Week of March 10-13
Friday, March 13th
1) Read "Hitler's War" & Complete the Questions
2) Activity: Jewish Populations in the Holocaust
Homework: Key Terms Quiz Next Wednesday, Study!!
Thursday, March 12th
1) Review Hitler & Stalin Political Cartoon
2) Video & Guide: WW2: The Road to War
Homework: Finish Key Terms if Needed **Quiz Next Wednesday
Wednesday, March 11th
1) Review "The Good War" & "The Road to War" Kids Discover
2) Key Terms: World War II *Quiz next Wed.
3) Interpreting Political Cartoons: Hitler & Stalin
Homework: Political Cartoon Sheet, Finish Key Terms if Needed
Tuesday, March 10th
1) Read "The Good War" & "The Road to War" Kids Discover
2) Complete Reading Questions #1-10 & #1-5 for the sections above
3) Worksheet: Speeches & Promises of Adolf Hitler
Homework:
Monday, March 9th - NO SCHOOL
Week of February 10-14
Friday, February 14th
1) Review: Appeasement & The Start of WW2, Perspectives on Appeasement & Rise of Dictators
2) Reading Sheet: Appeasement Before WW2
3) Atlas of World History: Rise of Dictatorships
Homework:
Thursday, February 13th
1) I AM POEM (draft, peer edit, type final copy)
2) Worksheets: Perspectives on Appeasement & Rise of Dictators (Google Classroom)
Homework:
Wednesday, February 12th
1) I AM POEM Introduction
2) Begin Rough Draft
Homework:
Tuesday, February 11th
1) Anti-Bias Lesson with Ms. Hayes
Homework: Finish Appeasement Worksheet
Monday, February 10th
1) Unit Test - WWI
2) Slides & Worksheet: Appeasement and the Start of WW2
Homework: Finish Appeasement Worksheet
Week of February 3-7
Friday, February 6th - NO SCHOOL STORM DAY
Thursday, February 6th
1) Horrible Histories: Truce in the Trenches
2) Video: The Great War (Scholastic.com)
3) Map Activity: Europe AFTER the War
Homework:
Wednesday, February 5th
1) Horrible Histories: Big Bother WWI
2) Review: 14 Points/Treaty of Versailles Venn Diagram & WWI Vocabulary
3) Read "The War's End" & Complete War & Peace!
4) Partner Activity: Germany's Response to the Treaty of Versailles
Homework: None
Tuesday, February 4th
1) Horrible Histories: Women in Factories
2) Atlas: World War I Changes Europe
3) Worksheet: Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points/14 Points & Treaty of Versailles Comparison
Homework: Finish Worksheet
Monday, February 3rd
1) Horrible Histories: 1918 Report & The Red Baron
2) Introduction & Example: WWI Propaganda
3) Propaganda Activity with Partner
Homework: Check Power Schools & Finish All MISSING WORK
Week of January 27-31
Friday, January 31st
1) Horrible Histories: 1915 Report, Flying Aces & WWI Spies
2) Read "The Yanks Are Coming"
3) Work on WWI Review Sheet pg. 11
Homework: Check Power Schools & Finish All MISSING WORK
Thursday, January 30th
1) Horrible Histories: 1st Day in Trenches, War Do's & Don'ts
2) Read "Attack at Sea" & Complete the Questions
Homework: Check Power Schools & Finish All MISSING WORK
Wednesday, January 29th
1) Horrible Histories: Battle of the Somme
2) History Play: The Russian Revolution
3) Video: The Russian Revolution
Homework: Check Power Schools & Finish All MISSING WORK
Tuesday, January 28th
1) Horrible Histories: Soldiers & Splat the Rat
2) Reading Sheet & Video Clip: The Battle of the Somme
3) Guided Notes: The Russian Revolution
Homework: Finish Guided Notes
Monday, January 27th
1) Horrible Histories: Freezing in the Trenches & Master Chef
2) Review Poem Analysis
3) History Play: The Christmas Truce & Video Clips
4) Worksheet: The WWI Christmas Truce
Homework: Finish Worksheet
Week of January 21-24 (No School Monday Jan. 20 - Holiday)
Friday, January 24th
1) Horrible Histories: Trench Personnel
2) Review Trench Conditions & Primary Source: Diary Entry of a WWI Soldier
3) Read: Whizz, Bangs, & Trenches
4) Poem Analysis: "Dulce Et Decorum Est" (w/partner)
Homework:
Thursday, January 23rd
1) Horrible Histories: Trench Superstitions & War Technology - Zepplin
2) Quiz: Key Terms - WWI
3) Primary Source: Diary Entry of a WWI Soldier
4) Infantryman: An Interactive Experience
Homework: Finish Primary Source!
Wednesday, January 22nd
1) Horrible Histories: War Technology - The Airplane
2) Video Clip: Trench Warfare (Scholastic)
3) Finish Chart: New Weapons of WWI
4) Worksheet: Conditions in the Trenches
5) Primary Source: Diary Entry of a WWI Soldier
Homework: Study Key Terms: WWI for THURSDAY'S Quiz
Tuesday, January 21st
1) Video & Guide: WWI - A New Kind of War
2) Video Clip: Innovations of WWI (Scholastic)
3) Chart: New Weapons of WWI
Homework: Study Key Terms: WWI for THURSDAY'S Quiz
Week of January 13-17
Friday, January 17th
1) Review Political Cartoons: Alliances
2) Map Activity: World War I
3) Resources of the Allied Powers
Homework: Study Key Terms: WWI for THURSDAY'S Quiz
Thursday, January 16th
1) Video Clips: Alliances of WWI & Horrible Histories: Alliances
2) Finish MAIN Foldable
3) Political Cartoons: Alliances
Homework: Political Cartoons (front/back)
Wednesday, January 15th
1) Review Political Cartoons: Imperialism
2) MAIN Foldable
Homework: Finish Key Terms if needed
Tuesday, January 14th
1) Key Terms: World War I
2) Reading Sheet: Major Causes of World War I
Homework: Finish Key Terms & Reading Sheet if needed
Monday, January 13th
1) Map Activity: Responses to Imperialism Around the World
2) Worksheet: Perspectives on the White Man's Burden & Imperialism
3) Cartoon Analysis: Imperialism (choose 2)
Homework: Finish Cartoon Analysis if needed
Week of January 6-10
Friday, January 10th
1) Station Activity: What Was the Driving Force Behind European Imperialism in Africa?
