Catal Hoyuk

Today we learned about Catal Hoyuk. Catal Hoyuk was one of the very first towns that developed from an agricultural community.

We began by watching a video which gave us a basic idea of how the people of Catal Hoyuk probably lived on a daily basis. We took notes on this video and were able to analyze these notes with an online interactive game. The website has a variety of activities where you can see how it was like to live in a Neolithic town. For example, there was this game called “Make a Neolithic Dinner.” I made lentil stew with wild greens. To play this game you had to click and drag the food items on the list. When you click and drag the proper items a short description of the food will pull up. As you read the descriptions, you will find out the ingredients of the food and why it was used. In my personal experience, I would say the tour was the best activity to help you learn about the life of Catal Hoyuk. On the tour we were able to examine the dig site and the archaeological records. We were able to find out how people were able to dig up Catal Hoyuk. The last activity I participated in was the artifacts activity.

I was highly interested in the Catal Huyuk, and I wanted to see what types of artifacts and information that they have found in the city. There were many categories that you can look at for artifacts. There were murals, pottery, human remains, obsidian, animal bones, figurines, chipped stone tools, worked bone, and ground stone tools.
The class discussion and the online activities allowed us to understand how the people of Catalhoyuk lived. Also, you could picture how long and hard the work was when some of the archaeologists had to dig up the whole entire city.

What I have learned about the people of Catal Hoyuk is that they were an agricultural town that did not need to rely on hunting and gathering. In conclusion I have to say that I loved all the information about Catal Hoyuk,. Thank you for reading I hoped you enjoyed it.

-By Sarah

Ancient Egyptian activities

Students created fun and creative ways to learn more about Egyptian culture. Students invested a lot of time with their finished products and wrote a reflection that summarized the process and connection to Egyptian history.

Egypt 7-2

Egypt 7-1

Catal Hoyuk

Link to the virtual field trip: Neolithic town

ch2less3 putting maps to work

Hello 6th graders,

Please copy the PPT as we will be going over the content in class tomorrow prior to our map projection activity that will take place on Thursday. I have also placed images on our wiki that will help you understand maps. Here's the link so that you may go and visit these pages. Make sure to copy the Venn diagram located in the "map projections" link along with the definitions for each map projection. Please make sure to come to class ready and prepared to discuss the positive and negative aspects of map projections.

ch2less1 Interacting with our world

Hello 6th graders,

Make sure to copy these notes tonight and have them ready for tomorrow.

ch1less3 Moving into the Future

Hello 6th graders,
This lesson deals with the world problems of deforestation along with explaining how knowledge of the past helps people understand the problems of the present. As you read the lesson, try to imagine some issues/problems that we might face in the near future. How might decisions made today by leaders, lawmakers, and everyday people effect some of the issues you named?
Remember that just as people today are linked with the past, they are also linked with the future!

Greek commodities activity lesson 1

Design a poster (81/2 x 11 sheet of paper) for a Greek trader, advertising his or her commodities offered for sale. Review lesson 1, questions 1 and 2 on this worksheet, and your notes to find ideas for what kinds of items were traded.

• Your poster must be colored
• You must advertise at least 4 commodities
• You must write a sentence next to each commodity explaining how it would benefit whoever is purchasing your commodity.
• Include a catchy title that will grab the reader’s attention

Early Greeks PPT

Egypt lesson 2

ch7less1 Gift of the Nile

Current events: Cesar Chavez due Friday.

Cesar Chavez current events.
Down load Current Events template by clicking on this link.
Step 1 - You will need to look up Cesar Chavez using Google news.
step 2 - Choose an article that focuses on Cesar Chavez Day (March 31)
Step 3 - Read the article and then complete the current event template.

Developing Societies: Plants and Animals

Click here to take you to the guidelines for your, "Developing Societies: Plants and Animals" project.


Variables for animals and plants

Catalhoyuk Neolithic archaeological site.

Catalhoyuk Neolithic archaeological site.

Directions: Make sure that you answer these questions in complete sentences.

Hint: numbers 1-4 can be found in the introduction page.

1. What are they excavating at Çatalhöyük?

2. What does Çatalhöyük mean?

3. Where is Çatalhöyük?

4. How old is the ancient city?

5. How was the mound formed in Çatalhöyük?

6. What were the differences between natural and man-made balls?

7. List 8 things/parts found in a Çatalhöyük home?

8. what was easy about the excavation game? What was hard?

9. what did you learn about seeds? What did you already know?

St. Jerome students celebrated the Inauguration of the United States' 44th President today by wearing red, white and blue colors and watching the festivities live on television. Junior High students reflected on the proceedings in written form.

Later in the day,the entire student body joined together for Mass praying for a successful and unifying Presidential term. The Mass was highlighted by a summary of the 3rd graders "advice" for the nation's new President, Mr. Barack Obama.

Click on this link to reflect on President Barack Obama's inaugural address on Tuesday, as prepared for delivery and released by the Presidential Inaugural Committee.

Goode Map Projection Activity video podcast

Create a Veteran's Day card

Please click on this link to get started.

6th chapter 2 less 3 PPT

ch2less2 PPT

Use these notes to aide your understanding of latitude and longitude lines.