Bell Work for 8-23-18 (first day of Bell Work)
Answer each question in at least 2-3 complete sentences
1. What three rules were the most important to you from yesterday’s class? Why are they important?
2. When reading a map:
What does SCALE represent?
What does the COMPASS tell us?
List as many states as you can below:
Bell Work for 8-24-18
1. What everyday things can you think of that expose us to history? Describe at least two.
2. What are your plans for this weekend?
Bell Work for 8-27-18
1. What does the term “primary source” mean to you? Be specific.
2. Make a list of at least five ways we are reminded of history every day. (Hint: TV)
Bell Work for 8-28-18
1. What is the proper way to find class assignments on my website? List the steps in order.
2. What is the difference between a primary and secondary source? From our quick discussion yesterday…
Bell Work for 8-29-18
1. Describe what a primary source is and give an example
Describe what a secondary source is and give an example
2. Why are both primary and secondary sources important when we study history?
Bell Work for 8-30-18
1. Why do you think the flags are at half-mast right now? What does it mean when the President orders the flags to be at half-mast?
2. Why do you think America was referred to as the “New World” by early explorers?
Bell Work for 8-31-18
1. What are you doing over the weekend? Any exciting plans?
2. What is the difference between a continent and a country? Use your notes
3. What have you learned about the most so far in this class?
Bell Work for 9-4-18
1. What do you remember about studying Rome? List at least 3 things…
2. What is the difference between the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire? Be specific.
Bell Work for 9-5-18
1. Using our class syllabus, list three class rules that will create a better learning environment
2. Why is important that we respect and support each other’
Bell Work for 9-10-18
1. How was your weekend? Did you do anything exciting?
2. List two things that were part of the Roman economy (use your notes)
3. Describe the geography of Rome (use your notes)
Bell Work for 9-11-18
1. What does 9/11 mean to you?
2. What is your current grade in this class?
3. What are you going to do to improve your grade? How can I help you do that?
Bell Work for 9-13-18
1. Why do you think Rome fell?
2. Based on what we have studied, do you think Rome could have avoided its collapse?
Bell Work for 9-19-18
Get out your notes from yesterday and add three questions to the side column.
Bell Work for 9-20-18
1. Why do you think one emperor was able to make so many changes to the Roman Empire? Think of Diocletian or Constantine.
Bell Work for 9-21-18
Must have been in class for picture
Bell Work for 9-24-18
1. How was your weekend? What did you do?
2. Why do you think Christians were persecuted in Rome?
3. What do you think would have been different if Christians were NOT persecuted in Rome?
Bell Work for 9-25-18
1. What do you think was the most important event in the history of Rome that we have studied? WHY?
2. What is one of your academic goals for this week?
3. What is one of your goals on campus this week (among friends or teachers)?
Bell Work for 9-27-18
1. Use the iPads one at a time to quietly look up your current grade in this class
Write your grade: ______________________
2. What are you going to do to improve your current grade? How can I help?
Bell Work for 10-1-18
1. List the things you remember about the geography of Rome. (at least three)
2. What is one of your academic goals for this week?
Bell Work for 10-2-18
1. What does the word “Medieval” mean to you when you hear it?
2. Get out your “Weigh the Evidence” paper from yesterday
Bell Work for 10-4-18:
1. Why do you think borders can change for countries or empires?
2. What does climate have to do with people setting up cities or towns in certain areas?
Bell Work for 10-5-18
1. Who was Charlemagne? Use your notes
2. List two things the Catholic Pope was involved with that were secular.
Bell Work for 10-8-18
1. How was your weekend? What did you do?
2. List two academic goals you have for this week
3. Using your notes from last week, explain what happened to the “common” language of Europe.
Bell Work for 10-9-18
1. List one interesting fact that you have learned so far about your medieval society person.
2. What do you want to know about medieval society as we cover it in this class?
Bell Work for 10-15-18
1. How was your weekend?
2. Think about something you witnessed this weekend in terms of society and how people are “ranked”. Explain something you have witnessed before that shows how people might be at different levels in our society (good or bad). Use specific details to explain.
Bell Work for 10-17-18
1. Use your notes to describe chivalry in detail.
2. What are some of the knight’s feudal obligations to a lord?
Bell Work for 10-18-18
1. How were Manorial Systems the same as our modern towns and cities?
2. How were they different?
Bell Work for 10-22-18
1. Why do you think religion (or the church) can play such a large role in a town or city?
2. Get out a piece of paper for notes
Bell Work for 10-24-18
1. Why do you think a church or religion could have power over a political force (government)?
Bell Work for 10-25-18
1. Do you think all people involved in the church were trustworthy and honest?
2. Why or why not?
Bell Work for 10-29-18
1. How was your weekend?
2. What are you going to be for Halloween?
Have out a pen or pencil.
