleopatra VII" People in History

        • "Nero Sings While Rome Burns" Primary Source

        • "Archaeologists at Work" Reading

• Chapter 6B:  The Rise of Christianity

• • • Notes

      • • 6B-3.3 Notes:  The Spread of Christianity

        • 6B-4.1 Notes:  Decline of the Roman Empire

        • 6B-4.2 Notes:  Fall of the Western Roman Empire

        • 6B-4.3 Notes:  The Legacy of Ancient Rome

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 6B Place Location

        • "The Legacy of Ancient Rome" Bingo - Playing Sheet

        • "The Legacy of Ancient Rome" Bingo - Terms List

        • "The Legacy of Ancient Rome" Bingo - Questions

        • Chapter 6B Review Sheet

Chapter 8:  The Early Byzantine Civilization

• • • Notes

      • • 8-1.1 Notes:  Byzantium's New Rome

        • 8-1.2 Notes:  Justinian and Theodora

        • 8-2.1 Notes:  The Iconoclasts

        • 8-2.2 Notes:  Byzantine Growth and Decline

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 8 Place Location

        • "Justinian and Theodora in the Nika Rebellion" Profiles in History

        • Chapter 8 Review Sheet

• Chapter 9:  Arab Empires and Islamic Expansion

  • • Notes

      • • 9-1.1 Notes:  The Prophet Muhammed

        • 9-1.2 Notes:  The Early Caliphs

        • 9-2.2 Notes:  The Umayyad Caliphate and North Africa

        • 9-3.1 Notes:  Baghdad, City of Learning

        • 9-3.2 Notes:  The Islamic Golden Age

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 9 Place Location

        • "Ships of the Desert" Geography in History

        • "Prologue" and "The Historic Fart" from The Thousand and One Nights

        • Chapter 9 Review Sheet

• Chapter 10A:  Europe's Early Medieval Era

  • • Notes

      • • 10A-1.1 Notes:  Christian Rulers in Europe

        • 10A-1.2 Notes:  The Vikings

        • 10A-1.3 Notes:  Conquest and Division

        • 10A-2.1 Notes:  Manors, Guilds, and the Growth of Towns

        • 10A-2.2 Notes:  Centers of Learning

        • 10A-2.3 Notes:  Medieval Achievements

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 10A Place Location

        • "A Personal Portrait of Charlemagne" Primary Source

        • "The Greenlanders' Saga" Primary Source

        • "The Battle of Hastings" Profiles in History

        • "The Bayeux Tapestry" Activity

        • "The Life of Medieval Peasants" Activity

        • "Eleanor of Aquitaine" People in History

        • Chapter 10A Review Sheet

• Chapter 10B:  Europe's Late Medieval Era

  • • Notes

      • • 10B-3.1 Notes:  Changing Roles of the Church

        • 10B-3.2 Notes:  Waves of Crusades

        • 10B-3.3 Notes:  Crusades within Europe

        • 10-4.1 Notes:  Trade, Famine, and Plague

        • 10-4.2 Notes:  War and Divisions

    • Handouts

      • • 10B Place Location

        • 10B Review Sheet

• Chapter 15A:  Renaissance

  • • Notes

      • • 15A-1.1 Notes:  The Rise of Italian City-States

        • 15A-1.2 Notes:  A Cultural Rebirth

        • 15A-1.3 Notes:  Renaissance Art

        • 15A-2.1 Notes:  Renaissance Humanism

    • Handouts

      • • Chapter 15A Place Location

        • "Isabella I of Castile" People in History

        • "The Black Death Strikes Sicily" Primary Source

        • "The First Day:  Introduction" from The Decameron

        • "The English Archer" Profiles in History

        • Chapter 15A Review Sheet

• Chapter 15B:  Reformation

  • • Notes

      • • 15B-3.1 Notes:  Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation

        • 15B-3.2 Notes:  Reforms Across Europe

        • 15B-4.1 Notes:  Challenges to Habsburg Dominance

        • 15B-4.2 Notes:  The Catholic Reformation

    • Handouts

      • • 15B Place Location

        • 15B Review Sheet

SEMESTER EXAMS

• 1st Semester Exam (Chapters 1-2 and 4-5)

  • • Review Sheet

    • Place Location

• 2nd Semester Exam (Chapters 6-15)

  • • Review Sheet

    • Place Location

RESEARCH PAPER

• Requirements

  • • English 203

    • English 202, 201, and 200

• Research Paper Topics

• Thesis Statement:  The Chicken-Claw Method

• Sample Thesis Statements and Outlines

• MLA Citation Guide

• Formatting an MLA Research Paper

• Research Paper Checklist

• Research Paper Rubric

• Guide to Punctuation