Classroom Update (2/28/2022)

 

Monday, February 28, 2022

World History (Block) 

EQ-

- How did Louis XIV become an absolute monarch?

- What was the result of the War of Spanish Succession?

Topic: The Reign of King Louis XIV

• DJ - How did Louis XIV control his nobles by moving his court from Paris?
• Current Events - CNN10
• The Rise of Russia and Prussia: Crash Course European History #17
• Read and complete Module 17 Lesson 3 Guided Reading Document
• Assignments: 
• Read and complete Module 17 Lesson 3 Guided Reading Document - Due 3/1
• Historical Article Review #1 - Due by 3/9
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 – 1669)
• Fashion at Versailles: “For her”
• Supplemental Video(s): 
• Eastern Europe Consolidates: Crash Course European History #16
• Interesting Article: 
• The Hope Diamond Was Once a Symbol for Louis XIV, the Sun King

AP Euro

Topic: Period Two Review

• Period Two Review Game
• Euro News
• Putin's war prompts dramatic German U-turn
• BP to offload stake in Rosneft amid Ukraine conflict
• Handouts
• Ch.10 Practice MCQ
• Ch.11 Practice MCQ
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Delacroix's Moroccan Travel Diaries
• Getting to Know J M W Turner
• Explore JMW Turner's painting, 'Dolbadern Castle'
• Assignments:
• CB Progress Check Questions and Videos
• Biographical Sketch #2 - Due 3/9

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South Carolina House wants public to leave alligators alone

Classroom Update (2/25/2022)

 

Friday, February 25, 2022

World History (Block) 

EQ-

- How were Montaigne and Descartes impacted by the religious wars?

- How did Louis XIV become an absolute monarch?

- What was the result of the War of Spanish Succession?

Topic: The Reign of King Louis XIV

• DJ - What impact did the French religious wars likely have on French thinkers?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Engineering and Empire: France (Napoleon's Steel Monster)
• Assignments: 
• Read and complete Module 17 Lesson 2 Guided Reading Document - Due 2/28
• Historical Article Review #1 - Due by 3/9
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Cervantes: a life in the Golden Age
• Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 – 1669)
• Supplemental Video(s): 
• Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History #15
• Absolute Monarchy: Crash Course European History #13
• Interesting Article: 
• The Dutch Golden Age’s Female Painters Finally Receive a Show of Their Own
• The Hope Diamond Was Once a Symbol for Louis XIV, the Sun King

AP Euro

- Explain how states responded to Napoleonic rule in Europe and the consequences of the response.

- Explain how and why the Romantic Movement and religious revival challenged

Enlightenment thought from 1648 to 1815.

Topic: The Congress of Vienna, Romanticism, and Methodism

• Discuss Romanticism Examples
• Romanticism In Literature
• Ophelia (1851–52) English Romanticism Example
• The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons
• Euro News
• Why is Russia invading Ukraine and what does Putin want?
• What is Swift and why are leaders divided on banning Russia?
• Handouts
• Restoring the Old Order: The Congress of Vienna
• Google Arts and Culture:
• The French Revolution
• Story of a coronation
• The story of Napoleon's Hundred Days, in Épinal prints
• Assignments:
• CB Progress Check Questions and Videos
• Biographical Sketch #2 - Due 3/9

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‘Dangerous’: alligator escapes enclosure in heavy rains

Classroom Update (2/24/2022)

 

Thursday, February 24, 2022

World History (Block) 

EQ-

- How was Philip II of Spain a typical absolute monarch?

- How does the art from the Spanish and Dutch Golden ages reflect the political culture of the era?

Topic: The Dutch Golden Age

• DJ - How was Phillip II of Spain a typical absolute monarch?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Discuss Art Documents Comparing the Spanish and Dutch Golden ages
• Mannerism Art Analysis 
• Baroque Art Analysis
• Assignments: 
• Read and complete Module 17 Lesson 2 Guided Reading Document - Due 2/25
• Historical Article Review #1 - Due by 3/9
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Cervantes: a life in the Golden Age
• Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 – 1669)
• Supplemental Video(s): 
• Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History #15
• Interesting Article: 
• The Dutch Golden Age’s Female Painters Finally Receive a Show of Their Own

AP Euro

- Explain how states responded to Napoleonic rule in Europe and the consequences of the response.

- Explain how and why the Romantic Movement and religious revival challenged

Enlightenment thought from 1648 to 1815.

