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Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Classroom Update (12/23/25)
- Daily Jumble (DJ)- None
- Go over Winter Holidays Consumer Spending and Celebration Plans Graph Activity 2025
- Assignments:
- Late Work!
- WH Enrichment:
- Google Arts and Culture:
- Supplemental Video:
- Interesting Article:
- DJ (Daily Jumble) - None
- View and complete Deviance and Home Alone
- Soc. in the News
- Assignments:
- Term 2 Research Projects
- Sociology Enrichment:
- Supplemental Video:
- Interesting Article:
Monday, December 22, 2025
Classroom Update (12/22/25)
- Daily Jumble (DJ)- None
- Module 17 (Part 2) Assessment
- Current Events
- Assign: Winter Holidays Consumer Spending and Celebration Plans Graph Activity 2025
- Assignments:
- Late Work!
- WH Enrichment:
- Google Arts and Culture:
- Supplemental Video:
- Interesting Article:
- DJ (Daily Jumble) - None
- View and complete Deviance and Home Alone
- Unit 6 Test - Due Today!
- Assignments:
- Unit 6 Test - Due Today
- Sociology Enrichment:
Saturday, December 20, 2025
Classroom Update (12/19/25)
- How did Oliver Cromwell and the Roundheads win the English Civil War for Parliament?
- Why was the English monarchy restored?
- How did the Glorious Revolution change England?
- Daily Jumble (DJ)- Why was the death of Charles I revolutionary?
- Current Events
- Complete The English Civil War Lecture WS
- Hand out the Module 17 (Part 2) Assessment Checklist
- Assignments:
- Module 17 (Part 2) Assessment - 12/22
- WH Enrichment:
- Google Arts and Culture:
- Golden Coins in the History of the Romanov Dynasty
- General Monck Receiving Charles II on the Beaches of Dover
- Supplemental Video:
- Interesting Article:
- DJ (Daily Jumble) - What is double deprivation?
- Soc. in the News
- World Poverty Discussion
- Unit 6 Test - Due end of the day Monday!
- Assignments:
- Unit 6 Test - Due end of the day Monday!
- Sociology Enrichment:
Thursday, December 18, 2025
Classroom Update (12/18/25)
- How did Oliver Cromwell and the Roundheads win the English Civil War for Parliament?
- Why was the English monarchy restored?
- Daily Jumble (DJ)- Why did many Russians oppose Peter the Great's attempts at westernization?
- Current Events
- Assign: Parliament Limits the English Monarchy - Module 17 Lesson 5 Lesson Document
- Assignments:
- Module 17 (Part 2) Assessment - 12/22
- WH Enrichment:
- Google Arts and Culture:
- Golden Coins in the History of the Romanov Dynasty
- General Monck Receiving Charles II on the Beaches of Dover
- Supplemental Video:
- Interesting Article:
- DJ (Daily Jumble) - What is neocolonialism?
- Handout: World System Analysis
- Soc. in the News
- Assign: Textbook Reading: pp. 268-271 (World Poverty)
- Assignments:
- Textbook Reading: pp. 268-271 (World Poverty)
- Sociology Enrichment:
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Classroom Update (12/17/25)
- Why was Russia culturally different from Western Europe?
- How did Peter the Great westernize Russia?
- Daily Jumble (DJ)- What were the long-term effects of Ivan's (Ivan IV) murder of his oldest son?
- Finish Engineering an Empire: Russia
- Assign: Module 17 (Part 2) Vocabulary - Absolute Monarchs in Europe
- Assignments:
- Module 17 (Part 2) Assessment - Now 12/22!
- WH Enrichment:
- Google Arts and Culture:
- Supplemental Video:
- The Rise of Russia and Prussia: Crash Course European History #17
- Absolute Monarchy: Crash Course European History #13
- Interesting Article:
- DJ (Daily Jumble) - What is the most common way to measure the wealth of nations?
