1) Turn in Journals - Last Opportunity

2) Make Up Tests - Chapter 5 

3) Study for Finals

          Thirty-three questions, 2 points each with 3 questions being extra credit.

4) Pass back work - Put in Journals before test

5) Bring both Journals into test.  Closed book, open Journal.

          Test Schedule

Tuesday          Period 1 and 4

Wednesday     Period 3 and 5

Thursday         Period 2 and 6

No School due to Wildfires

No School due to Wildfires

Today in History: 13th Amendment is ratified. - (1865)

 

Quote: "You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today." - Abraham Lincoln 

 

1) Turn in late Journals.... NOW!!!!!

2) Chapter 5 test

3) Review and collect test.

4) Homework: Study for the final.  Prepare your Journals.

 

 

Today in History: Flight 19 disappears in Bermuda Triangle. - (1945)

 

Quote: "All of our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." - Walt Disney

                        (Happy 116th Birthday)

 

1) Turn in Late Journals - work on them in Class

2) Film: Mind Jogger Video - Take practice test.

3) Chapter 5 Test tomorrow - Bring textbooks.

4) Review and study for final exam. - Make sure Journals are ready.  Bring both in day of test.

5) Homework: Study Chapter 5 test.

Today in History: U.S. Senate approves participation in the United Nations. - (1945)

 

Quote: "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt 

 

1) Journals due TODAY!

2) Review Chapter 5 - Test Wednesday.

3) Study Chapter 1-5 for Final Exam

Today in History: Rosa Parks triggers Montgomery Bus boycott. - (1955)

 

Quote:"Each person must life their life as a model for others." - Rosa Parks

 

1) Journals due December 4th. (One week from today) 

          a) 06 Biographies

          b) 07 Vocabulary lists.

          c) Returned Work

          d) 14 Pages of notes

          e) 29 Agendas with quotes, dates and anecdotes

2) Review p. 316-318.  Take notes.

3) Review vocabulary p. 312

4) Start reading p. 319-327.

5) Homework: Work on Journals

Today in History: Byrd flies over the South Pole. - (1929)

 

Quote: "A static hero is a public liability.  Progress grows out of action." - Richard E. Byrd 

 

 

Today in History: FDR attends Tehran Conference. - (1943)

 

Quote: "The real safeguard of democracy is education." - Franklin D. Roosevelt 

 

Today in History: Pope Urban II calls for First Crusade. - (1095)

 

Quote: "Money has to serve, not to rule." - Pope Francis 

 

1) Journals due December 4th. (One week from today) 

          a) 06 Biographies

          b) 07 Vocabulary lists.

          c) Returned Work

          d) 14 Pages of notes

          e) 29 Agendas with quotes, dates and anecdotes

2) Collect Extra Credit Suez Canal Assignment (25 pts.)

3) Pass back work - put in Journals

4) Review Vocabulary p. 301

5) Read p. 304-311.  Start in class.  Finish as Homework

6) Homework: Work on Journals

Today in History: Suez Canal opens. - (1869)

 

Quote: The undertaking of a new action brings new strength." - Richard L. Evans 

 

1) Journals are due December 4th.  You should have the following:

          06 biographies                    14 pages of notes

          07 vocabulary lists              29 agendas with quotes, dates, and anecdotes 

          Completed work.

2) Extra Credit: (25 points) - Write a 5 paragraph essay about the Suez Canal and how it affected the Industrial Revolution. - Due November 27th.

3) Homework: Work on Journals

Today in History: First Harry Potter movie is released. - (2001)

 

Quote: "Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself." - J. K. Rowling 

 

1) Finish, review and collect p. 297 and 300.

2) Video - Railroads and Industry. - Take notes.

3) Work on Vocabulary p. 301 (Chapter 5.2) and finish Vocabulary Chapter 5.1

4) Journals due December 4th.

5) Homework: Work on Journals: Biographies, Vocabulary and Notes.

Today in History: Craig Breedlove sets world land speed record. - (1965)

 

Quote: Speed is one of your main advantages over large competitors." - Sam Altman 

 

1) Work on quest. #2 Chart p. 297 and quest. 4-6 p. 300.

