Classroom Update (9/2/2020)

 

Wednesday, September 2, 2020

World History (Block)

Essential Questions:

• What are the policies and procedures of this course?

• What is History? (world)

• How do historians categorize and study the past?

- Daily Jumble (DJ)

    1. This Day in History

- Current Events - CNN10

- Geography Skill #1

- Textbook Signout

Assignments:

1. Finish Get to Know You Document (located in Schoology) - Due Today!

2. Read Module 1 Lesson 1 & Complete Document in Schoology

World History (Skinny)

Essential Question

• What are the policies and procedures of this course?

1. Daily Jumble (DJ)

1. This Day in History

2. Current Events

1. CNN10

3. Finish going over class policies and procedures

• Daily Google Meet Link/Code- (located in Schoology)

• How to get to Mr. Molitor’s Classroom Blog?

• Getting to my grading spreadsheet: Does my link in Powerschool work?

• Writing Handout - Resource for your writing assessments

• World History Textbook

• Online Textbook Login

• Textbook Checkout Google Form

• Schoology and other items from the World History Course Syllabus

5. Assignments:

1. Finish Get to Know You Document (located in Schoology) by 9/2

Contemporary Affairs

1. Daily Jumble (DJ)

2. Discuss CE Journal Entry: Two-week quarantine, scheduled outdoor time among Colgate University coronavirus precautions

3. CNN10 

4. Hurricanes (Names)

Article Choice (Select 2):

Why Blood Clots Are a Major Problem in Severe Covid-19

Plague and Protest Go Hand in Hand

Is It Time to Reexamine Grading?

In your notebook for both articles:

1. What is the article about?

2. How does this article impact the world?

3. How does this article impact you as a person?

Assignment:

1. Complete Getting to Know You Document (located in Schoology) by Today!

Daily Gator Posting

Preservation Efforts