Classroom Update (08/31/2023)

Thursday, August 31, 2023

World History (Block)

(EQ)-

- How did the Northern Renaissance differ from the Italian Renaissance?

- What impact did the Northern artists and writers have on the Renaissance?

- How did the Elizabethan Age reflect the values of the Renaissance?

Topic: The Northern Renaissance & Review

• (DJ)- How did the invention of the printing press affect the dissemination of knowledge and ideas?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Go over Module 14 Lesson 3 Document on the Northern Renaissance 
• Map of Europe - 1400s
• Northern Renaissance Art
•  Module 14 Lesson 4 on Renaissance Achievements
• Hand out Unit 1 - The Renaissance Review Questions
• Assignments: 
• Read and complete the Module 14 Lesson 2 Lesson Document on The Italian Renaissance
• Module 14 Vocabulary - 9/1
• Module 14 Assessment - 9/1
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• A Closer Look At The Art Of Pieter Bruegel The Elder
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Northern Renaissance: Crash Course European History #3
• Interesting Article: 
• How the Medici Used Portraits as Propaganda
• This Summer’s Drought Is Europe’s Worst in 500 Years. What Happened Last Time?

Recent U.S. History (Block) -

(EQ)-

- How did advances in science and technology help solve urban problems, including overcrowding?

Topic: The Dawn of Mass Culture

• (DJ)- What finally prompted the government to take action against Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall?
• The "Brains" Boss Tweed depicted by Thomas Nast
• Current Events - CNN10
• Finish Module 4 Study Guide
• Assignments: 
• Module 4 Assessment - 9/1
• NA/SA Map Test - 9/13
• http://www.ilike2learn.com/ (Online Map Quizzes)
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• How We Ride: A History of Play on Two Wheels
• Supplemental Video: 
• Gilded Age Politics: Crash Course US History #26
• Interesting Article: 
• How American Rich Kids Bought Their Way Into the British Elite
• How the Mississippi River Made Mark Twain… And Vice Versa

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What do alligators do when a storm like Idalia moves into SC? Here’s what experts say

Classroom Update (08/30/2023)

 

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

World History (Block)

(EQ)-

- How did the Northern Renaissance differ from the Italian Renaissance?

- What impact did the Northern artists and writers have on the Renaissance?

- How did the Elizabethan Age reflect the values of the Renaissance?

Topic: The Northern Renaissance

• (DJ)- Why is Machiavelli’s work still relevant today?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Go over Module 14 Lesson 3 Document on the Northern Renaissance 
• Northern Renaissance Art
• Read and complete Module 14 Lesson 4 on Renaissance Achievements
• Assignments: 
• Read and complete the Module 14 Lesson 2 Lesson Document on The Italian Renaissance
• Module 14 Vocabulary - 9/1
• Module 14 Assessment - 9/1
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• A Closer Look At The Art Of Pieter Bruegel The Elder
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Northern Renaissance: Crash Course European History #3
• Interesting Article: 
• How the Medici Used Portraits as Propaganda
• This Summer’s Drought Is Europe’s Worst in 500 Years. What Happened Last Time?

Recent U.S. History (Block) -

(EQ)-

-Why did political machines and political bosses emerge in the late 19th century?

-How did local and national political corruption in the 19th century lead to a call for reform?

Topic: The Dawn of Mass Culture

• (DJ)- How did bridge building contribute to the growth of cities?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Read and complete Module 4 Lesson 5 The Dawn of Mass Culture
• Begin Module 4 Study Guide
• Assignments: 
• Module 4 Assessment - 9/1
• NA/SA Map Test - 9/13
• http://www.ilike2learn.com/ (Online Map Quizzes)
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park
• How We Ride: A History of Play on Two Wheels
• Supplemental Video: 
• Gilded Age Politics: Crash Course US History #26
• Interesting Article: 
• How American Rich Kids Bought Their Way Into the British Elite
• How the Mississippi River Made Mark Twain… And Vice Versa

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Daily Gator

Alligator found outside of Dollar General store before opening hours

Classroom Update (08/29/2023)

 

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

World History (Block)

(EQ)-

- Why did the Italian Renaissance produce some of the world’s most extraordinary writers and artists?