2) Late Work:  

          a) tests

          b) p. 273-285

3) Work on vocabulary p. 295 for journals

4) Homework: Read p. 301-305.  Take notes.

                        

Today in History: Herman Melville publishes Moby-Dick. - (1851)

 

Quote: "We cannot live only for ourselves.  A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow man." - Herman Melville 

 

1) Make-up tests.

2) Review and collect p 273-285.

3) Review reading p. 294-298.

4) Homework: Continue reading p. 294-300.  Take notes.

Today in History: Robert Louis Stevenson is born. - (1850)

 

Quote: "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant." - Robert Louis Stevenson 

 

1) Chapter 4 Test - Open Book

2) Review and collect tests.

3) Collect p. 273-285 work tomorrow.  (6 questions)

4) Homework: Read p. 294-300.  Take notes.

Veterans Day - No School

Today in History: USS Ainsworth (FF-1090) sets sail for Persian Gulf. - (1979)

 

Quote: "Let's not do anything stupid, gentlemen." - A. J. Krekich, VAdm. USN

 

1) Review for test

2) Chapter 4 test on Monday - Bring books

3) Homework - 1) Work on Journals

                         2) Study for Test

Today in History: Munich Beer Hall Putsch begins. - (1923)

 

Quote: "Great liars are also great magicians." - Adolf (Schicklgruber) Hitler 

 

1) Video - Romanticism

2) Answer inset questions p. 282 & 283, as well as quest. #5 p. 285.  Add to work from p. 273        -277.

3) Test Monday - Chapter 4

4) Copy Chart p. 288 into notes.

5) Homework: Read p. 286-287

 

Today in History: Tacoma Narrows bridge collapses. - (1940)

 

Quote: "Engineering is achieving function while avoiding failure." - Henry Petroski 

 

1) Review reading chapter 4.4 - discuss.

2) Video: Romanticism and Realism.

3) Work on handouts.

4) Chapter 4 test on Monday.

5) Work on Journals.

Today in History: Bolsheviks revolt in Russia. - (1917)

 

Quote: "Sometimes - history needs a push." - Vladimir Lenin 

 

1) Last Chance - Collect Late Homework.

2) Handout - Nationalism

3) Work on vocabulary for chapter 4.4.

4) Homework: Finish reading p. 280-285

Today in History: First animal in space, Laika. - (1957)

 

Quote: "The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." - e. e. cummings 

 

1) Collect late work p. 256-270.

2) Video - Nationalism.

3) Work on question #1 p. 273 & 275.  Add inset question p. 277.

4) Homework - a) Read p. 280-285.  Take notes.

                         b) Work on weekly biography (10 sentences)

                         c) Work on Journals (vocabulary, notes, etc.)

Today in History: The Spruce Goose flies. - (1947)

 

Quote: "Money can't buy happiness." - Howard Hughes 

 

1) Correct quest. p. 256-270 (per. 5&6)

2) Work on student handout #2 - Use Capitalism/Socialism document.

3) Review reading p. 276-279.  Take notes.

4) Finish reading p. 276-279.

5) Homework: Work on Journals.

Today in History: U.S. tests first hydrogen bomb. - (1952)

 

Quote: "Life improves slowly and goes wring fast, and only catastrophe is clearly visible." - Edward Teller 

 

1) Correct questions p. 256-270 (per. 5&6)

2) Work on Student Handout #2 - use Capitalism/Socialism document to complete.

3) Review and discuss handout.

4) Read p. 276-279 in class.  Take notes.

5) Homework: Work on vocabulary for Journals.

Today in History: Sherlock Holmes is published. - (1894)

 

Quote: "When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

 

1) Collect late Journals

2) Review and collect p. 256-270

3) Copy Chapter Summary Chart on p. 288

Today in History: Ottoman Empire signs peace treaty with Allies. - (1918)

 

Quote: "Race hate isn't human nature; it's the abandonment of human nature." - Orson Welles

 

1) Collect late Journals.

2) Review reading p. 268-270.

