Modern Civilizations (3) Assignments

Thursday 12/13 Agenda
1) Finish World War I class notes from yesterday
2) Finish watching Crash Course #36 since we didn't get the last couple of minutes on Tuesday
3) Notebook Assessment and Reflection - passed out the paper and explained grading
4) Unit Cover Page and Standards 10.6.1/10.6.2 - Create your own illustration or add visuals to your unit cover page; read and highlight the last two standards handouts

Homework 12/13
Prepare notebooks for being graded tomorrow
Continue working on review flash cards

Wednesday 12/12 Agenda
1) Standards 10.5.4 and 10.5.5 - Students read and highlighted these standards for key points
2) Class Notes - World War I - Using a PowerPoint presentation on "The War to End All Wars" students completed interactive notes on the causes, key events, and effects of World War I. We didn't quite finish the presentation so we will finish this tomorrow. Use the PPT attached if you missed any notes.

Homework 12/12
Continue working on extra credit review flash cards and completing notebooks for grading

Tuesday 12/11 Agenda
1) 15 minutes for groups to finish their posters if they didn't get done yesterday
2) Passed out and explained the Final Exam Extra Credit Review Flash Cards
3) Watched Crash Course World History #36 - World War I - students were told to take notes on page 142 in their NB (at least 10 bullet points and a summary statement) - see link below if you need a review

Homework 12/11
Organize notebooks and catch up on any missing work - notebooks graded this week!
Begin working on review flashcards

Monday 12/10 Agenda (Mrs. Povletich was absent)
Students had the entire class period to finish their WWI Illustrated Timeline. If they finished early, they were told to organize their notebooks and start on the homework assignment.

Homework 12/10
CH 11 SC 4 Note Taking Study Guide - Making Peace

Friday 12/7 Agenda (super late start)
With the short class periods, groups just had time to work on their illustrated timelines which will be due on Monday at the end of class.

Homework 12/7
None

Thursday 12/6 Agenda
1) Major Events Affecting the Course of WWI - Students highlighted Standard 10.5.3 while I went over the key points of the Russian Revolution and America's entrance in to the war.
2) Illustrated Timeline of World War I - students worked in groups to create a timeline poster showing three key events from each year of the war. Each event included a date, description, and illustration/visual.

Homework 12/6
Research Timeline Events in order to be prepared for tomorrow's work day

Wednesday 12/5 Agenda
1) Reviewed the start of the war and the plan for today
2) Chapter 11, Sections 2 and 3 as well as Standard 10.5.2 - Students read and highlighted the standard review before working in groups to complete the handout "A New Kind of War" using their textbook and the material they highlighted. (see attached)
3) Finish Visualizing Vocabulary if you did not finish it as homework.

Homework 12/5
Primary Source Analysis - War Diary and Soldier Poems (see attached)

Tuesday 12/4 Agenda
1) Students had 10 minutes to review and share information from last night's homework assignment on the Causes of World War I.
2) Students highlighted the key points of a handout summarizing Standard 10.5.1 - Factors Leading to World War I (see attached) prior to taking an open-note quiz on this topic
3) Students worked in partners to complete the Visualizing Vocabulary handout (see attached)

Homework 12/4
Finish Visualizing Vocabulary activity

Monday 12/3 Agenda
1) Focus Activity - map of Europe in 1913 (see attached) - use the PowerPoint notes OR page 353 in your notebook to label Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. Then color the Central Powers/Triple Alliance one color, the Allied Powers/Triple Entente another color, and the neutral nations and third color. Create a key when you are done.
2) Class Notes on the Causes of the War (see handout and presentation)
3) Add new Table of Contents (see attached)

Homework 12/3
Read Chapter 11, Section 1 (TB 352-357) and take notes on the handout provided (see attached). Open note quiz on this section tomorrow.

