Do Now! for Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018

Use the U.C. Davis Interactive Map to answer the following questions.

1. What trade circle is Timbuktu located in?
2. What are two other major trade cities in this circle?
3. What is the most common method of travel used in this trade circle?
4. What is one other trade circle that overlaps with Timbuktu's?

Write all of your answers in your history spiral in complete sentences.  Be sure to include the question in your answer.  For example, you could answer question number one like this...

Timbuktu is located in the ........................... trade circle.

or.

The trade circle Timbuktu is located in is called ....................... . 

Do Now for Monday, Oct. 29, 2018

Use the interactive map at U.C. Davis to answer the following questions.

Write your answers in a complete sentence that restates the question.

1. Which trade circle is Jenne a part of?
2. If you took the southern trade route from Timbuktu to Cairo, what two other cities would you pass through?
3. Did the Black Death reach Timbuktu?
4. What is one city that both Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta visited?
5. What state (or nation) was Timbuktu a part of in 1279?

Write your answers in your history spiral.

My Journey with Mansa Musa

Use your six journal entries to create an illustrated selection of excerpts about your journey with Mansa Musa as part of his hajj caravan.

You can choose either of the structures pictured here for your book.

Follow these steps to create your book.

1. Take three pieces of long paper
2. Fold one end about half an inch and make a sharp crease.
3. Glue the folded edge to a second piece of paper. 
4. Repeat with  your third piece of paper.
5. Cut off the extra edge to make your three pages even.

Now you can add content to your book. Begin by cutting out three maps of North Africa and three blank pieces of paper.  Glue one to the left hand side of each page front and back.  Do not glue anything on the right hand side at this time.

To make your excerpt follow these steps.

1. Begin by rereading all of your journal entries with a highlighter.
2. Highlight the portion of each entry you want to excerpt.
1. Be sure to include historical information from each document.  This is an important part of the overall grade for this book.
2. Highlight between 50 and 100 words.
3. Type up your excerpts in Google Docs.
1. Before you begin, set up a two-column document to produce the correct margins.
2. Give each entry a heading including location, month, year, time of day.  Center this.
3. Use left justify for the rest of your excerpt.
4. You may use a "handwriting" type font.
5. Skip several lines between each journal entry.
4. Print this document after you have proofread it.
5. Cut out the journal excerpts and glue them into  your book. 
6. Use the maps to show the locations of three journal entries and the route you have taken by that time.  
7. Use the blank pages to create illustrations for three journal entries. One of these should be a picture of Mansa Musa or something closely related to him.
8. Add other creative touches to your book that you  can think of.
9. Make sure your full name is clearly visible on the front of your book.

Books are due on Thursday. This is an 80% project.  Your full  journal entries will be included in your grade.

Do Now! Welcome to Walata

Walata was a trading center at the southern edge of the Sahara. It was the last stop before entering the desert for caravans heading north, like one on Mansa Musa's Hajj.

You'll stop there to write diary entry #2.

One feature of desert towns like this one was the date palm which was used for everything from a food source to roofing materials.

You'll be sitting under a date palm to write diary entry #2.

To see what they look like, look at the picture below. 

For your Do Now! make a sketch of a date palm in your history spiral.  You may use any available space to sketch: next to or below your diary entries. You may even sketch your date palm in the margin.

Automaton One-Pager Assignment (for English only)

Automaton One-Pager Assignment (for English only)

Create a one-pager on Maillardet's automaton using text and images to creatively highlight the most important information. Be sure to include the following:

• The definition of automaton (the plural is automata)
• A description of the automaton's history, including its creation and creator; how it was damaged; and the roles Charles Penninman, Bryan Selznick, and Andy Baron played in restoring the device; and its influence on the novel, The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
• A description of how Maillardet's automaton works and its capabilities

You can use these links to complete the one-pager assignment about Maillardet's automaton.

CBS Sunday Morning video The Lost Art of Automata Lives Again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7oSFNKIlaM

The Maillardet automaton in action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfeNC28vpYo

Read Andrew Baron’s essay

http://www.theinventionofhugocabret.com/andrew_hugo_auto.htm

Book Report #1: The Hero's Journey

Create a hero's journey poster for you book like we did for the short story "Rikki Tikki-Tavi."

Make your poster on large paper.  You may use any size or color.

Posters should include:

• 
  
• Your name.
• The title and author of the book.
• A circle for the ordinary world and the world of adventure.
• Elements of the hero's journey listed around the circle.  These should include a short paragraph describing how this element works in your book.
• Artwork showing the elements of the hero's journey in your book.

You may do this report/project on any book you have read this semester. 

This is an 80% project so I expect to see considerable time and effort put into it for a higher grade.

Due Tuesday, October 9.