3) Add map question #1 p. 270 and question #4 p. 270 to previous work.

         There are now a total of 10 questions.

4) Make-up tests.

5) Pass back work.

6) Homework: Read p. 271-275.  Take notes.

 

Today in History: New York City subway opens. - (1904)

 

Quote: "A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step." - Lao Tzu 

 

1) Collect late journals

2) Discuss handouts from yesterday

3) Review reading p. 264-268

4) Review vocabulary

5) Homework:  a) Work on weekly biography

                         b) Vocabulary and notes for journal

                         c) Read p. 268-270.  Take notes

Today in History: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. - (1881)

 

Quote: "Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything." - Wyatt Earp.

 

1) Collect late journals.

2) Add question 1&2 p. 263 to current work.

3) Handouts - Capitalism and Socialism.

4) Homework: Read p. 264-268.  Take notes.

Today in History: Charge of the Light Brigade. - (1854)

 

Quote: "Half a league, half a league, half a league onward; Into the valley of death rode the six hundred." - Alfred Lord Tennyson.

 

1) Collect late journals

2) Review reading p. 257-261.

3) Add quest. #1 p. 258, inset quest. p. 259, and quest. #3 p. 261 to previous work.

4) Homework: Read p. 262-263.  Take notes.

Today in History: Battle of Leyte Gulf - (1944)

 

Quote: "Where, repeat, where is task force 34?  The world wonders." - Chester W. Nimitz 

 

1) Review reading p. 256-257.

2) Answer inset question p. 256 and questions 1&2 p. 257.

3) Video - Industrial Revolution

4) Homework: Read p. 257-261.  Take notes.

Today in History: MacArthur returns to the Philippines. - (1944)

 

Quote: "The best luck of all is the luck you make for yourself." - Douglas MacArthur 

 

1) Collect Journals

2) Chapter 3 test - Open book

3) Review and collect tests

4) Collect Extra Credit work

5) Review vocabulary p. 253 - Introduction to the Industrial Revolution

6) Homework:  a) Read p. 252-257

                        b) Take notes from reading

                        c) Work on biography

                        d) Work on vocabulary - Chapter 4.1

Today in History: First Concorde flight into NYC. - (1977)

 

Quote: "With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts." - Eleanor Roosevelt

 

1) Collect Journals and storybooks.

2) Video - Mindjogger review chapter 3.

3) In class - Answer quest. 1&2 p. 237 and rewrite cloze paragraph on same paper.  (E.C.)

4) Homework: Study for chapter 3 test tomorrow.

5) Bring books to class tomorrow.

Today in History: U.S. takes possession of Alaska. - (1867)

 

Quote: "To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world." - John Muir

 

1) Collect Journals and late storybooks

2) Handouts - Ideals of Democracy - Work on in class

3) Finish copying charts on p. 238 for notes

4) Chapter 3 test on Friday

5) Homework: Study for test

Today in History: Loma Prieta Earthquake hits Northern California. - (1989)

 

Quote: "A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read." - Mark Twain

 

1) Collect Journals and Storybook assignments.

2) Review reading p. 232-235.

3) Read p. 236 & 237 in class.

4) Copy chart p. 238 for notes.

5) Homework: Study for Chapter 3 test. (Friday)

Today in History: The Long March begins. (6,000 miles, 368 days) - (1934)

 

Quote: "In waking a tiger, use a long stick." - Mao Zedong.

 

1) Collect late work on storybooks.

2) Finish work on Journals - Collect.

          a) 42 agendas

          b) 09 biographies

          c) 20 pages of notes

          d) 10 vocabulary sections

          e) returned work

3) Homework: Read p. 232-235.

Today in History: Cornerstone of the White House laid. - (1792)

 

Quote: "Fear is the foundation of most governments." - John Adams

 

1) Journals due on Monday.

2) Finish Storybooks - Collect work.

3) Work on Journals in class.

