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World Studies Homework

Last day to turn in all late work is Wednesday 6/7/17 (This includes the essay and all assessments)
Unit 7 - Civics
FINAL STUDY GUIDE 
Homework Packet for Civics Unit

Tuesday 6/20/17
Homework:
Have a great summer!
Daily Activities:
None - no class

Journal Entry:
None

Monday 6/19/17
Homework:
None 

Daily Activities:
None - No Class

Journal Entry:
None

Friday 6/16/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
None - No Class

Journal Entry:
None

Thursday 6/15/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Final 
Remember that both your HW Packet and Journals for the Civics unit are due today

Journal Entry:
None

Wednesday 6/14/17
Homework:
Study for final

Daily Activities:
Final review day

Journal Entry:
none

Tuesday 6/13/17
Homework:
Study for final

Daily Activities:
Final review day

Journal Entry:
None

Monday 6/12/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Foreign Conflict Jigsaw

Journal Entry:
None

Friday 6/9/17
Homework:
Finish Foreign Conflict Jigsaw

Daily Activities:
Work day on jigsaw

Journal Entry:
none

Thursday 6/8/17
Homework:
Work on jigsaw

Daily Activities:
Work day on jigsaw

Journal Entry:
None

Wednesday 6/7/17
LAST DAY TO TURN IN ALL LATE WORK
Homework:
Work on jigsaw

Daily Activities:
Work day on jigsaw

Journal Entry:
None

Tuesday 6/6/17
Homework:
Finish in class work for homework
Daily Activities:
PowerPoint for Tuesday 6/6/17
UN Reading
​How World Views Shape Foreign Policy

Journal Entry:
None
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Monday 6/5/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Foreign Policy 

Journal Entry:

Friday 6/2/17
​Homework:

Daily Activities:

Journal Entry:

Thursday 6/1/17
Homework:

Daily Activities:
Discussed research from yesterday, started discussion on Foreign Policy
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Journal Entry:

Wednesday 5/31/17
Homework:
Remember your HW from yesterday is due tomorrow 

Daily Activities:
Impeachment research 

Journal Entry:
•Of the listed presidential jobs (cabinet positions), which is the most important, which is the least important?
  • Chief Executive, Chief of State, Commander in Chief, Chief Diplomat, Chief Policymaker, Chief Manager of the Economy, Chief of Party, Chief Citizen

Tuesday 5/30/17
Homework:
Read and answer the questions on Foreign Policy
Due Thursday 6/1/17

Daily Activities:
Presidential Responsibilities 

Journal Entry:
2 Questions…
  • How was the long weekend?
    • Good/Bad?
    • What did you do?
  • What is Memorial Day?

Spring Essay:
Final due online by 10pm
This is different from the list, I didn't want to make it due on Memorial Day, please change this on the assignment. 

Monday 5/29/17
No School Memorial Day

Friday 5/26/17
Homework:

Daily Activities:

Journal Entry:

Spring Essay:
Works Cited due today - in class and online


Thursday 5/25/17
Homework:

Daily Activities:

Journal Entry:

Wednesday 5/24/17
Homework:

Daily Activities:
Final workday in CPU lab

Journal Entry:
None


Tuesday 5/23/17
Homework:

Daily Activities:

Journal Entry

Monday 5/22/17
Homework:
End of Year Content Survey
Due Wednesday 5/24/17


Read and answer the questions regarding the Executive Branch 
Due Thursday 5/25/17

Daily Activities:
Final Thesis/BTS revision 
Most Current PowerPoint for the unit

Journal Entry:
None
​
Spring Essay:
Final thesis/bts due today - in class

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Friday 5/19/17
Homework:

Daily Activities:

Journal Entry:

Spring Essay:
Rough Draft due today - in class and online by 10pm
Remember you need a paper copy of the rough draft for class today


Thursday 5/18/17
Homework:
Work on Rough Draft 
​
Daily Activities:

Journal Entry

Wednesday 5/17/17
Homework:
Work on Rough Draft

Daily Activities:

Journal Entry

Tuesday 5/16/17
Homework:
Finish HW from Friday - Remember it is due tomorrow

Daily Activities:
Writing day for rough draft - CPU lab

Journal Entry
None

Monday 5/15/17
Homework:
Finish Friday's HW - Remember it is due Wednesday

Daily Activities:
Peer edit - outline

Journal Entry
•What does it mean to “peer edit” something?
•Give specific examples of things that you would look for?
•The type of feedback you should give?
•The overall goal of the peer edit?
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Spring Essay:
Outline due today in class and online by 10pm
2nd thesis/bts's due today
Remember you need a printed copy to bring to class.


Friday 5/12/17
Homework:
Read sections 10.3 & 10.4 from the text book and answer the following questions 
  • Read it and take detailed notes – Considerations…
  • Primary elections vs general elections
  • Closed Primary, Open Primary, Blanket Primary
  • Caucus
  • How candidates reach their voters
  • Alternative ways to run for office
  • The types of elections – Presidential, Midterm, Off Year
  • Stump Speeches
  • Polling
  • Absentee ballots
  • Representation of voters
  • Electoral College

Due Wednesday 5/17/17

Daily Activities:
Civics - Gerrymandering & political divisions
Civics PowerPoint

Journal Entry
•Explain how citizens in the US engage in politics and civics in our community

Thursday 5/11/17
Homework:
Work on outline

Daily Activities:
Work day on outline in CPU lab 

Journal Entry
none
Wednesday 5/10/17
Homework:
Work on outline

Daily Activities:
Writing instruction and civics

Journal Entry
none

Spring Essay:
1st thesis and BTS's due today

Tuesday 5/9/17
Homework:
Finish reading from Friday 5/5/17 - Due tomorrow 

Daily Activities:
More writing review and review of outlining 

Journal Entry:
•Thesis Statement:
•Mussolini attempted to secure support through his ambitious decisions, which provoked a communal distrust that ruined his goal of a completely totalitarian state.
•What does it take to write a strong thesis statement?
•What information do you need in order to understand this thesis?

