March 8

Happy birthday Dot

Argumentative Writing

Should Metal Bats be Banned in Youth Baseball?

See classroom.

Mayans

Crash Course:  Water and Classical Civilizations: Crash Course World History 222 by John Green

• What does he mean by "hydraulic engineering"?
• What is the main idea?
• How does the example of Khmer culture support/ contrast his argument?  
• What does the video say about the relation of ancient civilizations to water?

CSI: Mayan Collapse
EQ: What caused the Mayan civilization to collapse? 

Reading Group

Work on writing prompt, read, take Reading Counts Quizzes or The Samurai's Tale Project.

Presentations Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next week.