4) Homework:  Finish Journals.

          a) 42 Agendas with quotes, anecdotes and dates

          b) 10 Vocabulary lists with definitions

          c) 20 Pages of notes and handouts

          d) 09 Biographies

          e) Returned work

Today in History: Columbus arrives at San Salvador - (1492)

 

Quote: "Riches do not make a man rich.  They only make him busier." - Christopher Columbus

 

1) Journals are due on Monday

2) Work on Storybooks - Conclusion and re-write. - Due tomorrow

3) Pass back work

4) Homework: Work on Journals.

Today in History: Apollo 7 is launched. - (1968)

 

Quote: "NASA should start thinking about this planet." - Wally Schirra

 

1) PSAT Testing

Today in History: U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis is founded. - (1845)

 

Quote: "Let's not do anything stupid, gentlemen." - Alexander J. Krekich, VAdm, USN (Ret.)

 

1) Journals due on Monday, October 16th.

2) Continue work on storybook exercise.

3) Review reading p. 228-231.

4) Pass back work.

5) Homework: Work on Journals.

 

 

Today in History: Hoover Dam starts sending power to Los Angeles. - (1936)

 

Quote: "The harness(ing) of waterfalls is the most economical method known for drawing energy from the sun." - Nikola Tesla 

 

1) Journals due October 16th (1 week).

2) Continue work on storybooks (event 5 &6).

3) Preview p. 229-230.  Take notes.

4) Homework: Read p. 228-231.  Take notes and work on Journal.

Today in History: First U.S. train robbery. - (1866)

 

Quote: "Nothing is impossible.  The word itself says 'I'm possible'." - Audrey Hepburn

 

1) Journals due October 16th

2) Finish make-up tests

3) Review reading p. 223-225

4) Work on storybooks - event 2&3

5) Homework: a) Week 8 biographies

                       b) Notes

                       c) Vocabulary

 

Today in History: British airship, R-101, crashes in France. - (1930)

 

Quote: "Happiness is not something ready-made.  It comes from your own actions." - Dalai Lama

 

1) Journals due on October 16th.

2) Late tests - Make up work.

3) Review reading p. 219-223.  Take notes.

4) Continue work on storybooks in class.  Should be working on Event #2

5) Homework: Read p. 223-227.  Take notes.  Work on vocabulary p. 219

Today in History: Sputnik is launched. - (1957)

 

Quote: "I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution." - Wernher von Braun

 

1) Journals due October 16th

2) Make up tests - Chapter 2

3) Work on Introduction and event #1 paragraphs in class

4) Review reading p. 215-218.  Take notes

5) Homework:

          a) Read p. 219-223.  Take notes

          b) Work on vocabulary p. 219

 

Today in History: East and West Germany reunite. - (1990)

 

Quote: "We know that our live of freedom is stronger than terror." - Angela Merkel

 

1) Journals due October 16th

2) Late tests - Chapter 2

3) Work on Introductory paragraph of storybook

4) Homework: Finish reading p. 215-218

           a) Take notes on reading

           b) Work on vocabulary p. 211

Today in History: Operation Typhoon begins. - (1941)

 

Quote: "You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist." - Indira Gandhi

 

1) Journals due October 16th (2 weeks)

2) Late tests

3) Preview p. 215-218

4) Worksheet - Work in pairs

5) Homework: Read p. 215-218.  Take notes

 

Today in History: Allies break through Hindenburg Line. - (1918)

 

Quote: "A positive outlook can really make dreams come true." - David Bailey

 

1) Journals due October 16th

2) Make-up tests

3) Handout - Cause and Effect: The French Revolution - Discuss

4) Review reading p. 210-214

5) Homework: Work on Journals

          a) Biography - 7th week

          b) Vocabulary p. 211 of text

          c) Notes

Today in History: Battle of Yorktown begins. - (1781)

 

Quote: "Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else." - Will Rogers

 

1) Journals due Monday, October 16th.

2) Chapter 2 test.

3) Review and collect test.

4) Pass back work.

5) Homework: Read text p. 210-214 The French Revolution Begins.  

          a) Take notes.

          b) Work on vocabulary p. 211 for Journal.