Spring Essay:
All research & Source Analysis due today for Spring Essay

Monday 5/8/17
Homework:
Finish research and source analysis
Finish HW from Friday - Due Wednesday 
Daily Activities:
Last research day in library. 

Journal Entry:
None

Friday 5/5/17
​Homework:
Read and take notes from 7.5-8.3
Due Wednesday 5/10/17

Daily Activities:
Mid-unit quiz

Journal Entry:

None
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Thursday 5/4/17
Homework:
Study for assessment tomorrow
Remember it is open note, but the notes must be hand written (they cannot be printed, or photocopied). 
Most recent PowerPoint from the Civics Unit
Daily Activities:
Library research day for essay.

Journal Entry:


Wednesday 5/3/17
Homework:
Work on essay

Journal Entry:

Daily Activities:
Writing review

Tuesday 5/2/17
Homework:
Work on research for essay 

Daily Activities:
Library research day for Spring Essay

Journal Entry:

None
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Monday 5/1/17
Homework:
Work on research for Spring Essay

Daily Activities:
May Day discussion, Civil Rights

Journal Entry:


Friday 4/28/17
Homework:
None
​
Daily Activities:
Talked about part 2 of the essay, little of the amendments 
All research for the essay is due Tuesday May, 9th. 
​

Journal Entry:
•Answer the following questions in your journal based on the three topics you researched…
•What are 2 aspects that you liked about each of your topics?
•What would be challenging about researching each of your topics?
•Which of the 3 topics has the most information that you could find (easily)?
•Which of the three topics do you want to research the most, explain why?

Thursday 4/27/17
Homework:
Finish Wednesday's HW

Daily Activities:
Amendments 

Journal Entry:
•Based on what we have talked about (or any other knowledge you have) what do you think the most important aspect of the Constitution or the amendments are?

Wednesday 4/26/17
Homework:
Conflict Research 
Due Friday 4/28/17

Daily Activities:
Bill of Rights
Other Amendments

Journal Entry:
So… are the Constitution & the Amendments law?

Tuesday 4/25/17
Homework:
Finish Bill of Rights Match Up
Bill of Rights Match Up Answers

Daily Activities:
Bill of Rights
Civics PowerPoint Up to this point
​

Journal Entry:
None

Monday 4/24/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Post Assessment 

Journal Entry:
​None

Friday 4/21/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Start Constitution 
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Journal Entry:
•What were the major issues with the Articles of Confederation?
•What major compromises were made in the Constitution?

Thursday 4/20/17
Homework:
Finish Constitutional Scavenger Hunt
Annotated Constitution
We will have time to work on the Scavenger Hunt tomorrow, it will be due at the end of the period. 
Due Friday 4/21/17

Daily Activities:
Articles of Confederation 

Journal Entry:
•Complete both of the following tasks -
•Make a list of major grievances the colonists had with England
•Make a list of ways the colonists were able to defeat a much stronger English military 

Wednesday 4/19/17
Homework:
None
Daily Activities:
American Rev & Development of Constitution

Journal Entry:
•What is the biggest issue the colonists had with England?

Tuesday 4/18/17
Homework:
Finish HW from Monday 4/17 - Due tomorrow 4/19
Daily Activities:
Finished Enlightenment

Journal Entry:
•Answer all 3 questions -
•Write down what you know about the Declaration of Independence?
•What do you know about the American Revolutionary War?
•What do you know about the Articles of Confederation?

Monday 4/17/17
Homework:
Read and answer questions on the American Revolution to the Constitution
Due Wednesday 4/19/17
This is kind of long, so I would get started ASAP

Daily Activities:
Caught up on Enlightenment and Economics

Journal Entry:
How was break.

Friday 4/7/17
Homework:
None, enjoy break.
Optional HW - Take a picture from break, send it to me in an email, I will show it to the class when we come back and you can tell us about how cool your break was. 

Daily Activities:

Journal Entry: 

Thursday 4/6/17
Homework:
None
​
Daily Activities:
Follow the instructions on the PowerPoint
Due at the end of the period
Enlightenment Thinkers

Journal Entry:
None

Wednesday 4/5/17
Homework:

Daily Activities:
Follow the instructions on the PowerPoint. 
Due at the end of the period. 
Economies

Journal Entry:
None

Tuesday 4/4/17
Homework:
Government Creation Assignment
Due Friday 4/7/17

Daily Activities:
Forms of government debrief. Start discussion on American Revolutionary War

Journal Entry:
In your opinion which form of government is the most successful? Explain why. 

Monday 4/3/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Follow the instructions in this PowerPoint
Due at the end of the period
Origins and Evolution of Government
Modern Forms of Government & Distribution of Power

Journal Entry:
None

Friday 3/31/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Political manipulation 

Journal Entry:
Explain what manipulation is. 