- Soc. in the News
- Assign: Consequences of Global Stratification WS
- Assignments:
- Consequences of Global Stratification WS
- Sociology Enrichment:
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Classroom Update (12/16/25)
- Why was Russia culturally different from Western Europe?
- How did Peter the Great westernize Russia?
- Daily Jumble (DJ)- Why was Russia culturally different from Western Europe?
- Rulers of Russia (whiteboard notes)
- Current Events
- Begin Engineering an Empire: Russia
- Assignments:
- Module 17 (Part 2) Assessment - Now 12/22!
- WH Enrichment:
- Google Arts and Culture:
- Supplemental Video:
- The Rise of Russia and Prussia: Crash Course European History #17
- Absolute Monarchy: Crash Course European History #13
- Interesting Article:
- DJ (Daily Jumble) - What images come to your mind when you think of poverty around the world? Which parts of the world (continents, countries, regions) do you think of the most?
- Soc. in the News
- Assignments:
- Textbook Reading: pp. 254-263 (Global Stratification)
- Sociology Enrichment:
Monday, December 15, 2025
Classroom Update (12/15/25)
- How did the Peace of Westphalia lay the foundations of modern Europe?
- Why did strong states develop slower in central Europe than in western Europe?
- Daily Jumble (DJ)- Why was feudalism slow to end in Central Europe?
- Current Events
- Go over the Central European Monarchs Clash worksheet on Module 17 Lesson 3 material
- Assign: Absolute Rulers of Russia Primary Source
- Assignments:
- Module 17 (Part 2) Assessment - Now 12/22!
- WH Enrichment:
- Google Arts and Culture:
- Supplemental Video:
- The Rise of Russia and Prussia: Crash Course European History #17
- Absolute Monarchy: Crash Course European History #13
- Interesting Article:
- DJ (Daily Jumble) - What is the difference between intergenerational and intragenerational mobility?
- Finish Inequality for All documentary and video worksheet
- Handout the Unit 6 Study Guide on Social Stratification
- Assignments:
- Read and complete 2 Worksheets from the textbook (Diversity and Social Mobility & Class Consciousness and Poverty) - if not completed
- Late Work!
- Sociology Enrichment:
Friday, December 12, 2025
Classroom Update (12/12/25)
- Daily Jumble (DJ)- None
- Module 17 (Part 1) Assessment
- Assign: Read and complete the Central European Monarchs Clash worksheet on Module 17 Lesson 3
- Assignments:
- Module 17 (Part 2) Assessment - Now 12/22!
- WH Enrichment:
- Google Arts and Culture:
- Supplemental Video:
- Interesting Article:
- DJ (Daily Jumble) - Who are the Nouveau riche?
- Soc. in the News - CNN10
- Discuss and collect on the Budgets and Poverty Activity
- Begin Inequality for All documentary and video worksheet
- Assignments:
- Term 2 Research Project
- Sociology Enrichment:
- Supplemental Video:
- Social Stratification: Crash Course Sociology #21
- Why is there Social Stratification?: Crash Course Sociology #22
- Interesting Article:
Thursday, December 11, 2025
Classroom Update (12/11/25)
- How were Montaigne and Descartes impacted by the religious wars?
- How did Louis XIV become an absolute monarch?
- What was the result of the War of Spanish Succession?
- Daily Jumble (DJ)- How did the religious attitudes of Henry IV and Phillip II differ?
- Current Events - CNN10
- Finish Engineering an Empire Napoleon: Steel Monster
- Assign: Module 17 (Part 1 ) Assessment Checklist (Assessment Tomorrow)
- Assignments:
- Module 17 (Part 1) Assessment - Now 12/12!
- WH Enrichment:
- Google Arts and Culture:
- Supplemental Video:
- Interesting Article:
- DJ (Daily Jumble) - What are the indications of (social) class conflict in the U.S.?
- Soc. in the News - CNN10
- Assign: Read and complete 2 Worksheets from the textbook.