Thursday, January 9th
1) HH: British Things
2) Review Commissioner Lin's Letter to Queen Victoria
3) Atlas: Imperialism in Asia & the Pacific AND Imperialism Continues in Asia
Homework: Read Imperialism in Africa Background Essay & Complete the Crossword
Wednesday, January 8th
1) Brainstorm: Motives for European Imperialism
2) BrainPop: The British Empire
3) Primary Source: Commissioner Lin's Letter to Queen Victoria
Homework: Finish Primary Source
Tuesday, January 7th
1) Review History Check - Nationalism & Atlas of World History - Nationalism Sweeps Europe
2) Graphic Organizer: The Forms of Imperialism
Monday, January 6th
1) Atlas of World History - Nationalism Sweeps Europe
2) History Check - Nationalism
Week of January 2-3
Friday, January 3rd
1) Reading and Activity: Strikes & Labor Unions
2) Smith vs. Marx
Thursday, January 2nd
1) Reading and Chart: Capitalism & Socialism
2) Reading and Activity: Strikes & Labor Unions
Week of December 16-20
Friday, December 19th
FIELD TRIP - NO CLASSES
Thursday, December 19
1) Video & Guide The Lorax
2) Begin Character Statement
Wednesday, December 18
1) Assign Roles & Begin Video & Guide The Lorax
Tuesday, December 17
1) Read "Day of Disaster" and Complete Summarizing Activity
2) Graphic Organizer: Child Labor During The Industrial Revolution
Monday, December 16
1) Chart & Discussion: Industrial Revolution Working Conditions & Child Labor
Week of December 9-13
Friday, December 13
1) Quiz Key Terms: Industrialism
2) Chart: Impact of The Factory System
3) Read & Discuss "Killer Smog"
Thursday, December 12
No Class: I-Ready Testing (Modified Schedule)
Wednesday, December 11
1) Review Two Viewpoints: The Industrial Revolution
2) Video & Guide: The Industrial Revolution
Homework: Study for Friday's Key Terms Quiz
Tuesday, December 10
1) Atlas of World History: Industrial Revolution Changes Europe
2) Two Viewpoints: The Industrial Revolution
Homework: Study for Friday's Key Terms Quiz
Monday, December 9 - TRACK In DAY!
1) Finish Industrial Rev. Work from Prior to Track Out (Key Terms, Graphic Organizer, Inventions Chart)
Homework: Study for Friday's Key Terms Quiz
Week of November 4-8
Friday, November 8 - TRACK OUT DAY!
1) Finish: Why the Industrial Revolution Begins in England
2) Begin: Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Homework: none
Thursday, November 7
1) Reading Sheet & Guided Notes - The Industrial Revolution (Section 1: The Beginnings of Industrialization)
2) Activity: Why the Industrial Revolution Begins in England (use Guided Notes to complete)
Homework: Key Terms Due Friday
Wednesday, November 6
1) Unit 5 Test: Revolutions
2) Begin Key Terms: Industrial Revolution
Homework: Key Terms Due Friday
Tuesday, November 5
1) Test Review
2) History Check: Inventions
3) Article & Questions "10 Objects That Changed America"
Homework: Unit Test TOMORROW!
Monday, November 4
1) Reading: How Did the American Revolution Influence the French Revolution
2) Videos & Guide: American, French Revolutions & Napoleon
Homework: Unit Test Wednesday!
Week of October 29-November 1
Friday, November 1
1) Reading & Check Questions: Latin American Revolutions
2) Map: Latin American Revolutions
Thursday, October 31 - HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
1) Group DBQ: Why Should We Remember Toussaint Louverture?
Wednesday, October 30
1) Reading Sheet & Check Questions: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
2) Activity: Toussaint Louverture & The Haitian Revolution
Tuesday, October 29
1) Quiz: Key Terms - The French Revolution
2) French Revolution Timeline Activity
Monday, October 28
1) Reading & Check Questions: Napoleon's Rule
Homework: Study Key Terms for Tomorrow's Quiz
Week of October 21-25
Friday, October 25
1) Station Activity: Analyzing Resistance, Collaboration & Neutrality in the French Revolution
Homework: Study Key Terms for Tuesday's quiz!
Thursday, October 24
1) Finish 3 Estates Pyramid Activity
2) Causes of the French Revolution Cut Out
Homework: Study Key Terms for Tuesday's quiz!
Wednesday, October 23
1) Review 3 Estates Political Cartoons & Graph
2) The French Revolution Begins: Reading Sheet & Check Questions
3) Begin 3 Estates Pyramid Activity
Homework: Study Key Terms for Tuesday's quiz!
Tuesday, October 22
1) Key Terms: The French Revolution
2) 3 Estates Political Cartoons & Graph
Homework: Study Key Terms for Tuesday's quiz!