Thursday 3/30/17
Homework:
Read and answer questions from the Political Games People Play
Due Friday 3/31/17

Daily Activities:
Introduce unit, and Governmental Power

Journal Entry:
What is the function of government?
Unit 6 - East Asia (Mostly China)
Wednesday 3/29/17
Homework:
Compile HW Packet and Journals for Unit 6
Read and answer questions on the Power of Government
*REMINDER* IF YOU DO NOT HAVE YOUR HW PACKET READY TO GO AT THE START OF THE PERIOD YOU WILL LOSE POINTS 
Due Thursday 3/30/17

Daily Activities:
Unit 6 Assessment

Journal:
None

Tuesday 3/28/17
Homework:

Daily Activities:
Unit 6 Study Guide
Unit 6 PP - Final

Journal Entry:
None
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Monday 3/27/17
Homework:

Daily Activities:

Journal Entry:

Friday 3/24/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:

Journal Entry:

Thursday 3/23/17
Homework:
None 

Daily Activities:
Finish Mao's Journey, start the film. 
Journal Entry:

Wednesday 3/22/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Mao's Journey

Journal Entry:
What's your favorite board/card game?

Tuesday 3/21/17
Homework:
Critically read and annotate Communists Take Power in China 
Print and bring to class - To Live Viewing Guide 
  • Due Wednesday 3/23/17

Daily Activities:
Chinese Nationalism at the turn of the 20th century
​China Falls Apart 

Journal Entry:
•What are 3 reasons that China went through a “Century of Humiliation?”
•What are two ways that China could fix the problems they went through? 

Monday 3/20/17
Homework:
Read and answer questions from Imperial China Collapses 
  • Due Tuesday 3/21/17
Daily Activities:
Century of Humiliation
Boxer Rebellion
Opium Wars
Taiping Rebellion 

Journal Entry:
•Write a thesis statement arguing the following prompt
•What impact did opium have on China?
•Defend it with 2-3 pieces of evidence from the China resists outside influence reading

Friday 3/17/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Quiz 
China Resists Outside Influence

Journal Entry:
Who/what is your favorite thing from history?

Thursday 3/16/17
Homework:
Critically read and annotate - China Resists Outside Influence 
  • Due Friday 3/17/17
​
Daily Activities:
Ming-Qing test questions

Journal Entry:
What is the single most important thing (in your opinion) you learned in the Ming-Qing reading?

Wednesday 3/15/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Mongols
East Asia PP as of 3/15/17

Journal Entry:
What was the most interesting thing that you learned about the Mongols?

Tuesday 3/14/17
Homework:

Daily Activities:
Read and answer questions from Ming-Qing Dynasty Reading
Due Wednesday 3/15/17
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Journal Entry:

Monday 3/13/17
Homework:
Follow the links to the videos about Genghis Kahn and take notes on facts in the videos - you need 10 facts from the videos (minimum of 2 per video) that you think are interesting
  • Ted Ed - Genghis Kahn
  • 25 Insane things you didn't know about Genghis Kahn
  • Crash Course - The Mongols
  • Due Tuesday 3/14/17

Read and answer questions from Ming-Qing Dynasty Reading
Due Wednesday 3/15/17

Daily Activities:

Journal Entry:

Friday 3/10/17
Homework:
Work on Mongol DBQ
Due Monday 3/13/17

Daily Activities:
Mongol DBQ Instructions
Mongol DBQ Questions 
Mongol DBQ Readings
Due Monday 3/13/17

Journal Entry:
None

Thursday 3/9/17
Homework:
 Work on Dynastic Timeline
Due Monday 3/13/17

Daily Activities:
Dynastic Timeline Instructions
Due Monday 3/13/17

Journal Entry:
None

Wednesday 3/8/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Watch film Engineering an Empires
Viewing Guide (don't have to print it I will have it in class for you)

Journal Entry:
None


Tuesday 3/7/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Finish unification of China, Han Dynasty

Journal Entry:

Monday 3/6/17
Homework:
Complete the hw assigned on Friday - Due tomorrow
Daily Activities:
Unification of China
  • Myers Notes
  • Myers Annotations
  • Myers PowerPoint
Journal Entry:

Friday 3/3/17
Homework:
Read and fill out the graphic organizer for the Han Dynasty 
  • Due Tuesday 3/7/17

Complete the Unit 5 South Asia (India)  HW Packet - Remember if it is not ready to go at the beginning of the period I will take points off this semester
Compile your journals from the unit - Remember if it is not ready to go at the beginning of the period I will take points off this semester
  • Due Monday 3/6/17

Daily Activities:
Unit 5 unit exam
Study Guide
Unit 5 PP 
Unit 5 HW Packet
 
Journal Entry

Thursday 3/2/17
Homework:
Study for test

Daily Activities:
Review session for test

Journal Entry
None

Wednesday 3/1/17
Homework:
None - Study for test

Daily Activities:
Finish China's early empires, discuss feudalism

Journal Entry
•Thesis practice –
•Argue the impact of Yu on the development of China

Tuesday 2/28/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Asia's geography and early empires 

Journal Entry

Monday 2/27/17
Homework:
Read and answer questions from River Dynasties of China
Finish East Asia Map

Daily Activities:
Work time on East Asia Map and Homework

Journal Entry:
What do you know about China, what do you want to know?
Unit 5 - South Asia (Mostly India)
Friday 2/17/17
Homework:
Enjoy break

Daily Activities:
Gandhi

​Journal Entry:
None

Thursday 2/16/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Gandhi

Journal Entry:
None

Wednesday 2/15/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Gandhi

Journal Entry:
None

Tuesday 2/14/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Gandhi
 
Journal Entry:
None

Monday 2/13/17
​Homework:
Read Gandhi Background & answer the Gandhi Background Questions
Due Tuesday 2/14/17

Daily Activities:
Finish Discussing British Colonialism in India

Journal Entry:


Friday 2/10/17
Homework:
Read the British in India and complete the questions 
British in India Questions
  • Due Monday 2/13/17
Daily Activities:
The Mughal Empire & start British Colonialism in India

Journal Entry:
•Compare the Mughal Empire to the early empires that we discussed over the last couple of days, which one do you think was more powerful?

