Monday, March 15, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Week of March 8
Friday
Students engaged in a review activity of terminology from WWI.
Homework
Will check Journal Entry #8 on March 22 (the first day back after break).
Thursday
Checked Journal Entry #7.
Watched video on the revolutions and resistance to the war in Russia, Britain, Ireland, and Italy - [Strachan Disc 3 - Revolution].
Homework
Journal Entry #8. Be sure to incorporate information from the videos we've been watching.
Wednesday
Checked Journal Entry #6.
Watched video on important events in naval warfare - [WWI in color - Killers on the Sea]. Note Gallipoli, Battle of Jutland, sinking of the Lusitania.
Homework
Journal Entry #7. Be sure to incorporate what we've seen in the video.
Tuesday
Checked Journal Entry #5.
Watched video on new WWI technologies on the sea and in the air [WWI in color - Blood in the Air].
Homework
Journal Entry #6. Be sure to incorporate what we've been learning about in the videos. If you're absent, you can do some quick research online and/or use any of your previous notes/worksheets/packets.
Monday
Checked questions from Friday (War in the Trenches).
Watched video excerpt on life in the trenches [Strachan: Breaking the Deadlock - 0:00-44:53].
Homework
Journal Entry #5, augmented with notes from the video.
Students engaged in a review activity of terminology from WWI.
Homework
Will check Journal Entry #8 on March 22 (the first day back after break).
Thursday
Checked Journal Entry #7.
Watched video on the revolutions and resistance to the war in Russia, Britain, Ireland, and Italy - [Strachan Disc 3 - Revolution].
Homework
Journal Entry #8. Be sure to incorporate information from the videos we've been watching.
Wednesday
Checked Journal Entry #6.
Watched video on important events in naval warfare - [WWI in color - Killers on the Sea]. Note Gallipoli, Battle of Jutland, sinking of the Lusitania.
Homework
Journal Entry #7. Be sure to incorporate what we've seen in the video.
Tuesday
Checked Journal Entry #5.
Watched video on new WWI technologies on the sea and in the air [WWI in color - Blood in the Air].
Homework
Journal Entry #6. Be sure to incorporate what we've been learning about in the videos. If you're absent, you can do some quick research online and/or use any of your previous notes/worksheets/packets.
Monday
Checked questions from Friday (War in the Trenches).
Watched video excerpt on life in the trenches [Strachan: Breaking the Deadlock - 0:00-44:53].
Homework
Journal Entry #5, augmented with notes from the video.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Week of March 1
Friday
Checked Journal Entry #4 and any remaining simulation w/s from yesterday.
Read and discussed two w/s: Life in the Trenches and Waterlogged Trenches.
Homework
No journal entry tonight. Just answer questions 1, 2, and 3 from the Life in the Trenches w/s. Write complete sentences for #2 and #3. Use the larger diagrams on the last two pages to help answer the questions.
Thursday
Students engaged in a another simulation of trench warfare during WWI, this time going over the top. Part of the activity included finding the definitions of terms related to WWI trench warfare.
Homework
Journal Entry #4. Include information learned from today's simulation.
Wednesday
Early Release Day - Special Schedule
Tuesday
Students engaged in a simulation of trench warfare during WWI and had to decide, as a commander, which technologies (tanks, machine guns, Zeppelins, etc.) to implement when faced with four scenarios. For each mission, students wrote down (bullets) what worked, what did not work, what the outcome was, and what they learned (about fighting in the trenches with the technologies available to them).
Homework
Journal Entry #3. Include information learned from the simulation in the trenches.
Monday
Checked Journal Entry #1 and blue w/s (Dates and Events).
Handout with names from Germany, France, Britain, and Russia, which can be used in the journal entries.
Watched brief video covering European countries mobilizing (Strachan ~ 0-32:47 from Under the Eagle).
Homework
Journal Entry #2. Write a journal entry or letter as a soldier from a European country that is at war. See journal entry guidelines at the top of this post. The entry should be 1/2 to 3/4 of a page in length.
Checked Journal Entry #4 and any remaining simulation w/s from yesterday.
Read and discussed two w/s: Life in the Trenches and Waterlogged Trenches.
