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Collapse of Western Roman Empire : ‘barbarian’ invasions.
Byzantine Empire : Constantinople and the Emperor Justinian.
Islam : origins , expansion , Koran.
Franks : Empire of Charlemagne
Feudalism : Lords and castles
Church and Monasteries
Crusades
Village life and peasants
Trade and growth of towns
Voyages of Discovery
Renaissance
Reformation


Geography : The study of three developing countries :
Brazil
India
Kenya


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Homework for Fri 8th Sept

End of Roman Empire

Complete your End of Western Roman Empire map. Colour the western part lightly green and the eastern part lightly purple. Be careful not to colour the Mediterranean, Black or Red seas ! Check on an atlas.

Print these notes , read them and keep them in your file:

End of Western Roman Empire

Homework for Mon 18th Sept

The Anglo-Saxons

Read the pages of this site http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/anglosaxons/index.shtml

Then print this 'Anglo-Saxons' questionnaire and neatly answer the questions, using your own words.If you want to print some pictures to add to the questionnaire you can do.

Homeroom for Mon 18th Sept

  • Last chance to bring:
    - School rules back page signed
    - School website photo permission
  • Election of delegués (girl & boy).

Homework for Mon 25th Sept

Complete the two Byzantium maps we started in class.

Homework for Mon 25th Sept

Bring visits permission slip signed and cheque for 65 euros.Tell parents when the three hour visits will be :

5ème5 Visits :

  • 17th Oct Orthodox Cathedrale Alexandre Nevsky
  • 28th Nov St Denis Basilica
  • 12th Dec Paris Mosque

Homework for Mon 29th Sept

The Five Pillars of Islam

In centre of a sheet of paper try using a compass to draw a five-sided star. Name the points one to five. For each point write a couple of sentences in your own words about each of the Five Pillars or principles of Islam.There's information here, if you want.

Ramadan

Read more about Ramadan which has just started this week.


Homework for Fri 13th Oct 2006

TestRevise Byzantium ( pages 1 to 4 including map) and Islam (pages 1 to 6) photocopied worksheets for test.


Tues 17th Oct 2006

Visit to Orthodox Cathedral Alexandre Nevsky

 

Meet outside collège office at 14h30. We'll leave bags at school. Bring :

  • notebook
  • pen/pencil
  • two metro tickets
  • camera (if you want to)
  • check the weather : if it's going to rain, bring a raincoat.

Islam Presentation Jianne & Abdel Aziz


Parents' Meeting Tues 24th Oct 2006

For parents with a RDV : I'll be in K12

Nov 2006 Exam Revision

- Byzantium : main text of worksheet and maps.

- 'Emperor Justinian' printed sheet about life of the emperor and Theodora, his wife.
Pages 40 to 43 in 'Middle Ages'.

- Islam : main text of worksheet (Mohammed, Mosque, Koran) and map. Pages 43 to 48 in 'Middle Ages' .

- Five Pillars of Islam homework sentences.

- Charlemagne : pages 52, 53 & 54 in 'Middle Ages'.

How to revise:
  • Read through the chapters in your notes and make sure you understand the subject.
  • On small 10X14cms note cards write the key vocabulary (ideas, themes, names, dates , places etc) .
  • Learn by heart the vocabulary.
  • Ask someone to test you

Some sections require short answers and some ask for longer explanations. You'll need coloured pencils.

Nov 2006 Exam Revision

- Byzantium : main text of worksheet and maps.

- 'Emperor Justinian' printed sheet about life of the emperor and Theodora, his wife.
Pages 40 to 43 in 'Middle Ages'.

- Islam : main text of worksheet (Mohammed, Mosque, Koran) and map. Pages 43 to 48 in 'Middle Ages' .

- Five Pillars of Islam homework sentences.

- Charlemagne : pages 52, 53 & 54 in 'Middle Ages'.

How to revise:
  • Read through the chapters in your notes and make sure you understand the subject.
  • On small 10X14cms note cards write the key vocabulary (ideas, themes, names, dates , places etc) .
  • Learn by heart the vocabulary.
  • Ask someone to test you

Some sections require short answers and some ask for longer explanations. You'll need coloured pencils.

Mon 20th Nov 2006

I'll give exams back in the lesson.

No Homeroom. I won't be there : I have to work with a 4ème class on a special project that lesson.

Visits Plan November 2006 - March 2007


Thurs 23rd Nov 2006

Assemblée Generale in auditorium at 15h00

Tues 28th Nov 2006

Visit to Orthodox Cathedral Alexandre Nevsky

Meet outside collège office at 14h30. We'll leave bags at school. Bring :

  • notebook
  • pen/pencil
  • two metro tickets
  • camera (if you want to)
  • check the weather : if it's going to rain, bring a raincoat.

Homework. Visits Diary.

Write two or three paragraphs on the last visit (Alexandre Nevsky, see above). After next Tuesday (28th Nov 2006) write a few paragraphs on the visit to the basilica at St Denis too. Use a 'cahier petit format' and add your own drawings and pictures.


Letter to the Future

Visit to Basilique St Denis

Homework for Fri 8th Dec 2006

Map of Brazil

Follow the instructions at the top of the page. Name the places very neatly in ink pen. If you can't find where a name is look it up in the index at the back of your atlas.

Brazil : the Tropical Rainforest

Re-read pages 1 & 2 of the photocopy, looking at the diagrams carefully. Write out each of the the first three questions on the back page and answer in a paragraph of your own words. Add pictures fi you are interested.

Lesson Mon 4th Dec

Bring 'The Middle Ages '

Homeroom Mon 4th Dec

Draw an 'Africa' background for the 5è5 yearbook. We'll choose the best in Homeroom.


Mon 11th Dec 2006 at 10h30.

'Première Pierre' Ceremony.
We'll leave our letter for the future.

Tues 12th Dec 2006

Visit to Paris Mosque

Homework for Fri 22nd Dec 2006

Medieval Church

Neatly name in ink on page 2 of your worksheet the following parts of a church . The arrows go clockwise immediately after the Rood Screen :

- Choir
- Altar
- South transept
- Nave
- (Font)
- West entrance
- Ambulatory
- North transept

Homework for Fri 12th Jan 2007

Visits Diary

In a small exercise book (cahier petit format : not the notebook that you take on trips) write two or three paragraphs on each of your visits so far (Orthodox church, Paris Mosque, St Denis & Royaumont) and add drawings & photos .

Conclude with a comment on whether you enjoyed the trip. If so, why? If not , why not? Write in French or English.

Tues 09th Jan 2007

Visit to Royaumont Monastery

Meet outside the old collège office at 12h30. We'll take bags on the bus. Bring :

  • notebook
  • pen/pencil
  • camera (if you want to)
  • CHECK THE WEATHER HERE : if it's going to rain, bring a raincoat. Wrap up warmly : it gets cold out there.

Look at this website on Royaumont.

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