Topic: The Congress of Vienna, Romanticism, and Methodism

• Historical Article Review #1 - Presentations 
• Euro News
• Why is Russia invading Ukraine and what does Putin want?
• Handouts
• None
• Google Arts and Culture:
• The French Revolution
• Story of a coronation
• The story of Napoleon's Hundred Days, in Épinal prints
• Assignments:
• CB Progress Check Questions and Videos
• Biographical Sketch #2 - Due 3/9

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Palm Beach history: Brawny entrepreneur Alligator Joe entertained tourists with wildlife antics

Classroom Update (2/23/2022)

 

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

World History (Block) 

EQ-

- Why were monarchs able to gain absolute power during the 16th century?

- How was Philip II of Spain a typical absolute monarch?

- How does the art from the Spanish and Dutch Golden ages reflect the political culture of the era?

Topic: Achieve Article

• DJ - Why did absolute monarchs believe they were justified in exercising absolute power?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Complete Achieve Article on "A Real Rembrandt"
• Complete Art Documents Comparing the Spanish and Dutch Golden ages
• Mannerism Art Analysis - Due 2/24
• Baroque Art Analysis - Due 2/24
• Assignments: 
• Complete Art Documents for 2/24
• Historical Article Review #1 - Due by 3/9
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Cervantes: a life in the Golden Age
• Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 – 1669)
• Supplemental Video(s): 
• Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History #15
• Interesting Article: 
• The Oldest City in the United States St. Augustine, Florida, was the first city founded by European settlers
• The Dutch Golden Age’s Female Painters Finally Receive a Show of Their Own

AP Euro

- Explain the effects of Napoleon’s rule on European social, economic, and political life. (5.F)

- Explain the nationalist responses to Napoleon’s rule in Europe. (5.G.)

Topic: The Napoleonic Age

• Go over the Rise and Fall of Napoleon Notes
• Finish Historical Article Review #1 - Presentations Tomorrow
• Euro News
• Confused? Here's what's going on (in Ukraine)
• Handouts
• The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Outline Notes
• Google Arts and Culture:
• The French Revolution
• Story of a coronation
• The story of Napoleon's Hundred Days, in Épinal prints
• Assignments:
• CB Progress Check Questions and Videos
• Historical Article Review - Due 2/24

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Reptile breaks loose from van, gets wrangled by Alligator Farm staff

Classroom Update (2/22/2021)

 

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

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Photographer Art Wolfe Gets Up Close with a Crocodile in Mexico

Classroom Update (2/21/2022)

 

Monday, February 21, 2022

World History (Block) 

EQ-

- Why were monarchs able to gain absolute power during the 16th century?

- How was Philip II of Spain a typical absolute monarch?

Topic: Spain's Empire and European Absolutism

• DJ - How did the Peace of Augsburg in 1555 change the political structure of Europe?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Absolute Monarchs in Europe Unit Introduction (Module 17)
• The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation: Crash Course World History #25
• Assign Unit  Vocabulary - Absolute Monarchs in Europe (Module 17) Packet
• Read and Complete Lesson Document on Module 17 Lesson 1
• Assignments: 
• Module 17 Lesson 1 - 2/22
• Historical Article Review #1 - Due by 3/9
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: Ruins of São Miguel das Missões
• Cervantes: a life in the Golden Age
• With Open Eyes
• Supplemental Video(s): 
• Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire: Crash Course World History #219
• The 17th Century Crisis: Crash Course European History #11
• Interesting Article: 
• The Oldest City in the United States St. Augustine, Florida, was the first city founded by European settlers

AP Euro

- Explain the causes, events, and consequences of the French Revolution. (5.D.)

- Explain how the events and developments of the French Revolution influenced political and social ideas from 1648 to 1815. (5.E)

Topic: The French Revolution

• Finish The French Revolution Video and Notes
• Euro News
• False flags: What are they and when have they been used?
• Handouts
• Ch. 11 Reading Guide - 2/22
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Galileo Galilei
• The French Revolution
• Assignments:
• CB Progress Check Questions and Videos
• Ch. 11 Reading Guide - 2/22
• Historical Article Review - Due 2/24

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New Discovery May Help Protect This Living Jurassic-Era Fish in North America

Classroom Update (2/18/2022)

 

Friday, February 18, 2022

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Magnificent Footage Shows Enormous Crocodile Resting Underwater in Florida

Classroom Update (2/17/2022)

 

Thursday, February 17, 2022

World History (Block) 

EQ-

- How did the different European nations explore, settle, and colonize the New World?

