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 Winter Break 2020-2021

December 24 - January 3rd

Classroom Update (12/23/2020)

 

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Teacher Work Day

World History (Block)

• Assignments: 
• Complete any missing assignments & assessments
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• 45 Years of A Christmas Carol (Milwaukee, WI)
• A Christmas Carol- Vanessa West
• Supplemental Video: 
• White House Christmas
• Christmas Truce of 1914
• Interesting Articles: 
• Going Mad for Charles Dickens
• Christmas under the Puritans
• How 25 Christmas Traditions Got Their Start
• A Taste of the German Christmas Market at Home: Glühwein mit Schuss
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World History (Skinny)

• Assignments: 
• Complete any missing assignments & assessments
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture:
• 45 Years of A Christmas Carol (Milwaukee, WI)
• A Christmas Carol- Vanessa West
• Supplemental Video: White House Christmas
• Interesting Articles: 
• Making Sense of the Divine Right of Kings
• How 25 Christmas Traditions Got Their Start
• The Biology of Mistletoe

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Contemporary Affairs

1. Assignment: 
• Complete any missing assessments
2. Current Events
1. What the Pandemic Christmas of 1918 Looked Like
2. Why NORAD Tracks Santa Claus
3. A Brief History of Jamaican Jerk
3. Presentation Project Due 1/12, 1/14, or 1/15

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Daily Gator Posting

Alligator With Turtle On Tequesta Course At Belle Glade Country Club

Classroom Update (12/22/2020)

 

Tuesday, December 22, 2020

Holiday Fashion Day!

World History (Block)

EQ-

- How did philosophers support and challenge the changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution?

Topic: Reforming the Industrial World

• DJ- Why did imperialism grow out of industrialization?
• Finish A Christmas Carol (Industrial Reform through Charles Dickens)
• Assignments: 
• Complete any missing assignments & assessments
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• 45 Years of A Christmas Carol (Milwaukee, WI)
• A Christmas Carol- Vanessa West
• Supplemental Video: 
• White House Christmas
• Christmas Truce of 1914
• Interesting Articles: 
• Going Mad for Charles Dickens
• Christmas under the Puritans
• How 25 Christmas Traditions Got Their Start

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World History (Skinny)

Topic: Unit Assessment 

• Absolutism Unit Assessment (located in Schoology)
• Assignments: 
• Absolutism Unit Assessment (Due Today)
• Complete any missing assignments & assessments
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture:
• 45 Years of A Christmas Carol (Milwaukee, WI)
• A Christmas Carol- Vanessa West
• Supplemental Video: White House Christmas
• Interesting Articles: 
• Making Sense of the Divine Right of Kings
• How 25 Christmas Traditions Got Their Start

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Contemporary Affairs

1. Current Events Clips
1. What the Pandemic Christmas of 1918 Looked Like
2. Christmas under the Puritans
3. Why Just ‘Adding Context’ to Controversial Monuments May Not Change Minds
2. Presentation Project Work Day

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Daily Gator Posting

Jogger spots alligator peeking out of storm drain in Florida neighborhood

Classroom Update (12/21/2020)

 

Monday, December 21, 2020

Pajama Day!

World History (Block)

EQ-

- How did philosophers support and challenge the changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution?

Topic: Reforming the Industrial World

• DJ- Why did industrialization not spread to the European continent immediately?
• Charles Dickens and the Victorian Christmas
• Begin A Christmas Carol (Industrial Reform through Charles Dickens)
• Assignments: 
• Module 21 Reading Document (Due today in Schoology)
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• 45 Years of A Christmas Carol (Milwaukee, WI)
• A Christmas Carol- Vanessa West
• Supplemental Video: White House Christmas
• Interesting Articles: 
• Going Mad for Charles Dickens
• Christmas under the Puritans

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World History (Skinny)

Topic: Unit Assessment 

• Absolutism Progress Check (located in Schoology)
• Absolutism Unit Assessment (located in Schoology)
• Assignments: 
• Absolutism Unit Assessment (Due 12/22)
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture:
• 45 Years of A Christmas Carol (Milwaukee, WI)
• A Christmas Carol- Vanessa West
• Supplemental Video: 
• Interesting Article: Making Sense of the Divine Right of Kings

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Contemporary Affairs

1. Current Events Clips
1. What the Pandemic Christmas of 1918 Looked Like
2. Christmas under the Puritans
3. Why Just ‘Adding Context’ to Controversial Monuments May Not Change Minds
2. Presentation Project Work Day

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Daily Gator Posting

‘Look at him thrash!’ Watch an alligator get ejected from this Florida neighborhood

Classroom Update (12/18/2020)

Friday, December 18, 2020

World History (Block)

EQ-

- What were the advantages and disadvantages of industrialization?