 

 

Today in History: Radio program, The Shadow, premiers starring Orson Welles. - (1937)

 

Quote: "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?  The Shadow knows." - Orson Welles

 

1) Journals due October 16th

2) Chapter 2 test tomorrow

3) Review for test - Mindjogger Video

4) Collect late work p. 195-200

5) Homework: Study for test

Today in History: Congress sends ambassadors to France. - (1776)

 

Quote: "Energy and persistence conquer all things." - Benjamin Franklin 

 

1) Journals are due on October 16th.

2) Chapter 2 test on Thursday

3) American Revolution part II

4) Turn in late work from p. 197-200

5) Homework: A) Study for test

                       B) Work on Journals

Today in History: Central High School in Littlerock, Arkansas is integrated. - (1957)

 

Quote: "The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

 

1) Continue work in text:

          a) Answer inset question on p. 195

          b) Answer questions 4&5 on p. 197

          c) Do the vocabulary exercise (#1-10) on p. 200 - Write out the sentence

          d) Answer questions 27&28 on p. 200

2) Collect work at end of period

3) Finish copying Chapter Summary Chart on p. 200 for notes

4) Chapter 2 test on Thursday or Friday

5) Homework: Work on Journals

Today in History: Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation. - (1862)

 

Quote: "Be sure to put your feet in the right place, then stand firm." - Abraham Lincoln 

 

1) American Revolution pt. I - Take notes

2) Answer insert quest. on p. 195, quest. 4 & 5 p. 197.  Do the Vocabulary Exercise p. 200

          (1-10) and answer quest. 27 & 28 p. 200.  Due Monday

3) Homework: a) Finish copying Chapter Summary Chart p. 200 for your notes

                       b) Read p. 198 - 199.  Take notes

                       c) Work on Journals (Biographies, Vocab. etc.)

No School - Enjoy the Holiday

 

Today in History: Magellan sets sail from Spain. - (1519)

 

Quote: "I am a part of everything that I have read." - Theodore Roosevelt

 

1) Collect Handouts

2) The American Revolution part I

3) Copy Chapter Summary Chart on p. 200 into notes

4) Review Vocabulary Terms

5) Homework: Read p. 194-197.  Take notes

Today in History: Battle of Saratoga - (1777)

 

Quote: "Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals." - George Washington

 

1) Power Point - The Enlightenment part II - Take notes.

2) Work on Handouts in Class - Due Tomorrow

3) Homework: A) Finish Vocabulary from Chapter 2.2

                       B) Read p. 190-194 - Take notes.

Today in History: General MacArthur arrives in Tokyo. - (1945)

 

Quote: "Age wrinkles the body.  Quitting wrinkles the soul." - Douglas MacArthur

 

1) Review and collect p. 781, 182 and 189.

2) Power Point - The Enlightenment pt. I

3) Video - Natural Rights

4) Handout on Natural rights - Work on in class

5) Homework: Work on Vocabulary for Journal

Today in History: The Four Seasons have their first #1 hit. - (1962)

 

Quote: "Jazz was my first love." - Frankie Valli.

 

1) Collect Hobbes and Locke worksheet

2) Add quest. #4 p. 189 to work from p. 781 and quest. 3-5 p. 182

3) Review and collect work

4) Homework - A) Work on Journals

                                    a) Vocabulary

                                    b) Notes

                                    c) Biographies (Week 5)

                         B) Finish reading p. 187-189.  Take notes

 

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVAsnD969qs

Today in History: President McKinley dies from wounds. - (1901)

 

Quote: "A free man cannot be long an ignorant man." - William McKinley

 

1) Cause and Effect Chart p. 162 (10 minutes)

2) Video - What was the Enlightenment? - Take Notes

3) Graphic Organizer - Work in pairs.  Hobbs and Locke - (25 minutes) 

4) Collect work

5) Homework: Read p. 187-189.  Take notes

 

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbd2tukGv18

Today in History: Francis Scott Key writes poem The Star-Spangled Banner - (1814)

 

Quote: "The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today." - H. Jackson Brown Jr.

 

1) Power point - Glorious Revolution II.

2) Cause and Effect Chart.

3) John Locke video - Read handout and take notes.

4) Homework: Read p. 183-186.  Take notes.