Monday, October 21 - NO SCHOOL, TEACHER WORKDAY
Week of October 14-18
Friday, October 18
1) Review: Hey, King...
2) Discuss Video Guide Beyond the Battlefield...
3) Read "Blood, Sweat, and Freedom" & Complete the Summary
Thursday, October 17
1) Key Terms Quiz - American Revolution
2) Video & Guide: Beyond the Battlefield: Virtual Field Trip to the Museum of the American Revolution
Wednesday, October 16
Guidance Visit
Homework: Study Key Terms for Thursday's quiz!
Tuesday, October 15
1) Pre-Reading:
1. What causes are worth risking one’s life for?
2. What conditions can lead to rebellion and revolution?
3. How do people and events become part of our shared retelling of history?
2) Read & Complete Activities: Girl Hero of the American Revolution (Know the News, Map Skills, Primary Source - Dec. of Independence)
Homework: Study Key Terms for Thursday's quiz!
Monday, October 14
1) iCivics Reading & Activities: Hey, King: Get Off Our Backs!
2) Finish American Revolution Scene Illustration
Homework: Study Key Terms for Thursday's quiz!
Week of October 7 -11
Friday, October 11
1) Political Cartoon Analysis - Join or Die
2) History Play: Boston is Free!
3) Drawing a Scene - The Beginnings of the American Revolution
Homework: Study Key Terms for next week's quiz!
Thursday, October 10
1) Brain Pop Video & Activities: Causes of the American Revolution
2) British Acts - Actions & Reactions
3) A Spirit of Protest
Homework: Study Key Terms for next week's quiz!
Wednesday, October 9
1) Who Were the Founding Fathers?
2) Brain Pop Videos & Activities: The French & Indian War & 13 Colonies
Homework: Study Key Terms for next week's quiz!
Tuesday, October 8
1) Discussion: A State of Nature
2) Partner Activity: Living in a State of Nature
Homework: Study Key Terms for next week's quiz!
Monday, October 7
1) Key Terms - The American Revolution
2) History Check: A State of Nature
Homework: Finish Key Terms if needed
Week of September 30-October 4
Friday, October 4
1) Unit 4 Test Review
2) Enlightenment Thinker Project (DUE MONDAY)
Thursday, October 3
1) Unit 4 Test Review
2) Enlightenment Thinker Project (DUE MONDAY)
Homework: Study for TOMORROW'S test
Wednesday, October 2
1) Enlightenment Thinker Project (DUE MONDAY)
Homework: Begin Reviewing Absolutism & Enlightenment Materials for Friday's test
Tuesday, October 1
1) Enlightenment Thinker Project
Homework: Begin Reviewing Absolutism & Enlightenment Materials for Friday's test
Monday, September 30
Teacher Workday - No School
Week of September 23-27
Friday, September 27
1) Enlightenment Thinker Project Intro.
2) Quiz Key Terms: Absolutism & Enlightenment
3) Begin Project Research
Thursday, September 26
1) Review: The Age of Enlightenment Overview, The Scientific Revolution & John Locke
2) iCivics Reading & Activities: The Enlightenment
Homework: Study Key Terms for Friday's Quiz
Wednesday, September 25 (SUB)
1) iCivics Reading & Activities: John Locke
2) Atlas of World History: The Scientific Revolution pg. 94
Homework: Study Key Terms for Friday's Quiz
Tuesday, September 24
1) Review: Absolutism (Understanding Absolutism & Benefits & Drawbacks of an Absolute Ruler)
2) Reading & Questions: Age of Enlightenment Overview
3) Science & Enlightenment (with partner)
Homework: Study Key Terms for Friday's Quiz
Monday, September 23
1) Key Terms: Enlightenment **QUIZ FRIDAY over all 19 terms
2) Understanding Absolutism
Homework: Study Key Terms for Friday's Quiz
Week of September 16-20
Friday, September 20
1) Absolute Monarch Poster Project
Homework: Finish Poster if needed
Thursday, September 19
1) Absolute Monarch Poster Project
Homework:
Wednesday, September 18
1) Absolute Monarch Poster Project
Homework: Bring Poster Board for project
Tuesday, September 17
1) Key Terms: The Age of Absolutism (Due Wed.)
2) Reading & Cartoon: A Day in the Life of Louis XIV
Homework: A Day in the Life of Louis XIV
Monday, September 16
1) Review History Check
2) Finish Age of Absolutism Reading & Questions
3) Key Terms: The Age of Absolutism (Due Wed.)
Homework: Key Terms Due Wed.
Week of September 9-13
Friday, September 13
1) Unit 3 Test
2) History Check - Absolutism
3) Reading & Questions: The Age of Absolutism
Homework: Check Power Schools for Grades
Thursday, September 12
1) Test Review
2) Read & Discuss: Two Sides of the Story
Homework: Unit 3 Test TOMORROW!
Wednesday, September 11
1) Read & Discuss "Empty Sky", "9/11: Tearing a Family Apart" & "Growing Up Muslim in Post 9/11 America"
2) Video: 9/11 Babies Grow Up
Homework: Finish DBQ! Unit 3 Test this Friday!
Tuesday, September 10
1) Review Atlas Activity: Colonization in the Americas
2) Read & Discuss: The Slave Trade
3) DBQ: Atlantic Slave Trade
Homework: Finish DBQ! Unit 3 Test this Friday!
Monday, September 9 - Track In Day
1) Atlas Activity: Trade in Africa
2) Worksheet: Triangular Trade
Homework: Finish Triangular Trade Worksheet! Unit 3 Test this Friday!