Friday 11/30 Agenda
1) Updated grades and discussion regarding intervention
2) Video on the "The Great War" - Part 1 (see link below; we will finish viewing this on Monday) - take at least 10 bullet notes today and then we will add more Monday; we got to 12 minutes on the clip.

Homework 11/30
None

Thursday 11/29 Agenda
1) Collected ESLA 5
2) Introduction to World War I (see attached PowerPoint and notes handout)

Homework 11/29
None

Wednesday 11/28 Agenda
1) Graded notebooks (if you were absent, please turn your notebook in to me for grading)
2) Work time on ESLA 5 (the 2nd section is now extra credit since we were not able to get in to the computer lab today)

* ESLA 5 is due tomorrow!

Homework 11/28
ESLA 5 (Sections 1 & 3)

Monday 11/26 Agenda
1) Discussion regarding grades, expectations, and Benchmark Exam 2
2) Notebook organization (see attached T of C)
3) Explanation of ESLA 5 which we will be working on in class the next couple of days. (see attached)
4) Assign countries for research on ESLA 5.

Homework 11/26
Organize notebook.
If you need to complete flash cards for extra credit on the benchmark, work on these for homework.
Begin ESLA 5

Wednesday 11/21 Agenda
Benchmark Exam - Cluster 2

* Notebooks graded on Monday

Homework 11/21
Prepare your notebook for grading (see attached T of C - all of Cluster 2)

Tuesday 11/20 Agenda
Students worked in groups to do a final review of nationalism and imperialism concepts in preparation for tomorrow's test and the transition to the next unit on WWI (see attached handout)

Homework 11/20
Study for Benchmark Exam - Cluster 2
Finish extra credit flash cards for the exam
Finish class work

* Notebooks will be graded on Monday!!

Monday 11/19 Agenda
In class today we completed the Imperialism interactive notes that we have been working for the past few days. Students should make sure they have answered all of the questions in the notes and completed the exit questions at the end.

Homework 11/19
Complete the Exit Questions at the end of the Imperialism class notes.
Study for the Benchmark Test which is on Wednesday!

Friday 11/16 Agenda
1) Current Events - Week in Rap #7 (see attached handout)
2) Continued working on Imperialism Interactive Notes Presentation

Homework 11/16
Review Flash Cards for Benchmark Exam #2 (next Wednesday)

Thursday 11/15 Agenda
1) Finished handouts regarding Nationalism in Europe (see yesterday's homework and the attached key for each handout)
2) Imperialism Presentation - we will be working on this presentation and interactive notes handout over the next three days (use the attached ppt to complete the notes handout but you will need to answer the questions on your own)

Homework 11/15
Continue working on make-up work and review flashcards for next week's benchmark exam

Wednesday 11/14 Agenda
1) Collect Quiz Corrections for CH 6 SC 1/2 and QUIZ for CH 6 SC 3/4.
2) Handed out and explained the Flashcard Review for the Cluster 2 Benchmark and the new Mod Civ Intervention Program (see attached)
3) Updated Table of Contents (see attached)
4) Crash Course Video Notes - The Industrial Revolution - The link is below; write at least ten facts that you learn from the video and then write a summary statement for the entire video when it is over.
5) Group Activity - Nationalism in Europe - Using the section summaries complete the accompanying reading charts for Chapter 7 (we are only briefly covering this chapter because we will go in to more detail when we get to the causes of World War I). - see attached handouts

Homework 11/14
No homework except for those students that need to work on missing assignments to meet the grade requirement by Friday (students must be earning a C by Friday and pass the first benchmark to avoid the December Intervention Program). Updated grades were handed out to those students in jeopardy.

