Have a Great Winter Break!

Classroom Update (12/18)

World History (Block)

E.Q.
- Why did Britain allow self-rule in Canada, Austrailia, and New Zealand, but delayed it for Ireland?

Topic: Self-Rule Comes to British Colonies

• Complete Guided Reading activity on Module 22 Lesson 2 

Sociology

Assessment Day

• Social Class Open Note Test
• Term Project Work Time

World History (Skinny)

E.Q.

- Who were the Great Thinkers of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment?

Topic: Enlightenment Thinkers

• Introduce Major Figures of the Enlightenment Google Drawing Assignment
• Project Work Time
• Projects are Due Friday

Classroom Update (12/21)

World History (Block)

E.Q.
- How did breakthroughs in science and technology transformed daily life in the late 1800s?

Topic: Late Nineteenth-Century Progress

• Google Slides Research Project (Due Today in Schoology)
• Finish Term 2 Book Review 
• Collect Ch. 22 Lesson 1 & 2 Guided Reading Questions

Sociology

The Holidays and Socialization

• Finish Deviance and Home Alone

World History (Skinny)

E.Q.

- Who were the Great Thinkers of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment?

Topic: Enlightenment Thinkers

• Projects Due Today
• Major Figures of the Enlightenment Google Drawing Assignment
• Finish Semester 1 Book Review

Classroom Update (12/20)

World History (Block)

E.Q.
- How did breakthroughs in science and technology transformed daily life in the late 1800s?

Topic: Late Nineteenth-Century Progress

• Assign: Dickens and A Christmas Carol Reading Activity
• Classroom Discussion and collection of KWL Chart
• Work on Google Slides Research Project (Due Tomorrow in Schoology)
• Finish Term 2 Book Review 

Sociology

The Holidays and Socialization

• Begin Deviance and Home Alone

World History (Skinny)

E.Q.

- Who were the Great Thinkers of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment?

Topic: Enlightenment Thinkers

• Project Work Day (Due Tomorrow)
• Major Figures of the Enlightenment Google Drawing Assignment
• Finish Semester 1 Book Review

Classroom Update (12/19)

World History (Block)

E.Q.
- How did breakthroughs in science and technology transformed daily life in the late 1800s?

Topic: Late Nineteenth-Century Progress

• Assign: Google Slides Research Project (Due Friday in Schoology) 

Sociology

Term Project Work Day

• Term Projects Due January 10th/11th (Presentation Days)

World History (Skinny)

E.Q.

- Who were the Great Thinkers of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment?

Topic: Enlightenment Thinkers

• Project Work Day (Due Friday)
• Major Figures of the Enlightenment Google Drawing Assignment

Classroom Update (12/17)

World History (Block)

E.Q.- Why did Britain allow self-rule ion Canada, Austrailia, and New Zealand, but delayed it for Ireland?

Topic: Self-Rule Comes to British Colonies

• Complete Guided Reading activity on Module 22 Lesson 2 

Sociology

E.Q.- When in comparison to poverty in the United States, how does poverty in look different when viewing it in the rest of the world?

• Review Day
• Ch. 9 & 10 Open Note Test Tuesday

World History (Skinny)

E.Q.-

- How did the travel by Europeans help launch the Scientific Revolution?

- How did the scientific method differ from the approach generally followed by medieval scholars?

• Discuss Module 18 Lesson 1 Guided Reading Questions
• Assign: Module 18 Lesson 2 Reading and Questions
• Project Information on Enlightenment Thinkers Tomorrow

Classroom Update (12/13)

World History (Block)

E.Q.- 

- Why did workers join together to form unions?

- Why did the labor reform movements spread to other aspects of society?

Topic: Reforming the Industrial World

• Complete and go over Unit 8 Review Questions
• Go over Reforming the Industrial World Guided Reading WS 
• Unit Assessment Tomorrow!

Sociology

E.Q.- How are wealth and power of nations stratified around the globe?

• Work on Theories of Global Stratification Slides Assignment (Due Friday)
• Hand out Social Class Unit Study Guide
• Ch. 9 & 10 Test Tuesday

World History (Skinny)

• Complete and go over Module 17 Review Questions
• Unit Assessment Tomorrow!

Classroom Update (12/12)

World History (Block)

E.Q.- 

- Why did industrialization not spread to the rest of Europe immediately?
- How did the Industrial Revolution impact global development

Topic: Industrialization Spreads

• Mill Times Video Clips
• Read and complete Guided Reading Questions for 21.4 for Thursday
• Complete Reforming the Industrial World WS
• Finish Book Reviews

Sociology

E.Q.- How are wealth and power of nations stratified around the globe?