Thursday 2/9/17
Homework:
Read the Mughal Empire, and answer the questions from the Mughal Empire Reading
Due Friday 2/10/17

Daily Activities:
Recapped the Writing Practice, started the Mughal Empire HW 
Research paper rubric


Journal Entry:
What makes strong "evidence?"

Wednesday 2/8/17
Homework:
Finish India's Early Empires Writing Practice
Due 2/8/17 (Wednesday)

Daily Activities:
India's Early Empires PowerPoint

Journal Entry:
•Two Questions – Answer them both…
  1. What makes the perfect snow day?
  2. In your own words summarize India’s First Empires, it should include the following
  • Complete sentences
  • 2-4 sentences of information about the early empires your studied in your homework

Tuesday 2/7/17
Homework:
Enjoy the snow day
Optional Homework - 
  • Take a selfie of you doing something fun in the snow, or something non school related that I can show in class
  • Take a selfie of you cooking something delicious 
  • Write a short story about what would happen if these two snow days were the start of the apocalypse and led to a dystopian world 
  • Email me so I can put it in the PP for tomorrow
  • Due Wednesday 2/8/17

Daily Activities:
Enjoy that snow!

Journal Entry:
None
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Monday 2/6/17
Homework:
Enjoy the snow day
Optional Homework - 
  • Take a selfie of you doing something fun in the snow, or something non school related that I can show in class
  • Make a school appropriate meme from the Superbowl
  • Contemplate the perfect snow day, write down or make an artistic representation of it
  • Email them to me and I will start class with them on Tuesday  
  • Due Tuesday 2/7/17

Daily Activities:
No school - Snow Day

Journal Entry:
None

Friday 2/3/17
Homework:
Finish Thursday's HW - Due Monday 2/6/17

Daily Activities:
Hinduism/Jainism/Buddhism Blankets

Journal Entry:
What are you plans for the weekend?

Exit Slip 2/3/17

Thursday 2/2/17
Homework:
Read - India's First Empire
Answer these questions - India's First Empire Questions
Due Monday 2/6/17
​
Daily Activities:
Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism Discussions. 

Journal Entry:
•What is the most interesting thing that you learned about the religion you researched?

Exit Slip:
Exit Slip 2/2/17

Wednesday 2/1/17
Homework:
Prepare answers to the following questions based on all of the research you have completed thus far on your religion
  1. What is the basic background/contextual information needed to understand your religion?
  2. Based on the perspective of someone following the religion you research be prepared to argue how society should be organized. 
  3. Based on the perspective of someone following the religion you researched be prepared to argue where you go when you die.
  4. Based on the perspective of someone following the religion you researched be prepared to argue the human condition (key characteristics that make up human existence).
  5. Based on the perspective of someone following the religion you researched be prepared to argue the purpose of life.
  6. Based on the perspective of someone following the religion you researched be prepared to argue how you get to where you are going when you die.
  7. Based on the perspective of someone following the religion you researched be prepared to argue how someone would respond to the issue of immigration in the United States in 2017?

We will discuss information that pertains to each of these questions tomorrow, you will only have your notes from the DBQ and these questions to work with. Be prepared to discuss. 
Due Thursday 2/2/17

Daily Activities:
Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism DBQ Documents (PowerPoint)
  • Buddha & Buddhism
  • Buddhism - Turmoil and Conflict
  • Central Hindu Beliefs
  • Detailed History of Jainism
  • Jainism Explained
  • Reincarnation & Rebirth

Journal Entry:
Of the three religions, Hinduism Jainism and Buddhism, which do you think could lead to the most conflict? Explain why in detail. 

Exit Slip:
Exit Slip 2/1/17

Tuesday 1/31/17
Homework:
  • Read and annotate this article on refugees
  • Research President Trump's most resent executive order on Immigration in the United States, look for the most unbiased article you can find (or read multiple articles that give multiple perspectives)
  • Answer the following question - Based on your understanding of the three religions we have discussed how do you think people who practice Hinduism/Jainism/Buddhism will respond to the issue of immigration in the United States today? (If you want to write your answer to this question at the end of the article on refugees you are welcome to do so)
  • Due Wednesday 2/1/17

Daily Activities:
Introduction to Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism

Journal Entry:
How do you think that people in the Indian Caste system feel or have felt about their level in the Caste System?

Exit Slip:
Exit Slip 1/31/17

Monday 1/30/17
No School

Friday 1/27/17
Homework:
Complete the Caste System Assignment 
Due Tuesday 1/31/17

Daily Activities:
Discussed Indus vs Aryans 

Journal Entry:
How do you think that people in the Indian Caste system feel or have felt?

Thursday 1/26/17
Homework:
Finish the Caste System assignment

Daily Activities:
Discussed arguments from yesterday's assignment. 
Discussed the Caste system in India - Started Caste System Assignment

Journal Entry:
•What is a caste system?
•How did Aryan’s structure their society?
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Wednesday 1/25/17
Homework:
Read and answer questions from Hinduism and Buddhism
The questions are on the top of the worksheet. 
This is due at the beginning of the period on Friday (1/27/17), but I wouldn't wait until tomorrow to do it because you will have a homework assignment to finish up from an in class activity on Thursday

Daily Activities:
Introduced unit
Discussed India's geography
In class activity about India's ancient civilizations  

Journal Entry:
Explain any challenges that peoples who live in India may have as a result of geography.