Topic: Industrialization

• DJ- How did Great Britain’s geography and natural resources allow the country to industrialize quickly?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Finish Mill Times Video and Notes
• Assignments: 
• Historical Article Review Written Assessment (Due today in Turnitin.com)
• Module 21 Reading Document (Due 12/21 in Schoology)
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture: Monet's London
• Supplemental Video: 
• Coal, Steam, and The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History #32
• The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course European History #24
• Interesting Articles: 
• Going Mad for Charles Dickens

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World History (Skinny)

EQ-

- How did Oliver Cromwell and the Roundheads win the English Civil War for Parliament?

- Why was the English monarchy restored?

- How did the Glorious Revolution change England?

Topic: English Monarchs Defy Parliament

• DJ- Why was the death of Charles I revolutionary?
• Current Events - CNN10  
• Go over Module 17 Lesson 5 Google Document
• Unit Assessment Monday (12/21)
• Assignments: 
• Read Module 17 Lesson 5 and Complete Google Document (Due Today)
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• A Place at the Royal Table
• 11 Secrets from The Palace of Versailles
• Supplemental Videos: 
• The Rise of Russia and Prussia: Crash Course European History #17
• English Civil War: Crash Course European History #14
• Interesting Article: Why Peter the Great Established a Beard Tax

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Contemporary Affairs

1. Current Events Clips - CNN10
1. What the Pandemic Christmas of 1918 Looked Like
2. Christmas under the Puritans
2. Current Events Analysis (Due today in Schoology)
1. Class share-out of Current Event papers

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Daily Gator Posting

Alligator Grabs A Fish At Fenney Nature Trail

 

Classroom Update (12/17/2020)

 

Thursday, December 17, 2020

World History (Block)

EQ-

- Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in England?

- What inventions helped transform society into the industrial age?

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

- What were the advantages and disadvantages of industrialization?

Topic: Beginnings of the Industrial Revolution

• DJ- What effects did the enclosure movement have on agriculture in England?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Begin Mill Times Video and Notes
• Assignments: 
• Achieve Article: "Welcome to Great Falls Park!" (Due Today in Schoology)
• Historical Article Review Written Assessment (Due 12/18 in Turnitin.com)
• Module 21 Reading Document (Due 12/21 in Schoology)
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture: Monet's London
• Supplemental Video: 
• Coal, Steam, and The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History #32
• The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course European History #24
• Interesting Articles: 
• Going Mad for Charles Dickens

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World History (Skinny)

EQ-

- Why was Russia culturally different from western Europe?

- How did Peter the Great westernize Russia?

Topic: Peter the Great

• DJ- Why did Peter the Great believe that Russia’s future depended on having a warm water port?
• Current Events - CNN10  
• Finish Engineering an Empire: Russia
• Go over Absolute Rulers in Russia (17.5) Google Document
• Assignments: 
• Read Module 17 Lesson 5 and Complete Google Document (Due 12/18)
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• A Place at the Royal Table
• 11 Secrets from The Palace of Versailles
• Supplemental Videos: 
• The Rise of Russia and Prussia: Crash Course European History #17
• English Civil War: Crash Course European History #14
• Interesting Article: Why Peter the Great Established a Beard Tax

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Contemporary Affairs

1. Current Events Clips - CNN10
1. How Black-Owned Record Stores Helped Create Community
2. The COVID-19 Vaccines Arrived at Warp Speed
3. What the Pandemic Christmas of 1918 Looked Like
4. Christmas under the Puritans
2. Current Events Analysis (Due Friday in Schoology)

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Daily Gator Posting

Florida man retrieves golf ball off gator’s back

Classroom Update (12/16/2020)

 

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

World History (Block)

• Current Events - CNN10
• Assignments: 
• Achieve Article: "Welcome to Great Falls Park!" (Due 12/17 in Schoology)
• Historical Article Review Written Assessment (Due 12/18 in Turnitin.com)
• Module 21 Reading Document (Due 12/21 in Schoology)
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture: Monet: The Water Lily Pond
• Supplemental Video: 
• Coal, Steam, and The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History #32
• Interesting Articles: 
• Britain’s Lake District Was Immortalized by Beatrix Potter, But Is Its Future in Peril?
• Going Mad for Charles Dickens

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World History (Skinny)