Homework
No journal entry tonight. Just answer questions 1, 2, and 3 from the Life in the Trenches w/s. Write complete sentences for #2 and #3. Use the larger diagrams on the last two pages to help answer the questions.
Thursday
Students engaged in a another simulation of trench warfare during WWI, this time going over the top. Part of the activity included finding the definitions of terms related to WWI trench warfare.
Homework
Journal Entry #4. Include information learned from today's simulation.
Wednesday
Early Release Day - Special Schedule
Tuesday
Students engaged in a simulation of trench warfare during WWI and had to decide, as a commander, which technologies (tanks, machine guns, Zeppelins, etc.) to implement when faced with four scenarios. For each mission, students wrote down (bullets) what worked, what did not work, what the outcome was, and what they learned (about fighting in the trenches with the technologies available to them).
Homework
Journal Entry #3. Include information learned from the simulation in the trenches.
Monday
Checked Journal Entry #1 and blue w/s (Dates and Events).
Handout with names from Germany, France, Britain, and Russia, which can be used in the journal entries.
Watched brief video covering European countries mobilizing (Strachan ~ 0-32:47 from Under the Eagle).
Homework
Journal Entry #2. Write a journal entry or letter as a soldier from a European country that is at war. See journal entry guidelines at the top of this post. The entry should be 1/2 to 3/4 of a page in length.
Monday, February 22, 2010
Week of Feb. 22
Friday
Checked HW: Causes of World War One questions 1-6, levels 4, 5, and 6, and Causes of World War One crossword.
Read and discussed Four Steps to War, June-Aug. 1914.
Watch brief video covering European countries mobilizing (Strachan ~ 33:14 - end of To Arms).
Homework
Write a journal entry or letter as a soldier from a European country that is at war. Include 5 historical facts (highlighted) gleaned from the video and/or your WWI paperwork. At the top, say who you are and from what country. As we continue to cover WWI, this identity will change depending on what we are covering in class. Include the date. The entry should be 1/2 to 3/4 of a page in length.
Thursday
Read and discussed more about the causes leading up to WWI (two handouts).
Homework
Complete the activities on both worksheets - in complete sentences except for the last one on each section [this can be bulletted]; complete crossword using the Causes of World War One handout. Learn terms/definitions from crossword.
Wednesday
Took the mid-point standards test and graded in class.
Date & Keyword (blue) handout relating to the causes of WWI. Find answers using worksheet from yesterday's simulation in the lab and the previous worksheets and packets you received on WWI. Work on this over the next few days.
Homework
Finish blue w/s by Friday. Study - will be on a future test.
Tuesday
In the computer lab, students tackled the intriguing question, "Was Germany to blame for WWI?" After working through the online simulation once, the did it again, this time filling in pertinent details about the history of the time.
Homework
Finish worksheet, if necessary, and begin studying the events (use as study guide for test).
Monday
Collected the "newspapers" on the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Reviewed WWI A-Z handout and noted which specific terms/definitions would be on a future test.
Graded Europe Overseas Quiz Part 1.
Mapwork: Pre-WWI Map of Europe. Shade the Allied (Triple Entente), Central Powers(Triple Alliance), and Neutral Powers.
Homework
Begin learning terms from WWI A-Z handout.
Checked HW: Causes of World War One questions 1-6, levels 4, 5, and 6, and Causes of World War One crossword.
Read and discussed Four Steps to War, June-Aug. 1914.
Watch brief video covering European countries mobilizing (Strachan ~ 33:14 - end of To Arms).
Homework
Write a journal entry or letter as a soldier from a European country that is at war. Include 5 historical facts (highlighted) gleaned from the video and/or your WWI paperwork. At the top, say who you are and from what country. As we continue to cover WWI, this identity will change depending on what we are covering in class. Include the date. The entry should be 1/2 to 3/4 of a page in length.
Thursday
Read and discussed more about the causes leading up to WWI (two handouts).
Homework
Complete the activities on both worksheets - in complete sentences except for the last one on each section [this can be bulletted]; complete crossword using the Causes of World War One handout. Learn terms/definitions from crossword.
Wednesday
Took the mid-point standards test and graded in class.
