1. Pick Your Scientist for Your Presentation
On November 3rd, you’ll be doing a 5-minute presentation on a scientist.
Choose the scientists you want to do a presentation on HERE.
Only one student per scientist. Please do not erase someone else’s name.
2. Caught’yas
Complete Caught-ya #20, #21, #22, #23 and #24. After you are finished, watch the videos below for your corrections.
Here is the correction for Caught-ya #19 (We corrected this one in class.)
3. History Study
Spend 60+ minutes researching the following topic during this time period.
MUGHAL EMPIRE
1526 – 1857
- Read Usborne Encyclopedia of World History (UEWH) pgs 300-301.
- Spend at least 45 additional minutes studying any resource focused on this time period (YouTube, documentary, picture book, magazine, etc.).
CLICK HERE for a YouTube list of possible videos.
( NOTE: I have not previewed all of these videos and can not vouch for all of the content.)
As you study, fill out your Time Period Study worksheet.
You must add information about at least one Key Person, one Key Event, and several Interesting Facts. If you want to do more, fill out more than one worksheet.
4. Timeline
- Add the following key dates or figures to your timeline.
- Add ONE additional date that you find during your History Study.
- 1526 – Babur launches the Mughal empire in India
- 1556 – Akbar, greatest Mughal emperor, inherits the throne at 13
- 1571 – Akbar builds his palace Fatehpur Sikri
- 1632 – Shah Jordan begins to build Taj Mahal as a tomb for his favorite wife
- 1764 – British East India Company defeats emperor at Battle of Buxor
- 1857 – British exile last Mughal emperor; Mughal empire officially ends
5. Essay Assignment
- Fill out pages 24-25 in your How to Write a 5-Paragraph Essay book. Remember that you may write quick notes in the claim and reasons boxes, but write a full, complete sentence for your thesis statement.
6. Reading Assignment
Continue reading Ghost in the Tokaido Inn – pages 74-146
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