Have a Great Winter Break!

Classroom Update (12/18)

World History (Block)

E.Q.
- Why did Britain allow self-rule in Canada, Austrailia, and New Zealand, but delayed it for Ireland?

Topic: Self-Rule Comes to British Colonies

• Complete Guided Reading activity on Module 22 Lesson 2 

Sociology

Assessment Day

• Social Class Open Note Test
• Term Project Work Time

World History (Skinny)

E.Q.

- Who were the Great Thinkers of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment?

Topic: Enlightenment Thinkers

• Introduce Major Figures of the Enlightenment Google Drawing Assignment
• Project Work Time
• Projects are Due Friday

Classroom Update (12/21)

World History (Block)

E.Q.
- How did breakthroughs in science and technology transformed daily life in the late 1800s?

Topic: Late Nineteenth-Century Progress

• Google Slides Research Project (Due Today in Schoology)
• Finish Term 2 Book Review 
• Collect Ch. 22 Lesson 1 & 2 Guided Reading Questions

Sociology

The Holidays and Socialization

• Finish Deviance and Home Alone

World History (Skinny)

E.Q.

- Who were the Great Thinkers of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment?

Topic: Enlightenment Thinkers

• Projects Due Today
• Major Figures of the Enlightenment Google Drawing Assignment
• Finish Semester 1 Book Review

Classroom Update (12/20)

World History (Block)

E.Q.
- How did breakthroughs in science and technology transformed daily life in the late 1800s?

Topic: Late Nineteenth-Century Progress

• Assign: Dickens and A Christmas Carol Reading Activity
• Classroom Discussion and collection of KWL Chart
• Work on Google Slides Research Project (Due Tomorrow in Schoology)
• Finish Term 2 Book Review 

Sociology

The Holidays and Socialization

• Begin Deviance and Home Alone

World History (Skinny)

E.Q.

- Who were the Great Thinkers of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment?

Topic: Enlightenment Thinkers

• Project Work Day (Due Tomorrow)
• Major Figures of the Enlightenment Google Drawing Assignment
• Finish Semester 1 Book Review

Classroom Update (12/19)

World History (Block)

E.Q.
- How did breakthroughs in science and technology transformed daily life in the late 1800s?

Topic: Late Nineteenth-Century Progress

• Assign: Google Slides Research Project (Due Friday in Schoology) 

Sociology

Term Project Work Day

• Term Projects Due January 10th/11th (Presentation Days)

World History (Skinny)

E.Q.

- Who were the Great Thinkers of the Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment?

Topic: Enlightenment Thinkers

• Project Work Day (Due Friday)
• Major Figures of the Enlightenment Google Drawing Assignment

Classroom Update (12/17)

World History (Block)

E.Q.- Why did Britain allow self-rule ion Canada, Austrailia, and New Zealand, but delayed it for Ireland?

Topic: Self-Rule Comes to British Colonies

• Complete Guided Reading activity on Module 22 Lesson 2 

Sociology

E.Q.- When in comparison to poverty in the United States, how does poverty in look different when viewing it in the rest of the world?

• Review Day
• Ch. 9 & 10 Open Note Test Tuesday

World History (Skinny)

E.Q.-

- 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?

• Discuss Module 18 Lesson 1 Guided Reading Questions
• Assign: Module 18 Lesson 2 Reading and Questions
• Project Information on Enlightenment Thinkers Tomorrow

Classroom Update (12/13)

World History (Block)

E.Q.- 

- Why did workers join together to form unions?

- Why did the labor reform movements spread to other aspects of society?

Topic: Reforming the Industrial World

• Complete and go over Unit 8 Review Questions
• Go over Reforming the Industrial World Guided Reading WS 
• Unit Assessment Tomorrow!

Sociology

E.Q.- How are wealth and power of nations stratified around the globe?

• Work on Theories of Global Stratification Slides Assignment (Due Friday)
• Hand out Social Class Unit Study Guide
• Ch. 9 & 10 Test Tuesday

World History (Skinny)

• Complete and go over Module 17 Review Questions
• Unit Assessment Tomorrow!