Tuesday 11/13 Agenda
1) GVTV and Grade ESLA 4 - Responses to Capitalism (NB 106)
2) Discuss and review last Thursday's quiz - students were given the opportunity to correct them tonight as homework.
3) Review new intervention program; updated grades posted. (see attached handout)
4) Arts in the Industrial Age PowerPoint presentation (see attached ppt) - students did not have to take notes during this presentation because I wanted them focused on the images and videos; a handout of the content was provided after (see attached)
5) QUIZ - CH 6, SC 3 & 4 (started in class, finish as homework)

Homework 11/13
1) Quiz Corrections from CH 6 SC 1 & 2
2) Take-home QUIZ for CH 6 SC 3 & 4
3) Work on improving your grade to meet Friday's grade deadline!

Friday 11/9 Agenda
1) Discussed changes to the Mod Civ JDIC and class expectations. Students will receive a written handout on Tuesday explaining the changes.
2) Current Event - Week in Rap (if you were absent, you will need to get this handout from me on Tuesday)
3) In the last ten minutes, students had the opportunity to get their notebooks caught up or work on benchmark corrections. It is very important that they have pages 106 (Responses to Capitalism) and 112 (Changing Attitudes and Values) completed for Tuesday.
4) Past out updated grade reports - CHECK IC!!!!

Homework 11/9
Work on ways to improve your grades before the next grading period. Most importantly, complete an ESLAs that are not done AND work on notebook completion so it can be re-graded for improvement.

Thursday 11/8 Agenda
1) GVTV and E15M discussion
2) Finished our class activity from yesterday. Using posters created in class, students completed a flow chart summarizing the Industrial Revolution (see attached)
3) Organized notebooks (see attached T of C)
4) Quiz - Chapter 6, Sections 1 and 2 (if you were absent, please make arrangements to come in to take this quiz before next Thursday; it was open-note)

** I will grading the Responses to Capitalism on page 106 as ESLA 4 tomorrow. **
** There will be a quiz on Changing Attitude and Values tomorrow - NB 112

Homework 11/8
Links to Literature - read and answer the questions for both pages (see attached)

Wednesday 11/7 Agenda
Students worked in groups of 2-3 to create posters about the rise of cities as well as the causes and effects of the industrial revolution. After having 25 minutes to visually depict their assigned topic, they presented to the class as their peers took notes on a provided handout (see attached - NB 110-111).

Homework 11/7
None - make sure your notebook is complete and up-to-date to page 112.

Tuesday 11/6 Agenda
1) GVTV - results of mock election
2) Finish "Responses to Capitalism" which was started in class yesterday.
3) Review key points from "The Industrial Revolution Spreads" - CH 6 SC 1 (see attached key)
4) Begin working on homework

* Quiz tomorrow on CH 6, Sections 1 and 3

Homework 11/6
CH 6 SC 3 - Changing Attitudes and Values CHART (see attached)

Monday 11/5 Agenda
1) GVTV - Mock election
2) Warm-Up - Finish Friday's Current Event
3) Summary sentence (25 words of less) of Friday's note in class on the social impact of industrialization
4) Finish Industrialization notes (see attached handout and PPT notes)
5) Responses to Capitalism - students worked with a partner to look at how critics of capitalism developed their own ideas of how the economy should function in an industrialized world; we will finish this at the beginning of class tomorrow (see handout)

Homework 11/5
CH 6 SC 1 - The Industrial Revolution Spreads (see handout)

Friday 11/2 Agenda (super-late start)
1) Current Event - Week in Rap #5 (if you were absent, you can still complete the attached handout without having watched the video - please note there are two pages to it!!)
2) Workers of the Industrial Revolution - class notes (see attached handout and PowerPoint notes)

Homework 11/2
If you did not complete the Week in Rap questions and chart, complete this and turn it in on Monday.

Thursday 11/1 Agenda
Students were again given some time to complete pages 102-105 in preparation for their quiz. They took the quiz on CH 5, Sections 3 and 4 the last 20 minutes of class. If you were absent, please arrange a time to make up the quiz.