- How do the works of Renaissance artists and architects reflect Renaissance ideas?

Topic: Italian Renaissance Art

• (DJ)- How were expectations for Renaissance men and Renaissance women similar?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Complete and discuss Renaissance Art Analysis
• Read and complete the Module 14 Lesson 3 Lesson Document on The Northern Renaissance
• Assignments: 
• Read and complete the Module 14 Lesson 2 Lesson Document on The Italian Renaissance
• Module 14 Vocabulary - 9/1
• Module 14 Assessment - 9/1
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Leonardo and the Military Engineering
• Supplemental Video: 
• Florence and the Renaissance: Crash Course European History #2
• Interesting Article: 
• Renaissance Masterpiece Found Hanging in a 90-Year-Old Woman’s London Bedroom

Recent U.S. History (Block) -

(EQ)-

-Why did political machines and political bosses emerge in the late 19th century?

-How did local and national political corruption in the 19th century lead to a call for reform?

Topic: Politics of the Gilded Age

• (DJ)- What motivated reformers to tackle the problems of urban poverty?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Politics of the Gilded Age
• View and discuss The Presidents DVD clips - Hayes, Garfield, and Arthur
• Read and complete Module 4 Lesson 4 on New Technologies
• Assignments: 
• Module 4 Assessment - 9/1
• NA/SA Map Test - 9/13
• http://www.ilike2learn.com/ (Online Map Quizzes)
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Gilded Age Fashion
• Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park
• Supplemental Video: 
• Gilded Age Politics: Crash Course US History #26
• Interesting Article: 
• Pioneering Social Reformer Jacob Riis Revealed “How The Other Half Lives” in America

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Daily Gator

Record-breaking 14-foot-long alligator that weighs more than 800 pounds captured in Mississippi

Classroom Update (08/28/2023)

 

Monday, August 28, 2023

World History (Block)

(EQ)-

- Which shifts in society had the greatest impact on the Renaissance? - How did humanism influence Renaissance ideas?

Topic: The Italian Renaissance

• (DJ)- How were Western Europeans able to access ancient Greek texts again?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Finish and discuss notes on Engineering an Empire: Da Vinci's World 
• Read and complete the Module 14 Lesson 2 Lesson Document on The Italian Renaissance
• Assign Module 14 Vocabulary - due on the day of the assessment!
• Assignments: 
• Read and complete the Module 14 Lesson 2 Lesson Document on The Italian Renaissance
• Module 14 Vocabulary - 9/1
• Module 14 Assessment - 9/1
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• The Manufacture of Early Printed Books in Europe
• The Plague (Black Death)
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Black Death Explained: Global History Review
• Florence and the Renaissance: Crash Course European History #2
• Interesting Article: 
• Bubonic Plague Family Tree Sheds Light on the Risk of New Outbreaks
• Renaissance Masterpiece Found Hanging in a 90-Year-Old Woman’s London Bedroom

Recent U.S. History (Block) -

(EQ)-

- How did cities deal with housing, transportation, sanitation, and safety issues caused by rapid urbanization?

Topic: Urbanization

• (DJ)- How did nativism influence United States' policy on immigration?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Finish “America: The Story of Us – Cities” video and discuss notes
• Read and complete Module 4 Lesson 2 Lesson Document on The Challenges of Urbanization and Module 4 Lesson 3 on the Politics of the Gilded Age
• Assignments: 
• Module 4 Assessment - 9/1
• NA/SA Map Test - 9/13
• http://www.ilike2learn.com/ (Online Map Quizzes)
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Gilded Age Fashion
• Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park
• Supplemental Video: 
• Growth, Cities, and Immigration: Crash Course US History #25
• Interesting Article: 
• Pioneering Social Reformer Jacob Riis Revealed “How The Other Half Lives” in America

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Daily Gator

Alligator confirmed to be living in New Jersey brook and it’s in hiding, cops say

Classroom Update (08/25/2023)

 

Friday, August 25, 2023

World History (Block)

(EQ)-

- Which shifts in society had the greatest impact on the Renaissance? - How did humanism influence Renaissance ideas?