Bell Work for 10-30-18
1. List two things we have learned about the Roman Catholic Church (either from ancient Rome or Medieval Europe)
Bell Work for 11-1-18
1. Do you think popes and kings in Medieval Europe had a good or bad relationship? Why?
2. Why do you think the pope had a similar amount of power to a king?
Bell Work for 11-6-18
1. Why do you think there was so much culture and artistic development in the late 900s?
2. Which development stood out to you? (architecture, philosophy, literature, universities, etc?) WHY?
Bell Work for 11-27-18
1. Using your notes from yesterday, explain how the power shifted during the middle ages.
2. What is the Magna Carta?
Second Semester
Bell Work for 1-24-19
1. List and explain two of the beliefs that stood out to you from yesterday’s class work
Bell Work for 1-25-19
1. List and describe TWO things you learned this week- any class.
Bell Work for 1-28-19
1. How was your weekend? What did you do?
2. List and describe TWO of the five pillars of Islam
Bell Work for 1-29-19
1. What does the term Caliph mean?
2. What are the social levels of the Arab Muslim Empire?
Bell Work for 1-31-19
1. What are TWO things that you have learned about Muhammad?
Bell Work for 2-4-19
1. What did you do this weekend?
Bell Work for 2-5-19
1. Get out your notes from yesterday so we can finish them and use them to answer today’s bell work questions:
2. List TWO facts you learned about Islam during our notes
3. What is the Qu’ran and what is the Sunnah?
Bell Work for 2-6-19
1. What are TWO things, in detail, that you have learned about the Arabian Peninsula…besides it being hot, dry, hot, 120+ degrees, hot, and a big desert. Please be more specific.
Bell Work for 2-8-19
1. What is one of your most interesting facts that you learned about the Arabian Peninsula?
Bell Work for 2-11-19
1. What does the word “geography” mean to you?
2. How was your weekend? What did you do?
Bell Work for 2-12-19
1. What do you think is the most important advancement of the Gupta Empire? WHY?
HINT: Remember what we talked about yesterday
Bell Work for 2-19-19
1. What are TWO things you have found interesting about India so far?
Bell Work for 2-20-19
1. What did you learn from our Gupta Empire NOTES yesterday?
Bell Work for 2-22-19
1. What is Suffism?
Bell Work for 2-28-19
1. How do ideas grow and spread?
2. How are traditions passed down?
Bell Work for 3-1-19
1. What did you find interesting about yesterday’s activity?
Bell Work for 3-4-19
1. Why do you think a ruler or “leader” would want to reduce contact with the outside world? (within their country)
2. Get out a piece of paper and pen/pencil and open your Textbook to page 210
Bell Work for 3-5-19
1. What is a dynasty? Why are they important?
2. Get out a piece of paper for notes and title them: Chinese Dynasty Notes
Answer each question in at least 2-3 complete sentences
1. What three rules were the most important to you from yesterday’s class? Why are they important?
2. When reading a map:
What does SCALE represent?
What does the COMPASS tell us?
List as many states as you can below:
Bell Work for 8-24-18
1. What everyday things can you think of that expose us to history? Describe at least two.
2. What are your plans for this weekend?
Bell Work for 8-27-18
1. What does the term “primary source” mean to you? Be specific.
2. Make a list of at least five ways we are reminded of history every day. (Hint: TV)
Bell Work for 8-28-18
1. What is the proper way to find class assignments on my website? List the steps in order.
2. What is the difference between a primary and secondary source? From our quick discussion yesterday…
Bell Work for 8-29-18
1. Describe what a primary source is and give an example
Describe what a secondary source is and give an example
2. Why are both primary and secondary sources important when we study history?
Bell Work for 8-30-18
1. Why do you think the flags are at half-mast right now? What does it mean when the President orders the flags to be at half-mast?
2. Why do you think America was referred to as the “New World” by early explorers?
Bell Work for 8-31-18
1. What are you doing over the weekend? Any exciting plans?
2. What is the difference between a continent and a country? Use your notes
3. What have you learned about the most so far in this class?
Bell Work for 9-4-18
1. What do you remember about studying Rome? List at least 3 things…
2. What is the difference between the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire? Be specific.
Bell Work for 9-5-18
1. Using our class syllabus, list three class rules that will create a better learning environment
2. Why is important that we respect and support each other’
Bell Work for 9-10-18
1. How was your weekend? Did you do anything exciting?
2. List two things that were part of the Roman economy (use your notes)
3. Describe the geography of Rome (use your notes)
Bell Work for 9-11-18
1. What does 9/11 mean to you?
2. What is your current grade in this class?
3. What are you going to do to improve your grade? How can I help you do that?
Bell Work for 9-13-18
1. Why do you think Rome fell?
2. Based on what we have studied, do you think Rome could have avoided its collapse?
Bell Work for 9-19-18
Get out your notes from yesterday and add three questions to the side column.
Bell Work for 9-20-18
1. Why do you think one emperor was able to make so many changes to the Roman Empire? Think of Diocletian or Constantine.