Grade reports were handed out so students could check their missing work. Any students that have not completed the following will be on the JDIC list for next week...
* ESLA 1, ESLA 2, ESLA 3 completed with at least 6/10 proficiency.
* Benchmark corrections that achieve at least 60% proficiency.
* Notebook assessments of at least 60% proficiency.

Homework 11/1
None

Wednesday 10/31 Agenda
Since many students had incomplete notebooks, they were give the first 35 minutes of class today to update their notebooks in preparation for getting them graded. We then graded them in class the last 20 minutes of class.

Homework 10/31
Make sure pages 102-105 are complete in preparation for the open-note quiz that was postponed until tomorrow.
Happy Halloween!

Tuesday 10/30 Agenda
1) Warm-Up (see attached handout)
2) Students used the posters they completed in class on Monday to exchange notes about the social impact of the Industrial Revolution (NB 102-103). If you were absent, you can read Chapter 5, Section 3 to take notes for yourself.

Homework 10/30
Read Chapter 5, Section 4 and complete the reading guide that is on NB 104-105.
Quiz and notebook check during class on Wednesday.

Monday 10/29 Agenda
1) Organized notebooks - pasted in the work for the next few days (see attached handouts and Table of Contents)
2) Class Notes - The Industrial Revolution (see attached PowerPoint notes)
3) Social Effects of Industrialization (group activity) - students worked in groups to complete posters that highlighted three key points of a topic in Chapter 5, Section 3; these posters will be shared tomorrow so students can see how the industrial revolution affected workers and society in general.

Homework 10/29
CH 5, SC 4 - "New Ways of Thinking" - take notes on the outline on NB 104-105 (part of handout from above)

Friday 10/26 Agenda
1) Since many students did not complete the homework from last night, students were given time to complete some of their assignment in groups before taking their quiz.
2) Week in Rap Current Events (see attached handout)
3) Quiz on Chapter 5 Section 2 (please make arrangements with me to make this up if you were absent.

Homework 10/26
None

Thursday 10/25 Agenda
1) Organize Notebooks (see attached Table of Contents)
2) Quiz - CH 5, SC 1 - this quiz was open-note based on yesterday's class work (if you were absent, please make arrangements to make it up)
3) Reading Guide for Chapter 5, Section 2 (see attached handout)

Homework 10/25
Finish the Reading Guide for Chapter 5, Section 2 - Quiz tomorrow

Thursday 10/25 Agenda
Computer Lab Work Day
Students used the Interactive Silk Roads Map (see link) to complete a map and questions related to the Silk Roads trade network that developed during the time period we are studying (see attached handout).

Homework 10/25
Read textbook pages 288-294 and take notes on the handout provided (see attached)

** Unit Test and Notebook Collection will be next WEDNESDAY 10/31!!!!
** Notebooks will be graded for chapters 10-12

Wednesday 10/24 Agenda
1) Warm-Up - students studied the map introducing the unit on page 166-167 while completing a series of questions that were turned in when they were finished (see attached handout)
2) Reading Guide - Chapter 5, Section 1 - students had the rest of the class period to complete the reading guide; although they should have finished it during class, anything they didn't get done was homework (see attached handout)

Homework 10/24
ESLA #3 - Enlightenment Philosophers Matrix (see handout)

Tuesday 10/23 Agenda
1) Organize new unit in notebook - using the handouts provided, students organized the beginning section of the new unit in their notebook (see attached handouts; if you were absent, I have a set of the handouts for you).
2) When they were done with notebooks, students continued to work on Benchmark Exam corrections. Those that had finished yesterday started on the homework assignment - ESLA 3.

Homework 10/23
ESLA #3 - Enlightenment Philosophers Matrix (DUE on Thursday 10/25) - see attached handout

Monday 10/22 Agenda
1) Quarter 1 Grade Reflection - if you were absent, see me to get your updated grade and reflection form
2) Corrections on Cluster 1 Benchmark Exam - if you were absent, you will need to make arrangements to see me for corrections this week; we will continue corrections tomorrow in class.

