Classroom Update (4/11/25)

Friday, April 11, 2025

American Government

EQ

~ What ideas and traditions influenced government in the English colonies?

~ What events and ideas led to American independence?

~ What compromises enabled the Framers to create the Constitution?

~ What issues aroused the vigorous debate over the ratification of the Constitution?

Topic: Creating Our Constitution

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question- Why did the barons force King John to sign the Magna Carta?
• The Declaration of Independence
• Declaration of Independence - Dramatic Readings
• The Declaration of Independence Ch. 2 Notes
• Creating Our Constitution
• Ch. 2 Creating our Constitution WS Notes
• Competing Plans at the Constitutional Convention Handout
• Federalists vs Anti-Federalists in Five Minutes
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• Ch. 2 Reading Packet in Schoology - Due Today!
• Ch. 2 Assessment - 4/14
• Am. Government Enrichment:
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Constitutional Convention of 1787 for Dummies
• The Great Compromise Explained in 5 Minutes: US History Review
• The Three-Fifths Compromise Explained: US History Review
• Interesting Article:
• How Magna Carta Went Viral
• Inside the Founding Fathers’ Debate Over What Constituted an Impeachable Offense

Recent U.S. History

EQ-

- How did the freedom riders expose Southern resistance to desegregation rulings?

Topic: Fighting for Voting Rights

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - In what ways was the civil rights campaign in Selma similar to the one in Birmingham?
• Whiteboard Notes: Key Events
• Current Events
• Finish video and notes - 10 Days: Freedom Summer
• Assign: Module 15 Reading Packet (Lesson 3)
• Assignments: 
• Module 15 Assessment - 4/17/25
• Map Reassessments - Now on your own time!
• http://www.ilike2learn.com/ (Online Map Quizzes)
• RUSHY Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Photos From the Civil Rights Movement
• Exploring the Print Culture of the Civil Rights Movement
• Supplemental Video:
• The Little Rock Nine Explained: US History Review
• Interesting Article:
• Brown at 70: The Continued Pursuit Toward Equitable Education
• The Freedom Riders, Then and Now

World History

EQ-

- How did colonization change Africans' basic economy?

- How did the European nations divide up Africa in the late 19th century?

Topic: African Economies Change

• Daily Jumble (DJ) Question - How did colonization change Africans' basic economy?
• Whiteboard Notes: None
• Current Events
• Work on Article Summary: When Stanley Met Livingstone or Historical Article Review #2
• Assignments: 
• Article Summary: When Stanley Met Livingstone - due today!
• Module 23 Lesson 1 and 2 Assessment - 4/17
• Historical Article Review #2 - Due by 4/24 
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Victoria Falls
• Supplemental Video: 
• Expansion and Resistance: Crash Course European History #28
• Interesting Article:
• Stanley Meets Livingstone

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