Week of August 12-16
Friday, August 16 - Track Out Day!
1) Digital Portfolios - morning session
2) Academic Recovery or Reward - afternoon session
Thursday, August 15
1) Key Terms Quiz: Colonization & Global Empires
2) Finish Analysis: The Encomienda System & Review
3) Worksheet & BrainPop: The Columbian Exchange
4) Reading Sheet: Mercantilism
Homework: None
Wednesday, August 14
1) Conquistadors in American Reading & Chart w/partner
2) BrainPop: Conquistadors
3) Reading & Questions: The Spanish in the Caribbean & Cartoon Analysis: The Encomienda System
Homework: Key Terms Quiz Thursday
Tuesday, August 13
1) Brain Pop: Aztec Civilization & Inca Civilization
2) Finish Atlas Activity: Inca, Aztec & European Exploration
Homework: Key Terms Quiz Thursday
Monday, August 12
1) Finish Key Terms: Colonization & Global Empires
2) Begin Atlas Activity: Inca, Aztec & European Exploration
Homework: Key Terms Quiz Thursday
Week of August 5-9
Friday, August 9
1) Unit 2 Test: Age of Exploration & Global Exchange
2) Begin Key Terms: Colonization & Global Empires
Homework: Unit Test Friday
Thursday, August 8
1) Review "Challenging Columbus" & BrainPop
2) Test Review
Homework: Unit Test Friday
Wednesday, August 7
1) Quiz - Key Terms: Age of Exploration
2) Read "Challenging Columbus" and Complete Know the News, Chart, and Primary Source
Homework: Unit Test Friday
Tuesday, August 6
1) Review: Magellan's Voyage, Spice Trader Reflections & Reading Questions
2) Brain Pop: Quiz & Activities
Homework: Key Terms Quiz Wed. & Unit Test Friday
Monday, August 5
1) Interactive Activity: Become a Spice Trader
2) Reading & Questions: Reasons for the Age of Exploration (FINISH FOR HOMEWORK)
Homework: Key Terms Quiz Wed. & Unit Test Friday
Week of July 29-August 2
Friday, August 2
1) Age of Exploration Jigsaw
Homework: Map Activity: Magellan's Voyage
Thursday, August 1
1) Review Atlas Activity
2) Video & Guide: The Age of Exploration
3) Map Activity: Magellan's Voyage
Homework: Map Activity: Magellan's Voyage
Wednesday, July 31
1) History Check - The Age of Exploration
2) Atlas Activity - The Age of Exploration
3) Work on Key Terms (due tomorrow)
Homework: Key Terms DUE TOMORROW!
Tuesday, July 30 - Modified Schedule for I-Ready Testing
1) Key Terms: The Age of Exploration **Quiz NEXT Wednesday
2) Work on Silk Road Bumper Sticker
Homework: Bumper Sticker DUE TOMORROW!
Monday, July 29
1) Silk Road Notes
2) Brain Pop Video, Quiz, Readings: The Silk Road
3) Silk Road Bumper Sticker Activity
Homework: Bumper Sticker DUE Wednesday
Week of July 22-26
Friday, July 26
1) Turn in Neighborhood Map
2) Quiz: Key Terms - Thinking Like an Historian
3) Brain Pop Activities: The Ottoman Empire
Homework:
Thursday, July 25
1) Review : Continents & Oceans
2) Review "Holy War" and Complete the Activities (Map, Word Work, Timeline)
3) Video & Guide: Renaissance Travel, Trade & Exploration
Homework: Study for TOMORROW'S Key Terms Quiz!
Neighborhood Map DUE FRIDAY
Wednesday, July 24
1) Review Major Religions Reading & Chart
2) Quiz: Continents & Oceans
3) Read "Holy War" and Complete the Activities (Map, Word Work, Timeline)
Homework: Study for Friday's Key Terms Quiz!
Neighborhood Map DUE FRIDAY
Tuesday, July 23
1) Major Religions Reading & Chart
2) Neighborhood Map Activity
Homework: Study for Wednesday's Map Quiz & Friday's Key Terms Quiz!
Monday, July 22
1) Neighborhood Map Activity
Homework: Study for Wednesday's Map Quiz & Friday's Key Terms Quiz!
Week of July 15-19
Friday, July 19
1) Neighborhood Map Activity
Homework: Study for Wednesday's Map Quiz & Friday's Key Terms Quiz!
Thursday, July 18
1) Continents & Oceans Review
2) Key Terms - Thinking Like An Historian
Homework: Finish Key Terms if needed
Wednesday, July 17
1) Discuss Lunchroom Fight #2 (Evidence Chart & Suspension Report)
2) Map Activity: Continents & Oceans **QUIZ NEXT WEDNESDAY
Homework: Finish Map Activity if needed
Tuesday, July 16
1) Media Center: Reading Survey & Book Exploration
Monday, July 15
1) Thinking Like An Historian: Lunchroom Fight II
2) Putting it All Together: "A New Voyage to Carolina"
Week of July 9-12
Friday, July 12
1) Review Evaluating Sources
2) Thinking Like An Historian: Make Your Case!
Thursday, July 11
1) Review Timeline & Map Skills Sheets
2) Thinking Like An Historian: Lunchroom Fight & Evaluating Sources
Wednesday, July 10
1) Google Classroom Sign-up
2) Skills Worksheets - Primary/Secondary Sources, Placing Events on a Timeline, Continents & Oceans Review
3) Letter to Self
Tuesday, July 9
1) Classroom Expectations
2) Interactive Lesson: What is History?
