5/27/14

Warm-Up: Complete #15 in class work packet.

Ending the Cold War - From Brinkmanship to Detente

Partner Quiz tomorrow.

HW: Finish Vocabulary Terms

5/20/14

Warm-Up: Skip
Lesson: More Hot Spots

Cuban Missile Crisis - Video

Vietnam War- US longest War - BBC Documentary 

HW: Next two readings: Escaping to the West and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Annotate and Summary

MIDTERM ANSWERS

5/19/14

Warm-Up: Read the Korean War (Annotate and Summarize)

Lesson: What and Where Hot spots during the Cold War?

 Korean War

HW: Next two readings. Berlin Wall

5/16/14

Warm-Up: Class work packet #5

Lesson: 1. What effect did the nuclear and arms race have on the cold war?
Class work #6-7
Film Clip (5 minutes)
(Interactive Space Race Timeline)
(Nuclear Explosions beginning with WWII - Nuclear World) (Trinity)

2. What was the purpose and impact of the Berlin Wall?

Reading Berlin Wall

Video The Wall (28 minutes)

HW: What was the Korean War and Escaping to the West (Berlin Wall)

5/15/14

Warm-Up: Describe what is happening in the picture and how does it reflect the US Foreign Policy?


Lesson: How did the United States try to contain communism in the beginning?

Classwork #2, #3 and #5

Berlin Airlift Video

HW: Next two reading- What was the Berlin Airlift, and Why was there

5/14/14

Warm-Up: What is a super power? Super Hero?

Lesson: What was the Cold War?

Notes

Maps (Assignments #1 and 2)

HW: Next two readings - Why Does the Iron Curtain Descend? What is the Truman Doctrine? Readings

5/13/14

Warm-Up: What similarities did you notice between the dictators and differences?

Gallery Submissions 

Cold War / Map Intro

HW: How did the Cold War Start? Annotate the reading

5/12/14

Warm-Up: What is the point of the poem?


Gallery Walk today and tomorrow. Gallery Submission 


HW: Reading and Summary on CW.

4/30/14

Warm-Up: Using your WWII map and your notes, locate and label events 5-8 on your map.

Lesson: US Involvement in the War - Operation Cartwheel

Mapping and Note taking activity

HW:  Finish Mapping Assignment

4/29/14

Warm-Up: Skip

Lesson: Events during WWII

Group Activity

Notes

US Involvement

HW: More images to support notes

Warm-Up- Skip

Lesson: What events led us into WWII?

Notes- Timeline

Film: Fall of Poland

HW: Add Visuals to your timeline.

4/24/14

Warm-Up: Using your chrome book, complete the map assignment to located the Allies and Axis Powers. Also, please locate event #1 and Event #2.

Lesson- Continue to look at the steps during WWII.

HW: Next Reading and Quiz.

4/23/14

Warm-Up: Grade Quiz

Lesson: Actions taken leading into WWII

HW: Next reading and Quiz

4/22/14

Warm-Up: Skip field trip

Lesson: What actions led to the beginning of WWII?

Finish Film
Reading w/Quiz
Japanese Aggression

HW: The United States Europe Before WWII

4/11/14

World Students,

Sit in alphabetical order, find your test. Begin taking your test.
    *After 15 minutes of testing I will let you use your study guide for 15 minutes.

I will call up students to turn in their homework and class work packets.

HW: Nothing have a GREAT SPRING BREAK!

4/10/14

Warm-Up: Nazi Propaganda - What symbols, emotions, ideas come to mind when looking at the images and gatherings?
 

Lesson: How do dictators rise to power?

-Finish Film

-Prep for tomorrows exam. Power Point Game

HW: Study

Due tomorrow-
Class work:
1. Nationalism Chart
2. Murder of the Archduke reading
3. Map of Europe 1914
4. Notes Causes of WWI - MANIA
5. Beginnings of WWI Timeline
6. Hook/Political Cartoon
7. WWI Propaganda
8. Film War Horse
9. A new look for Europe Map
10. Armenian Genocide

Homework:
Pg. 55-63 annotated with key ideas and visuals, staple the corresponding quizzes to the back.

