Classroom Update (3/31/26)

 

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

World History

Topic: Module 21 Assessment

• Daily Jumble (DJ)- None
• Current Events
• Work on Module 21 Written Assessment
• Fulton's First Steamboat Voyage, 1807
• Andrew Carnegie Becomes a Capitalist, 1856
• Assignments: 
• Module 21 Reading Packet - Due Today
• Module 21 Written Assessment - 4/1
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Monet's Paris
• Supplemental Video: 
• What is Socialism?
• Interesting Article:
• Karl Marx Is the World’s Most Influential Scholar

AP European History 

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- Explain the causes and effects of the end of the Cold War. (9.G.)

- Explain how and why European culture changed from the period following World War II to the present. (9.O.)

Topic: The Fall of Communism

• Today's Agenda:
• DJ (Daily Jumble) - What internal political pressures did the Soviet Union experience in the 1970s and early 1980s?
• The Soviet Union Under Brezhnev (1964 - 1982) Notes
• The Collapse of European Communism
• The fall of the wall: revelation, not revolution
• Nov. 9, 1989: The Berlin Wall Falls
• 30 years on from the fall of the Berlin Wall | ABC News
• Mikhail Gorbachev's Resignation and Dissolution of the Soviet Union
• From the archives: Mikhail Gorbachev resigns, USSR falls in 1991
• Work Time
• Euro News:
• King Charles III will undertake state visit to the United States and Bermuda in late April
• What are Ukraine's new Gulf defence deals? Here is what Zelenskyy signed
• Handouts:
• Comparing the Soviet Union under Stalin and Gorbachev
• Ch. 22 Practice Quiz
• Assignments:
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP Euro Exam - Monday, May 4th (12:00 p.m.)
• AP Euro Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• The Fall of the Berlin Wall
• The Solidarity and the Fall of the Iron Curtain
• Supplemental Video: 
• AP Euro Unit 9 Review - Heimler's History
• Interesting Article: 
• Thirty Years Later, We Still Don’t Truly Know Who Betrayed These Spies

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Classroom Update (3/30/26)

 

Monday, March 30, 2026

World History

EQ-

- Why did workers join together to form unions?

- Why did the labor reform movements spread to other aspects of society?

Topic: The Reform Movement Spreads

• Daily Jumble (DJ)- Why did the labor reform movement spread to other areas of life?
• Current Events
• Handout Module 21 Assessment Checklist
• Assign: Module 21 Written Assessment
• Fulton's First Steamboat Voyage, 1807
• Andrew Carnegie Becomes a Capitalist, 1856
• Assignments: 
• Module 21 Reading Packet - 3/31
• Module 21 Written Assessment - 4/1
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Monet's Paris
• Supplemental Video: 
• What is Socialism?
• Interesting Article:
• Karl Marx Is the World’s Most Influential Scholar

AP European History 

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9.9 - Explain the various ways in which colonial groups around the world sought independence from colonizers in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Topic: Decolonization

• Today's Agenda:
• DJ (Daily Jumble) - Why did decolonization not occur after World War I?
• Decolonization: Crash Course European History #43
• Decolonization and Globialization: Gandhi at Spinning Wheel
• Assign: Ch. 22 Reading Guide
• Euro News:
• What are Ukraine's new Gulf defence deals? Here is what Zelenskyy signed
• Handouts:
• Ch. 21 Practice Quiz
• Assignments:
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP Euro Exam - Monday, May 4th (12:00 p.m.)
• AP Euro Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• The Fall of the Berlin Wall
• The Solidarity and the Fall of the Iron Curtain
• Supplemental Video: 
• AP Euro Unit 9 Review - Heimler's History
• Interesting Article: 
• The Sweet Story of the Berlin Candy Bomber

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Classroom Update (3/29/26) Weekend Edition

 

Sunday, March 29, 2026

AP European History

• Assignments:
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP EURO EXAM - Monday, May 4th (12:00 p.m.)
• Ch. 21 Reading Guide - 3/30
• DBQ Annotated - 3/30
• CB Questions and Videos!