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Friday, March 13th
1) Read "Hitler's War" & Complete the Questions
2) Activity: Jewish Populations in the Holocaust
Homework: Key Terms Quiz Next Wednesday, Study!!
Thursday, March 12th
1) Review Hitler & Stalin Political Cartoon
2) Video & Guide: WW2: The Road to War
Homework: Finish Key Terms if Needed **Quiz Next Wednesday
Wednesday, March 11th
1) Review "The Good War" & "The Road to War" Kids Discover
2) Key Terms: World War II *Quiz next Wed.
3) Interpreting Political Cartoons: Hitler & Stalin
Homework: Political Cartoon Sheet, Finish Key Terms if Needed
Tuesday, March 10th
1) Read "The Good War" & "The Road to War" Kids Discover
2) Complete Reading Questions #1-10 & #1-5 for the sections above
3) Worksheet: Speeches & Promises of Adolf Hitler
Homework:
Monday, March 9th - NO SCHOOL
Week of February 10-14
Friday, February 14th
1) Review: Appeasement & The Start of WW2, Perspectives on Appeasement & Rise of Dictators
2) Reading Sheet: Appeasement Before WW2
3) Atlas of World History: Rise of Dictatorships
Homework:
Thursday, February 13th
1) I AM POEM (draft, peer edit, type final copy)
2) Worksheets: Perspectives on Appeasement & Rise of Dictators (Google Classroom)
Homework:
Wednesday, February 12th
1) I AM POEM Introduction
2) Begin Rough Draft
Homework:
Tuesday, February 11th
1) Anti-Bias Lesson with Ms. Hayes
Homework: Finish Appeasement Worksheet
Monday, February 10th
1) Unit Test - WWI
2) Slides & Worksheet: Appeasement and the Start of WW2
Homework: Finish Appeasement Worksheet
Week of February 3-7
Friday, February 6th - NO SCHOOL STORM DAY
Thursday, February 6th
1) Horrible Histories: Truce in the Trenches
2) Video: The Great War (Scholastic.com)
3) Map Activity: Europe AFTER the War
Homework:
Wednesday, February 5th
1) Horrible Histories: Big Bother WWI
2) Review: 14 Points/Treaty of Versailles Venn Diagram & WWI Vocabulary
3) Read "The War's End" & Complete War & Peace!
4) Partner Activity: Germany's Response to the Treaty of Versailles
Homework: None
Tuesday, February 4th
1) Horrible Histories: Women in Factories
2) Atlas: World War I Changes Europe
3) Worksheet: Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points/14 Points & Treaty of Versailles Comparison
Homework: Finish Worksheet
Monday, February 3rd
1) Horrible Histories: 1918 Report & The Red Baron
2) Introduction & Example: WWI Propaganda
3) Propaganda Activity with Partner
Homework: Check Power Schools & Finish All MISSING WORK
Week of January 27-31
Friday, January 31st
1) Horrible Histories: 1915 Report, Flying Aces & WWI Spies
2) Read "The Yanks Are Coming"
3) Work on WWI Review Sheet pg. 11
Homework: Check Power Schools & Finish All MISSING WORK
Thursday, January 30th
1) Horrible Histories: 1st Day in Trenches, War Do's & Don'ts
2) Read "Attack at Sea" & Complete the Questions
Homework: Check Power Schools & Finish All MISSING WORK
Wednesday, January 29th
1) Horrible Histories: Battle of the Somme
2) History Play: The Russian Revolution
3) Video: The Russian Revolution
Homework: Check Power Schools & Finish All MISSING WORK
Tuesday, January 28th
1) Horrible Histories: Soldiers & Splat the Rat
2) Reading Sheet & Video Clip: The Battle of the Somme
3) Guided Notes: The Russian Revolution
Homework: Finish Guided Notes
Monday, January 27th
1) Horrible Histories: Freezing in the Trenches & Master Chef
2) Review Poem Analysis
3) History Play: The Christmas Truce & Video Clips
4) Worksheet: The WWI Christmas Truce
Homework: Finish Worksheet
Week of January 21-24 (No School Monday Jan. 20 - Holiday)
Friday, January 24th
1) Horrible Histories: Trench Personnel
2) Review Trench Conditions & Primary Source: Diary Entry of a WWI Soldier
3) Read: Whizz, Bangs, & Trenches
4) Poem Analysis: "Dulce Et Decorum Est" (w/partner)
Homework:
Thursday, January 23rd
1) Horrible Histories: Trench Superstitions & War Technology - Zepplin
2) Quiz: Key Terms - WWI
3) Primary Source: Diary Entry of a WWI Soldier
4) Infantryman: An Interactive Experience
Homework: Finish Primary Source!
Wednesday, January 22nd
1) Horrible Histories: War Technology - The Airplane
2) Video Clip: Trench Warfare (Scholastic)
3) Finish Chart: New Weapons of WWI
4) Worksheet: Conditions in the Trenches
5) Primary Source: Diary Entry of a WWI Soldier
Homework: Study Key Terms: WWI for THURSDAY'S Quiz
Tuesday, January 21st
1) Video & Guide: WWI - A New Kind of War
2) Video Clip: Innovations of WWI (Scholastic)
3) Chart: New Weapons of WWI
Homework: Study Key Terms: WWI for THURSDAY'S Quiz
Week of January 13-17
Friday, January 17th
1) Review Political Cartoons: Alliances
2) Map Activity: World War I
3) Resources of the Allied Powers
Homework: Study Key Terms: WWI for THURSDAY'S Quiz
Thursday, January 16th
1) Video Clips: Alliances of WWI & Horrible Histories: Alliances
2) Finish MAIN Foldable
3) Political Cartoons: Alliances
Homework: Political Cartoons (front/back)
Wednesday, January 15th
1) Review Political Cartoons: Imperialism
2) MAIN Foldable
Homework: Finish Key Terms if needed
Tuesday, January 14th
1) Key Terms: World War I
2) Reading Sheet: Major Causes of World War I
Homework: Finish Key Terms & Reading Sheet if needed
Monday, January 13th
1) Map Activity: Responses to Imperialism Around the World
2) Worksheet: Perspectives on the White Man's Burden & Imperialism
3) Cartoon Analysis: Imperialism (choose 2)
Homework: Finish Cartoon Analysis if needed
Week of January 6-10
Friday, January 10th
1) Station Activity: What Was the Driving Force Behind European Imperialism in Africa?
