Classroom Update (1/17/24)

 

Friday, January 17, 2025

Sociology

Topic: Unit 6 Review

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - What is double deprivaton?
• Term 2 Project Presentations - Last Chance!
• Review Game
• Assignments: 
• Unit 6 Assessment - 1/20
• Final MCQ Content Exam - 1/22
• Collective Behavior Project Presentation - 1/24
• Sociology Enrichment:
• Supplemental Video: 
• Global Stratification & Poverty: Crash Course Sociology #27
• Theories of Global Stratification: Crash Course Sociology #28
• Economic Systems & the Labor Market: Crash Course Sociology #29
• Interesting Article
• A program meant to help developing nations fight climate change is funneling billions of dollars back to rich countries

Recent U.S. History

EQ-

- How did Roosevelt take steps to combat the Great Depression once in office?

- How did the New Deal policies and actions affect various social and ethnic groups?

Topic: FDR

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - Why did Roosevelt launch the Second Hundred Days?
• Whiteboard Notes: Programs of the Second New Deal
• View and discuss The Presidents (FDR & the New Deal)
• Read and complete notes on the Second New Deal (Module 10 Lesson 2) - if not completed
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• Map Reassessments - If needed
• http://www.ilike2learn.com/ (Online Map Quizzes)
• Assign: 6 Projects the Civilian Conservation Corps Accomplished - Due by 1/20
• Module 10 Assessment - 1/24
• RUSHY Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• The Making of Dorothea Lange's 'Migrant Mother'
• Supplemental Video: 
• The New Deal: Crash Course US History #34
• Interesting Article:
• Horse-Riding Librarians Were the Great Depression’s Bookmobiles

World History

Topic: Enlightenment Assessment - Work Day

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - None
• Whiteboard Notes: None
• Work on Module 18 Assessment - Enlightenment Thinkers Project
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• Module 18 Assessment - 1/19/25
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Historic Philadelphia
• Supplemental Video: 
• Enlightened Monarchs: Crash Course European History #19
• Interesting Article:
• How the Constitution Was Drafted With Hope and Compromise
• How 18th-Century Writers Created the Genre of Popular Science

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8 alligators found during major drug bust

Classroom Update (1/16/25)

 

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Sociology

Topic: Theories of Global Stratification

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - After the collapse of the Soviet Union, what change occurred to the classification system based on political orientation?
• Term 2 Project Presentations - Round 3
• Assignments: 
• Textbook Reading: pp. 263-274 (Theories of Global Stratification) - if not completed
• Unit 6 Assessment - 1/20
• Final MCQ Content Exam - 1/22
• Collective Behavior Project Presentation - 1/24
• Sociology Enrichment:
• Supplemental Video: 
• Global Stratification & Poverty: Crash Course Sociology #27
• Theories of Global Stratification: Crash Course Sociology #28
• Economic Systems & the Labor Market: Crash Course Sociology #29
• Interesting Article
• A program meant to help developing nations fight climate change is funneling billions of dollars back to rich countries

Recent U.S. History

EQ-

- How did Roosevelt take steps to combat the Great Depression once in office?

- How did the New Deal policies and actions affect various social and ethnic groups?

Topic: The CCC

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - What were the three main categories of the programs and actions of Roosevelt's New Deal?
• Whiteboard Notes: New Deal Problem - Solution Chart
• Assign: 6 Projects the Civilian Conservation Corps Accomplished - Due by 1/20
• Read and complete notes on the Second New Deal (Module 10 Lesson 2)
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• Map Reassessments - If needed
• http://www.ilike2learn.com/ (Online Map Quizzes)
• Assign: 6 Projects the Civilian Conservation Corps Accomplished - Due by 1/20
• Module 10 Assessment - 1/24
• RUSHY Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• The Making of Dorothea Lange's 'Migrant Mother'
• Supplemental Video: 
• The New Deal: Crash Course US History #34
• Interesting Article:
• Horse-Riding Librarians Were the Great Depression’s Bookmobiles

World History

Topic: Enlightenment Assessment - Work Day

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - None
• Whiteboard Notes: None
• Introduce and Work on Module 18 Assessment - Enlightenment Thinkers Project
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• Module 18 Assessment - 1/19/25
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Historic Philadelphia
• Supplemental Video: 
• Enlightened Monarchs: Crash Course European History #19
• Interesting Article:
• How the Constitution Was Drafted With Hope and Compromise
• How 18th-Century Writers Created the Genre of Popular Science

coachmolitor.com

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Daily Gator

Extremely rare albino alligator spotted in Ten Thousand Islands

Classroom Update (1/15/25)

 