4/9/14

Warm-Up:

Lesson: How did Hitler Rise to Power?

Background on Hitler/Beliefs

Reading: Mein Kampf

Propaganda

Begin- Rise of Evil

HW: Study for Test on Friday!

4/8/14

Warm-Up: Looking at Mussolini's cartoon image (in the Mussolini packet) -Describe his rise to power and fall.

Lesson: How did dictators rise to power in the 20s and 30s, using the characteristics of a Totalitarian regime

Activity - Voting

HW: Study Guide see what you know!

4/7/14

Warm-Up: Skip

Lesson: How Dictators Rise to Power

Finish Mao - Map and Propaganda

Mussolini Rise and Reading

HW: Hitler Reading

4/4/14

Warm-Up: Debunk Propaganda

Lesson: How did Mao rise to power?

Mao - Info, Film Clip

Map and Propaganda

*Ending Unit Checklist / Test

HW: Mussolini Reading fill out Dictators Chart.

4/3/14

Warm-Up: Read about Stalin and then record your findings on the Rise of Dictators Chart.

Lesson: Stalin

-Gulag Reading
-Propaganda
-Propaganda Blog

HW: Mao Reading and Record on Chart.

4/2/14

Warm-Up: No assigned warm-up, warm-down today!

Lesson: Stalin

Finish Reading "Life under Stalin"

Rise of Dictators Chart / Bio

Gulag Reading

Propaganda

HW: Quiz Rise of Totalitarian Regimes Reading

4/1/14

Warm-Up: None

Lesson: Totalitarian

Finish Hand out from yesterday - Key Traits

Learn about life under Stalin

HW: Next Reading and Quiz (Totalitarian Regimes)

3/31/14

 or 
Warm-Up: Looking at the posters above, how is Stalin depicted in the first one with Lenin in the background and the second one with the children? If you were living in the S.U. would you see these as positive or negative and explain why.

Lesson: Totalitarian Leaders "Rise of Dictators"

What does a Totalitarian Nation look like?

Life under Stalin

HW: Stalinist Russia reading quiz

3/27/14

Warm-Up: Skip

Finish 20s / 30s

Intro to Russian Revolution

HW: Finish Russian Revolution Reading

3/26/14

Warm-Up: What characteristics of your generation make you guys unique; unlike your parents or grandparents? What events, trends, movements helped shape your generation? And, what would you name your generation.

Lesson: Post WWI mindset

Reading 20's discussion

30's

HW: Next reading and quiz

3/25/14

Warm-Up: Armenian Genocide, reading and write reaction.

Lesson: Ending of the War and the Changes

Video Clip Genocide

Spanish Influenza

-Treaty of Versailles

Check Grades

HW: Artists after WWI Reading and Quiz

3/23/14

Warm-Up: Read Armistice - The End of World War I, how do you think the Allies and the Central Powers, primarily the Germans,  feel about the agreement to end the war?

Lesson: How did the War change Europe?

Activity:

1. Mapping Assignment with Questions

2. Video Clip on the Treaty of Versailles and an analysis worksheet.

HW: Skip Reading (Europe after WWI) and Begin reading Postwar Disillusionment Europe and Quiz

3/18/14

Warm-Up: Pick a story - U-Boats, Gas Attack or Tank and read one story and write your reaction.

Lesson: War Footage

Film War Horse

HW: Next Reading and Quiz.

3/17/14

Warm-Up: Read Life in Trenches, and write your reaction.

Lesson: Fronts of WWI

Activity:

Reading together

Propaganda

War Horse Reading

HW: Human Cost of War Reading / Quiz

3/14/14

Warm-Up: Read Christmas Truce an write down your reaction to the story.

Lesson: Total War

Looking at Propaganda

HW: Reading #4 and Quiz

3/13/14

Warm-Up: Timeline Activity - using the handout place the following events in order from 1st to last. After you have place the events in order, on your warm-up sheet explain how the tangled web of alliances drove the world into war.

Lesson Question-How did the world fight in WWI?

Activity:

Discussion w/Clips

Reading Christmas Truce and Song

Life in Trenches

HW: Next Reading and Quiz

3/12/14

Warm-Up: Hook, then pick one to explain why you agree or disagree.