Classroom Update (12/12)

World History (Block)

E.Q.- 

- Why did industrialization not spread to the rest of Europe immediately?
- How did the Industrial Revolution impact global development

Topic: Industrialization Spreads

• Mill Times Video Clips
• Read and complete Guided Reading Questions for 21.4 for Thursday
• Complete Reforming the Industrial World WS
• Finish Book Reviews

Sociology

E.Q.- How are wealth and power of nations stratified around the globe?

• Budgeting and Poverty Project Due
• Assign Theories of Global Stratification Slides Assignment 
• Work on Term Projects

World History (Skinny)

• Go over 17.5 Guided Reading Questions & WS
• Book Review Work Time (Due Next Week!)
• Unit Assessment Friday!

Classroom Update (12/11)

World History (Block)

E.Q.- 

- What were the advantages and disadvantages of industrialization?

Topic: Industrialization Spreads

• Achieve Article: Busy, Busy Cities
• Read and complete Guided Reading Questions for 21.4 for Thursday
• Unit Assessment Friday!
• Finish Book Reviews

Sociology

E.Q.- How do people become impoverished?

• Finish Budgeting and Poverty Project
• Assign Social Mobility and Poverty Text in Chapter 9
• Work on Term Projects

World History (Skinny)

• Finish Cromwell: Conqueror of Ireland
• Unit Assessment Friday!

Classroom Update (12/10)

World History (Block)

E.Q.- 

- How did the factory system change the way people lived and worked?

- What were the advantages and disadvantages of industrialization?

Topic: Industrialization in Manchester

• Industrialization in Manchester WS
• Read and complete Guided Reading Questions for 21.3 for Tuesday

Sociology

E.Q.- How do people become impoverished?

• Begin Budgeting and Poverty Project
• Assign Social Mobility and Poverty Text in Chapter 9

World History (Skinny)

• Cromwell: Conqueror of Ireland

Classroom Update (12/7)

World History (Block)

E.Q.- What inventions helped transformed society into the industrial age??

Topic: Inventions Spur Industrialization

• Watch & discuss: Story of US: Cities
• Read and complete Guided Reading Questions for 21.2 for Monday

Sociology

Project Work Day

• Social Class Quiz #1
• 1/3 Book Papers Due (if completing a book review for your Term 2 Project)

World History (Skinny)

• Archive Article: "Blackbeard's Book?"
• Assign: Parliament Limits the Monarchy (17.5) for Monday (12/11)

Classroom Update (12/6)

World History (Block)

E.Q.- Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England?

Topic: The Beginnings of Industrialization

• Achieve Article: "Welcome to Great Park Falls"
• Hand out Unit 8 Outline
• Read and Complete Guided Reading Questions for 21.1

Sociology

E.Q.- Why is there Inequality?

• Why is There Inequality? Notes?
• Finish Inequality For All Documentary Activity (Schoology Assignment)
• Social Class Quiz #1 Friday

World History (Skinny)

E.Q.-

- How did Peter the Great westernize Russia?

Topic: Peter the Great

• Go over Module 17 Lesson 4 Notes
• Assign: Parliament Limits the Monarchy (17.5) for Monday (12/11)

Classroom Update (12/5)

World History (Block)

Topic: Test Day

• Revolutions Sweep the West Unit Assessment 
• Book Review Work Time

Sociology

E.Q.- Why is there Inequality?

• Why is There Inequality? Notes?
• Begin Inequality For All Documentary Activity
• Social Class Quiz #1 Friday

World History (Skinny)

E.Q.-

- Why was Russia culturally different from western Europe?

Topic: Absolutism in Russia

• Assign: Finish Module 17 Lesson 4 Notes
• Begin Engineering an Empire: Russia

Classroom Update (12/4)

World History (Block)

Topic: Review Day

• Complete Revolutions Sweep the West Unit Study Guide (Review Questions)
• Unit Assessment Tomorrow

Sociology

Test Day

• Deviance and Social Control Exam
• Assign: Ch. 9 Why is There Inequality? Guided Reading Questions

World History (Skinny)

E.Q.-

- How did the Peace of Westphalia lay the foundations of modern Europe?

