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Thursday, May 21, 2020

Classroom Update (5/21/2020)

Thursday, May 21, 2020
Daily Classroom Activities
  • Current Events - CNN10 
  • This Day in History - American Red Cross founded
Assigned Coursework:

World History (Block)
Learning topic: Primary Source Investigation of the Industrial Revolution 
1. Achieve Article: "Busy, Busy Cities" (Due 5/22)
2. The Industrial Revolution Webquest (Due 5/27) 

World History (Skinny)
Learning Topic:  Imperialism
1. Achieve Article: "Empires and Nation-States: Ghana: A Land of Hope" (Due 5/22)
2. The Age of Imperialism Explained - Google Document (Due 5/29)

World History Enrichment Resources:
  1. Interesting Article: One Parallel for the Coronavirus Crisis? The Great Depression
    • If there’s any useful historical parallel, it might be the Great Depression states one sociologist.
  2. Interesting Video: Women During the Civil War: The Civil War in Four Minutes
    • Clara Barton was a Civil War nurse before founding the American Red Cross.
  3. Practice your geography skills with online map quizzes
  4. Discover art and architecture more in-depth on Google Arts and Culture
  5. Read along in your Online World History Textbook with your current topic of study!
    • Login Page (Use your school username and password)
Daily Gator Posting:
This family in Brusly got a somewhat unwelcome surprise in the form of an alligator making himself at home just outside their front door.