Date & Keyword (blue) handout relating to the causes of WWI. Find answers using worksheet from yesterday's simulation in the lab and the previous worksheets and packets you received on WWI. Work on this over the next few days.
Homework
Finish blue w/s by Friday. Study - will be on a future test.
Tuesday
In the computer lab, students tackled the intriguing question, "Was Germany to blame for WWI?" After working through the online simulation once, the did it again, this time filling in pertinent details about the history of the time.
Homework
Finish worksheet, if necessary, and begin studying the events (use as study guide for test).
Monday
Collected the "newspapers" on the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Reviewed WWI A-Z handout and noted which specific terms/definitions would be on a future test.
Graded Europe Overseas Quiz Part 1.
Mapwork: Pre-WWI Map of Europe. Shade the Allied (Triple Entente), Central Powers(Triple Alliance), and Neutral Powers.
Homework
Begin learning terms from WWI A-Z handout.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Week of Feb. 15
Friday
Collected the thinking maps on the causes of WWI.
Viewed two video snippets on background tensions leading to WWI and the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.
Homework
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand w/s (crossword on the back). You are a reporter covering the visit of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to Sarajevo. Using the worksheet and your notes from the videos, design a newspaper's front page with details of the assassination.
Complete the crossword and learn terms for future test.
Thursday
Science Fair Expo Day - Special Schedule
Wednesday
Students used the Europe Overseas handout to answer questions on the Europe Overseas Qiuz Part I. This was due at the end of the period.
Students received the WWI from A to Z handout to study.
Homework
Study terms and definitions on the A to Z handout.
Tuesday
Collected the TR summaries from Friday.
Read and discussed handout on The Causes of World War I.
Homework
Create a thinking map (bubble map) of the mnemonic ANIMAL (the causes) (pages 2 through 4), and briefly state why each was a factor leading to WWI. Due Friday.
Monday
Presidents' Day - No School
Collected the thinking maps on the causes of WWI.
Viewed two video snippets on background tensions leading to WWI and the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne.
Homework
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand w/s (crossword on the back). You are a reporter covering the visit of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to Sarajevo. Using the worksheet and your notes from the videos, design a newspaper's front page with details of the assassination.
Complete the crossword and learn terms for future test.
Thursday
Science Fair Expo Day - Special Schedule
Wednesday
Students used the Europe Overseas handout to answer questions on the Europe Overseas Qiuz Part I. This was due at the end of the period.
Students received the WWI from A to Z handout to study.
Homework
Study terms and definitions on the A to Z handout.
Tuesday
Collected the TR summaries from Friday.
Read and discussed handout on The Causes of World War I.
Homework
Create a thinking map (bubble map) of the mnemonic ANIMAL (the causes) (pages 2 through 4), and briefly state why each was a factor leading to WWI. Due Friday.
Monday
Presidents' Day - No School
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Week of Feb. 8
Friday
Collected the Lucy Stone questions, the Cornell Notes of Ch. 23 S3, and the Chapter 23 Assessment (pages 674-675).
Graded last week's Ch. 20 & 21 Test. Watched and took notes on a History Channel video on Teddy Roosevelt's part in the construction of the Panama Canal.
Homework
Write a summary of your notes.
Thursday
Complete the following sections of the Chapter 23 Assessment (pages 674-675):
- Define the terms in the section Terms & Names (write the term, followed by the definition)
- Review Questions #1-10 ~ must be in complete sentences
- Critical Thinking #1 & 2 ~ must be in complete sentences
- Standards-Based Assessment #1-3
- p. 673, #2 Using Graphics
Homework
Finish questions.
Wednesday
Cornell Notes on textbook pp. 668-673 (Roman numeral, capital letter, number, lower case letter, dash; remember ONLY the Roman numeral goes to the left of the red margin; remember to indent slightly each time and align characters that are the same all the way down the page). Leave room for mini thinking map on the right.
Homework
Develop questions in the left margin - ONE question for EACH capital letter. The questions should be answered by what you have in the corresponding notes section.
Create ONE mini thinking map for ANY ONE capital letter (do this on the right hand side of the page). Do a summary of the entire section (what you have in the notes)at the end (one good paragraph).
