Calendar

A day

2009-11-10T12:39:00.000-08:00

We went over the following worksheets:

1. Age of Chivalry
2. England and France develop

I collected:

1. William The Conqueror

We took notes: Middle ages #5: The Danse Macabre

Review Notes for test next week.

A day

2009-11-06T13:53:00.000-08:00

Periods 1-3

Students completed the following worksheets:

Chivalry (chapter 13 section 3)
England and France Develop (chapter 14 section 3)
William the Conqueror (read article, answer in 3 full sentences on a separate sheet of paper).

Wednesday and Thrusday Euro

2009-11-05T14:09:00.000-08:00

1. Collected HW (massacre at ACCRE and Pope Urban II reading)
2. Feudalism test.
3. Medieval Madness PowerPoint
4. Medieval Woman worksheet(period 7 had chivalry worksheet instead)

B day

2009-11-03T14:23:00.001-08:00

Euro:
1. Went over and collected "The Duties of Lords and Vassals", and 'Feudalism in Europe Worksheets.
2. Middle Ages PowerPoint #3 "An Age of Faith".
3. Worksheets: "Pope Urban II Calls for a Crusade" and "Massacre at Accre" (Peach color in bin). Answer questions on separate sheet of paper in full sentences. For Massacre question, follow instructions and answer in 10 sentences.

Cold War: Cuban Missile Crisis Worksheet.

A Day

2009-11-02T14:00:00.000-08:00

1. Went over and collected "The Duties of Lords and Vassals", and 'Feudalism in Europe Worksheets.
2. Middle Ages PowerPoint #3 "An Age of Faith".
3. Worksheets: "Pope Urban II Calls for a Crusade" and "Massacre at Accre" (Peach color in bin). Answer questions on separate sheet of paper in full sentences. For Massacre question, follow instructions and answer in 10 sentences.

B Day

2009-10-30T14:07:00.001-07:00

1. Feudalism PowerPoint
2. Feudalism review chart (hw if not completed)
3. "The duties of lords and vassels" questions for HW

A day all classes

2009-10-29T14:17:00.000-07:00

1. Went over and collected green Charlemagne chart.
2. Collected 3 questions on Charlemagne (on back of chart)
3. Feudalism PowerPoint
4. Feudalism review chart (hw if not completed)
5. "The duties of lords and vassels" questions for HW

A day all classes

2009-10-21T10:15:00.000-07:00

Text
176 1-9 full sentences
177 1-3 full sentences
read 178-183 183 1-9

All test will be signed by parents and returned to me next class. Failure to do this will result in a loos of participation grade points.

Homework Assignment:

Classical Civilization Report.

You will write two 500 word reports on historical issues concerning Classical Civilization. Choose two of the following:

1. The collapse of the Roman Republic.
2. The fall of the Roman Empire.
3. Examples of American culture derived from Greece and Rome.

• For this assignment I expect you to use you classroom notes, and outside materials (internet, book, magazines, textbook, etc.)
• Cite at least two of your sources for each essay. Use citationmachine.net.
• 1 inch margins, double spaced, 12 pt. Times New Roman Font.
• Plagiarism will result in SEVERE consequences.

This Assignment will be due on Tuesday, October 27

There will also be a test next class on the Middle ages PowerPoint from last class. 0

A Day

2009-10-19T12:11:00.000-07:00

All periods:

1. Students received Middle Ages syllabus. (orange in cubby).
2. Power point on the Dark ages and Charlemagne.
3. Read chapter 13 section one, complete chart "Charlemagne Unites Germanic Kingdoms" (green in cubby).
4. HW: On back of worksheet read Charlemagne:Legendary king. Answer question in full sentence on a separate sheet of paper.

A Day

2009-10-09T12:12:00.001-07:00

All Classes: Unit 1 Exam

B day

2009-10-08T12:42:00.000-07:00

6th: We finished "Smoke Signals", and the accompanying assignment
7th: More Test review
8th: Korean War
Text 976-978

on 981
#1 38th parallel, Douglas MCArthur

#3 and #9

also, map exam

EXAM INFO

2009-10-07T10:31:00.000-07:00

Here are the long answer questions on the test.

What is the neolithic revolution, how did it change the world?
Define culture and give examples.
Describe two ways in which Greece has influenced the US
What is the basic unit of political organization in ancient Greece
Detail two ways in which Sparta and Athens were different
Name two results of the Persian War
name two results of the Peloponnesian War
Why did the Roman Republic fail and become the Roman Empire
List two similarities between the American and Roman Republics
Detail the chain of events that led to the fall of the Roman Empire
Name two barbarian tribes that settled within the borders of the Roman Empire
Classical Civilization refers to what?

Extra credit Questions:
What year did the western Roman Empire fall
Name four member of the Julio-Claudian Family

I will collect the following worksheets immediately after the test: Roman Republic, Roman Empire, Fall of the Roman Empire.

A day

2009-10-07T10:30:00.000-07:00

1st: I collected Nero worksheet. We went over Fall of Roman Empire Worksheet and prepared for the exam.

2nd:We went over Fall of Roman Empire Worksheet and prepared for the exam.

3rd:We went over Fall of Roman Empire Worksheet and prepared for the exam.

B day

2009-10-06T14:33:00.001-07:00

6th period: I went over and collected the work from text 115. We started "Smoke Signals". Make sure you get the movie question assignment.

7th: We went over Fall of Roman Empire Worksheet and prepared for the exam.

8th: Red China PowerPoint

A day

2009-10-05T13:30:00.000-07:00

All Classes:

PowerPoint on Christianity and the Fall of Rome
We worked on "The Fall of the Roman Empire" Worksheet (blue, in cubby). We will go over answers next class. We will also review for exam next class.

A day Unit one Exam

2009-10-01T12:18:00.000-07:00

A DAY UNIT ONE EXAM WILL BE ON FRIDAY OCTOBER 11th.

You might want to start reviewing your notes and unit syllabus.

A day

2009-10-01T12:13:00.000-07:00

1st period:
1. Class finished up the Nero Worksheet and Roman Empire Worksheet. I will collect this work next class.