Lesson: WWI Intro

-Intro to WWI Discussion

-Reading Archduke

- Map Alliances

HW: Next Reading and Quiz.

3/11/14

Finish Nationalism

Intro to WWI-

Map

Kaiser Wilhelm Reading

HW: 1st Reading and Quiz (not on the computer)

3/10/14

Warm-Up: Why is having school spirit important? Provide examples of school spirit.

Lesson: Nationalism

What is Nationalism / Create a Nation

HW: Freebie

3/7/14

No Warm-Up-

Peer Review Essay Outline / Questions

Begin Typing - Test Taking Environment

HW: Finish Essay, bring in Printed Copy Monday

Format- MLA Heading, 1 inch margins, 12 font, Times New Roman, no length or word stipulation; just answer the question. 

3/6/14

NO WARM-UP

DBQ:

Bucket docs

Thesis

Outline

HW: Finish Outline

*Class work and Homework Packet Due Tomorrow

3/5/14

Lesson: Finish National Geo graphics - Blood Diamonds

Finish Documents / Bucket

Put Unit 2 Packet together.

HW: Catch up make sure you are ready for tomorrow. 

3/4/14

Warm-Up:    Russia has"supposedly" been asked by the recently resigned Ukrainian government to intervene in the Ukrainian revolution; therefore, Russia has sent in 16,000 troops into Crimea. Do you think this is an act of imperialism, explain your answer?

Lesson: DBQ

Document Analysis

Finish Film

HW: Next 3 Documents

*HW packet and Class work packet due Friday.

3/3/14

Warm-Up: Class Reading

DBQ Unit Assessment #2

Film

HW: Finish Annotating DBQ background essay.

2/28/14

Warm-Up: Watch Congo Film clip - Describe the motive for Belgium (colonizers) for going into the Congo; also, list any positives and negatives for the people of the Congo (colonized).

Lesson: Imperialism Motives - Why did Big Dogs dominate Little Dogs?

Group Motives Lesson - Deeper Look

Reading/Quiz Responses

Film - A look into the Economic motive for Imperialism in Sierra Leone, Blood Diamonds.

HW: Struggles for Independence Last Reading and Quiz

2/27/14

Warm-Up: skip

Finish Mapping
Reasons/Motives for Imperialism
Group Activity Motives
Video- Glimpse into the Congo

HW: Private Company Rule in the Congo (Primary Source Reading- Annotate)

2/26/14

Warm-UP: http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/24/world/asia/beijing-smog-solutions/index.html; China, what are some possible solutions, and effects from the solutions

Lesson: Finish Industry Effects / Start Imperialism

Finish Discussion
Mapping Activity

HW: Imperialism and Colonial Locations Quiz

2/25/14

Warm-Up: Cotton Millionaire Game; Successful or Failure, what choices did you make to lead you to your destiny.

Lesson: Effects / Changes of the Industrial Revolution

Game
Discussion
H/O examples

HW: Industrial Economies and Rise of Imperialism Reading and Quiz

2/24/14

Warm-Up: Play the game, then write down what happened to you as a result. What good decisions did you make and bad ones.

Lesson: How did society change as a result of the Industrial Revolution?

Activity: Finish Film

2-3 Presentations

Cap v Comm Game

HW: Next reading and Quiz

2/14/14

Warm-Up: No

2-3 Presentations

Film - What happens with Industry. Blood Sweat and T-Shirts

HW: Nothing

2/13/14

You guys were awesome yesterday during the warm up, you presented arguments in a constructive manner with evidence! Yeah!! I will try to have more warm-ups like yesterday in the future.

Warm-Up: Look up and define: Union, Collective Baragaining, and Strike, re-write in your own words. Also look for one image to help your understanding of the terms. (15 min)

Lesson:

1.Political Cartoons- Use powerpoint on computer and as a class go through the detailed cartoon analysis. Then have students partner up to look at the other 5 on the big screen. They can walk up to the big screen if they need a better look, approx 3-4 minutes per cartoon. (30 min)

2. Work in your groups on presentations. Presentations will start tomorrow. Please make sure everyone know what to say and has a part. Submit your presentation to me too.