Bell Work for 9-21-18
Must have been in class for picture
Bell Work for 9-24-18
1. How was your weekend? What did you do?
2. Why do you think Christians were persecuted in Rome?
3. What do you think would have been different if Christians were NOT persecuted in Rome?
Bell Work for 9-25-18
1. What do you think was the most important event in the history of Rome that we have studied? WHY?
2. What is one of your academic goals for this week?
3. What is one of your goals on campus this week (among friends or teachers)?
Bell Work for 9-27-18
1. Use the iPads one at a time to quietly look up your current grade in this class
Write your grade: ______________________
2. What are you going to do to improve your current grade? How can I help?
Bell Work for 10-1-18
1. List the things you remember about the geography of Rome. (at least three)
2. What is one of your academic goals for this week?
Bell Work for 10-2-18
1. What does the word “Medieval” mean to you when you hear it?
2. Get out your “Weigh the Evidence” paper from yesterday
Bell Work for 10-4-18:
1. Why do you think borders can change for countries or empires?
2. What does climate have to do with people setting up cities or towns in certain areas?
Bell Work for 10-5-18
1. Who was Charlemagne? Use your notes
2. List two things the Catholic Pope was involved with that were secular.
Bell Work for 10-8-18
1. How was your weekend? What did you do?
2. List two academic goals you have for this week
3. Using your notes from last week, explain what happened to the “common” language of Europe.
Bell Work for 10-9-18
1. List one interesting fact that you have learned so far about your medieval society person.
2. What do you want to know about medieval society as we cover it in this class?
Bell Work for 10-15-18
1. How was your weekend?
2. Think about something you witnessed this weekend in terms of society and how people are “ranked”. Explain something you have witnessed before that shows how people might be at different levels in our society (good or bad). Use specific details to explain.
Bell Work for 10-17-18
1. Use your notes to describe chivalry in detail.
2. What are some of the knight’s feudal obligations to a lord?
Bell Work for 10-18-18
1. How were Manorial Systems the same as our modern towns and cities?
2. How were they different?
Bell Work for 10-22-18
1. Why do you think religion (or the church) can play such a large role in a town or city?
2. Get out a piece of paper for notes
Bell Work for 10-24-18
1. Why do you think a church or religion could have power over a political force (government)?
Bell Work for 10-25-18
1. Do you think all people involved in the church were trustworthy and honest?
2. Why or why not?
Bell Work for 10-29-18
1. How was your weekend?
2. What are you going to be for Halloween?
Have out a pen or pencil.
Bell Work for 10-30-18
1. List two things we have learned about the Roman Catholic Church (either from ancient Rome or Medieval Europe)
Bell Work for 11-1-18
1. Do you think popes and kings in Medieval Europe had a good or bad relationship? Why?
2. Why do you think the pope had a similar amount of power to a king?
Bell Work for 11-6-18
1. Why do you think there was so much culture and artistic development in the late 900s?
2. Which development stood out to you? (architecture, philosophy, literature, universities, etc?) WHY?
Bell Work for 11-27-18
1. Using your notes from yesterday, explain how the power shifted during the middle ages.
2. What is the Magna Carta?
Second Semester
Bell Work for 1-24-19
1. List and explain two of the beliefs that stood out to you from yesterday’s class work
Bell Work for 1-25-19
1. List and describe TWO things you learned this week- any class.
Bell Work for 1-28-19
1. How was your weekend? What did you do?
2. List and describe TWO of the five pillars of Islam
Bell Work for 1-29-19
1. What does the term Caliph mean?
2. What are the social levels of the Arab Muslim Empire?
Bell Work for 1-31-19
1. What are TWO things that you have learned about Muhammad?
Bell Work for 2-4-19
1. What did you do this weekend?
Bell Work for 2-5-19
1. Get out your notes from yesterday so we can finish them and use them to answer today’s bell work questions:
2. List TWO facts you learned about Islam during our notes
3. What is the Qu’ran and what is the Sunnah?
Bell Work for 2-6-19
1. What are TWO things, in detail, that you have learned about the Arabian Peninsula…besides it being hot, dry, hot, 120+ degrees, hot, and a big desert. Please be more specific.
Bell Work for 2-8-19
1. What is one of your most interesting facts that you learned about the Arabian Peninsula?
Bell Work for 2-11-19
1. What does the word “geography” mean to you?
2. How was your weekend? What did you do?
Bell Work for 2-12-19
1. What do you think is the most important advancement of the Gupta Empire? WHY?
HINT: Remember what we talked about yesterday
Bell Work for 2-19-19
1. What are TWO things you have found interesting about India so far?
Bell Work for 2-20-19
1. What did you learn from our Gupta Empire NOTES yesterday?
Bell Work for 2-22-19
1. What is Suffism?
Bell Work for 2-28-19
1. How do ideas grow and spread?
2. How are traditions passed down?
Bell Work for 3-1-19
1. What did you find interesting about yesterday’s activity?
Bell Work for 3-4-19
1. Why do you think a ruler or “leader” would want to reduce contact with the outside world? (within their country)
2. Get out a piece of paper and pen/pencil and open your Textbook to page 210
Bell Work for 3-5-19
1. What is a dynasty? Why are they important?
2. Get out a piece of paper for notes and title them: Chinese Dynasty Notes