2nd period:
1. We went over the Roman Empire Worksheet...I will collect it after we take the exam.
2. I collected Nero Worksheet.
3. We took notes on the Roman Empire.

4th period:
1. We went over the Roman Empire Worksheet...I will collect it after we take the exam.
2. I collected Nero Worksheet.
3. We took notes on the Roman Empire.

B Day

2009-09-30T14:29:00.000-07:00

6th period:
1. We continued working on page 115 in text.

7th period:
1. Collected Nero Worksheet
2. Reviewed Roman Empire worksheet, I will collect this after the test.
3. Fall of Rome PowerPoint

8th period:
1. Collected NATO/Warsaw Pact map.
2. Cold War review Worksheet.

A day

2009-09-29T12:52:00.001-07:00

1st Period:
1. Went over Roman Republic Worksheet and chart. I will collect this after the unit exam.
2. Rise of Rome PowerPoint
3. We Started work on the Roman Empire Worksheet, we will finish this assignment next class

2nd Period
1. Finished Rise of Rome PowerPoint
2. We completed Roman Empire PowerPoint
3 We worked on: Roman Empire Graphic Organizer (chapter 6 sec. 1)
4. Nero's Family Affair Worksheet. Complete on a separate sheet and have it ready to hand in at the beginning of next class.

4th period:
1. Finished Rise of Rome PowerPoint
2. We completed Roman Empire PowerPoint
3 We worked on: Roman Empire Graphic Organizer (chapter 6 sec. 1)
4. Nero's Family Affair Worksheet. Complete on a separate sheet and have it ready to hand in at the beginning of next class.

B Day

2009-09-28T14:02:00.000-07:00

6th: NorthWest textbook page 115
7th: PowerPoint on the Roman Empire. We did two Worksheets (roman Empire, Nero Reading and Questions)
8th: we took more notes, and we completed the NATO/Warsaw Pact map.

A day

2009-09-25T13:07:00.000-07:00

1st period:
1. Collected Peloponnesian War WS.
2. Completed Roman Republic WS (use chapter 6 sec. 1 in text) copy chart on 157 onto the back of the worksheet and answer skillbuilder questions.

We will go over this work at the start of next class.

2nd period:
1. We went over the work from last class (Completed Roman Republic worksheet-use chapter 6 sec. 1 in text. copy chart on 157 onto the back of the worksheet and answer skill builder questions). This worksheet will be collected for points after the unit 1 exam (roughly two weeks).
2. We began the Riser of Rome PowerPoint...to be continued next class.

3rd period
1. We finished the work form last class(Completed Roman Republic worksheet -use chapter 6 sec. 1 in text. copy chart on 157 onto the back of the worksheet and answer skill builder questions). This worksheet will be collected for points after the unit 1 exam (roughly two weeks).
2. 2. We began the Riser of Rome PowerPoint...to be continued next class.

B day

2009-09-24T13:06:00.000-07:00

6th period: we continued to work in class on the essay Northwest Tribes research project due on Monday.
7th Period: I collected the Roman Republic WS. We took notes on the Roman Republic.
8th period: Cold War Unit 1 test. PowerPoint on Post WWII tension.

A day

2009-09-23T14:02:00.001-07:00

Period 1:
Collected Mythology assignement.
Took notes on Golden Age of Greece.
HW: Peloponnesian War assignment

Periods 2 and 4:
Collected Mythology assignment.
collected Peloponnesian War assignment.
Class Work: Roam Republic Worksheet (graphic organizer). On back of ws, copy chart found on 157. Answer skill builder questions below chart in full sentences (complete this on back of handout also).

2009-09-22T13:38:00.000-07:00

6th period: We started the Native American Research Project
7th period: Completed Roman Republic WS (use chapter 6 sec. 1 in text) copy chart on 157 onto the back of the worksheet and answer skillbuilder questions.
8th period: Watched Animal Farm.

A day

2009-09-17T14:14:00.000-07:00

1st and 4th period Euro:

1. map exam.
2. We went over and collected 2 worksheets: The values of Sparta and Athens, and Democracy
3. PowerPoint on the classical age of Greece. Get notes from a classmate if absent.
4. Peloponnesian War WS to be completed for HW and ready for review at the beginning of next class.

3rd period Euro
1. Handouts: The values of Sparta and Athens, and Democracy (we reviewed and handed them in).
2. PowerPoint on the classical age of Greece. Get notes from a classmate if absent.
3. 4. Peloponnesian War WS to be completed for HW and ready for review at the beginning of next class.

Bday

2009-09-16T14:23:00.000-07:00

NW studies:

Online NW history scavenger hunt. Get ws if absent. Also, students received Friday current Washington event instructions. Both handouts can be found in the cubby.

Euro 7th period:

1.We went over and collected the answers for both HW worksheets (values of Sparta and Athens, democracy)

2. PowerPoint on Classical Greece.

Cold War

Stalinism WS. Find in cubby and complete if absent.

Tuesday A Day Assigments

2009-09-16T09:17:00.000-07:00

Period 1:
1. Map Exam
2. Reviewed and Collected text 126 3,6,7,8,9,
3. PowerPoint on Greek civilization
4. Worksheet: "Athenian and Spartan Models". Answer questions on a separate sheet and hand in at the beginning of next class.

Period 2 and 4:
1. We went over and collected "Athenian and Spartan Models" answers.
2. PowerPoint on the Persian War
3. 2 worksheets, (Values of Sparta and Athens, and Democracy). All answers on a seperate sheet of paper. I will review and collect at the beginning of class on Thursday.

Friday September 11 Period 1,2,4

2009-09-14T11:17:00.000-07:00

1. We went over and I collected textbook page 126 #'s 3,6,7,8,9
2. PowerPoint on early Greek civilization. Please get the notes from a classmate.
3. In class assignment: Worksheet- The values of Athens and Sparta. Complete the three questions on a separate sheet of paper in full sentences.

MAP EXAM NEXT CLASS

7th period Euro

2009-09-10T12:20:00.000-07:00

A day Euro Studies

2009-09-09T14:43:00.001-07:00

Period 1 we worked on the Euro mape handout, make sure you pick one up if you are absent.