- Why did strong states develop slower in central Europe than in western Europe?

Topic: Absolutism in Central Europe

• Go over Absolutism in Central Europe Guided Reading Questions

Classroom Update (12/3)

World History (Block)
E.Q. -

- Why did the arts and literature shift from romanticism to realism in the mid-19th century?

- How was impressionism a reaction to realism?

Topic: Romanticism, Realism, and Impressionism

• Assign: 20.4 Guided Reading Questions and Chart for Monday
• Unit Assessment Wednesday

Sociology

Review Day

• Assign: Create 10 Multiple Choice Questions for Review and turn into Schoology
• Deviance and Social Control Test Tomorrow!

World History (Skinny)

Topic: Absolutism in Central Europe

• Assign: 17.3 Guided Reading WS for Tuesday

Classroom Update (11/30)

World History (Block)
E.Q. -

- How did nationalism disrupt the Austrian, Russian and Ottoman empire?

- How did the balance of power in Europe change during the 1800s?

Topic: Nationalism Unifies Italy and Germany

• Assign: 20.4 Guided Reading Questions and Chart for Monday
• Unit Assessment Wednesday

Sociology

Term Project Work Day

• Research Proposals Due Today!

World History (Skinny)

Topic: Absolutism

• Mid-unit Assessment
• Assign: 17.3 Guided Reading Questions

Classroom Update (11/29)

World History (Block)
E.Q. 

Topic: Russia's Frees the Serfs

• Assign 20.3 Guided Reading Questions
• Mid-Unit Assessment 

Sociology

Deviance in the News

• Deviance in the News Current Events Assignment (Assignment in Schoology)
• Work on Unit 8 Study Guide
• Research Proposals Due 11/30

World History (Skinny)
E.Q.

Topic: Louis XIV

• Review 17.2 Primary Source Documents
• Mid-unit Assessment 11/30

Classroom Update (11/28)

World History (Block)
E.Q. 

-How did the different schools of political thought create revolts during the 1800s in Europe?

- What were the political shifts that occurred in Russia during the late 19th century?

Topic: European Revolutions of the 19^th Century

• Chart the European Revolutions
• Go over 20.2 Guided Reading Worksheet
• Mid-Unit Assessment Tomorrow

Sociology

E.Q. 
- What is crime?
- How do we categorize the different types of crime?

• Review the Types of Crime (Seinfeld - "Little Kicks")
• Handout Unit 8 Study Guide
• Ch. 8 Test Tuesday on Deviance

World History (Skinny)
E.Q.

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

Topic: The Dutch Golden Age

• Achieve Article: "Golden Age Selfies"
• Mid-unit Assessment Friday

Classroom Update (11/27)

World History (Block)
E.Q. 

- How did the events in Europe lead to revolutions in the Spanish Colonies?

- How did Brazil gain independence from Portugal?

Topic: Latin American Colonial Uprisings

• Achieve Article: "Age of Revolutions: Cinco de Mayo"
• Go over 20.1 Guided Reading Worksheet
• Assign: 20.2 Guided Reading Questions 

Sociology

E.Q. - How do the different sociological frameworks explain deviance in society?

• Social Theories of Deviance Project (Presentations Due Tomorrow)
• Assign Rest of Types of Crime Guided Reading Questions
• Ch. 8 Test Tuesday on Deviance

World History (Skinny)
E.Q.

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

Topic: The Dutch Golden Age

• Baroque Art Analysis Due Tomorrow

Classroom Update (11/26)

World History (Block)
E.Q. 

- Why did the structure of colonial society in Latin America cause social unrest?

- Why was the French colony of Saint Domingue the first Latin American colony to fight for independence?

Topic: Latin American Colonial Social Structure

• Go over Unit 7 Outline
• Assign: 17.1 Guided Reading Worksheet 

Sociology

E.Q. - How do the different sociological frameworks explain deviance in society?

• Assign: Social Theories of Deviance Project (Presentations Due Tomorrow)

World History (Skinny)
E.Q.

