Classroom Update (1/6/25)

 

Monday, January 6, 2025

ALL LATE WORK DUE BY FRIDAY, January 10th!

Sociology

EQ-

- What are the indicators sociologists use to measure social class?

- How are wealth and income distributed in the United States? 

Topic: The Middle Class

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - What are the indications of (social) class conflict in the U.S.?
• Read and discuss:
• Why Is the Middle Class Shrinking?
• Are you in Wisconsin's middle class? Here's the minimum income
• Continue work on the Budgets and Poverty Activity - Due by Wednesday!
• Assignments: 
• Textbook Reading: pp. 230-239 (The Class Structure of the United States)
• Term 2 Project Presentations: 14th - 16th
• Sociology Enrichment:
• Supplemental Video: 
• Social Stratification: Crash Course Sociology #21
• Why is there Social Stratification?: Crash Course Sociology #22
• Interesting Article: 
• Many in Gen Z ditch colleges for trade schools. Meet the 'toolbelt generation'
• Americans See Middle-Class Dream Slip Away

Recent U.S. History

EQ-

- What were the critical problems threatening the American economy in the late 1920s?

- How were the banks and businesses affected by the financial collapse?

Topic: The Nation’s Sick Economy

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - Why was much of the prosperity of the 1920s more superficial than real?
• Whiteboard Notes: Causes of the Stock Market Crash
• Module 9 Introduction
• View and discuss The 1928 Election Explained
• Handout the Module 9 Study Guide
• Read and complete notes on Module 9 Lesson 1 on The Nation’s Sick Economy 
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• Harlem Renaissance WebQuest - Due Today!
• Map Reassessments - If needed
• http://www.ilike2learn.com/ (Online Map Quizzes)
• ALL LATE WORK DUE BY FRIDAY, January 10th!
• RUSHY Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Dorothea Lange's Moving Photographs of The Depression Era
• Supplemental Video: 
• The 1920's Explained: US History Review
• The Great Depression: Crash Course US History #33
• Interesting Article:
• If You Can Make It Here: The Rise of New York City

World History

EQ-

- How does Locke’s view of human nature differ from Hobbes's?

Topic: Rococo Art Analysis

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - How does Locke’s view of human nature differ from Hobbes's?
• Whiteboard Notes: Deductive vs Inductive Reasoning
• Discuss the Rococo Art Analysis
• Read and complete notes on Module 18 Lesson 2 - if not completed
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• ALL LATE WORK DUE BY FRIDAY, January 10th!
• Module 18 Assessment - 1/16/25
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Galileo and space exploration
• The masters of heavenly geometry
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Scientific Methods: Crash Course History of Science #14
• The Enlightenment: Crash Course European History #18
• Interesting Article:
• How Voltaire Went from Bastille Prisoner to Famous Playwright

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