Shannon Herndon

Posted by Shannon Herndon on December 20, 2008 at 07:46 AM | Permalink

Click HERE to download Mrs. Herndon's Honors World History Syllabus!

Posted by Shannon Herndon on December 18, 2008 at 07:53 PM | Permalink

Click on the link below to see all of the World History Performance Standards...
http://public.doe.k12.ga.us/DMGetDocument.aspx/World%20History%20updated%208-27-2007.pdf?p=6CC6799F8C1371F6913283CFE7F066A4899ECDC5466A72C1F753B85118952737&Type=D

Posted by Shannon Herndon on December 17, 2008 at 02:47 PM | Permalink

Do not forget that HHS Open House Fall 2008 will be on Tuesday 8/26 and Thursday 8/28.

Download the complete Fall Open House Schedule HERE!

Tuesday, August 26, 2008:

6:00 PM Senior Parents' Meeting (Dining Hall)
6:00 PM Sophomore Parents' Meeting (Theater)
7:00 PM Fall Semester Open House (10th & 12th)

Thursday, August 28, 2008:

6:00 PM Junior Parents' Meeting (Theater)
6:00 PM Freshmen Parents' Meeting (Dining Hall)
7:00 PM Fall Semester Open House (9th & 11th)

Posted by Shannon Herndon on August 26, 2008 at 09:17 AM | Permalink

Unit 2 Essential Questions ~ "Which achievements of Ancient Greece and Rome have had the greatest impact on the world community? How did geography, class, religion, and ambition cause conflict during the Ancient Greek and Roman civilizations?"

Monday 8/25:
Check the Ancient Greece Map from Friday.
Introduction notes- Ancient Greece and Roman Civilizations
Ancient Greek Society- Order vs. Creativity notes
Ancient Greece Video with ?s
HW
1) Read your notes and textbook Ch. 5 & 6. (Pre/Review)
2) Read or review your summer reading novel. The In-class essay will be held on Thursday, August 28, 2008. (Review)

Tuesday 8/26:
Finish the Ancient Greek video and check the questions.
Athens vs. Sparta Government Chart
Rivals Activity with Reading and Similarities/Differences Chart (Finish for HW)
HW
1) Read your notes and textbook Ch. 5 & 6. (Pre/Review)
2) Finish the Rivals Activity and Chart. (Review)
3) Read or review your summer reading novel. The In-class essay will be held on Thursday, August 28, 2008. (Review)

Wednesday 8/27:
Athenian and Spartan Citizen Body Biography Project (Due Wednesday, September 3, 2008)
Download the Athenian and Spartan Citizen Body Biography Project Directions HERE!

HW
1) Read or review your summer reading novel. The In-class essay will be held TOMORROW. (Review)

Thursday 8/28:
Summer Reading Essay
HW
1) Read your notes and textbook Ch. 5 & 6. (Pre/Review)
2) Work on the Athenian and Spartan Citizen Body Biography Project. (Due Wednesday, September 3, 2008) (Review)

Friday 8/31: WAR DAY
Persian War Notes
Peloponnesian War Notes
Alexander the Great Map
HW
1) Read your notes and textbook Ch. 5 & 6 and finish the Alexander the Great Map. (Pre/Review)
2) Finish the Alexander the Great map. (Review)
3) Work on the Athenian and Spartan Citizen Body Biography Project. (Due Wednesday, September 3, 2008) (Review)

Unit 2 Georgia Performance Standards
SSWH3 The student will examine the political, philosophical, and cultural interaction of Classical Mediterranean societies from 700 BCE to 400 CE.

a. Compare the origins and structure of the Greek polis, the Roman Republic, and the Roman Empire.
b. Identify the ideas and impact of important individuals; include Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle and describe the diffusion of Greek culture by Aristotle’s pupil Alexander the Great and the impact of Julius and Augustus Caesar.
c. Analyze the contributions of Hellenistic and Roman culture; include law, gender, and science.
d. Describe polytheism in the Greek and Roman world and the origins and diffusion of Christianity in the Roman world.
e. Analyze the factors that led to the collapse of the western Roman Empire.

Posted by Shannon Herndon on August 24, 2008 at 01:21 PM | Permalink