Classroom Update (9/4/2020)

 Friday, September 4, 2020

World History (Block)

E.Q. -

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

- Which shifts in society had the greatest impact on the Renaissance?

- How did humanism influence Renaissance ideas?

Topic - The Birth of the Renaissance

• DJ - What does “Renaissance” mean?
• Current Events - CNN10
• The Middle Ages (The Black Death Explained)
• Introduce Current Event Writing Assessment
• Sample CE Article (Good)
• Assign: 
• Renaissance Vocabulary Document (located in Schoology)
• Current Events Written Assessment (Due 9/18/2020)

World History (Skinny)

E.Q. -

- What is History?

- How do historians categorize and study the past?

Topic - Thinking Like a Historian

• DJ - How does the past help us make sense of the present? Provide an example.
• Current Events - CNN10
• Go over Module 1 Lesson (1.1) Notes

Contemporary Affairs

Project Work Day

1. Current Events - CNN10 (Interesting Link on News Bias)
2. Project Work Time - Contemporary Affairs-Education/Foreign Policy Topics Presentation

Daily Gator Posting

Active alligators roaming around SWFL neighborhoods