Writing assignment instructions were distributed to the students who signed up for this option. We began our new unit with reviewing, discussing, and adding to our Mental Map Timeline. We then set up new Essential Question (E.Q.) and Curiosity Questions (C.Q.) pages. Reserve the top half of the E.Q. page for themes that emerge that you might later use in the E.Q. writing at the end of this unit. On the bottom half of the E.Q. page, and onto the back, etc. we took notes on "The Awakening" portion of "Islam: An Empire of Faith" (by PBS) as a source of the European Renaissance -- available on You tube. We viewed the first 25 minutes, and will finish in class tomorrow.