• Current Events - CNN10  
• Assignments: 
• Read Module 17 Lesson 4 and Complete Google Document (Due 12/17)
• Read Module 17 Lesson 5 and Complete Google Document (Due 12/18)
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• The Address of Vermeer's Little Street Discovered
• Rembrandt's engravings at BUAP
• Supplemental Video: 
• Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History #15
• Eastern Europe Consolidates: Crash Course European History #16
• Interesting Articles: 
• A 400-Year-Old Flemish Masterpiece Spent Decades Hiding in Plain Sight
• Stunning Mosaic Found in England Shows Some Lived in Luxury During ‘Dark Ages’

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Contemporary Affairs

1. Current Events Clips - CNN10
1. How Black-Owned Record Stores Helped Create Community
2. The COVID-19 Vaccines Arrived at Warp Speed
3. What the Pandemic Christmas of 1918 Looked Like
2. Current Events Analysis (Due Friday in Schoology)

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Daily Gator Posting

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Classroom Update (12/15/2020)

 

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

World History (Block)

• Current Events - CNN10
• Module 21 - The Industrial Revolution Introduction
• Work Day
• Assignments: 
• Revolutions Sweep the West Assessment (Due Today - 12/15)
• Achieve Article: "Welcome to Great Falls Park!" (Due 12/17 in Schoology)
• Historical Article Review Written Assessment (Due 12/18 in Turnitin.com)
• Module 21 Reading Document (Due 12/21 in Schoology)
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture: Monet: The Water Lily Pond
• Supplemental Video: 
• Coal, Steam, and The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History #32
• Interesting Articles: 
• Britain’s Lake District Was Immortalized by Beatrix Potter, But Is Its Future in Peril?
• Going Mad for Charles Dickens

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World History (Skinny)

EQ- 

- Why was Russia culturally different from western Europe?

- How did Peter the Great westernize Russia?

Topic - Absolute Rulers in Russia

• DJ - Why was Russia culturally different from Western Europe?
• Current Events - CNN10  
• View and discuss Engineering an Empire: Russia
• Assignments: 
• Read Module 17 Lesson 4 and Complete Google Document (Due 12/17)
• Read Module 17 Lesson 5 and Complete Google Document (Due 12/18)
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• The Address of Vermeer's Little Street Discovered
• Rembrandt's engravings at BUAP
• Supplemental Video: 
• Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History #15
• Eastern Europe Consolidates: Crash Course European History #16
• Interesting Articles: 
• A 400-Year-Old Flemish Masterpiece Spent Decades Hiding in Plain Sight
• Stunning Mosaic Found in England Shows Some Lived in Luxury During ‘Dark Ages’

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Contemporary Affairs

1. Current Events Clips - CNN10
1. How Black-Owned Record Stores Helped Create Community
2. What the Pandemic Christmas of 1918 Looked Like
2. Current Events Analysis (Due Friday in Schoology)

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Daily Gator Posting

Hitler’s pet alligator to be stuffed, put on display in Russia

Classroom Update (12/14/2020)

 

Monday, December 14, 2020

World History (Block)

• Current Events - CNN10
• Revolutions Sweep the West Assessment
• Assignments: 
• Revolutions Sweep the West Vocabulary - Due Today in Schoology
• Revolutions Sweep the West Assessment (Due Tomorrow 12/15)
• Achieve Article: "Welcome to Great Falls Park!" (Due 12/17 in Schoology)
• Historical Article Review Written Assessment (Due 12/18 in Turnitin.com)
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture: Monet: The Water Lily Pond
• Supplemental Video: 
• Coal, Steam, and The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course World History #32
• Interesting Articles: 
• Britain’s Lake District Was Immortalized by Beatrix Potter, But Is Its Future in Peril?
• Going Mad for Charles Dickens

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World History (Skinny)

Topic - Central European Monarchs Clash

• DJ - Why was feudalism slow to end in central Europe?
• Current Events - CNN10  
• Discuss Central European Monarchs Clash (17.3) Notes
• Assignments: 
• Read Module 17 Lesson 4 and Complete Google Document (Due 12/17)
• Read Module 17 Lesson 5 and Complete Google Document (Due 12/18)
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• The Address of Vermeer's Little Street Discovered
• Rembrandt's engravings at BUAP
• Supplemental Video: 
• Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History #15
• Eastern Europe Consolidates: Crash Course European History #16
• Interesting Articles: 
• A 400-Year-Old Flemish Masterpiece Spent Decades Hiding in Plain Sight
• Stunning Mosaic Found in England Shows Some Lived in Luxury During ‘Dark Ages’

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Contemporary Affairs

1. Current Events Clips - CNN10
1. The Grinch That Keeps on Grinching
2. How Black-Owned Record Stores Helped Create Community
2. Current Events Analysis (Due Friday in Schoology)

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Daily Gator Posting

7-foot alligator caught in Bonita Springs neighborhood

Classroom Update (12/11/2020)

 

Friday, December 11, 2020

World History (Block)

EQ-

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

- How was impressionism a reaction to realism?