- Which historical figures had a dramatic impact on the Era of Exploration?

Topic: Module 16 Assessment Work Day

• Current Events - CNN10
• Introduce Module 16 Assessment (Project)
• Project Due - 2/21
• Assignments: 
• Module 16 Assessment (Project) Due - 2/21
• Historical Article Review #1 - Due by 3/9
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Magellan, Elcano and Their Voyage Around the World
• Following the traces of Vasco da Gama
• Supplemental Video(s): 
• The Columbian Exchange: Crash Course World History #23
• The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24
• Interesting Article: 
• How Chocolate Came to Europe
• How a Cuban Spy Sabotaged New York’s Thriving, Illicit Slave Trade

AP Euro

- Explain the causes and consequences of Enlightenment thought on European society from 1648 to 1815. (4.C.) 

Topic: The Enlightenment

• Reading of Voltaire's Orphan in China in the Salon of Madame Geoffrin
• “Engravings of a Print Shop” - the Encyclopédie - Dideriot
• Interior of a London Coffee-house
• This 17th-Century “Women’s Petition Against Coffee” Probably Wasn’t About Women, or Coffee
• Begin The French Revolution Video and Notes
• Euro News
• Mali conflict: Macron announces troops to leave after nine years
• Handouts
• Unit 5 Key Terms/People (Conflict, Crisis, and Reaction in the Late 18th Century)
• What is Enlightenment? - Immanuel Kant
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Tune In to Fragonard's Bourgoise Bluff (Rococo Art)
• How Beethoven became an Enlightenment philosopher in Bonn
• Assignments:
• CB Progress Checks
• Ch. 9 Reading Guide - 2/18 (No School)
• Ch. 10 Reading Guide - 2/21
• Ch. 11 Reading Guide - 2/23

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An Alligator Was Found in Western New York

Classroom Update (2/16/2022)

 

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

World History (Block) 

EQ-

- How did the different European nations explore, settle, and colonize the New World?

- Which historical figures had a dramatic impact on the Era of Exploration?

Topic: Achieve Article on Columbus

• Current Events - CNN10
• Complete Achieve Article and graphic on “A Letter Comes Home”
• Introduce Module 16 Assessment (Project)
• Project Due - 2/21
• Assignments: 
• Module 16 Assessment (Project) Due - 2/21
• Historical Article Review #1 - Due by 3/9
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• A tour of the final resting site of Tokugawa shoguns
• Magellan, Elcano and Their Voyage Around the World
• Following the traces of Vasco da Gama
• Supplemental Video(s): 
• Columbus, de Gama, and Zheng He! 15th Century Mariners. Crash Course: World History #21
• The Columbian Exchange: Crash Course World History #23
• The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24
• Interesting Article: 
• The Gory Origins of Valentine’s Day
• How Chocolate Came to Europe

AP Euro

- Explain the continuities and changes in commercial and economic developments from 1648 to 1815. (3.C)

Topic: Trade Wars

• 18th Century Warfare: Crash Course European History #20
• Work Time for Period 2
• Euro News
• After 12 years in power, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is asking for eight more
• Handouts
• Unit 4 Key Terms/People (Scientific, Philosophical, and Political Developments)
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Tune In to Fragonard's Bourgoise Bluff (Rococo Art)
• Assignments:
• CB Progress Checks
• Ch. 9 Reading Guide - 2/18 (No School)

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Did an alligator just eat my phone? Animals swallowing human stuff, and zoo has a warning

Classroom Update (2/15/2022)

 

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

World History (Block) 

EQ-

- What was the structure of society in Tokugawa Japan?

- How was the treatment of Europeans similar/different in Japan and China?

Topic: Japan Rejects the West

• DJ - How was the European Renaissance similar to and different from the flowering of Chinese culture during the Ming and Qing dynasties (P.626)?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Complete and discuss Trade and Interaction Google Document
• Work on Historical Article Review #1 - Due by 3/9
• Assignments: 
• Historical Article Review #1 - Due by 3/9
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• A tour of the final resting site of Tokugawa shoguns
• Supplemental Video(s): 
• Columbus, de Gama, and Zheng He! 15th Century Mariners. Crash Course: World History #21
• Japan, Kabuki, and Bunraku: Crash Course Theater #23
• Interesting Article: 
• The Gory Origins of Valentine’s Day

AP Euro

- Explain the factors contributing to and the consequences of demographic changes from 1648 to 1815. (4.E.)

