Monday, January 4, 2021
Welcome back!
Semester 1 Gradebook cutoff is Tuesday, January 12th!
Any Late Work & Assessments are due by 4:00p.m.
World History (Block)
EQ-
- What impact did the Great Famine have on the population of Ireland?
- How did the Irish win home rule in 1921 for the southern part of Ireland?
Topic: An Age of Democracy and Progress
- DJ- Why did Urbanization and Industrialization bring changes to Western nations?
- Current Events - CNN10
- Part 2 (Unit 6) Introduction - Democracy Reforms and Technological Innovations in the Late 19th Century
- Assignments:
- Achieve Article "Saying Goodbye to Ireland" (Due 1/5 in Schoology)
- Module 22 Guided Reading Document (Due 1/7)
- Current Events Written Assessment (Due 1/12 in turnitin.com)
- WH Enrichment:
- Google Arts and Culture: Potato blight makes history
- Supplemental Videos: The Irish Potato Famine Explained: World History Review
- Interesting Article: The Irish Famine, 1847
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World History (Skinny)
EQ-
- 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?
Topic - The Scientific Revolution
- DJ- Prior to 1500, how did Europeans understand the world around them?
- Work Day
- Assignments:
- Read Module 18 Lesson 1 (15.1) and Complete Google Document (Due 1/5)
- WH Enrichment:
- Google Arts and Culture: Galileo and space exploration
- Supplemental Video:
- Scientific Revolution: Crash Course European History #12
- The Scientific Methods: Crash Course History of Science #14
- Interesting Article: Galileo’s Instruments of Discovery
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Contemporary Affairs
- Current Events Clip - CNN10
- Work on Current Events Paper (Due 1/8 in Schoology)
- Presentation Projects due 1/12, 1/14, or 1/15
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