Homework 10/22
NONE

Friday 10/19 Agenda
1) Week in Rap - if you were absent, please see me to receive an alternative assignment for the current event.
2) Benchmark grades posted (students will have the opportunity to make corrections on Monday)

No homework for the weekend!

Thursday 10/18 Agenda
Cluster 1 Benchmark Test

NO HOMEWORK!!!

Wednesday 10/17 Agenda
1) Updated grades were posted - check IC if you were absent
2) Cluster 1 Standards Review - students finished the last two pages of the standards review during class in preparation for tomorrow's benchmark test

Homework 10/17
Study for the Benchmark Test!!!!

Tuesday 10/16 Agenda
1) Finished notes on the Revolutions in Europe and Latin America (see attached charts)
2) Students work on the Content Standards Review for Thursday's Benchmark Exam (see attached) - pages 1-4 are due tomorrow; pasted on pages 80-83 in the notebook.

Homework 10/16
Use Standards Review Packet to complete Standards Review Notes

** Benchmark Exam on Thursday!!! **

Monday 10/15 Agenda
1) Updated notebooks (see attached Table of Contents)
2) Notes on the Age of Ideologies (see attached handout and PowerPoint notes)
3) Partner work for Revolutions in Europe in 1830 and 1848 (see handout) - we will finish this in class tomorrow

** Benchmark Exam for Cluster 1 on Thursday and Friday **

Homework 10/15
Revolutions in Latin America Chart and Important Terms/People (see attached handouts)

Friday 10/12 Agenda
1) Current Events - The Week in Rap Video Questions and Activity (see attached)
2) Students working on the enrichment activity were excused to the computer lab to continue working.
3) Students working on ESLA #2 continued working during class while I worked with individual groups to answer questions and clarify content.

Homework 10/12
ESLA #2 is DUE at the beginning of class for anyone that did not score a 7.0/10 or higher the first time around. Anyone that does not have it 100% complete will be on the JDIC list for next week.

Thursday 10/11 Agenda
1) Updated grades were distributed
2) Students that earned a 70% or higher on ESLA #2 worked as a group in the computer lab on a French Revolution enrichment activity.
3) Students that earned less than 70% completed a reflection of their work in Mod Civ and began working on completing their ESLA #2.

Homework 10/11
For those students still working on ESLA #2, the first row of boxes on each page needs to be complete when you come to class tomorrow.
For those students working on the enrichment activity - no homework.

Wednesday 10/10 Agenda
1) Students turned in ESLA #2 on the French Revolution
2) Paragraph Shrinking on the Congress of Vienna - working in groups, students summarized the end of Chapter 3 by completing a paragraph shrinking activity on the concluding events of the French Revolution (see attached)
3) Chapter 3 - Review of Key Concepts (see attached)

** Updated Table of Contents is attached

Homework 10/10
NONE

Tuesday 10/9 Agenda
1) Current Event - Week in Rap (see attached) - this is from last Friday; many students did not finish it so they had time in class to get it completed before turning it in for a grade; if you were absent last Friday, you can print it from here and use the story summaries for questions 9-16 to answer 1-8 as well.
2) Make-Up Quizzes - any students that had make-up quizzes to complete worked on them during class today.
3) Work time on ESLA #2 - The French Revolution (see attached) - continuation of yesterday's work time. The ESLA is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday (it's due Thursday for students that were absent on Monday)

Homework 10/9
ESLA #2

Monday 10/8 Agenda
ESLA #2 - French Revolution
Students will had individual work time on the Learning Activity which is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday 10/10. They will have the same work time tomorrow in class but should plan on completing some of it as homework.