Tuesday 1/24/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Watched the final episode of Jared Diamond

Journal Entry:
None

Monday 1/23/17
Homework:
Complete South Asia Map assignment
  • ​South Asia Blank Map
  • South Asia Map Instructions
Critically Read Indus River and Aryan Immigration

All Due Tuesday 1/24/17

Daily Activities:
Introduced Unit
Worked on Map Assignment

Journal Entry:

Unit 4 - Africa
Friday 1/20/17
Homework:
Africa HW Packet Due
Africa Journal Entries Due
Unit 1 Study Guide
Africa PowerPoint

Daily Activities:
Final Exam

Journal Entry:
None

Thursdasy 1/19/17

Only 3rd and 4th period today.

Wednesday 1/18/17
Homework:

Study for finals

Daily Activities:
Study time for finals

Journal Entry:
None

Tuesday 1/17/17

Homework:
Study for finals

Daily Activities:
Review for final. 

Journal Entry:
None

Friday 1/12/17

Homework:
Study for finals

Daily Activities:
Hotel Rawanda
  • Extra Credit Assignment -Africa Essay Reflection due today, remember no late exceptions will be made.
  • All late work due by the end of today. 

Journal Entry:
None

Thursday 1/12/17

Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Hotel Rawanda
Hotel Rwanda Alternative Assignment 

Journal Entry:
None

Wednesday 1/11/17

Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Hotel Rawanda

Journal Entry:
None

Tuesday 1/10/17

Homework:
Finish DBQ if you didn't finish it in class. 
Critically read and annotate the Eight Stages of Genocide
Due Wednesday 1/11/17
​
Daily Activities:
Congo DBQ

Congo DBQ Documents
  • Issues in the Congo
  • Modern Congo
​
Journal Entry:

Monday 1/9/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Finish Scramble for Africa, start Imperialism in Congo

Journal Entry:
•What were the goals of European nations in Africa?
•How did they achieve those goals?

Friday 1/6/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Scramble for Africa

Journal Entry:
Based on what you know from your reading define what the term “Scramble for Africa” means

Thursday 1/5/17
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Finish Slavery, start Scramble for Africa

Journal Entry:
•Based on the Slavery article you read on Tuesday night write your own thesis statement answering the following prompt.
•Argue the impact the African Slave trade had on African civilizations.  

Wednesday 1/4/17
Homework:
Read and complete the following steps for the article Scramble for Africa
  • Write down the main idea from each section in your notes
  • Consider and write how this article could either aid or take away from the thesis we discussed in class
  • Due Friday 1/6/17

Daily Activities:
Finish WAC
Transatlantic Slave Trade
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Journal Entry:
Write in your journal what makes a strong BTS versus what makes a weak BTS

Tuesday 1/3/17
Homework:
Read Africa and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Complete the Transatlantic Slave Trade assignment
Due Wednesday 1/4/16

Daily Activities:
Reviewed W. African Civilizations 
West African Civlization Questions

​Journal Entry:
•How was your break?
•What are the best things that you did over break? 

12/21/16 - 1/2/16
First winter break

Tuesday 12/20/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Stamp sheet due today in class
Final essay due on turnitin.com today by 10pm

Journal Entry:

Monday 12/19/16
Homework:
Finish essay due 12/20/16 by 10pm

Daily Activities:
Writing day in class, bring your laptop if you have one

Journal Entry:
None

Friday 12/16/16
Homework:
Work on essay
  • Final draft

Daily Activities:
Works cited due in class and on turnitin.com today 
TBD

Journal Entry:


Thursday 12/15/16
Homework:
Work on essay
  • Works cited - due tomorrow Friday 12/16/16 in class and on turnitin.com by 10pm
  • Final draft

Daily Activities:
Peer edit of rough draft

Journal Entry:
None

Wednesday 12/14/16
Homework:
Work on essay
  • Rough draft
  • Rough draft due tomorrow in class and on turnitin.com by 10pm

Daily Activities:
Writing day in class, bring your own laptop if you have one. 

Journal Entry:
None

Tuesday 12/13/16
Homework:
Work on essay
  • Rough draft

Daily Activities:
Peer edit of outline and final thesis statement
Both outline and final thesis statement sheet due today in class

Journal Entry:
None

Monday 12/12/16
Homework:
Work on essay
  • Rough draft
  • Outline due tonight by 10pm on turnitin.com and in class tomorrow Tuesday 12/13/16

Daily Activities:
Proper analysis and connections in your essay

Journal Entry:
What is analysis?


Friday 12/9/16:
Homework:
Work on the essay
  • Work on the outline
  • Work on your final thesis statement

Daily Activities:
First revision of your thesis  due today
Plagiarism discussion & Outlining review

Journal Entry:
Trade thesis statement with someone at your table, someone different than yesterday - grade the thesis statement based on the rubric. 
Give your partner notes on their thesis - What is good about it? What could be better?

Thursday 12/8/16:
Homework:
Work on the essay
  • Work on the outline
  • Work on first revision of the thesis - due Friday 12/9/16

Daily Activities:
All research due today - it will be stamped
First thesis due today - it will be checked
Instructions for today
Outlining
3 Level Outline Example

Journal Entry:
Trade thesis statement with someone at your table - grade the thesis statement based on the rubric. 
Give your partner notes on their thesis - What is good about it? What could be better?