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Sociology

Topic: Term 2 Project Presentations - Round 2

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - None
• Term 2 Project Presentations - Round 2
• Assignments: 
• Textbook Reading: pp. 263-274 (Theories of Global Stratification) 
• Term 2 Project Presentations: 14th - 16th
• Unit 6 Assessment - 1/20
• Final MCQ Content Exam - 1/22
• Collective Behavior Project Presentation - 1/24
• Sociology Enrichment:
• Supplemental Video: 
• Global Stratification & Poverty: Crash Course Sociology #27
• Theories of Global Stratification: Crash Course Sociology #28
• Interesting Article
• A program meant to help developing nations fight climate change is funneling billions of dollars back to rich countries

Recent U.S. History

Topic: Pre-ACT Prep

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - None
• Whiteboard Notes: The 3 R's of the New Deal
• Pre-ACT Prep - Reading Passages and MCQ
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• Read and complete notes on Module 10 Lesson 1 (A New Deal Fights the Depression) - if not completed
• Map Reassessments - If needed
• http://www.ilike2learn.com/ (Online Map Quizzes)
• Module 10 Assessment - 1/24
• RUSHY Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Dorothea Lange's Moving Photographs of The Depression Era
• The Making of Dorothea Lange's 'Migrant Mother'
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Great Depression: Crash Course US History #33
• Interesting Article:
• Horse-Riding Librarians Were the Great Depression’s Bookmobiles

World History

Topic: Pre-ACT Prep

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - None
• Pre-ACT Prep - Reading Passages and MCQ
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• Module 18 Assessment - 1/16/25
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Historic Philadelphia
• Supplemental Video: 
• Enlightened Monarchs: Crash Course European History #19
• Interesting Article:
• How the Constitution Was Drafted With Hope and Compromise

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Daily Gator

3 alligators found dead at Myakka River State Park

Classroom Update (1/14/25)

 

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Sociology

EQ-

- How how are wealth and power of nations stratify our globe?

Topic: Global Stratification

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - What is the most common way to measure the wealth of nations?
• Term 2 Project Presentations - Round 1
• Handout: World System Analysis
• Assignments: 
• Textbook Reading: pp. 254-263 (Global Stratification)
• Term 2 Project Presentations: 14th - 16th
• Unit 6 Assessment - 1/20
• Final MCQ Content Exam - 1/22
• Collective Behavior Project Presentation - 1/24
• Sociology Enrichment:
• Supplemental Video: 
• Global Stratification & Poverty: Crash Course Sociology #27

Recent U.S. History

EQ-

-How did Roosevelt take steps to combat the Great Depression once in office?

Topic: The Election of 1932

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - Why were Americans ready for a change in the 1932 election?
• Whiteboard Notes: The 3 R's of the New Deal
• Module 10 Introduction
• The Election of 1932 Explained
• Handout The New Deal - Module 10 Study Guide
• Module 10 Assessment - 1/24
• Read and complete notes on Module 10 Lesson 1 (A New Deal Fights the Depression)
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• Map Reassessments - If needed
• http://www.ilike2learn.com/ (Online Map Quizzes)
• Module 10 Assessment - 1/24
• RUSHY Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Dorothea Lange's Moving Photographs of The Depression Era
• The Making of Dorothea Lange's 'Migrant Mother'
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Great Depression: Crash Course US History #33
• The Dust Bowl Explained: US History Review
• Interesting Article:
• Why Do We Eat Popcorn at the Movies?

World History

EQ-

- How did the ideas of the Enlightenment influence the American Revolution?

- What were the opposing views regarding the ratification of the Constitution?

Topic: The Antifederalists

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - Why did American colonists feel they were justified in rebelling against England?
• Whiteboard Notes: None
• Finish viewing and discussing The Revolution: Becoming a Nation
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• Module 18 Assessment - 1/16/25
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Historic Philadelphia
• Supplemental Video: 
• Enlightened Monarchs: Crash Course European History #19
• Interesting Article:
• How the Constitution Was Drafted With Hope and Compromise

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Daily Gator

5 Most Alligator Filled Places In Louisiana

Classroom Update (1/13/25)

 

Monday, January 13, 2025

TURN IN ANY MISSING LATE WORK TODAY!

Sociology

EQ-

- How how are wealth and power of nations stratify our globe?

Topic: Global Stratification

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - What images come to your mind when you think of poverty around the world? Which parts of the world (continents, countries, regions) do you think of the most?
• Work Time - Presentations begin tomorrow!
• Assignments: 
• Textbook Reading: pp. 254-263 (Global Stratification)
• Term 2 Project Presentations: 14th - 16th
• Unit 6 Assessment - 1/20
• Final MCQ Content Exam - 1/22
• Collective Behavior Project Presentation - 1/24
• Sociology Enrichment:
• Supplemental Video: 
• Social Class & Poverty in the US: Crash Course Sociology #24
• Interesting Article: 
• Poverty in the U.S. increased last year, even as incomes rose, Census Bureau says

Recent U.S. History

Topic: Module 9 Assessment

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - None
• Whiteboard Notes: None
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• Map Reassessments - If needed
• http://www.ilike2learn.com/ (Online Map Quizzes)
• RUSHY Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Dorothea Lange's Moving Photographs of The Depression Era
• The Making of Dorothea Lange's 'Migrant Mother'
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Great Depression: Crash Course US History #33
• The Dust Bowl Explained: US History Review
• Interesting Article:
• Why Do We Eat Popcorn at the Movies?