Thursday, January 9th
1) HH: British Things
2) Review Commissioner Lin's Letter to Queen Victoria
3) Atlas: Imperialism in Asia & the Pacific AND Imperialism Continues in Asia
Homework: Read Imperialism in Africa Background Essay & Complete the Crossword
Wednesday, January 8th
1) Brainstorm: Motives for European Imperialism
2) BrainPop: The British Empire
3) Primary Source: Commissioner Lin's Letter to Queen Victoria
Homework: Finish Primary Source
Tuesday, January 7th
1) Review History Check - Nationalism & Atlas of World History - Nationalism Sweeps Europe
2) Graphic Organizer: The Forms of Imperialism
Monday, January 6th
1) Atlas of World History - Nationalism Sweeps Europe
2) History Check - Nationalism
Week of January 2-3
Friday, January 3rd
1) Reading and Activity: Strikes & Labor Unions
2) Smith vs. Marx
Thursday, January 2nd
1) Reading and Chart: Capitalism & Socialism
2) Reading and Activity: Strikes & Labor Unions
Week of December 16-20
Friday, December 19th
FIELD TRIP - NO CLASSES
Thursday, December 19
1) Video & Guide The Lorax
2) Begin Character Statement
Wednesday, December 18
1) Assign Roles & Begin Video & Guide The Lorax
Tuesday, December 17
1) Read "Day of Disaster" and Complete Summarizing Activity
2) Graphic Organizer: Child Labor During The Industrial Revolution
Monday, December 16
1) Chart & Discussion: Industrial Revolution Working Conditions & Child Labor
Week of December 9-13
Friday, December 13
1) Quiz Key Terms: Industrialism
2) Chart: Impact of The Factory System
3) Read & Discuss "Killer Smog"
Thursday, December 12
No Class: I-Ready Testing (Modified Schedule)
Wednesday, December 11
1) Review Two Viewpoints: The Industrial Revolution
2) Video & Guide: The Industrial Revolution
Homework: Study for Friday's Key Terms Quiz
Tuesday, December 10
1) Atlas of World History: Industrial Revolution Changes Europe
2) Two Viewpoints: The Industrial Revolution
Homework: Study for Friday's Key Terms Quiz
Monday, December 9 - TRACK In DAY!
1) Finish Industrial Rev. Work from Prior to Track Out (Key Terms, Graphic Organizer, Inventions Chart)
Homework: Study for Friday's Key Terms Quiz
Week of November 4-8
Friday, November 8 - TRACK OUT DAY!
1) Finish: Why the Industrial Revolution Begins in England
2) Begin: Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Homework: none
Thursday, November 7
1) Reading Sheet & Guided Notes - The Industrial Revolution (Section 1: The Beginnings of Industrialization)
2) Activity: Why the Industrial Revolution Begins in England (use Guided Notes to complete)
Homework: Key Terms Due Friday
Wednesday, November 6
1) Unit 5 Test: Revolutions
2) Begin Key Terms: Industrial Revolution
Homework: Key Terms Due Friday
Tuesday, November 5
1) Test Review
2) History Check: Inventions
3) Article & Questions "10 Objects That Changed America"
Homework: Unit Test TOMORROW!
Monday, November 4
1) Reading: How Did the American Revolution Influence the French Revolution
2) Videos & Guide: American, French Revolutions & Napoleon
Homework: Unit Test Wednesday!
Week of October 29-November 1
Friday, November 1
1) Reading & Check Questions: Latin American Revolutions
2) Map: Latin American Revolutions
Thursday, October 31 - HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
1) Group DBQ: Why Should We Remember Toussaint Louverture?
Wednesday, October 30
1) Reading Sheet & Check Questions: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen
2) Activity: Toussaint Louverture & The Haitian Revolution
Tuesday, October 29
1) Quiz: Key Terms - The French Revolution
2) French Revolution Timeline Activity
Monday, October 28
1) Reading & Check Questions: Napoleon's Rule
Homework: Study Key Terms for Tomorrow's Quiz
Week of October 21-25
Friday, October 25
1) Station Activity: Analyzing Resistance, Collaboration & Neutrality in the French Revolution
Homework: Study Key Terms for Tuesday's quiz!
Thursday, October 24
1) Finish 3 Estates Pyramid Activity
2) Causes of the French Revolution Cut Out
Homework: Study Key Terms for Tuesday's quiz!
Wednesday, October 23
1) Review 3 Estates Political Cartoons & Graph
2) The French Revolution Begins: Reading Sheet & Check Questions
3) Begin 3 Estates Pyramid Activity
Homework: Study Key Terms for Tuesday's quiz!
Tuesday, October 22
1) Key Terms: The French Revolution
2) 3 Estates Political Cartoons & Graph
Homework: Study Key Terms for Tuesday's quiz!