- Explain how European cultural and intellectual life was maintained and changed throughout the period from 1648 to 1815. (4.F.)

Topic: Life in the Eighteenth Century

• Witchcraft: Crash Course European History #10
• Rococo vs. Neoclassical Art
• Ch. 5 & 6 Exam (2 SAQ)
• Euro News
• Is Russia waging an information war?
• Handouts
• Life and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Europe
• Ch. 9 Reading Guide
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Galileo Galilei
• The Famous Books Exploring Witchcraft and Demons
• Assignments:
• CB Progress Check Questions and Videos
• Ch. 7 Reading Guide - 2/15
• Ch. 8 Reading Guide - 2/16
• Ch. 9 Reading Guide - 2/18 (No School)

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Crocodile With a Tire Stuck Around Its Neck Is Finally Freed After Six Years

Classroom Update (2/14/2022)

 

Monday, February 14, 2022

World History (Block) 

EQ-

 Why did China withdraw into isolation after the voyages of Zheng He?

- How did China deal with Dutch and British traders?

Topic: The Voyages of Zheng He

• DJ - How did the arrival of the Europeans affect the peoples of the East in general?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Finish Engineering an Empire: China video and notes
• Introduce Historical Article Review #1 - Due by 3/9
• Assignments: 
• Read and complete Module 16 Lesson 3 Worksheet on Japan in the 17th Century- Due 2/15
• Historical Article Review #1 - Due by 3/9
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Tours of the Four Seasons with the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty
• Magellan, Elcano and Their Voyage Around the World
• Supplemental Video(s): 
• Int'l Commerce, Snorkeling Camels, and The Indian Ocean Trade: Crash Course World History #18
• 2,000 Years of Chinese History! The Mandate of Heaven and Confucius: World History #7
• Columbus, de Gama, and Zheng He! 15th Century Mariners. Crash Course: World History #21
• Interesting Article: 
• Mass Graves of 13th-Century Crusaders Reveal Brutality of Medieval Warfare
• The epic story of the map that gave America its name

AP Euro

- Explain how absolutist forms of rule affected social and political development from

1648 to 1815. (3.G)

Topic: Ch. 5 & 6 Exam

• Finish Engineering an Empire: Russia
• Ch. 5 & 6 Exam (Kagan 60 MCQ)
• 2 SAQ - Tomorrow
• Euro News
• Olaf Scholz: Ukraine crisis a challenge for German leader
• Handouts
• Sample Book Review - Similar to an article review
• Ch. 8 Reading Guide
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Galileo Galilei
• Assignments:
• CB Progress Check Questions and Videos
• Ch. 7 Reading Guide - 2/15
• Ch. 8 Reading Guide - 2/16

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Caught on Camera: Large gator spotted on edge of lake in Pembroke Pines

Classroom Update (2/11/2022)

Friday, February 11, 2022

World History (Block) 

EQ-

- What led to European exploration in the 1400s?

- How did Portugal gain a sea route to Asia?

- How did a rivalry develop between Spain and Portugal?

Topic: European Explore the East

• DJ - Why did Portugal have an advantage at the start of the era of explorations?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Go over Module 16 Lesson 2 Worksheet - Europeans Explore the East
• Begin Engineering an Empire: China video and notes
• Assignments: 
• Read and complete Module 16 Lesson 3 Worksheet on Japan in the 17th Century- Due 2/15
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Explorations and Voyages: Spanish Legacy in the United States of America
• Supplemental Video(s): 
• Int'l Commerce, Snorkeling Camels, and The Indian Ocean Trade: Crash Course World History #18
• The Age of Exploration: Crash Course European History #4
• Interesting Article: 
• The Pirate-y Life of Ferdinand Magellan

AP Euro

Topic: Biographical Sketches (Peter the Great)

• Finish Biographical Sketch #1 Presentations
• Finish viewing and discuss Engineering and Empire: Russia
• Euro News
• Koalas: Australia lists marsupial as endangered species
• Handouts
• The Scientific Revolution Review Guide
• Ch. 7 Reading Guide
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Iconic costume design - The Youth of Peter the Great
• Assignments:
• CB Progress Check Questions and Videos
• Ch. 7 Reading Guide - 2/15

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KC Zoo will add new alligator habitat