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Classroom Update (3/28/26) Weekend Edition

 

Saturday, March 28, 2026

AP European History

• Assignments:
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP EURO EXAM - Monday, May 4th (12:00 p.m.)
• Ch. 21 Reading Guide - 3/30
• DBQ Annotated - 3/30
• CB Questions and Videos!

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SC wildlife experts warn against feeding alligators as spring temperatures bring them out

Classroom Update (3/27/26)

 

Friday, March 27, 2026

World History

EQ-

- How did philosophers support and challenge the changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution? 

- Why is Karl Marx’s writing so influential?

Topic: The Philosophers of Industrialization

• Daily Jumble (DJ)- Why did workers join together in unions?
• Whiteboard Notes: Characteristics of Capitalism and Communism
• Current Events
• Assign: 2026 The Industrial Revolution Review Questions
• Assignments: 
• Reforming the Industrial World - Module 21 Lesson 4 Document -if not done
• 2026 The Industrial Revolution Review Questions
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Monet's Paris
• Supplemental Video: 
• What is Socialism?
• Interesting Article:
• Karl Marx Is the World’s Most Influential Scholar
• How Industrial Espionage Started America’s Cotton Revolution

AP European History 

CED-

Topic: Biographical Sketch #2 Presentations - Round 2

• Today's Agenda:
• DJ (Daily Jumble) - To what extent can it be said that the Holocaust was the defining event of the twentieth century?
• Map of Einsatzgruppen Massacres (1941 - 1942)
• Biographical Sketch #2 Presentations - Round 2
• 19/20 SAQ (2) Practice Exam - 26 minutes
• Euro News:
• Iran war deflects attention from Ukraine as an emboldened Russia starts spring offensive
• Handouts:
• Map of Einsatzgruppen Massacres (1941 - 1942)
• Cold War and Contemporary Europe Unit 9 Key Terms/People
• Assignments:
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP Euro Exam - Monday, May 4th (12:00 p.m.)
• Ch. 21 Reading Guide - 3/30
• Comments on your DBQ - 3/30
• AP Euro Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• World War II: Propaganda
• The Marshall Plan Speech
• Supplemental Video: 
• AP Euro Unit 8 Review - Heimler's History
• Interesting Article: 
• How the ‘Big Three’ Teed Up the Cold War at the 1945 Yalta Conference

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Classroom Update (03/26/26)

 

Thursday, March 26, 2026

World History

EQ-

- How did philosophers support and challenge the changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution? 

- Why is Karl Marx’s writing so influential?

Topic: Reforming the Industrial World

• Daily Jumble (DJ)- How did industrialization help develop imperialism?
• Map of Imperialism in the Modern World, 1900
• Current Events
• Assign: Reforming the Industrial World - Module 21 Lesson 4 Document
• Assignments: 
• Reforming the Industrial World - Module 21 Lesson 4 Document
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Monet's Paris
• Supplemental Video: 
• What is Socialism?
• Interesting Article:
• Karl Marx Is the World’s Most Influential Scholar
• How Industrial Espionage Started America’s Cotton Revolution

AP European History 

CED-

8.K. - Explain how technology and innovation affected the course of WWII and the 20th century.