Monday, October 21 - NO SCHOOL, TEACHER WORKDAY
Week of October 14-18
Friday, October 18
1) Review: Hey, King...
2) Discuss Video Guide Beyond the Battlefield...
3) Read "Blood, Sweat, and Freedom" & Complete the Summary
Thursday, October 17
1) Key Terms Quiz - American Revolution
2) Video & Guide: Beyond the Battlefield: Virtual Field Trip to the Museum of the American Revolution
Wednesday, October 16
Guidance Visit
Homework: Study Key Terms for Thursday's quiz!
Tuesday, October 15
1) Pre-Reading:
1. What causes are worth risking one’s life for?
2. What conditions can lead to rebellion and revolution?
3. How do people and events become part of our shared retelling of history?
2) Read & Complete Activities: Girl Hero of the American Revolution (Know the News, Map Skills, Primary Source - Dec. of Independence)
Homework: Study Key Terms for Thursday's quiz!
Monday, October 14
1) iCivics Reading & Activities: Hey, King: Get Off Our Backs!
2) Finish American Revolution Scene Illustration
Homework: Study Key Terms for Thursday's quiz!
Week of October 7 -11
Friday, October 11
1) Political Cartoon Analysis - Join or Die
2) History Play: Boston is Free!
3) Drawing a Scene - The Beginnings of the American Revolution
Homework: Study Key Terms for next week's quiz!
Thursday, October 10
1) Brain Pop Video & Activities: Causes of the American Revolution
2) British Acts - Actions & Reactions
3) A Spirit of Protest
Homework: Study Key Terms for next week's quiz!
Wednesday, October 9
1) Who Were the Founding Fathers?
2) Brain Pop Videos & Activities: The French & Indian War & 13 Colonies
Homework: Study Key Terms for next week's quiz!
Tuesday, October 8
1) Discussion: A State of Nature
2) Partner Activity: Living in a State of Nature
Homework: Study Key Terms for next week's quiz!
Monday, October 7
1) Key Terms - The American Revolution
2) History Check: A State of Nature
Homework: Finish Key Terms if needed
Week of September 30-October 4
Friday, October 4
1) Unit 4 Test Review
2) Enlightenment Thinker Project (DUE MONDAY)
Thursday, October 3
1) Unit 4 Test Review
2) Enlightenment Thinker Project (DUE MONDAY)
Homework: Study for TOMORROW'S test
Wednesday, October 2
1) Enlightenment Thinker Project (DUE MONDAY)
Homework: Begin Reviewing Absolutism & Enlightenment Materials for Friday's test
Tuesday, October 1
1) Enlightenment Thinker Project
Homework: Begin Reviewing Absolutism & Enlightenment Materials for Friday's test
Monday, September 30
Teacher Workday - No School
Week of September 23-27
Friday, September 27
1) Enlightenment Thinker Project Intro.
2) Quiz Key Terms: Absolutism & Enlightenment
3) Begin Project Research
Thursday, September 26
1) Review: The Age of Enlightenment Overview, The Scientific Revolution & John Locke
2) iCivics Reading & Activities: The Enlightenment
Homework: Study Key Terms for Friday's Quiz
Wednesday, September 25 (SUB)
1) iCivics Reading & Activities: John Locke
2) Atlas of World History: The Scientific Revolution pg. 94
Homework: Study Key Terms for Friday's Quiz
Tuesday, September 24
1) Review: Absolutism (Understanding Absolutism & Benefits & Drawbacks of an Absolute Ruler)
2) Reading & Questions: Age of Enlightenment Overview
3) Science & Enlightenment (with partner)
Homework: Study Key Terms for Friday's Quiz
Monday, September 23
1) Key Terms: Enlightenment **QUIZ FRIDAY over all 19 terms
2) Understanding Absolutism
Homework: Study Key Terms for Friday's Quiz
Week of September 16-20
Friday, September 20
1) Absolute Monarch Poster Project
Homework: Finish Poster if needed
Thursday, September 19
1) Absolute Monarch Poster Project
Homework:
Wednesday, September 18
1) Absolute Monarch Poster Project
Homework: Bring Poster Board for project
Tuesday, September 17
1) Key Terms: The Age of Absolutism (Due Wed.)
2) Reading & Cartoon: A Day in the Life of Louis XIV
Homework: A Day in the Life of Louis XIV
Monday, September 16
1) Review History Check
2) Finish Age of Absolutism Reading & Questions
3) Key Terms: The Age of Absolutism (Due Wed.)
Homework: Key Terms Due Wed.
Week of September 9-13
Friday, September 13
1) Unit 3 Test
2) History Check - Absolutism
3) Reading & Questions: The Age of Absolutism
Homework: Check Power Schools for Grades
Thursday, September 12
1) Test Review
2) Read & Discuss: Two Sides of the Story
Homework: Unit 3 Test TOMORROW!
Wednesday, September 11
1) Read & Discuss "Empty Sky", "9/11: Tearing a Family Apart" & "Growing Up Muslim in Post 9/11 America"
2) Video: 9/11 Babies Grow Up
Homework: Finish DBQ! Unit 3 Test this Friday!
Tuesday, September 10
1) Review Atlas Activity: Colonization in the Americas
2) Read & Discuss: The Slave Trade
3) DBQ: Atlantic Slave Trade
Homework: Finish DBQ! Unit 3 Test this Friday!
Monday, September 9 - Track In Day
1) Atlas Activity: Trade in Africa
2) Worksheet: Triangular Trade
Homework: Finish Triangular Trade Worksheet! Unit 3 Test this Friday!