*If you finish your project, start your homework.

HW: If you finish early, start your homework. Read Componenets of Industrial Economies and Responses to Capitalism/Quiz

2/12/14

Warm-Up: Based on the two readings Coal Miner (Boy) and Factory Worker (Girl), who had it worse and find a specific quote to support your answer.

Lesson: Viewpoints on the Changes - Political Cartoons

1. Analyze Political Cartoons of the Industrial Revolution

2. Continue to work on Group Assignment, problems of the Industrial Revolutions and Current Problems

HW: Read Evolution of Work and Labor / Quiz

2/11/14

Warm-Up: What are some positive and negative results of population growth?

Lesson: Describe the immediate changes: home life, work life and urbanization.

Discussion on Industrial Changes / https://todaysmeet.com/WS4 (log in, transcript, print in google drive to keep a copy)

Blogging Changes of the Industrial Revolution / Current Event Same Issue, but do they have the same problems?

HW: Coal Mine Reading annotate as Primary Source

2/10/14

Warm-Up: Find one image to depict factory life for Lucy Larcom; write down all of the sights, sounds, feelings Lucy felt working in this factory. Based on Lucy's story, why do you think the government requires children to go to school rather then work?

Lesson: Changes in Society

Activity: Read Charles Dickens' Hard Times

Continue to work on Positive and Negatives of the Industrial Revolution, backside

Film: Victoria

HW: Population Shifts and Quiz

2/7/14

Warm-up: What is your favorite invention/technology and could you live with out it?

Activity:
Looking into the changing industrial society

Film: Queen Victoria

HW: Primary Source A New England Girlhood (Imagine you are the girls you are reading about!)

2/6/14

Warm-Up: Quiz from Last night, what happened?

Activity: Urban Game

Discussion on Industrialization

Population growth chart

HW: Inventions and Social Change Reading and Quiz

2/5/14

Warm-Up: Skip finish group jigsaw. How do you know if progress / change has been made?

Lesson: What was life like before the IR?  

Activity: Urban Game

HW: Reading The Industrial Revolution in England and Quiz

2/3/14

Warm-Up: What else do people fight to change, beyond the government?

Lesson: Extension,other examples of fighting for Change

Activity:
1. Collect Homework Packet
2. Collect Classwork Packet
3. Collect Journal / E-Pro folio 

4. Revolution for Education, Malala Reading
Bio Clip, UN Clip

HW: Reading on Women Fighting for Change, Annotate and summarize the problems noted in the reading

1/31/14

Warm-Up: Write your reaction to the new policy and why do you like it or hate it.

Lesson: Result Effects of the Revolution

Napoleon Discussion and Reading.

Put packet together

HW: Finish Journal

1/30/14

Warm-Up: Skip

Lesson: French Rev.

Activity:

Check in with Journals

Reign of Terror Docs

Finish Film

HW: Journal #4

1/29/14

Warm-up: Choose one Event- Tennis Court Oath, Storming the Bastille, or The Great Fear March on Versailles and write what happened/what you know about the event (Film and Stage 2 of the Revolution.)

Lesson: Causes- Stage 3 of a Revolution

1. Looking at last nights journal entry,  plug in the event into your journal to support your idea.

2. Stage 3 - Timeline / reading

3. Film

HW: Journal Entry #3 (Modern Movement - Enlightenment, Renaissance, Reformation inspiration and connect to an event between 1791-1793 on timeline.)

1/28/14

Warm-up: Checking for understanding sheet - What were the causes for the French Revolution Question? Refer to homework readings and primary source documents on class slide show

Lesson Question: Continue - Causes for the French Revolution?

Activity:

1. Peer Review on Journal Entries (look for adding vocab and all necessary components)

2. Discussion on Key Events to Spark the Revolution (Stage 2)

3. Journal Entry #2 - Ancient Idea to encourage you in a key event.

4. Film - French Revolution

HW: Finish Journal Entry #2

1/27/14

Warm-Up: Imagine if you were part of the 3rd estate, what do you mean to the country?

Lesson: Causes of French Rev.