Periods 2 and 4
We went over the Euro Map there will be a map exam next thursday
read text page 123-126 ....on page 126 answer question #'s 3,6,7,8,9

B day Euro studies period 7

2009-09-08T12:34:00.000-07:00

1. We went over our Euro Map. There will be a map exam on Monday 9/14. You are required to know every country, not the capitols however. You can practice on this website:
http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/europe.html

2. Student were given two handouts: the purple unit syllabus and the notes for lesson #1, rise of civilization (green sheet). Both can be found in the cubby.

3. Read 123-126 in text, answer in full sentences questions 3,6,7,8,9 on page 126.

FINAL EXAM INFO

2009-05-26T08:10:00.000-07:00

Your test will be a Euro Map Exam.

Start practicing!

http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/europe.html

WWII Day One

2009-05-26T08:02:00.000-07:00

Due to time constraints, I have condensed a few PowerPoints into one lesson. I have listed what I believe to be the most important ideas from the interwar period. Students will define or answer each of the following:

1. What are the effects of the Great Depression (worldwide)
2. Hyperinflation
3. Why/How did Hitler come to power?
4. Nuremberg Laws
5. Kristallnacht
6. Anchluss
7. Sudetenland
8. Appeasement/Munich Conference
9. Invasion of Poland

Also, make sure you have completed the following assignment:
909 (3,4,5) and 914 (6,7,8)

WWI Exam

2009-05-19T08:34:00.000-07:00

I will collect cheat sheets for 15 extra credit points(you can't use the cheat sheet during the test!)

The Big Questions: If you have questions about the following questions, make sure you see me before the test!

Historians argue over the main causes of the First World War. Many modern historians now agree that there were a number of different reasons for the onset of the War. Name four long term reasons we discussed in the “Seeds of War” PowerPoint.

“Many Historians believe that the seeds of WWII were planted with the document known as the treaty of Versailles”. In a well developed paragraph, assess the validity of this statement, using at least 6 examples.

Some of the Vocab:
Battle of the Somme-Mobilization-Francis Ferdinand-Ypres-Gavrilo Princip-Militarism-Bosnia Herzegovina-Lusitania- Alsace Lorraine-Sarajevo-Zimmerman-Schlieffen-Lusitania-Gallipoli

Brest-

Who were the allied powers?
Who were the central Powers?

Make sure your review the "path to war" PowerPoint and know specifically why nations declared war on each other (example: why did Germany declare war on Russia?")

1. Wh

WWI Day Four

2009-05-19T08:29:00.001-07:00

1. We took notes on the end of the War:

The End of WWI
America’s entry into the war and the flu turn the tide against Germany
Revolution destroy Austria-Hungary
German Emperor steps down
November 11, 1918: WWI ends
Civil War in Russia

9 million soldiers dead.
21 million soldiers wounded.
13 million civilians dead (disease and starvation).
338 billion spent
Insecurity and despair overwhelm Europe

2. Planning for Peace Worksheet:
Here are the answers

The Treaty of Versailles
1. Decision Makers
US, France, Great Britain, Italy (Russia not represented due to civil war, Germany not invited)

2. Goals
Self Determination: Allow people to decide what type of government they wanted rto live under
League of nations: an international organization that would keep peace around the world (USA does not join, Germany not invited)
Punish Germany

3. War Guilt
Sole responsibility for the war placed on Germany’s shoulders
Germany forced to pay Allies 33 billion over 30 years (reparations)

4.Military Restrictions
Limits size of German Army
Germany cannot import or manufacture weapons
Germany forbidden to have submarines or airforce

5. Territorial Changes
Germany returns Alsace-Lorraine to Germany
Germany surrenders all oversea colonies

6. Legacy
Treaty left a legacy of bitterness and hatred in the hearts of the German people.
Other nations felt cheated and betrayed as well. (Japan and Italy)
No self determination.
League of Nations had no real power

WWI Day three.

2009-05-18T08:54:00.001-07:00

Grey Worksheet: A global conflict.

I collected all of your work:
Marching towards war
Nationalism worksheet
Communist Manifesto answers
Poison gas worksheet
A global conflict worksheet
Text page 733 (only classes 1-4 completed this assignment)

Here are the answers for the worksheet

1. As the war went on, all the Great Powers looked for allies beyond Europe.
Australia, Japan and India fight with the Allies
The Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria join the central powers

2. The Gallipoli campaign was an allied attempt to secure the Dardanelles, the gateway to Constantinople
Allies lose 250,000 men. They then give up and evacuate.

3. The German Policy of unrestricted submarine warfare shifted the focus of the war to the sea
German subs sink Lusitania
1,198 dead, 128 U.S. citizens

4. The Zimmerman Note was the final straw that brought the Americans into the War
Germany would help Mexico reconquer the land it had lost to the United States if Mexico would ally itself with Germany.

5. WWI become “Total War”
The entire government devoted all resources to winning the war.
Every able bodied worker was put to work.

7. Influenza afflicted both sides of the conflict
Flu pandemic was more destructive than the war itself
1/3 of the world infected, 50-100 million dead.

8. Propaganda was used to influence public opinion toward the war
Propaganda is one sided information designed to persuade and to keep up morale and public support of the war.

WWI day two.

2009-05-14T08:41:00.000-07:00

Do the pink Poison Gas worksheet.

Here are the notes:

WWI

By August 1914 the major powers of Europe were ready for war. Most Europeans thought the conflict would be over by Christmas.
The Schlieffen Plan: German war strategy developed by General Alfred von Schlieffen.

Schlieffen predicted that Germany would be involved in a two front war with France and Russia.
1. Attack France, capture Paris in 6 weeks.
2. Race East to attack Russia. (Russia would be slow to mobilize).
Belgian Resistance
September 5, 1914
French and German armies collided in Northeastern France at the Battle of the Marne.

Results of the Marne
Saved Paris, boosted French morale
Schlieffen plan abandoned
Showed that neither side would win a quick victory
500,000 dead and maimed.