Week of August 12-16
Friday, August 16 - Track Out Day!
1) Digital Portfolios - morning session
2) Academic Recovery or Reward - afternoon session
Thursday, August 15
1) Key Terms Quiz: Colonization & Global Empires
2) Finish Analysis: The Encomienda System & Review
3) Worksheet & BrainPop: The Columbian Exchange
4) Reading Sheet: Mercantilism
Homework: None
Wednesday, August 14
1) Conquistadors in American Reading & Chart w/partner
2) BrainPop: Conquistadors
3) Reading & Questions: The Spanish in the Caribbean & Cartoon Analysis: The Encomienda System
Homework: Key Terms Quiz Thursday
Tuesday, August 13
1) Brain Pop: Aztec Civilization & Inca Civilization
2) Finish Atlas Activity: Inca, Aztec & European Exploration
Homework: Key Terms Quiz Thursday
Monday, August 12
1) Finish Key Terms: Colonization & Global Empires
2) Begin Atlas Activity: Inca, Aztec & European Exploration
Homework: Key Terms Quiz Thursday
Week of August 5-9
Friday, August 9
1) Unit 2 Test: Age of Exploration & Global Exchange
2) Begin Key Terms: Colonization & Global Empires
Homework: Unit Test Friday
Thursday, August 8
1) Review "Challenging Columbus" & BrainPop
2) Test Review
Homework: Unit Test Friday
Wednesday, August 7
1) Quiz - Key Terms: Age of Exploration
2) Read "Challenging Columbus" and Complete Know the News, Chart, and Primary Source
Homework: Unit Test Friday
Tuesday, August 6
1) Review: Magellan's Voyage, Spice Trader Reflections & Reading Questions
2) Brain Pop: Quiz & Activities
Homework: Key Terms Quiz Wed. & Unit Test Friday
Monday, August 5
1) Interactive Activity: Become a Spice Trader
2) Reading & Questions: Reasons for the Age of Exploration (FINISH FOR HOMEWORK)
Homework: Key Terms Quiz Wed. & Unit Test Friday
Week of July 29-August 2
Friday, August 2
1) Age of Exploration Jigsaw
Homework: Map Activity: Magellan's Voyage
Thursday, August 1
1) Review Atlas Activity
2) Video & Guide: The Age of Exploration
3) Map Activity: Magellan's Voyage
Homework: Map Activity: Magellan's Voyage
Wednesday, July 31
1) History Check - The Age of Exploration
2) Atlas Activity - The Age of Exploration
3) Work on Key Terms (due tomorrow)
Homework: Key Terms DUE TOMORROW!
Tuesday, July 30 - Modified Schedule for I-Ready Testing
1) Key Terms: The Age of Exploration **Quiz NEXT Wednesday
2) Work on Silk Road Bumper Sticker
Homework: Bumper Sticker DUE TOMORROW!
Monday, July 29
1) Silk Road Notes
2) Brain Pop Video, Quiz, Readings: The Silk Road
3) Silk Road Bumper Sticker Activity
Homework: Bumper Sticker DUE Wednesday
Week of July 22-26
Friday, July 26
1) Turn in Neighborhood Map
2) Quiz: Key Terms - Thinking Like an Historian
3) Brain Pop Activities: The Ottoman Empire
Homework:
Thursday, July 25
1) Review : Continents & Oceans
2) Review "Holy War" and Complete the Activities (Map, Word Work, Timeline)
3) Video & Guide: Renaissance Travel, Trade & Exploration
Homework: Study for TOMORROW'S Key Terms Quiz!
Neighborhood Map DUE FRIDAY
Wednesday, July 24
1) Review Major Religions Reading & Chart
2) Quiz: Continents & Oceans
3) Read "Holy War" and Complete the Activities (Map, Word Work, Timeline)
Homework: Study for Friday's Key Terms Quiz!
Neighborhood Map DUE FRIDAY
Tuesday, July 23
1) Major Religions Reading & Chart
2) Neighborhood Map Activity
Homework: Study for Wednesday's Map Quiz & Friday's Key Terms Quiz!
Monday, July 22
1) Neighborhood Map Activity
Homework: Study for Wednesday's Map Quiz & Friday's Key Terms Quiz!
Week of July 15-19
Friday, July 19
1) Neighborhood Map Activity
Homework: Study for Wednesday's Map Quiz & Friday's Key Terms Quiz!
Thursday, July 18
1) Continents & Oceans Review
2) Key Terms - Thinking Like An Historian
Homework: Finish Key Terms if needed
Wednesday, July 17
1) Discuss Lunchroom Fight #2 (Evidence Chart & Suspension Report)
2) Map Activity: Continents & Oceans **QUIZ NEXT WEDNESDAY
Homework: Finish Map Activity if needed
Tuesday, July 16
1) Media Center: Reading Survey & Book Exploration
Monday, July 15
1) Thinking Like An Historian: Lunchroom Fight II
2) Putting it All Together: "A New Voyage to Carolina"
Week of July 9-12
Friday, July 12
1) Review Evaluating Sources
2) Thinking Like An Historian: Make Your Case!
Thursday, July 11
1) Review Timeline & Map Skills Sheets
2) Thinking Like An Historian: Lunchroom Fight & Evaluating Sources
Wednesday, July 10
1) Google Classroom Sign-up
2) Skills Worksheets - Primary/Secondary Sources, Placing Events on a Timeline, Continents & Oceans Review
3) Letter to Self
Tuesday, July 9
1) Classroom Expectations
2) Interactive Lesson: What is History?
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