Topic: The Italian Renaissance - Architecture

• (DJ)- How was Italy unlike the rest of Europe in the 15th century?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Watch and complete notes on Engineering an Empire: Da Vinci's World 
• Assign Module 14 Vocabulary - due on the day of the assessment!
• Assignments: 
• Read and complete the Module 14 Lesson 1 Lesson Document on The Birth of the Renaissance (if not completed)
• Module 14 Vocabulary - 9/1
• Module 14 Assessment - 9/1
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• The Manufacture of Early Printed Books in Europe
• The Plague (Black Death)
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Black Death Explained: Global History Review
• Florence and the Renaissance: Crash Course European History #2
• Interesting Article: 
• Bubonic Plague Family Tree Sheds Light on the Risk of New Outbreaks
• Renaissance Masterpiece Found Hanging in a 90-Year-Old Woman’s London Bedroom

Recent U.S. History (Block) -

(EQ)-

- How did cities deal with housing, transportation, sanitation, and safety issues caused by rapid urbanization?

Topic: Urbanization

• (DJ)- What reasons (Push/Pull Factors) did people from other parts of the world have for immigrating to the United States?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Watch “America: The Story of Us – Cities” video and discuss notes
• Assignments: 
• Module 4 Assessment - 9/1
• NA/SA Map Test - 9/13
• http://www.ilike2learn.com/ (Online Map Quizzes)
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Gilded Age Fashion
• Supplemental Video: 
• Growth, Cities, and Immigration: Crash Course US History #25
• Interesting Article: 
• Pioneering Social Reformer Jacob Riis Revealed “How The Other Half Lives” in America

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Daily Gator

Experts rescue nearly 3-foot long alligator from patio of woman’s home in Romulus

Classroom Update (08/24/2023)

 

Thursday, August 24, 2023

World History (Block)

(EQ)-

- How do historians categorize and study the past?

- During the fourteenth century, how did the bubonic plague shake Europe socially, politically, and economically?

Topic: Europe Before 1300

• (DJ)- What comes to mind when you hear the word “Renaissance”?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Finish discussing the Thinking Like a Historian document
• Review Medieval Europe (The Middle Ages) 
• Map of Invasions into the Roman Empire, 350 - 500
• Medieval Europe - Life in 1450
• The Black Death  - NBC Learn
• "Did the Black Death Rampage Across the World a Century Earlier Than Previously Thought?"
• Assignments: 
• Read and complete the Module 14 Lesson 1 Lesson Document on The Birth of the Renaissance
• Module 14 Assessment - 9/1
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• The Manufacture of Early Printed Books in Europe
• Supplemental Video: 
•  The Black Death Explained: Global History Review
• Interesting Article: 
• Bubonic Plague Family Tree Sheds Light on the Risk of New Outbreaks

Recent U.S. History (Block) -

(EQ)-

- How did westward migration after the Civil War affect the United States?

- Why did immigration from Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, and Mexico reach new highs in the late 18th and early 20th centuries?

Topic: The New Immigrants

• (DJ)- What effect did the Transcontinental Railroad have on the culture of Native Americans?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Read and complete Module 4 Lesson 1 Lesson Document on The New Immigrants
• Begin “America: The Story of Us – Cities” video and notes (if time)
• Assignments: 
• Module 4 Assessment - 9/1
• NA/SA Map Test - 9/13
• http://www.ilike2learn.com/ (Online Map Quizzes)
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• The Civil War and American Art
• Supplemental Video: 
• Civil War Myths: The Civil War in Four Minutes
• Interesting Article: 
• How Sitting Bull’s Fight for Indigenous Land Rights Shaped the Creation of Yellowstone National Park

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Daily Gator

Alligator in Cape Coral canal becoming too friendly with humans

Classroom Update (08/23/2023)

 

Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Early Release Today!

World History (Block) - 

Essential Question (EQ)

- What is History?

- How do historians categorize and study the past?

Topic: Thinking Like a Historian

• Daily Jumble (DJ)- What are the benefits of taking a history class?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Complete the Thinking Like a Historian document and discuss the framework
• Assignments: 
• Read the article "Did the Black Death Rampage Across the World a Century Earlier Than Previously Thought?"
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• The Manufacture of Early Printed Books in Europe
• Supplemental Video: 
• What History Was, Is, and Will Be: Crash Course European History #50
• Interesting Article: 
• Bubonic Plague Family Tree Sheds Light on the Risk of New Outbreaks

Recent U.S. History (Block) - 88 Minutes

Essential Question (EQ)-

-How did the Civil War bring about social and economic changes in American society?