The Eastern Front:
Germans crush Russian Army at Tannenburg (Modern day Poland).
Russia is effectively knocked out of the war.

Soldiers build trenches for protection
Eventually, a complex network of parallel trenches stretched 500 miles.
The desolate areas between trenches were called “no man’s land”.
No Man’s Land

Soldiers faced cold, mud, rats, lice, disease.
Battle of Ypres
Germans introduce chlorine gas
Effects: chocking, blindness, vomiting, torn lungs and death.

The city of Ypres, Fall 1917

1916 Germans attack fortress at Verdun.
6 month battle
Over 1 million dead and maimed

Later that year the British attack at the Somme river.
Over one million dead and maimed
Both battles inconclusive
The Tank is introduced.

Monday A day

2009-05-11T08:33:00.000-07:00

Today we started the World War One Unit. I have provided the syllabus and first set of lecture notes. Class also worked on the following worksheet: "Marching towards war"

UNIT 5, SECTION 1
World War I

OBJECTIVES
1. Identify long term and short causes of the war.
2. Locate and Identify geographic locations specific to the war.
3. Examine the disillusionment brought on by the cruelty of war.
4. Understand the legacy of the Treaty of Versailles.
5. Identify the participants and their significance.
6. Examine the clash between 19th century Romanticism and the reality of the war.

Critical Content
Numbers Dead Bosnia Crisis
Archduke Ferdinand Schlieffen Plan
Alliance System Allied Powers
Central Powers Trench Warfare
Pan-Slavism Battle of the Somme
Battle of Verdun Battle of the Marne
Russian Revolution Treaty of Versailles
Reparations War Guilt Clause
League of Nations Wilson’s Fourteen Points
New Technology Collective Security

Geographic Locations
Balkans Austria-Hungary
Germany Russia
Great Britain Ottoman Empire
France Serbia
Belgium Gallipoli

Here are the notes:

The Great War

I. Long Term Causes
A. European Rivalries
Industrialization spreads, competition grows.
Expansion of Global Empires leads to Tension.
B. Nationalism
Nationalism Unified Germany

French nationalists rallied over Alsace-Lorraine

Pan-Slavism
Slavic people want to unite their culture into an Empire

Slavic Nationalists in Serbia wanted to be center of a Southern Slav (Yugoslav) nation.

Austria Annexes Bosnia-Herzegovina

C. Militarism
Militarism is the glorification of war and the military.
By 1870 all powers except Great Britain adopted conscription
The Draft

D. Alliances
Further Entrenchment of the Alliance system
By 1907 the powers of Europe are aligned against one another. A minor conflict between rival nations had the power to plunge the entire continent into war.

II. Short Term Cause
100 Years of Relative Peace Since the Congress of Vienna
June 28, 1914: Archduke Francis Ferdinand, Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, assassinated in Sarajevo.

Killed by Gavrilo Princip, A Serbian Nationalist

1. Austria Hungary blames Serbia
2. A-H gives Serbia an Ultimatum
3. Ultimatum: A set of conditions that must be accepted to avoid severe consequences
4. July 28, 1914: A-H declares war on Serbia
5. Mobilization Begins
Mobilization: The gathering and transport of military troops and fighting equipment in preparation for war

III: The Alliances Act
1. July 30, Czar Nicholas II (Russia) orders mobilization to support Serbia
2. August 1: Germany Declares war on Russia
3. August 3rd: Germany declares war on France
4. Germans invade Belgium
5. August 4: Britain declares war on Germany

What began as a war between A-H and Serbia eventually became a global conflict with no clear objective.

A day

2009-04-29T10:25:00.000-07:00

Define the following words

Capitalism (text 734)
Socialism (736)
Communism (737)

We discussed the chart from 737 that we already copied into our notes.

Communist Manifesto Primary Document...get a copy if absent.

Use the reading to answer the following questions.

1. What are some examples of class struggle given by Marx? (2,3)

2. What are the two new classes created by the Industrial Revolution? (5) Define these classes (use text).

3. What, according to Marx, is the bourgeoisie guilty of? (8,9,10)

4. What is work like for the proletariat? (11,12)

5. Why does Marx think the workers are slaves?

6. According to Marx what are the bourgeoisie actually producing? Why? (14)

7. What do the communists fight for? (15-25)

8. Why do you think this pamphlet had such a powerful effect on people and led to widespread global revolution?

Tuesday 4/28 Bday

2009-04-29T10:08:00.000-07:00

Same as Monday A day.

A day

2009-04-27T08:49:00.000-07:00

We reviewed the past worksheets with a PowerPoint. Check work with a class mate if absent.
Page 737: Copy Capitalism and Socialism chart into your notes. Answer the two questions in full snetences.

A day

2009-04-21T13:03:00.000-07:00

We worked on Blue Worksheet: British population moves to the cities. Complete for HW.
I also collected your essay.
Late essays will be collected next class with a 20 pt deduction.

A day

2009-04-17T10:11:00.000-07:00

Two worksheets were completed in class

1. The beginnings of Industrialization
2. Industrialization Case Study: Manchester

(there are both on the same sheet)

Complete before next class, I will give a PowerPoint with the correct answers at the beginning of next class.

Thursday 4/16 periods 5 and 8

2009-04-17T10:10:00.001-07:00

Did the French Revolution have a positive or negative effect on European Society? Use four pieces of evidence to support your thesis. Use your notes to find evidence to support your thesis. You are required to use one KCLS database to support your thesis (you will provide one complete annotated citation-refer to your annotated bibliography worksheet if you forgot how to format the citation).

Format:
500 words.
12 point, times new roman font
1 inch margins
1.5 line spacing

Grading expectations:
10 pts: thesis statements for intro
10 pts: topic sentences for each body paragraph
10 pts: Correct use of annotated citation
10 pts: Evidence is correct and supports the thesis
10 pts: paper follows format instructions

total 50 pts

A day

2009-04-15T10:47:00.001-07:00

Collected Congress of Vienna and French Revolution Analysis.

