UPDATE: If you have yet to take your Unit 6 test, send me an email so I can give you the link to the retake. Additionally, you will need to sign up on turnitin.com using the following information:
Class ID is :24411890 and the enrollment code: 1WH52020 Hello wonderful people! I hope everyone of you is staying safe and has taken advantage of the various opportunities for retakes and/or corrections for the various different things that we have done. If you have not, please check out the week 26 update so you can take care of those. I have some wonderfully good news for y'all. I have a new youtube page that will basically consist of me lecturing over powerpoint slides to try and assist in your understanding of the material that you will not be able to get from me personally. Mr Frost's videos helped give me some ideas so thank him when you end up seeing him. These videos are going to have lots of information and may come at you quickly, so please make sure you take notes (whatever way you need) and know if you have questions, I will be making follow up videos that are all Q&A based, so email me questions. The channel will be linked HERE. Additionally, there will be some information and worksheets here. Hello! I am so sorry I do not get to see any of you wonderful people, but hopefully this will help you all. I have received a variety of questions so let me answer a few that seem to be the most prevalent.
1. Many of you want to had planned on taking the Geography Test again to improve. If this is you, follow this LINK to the site and take it as many times as you need until you do not miss a single one. Make sure the screen shot is one where I can see all the countries. Remember to send me a screenshot so I can make the corrections I need to. When you send it to me, make sure to list the 4 countries that make up the UK and the most important of all cities in Europe (according to me, hint hint it is in Wales). 2. If you have the three worksheets done but forgot to turn them in, please send pictures of PDF of them to me as well. This way I can make sure to give you credit. The link to the three is on the assignments page of my website. 3. If you wanted to make test corrections for Unit 6, please follow this LINK and there you can go forth and get the credit back that you would have been able to do in class. If you have yet to take the Unit 6 assessment, there will be an alternative assessment in the coming days, please check back as I am working on it still. 4a. For those of you who have yet to do the American and French Revolution quiz, an alternative quiz can be found HERE. You will have TWO opportunities to take this. 4b. If you took the quiz in class, you make take the American and French Revolution quiz online, and I will take you best score. 5. Crash Course are great review ideas for overview of what we have done: American Rev French Rev Haitian Rev Please use these to help refresh what we had just finished going over for Unit 7, these should be used to reinforce the concepts and content that we were working on. 6. Email me with any questions and know that I am doing my absolute best to respond timely and to the best of my ability. 7. The following is ALL optional. a. We had spent quite a lot of time on a variety of Revolutions. To help solidify each of the revolutions and help compare them with one another, this WORKSHEET will have you compare them and answer some questions. b. Unfortunately, you all are not getting my riveting and exciting Industrial Revolution lecture, full of terrible jokes, puns, and over-the-top acting. However, if you click HERE, you will find a fascinating article all about the early Industrial Revolution. 9 March: Students grappled with the question of if the French Revolution was a success or if it was a Failure. Each students received 5 different documents to work with then had to answer a prompt using the information they have learned in previous lessons and the 5 documents. Students had all day to work on this paper and ask questions if needed.
Documents can be found HERE 10/11 March: Brief PowerPoint over the Haitian Revolution, then students watched a PBS documentary about the Haitian Revolution with guided questions and notes. 12 March: Started the Latin American Revolutions off with a map to show the pre and post look of Central and South America. Students then were given a guided notes page and we started working through the causes of the Latin American Revolution and some of the major implications of it. 13 March: No School 2 March: Class started with the Events of the Early French Revolution paper and moved into the Reign of Terror slides, with corresponding guided notes, allowing students to follow along with the lecture with more ease. 3/4 March: Finish the remaining slides discussing the end of the French Revolution and then students took a look at some excerpts from the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen, explaining a few of these articles in their own words. Then the classes finished the French Revolution documentary. 5 March: The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte coupled with the lasting impacts of his legacy. Students had a guided note and worked with it as a lecture was taking place. 6 March: John Greene Crash Course on the French Revolution to help summarize all the days of material. Students then had the opportunity to ask any questions they may have on the American and French Revolutions before the quiz. Following this, students took a quiz and had the remainder of class to complete assignments they may have missing. 24 February: Introduction into the American Revolution, coupled with a brief John Green video that takes the students on a brief overview of the entire Revolution. Then we started a lecture that had guided notes that connected the Enlightenment Ideals with the causes for the Revolution. Students were also reminded about the European Geography test on Block day, as well as a reminder to take Unit 6 Exam.
25/26 February: Beginning of class was the European Geography Test, then after this took place the remainder of the lecture from the previous day was completed. After this, the American Revolution part of the Unit was completed and we moved into the potential causes of the French Revolution by examining a variety of French Political Cartoons. 27 February: Completed the slides discussing the third estate and the potential list of reasons that lead to civil unrest in France. French Revolution documentary started and a guided questions packet was given to students to help assist them. 28 February: Continuation of the French Revolution Documentary. Every so often breaks are taken to discuss and explain what is happening up to that point in the Revolution. 10 February: Finishing the Peter the Great documentary and going over the guided questions that will assist for the Friday assessment. Students were then given the study guide for the assessment that will be on Friday.
11/12 February: Other Enlightenment thinkers and the legacy of the Enlightenment PowerPoint slides and lecture during the first half of the class. Students were also informed about the update to the schedule, with the Geography Assessment being moved to the week following Mid-Winter Break. The three assignments students need to turn in were also announced to all students, a list of which can be found on the Assignment page of the website. 13 February: Review and time given for students to work through parts of the Unit they still need assistance with. 14 February: Assessment! 3 February: Wrapped up discussion and worksheet on Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau. Students then took place in a Jigsaw to determine the overall effectiveness of some Monarchies. Students worked on if each example made the respective empires stronger or weaker.
4/5 February: Students were exposed to the variety of Social Studies options available to them as they sign up for classes. Multiple students from these class options talked to each of the classes, if you were missing ask Mr Hakes about this. Students were then given time to finish the Strengthen/Weaken worksheet on Absolute Monarchies and then this was gone over in class. After this, a PowerPoint slide and lecture was conducted about King Louis XIV of France, with a small reading and guided note paper handed out to students. 6 February: Slide presentation over the absolute rulers and monarchs of Russia including Ivan III, Ivan IV, and Peter the great. Students took notes on these slides as it will prepare them for the documentary over Peter the Great that they will be watching in class on Friday. 7 February: Peter the Great documentary with guided notes 27 January: No school for Students
28/29 January: Review new policies in the class such as an updated homework and test correction policy. Students then received a map of Europe and will be responsible for knowing all the European countries. An online quiz can be found HERE. After a brief time where students identify the countries, we moved onto an overview of Semester 2 and expectations. PowerPoint lecture about Political systems was given, with a worksheet, that will help over the entire semester. 30 January: Continued work on Political Systems while also including the idea of Sovereignty. Students received a worksheet to help solidify their understandings and work with real world examples. Then moved into Absolute Monarchies throughout the history of Europe, which will be expanded upon during Friday's lesson. Students were also informed that the European Geography test will take place the Friday before Mid-Winter break. 31 January: Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau because the main focal point of the class, specifically their philosophies as it relates to governments. Students received a reading that broke down what they believed and started completing some guided notes. After students worked independently on each of the philosophers, I explained each of them in detail to iron out any misunderstandings. 20 January: MLK Day, No School.
21 January: Regular schedule for today. Students played a Quizizz and then had the rest of the period to use to ask questions and work on their note card for their Finals this week. 22 January: Finals for periods 5, 6, & 7 23 January: Finals for periods 3 & 4 24 January: Finals for periods 1 & 2 |
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