Classroom Update (11/12/24)

 

Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Sociology 

Essential Question (EQ)-

- How do groups play a vital role in a society's social structure?

- How much influence does the groups that we participate in have on our decision making?

Topic: Term 1 Project Presentations - Round 2

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - What are the differences between primary and secondary groups?
• Term 1 Project Presentations - Round 2
• Textbook Reading: None
• Assignments: 
• Textbook Reading: None
• Sociology Enrichment:
• Supplemental Video: 
• Social Groups: Crash Course Sociology #16
• Interesting Article: 
• A 50,000-Year-Old Fashion Statement Could Be One of the World’s Oldest Social Networks

Recent U.S. History

Essential Question (EQ)-

- How did Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy promote American power around the world?

- Why did Woodrow Wilson's missionary diplomacy try to ensure U.S. dominance in Latin America?

Topic: Foreign Influence in China

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - Why did the Anti-Imperialism League feel that the "fundamental principles of the [United States] government" were at stake?
• Whiteboard Notes: The Open Door Policy
• Finish America 1900 and discuss the corresponding questions 
• (America emerges as a superpower and fights an unpopular war in the Philippines.)
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• Textbook Reading: Module 6 Lesson 4 (America as a World Power)
• Module 6 Assessment - 11/14 & 11/15 (Practice Test Due!)
• Africa Map Test - 12/5
• http://www.ilike2learn.com/ (Online Map Quizzes)
• RUSHY Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• The Rediscovered Islands
• Supplemental Video: 
• U.S. Imperialism Explained: US History Review
• Interesting Article:
• How the Panama Canal Took a Huge Toll On the Contract Workers Who Built It

World History

Essential Question (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: Spain Builds an Empire

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - Why were colonies considered so important to the nations of Europe?
• Whiteboard Notes: Spain Builds an Empire
• Go over the Trade and Interaction Document
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• Textbook Reading: None
• Current Events Analysis #2 - Due 11/12/24
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Magellan, Elcano and Their Voyage Around the World
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Age of Exploration: Crash Course European History #4
• The Atlantic Slave Trade: Crash Course World History #24
• Interesting Article:
• Six Centuries Ago, Chinese Explorers Left This Coin Behind in Africa

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