Tuesday
Students worked on map-related activities.
Homework
None.
Monday
P3 and 7: Collected notes and summary of Friday's video segment.
Read and acted out a play on women's rights champion Lucy Stone.
Homework
Answer the questions on the play on a separate sheet of paper. Use complete sentences and skip a line between answers.
Collected the Lucy Stone questions, the Cornell Notes of Ch. 23 S3, and the Chapter 23 Assessment (pages 674-675).
Graded last week's Ch. 20 & 21 Test. Watched and took notes on a History Channel video on Teddy Roosevelt's part in the construction of the Panama Canal.
Homework
Write a summary of your notes.
Thursday
Complete the following sections of the Chapter 23 Assessment (pages 674-675):
- Define the terms in the section Terms & Names (write the term, followed by the definition)
- Review Questions #1-10 ~ must be in complete sentences
- Critical Thinking #1 & 2 ~ must be in complete sentences
- Standards-Based Assessment #1-3
- p. 673, #2 Using Graphics
Homework
Finish questions.
Wednesday
Cornell Notes on textbook pp. 668-673 (Roman numeral, capital letter, number, lower case letter, dash; remember ONLY the Roman numeral goes to the left of the red margin; remember to indent slightly each time and align characters that are the same all the way down the page). Leave room for mini thinking map on the right.
Homework
Develop questions in the left margin - ONE question for EACH capital letter. The questions should be answered by what you have in the corresponding notes section.
Create ONE mini thinking map for ANY ONE capital letter (do this on the right hand side of the page). Do a summary of the entire section (what you have in the notes)at the end (one good paragraph).
Tuesday
Students worked on map-related activities.
Homework
None.
Monday
P3 and 7: Collected notes and summary of Friday's video segment.
Read and acted out a play on women's rights champion Lucy Stone.
Homework
Answer the questions on the play on a separate sheet of paper. Use complete sentences and skip a line between answers.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Week of Feb. 2
Friday
Collected notes and summary of yesterday's video section.
Continued with the Teddy Roosevelt: TR - An American Lion video, covering his part in the Spanish-American War, and reforms he made as governor of New York.
Homework
Write a summary of your notes.
Thursday
Checked w/s Ch23 S1 and S2. Collected thinking maps for these sections.
Viewed and took notes on part of a History Channel video on Teddy Roosevelt: TR - An American Lion.
Homework
Write a summary of your notes.
Wednesday
No school for students - Staff Development day.
Tuesday
Took the test for Chapters 20 and 21.
Read w/s on the Spanish-American War (Ch23 S2).
Homework
Complete the chart, answer the questions (in complete sentences), and learn the terms & names. Create one thinking map of your choice. No circle maps.
Monday
Collected Imperialism maps.
Read a w/s on The United States Continues to Expand (Ch23 S1). Time in class to work on homework and study for tomorrow's quiz.
Homework
Complete the chart, answer the questions (in complete sentences), and learn the terms and names. For the whole section, create one thinking map of your choice. No circle maps.
Study for tomorrow's quiz on Chapters 20 and 21.
Collected notes and summary of yesterday's video section.
Continued with the Teddy Roosevelt: TR - An American Lion video, covering his part in the Spanish-American War, and reforms he made as governor of New York.
Homework
Write a summary of your notes.
Thursday
Checked w/s Ch23 S1 and S2. Collected thinking maps for these sections.
Viewed and took notes on part of a History Channel video on Teddy Roosevelt: TR - An American Lion.
Homework
Write a summary of your notes.
Wednesday
No school for students - Staff Development day.
Tuesday
Took the test for Chapters 20 and 21.
Read w/s on the Spanish-American War (Ch23 S2).
Homework
Complete the chart, answer the questions (in complete sentences), and learn the terms & names. Create one thinking map of your choice. No circle maps.
Monday
Collected Imperialism maps.
Read a w/s on The United States Continues to Expand (Ch23 S1). Time in class to work on homework and study for tomorrow's quiz.
Homework
Complete the chart, answer the questions (in complete sentences), and learn the terms and names. For the whole section, create one thinking map of your choice. No circle maps.
Study for tomorrow's quiz on Chapters 20 and 21.
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