Classroom Update (2/29/24)

 

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Early Release Today!

ALL LATE WORK DUE BY THURSDAY, MARCH 7th!

AP European History

- Explain the factors that resulted in Italian unification and German unification. (7.C.)

Topic: Nationalism and The Crimean War

• Today's Agenda:
• Current Events
• Nationalism and The Crimean War 1853 - 1856
• A History Of Crimea In Five Minutes
• When Catherine the Great Invaded the Crimea and Put the Rest of the World on Edge
• Russian Forces Officially Enter the Crimea Region of Ukraine
• The Crimean War and the Charge of the Light Brigade
• "The Charge of the Light Brigade" Alfred, Lord Tennyson (read by Tom O'Bedlam)
• Work Time
• Euro News:
• Catalonia's farmers demand more help over drought
• Handouts:
• Ch. 14 Practice Quiz
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Peterloo and Protest
• Giuseppe Garibaldi
• Supplemental Video(s):
• AP Euro Unit 6 Review - Heimler's History Playlist
• Assignments:
• CB Progress Check Questions and Videos
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP EURO EXAM - Friday, May 10th (8 a.m.)
• Ch. 14 Reading Guide - 2/29
• Historical Article Review #1 - Due 3/7

Recent U.S. History

Topic: WWI WebQuest

• DJ- None
• Current Events - CNN10
• Complete the WWI WebQuest (located in Schoology) - Due Tomorrow
• Read and complete Module 8 Lesson 1 on The Business of America (if not completed)
• Assignments: 
• Europe Map Assessment - 3/26
• Online Map Quizzes
• WWI WebQuest - Due by 3/1
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• The Global Impact of the First World War
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Roaring 20's: Crash Course US History #32
• Interesting Article(s): 
• Warren Harding Tried to Return America to ‘Normalcy’ After WWI and the 1918 Pandemic. It Failed.

World History

EQ-

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

Topic: The Dutch Golden Age

• DJ- Why did the Dutch prosper during this period (1600s)?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Go over the Baroque Art Analysis
• Read and complete Module 17 Lesson 2 Guided Reading Document on The Reign of King Louis XIV (if not completed)
• Assignments: 
• Absolutism (Module 17) Assessment - 3/8
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Miguel de Cervantes: a life of adventure
• Supplemental Video: 
• Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History #15
• Interesting Article(s): 
• Is This Religious Scene a Long-Overlooked El Greco Painting?

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How Alligators and Humans Became Friends—Kind Of

Classroom Update (2/28/24)

 

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

No Early Release Today!

ALL LATE WORK DUE BY THURSDAY, MARCH 7th!

AP European History

Topic: Historical Article Reviews

• Today's Agenda:
• Current Events
• What makes a good Historical Article Review?
• Go over a sample of a review
• Work Time
• Euro News:
• Russian human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov sentenced to jail
• Handouts:
• Ch. 12 Practice MCQ and Ch.13 MCQ
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Peterloo and Protest
• Supplemental Video(s):
• AP Euro Unit 6 Review - Heimler's History Playlist
• Assignments:
• CB Progress Check Questions and Videos
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP EURO EXAM - Friday, May 10th (8 a.m.)
• Ch. 14 Reading Guide - 2/29
• Historical Article Review #1 - Due 3/7

Recent U.S. History

Topic: WWI (Module 7) Assessment

• DJ- None
• Current Events - CNN10
• Read and complete Module 8 Lesson 1 on The Business of America
• Assignments: 
• Europe Map Assessment - 3/26
• Online Map Quizzes
• WWI WebQuest - Due by 3/1
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• The Global Impact of the First World War
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Roaring 20's: Crash Course US History #32
• Interesting Article(s): 
• Warren Harding Tried to Return America to ‘Normalcy’ After WWI and the 1918 Pandemic. It Failed.

World History

EQ-

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

- How was Philip II of Spain a typical absolute monarch?

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

Topic: The Spanish Golden Age

• DJ- Why did absolute monarchs believe they were justified in exercising absolute power?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Go over the Mannerism Art Analysis
• Complete the Baroque Art Analysis
• Read and complete Module 17 Lesson 2 Guided Reading Document on The Reign of King Louis XIV
• Assignments: 
• Absolutism (Module 17) Assessment - 3/8
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• El Greco's "Boy Blowing an Ember"
• Miguel de Cervantes: a life of adventure
• Supplemental Video: 
• Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire: Crash Course World History #219
• Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History #15
• Interesting Article(s): 
• Is This Religious Scene a Long-Overlooked El Greco Painting?