9.C. - Explain the causes, events, and effects of the Cold War in the period following WWII

Topic: The Yalta Conference

• Today's Agenda:
• DJ (Daily Jumble) - How did German Blitzkrieg tactics rely on new military technology?
• The Yalta Conference Explained
• Biographical Sketch #2 Presentations
• DBQ Work
• How to Write a DBQ for APUSH, AP World, & AP Euro
• 3 Steps to a Perfect DBQ Score (AP World, APUSH, AP Euro)
• Complete the sample DBQ Organizer on the French Revolution Practice DBQ and highlight the different parts of your DBQ for Monday!
• DBQ Self-Assessment
• HIPP
• Euro News:
• Facing European cold shoulder, Ukraine turns to Middle East partners
• Handouts:
• Making Comparisons: The Treatment of Germany After the First World War and After the Second World War
• Assignments:
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP Euro Exam - Monday, May 4th (12:00 p.m.)
• Ch. 21 Reading Guide - 3/30
• Comments on your DBQ - 3/30
• AP Euro Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• World War II: Propaganda
• Supplemental Video: 
• AP Euro Unit 8 Review - Heimler's History
• Interesting Article: 
• How the ‘Big Three’ Teed Up the Cold War at the 1945 Yalta Conference

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Classroom Update (3/25/26)

 

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

World History

EQ-

- How did the United States improve upon the factory system developed in England?

Topic: Industrialization Spreads

• Daily Jumble (DJ)- Why did Germany industrialize at a later date than Great Britain or the United States?
• Current Events
• Assignments: 
• Module 21 Lesson 2 and Module 21 Lesson 3 Reading Documents - (if not completed)
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Monet's London
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course European History #24
• Interesting Article:
• How Industrial Espionage Started America’s Cotton Revolution

AP European History 

CED-

Topic: The DBQ

• Today's Agenda:
• DJ (Daily Jumble) - How did the failure of the Treaty of Versailles contribute to the rise of authoritarian governments?
• How to Write a DBQ for APUSH, AP World, & AP Euro
• 3 Steps to a Perfect DBQ Score (AP World, APUSH, AP Euro)
• Complete the Sample DBQ Organizer on the French Revolution DBQ
• HIPP
• Euro News:
• Western powers were unable to secure shipping in the Red Sea. Hormuz will be harder
• Handouts:
• What is Fascism?
• AP DBQ Rubric
• Assignments:
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP Euro Exam - Monday, May 4th (12:00 p.m.)
• AP Euro Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Continuing Conflicts
• Supplemental Video: 
• AP Euro Unit 8 Review - Heimler's History
• Interesting Article: 
• This Exiled Romanov Princess Fled the Bloodshed of the Russian Revolution and Reinvented Herself as a Fashion Icon

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Classroom Update (3/24/26)

 

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

World History

EQ-

- How did the factory system change the way people lived and worked?

- What were the advantages and disadvantages of industrialization?

- How did the United States improve upon the factory system developed in England?

Topic: The Mills of Manchester

• Daily Jumble (DJ)- Why is Manchester a good example of how industrialization changed cities?
• The Mills of Manchester
• Manchester from Kersal Moor, 1857
• Finish Mill Times Video and Notes
• Current Events (if time)
• Assignments: 
• Module 21 Lesson 2 and Module 21 Lesson 3 Reading Documents - (if not completed)
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Monet's London
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course European History #24
• Interesting Article:
• How Industrial Espionage Started America’s Cotton Revolution

AP European History 

CED-

Topic: The Russian Revolution

• Today's Agenda:
• DJ (Daily Jumble) - How did the Franco-Prussian War shape the Treaty of Versailles?
• Go over Comparing the Peace Settlements of 19th Century Europe and WWI - AP Euro
• The Russian Revolution - AP Euro
• The Storming of the Winter Palace - Russian Revolution Image - AP Euro
• Assign: World War II Ch. 20 Reading Guide
• Euro News:
• Denmark votes in an early election that follows a crisis over US designs on Greenland
• Handouts:
• Ch. 19 Practice Test
• Assignments:
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP Euro Exam - Monday, May 4th (12:00 p.m.)
• AP Euro Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Continuing Conflicts
• Supplemental Video: 
• AP Euro Unit 8 Review - Heimler's History
• Interesting Article: 
• This Exiled Romanov Princess Fled the Bloodshed of the Russian Revolution and Reinvented Herself as a Fashion Icon

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Boots the alligator adjusting well one month after relocation from Port Aransas

Classroom Update (3/23/26)

 

Monday, March 23, 2026

World History

EQ-

- How did the factory system change the way people lived and worked?