Assignment due next Wednesday:

French Revolution Essay

Did the French Revolution have a positive or negative effect on European Society? Use four pieces of evidence to support your thesis. Use your notes to find evidence to support your thesis. You are required to use one KCLS database to support your thesis (you will provide one complete annotated citation-refer to your annotated bibliography worksheet if you forgot how to format the citation).

Format:
500 words.
12 point, times new roman font
1 inch margins
1.5 line spacing

Grading expectations:
10 pts: thesis statements for intro
10 pts: topic sentences for each body paragraph
10 pts: Correct use of annotated citation
10 pts: Evidence is correct and supports the thesis
10 pts: paper follows format instructions

total 50 pts

4/14 B day

2009-04-15T10:46:00.000-07:00

Classwork: The Congress of Vienna Work sheet. We answered the questions in class, use pages 672-675 to get answers.

Homework: Analyzing the French Revolution WS. Have this complete at the beginning of next class on Wednesday.

A day

2009-04-13T10:36:00.001-07:00

A day

2009-03-31T14:20:00.001-07:00

Students handed in timelines.
Classes worked on the "3 ways napoleon changed the world" worksheet. We began watching "Master and Commander".

2nd period will hand in the Napoleon worksheet on Thursday.

A day

2009-03-27T13:30:00.000-07:00

All classes finished Napoleon Timeline notes. We had a PowerPoint to check your timeline info. Class then created the actual timeline ....due on Tuesday at the start of class.

All Classes

2009-03-26T07:08:00.000-07:00

So where are we?? All classes should be wrapping up the French Revolution. I have collected all the assignments (B day needs to hand in the Marie Antoinette Worksheet). A day has taken their open book test, B day will do it today. Classes are now working on the Napoleon Timeline.

I will not be collecting any more annotated bibliographies (unless we have already spoken and you are working on a second draft).

Grades are being updated and will be official by Friday Morning.

If you have any questions about the last weeks assignments see me.

Attention all students period 1-4, and 5

2009-03-12T12:29:00.000-07:00

If you were absent for the second part of the Research Workshop I will have a 20 minute session at the beginning of 6th period Friday. I will explain what we went over and your upcoming assignment. If you were absent it is critical that you be here when the bell rings.

I will provide passes to your period 6 class.

A day

2009-03-12T12:27:00.001-07:00

I collected The Execution of Louis XVI and The Levee En Masse

We finished notes on the French Revolution.

Students worked on Marie Antoinette WS. I will collect it next class.

Research Workshop Notes

2009-03-10T14:25:00.000-07:00

Research Workshop

Topics:
The research process
The free web
Vetting Websites
Google University
Using Subscription Databases
Giving credit where credit is due
Netiquette

The Research Process:

Can I state my search problem in a clear question?
What type of information do I need? (brief overview, scholarly, news, point of view)
How much information do I need? (research paper, essay, definition)

Does the search tool of database cover my subject?
Does it contain the formats I need to answer my questions? (newspapers, magazines, primary sources, encyclopedia)
Are their abstracts to help me decide if the text will be useful?
Can I understand the information contained in it?

What are my major concepts?
What synonyms, broader or narrower terms, or related ideas could I use?
How can I use Boolean operators?
Will proper nouns focus my search?
Have I spelled everything correctly?

Are my hits relevant, readable, accessible?
Have I tried different combinations of Keywords?
Did I spell my search terms correctly?
Do I need to talk to a library information specialist for advice?
Should I try another database or search engine?
Is my topic even “doable”? Should I consider another?

Problems with the "freeweb" (google, etc.)
Most copyrighted resources are not available on the internet.
There is no editorial board
No filters for the quality of the info.
You could be using the work of a six grade class!
Bad Examples

Vetting Websites
Questions to ask....

Is the page associated with an institution, company, university, government agency or other organization?
Have you ever heard of the organization?
Is it well respected?
Does the author’s affiliation with the organization appear to bias the information?
Who is the intended audience for this information?

Who is the author?
What are his/her credentials?
Are they qualified to write on this topic?
Are they the creator of the information? If not, what are the sources?
Do you believe the information is reliable? Verifiable?
Can you defend this source to your teacher?

When was the information on this page created?
When was it last updated?
Are your information needs time sensitive?

Google:
It is the biggest web search engine database with over 25 billion pages
Results often include what you want
Plenty of user friendly features, shortcuts and speical databases

How Does it Work?
Spider programs find pages on the public web, build huge databases of web pages.
Search programs gives you ways to search this database.
Results are organized according to PageRank

PageRank
organizes your results according to:
Word Proximity and Placement
Popularity: a link to a page is a vote for it
Importance: traffic, popularity of pages linking to a page.

Boolean Operators

Use the AND operator to search for all words.

OR
OR is used to capture synonyms or related words in order to widen search
Car or automobile

NOT
NOT eliminates possibilities that you suspect will cause problems.

Truncation
Some search tools allow you to use an asterisk (*) or a question mark (?) to stand for any character or string of characters.

Teen*

Phrases
You often will want words to appear together in a specific order. Commonly, quotation marks (“”) set words as phrases to be searched as a whole. (*Some search engines use parenthesis, commas or hyphens instead of quotation marks).

Field Searching
This strategy restricts searches to certain portions of Web Documents. It allows you to specify that the search words appear, for instance, in the title, URL, or in the domain

.COM Commercial site. These sites will vary in their credibility.
.GOV Government site
.ORG organization site, often a non profit.
.EDU School or University (Determine whether the school source is k-12 or university and if the page were written by a student or a professor)
.MIL Military
.NET Networked service provider

Number Ranges
Red Army
Red Army 1941..1945

Case sensitivity

Baker (retrieves name and elimantes most references to cake and bread makers)
China (eliminates reference to dishes)

Google Tip: Use Specialized Googles for more targeted results

What is Google Scholar?
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research.

Features of Google Scholar
Search diverse sources from one convenient place
Find papers, abstracts and citations
Locate the complete paper through your library or on the web
Learn about key papers in any area of research

How are articles ranked?
Google Scholar aims to sort articles the way researchers do, weighing the full text of each article, the author, the publication in which the article appears, and how often the piece has been cited in other scholarly literature. The most relevant results will always appear on the first page.