Wednesday 12/7/16
Homework:
Work on the essay
  • Finish your research  - it is due Thursday 12/8/16
  • Finish writing your first thesis - it is due Thursday 12/8/16

Daily Activities:

Journal Entry:
None

Tuesday 12/6/16
Homework:
Work on the essay
  • Work on your research
  • Start crafting your thesis statement

Daily Activities:
Library research day - this day is designed to look for the two print sources neeed for the essay

Journal Entry:
None

Monday 12/5/16
Homework:
Work on the essay
  • Work on your research

Daily Activities:
In class research day. 
If you have your own laptop bring it so you don't have to use one of the school laptops.

Journal Entry:
None

Friday 12/2/16
Homework:
Work on the essay.
  • Select your prompt, and start your research. 

Daily Activities:
Finished The Shape of Africa by Jared Diamond
Introduced Africa Essay
​
Journal Entry:
What are the components of an essay?

Thursday 12/1/16
Homework:

Daily Activities:
Africa's geography
The Shape of Africa - Jared Diamond

Journal Entry:
•Why does geography matter?
•What can you say about Africa just by looking at it?
•How different is Africa’s geography from other places we have studied?

Wednesday 11/30/16
Homework:
Read West Africa Civilizations
Answer the questions that go along with the article - West Africa Civilizations Questions
Finish Africa Map Assignment
Turn in Unit 3 HW Packet & Journals
Due Thursday 12/1/16

Daily Activities:
Start Africa - Geography

Journal Entry:
None
Unit 3 - Latin America
Tuesday 11/29/16
Homework:
None
​
Daily Activities:
Unit 3 Assessment
Unit 3 Study Guide
PowerPoints
  • Ancient Latin America​
  • Conquistadors & Expansion

​Journal Entry:

Monday 11/28/16
Homework:

Daily Activities:

Journal Entry:

Friday 11/25/16
No School 

Thursday 11/24/16
No School

Wednesday 11/23/16
Homework:

Daily Activities:

Journal Entry:

Tuesday 11/22/16
Homework:
Read and take notes from Effects of global contact
Due Tuesday 11/23/16

Daily Activities: 
Finished reading and breaking up Birth of Spanish America
​Start discussion of Mercantilism, Triangular Trade, and Colombian Exchange 

Journal Entry:
•How does Jared Diamond of Guns Germs and Steel compare to Born in Blood and Fire?
•What’s similar?
•What’s different?
•Which do you agree with?

Monday 11/21/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Guns Germs and Steel part 2

Journal Entry:
None

Friday 11/18/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Discussed BIBF & fall of Aztec/Inca
BIBF - Birth of Spanish America
Journal Entry:
•What is the perspective of the textbook regarding Spanish rule in Latin America?
•In other words how does the author explain the situation?
•Positive, negative?
•Major points?

Thursday 11/17/16
Homework:
Read Spanish and Portuguese Colonies in the Americas
Answer the questions regarding the Spanish and Portuguese Colonies in the Americas
Due Friday 11/18/16

Daily Activities:
Discussed the difference between two sources
Discussed the Conquering of the Aztec and Inca

Journal Entry:
•Explain who the Conquistadors were, and how their guns horses and diseases impacted natives. 

Wednesday 11/16/16
Homework:
Read Conquest in the Americas
Answer the Conquest in the Americas Questions
Due Thursday 11/17/16

Daily Activities:
Finish Inca
Age of Exploration

Journal Entry: 
•Explain the differences between capitalism, socialism, and communism.
•Explain what kind of government the Inca had. 

Tuesday 11/15/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Inca

Journal Entry:
•What geographical challenges did the Inca face?
•How did geography impact the development of Incan society?

Monday 11/14/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Aztec

Journal Entry:
•Compare the Aztec to the Maya –
•Which civilization was more powerful?
•Explain why
•Use any notes or prior knowledge that you have

Thursday 11/10/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Civilization Collapse

Journal Entry: 
None

Wednesday 11/9/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Causes of Collapse - PowerPoint
Causes of Collapse - Article
Causes of Collapse - Worksheet
Causes of Collapse - Film
 Worksheet due at the end of the period.

Journal Entry:
None


Tuesday 11/8/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Maya

Journal Entry:
What was the largest impact the Mayan civilization had?

Monday 11/7/16
Homework:
  • Create a list of similarities between the following civilizations...
    • Inca/Maya
    • Inca/Aztec
    • Maya/Aztec
  • Create a list of key differences between the three
  • Due Tuesday 11/8/16

Daily Activities:
LA Civilization Jigsaw
  • Jigsaw Questions

Journal Entry:
•What is the most interesting thing you learned about your civilization?
•Explain why this is interesting.

Friday 11/4/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Work time for LA Civilization research

Journal Entry:
None

Thursday 11/3/16
Homework:
Work on research for civilization - See homework from yesterday

Daily Activities:
Research day for civilization research - met in library

Journal Entry:
​None

Wednesday 11/2/16
Homework:
Start research for your civilization assignment (see attachment) 
How to make note cards
How to use easy bib (online notecards)
Library Website
Due Friday 11/4/16

Daily Activities:
Olmec/Zaptoec
LA Maps

Journal Entry:
why do we care about the Olmec?