 

John Locke video at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZiWZJgJT7I

Today in History: Khrushchev becomes Soviet leader. - (1953)

 

Quote: "The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace." - Nikita Khrushchev

 

1) Continue work on p. 781.  Add questions 3-5 on p. 182 to work

2) Power Point (If time)

3) Homework: Work on Journals

          a) vocabulary

          b) notes

          c) biographies

Today in History: World Trade Center is destroyed. - (2001)

 

Quote: "September 11 either made me love this country, or it made me realize how much I already did." - Patti Davis

 

1) Late tests

2) Power Point - The Glorious Revolution

3) Text p. 781 - Work on Cause and Effect

4) Homework: Read p. 179-182.  Take notes.

Today in History: President Ford pardons Nixon. - (1974)

 

Quote: "Truth is the glue that holds government together." - Gerald R. Ford

 

1) Collect late work.

2) Chapter 1 Test.

3) Review and collect tests.

4) Cause and Effect - p. 781

5) Homework: Read p. 174-178.  Work on Journals.

          a) Vocabulary

          b) Notes

          c) Biographies

Today in History: Turtle attacks British warship. - (1776)

 

Quote: "Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth." - George Washington

 

1) Collect late work

2) Video - Mindjogger, Chapter 1 review

3) Review vocabulary

4) Chapter 1 test tomorrow

5) Homework - Study for test.

 

Today in History: The Vittoria returns to Spain. - (1522)

 

Quote: "It's not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves." - William Shakespeare

 

1) Collect late work - p. 159 Activity #8 and Handouts from last week.

2) Video - Magna Carta explained.

3) Work on Magna Carta handout in class.

4) Review and collect work.

5) Chapter 1 test on Friday. (Open book and notes).

6) Homework - Study for test.

Today in History: First Continental Congress meets. - (1774)

 

Quote: "An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin

 

1) Collect p. 159, Activity 8 (per. 2, 3, 4 & 6)

2) Power point - England in the High Middle Ages

3) Handouts - Magna Carta.  Do worksheet in class

4) Homework - Work on Journals

          a) Vocabulary

          b) Notes

          c) Biographies

 

 

Today in History: Polish government signs labor agreement with shipyard workers. - (1980)

 

Quote: Authority must be respected, and chosen wisely." - Lech Walesa

 

1) Period 2, 3, 4 & 6 - Review and collect p. 147-162

2) Period 5 - Collect and review Handouts

3) Continue Power Point on Rome

4) Homework - (Period 2,3,4 & 6 - Do Activity #8 p. 159).  All periods work on Journals

          a) vocabulary

          b) notes

          c) biographies (Week 3)

 

 

Today in History: Thurgood Marshall becomes a Supreme Court Justice. - (1967)

 

Quote: "Sometimes History takes things into its own hands." - Thurgood Marshall

 

1) Collect late work p. 133-143

2) Collect late parent letters

3) Period 2, 3, 4, & 6:

          a) Rome presentation

          b) Answer quest. #2 p. 147, #1 p. 150, #6 p. 151, #46 & 47 p. 162 - Finish as Homework

4) Period 4

          a) Handout - Elements of Geography and Vocabulary Terms

          b) Review and collect work - Finish Venn Diagrams

5) Homework - Work on Journals

 

 

Today in History: Hurricane Katrina hits Gulf Coast. - (2005)

 

Quote: "Walking is man's best medicine." - Hippocrates

 

1) Collect late work p. 133-143

2) Collect late Parent Letters

3) Period 3 & 5

          a) Review and collect worksheet

          b) Making Comparisons p. 780 - Athens and Sparta

          c) Use Venn Diagram worksheets

          d) Homework - Read Longman text p. 7-11 work on Journals.

4) Period 2, 4 & 6

          a) Film - The Republic of Rome part II. - Take notes

          b) In class: Answer quest. #2 p. 147 and quest. #1 p. 150

          c) Homework - Read p. 154-156.  Take notes and work on Journals

 

URL for Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEYEADYnjCo

 

 

Today in History: Riot in Chicago at the Democratic Convention - (1968)

 

Quote: "If you fell down yesterday, stand up today." - H. G. Wells

 

1) Collect and review late work p. 133-143.