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Daily Gator

What to do as bears and alligators begin coming out of hibernation

Classroom Update (2/27/24)

 

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

ALL LATE WORK DUE BY THURSDAY, MARCH 7th!

AP European History

CED-

- Explain how the European political order was maintained and challenged from 1815 to 1914. (6.F.)

-Explain how and why various groups reacted against the existing order from 1815 to 1914. (6.G.)

Topic: The Age of Metternich (The Concert of Europe & Latin American Revolutions)

• Today's Agenda:
• Current Events
• The Age of Metternich 1815 - 1848
• Map of Europe, 1815 - The Congress of Vienna
• Restoration and Revolution (1815-1848) - The Age of Metternich Notes - AP Euro
• Revolutions of 1848: Crash Course European History #26
• Map of European Revolutions, 1848
• Euro News:
• Hungary's parliament clears path for Sweden's Nato membership
• Handouts:
• Liberalism vs. Conservatism Handout - AP Euro
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Peterloo and Protest
• Supplemental Video(s):
• AP Euro Unit 6 Review - Heimler's History Playlist
• Assignments:
• CB Progress Check Questions and Videos
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP EURO EXAM - Friday, May 10th (8 a.m.)
• Ch. 14 Reading Guide - 2/29
• Historical Article Review #1 - Due 3/7

Recent U.S. History

Topic: Africa Map Reassessment

• DJ- None
• Current Events - CNN10
• Africa Map Reassessment
• Complete the World War I Study Guide and practice
• WWI (Module 7) Assessment is tomorrow!
• Assignments: 
• Europe Map Assessment - 3/26
• Online Map Quizzes
• WWI (Module 7) Assessment - 2/28
• WWI WebQuest - Due by 3/1
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Shock, Awe, and Horror: World War I
• 11 | 11 | 18
• Supplemental Video: 
• World War I Battlefields: Crash Course European History #33
• Interesting Article(s): 
• The Forgotten Story of the American Troops Who Got Caught Up in the Russian Civil War

World History

EQ-

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

- How was Philip II of Spain a typical absolute monarch?

Topic: Phillip II of Spain

• DJ- How was Phillip II of Spain a typical absolute monarch?
• Current Events - CNN10
• The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation: Crash Course World History #25
• Read and Complete the Module 17 Lesson 1 document on Spain's Empire and European Absolutism (if not completed)
• Complete and discuss the Mannerism Art Analysis
• Hand out the Unit 4 Vocabulary - Absolute Monarchs in Europe Packet
• Assignments: 
• Historical Article Review #1 - Due Today!
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• El Greco's "Boy Blowing an Ember"
• Supplemental Video: 
• Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire: Crash Course World History #219
• Interesting Article(s): 
• Is This Religious Scene a Long-Overlooked El Greco Painting?

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Daily Gator

Not much of a navigator! Heart-stopping moment alligator lunges toward cart on Florida golf course leaving driver heading for a pond as he veers off path

Classroom Update (2/25/24)

 

Sunday, February 25, 2024

AP Euro

• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP Euro Exam - Friday, May 10th (8:00 a.m.)

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Daily Gator

Alligator’s head has an oddity experts have never seen before, Georgia researchers say

Classroom Update (2/24/24)

 

Saturday, February 24, 2024

AP Euro

• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP Euro Exam - Friday, May 10th (8:00 a.m.)

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Daily Gator

Alligator’s head has an oddity experts have never seen before, Georgia researchers say

Classroom Update (2/26/24)

 

Monday, February 26, 2024

ALL LATE WORK DUE BY THURSDAY, MARCH 7th!

AP European History

CED-

- Explain how the European political order was maintained and challenged from 1815 to 1914. (6.F.)

-Explain how and why various groups reacted against the existing order from 1815 to 1914. (6.G.)

Topic: The Age of Metternich (The Concert of Europe & Latin American Revolutions)

• Today's Agenda:
• Current Events
• The Age of Metternich 1815 - 1848
• Map of Europe, 1815 - The Congress of Vienna
• Liberalism vs. Conservatism Handout - AP Euro
• Euro News:
• Russia is now pretending it knows nothing of its colonial legacy
• Handouts:
• Period Three Timeline Review Handout
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Peterloo and Protest
• Supplemental Video(s):
• AP Euro Unit 6 Review - Heimler's History Playlist
• Assignments:
• CB Progress Check Questions and Videos
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP EURO EXAM - Friday, May 10th (8 a.m.)
• Ch. 13 Reading Guide - 2/27
• Historical Article Review #1 - Due 3/7

Recent U.S. History

EQ-

- Why did the European leaders oppose President Woodrow Wilson's plan (Fourteen Points) for peace?