Tuesday 11/1/16
Homework:
Critically read and annotate your assigned section on (see the PP below)...
  • Maya - Pages 188 - 190
  • Inca - Pages 197-199
  • Aztec - Pages 192-194
  • Due Wednesday 11/2/16

Daily Activities:
Work on LA Map
Start Maya, Inca, Aztec research assignment
PowerPoint for today's work in class

Journal Entry:
None

Monday 10/31/16
Homework:
Research the Olmecs, find the following information...
  • Where they lived
  • Where they came from
  • How long the civilization survived
  • What their downfall was
  • What their daily life was like

Put together your Unit 2 HW Packet
  • Due Tuesday 11/3/16

Latin America Map
  • Follow the instructions on the PP (click on the link above)
  • Due Wednesday 11/2/16

Daily Activities:
  • Started Promises 

Journal Entry:
  • Argue what the greatest horror movie of all time is.
    • If you don’t like horror movies argue the greatest movie of all time. 
Unit 2- Monotheistic Religions 
Friday 10/28/16
Homework:
HW Packet for Abrahamic Religions 
Journal Entries for Abrahamic Religions
Print and read On the Brink of a New World 
  • If you don't have a way to print it at home make sure you print it at school. 
  • Summarize each section of the reading
Due Monday 10/31/16
​​
Daily Activities:
Abrahamic Religions Assessment
Abrahamic Religions Assessment Study Guide
PowerPoint - Abrahamic Religions

Journal Entry:
None

Thursday 10/27/16
Homework:
Study for assessment

​​
Daily Activities:
Islam Jigsaw

Journal Entry:
None

Wednesday 10/26/16
Homework:
Study for assessment
​​
Daily Activities:
Islam

Journal Entry:
  • Compare Islam, Judaism, and Christianity.
    • How are they similar, how are they different. 

Tuesday 10/25/16
Homework:
Read your selected article on Islam (if you missed class just pick one)
  • Take notes, be prepared to share with your table group
  • Building a Muslim Empire
  • Muslim Civilization's Golden Age
​​
Daily Activities:
Finished Christianity 
Started Islam


Journal Entry:
  • What do you know about Islam?
    • People, Places, Ideas
  • What do you want to know about Islam? 

Monday 10/24/16
Homework:
None
​

Daily Activities:
Christianity 

Journal Entry:

Friday 10/21/16
Homework:
Read and answer the attached questions for The Rise of Islam
Due Monday 10/24/16
​
Daily Activities:
Started Christianity 
Journal Entry:
Why is the Jewish god (Yahweh) worshipped by about 15 million people today, while Marduk is forgotten?
  • Come up with a thesis statement.

Thursday 10/20/16
Homework:
Critically read and annotate The Rise of Christianity
Due Friday 10/21/16

Daily Activities:
Finished Judaism 

Journal Entry:
•Argue the importance of Abraham.

Wednesday 10/19/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
PSAT's 
Counseling Needs Assessment

Journal Entry:
None

Tuesday 10/18/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Started Judaism

Journal Entry:
How is Abraham different from other individuals we have met this year? 



Monday 10/17/16
Homework:

Daily Activities:
Finish first episode of Guns, Germs, and Steel
Start Monotheistic Religions (Judaism)

Journal Entry:
How is Abraham different from other individuals we have met this year? 

Friday 10/14/16
Homework:
​​​Read and take notes from Roots of Judaism
  • Make sure you take notes, I will not stamp a critical read on a printed article
  • Due Monday
Daily Activities:
​Collect Unit 1 Journals and HW Packet
Start watching Guns Germs and Steel

Journal Entry:
None
Unit 1 - Cultural Foundations and Ancient Civilizations
End of Unit 1
 
Thursday 10/13/16

Homework:
​​Read and take notes from Roots of Judaism
  • Make sure you take notes, I will not stamp a critical read on a printed article
  • Due Friday 10/14/16 at the beginning of the period (this is part of unit 2 HW packet)
  • Reminder - the HW packet and journals are due at the beginning of the period, and hand written cover sheets will not be accepted.  

Daily Activities:
Unit 1 Exam
Unit 1 Study Guide
8 Traits of Culture
Ancient Civilizations
​
Journal Entry:
None

Wednesday 10/12/16
Homework:
​Study for test

Daily Activities:

​Review Day for Exam

Journal Entry:
None

Tuesday 10/11/16
Homework:
Reminder 2 Paragraph Essay is due tonight by 8:00 PM on turnitin.com ​
MLA for text book
Study for test

Daily Activities:

​Essay work time in Library

Journal Entry:
None

Monday 10/10/16
No School

Friday 10/7/16

Homework:
​Work on Ancient Civilization Essay
Ancient Civilization Essay Format Guide
​Study for test
​
Daily Activities:

Essay work time in CPU Lab
​
Journal Entry:
None

Thursday 10/6/16
Homework:
​None
​
Daily Activities:

Finish Assyria

Journal Entry:

Wednesday 10/5/16
Homework:
​
Daily Activities:

Finish Machiavelli
Start Assyria 
Assyrian Sculpture
Journal Entry:

Tuesday 10/4/16
Homework:
Complete the reading and assignment on Actively Learn called The Assyrian Empire
Due Wednesday 10/5/16​

Daily Activities:

Hard Power v Soft Power
The Prince
​
Journal Entry:
Trade civilizations with someone at your table.
In your journal write down the following items…
•Who’s civilization it is, and what it’s called
•Does it have all of the pieces necessary to create the Civilization?
•Maslow
•8 Traits of Culture
•Geography
•5 themes of Civilization
•Explain what makes the civilization a civilization

​
Monday 10/3/16
Homework:
Due tomorrow...
  • Civilization Creation​
  • Ms. Bacon's assignment
  • Both are due to me at the beginning of the class. 