Topic: Effects of the American Civil War

• Daily Jumble (DJ)- How did the Civil War speed up America’s industrialization?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Handout Blank Map to fill in for NA/SA Map Test (G1)
• Assignments: 
• NA/SA Map Test - 9/13
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• The Lincoln Assassination
• Supplemental Video: 
• Reconstruction and 1876: Crash Course US History #22
• Interesting Article: 
• The Gentleman’s Agreement That Ended the Civil War

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Daily Gator

Heart of Louisiana: Alligators

Classroom Update (08/22/23)

 

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

50-Minute Homeroom Today for IXL Testing

World History (Block) - 88 Minutes

Essential Question (EQ)

- What are the policies and procedures of this course?

- What is History?

Topic: What is History?

• Daily Jumble (DJ)- We will be studying the development of Western Civilization (Western Culture). What is the Western Civilization?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Go over Classroom policies and procedures
• Seating Chart
• Turnitin.com account setup
• Finish discussing the World History Course Syllabus
• World History Textbook Update
• Complete the Thinking Like a Historian document for discussion (chart side only)
• Assignments: 
• Complete the Thinking Like a Historian document for discussion
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• The Manufacture of Early Printed Books in Europe
• Supplemental Video: 
• What History Was, Is, and Will Be: Crash Course European History #50
• Interesting Article: 
• Swifties Can Now Study Literature (Taylor’s Version)

Recent U.S. History (Block) - 88 Minutes

Essential Question (EQ)

- What are the policies and procedures of this course?

Topic: Class Introduction

• Daily Jumble (DJ)- When does Recent U.S. History begin? (Provide a date or era of U.S. History)
• Set up your notebook for the Daily Jumble
• This Day in History (does not need to go in your notebook)
• Current Events - CNN10
• Go over Classroom policies and procedures
• Seating Chart
• Go over the Recent U.S. History Course Syllabus
• Assignments: 
• Begin looking at Current Events!
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: The Lincoln Assassination
• Supplemental Video: Reconstruction and 1876: Crash Course US History #22
• Interesting Article: 
• Swifties Can Now Study Literature (Taylor’s Version)

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Daily Gator

Large alligator climb up the side of someone’s house in Florida. ‘Oh my gosh’

Classroom Update (08/21/2023)

 

Monday, August 21, 2022

Today we have a Special First Day of School Schedule!

World History (Block) - 44 Minutes

Essential Question (EQ)

- What are the policies and procedures of this course?

Topic: Class Introduction

• Daily Jumble (DJ)- Complete the Getting to Know You Survey
• Current Events - CNN10
• Go over Classroom policies and procedures
• Seating Chart
• How to get to Mr. Molitor's Classroom Blog?
• coachmolitor.com
• Turnitin.com account setup
• World History Course Syllabus
• Assignments: 
• Get any missing school supplies for Tuesday!
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• The Manufacture of Early Printed Books in Europe
• Supplemental Video: 
• What History Was, Is, and Will Be: Crash Course European History #50
• Interesting Article: 
• Swifties Can Now Study Literature (Taylor’s Version)

Recent U.S. History (Block) - 44 Minutes

Essential Question (EQ)

- What are the policies and procedures of this course?

Topic: Class Introduction

• Daily Jumble (DJ)- Complete the Getting to Know You Survey
• Current Events - CNN10
• Go over Classroom policies and procedures
• Seating Chart
• How to get to Mr. Molitor's Classroom Blog?
• coachmolitor.com
• Recent U.S. History Course Syllabus
• Assignments: 
• Get any missing school supplies for Tuesday!
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: The Lincoln Assassination
• Supplemental Video: Reconstruction and 1876: Crash Course US History #22
• Interesting Article: 
• Swifties Can Now Study Literature (Taylor’s Version)

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Daily Gator

Young alligator found living it up in softball dugout at Florida high school, cops say

New Student Orientation Day (08/17/2023)

Thursday, August 17, 2022

New Student Orientation Day

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