- What were the advantages and disadvantages of industrialization?

- How did the United States improve upon the factory system developed in England?

Topic: Mill Times

• Daily Jumble (DJ)- How did the Bessemer process affect the British Industrial Revolution?
• Current Events
• Finish Mill Times Video and Notes
• Assignments: 
• Module 21 Lesson 2 and Module 21 Lesson 3 Reading Documents - (if not completed)
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Monet's London
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course European History #24
• Interesting Article:
• Did Air Pollution Influence Famous Impressionist Painters?

AP European History 

CED-

- Explain the causes and effects of World War I. (8.B.)

- Explain how the developments of World War I changed political and diplomatic interactions between and among nations. (8.D.)

Topic: World War I

• Today's Agenda:
• DJ (Daily Jumble) - Why did Europe erupt into war in 1914?
• World War I Review - The Roads to War
• (Alliance System, Militarism (Arms Build-Up), Nationalism, Imperialism)
• Trench Poets of the First World War Primary Source Document
• Battle of Verdun Primary Source Document
• What was the Easter Rising? - AP Euro
• Assign: The Interwar Years Ch. 19 Reading Guide
• Euro News:
• How Ukraine’s front line became a laboratory for drone innovation
• Handouts:
• Comparing the Peace Settlements of 19th Century Europe and WWI - AP Euro
• Period Four Timeline Handout - AP Euro
• Assignments:
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP Euro Exam - Monday, May 4th (12:00 p.m.)
• AP Euro Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Shock, Awe, and Horror: World War I
• 10 Things You May Not Know About the Battle of Verdun
• Supplemental Video: 
• AP Euro Unit 8 Review - Heimler's History
• The Roads to World War I: Crash Course European History #32
• World War I Battlefields: Crash Course European History #33
• Interesting Article: 
• The Posters That Sold World War I to the American Public

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Classroom Update (3/22/26) Weekend Update

 

Sunday, March 22, 2026

AP European History

• Assignments:
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP EURO EXAM - Monday, May 4th (12:00 p.m.)
• CB Questions and Videos!

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500-pound, 13-foot alligator rescued from Lake Sam Rayburn, sent to rehab

Classroom Update (3/21/26) Weekend Update

 

Saturday, March 21, 2026

AP European History

• Assignments:
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP EURO EXAM - Monday, May 4th (12:00 p.m.)
• CB Questions and Videos!

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Daily Gator

500-pound, 13-foot alligator rescued from Lake Sam Rayburn, sent to rehab

Classroom Update (3/20/26)

 

Friday, March 20, 2026

Special Schedule Today! - Staff vs. Students Basketball

World History

• Daily Jumble (DJ)- None
• Current Events
• Begin Mill Times Video and Notes
• Assignments: 
• Module 21 Lesson 2 and Module 21 Lesson 3 Reading Documents
• WH Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture: 
• Monet's London
• Supplemental Video: 
• The Industrial Revolution: Crash Course European History #24
• Interesting Article:
• Did Air Pollution Influence Famous Impressionist Painters?

AP European History 

CED-

Topic: Work Day

• Today's Agenda:
• DJ (Daily Jumble) - None
• Work on the Ch. 18 Reading Guide and the Biographical Sketch #2
• Assignments:
• Daily AP Euro Review Question
• AP Euro Exam - Monday, May 4th (12:00 p.m.)
• AP Euro Enrichment:
• Google Arts and Culture:
• Birth of the Nigerian Colony
• Supplemental Video: 
• AP Euro Unit 6 Review - Heimler's History Playlist
• AP Euro Unit 7 Review - Heimler's History Playlist
• Interesting Article: 
• Stanley Meets Livingstone

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