Activity:

French Rev. Baseline Reading / Quiz

Jigsaw continued

Film

HW: Journal Entry #1 for the Formal Assessment

1/24/14

Warm Up- Reading through the Baseline Reading of the American Revolution, take the Key Events 1760s-1791 and place them on Briton's stages of a Revolution Chart.

Lesson: Causes of the French Revolution

Activity: Looking at the Causes / Slide Show - sharing information jigsaw

Film: The French Revolution - Notes Look for the Stages and write down key people and events on the chart.

HW: (Out of Order) PS reading What is the 3rd Estate? Annotate

Warm-up: Skip (5 minutes) connect with group members to finish presentations.

Presentations

EQ: How did ideas of Democracy inspire American Revolution?

Discussion / American Revolution Baseline Reading.

HW: Baseline Influence of The US Constitution on World Political Systems.

1/22/14

Warm-up: Yesterday's quiz....thanks everyone for working through my errors!!


Lesson Question: How did the Enlightenment Ideas influence Government ideas and documents?

1. Inspiration for a Glorious Revolution in England Discussion

2. Reading on the Enlightenment Thinkers

3. Enlightenment BELIEFS and Characteristics of Democracy Activity

HW: Work on your Essential Question worksheet Renaissance and Reformation Question and England/Glorious Revolution Questions.

1/21/14

Warm-up- Enlightenment Quiz

EQ: How did the Renaissance and Reformation contribute to the importance of man?

Lesson:
1. Renaissance / Reformation walk-activity
2. Film - Engineering and Empire Renaissance

HW: England and Democratic Revolution Baseline Reading quick funny video to reflect main points

1/17/13

Yeah 3 day weekend!!!

MLK Birthday Extra Credit Opportunity - Watch or read "I have a Dream Speech". Write one paragraph, stating what his Dream is and if the Dream cam true. Opinion

Warm-Up: What was life like for a criminal during the Elizabethan Era? Did people charged with a crime have a "say" or a "voice" when dealing with the crime?

Lesson:

1. 10 minutes working on Essential Question Worksheet - Try to finish and/or add to all questions in the Ancient category.

2. Renaissance/Reformation Discussion

3. Film - Greece

HW: Baseline Reading #7 Enlightenment (annotate, 3 visuals, and 3 key ideas) follow rubric.

1/16/14

Warm-Up: Quiz

EQ: Ethical and Religious Ideas on Government

Lesson-

Discussion

Hammurabi and 10 Commandments

Film- Ancient Greece

HW: PS - Crime and Punishment

1/15/14

World - Today is MLK's Birthday!

Warm-up: Complete Form

EQ: Contributions by the Greeks and Romans

Lesson:

1. Documents Greeks and Romans

2. Quiz to supplement homework (2 nights ago)

3. Greece Civilizations Film

(*Spot check homework tomorrow)

HW: Baseline #5 Judeo-Christian / Greco-Roman

1/14/14

1/14/14 World Studies

Warm-Up - The Cave

Checking for Understanding- Based on the Characteristics of Democracy and the Cave Activity, why do Western Nations promote Democracy?

GQ- What ethical contributions did the Greeks make towards democracy?

Short Discussion Ancient Ideas/Citizenship

Documents/ Primary Source Analysis

Quiz for reading homework/review reading

HW: Primary Source- How To Keep A Slave

1/13/14

1/13/14 World
Warm-Up: Explain how this photo limits freedom. Speculate about what else might be limited and the type of government this country could have.

-set up Essential Guiding Questions worksheet (checking for understanding doc.)

Guiding Question: Why do Western Nations want Democracy?

Lesson: Review/Finish Characteristics of Democracy.

HW: Baseline Reading "Western Political Ideas of Tyranny" Quiz for Baseline Reading

1/10/14

World Studies

EQ: Why do societies have governments?

Lesson: Finish I-Civics "Who Rules"

Warm-Up: Pros and Cons for the different types of Governments; use I-Civics

Essential Question Organizing Worksheet Form

Characteristics of Democracy- Annotate and Provide an example of each term from a school/student perspective, and or draw an illustration.

Homework: Finish Annotation and providing examples of the Characteristics of Democracy.