ProQuest
For most research projects the free web is not enough! Most copyrighted resources are not available on the free web.
Paid services like Proquest provide full text online access to reference materials, journal articles, and government publications.

A day Research Workshop Homework

2009-03-10T14:08:00.000-07:00

Today we completed the research workshop. The notes can be found in the post above this. If you were absent see Mr. Oswald for what you missed.

Create an Annotated Bibliography

1. An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.
2. Please use the handout to find out exactly how to write the annotation. Follow the guide at the bottom of side 1 of the worksheet.
3. You need to find a total of six sources. 2 from ProQuest, 2 from Google (Scholar is acceptable), and from 2 different KCLS Databases.
4. Use citation machine (www.citationmachine.net) to write your citations. Use MLA style.
5. At the end of each annotation please tell where you found the information, along with what keywords you used.

Use the back of the Annotated Bibliography Worksheet as examples of my expectations.

The Assignment is due this Monday. Late work will not be accepted. Also have a full set of your notes printed out next Monday.

I will collect the Levee en Masse and Execution of Louis XVI worksheets next class (Thursday).

A Day

2009-03-04T14:32:00.000-08:00

All classes

1. pop quiz on estates.,
2. Students handed in Old Order Worksheet
3. PowerPoint on the Radical phase of the Revolution (get notes!)
4. Classwork: Levee en Masse worksheet. (answer in full sentences on the back)
5. Homework: Read "the execution of Louis XVI" (pink sheet) answer questions in full sentences on a separate piece of paper. We will go over this work at the beginning of next class Friday.

2009-03-02T11:53:00.000-08:00

periods 1,2,4

Finished Amadeus, reviewed Old Order Worksheet. Reviewed Old Order in textbook page 655 #'s 3,4,5,7

Period 3 Amadeus.

All classes: review for Old Order Quiz

Euro Studies Update.

2009-02-24T13:50:00.000-08:00

By now all student should have taken the enlightenment/scientific revolution test. All classes, with the exception of 3rd period, are watching Amadeus.

3rd period: Class assignment for 2/24: Page 655 1-8 (full sentences)
HW: Pages 635 and 662. Answer all questions in full sentences.

Recent Cold War work

2009-02-24T13:48:00.000-08:00

Worksheet on Communist Revolution in China. Class will spend the rest of the week finishing the film "The Tunnel".

Periods 1-4

2009-02-18T13:50:00.000-08:00

Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment test next Friday

This will really just be a big vocab test, but there will be three big questions.

1. Two reasons for the scientific revolution. Be specific and give details...saying "the reformation" will not be enough.
2. How did the scientific revolution lead to the enlightenment. (check the first sentence of the lock and hobbes worksheet for this answer)
3. Compare and contrast Locke and Hobbes (all the details from the chart....books written, states of nature, forms of government (social contract), right to rebel, natural rights, etc. )

Know your vocab, and people's claims to fame.

Catching up In Euro Studies

2009-02-11T14:51:00.000-08:00

Friday Periods 1-4 Scientific Revolution worksheet. Follow instructions and complete using textbook. This worksheet will act as your Scientific Revolution lesson, so do it right the first time.

Monday Periods 5 and 8 see above (friday)

Tuesday: Periods 1-4 complete Hobbes and Locke chart. Use yellow impact old Science reading. Your answer should be organized in the following way for each philosopher.

Sate of Nature?
Type of Government?
Social Contract?
Natural Law?
Right to Rebel?
Books written?

We also completed Enlightenment PowerPoint. Get notes from a classmate.

Wednesday: Periods 5 and 8: complete Hobbes and Locke chart. Use yellow impact old Science reading. Your answer should be organized in the following way for each philosopher.

Sate of Nature?
Type of Government?
Social Contract?
Natural Law?
Right to Rebel?
Books written?

2009-02-05T13:54:00.000-08:00

COLD WAR:

PowerPoint Lesson "Setting the Stage".
Treaty of Versailles Worksheet (white in cubby).

Euro

Protestant Reformation

2009-02-03T17:57:00.000-08:00

COLD WAR

Collected Stalin Worksheet and Famine in Russia Worksheet. Powerpoint on American Imperialism.

Euro
Finished up protestant reformation with Catholic Reformation PowerPoint. Test Next Class! Complete syllabus cheat sheet for extra credit.

Exam Hints
Why did the church sell indulgences in the first place?

Remember the decrees of the council of Trent, what was the most important and why?

What effect did the printing press have on the protestant reformation.

Cold War

2009-01-30T12:17:00.000-08:00

1. We continued work on the USSR PowerPoint.
2. Totalitarian Case Study worksheet. Use chapter 30 section 2 to complete assignment.
3. Read Famine in Russia primary document. Answer the following questions on a separate slice of paper:

A. 10 word summery
B. What led to this famine?
C. Besides famine, what else was killing the peasants?
D. What is the perspective of this document?
E. Was there anything comparable happening in the U.S. during this time period?

5 and 8

2009-01-30T12:16:00.001-08:00

Collected Martin Luther worksheet and brown Protestant Movements worksheet.

PowerPoint on Henry VIII and the Church of England

In class assignment: Textbook page 500: 1. define catholic reformation, 4,5,7. Page 501 #'s 1-3. We will go over this at the beginning of next class.

A day

2009-01-29T09:55:00.000-08:00

Wednesday B day Euro

2009-01-29T09:52:00.000-08:00

We worked on the brown "Protestant Movements" Chart (in cubby).

Use text 488-500 to complete the assignment. Use index to find Puritans.

Collected purple Martin Luther worksheet.

Periods 1-4

2009-01-27T13:59:00.000-08:00

We began the new Unit.

1. We copied the Reformation Syllabus.
2. PowerPoint on the Protestant Reformation
3. "Protestant Movements" worksheet (brown in the cubby). Use text pages 488-500 to fill in the chart. Puritans can be found in the index.
4. Martin Luther Worksheet (purple in cubby), answer questions in full sentences on the back.

We will go over both worksheets at the beginning of next class.