• Budgeting and Poverty Project Due
• Assign Theories of Global Stratification Slides Assignment 
• Work on Term Projects

World History (Skinny)

• Go over 17.5 Guided Reading Questions & WS
• Book Review Work Time (Due Next Week!)
• Unit Assessment Friday!

Classroom Update (12/11)

World History (Block)

E.Q.- 

- What were the advantages and disadvantages of industrialization?

Topic: Industrialization Spreads

• Achieve Article: Busy, Busy Cities
• Read and complete Guided Reading Questions for 21.4 for Thursday
• Unit Assessment Friday!
• Finish Book Reviews

Sociology

E.Q.- How do people become impoverished?

• Finish Budgeting and Poverty Project
• Assign Social Mobility and Poverty Text in Chapter 9
• Work on Term Projects

World History (Skinny)

• Finish Cromwell: Conqueror of Ireland
• Unit Assessment Friday!

Classroom Update (12/10)

World History (Block)

E.Q.- 

- How did the factory system change the way people lived and worked?

- What were the advantages and disadvantages of industrialization?

Topic: Industrialization in Manchester

• Industrialization in Manchester WS
• Read and complete Guided Reading Questions for 21.3 for Tuesday

Sociology

E.Q.- How do people become impoverished?

• Begin Budgeting and Poverty Project
• Assign Social Mobility and Poverty Text in Chapter 9

World History (Skinny)

• Cromwell: Conqueror of Ireland

Classroom Update (12/7)

World History (Block)

E.Q.- What inventions helped transformed society into the industrial age??

Topic: Inventions Spur Industrialization

• Watch & discuss: Story of US: Cities
• Read and complete Guided Reading Questions for 21.2 for Monday

Sociology

Project Work Day

• Social Class Quiz #1
• 1/3 Book Papers Due (if completing a book review for your Term 2 Project)

World History (Skinny)

• Archive Article: "Blackbeard's Book?"
• Assign: Parliament Limits the Monarchy (17.5) for Monday (12/11)

Classroom Update (12/6)

World History (Block)

E.Q.- Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England?

Topic: The Beginnings of Industrialization

• Achieve Article: "Welcome to Great Park Falls"
• Hand out Unit 8 Outline
• Read and Complete Guided Reading Questions for 21.1

Sociology

E.Q.- Why is there Inequality?

• Why is There Inequality? Notes?
• Finish Inequality For All Documentary Activity (Schoology Assignment)
• Social Class Quiz #1 Friday

World History (Skinny)

E.Q.-

- How did Peter the Great westernize Russia?

Topic: Peter the Great

• Go over Module 17 Lesson 4 Notes
• Assign: Parliament Limits the Monarchy (17.5) for Monday (12/11)

Classroom Update (12/5)

World History (Block)

Topic: Test Day

• Revolutions Sweep the West Unit Assessment 
• Book Review Work Time

Sociology

E.Q.- Why is there Inequality?

• Why is There Inequality? Notes?
• Begin Inequality For All Documentary Activity
• Social Class Quiz #1 Friday

World History (Skinny)

E.Q.-

- Why was Russia culturally different from western Europe?

Topic: Absolutism in Russia

• Assign: Finish Module 17 Lesson 4 Notes
• Begin Engineering an Empire: Russia

Classroom Update (12/4)

World History (Block)

Topic: Review Day

• Complete Revolutions Sweep the West Unit Study Guide (Review Questions)
• Unit Assessment Tomorrow

Sociology

Test Day

• Deviance and Social Control Exam
• Assign: Ch. 9 Why is There Inequality? Guided Reading Questions

World History (Skinny)

E.Q.-

- How did the Peace of Westphalia lay the foundations of modern Europe?

- Why did strong states develop slower in central Europe than in western Europe?

Topic: Absolutism in Central Europe

• Go over Absolutism in Central Europe Guided Reading Questions

Classroom Update (12/3)

World History (Block)
E.Q. -

- Why did the arts and literature shift from romanticism to realism in the mid-19th century?

- How was impressionism a reaction to realism?

Topic: Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism

• Assign: 20.4 Guided Reading Questions and Chart for Monday
• Unit Assessment Wednesday

Sociology

Review Day

• Assign: Create 10 Multiple Choice Questions for Review and turn into Schoology
• Deviance and Social Control Test Tomorrow!

World History (Skinny)

Topic: Absolutism in Central Europe

• Assign: 17.3 Guided Reading WS for Tuesday