Topic: The Fourteen Points

• DJ- Why did the Allies reject Wilson's plan?
• Current Events - CNN10
• The 14 Points Explained: US History Review
• Complete the World War I Study Guide and work on the WWI WebQuest Assessment
• Africa Map Reassessment Tomorrow!
• Assignments: 
• Africa Map Reassessment - 2/27
• Online Map Quizzes
• WWI (Module 7) Assessment - 2/28
• WWI WebQuest - Due by 3/1
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Shock, Awe, and Horror: World War I
• 11 | 11 | 18
• Supplemental Video: 
• World War I Battlefields: Crash Course European History #33
• Interesting Article(s): 
• The Forgotten Story of the American Troops Who Got Caught Up in the Russian Civil War

World History

EQ-

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

- How was Philip II of Spain a typical absolute monarch?

Topic: Spain's Empire and European Absolutism

• DJ- How did the Peace of Augsburg in 1555 change the political structure of Europe?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Absolute Monarchs in Europe Unit Introduction (Module 17)
• The Spanish Empire, Silver, & Runaway Inflation: Crash Course World History #25
• Map of Europe in 1556
• Read and Complete the Module 17 Lesson 1 document on Spain's Empire and European Absolutism
• Assignments: 
• Module 16 Assessment - Due Today!
• Historical Article Review #1 - Now due by 2/27!
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• El Greco's "Boy Blowing an Ember"
• Supplemental Video: 
• Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire: Crash Course World History #219
• Interesting Article(s): 
• Is This Religious Scene a Long-Overlooked El Greco Painting?

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Daily Gator

Dogs, iguanas, alligator rescued from Detroit house fire

Classroom Update (2/23/24)

 

Friday, February 23, 2024

ALL LATE WORK DUE BY THURSDAY, MARCH 7th!

AP European History

Topic: Period Two Exam

• Today's Agenda:
• Current Events
• Period Two Review Game - Final Round
• Complete Period Two Exam (40 MCQ, 1 SAQ)
• Euro News:
• Desperate for soldiers, Ukraine weighs unpopular plan to expand the draft
• Handouts:
• Industrialization and Its Effects Unit 6 Key Terms/People
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Peterloo and Protest
• Supplemental Video(s):
• AP Euro Unit 6 Review - Heimler's History Playlist
• Assignments:
• CB Progress Check Questions and Videos
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP EURO EXAM - Friday, May 10th (8 a.m.)
• Ch. 12 Reading Guide - 2/26
• Historical Article Review #1 - Due 3/7

Recent U.S. History

EQ-

- How did World War I spur social, political, and economic changes in the United States?

Topic: Wilson Fights for Peace

• DJ- How did American troops help the Allies break the stalemate with Germany?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Finish watching The World Wars: Trial by Fire video and complete notes
• Assign the WWI WebQuest Assessment (Located in Schoology) - Due 2/29
• Assignments: 
• Africa Map Reassessment - 2/27
• Online Map Quizzes
• WWI (Module 7) Assessment - 2/28
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Shock, Awe, and Horror: World War I
• Supplemental Video: 
• World War I Battlefields: Crash Course European History #33
• Interesting Article(s): 
• Before WWI, Trench Fever Plagued the Ancient Romans and Napoleonic Soldiers

World History

EQ-

- How did the different European nations explore, settle, and colonize the New World?

- Which historical figures had a dramatic impact on the Era of Exploration?

Topic: Module 16 Assessment

• DJ- None
• Current Events - CNN10
• Work on the Module 16 Assessment - Due by 2/26
• Work on Unit 3 Vocabulary - Expansion and Exploration Packet and Historical Article Review #1
• Assignments: 
• Unit 3 Vocabulary - Expansion and Exploration Packet
• Historical Article Review #1 - Now due by 2/27!
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Christopher Columbus and the Exploration of America
• Magellan, Elcano and Their Voyage Around the World
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24
• Interesting Article(s): 
• Six Centuries Ago, Chinese Explorers Left This Coin Behind in Africa

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Daily Gator

Huge alligator eats another alligator on Hilton Head golf course. Why cannibalism?

Classroom Update (2/22/23)

 

Thursday, February 22, 2024

ALL LATE WORK DUE BY THURSDAY, MARCH 7th!