6th and 8th Period

2009-01-26T14:09:00.000-08:00

Students copied Reformation Syllabus:

1.Examine corruption in the Catholic Church and subsequent calls for reform.

2. Identify the new religions that formed as a result of the Reformation.

3.Understand and explain the spiritual and political reasons why these new religions developed.

4.Describe the spread of Protestantism throughout Europe.

5.Identify the influence and reform of the Counter-Reformation.

Vocab:
Christian Humanism Indulgences Council of Trent
95 Thesis Justification by Faith Calvinists
Catholic Reformation Theocracy Henry VIII
Elizabeth Printing Press Witchcraft
Protestantism Puritans Martin Luther
John Calvin Anabaptists Predestination
Anglicanism Catherine “Bloody Mary”
Jesuits Lutheranism Vocation
Act of Supremacy of 1534

PowerPoint: The Protestant Reformation. Get notes.

Martin Luther Worksheet (purple, in Bin).

Cold War

2009-01-26T14:04:00.000-08:00

Students received Course Syllabus and Unit 1 syllabus. Both can be found in the middle row of the cubby. Get notes for PowerPoint (Economic Philosophies).

All Euro Classes

2009-01-15T13:44:00.000-08:00

Remember to study for the exam. Details can be found about 8 inches below.
I have collected the following assignments:

Improvements in Western Europe (yellow sheet)
Renaissances (green)
Humanism's effects on Renaissance culture (other side of Renaissances)
Michelangelo Worksheet (purple).

A lot of you were absent for DECA, so get the work in as soon as possible.

Cold War Extra Credit Project

2009-01-13T12:13:00.000-08:00

This will be a lot more open ended and simpler that the project that was canceled due to the weather.

Conduct an interview with a relative or family friend and have that interview with me no later than noon on January 29th.

The interview should be with someone who lived through these events and has specific knowledge. Maybe someone who served in the military, or a relative who lived in a foreign country. Anyone with a unique experience during the cold war would make an exceptional interview subject.

Just follow the rubric to get an idea of my expectations. You can change the number of factual and in depth questions to 7 each.

Factual Question: A specific questions about key people, places and events during the cold war.
An example: Did you agree with Kennedy's handling of the Cuban Missile Crisis? or Did you agree or disagree with Sen. Joseph McCarthy?

In-Depth Question: These are more in depth, open ended questions about the Cold War. An example of an In-Depth Question can be found on your syllabus: Did the Cold War have a positive or negative effect on American Society? or What lessons can we learn from the Cold War?

	Exceeds Expectations	Meets Expectations	Approaching Expectations	Below Expectations
Question Preparation	Before the interview, the student prepared 10 in-depth AND 10 factual questions to ask.	Before the interview, the student prepared several in-depth questions and several factual questions to ask.	Before the interview, the student prepared several factual questions to ask, but no in depth questions.	Student has prepared questions that are inadequate or irrelevant.
Questions address central issues/content knowledge	Questions display understanding of all key Unit objectives AND vocabulary.	Questions display understanding of some key Unit objectives AND vocabulary.	Questions display understanding of no key Unit objectives and some vocabulary.	Questions display no understanding of unit content.
Follow Up Questions	The student listened carefully to the person being interviewed and asked several relevant follow-up questions based on what the person said.	The student listened carefully to the person being interviewed and asked a couple of relevant follow-up questions based on what the person said.	The student asked a couple of follow-up questions based on what s/he thought the person said.	The student did not ask any follow-up questions based on what the person said.
Knowledge Gained	Student can accurately answer several questions about the person who was interviewed and can tell how this interview relates to the material being studied in class.	Student can accurately answer a few questions about the person who was interviewed and can tell how this interview relates to the material being studied in class.	Student can accurately answer a few questions about the person who was interviewed.	Student cannot accurately answer questions about the person who was interviewed.

5th and 8th period.

2009-01-13T10:59:00.000-08:00

We completed the green worksheet (Summarizing Humanism's Influence on Renaissance Life). We also will complete the Michaelangelo worksheet for homework, it is due at the beginning of next class.

Friday 1/9 and Monday 1/12

2009-01-13T10:56:00.000-08:00

All classes were in the library working on the Renaissance Artist Project. Yellow sheet, in the cubby. Just follow the instructions and get it to me as soon as possible if you were absent.

2009-01-08T12:35:00.002-08:00

Semester Final Exam

1. Renaissance. Your will be responsible for the following info: Why did the renaissance begin, what is the significance of Florence, and what is humanism (include classicism and individualism in your definition).

2. Worksheets> You will need to recall three details from each of the following worksheets: Improvements in Western Europe (yellow), and Summarizing Humanisms Influence on Renaissance Life (green)

2. Euro Map: You will once again be tested on your Euro maps that you received at the beginning of the school year.

Here is a great tool for practicing the Euro Map for the coming exam.

http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/europe.html

A day

2009-01-08T12:31:00.000-08:00

Periods 1-4

We completed the green worksheet (Summarizing Humanism's Influence on Renaissance Life). We also will complete the Michaelangelo worksheet for homework, it is due at the beginning of next class.

2009-01-07T14:44:00.000-08:00

B day

2009-01-07T14:43:00.001-08:00

Periods 5 and 8: PowerPoint on the Renaissance. Get notes if you were absent.

A day

2009-01-06T12:36:00.000-08:00

1st and 2nd period: Renaissance PowerPoint. Get notes if absent. We completed the green worksheet "Renaissance" and discussed answers.

3rd period: Renaissance PowerPoint. Get notes if absent. We completed the green worksheet "Renaissances". We will discuss answers at the beginning of next class.

4th period: Renaissance PowerPoint. Get notes if absent. We completed the green worksheet "Renaissance" and discussed answers.

B day

2009-01-05T14:24:00.001-08:00

5th and 8th period: Went back and reviewed origins of the Renaissance (crusades), went over green Renaissance worksheet.

B Day

2008-12-12T13:25:00.000-08:00

We began the Renaissance Unit. Students copied the syllabus off the board (so get them from a classmate if you were absent). Also students worked on yellow worksheet: Improvements in Europe. In order to complete the chart you will need to read the chapter in the text beginning on page 387. Also students finished bookwork assignment from last class. (page 477 #1-8).