Daily Activities:
Ancient Civilizations
​
Journal Entry:
​

Friday 9/30/16
Homework:
None
​
Daily Activities:
MLA Skills Development

Command Terms Quiz

Journal Entry:
None

Thursday 9/29/16
Homework:
Complete the activity on the attached slide. - Egypt v Mesopotamia
Due Thursday 9/29/16
Daily Activities:

Egypt

Journal Entry:
  • What are the similarities and differences of Mesopotamia and Egypt?
  • Where would you rather live?
    • Explain why.
Wednesday 9/28/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:

Started Egypt

Journal Entry:
•What do you know about Ancient Egypt?
•What do you know about Modern Egypt?
•Why do we care? ​

Tuesday 9/27/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:

1st Period: Civilization Rubric
2nd Period: Epic of Gilgamesh and Civilization Rubric

Journal Entry:
​•Explain if the Epic of Gilgamesh was actually EPIC or not?
•Be prepared to defend your stance.


Monday 9/26/16
Homework:
Read Pyramids on the Nile and answer the Pyramids on the Nile Reading Guide questions.
Due Tuesday 9/27/16

Daily Activities:

Finish Ancient Sumer
Start Ancient Egypt

Journal Entry:
What was the main argument being made in “Mankind: The Story of All of Us”?

Why do people live in groups? What are the benefits of groups? What are the problems with groups? 

Friday 9/23/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:

Man Kind
Command Terms Quiz

Journal Entry:
None

Thursday 9/22/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
  • Babalonian Gods
  • Epic of Gilgamesh

Journal Entry:
Do you think Hammurabi’s Code would work in Modern America?
Based on the code, what do you think the Mesopotamian’s value were?

Wednesday 9/21/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:

Pre-Assessment

Journal Entry:
None

​Tuesday 9/20/16
Homework:
Critically read and take notes from City States of Ancient Sumer
  • ​Due Wednesday 9/21/16

Daily Activities:
Pre-Assessment 

Journal Entry:
None

Monday 9/19/16
Homework:
Critically read and take notes from Invaders and Traders - Birth of Mesopotamia 
  • Due Tuesday 9/20/16
Daily Activities:
  • Hammurabi's Code
  • Mesopotamian Religion

Journal Entry:
  • What problems do we face as a society?
  • How do we solve these problems?

Friday 9/16/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
  • Vocab Quiz
  • Basic Features of civilization
  • Start Ancient Sumer
    • Where the Fertile Crescent is
    • Hammurabi's Code

Journal Entry:
Argue, based off what you know, which of the following is the most critical for the development for a civilization.
  • 8 traits of culture
  • 5 themes of geography
  • Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Thursday 9/15/16
Homework:
Critically read and take notes from Basic Features That Define Civilization
  • Due Friday 9/16/16 at the beginning of the period.

Daily Activities:
Discussed Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Journal Entry:
Take 30 seconds and research Abraham Maslow and come up with some basic background information on who he was.
  • Where he's from?
  • What he studied?
  • Etc...

Wednesday 9/14/16
Homework:
Read Maslow's Hierarchy and complete the attached assignment.
Due Thursday 9/15/16 at the beginning of class

Daily Activities:
  • Neolithic Revolution
  • Start Maslow's Hierarchy of needs
  • Additional Maslow reading (this is optional you don't have to read it) - Maslow

Journal Entry:
Write a three part thesis statement that argues which of the pieces of technology the Neolithic peoples had (or created) has been the most impact on humans.

Tuesday 9/13/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Finished discussing the 8 traits of culture
Discussed the 5 themes of geography

Journal Entry:
What, do you suppose, might the 5 theme (topics) of geography be?


Monday 9/12/16:
Homework:
Read Neolithic Revolution
Answer Neolithic Revolution Questions
  • DUE TOMORROW AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS

Daily Activities:
  • Reviewed 8 Traits of Culture
  • 5 Themes of Geography
  • Birth of Humans

Journal Entry:
Explain what a thesis statement is.
  • Use your own words, and be detailed
Argue which of the 8 traits of culture is the most important?
  • This is your opinion, be sure to explain why you believe what you believe.

Friday 9/9/16:
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Complete the activities outlined on the PowerPoint for today. They are all due by the end of the day. 
  • Student PowerPoint 9/9/16
  • Actively Learn
  • Thesis Practice 09/09/16
  • Turn It In
  • REMINDER**** Your homework from last night is due at the beginning of the period. 
  • We will finish discussing the 8 traits of culture on Monday

Journal Entry:
None

Thursday 9/8/16:
Homework:
Cultural Elements of the Sammamish Plateau
If you didn't finish the Humans are Adjective please complete it. 
  • Due Friday 9/9/16

Daily Activities:
8 traits of culture
​
Journal Entry:
Without using your phone (or any other device) define the term Culture. Don’t ask your table partners yet, we will talk about it.
  • Be detailed in your description
  • At least two full sentences 
Wednesday 9/7/16:
Homework:
None 

Daily Activities:
We will research/discuss what humans are.  
Humans are Adjective
Journal Entry:
Answer the following question - What makes a human a human?


Tuesday 9/6/16
Homework:

Daily Activities:
Village of 100

Journal Entry:
Tell me about your summer break. The good, the bad, the ugly. 


Monday 9/5/16
No School - Labor Day

Friday 9/2/16
Homework:
Critically read and annotate the syllabus
Complete the Important Information Survey
Due Tuesday 9/6/16

Daily Activities:
Student PowerPoint 9/2/16
  • Actively Learn
  • Turnitin.com
  • Article - What is Critical Reading?

​Journal Entry:
Explain the importance of breaks in school. 

Thursday 9/1/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Introductions & Class Explanations
​
Journal Entry:
None

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