2) Parent letters - Collect.

3) Period 3 & 5

          a) Themes in Geography Worksheet

          b) Homework - Answer insert question p. 139.  Work on Journals

4) Period 2, 4 & 6

          a) Film - The Republic of Rome part I

          b) Skill builder - Making Comparisons p. 780

          c) Homework - Read p. 148-151

 

Today in History: Paris is liberated. - (1944)

 

Quote: "Facts are stubborn things that cannot be ignored." - John Adams

 

1) Finish quest. 1&2 p. 133, quest. 2 p. 136, quest. 4&6 p. 141 and quest. 3 p. 143.

2) Review and collect work.

3) Video - Greece and Persia

4) Homework:  a) Finish reading p. 144-147.  Take notes.

                        b) Journal

                               1) Vocabulary

                               2) Notes

                               3) Biographies (2nd week)

 

 

Today in History: Mount Vesuvius erupts. - (79 C.E.)

 

Quote: "Few things motivate people better than a volcano." - Anon.

 

1) Power Point - Greece pt. 2 - Review and discuss.

2) Work on quest. 1 & 2 p. 133, quest. 2 p. 136, quest. 4 & 6 p. 141 and quest. 3 p. 143.

3) Review and collect work.

4) Collect parent letters

5) Homework - Read p. 144-147.  Take notes.

 

 

Today in History: Hitler and Stalin sign Non-Aggression Pact. - (1939)

 

Quote: "What we think, we become." - Buddha

 

1) Video - Ancient Egypt

2) Power point - Greece part I

3) Continue work on Quest. 1 & 2 p. 133.  Add quest. 2 p. 136.

4) Start collecting Parent Letters. - Due Friday.

5) Homework - Read p. 139 - 143.  Take notes.

                                            

 

 

Today in History: Soviet army invades Czechoslovakia. - (1968)

 

Quote: "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana

 

1) Video - Mesopotamia

2) Review concept of ancient law - power point

3) In class: Answer quest. 1 & 2 p. 133

4) Homework - Work on Journals (vocabulary, notes, finish 1st biography)

 

Today in History: Hawaii became the 50th state. - (1959)

 

Quote: "He who knows does not speak.  He who speaks does not know." - LaoTzu

 

1) Mr. Lip Handout

2) Parent Letters

3) Class rules and Journal handouts

4) Video - Indus River Valley

5) Work on vocabulary p. 134

6) Homework p. 134-138.  Take notes.

 

 

Today in History: Soviet coup against Gorbachev fails. - (1991)

 

Quote: "Leadership is about taking responsibility, not making excuses." - Mitt Romney

 

1) Review textbook as a resource.

2) Review vocabulary.

3) Finish quest. 1 & 2 p. 125 and quest. 4, 5 & 7 p. 129.  Review and collect.

4) Video - Iliad and the Odyssey.

5) Homework - Journals

          a) Work on Biographies

          b) Work on Vocabulary from p. 134

 Today in History: First Trans-Atlantic balloon flight. - (1978)

 

Quote: "You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind." - Joyce Meyers

 

1) Journals

2) Video - Agricultural Revolution (per. 3-6)

3) Answer quest. 1 & 2 p. 125 and quest. 4, 5 & 7 p. 129

4) Review and collect work

5) Homework - Read p. 130-133.  Take notes.

Today in History: Gold discovered in the Yukon - (1896)

 

Quote: "Independence is happiness - Susan B. Anthony

 

1) Book Check

2) Seating Chart

3) Finish reading p. 114-115 and p. 120-124.  Take notes.

4) Video - Crash Course - Agricultural Revolution

5) Homework - Read p. 125-129.  Take notes.

 

 

Today in History: Woodstock - (1969)

 

Quote: "The only true wisdom is knowing you know nothing." - Socrates

 

1) Program Cards

2) Essay - Why I am here.  (1 paragraph of 5 sentences)

3) Homework - Read p. 114 & 115.  Also read p. 120-124.  Take notes.