September 7, 2017 NO BELL WORK September 8 NO BELL WORK September 11-14 NO BELL WORK September 11 NO BELL WORK: You do not have to write the following: On the morning of September 11, 2001, a group of 19 terrorists hijacked four American passenger airplanes that were flying from the East Coast to California. The hijackers used the planes as flying bombs against American targets. Two planes hit the two towers of the World Trade Center. A third plane crashed into the Pentagon. The fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania after the passengers tried to overcome the hijackers. Almost 3,000 American citizens died. September 15 Geography is an area of study that deals with the location of countries, cities, rivers, mountains, lakes and other natural features on earth.
• King Philip II of Macedonia, a small kingdom north of Greece, created a strong army. He planned to the Greek city-states and destroy the Persian Empire. He conquered most of Greece by 338 b.c. February 6, 2017 • Before Philip could carry out his plans, he was killed. His son Alexander became king and commander of the military forces. Over the next 12 years, Alexander conquered the Persian Empire and Egypt and went as far east as northwest India. February 7, 2017 • When his soldiers refused to go on, Alexander led them home. They crossed a desert where heat and thirst killed thousands. Shortly arriving home, Alexander died of wounds and fever at age 32. • Alexander, as Alexander the Great, extended Greek rule. He also spread language and culture throughout southwest Asia and Egypt. February 8, 2017 • Alexander’s achievements marked the beginning of the Hellenistic Era. During this period of time, Greek, or Hellenistic, culture spread to all his conquered • Alexander’s death, his generals fought. They divided his empire into four kingdoms: Macedonia, Pergamum, Egypt, and the Seleucid Empire. February 9, 2017 • The Hellenistic kings built new cities. They brought Greek artists, engineers, artisans, writers, and architects to these new cities. • The Hellenistic built new cities and remodeled old cities. They modeled their cities after Athens and other cultural centers. February 10, 2017 • Two Hellenistic writers were Appolonius, who wrote the epic poem Argonautica, and Theocritus, who wrote nature poems. • Greek New Comedy developed in Athens, which remained the center of Greek theater. The playwright Menander
served as its most important poet. • Epicurus founded a way of life that emphasized happiness and pleasure. This is called Epicureanism. Zeno founded Stoicism, which promoted reason over emotion. February 13 • Aristarchus discovered that circled the sun. Eratosthenes concluded that Earth was round and measured its circumference. • In mathematics, Euclid wrote Elements, which describes plane geometry. The most famous Hellenistic scientist was Archimedes. He worked on geometry, discovered pi, and invented machinery and weapons. • The four Hellenistic kingdoms could not work together. Meanwhile, the city-state of Rome grew into a major power. Gradually, Rome took control of Greece. February 14, 2017 NO BELL WORK February 15, 2017 NO BELL WORK February 16, 2017 • People in first settled along the Huang He, or Yellow River. The Huang He provided early China with rich soil, but it also often flooded and has cost millions of lives. • The Chang Jiang, or Yangtze, is another river in China and the longest river in Asia. Early farmers grew rice along its shores. February 17, 2017 • Mountains and deserts cover much of China. The mountains