- Work on the Budgets and Poverty Activity and Term 2 Projects
- Assignments:
- Assign: Textbook Reading: pp. 230-239 (Social Stratification)The Class Structure of the United States - if not done
- Sociology Enrichment:
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Classroom Update (12/9/25)
- Daily Jumble (DJ)- What impact did the French religious wars likely have on French thinkers?
- Current Events
- Begin Engineering an Empire Napoleon: Steel Monster
- Assignments:
- Module 17 (Part 1) Assessment - 12/12
- WH Enrichment:
- Google Arts and Culture:
- Supplemental Video:
- Interesting Article:
- DJ (Daily Jumble) - 1. Why do parents (or some parents) push their kids so hard at school? 2. Do you think pushing kids with their education is correct? 3. As a parent, how will you handle your child and their education?
- Soc. in the News
- Work on the Budgets and Poverty Activity
- Assignments:
- Assign: Textbook Reading: pp. 230-239 (Social Stratification)The Class Structure of the United States - if not done
- Sociology Enrichment:
Monday, December 8, 2025
Classroom Update (12/8/25)
EQ-
- How does the art from the Spanish and Dutch Golden Age reflect the political culture of the era?
- Daily Jumble (DJ)- How did the lack of a middle class contribute to the decline of Spain’s economy?
- Current Events
- Go over the Baroque Art Analysis
- Assign: Module 17 Lesson 2 Lesson Document
- Assignments:
- Module 17 (Part 1) Assessment - 12/11
- WH Enrichment:
- Google Arts and Culture:
- Supplemental Video:
- Interesting Article:
- DJ (Daily Jumble) - What did Max Weber mean by life chances?
- Soc. in the News
- Begin work on the Budgets and Poverty Activity
- Assignments:
- Assign: Textbook Reading: pp. 230-239 (Social Stratification)The Class Structure of the United States
- Sociology Enrichment:
- Supplemental Video:
- Social Stratification: Crash Course Sociology #21
- Why is there Social Stratification?: Crash Course Sociology #22
- Interesting Article:
Friday, December 5, 2025
Classroom Update (12/5/25)
EQ-
- How does the art from the Spanish and Dutch Golden Age reflect the political culture of the era?
- Daily Jumble (DJ)- Why did the Dutch prosper during this period (1600s)?
- Current Events
- Go over the Mannerism Art Analysis and Baroque Art Analysis (if time)
- Assign: Module 17 (Part 1) Vocabulary Worksheet
- Assignments:
- Module 17 (Part 1) Assessment - 12/11
- WH Enrichment:
- Google Arts and Culture:
- Supplemental Video:
- Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire: Crash Course World History #219
- Dutch Golden Age: Crash Course European History #15
- Interesting Article:
- DJ (Daily Jumble) - None
- Unit 5 Assessment
- Assign: Textbook Reading: pp. 224-230 (Social Stratification)
- Soc. in the News
- Assignments:
- Textbook Reading: pp. 224-230 (Social Stratification)
- Sociology Enrichment:
- Supplemental Video:
- Social Stratification: Crash Course Sociology #21
- Why is there Social Stratification?: Crash Course Sociology #22
- Interesting Article:
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Classroom Update (12/4/25)
EQ-
- How was Philip II of Spain a typical absolute monarch?
- Daily Jumble (DJ)- How was Phillip II of Spain a typical absolute monarch?
- Go over The Defeat of the Spanish Armada
- Assign: Complete the Mannerism Art Analysis and Baroque Art Analysis
- Assignments:
- Module 17 (Part 1) Assessment - 12/11
- WH Enrichment:
- Google Arts and Culture:
- Supplemental Video:
- Interesting Article:
- DJ (Daily Jumble) - What are networks of groups that organize to support or resist changes in society called?
- Soc. in the News
- Review Game
- Assignments:
- Unit 5 Assessment - 12/5 (moved to Friday)
- Sociology Enrichment:
- Supplemental Video:
- Interesting Article:


















