Tuesday, January 5, 2021
Semester 1 (Term 2) Gradebook cutoff is Tuesday, January 12th!
Any Late Work & Assessments are due by 4:00p.m.
World History (Block)
EQ-
Why was the issue of slavery in the United States so divisive?
Topic: Manifest Dynasty and the American Civil War
- DJ- How did the Civil War speed up America’s industrialization?
- Current Events - CNN10
- Video Clip: The story of the American Civil War
- Assignments:
- Achieve Article "Saying Goodbye to Ireland" (Due Today in Schoology)
- Module 22 Guided Reading Document (Due 1/7 in Schoology)
- Current Events Written Assessment (Due 1/12 in Turnitin.com)
- WH Enrichment:
- Google Arts and Culture: Abraham Lincoln and the 1860 Election
- Supplemental Videos: Soldier Life: The Civil War in Four Minutes
- Interesting Article: Women Spies of the Civil War
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World History (Skinny)
EQ-
- 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?
Topic - The Scientific Revolution
- DJ- How did Decartes’s approach to science differ from Bacon’s?
- Current Events - CNN10
- Go over Module 18 Lesson 1 (15.1) Notes
- Assignments:
- Read Module 18 Lesson 2 (15.2) and Complete Google Document (Due 1/7)
- WH Enrichment:
- Google Arts and Culture: Galileo and space exploration
- Supplemental Video:
- Scientific Revolution: Crash Course European History #12
- The Scientific Methods: Crash Course History of Science #14
- Interesting Article: Galileo’s Instruments of Discovery
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Contemporary Affairs
- Current Events Clip - CNN10
- Four Times the Results of a Presidential Election Were Contested
- Objecting To Electoral Votes In Congress Recalls Bitter Moments In History
- Work on Current Events Paper (Due 1/8 in Schoology)
- Presentation Projects due 1/12, 1/14, or 1/15
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