Topic: Revolutions in the Arts

• DJ- Why did the Austrian, Russian, and Ottoman Empires face such great challenges in controlling their lands?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Romanticism In Literature
• Late 19th Century Art Analysis
• Revolutions Sweep the West Assessment - Monday
• Assignments: 
• Module 20 Reading Document - Due Today in Schoology (12/11)
• Revolutions Sweep the West Vocabulary - Due Monday in Schoology (12/14)
• Historical Article Review Written Assessment (Due 12/18)
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Explore JMW Turner's painting, 'Dolbadern Castle'
• The Witches Coven (Francisco Goya)
• Supplemental Video: 
• Reform and Revolution 1815-1848: Crash Course European History #25
• Italian and German Unification: Crash Course European History #27
• Interesting Articles: 
• Pompeii Mania in the Era of Romanticism
• Britain’s Lake District Was Immortalized by Beatrix Potter, But Is Its Future in Peril?

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World History (Skinny)

Topic - Absolutism in France

• DJ - Why did the Catholic cardinals of France support the Protestant forces in the Thirty Years’ War?
• Current Events - CNN10  
• Discuss Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre and 17.2 Notes
• Assignments: 
• Unit 3 Vocabulary (located in Schoology) - Due Today
• Read Module 17 Lesson 3 and Complete Google Document (Due 12/14)
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• The Address of Vermeer's Little Street Discovered
• Rembrandt's engravings at BUAP
• Supplemental Video: 
• Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History #15
• Absolute Monarchy: Crash Course European History #13
• Interesting Articles: 
• Lady in a Fur Wrap: Mystery of Glasgow painting revealed
• A 400-Year-Old Flemish Masterpiece Spent Decades Hiding in Plain Sight

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Contemporary Affairs

1. Current Events Clips - CNN10
1. The Grinch That Keeps on Grinching
2. How Black-Owned Record Stores Helped Create Community
2. Current Events Paper (Due Today in Schoology) -Students will give a brief shareout in class today!

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Daily Gator Posting

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Classroom Update (12/10/2020)

 

Thursday, December 10, 2020

World History (Block)

EQ-

- 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?

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

- Why was nationalism an important unifying force during the creation of Italy and Germany?

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

Topic: Political Revolutions and Nationalism in the 19th Century

• DJ- How did the actions of the Congress of Vienna in 1815 help set the stage for the political revolutions in Europe during the 19th century?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Revolutions of 1848: Crash Course European History #26
• Assignments: 
• Module 20 Reading Document - Due Friday in Schoology (12/11)
• Revolutions Sweep the West Vocabulary - Due Monday in Schoology (12/14)
• Historical Article Review Written Assessment (Due 12/18)
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Explore JMW Turner's painting, 'Dolbadern Castle'
• The Witches Coven (Francisco Goya)
• Supplemental Video: 
• Reform and Revolution 1815-1848: Crash Course European History #25
• Italian and German Unification: Crash Course European History #27
• Interesting Articles: 
• The Invention of the “Healthy” Caribbean
• Pompeii Mania in the Era of Romanticism

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World History (Skinny)

Topic - Absolutism in France

• DJ - How did the religious attitudes of Henry IV and Philip II differ?
• Current Events - CNN10  
• Complete and discuss Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
• Absolute Monarchy: Crash Course European History #13
• Assignments: 
• Read Module 17 Lesson 3 and Complete Google Document (Due 12/14)
• Unit 3 Vocabulary (located in Schoology) - Due 12/11
• WH Enrichment: 
• Google Arts and Culture: The Address of Vermeer's Little Street Discovered
• Supplemental Video: 
• Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History #15
• Interesting Articles: 
• Lady in a Fur Wrap: Mystery of Glasgow painting revealed
• How Dinosaurs Thrived in the Snow

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Contemporary Affairs

1. Current Events Clips - CNN10
1. How the Public Health Community Prepares for Pandemics
2. The Horse Flu Epidemic That Brought 19th-Century America to a Stop
2. Current Events Paper (Due 12/11 in Schoology)

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