World History

EQ-

- Why is the term “enlightened despot” appropriate for some of the rulers during this era?

- How did the ideas of the Enlightenment influence the American Revolution?

Topic: The Enlightenment and The American Revolution

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - How did the American colonies help Britain’s economy?
• Whiteboard Notes: None
• Begin viewing and discussing The Revolution: Becoming a Nation
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• Module 18 Assessment - 1/16/25
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• How Beethoven became an Enlightenment philosopher in Bonn
• Historic Philadelphia
• Supplemental Video: 
• 18th Century Warfare: Crash Course European History #20
• Enlightened Monarchs: Crash Course European History #19
• Interesting Article:
• Five Things to Know About French Enlightenment Genius Émilie du Châteletcoachmolitor.com

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Daily Gator

See what happened when alligators, snakes and lizards invaded Florida neighborhoods

Classroom Update (1/10/2025)

 

Friday, January 10, 2025

Mr. Molitor is out today with an ill kid. Anyone that needs to make-up an assessment can do so on Monday. Additionally, any late work will also be accepted on Monday.

Sociology

1. Read and complete the questions on Class Consciousness and Poverty

• Hand out the worksheet on my desk. This will be collected by Mr. Molitor.

2. Work on Term 2 Projects. (Presentations begin on Tuesday!)

3. Continue to work on the Unit 6 Study Guide

Recent U.S. History

1. CNN10

2. Complete the Module 9 Practice Test to study for the Great Depression Assessment on Monday.

World History

1. CNN10
2. Students should read and complete the Module 18 Lesson 4 Worksheet.

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Curious alligator causing concern in Cape Coral neighborhood

Classroom Update (1/9/25)

 

Thursday, January 9, 2025

ALL LATE WORK DUE BY FRIDAY, January 10th!

Sociology

EQ-

- How are wealth and income distributed in the United States? 

- What is the difference between intergenerational and intragenerational mobility?

Topic: Inequality and Social Mobility

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - What is the difference between intergenerational and intragenerational mobility?
• Finish Inequality for All video and discussion
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• Handout the Unit 6 Study Guide on Social Stratification
• Assignments: 
• Textbook Reading: pp. 244-251 (Class Consciousness and Poverty)
• Term 2 Project Presentations: 14th - 16th
• Unit 6 Assessment - 1/20
• Final MCQ Content Exam - 1/22
• Collective Behavior Project Presentation - 1/24
• Sociology Enrichment:
• Supplemental Video: 
• Social Stratification: Crash Course Sociology #21
• Why is there Social Stratification?: Crash Course Sociology #22
• Interesting Article: 
• Americans See Middle-Class Dream Slip Away

Recent U.S. History

EQ-

- How did people struggle to survive during the Depression (men, women, and children)?

Topic: Hardship and Suffering

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - What pressures did the American family experience during the Depression?
• Whiteboard Notes: Effects of the Great Depression: Farmers vs. city dwellers
• View clips and discuss: The Great Depression (Hobos, California, and Dorthea Lang)
• Read and complete notes on Module 9 Lesson 3 (Hoover's Failed Policies) - if not completed
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• Map Reassessments - If needed
• http://www.ilike2learn.com/ (Online Map Quizzes)
• ALL LATE WORK DUE BY FRIDAY, January 10th!
• RUSHY Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Dorothea Lange's Moving Photographs of The Depression Era
• The Making of Dorothea Lange's 'Migrant Mother'
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Great Depression: Crash Course US History #33
• The Dust Bowl Explained: US History Review
• Interesting Article:
• Why Do We Eat Popcorn at the Movies?

World History

EQ-

- How did the ideas of the Enlightenment spread?

- How does neoclassicism reflect the ideas of order and reason?

Topic: Neoclassical Art

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - What advantage did salons have over earlier forms of communication in spreading ideas?
• Whiteboard Notes: Spread of Enlightenment Ideas
• Primary Source: Reading of Voltaire's Orphan in China in the Salon of Madame 
• Complete and discuss the Neoclassical Art Analysis
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• How Coffee Fueled Revolutions—and Revolutionary Ideas - Due Today!
• ALL LATE WORK DUE BY FRIDAY, January 10th!
• Module 18 Assessment - 1/16/25
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• The masters of heavenly geometry
• How Beethoven became an Enlightenment philosopher in Bonn
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Enlightenment: Crash Course European History #18
• 18th Century Warfare: Crash Course European History #20
• Interesting Article:
• Five Things to Know About French Enlightenment Genius Émilie du Châtelet
• How Voltaire Went from Bastille Prisoner to Famous Playwright

coachmolitor.com

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Shaquille O'Neal pranks Charles Barkley by dropping massive alligator onto TNT set