- What was the lasting impact on Spain with its failed attempt to attack England
- How does the art from the Spanish and Dutch Golden Age reflect the political culture of the era?

Topic: The Defeat of the Spanish Armada

• Discuss the Armada Portrait (Document in Schoology)
• Assign: Baroque Art Analysis Due Tomorrow

Classroom Update (11/20)

World History (Block)

1. Finish History of the Holiday Video Clip
2. Book Review Work Day

Sociology

1. The Sociology of Thanksgiving
2. Functions of Crime Readings in Schoology (Due Tuesday)
1. Upload your answers to the reading questions
3. Work on Term 2 Sociology Projects

World History (Skinny)

1. Finish History of the Holiday Video Clip
2. Book Review Work Day

Classroom Update (11/19)

World History (Block)

1. History of the Holiday Video Clip
2. Book Review Work Day

Sociology

1. Assign: Functions of Crime Readings in Schoology (Due Tuesday)
1. Upload your answers to the reading questions
2. Work on Term 2 Sociology Projects

World History (Skinny)

1. History of the Holiday Video Clip
2. Book Review Work Day

Classroom Update (11/16)

World History (Block)

1. The French Revolution Unit Assessment
2. Work on Term 2 Book Review Project

Sociology

1. Go to LMC to begin Term 2 Research Project
1. Research Proposal Due 11/30

World History (Skinny)

1. Complete Achieve Article: "England Terrible Trade"
2. Baroque Art Analysis Due Monday

Classroom Update (11/15)

World History (Block)
E.Q. 

- How did the Congress of Vienna restore stability to the continent?  

- How did the ideas of the French Revolution continue to influence people?

Topic: Review Day

• French Revolution Study Guide
• Unit Assessment Tomorrow

Sociology

E.Q. - What is considered the problem with biological theories of deviance?

• Defining Deviance Notes
• Term Project Guidelines & Handouts

World History (Skinny)
E.Q.

- Why were monarchs able to gain absolute power during the 16th century?
- How does the art from the Spanish and Dutch Golden Age reflect the political culture of the era?

Topic: The Spanish Golden Age

• Discuss the Mannerism Art Analysis & El Greco
• Assign: Baroque Art Analysis

Classroom Update (11/14)

World History (Block)
E.Q. 

- How did nationalism affect Napoleon’s empire?

- Why did the British send Napoleon to St. Helena?

Topic: The Congress of Vienna

• Achieve article: "Age of Revolutions: Haiti's Fight to be Free"
• Unit Assessment Friday

Sociology

E.Q. - What is deviant behavior?

• Handout Term 2 Project Information
• Discuss Informal vs. Formal Deviance

World History (Skinny)
E.Q.

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

Topic: The Spanish Golden Age

• Finish 17.1 Reading and Questions (if needed)
• Assign: Mannerism Art Analysis

Classroom Update (11/13)

World History (Block)
E.Q. -

- Why was the Battle of Trafalgar such a significant defeat for Napoleon's ambitions?
- How did nationalism affect Napoleon’s empire?

Topic: Napoleon's Empire

• View and discuss Napoleon Greatest Victory
• Assign: 19.4 Guided Reading Questions
• Unit Assessment Friday

Sociology

E.Q. - What is deviant behavior?

• Unit 4 Test Wednesday!
• Assign: Defining Deviance Reading and WS

World History (Skinny)

• Projects Due Today!
• Present Posters
• Hand out Absolutism Unit Outline

Classroom Update (11/12)

World History (Block)
E.Q. -

- How did Napoleon Bonaparte come to power in France?
- Why did Napoleon believe the Napoleonic Code was his greatest work?

Topic: Napoleon Creates an Empire

• Assign: 19.3 Guided Reading Questions
• Book Review Work Time
• Unit Assessment Friday

Sociology

E.Q. - Does the glass ceiling effect still exist in our society?

• Review Game
• Unit 4 Test Tuesday!

World History (Skinny)

• Go over a sample Scholarly Book Review
• Work on Exploration Research Project
• Projects Due Tomorrow