AP European History

Topic: Period Two Review Game - Round 2

• Today's Agenda:
• Current Events
• Period Two Review Game
• Euro News:
• Afghanistan: Archaeological sites 'bulldozed for looting'
• Handouts:
• AP Euro Practice Test
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Which Romantic Poet Are You?
• Supplemental Video(s):
• Heimler's History - Unit 4 Review Playlist
• Heimler's History - Unit 5 Review Playlist
• Assignments:
• CB Progress Check Questions and Videos
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP EURO EXAM - Friday, May 10th (8 a.m.)

Recent U.S. History

EQ-

- How did World War I spur social, political, and economic changes in the United States?

Topic: The War at Home

• DJ- How did the war open opportunities for African Americans and women?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Continue watching The World Wars: Trial by Fire video and complete notes
• Read and complete Module 7 Lesson 4 on Wilson Fights for Peace 
• Assignments: 
• Africa Map Reassessment - 2/27
• Online Map Quizzes
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Shock, Awe, and Horror: World War I
• Supplemental Video: 
• World War I Battlefields: Crash Course European History #33
• Interesting Article(s): 
• Before WWI, Trench Fever Plagued the Ancient Romans and Napoleonic Soldiers

World History

EQ-

- How did the different European nations explore, settle, and colonize the New World?

- Which historical figures had a dramatic impact on the Era of Exploration?

Topic: Module 16 Assessment

• DJ-Why were colonies considered so important to the nations of Europe?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Introduce Module 16 Assessment - Due by 2/26
• Work on Unit 3 Vocabulary - Expansion and Exploration Packet and Historical Article Review #1
• Assignments: 
• Unit 3 Vocabulary - Expansion and Exploration Packet
• Historical Article Review #1 - Now due by 2/27!
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Christopher Columbus and the Exploration of America
• Magellan, Elcano and Their Voyage Around the World
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24
• Interesting Article(s): 
• Six Centuries Ago, Chinese Explorers Left This Coin Behind in Africa

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Daily Gator

Swimming safety tips for Florida lakes, including one that could be home to 30,000 gators

Classroom Update (2/21/24)

 

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

ALL LATE WORK DUE BY THURSDAY, MARCH 7th!

AP European History

Topic: Short Answer Questions - AP Exam

• Today's Agenda:
• Current Events
• SAQ - AP Euro Exam 
• Exam Format for SAQ - AP CED
• How to Write a SHORT ANSWER QUESTION (SAQ) for AP World, APUSH, & AP Euro
• Get a PERFECT SCORE on the SAQ (APUSH, AP World, & AP Euro
• Historical Article Review #1 - Due 3/7
• What Makes a Good Article Review?
• MLA Formatting - Sample Book Review
• Euro News:
• China condemns US veto of call for immediate ceasefire at UN
• Handouts:
• Sample Student Responses and Scoring Commentary Set 2
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Which Romantic Poet Are You?
• Radical artist and visionary pioneer: Beethoven as a brand
• Supplemental Video(s):
• Heimler's History - Unit 4 Review Playlist
• Heimler's History - Unit 5 Review Playlist
• Assignments:
• CB Progress Check Questions and Videos
• Historical Article Review #1 - Due 3/7
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP EURO EXAM - Friday, May 10th (8 a.m.)

Recent U.S. History

Topic: Africa Map Test

• DJ- None
• Current Events - CNN10
• Complete the Africa Map Test
• Read and complete Module 7 Lesson 3 on The War at Home
• Assignments: 
• Africa Map Test - 2/21
• Online Map Quizzes
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Shock, Awe, and Horror: World War I
• Supplemental Video: 
• World War I Battlefields: Crash Course European History #33
• Interesting Article(s): 
• Before WWI, Trench Fever Plagued the Ancient Romans and Napoleonic Soldiers

World History

(EQ)-

- Why is the Columbian Exchange a significant event?

Topic: The Atlantic Economy  

• DJ- What might have been the long-term effect of Japan’s closed-country policy?
• Current Events - CNN10
• Go over the Trade and Interaction Document on the Atlantic economy
• Work on Unit 3 Vocabulary - Expansion and Exploration Packet and Historical Article Review #1
• Assignments: 
• Unit 3 Vocabulary - Expansion and Exploration Packet
• Historical Article Review #1 - Due by 2/26
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Magellan, Elcano and Their Voyage Around the World
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24
• Interesting Article(s): 
• Six Centuries Ago, Chinese Explorers Left This Coin Behind in Africa

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Daily Gator

UWF's campus is wild - deer in the library, piglets in the dorms and a one-armed alligator.