A Day

2008-12-11T14:19:00.000-08:00

All classes.

2008-12-05T12:50:00.000-08:00

Since we are done with the Middle Ages Unit we will be watching Monty Python And the Holy Grail for the next couple of classes.

If you have been absent you need to hand in the following items:

!00 years war and the Plague Chart
England and France develop Chart
William the Conqueror
Magna Carta Venn Diagram
Middle Ages Unit Exam Cheat sheet.

If you missed the test you need to make arrangements to make it up.

Gregory and Boniface and the big test question...

2008-12-02T14:04:00.000-08:00

Ok there seems to be some confusion about these guys.

Gregory was a pope who starting in the year 590 is famous for working to create a dynamic church that was secular and powerful.

Don't remember what secular means? Look it up!

Boniface VIII was a pope who fought with the French King in 1300. He was trying to reassert his power of the Kings of Europe (as previous popes had). But this was after the power of the popes diminished due to the crusades. This would lead to a conflict that would further diminish the church's authority: The Great Schism. You have a chart about the great schism, so read up on it.

B day

2008-12-02T14:03:00.000-08:00

New Vocab:

Heresy: holding religious beliefs that differ from the teaching of the church

Inquisition: a court held by the church to suppress heresy

Heretic: one who commits heresy

Exam: The exam will look pretty much like your middle ages unit syllabus. You will NOT be tested on objectives # 5 and #8.

I will include one additional question on the exam: "How did the authority of the Catholic Church change over the course of the middle ages? Explain with 5 specific details."

The answer for this question can be found throughout the unit, not in one place. Please consider the rise of church power mirroring the rise of the Frankish Empire (worksheet: "Charlemagne unites German Kingdoms"), crusades, inquisition, serfdom, results of the black death, and the various popes we talked about.

Here is another hint: The power of the church rose steadily, peaked, and then declined. Fill in the appropriate details.

Vocab to be added to your syllabus: Magna Carta, Common Law, Gregory VII, and Boniface VIII.

A Day

2008-12-01T12:44:00.000-08:00

oops....forgot to post class activities last Wednesday

2008-12-01T12:29:00.000-08:00

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

B day

1. Worksheet: "England and France Develop" (orange in cubby). Answers for chart can be found in text.

2. On back: William the Conqueror. Answer questions 1-3 on a separate piece of Paper.

3. Also...complete Magna Carta Worksheet. I will collect the Magna Carta work and the William the Conqueror answers next class.

Middle Ages Unit Exam will be on Thursday Dec. 4. You have been warned.

A day

2008-11-25T14:13:00.000-08:00

Friday 11/21 and Monday 11/24

2008-11-24T14:00:00.000-08:00

We took notes on the Black Death and 100 years war. I did not collect the worksheet from last class ("100 years war and the Plague").

Thursday Nov. 20 B day

2008-11-24T13:59:00.000-08:00

We finished notes on "The Age of Faith", mostly dealing with the long and short term effects of the crusades on Europe. Class completed the worksheet "Hundred Years war and the Plague" (yellowish, in the cubby).

Students should begin to review their notes for unit exam. It is still a little while away, but you will be responsible for A LOT more information than you have been on past exams. Remember: the best way to prepare is to review your notes a little bit every day, so you are not overwhelmed come test day.

A Day

2008-11-19T14:47:00.000-08:00

B day

2008-11-14T13:32:00.001-08:00

We began class with the feudalism quiz. If you missed it you need to see me and make it up

I collected the Chivalry activity from last class.

We took notes on the "The age of Faith"

We also read the Urban II worksheet (grey in cubby) and answered the three questions on a separate sheet of paper in full sentences. Hold onto the sheet because we will complete the other side next class.

A day

2008-11-13T14:00:00.000-08:00

B Day

2008-11-12T14:00:00.000-08:00

Worksheet "The age of chivalry" (yellow, in cubby). Use chapter 13 section 3 to complete this assignment. When complete answer question number 2 on textbook page 369 on the back of the worksheet (give 5 examples).

We also reviewed last weeks lesson on Feudalism.

There will be a 20 pt quiz on feudalism next class! Study feudalism vocab and concepts (fief, vassal, serf, manorialism, etc.).

Good luck!

A day

2008-11-10T14:28:00.000-08:00

B Day

2008-11-07T14:37:00.001-08:00

Feudalism PowerPoint. Get notes if absent. "Feudalism in Europe" Worksheet (yellow, in cubby) completed in class. Opposite side "Duties of Lords and Vassals" due for homework (separate sheet of paper and full sentences).

A day

2008-11-06T14:20:00.000-08:00

A day

2008-11-04T14:16:00.000-08:00

We began Unit 2: The Middle Ages. Grab a Unit two syllabus from the cubby (bright pink sheet). Class then took notes on the Middle ages (get them from a classmate). We then completed the worksheet "Charlemagne unites Germanic Kingdoms". Use Section 1 of chapter 13 to fill in the chart. For homework, students will complete the other side "Charlemagne, legendary King". Answer questions in full sentences on a separate sheet of paper.

B Day

2008-11-03T14:02:00.000-08:00

2008-10-21T14:31:00.000-07:00

Roman Empire Exam. 88 Points. Don't forget your cheat sheets for 10 points extra credit.

Be prepared to be tested on the following info....

People:
Jesus, Constantine, Julius Caesar, Octavian, Theodosius, Augustus, Gaius Gracchus, Hannibal, Nero, and the Julio-Claudians

Places:
Gaul, Carthage, Masada, Judea

Vocab:
Patricians, Tribunes, Etruscans, Plebeians, Pax Romana

The differences between the Roman and American forms of Republican Government.

The names of the Tribes that invaded Rome in the 4th and 5th centuries.

3 concrete reasons for the failure of the Roman Republic.

3 Concrete reasons for the collapse of the Western Roman Empire.

A day

2008-10-21T14:30:00.000-07:00

All classes: we went over the "Fall of the Roman Empire Worksheet". Please complete if absent and hand in next class. We also reviewed for the exam.