Homework 10/8
Continue working on ESLA #2

Friday 10/5 Agenda
1) Update Table of Contents and Notebooks (see attached NB Check handout for page numbers)
2) Notebook Self-Assessment and Reflection (see attached handout) - students graded their own notebook and completed a self-reflection on their work up to this point before turning their notebook in to be graded this weekend.
3) Current Event - The Week in Rap - students watched a short video highlighting the top news stories of the week explained in a rap song. They answered questions while viewing and then read additional information and answered more questions when they were done. For absent students - I cannot show the link since this is a purchased video. However, the attached handout has all of the content you need to complete all of the questions.

Homework 10/5
None

Thursday 10/4 Agenda
1) Updated Table of Contents and Notebooks (see attached T of C)
2) QUIZ - Chapter 3, Sections 2 and 3 (open note) - see me if you were absent to make arrangements for your make-up quiz
3) The Age of Napoleon Flow Chart (see attached handouts) - students each took one section of reading to write 3 details about the general topics and then shared with their classmates; any work not completed in class was homework

* NOTEBOOKS COLLECTED TOMORROW!!!! *

Homework 10/4
The Age of Napoleon Flow Chart (NB 68-71)
* you may continue watching the documentary links for further information on the revolution if you would like *

Wednesday 10/3 Agenda
1) Warm-Up - Read "A Tale of Two Cities" handout and answer the questions at the bottom. In addition, define democracy on the back of the page. (see handout - turn in to me)
2) Finish Key Events - students used the notes keys posted around the room to complete their Key Events on the French Revolution (see attached handout of the answer keys to complete your own)

Homework 10/3
Cornell Notes on the 3rd Stage of the Revolution (see attached handout)
Study for quiz on sections 2 and 3 of chapter 3
* you may watch the video links for further information on the revolution if you would like *

Friday 9/28 Agenda
1) QUIZ - CH 3 SC 1 (if you were absent, please see me to make arrangements for the make-up quiz)
2) Work time on Key Events - Reactions from Others to the Reign of Terror (see attached handouts - NB 63-65)
3) Individual teacher-student discussions regarding grades and JDIC for all students with Ds or Fs

Homework 9/28
Finish Key Events - Reactions from Others to the Reign of Terror
* You may watch the video links to the documentary for more information if you would like *

Thursday 9/27 Agenda
1) Review of Key Events - Part 1 (see yesterday's work if you need the pages) - students used the white boards to list key information for each topic
2) Group QUIZ for CH 3 SC 1 (if you were absent, please come in to make this up by next Friday 10/5)
2) Watched part of a video on the March on Versailles (see attached). Students completed their notes pages while viewing. Anything that wasn't completed from the video could be found in the textbook. Video clip is included for absent students to view.

Homework 9/27
Use a textbook to finish the notes on the March on Versailles and the Constitution of 1791

Wednesday 9/26 Agenda
1) Organized notebooks (see attached Table of Contents)
2) Watched a video on the Meeting of the Estates General and the Tennis Court Oath (ATTACHED: Key Events of the French Revolution - Part 1. Students completed their notes pages while viewing. Anything that wasn't completed from the video could be found in the textbook. Video clip is included for absent students to view.

Homework 9/26
CN - Storming of the Bastille and the Great Fear (see attached)

Tuesday 9/25 Agenda
We were in the computer lab the entire short period today completing the assignment from yesterday. Anything not completed in class was homework. See yesterday's homework posting for details.

Homework 9/25
Finish French Revolution - Part 1 PowerPoint Notes on the handouts provided in class on Monday.

Monday 9/24 Agenda
1) Introduction to the French Revolution - Part 1 (notes handout NB 54-58 - see attached)
2) Video notes - 15 facts about the French Revolution (see link below)
3) People of the French Revolution (see link below to complete the chart on your handout)
4) French Revolution PowerPoint - Part 1 (in the computer lab, students used the PowerPoint to complete the notes on the Old Regime and Causes of the French Revolution) - see attached

Homework 9/24
Cornell Notes - Louis XVI Calls the Estates-General (NB 59)

Friday 9/21 Agenda
1) Collect ESLA #1 - if you did not turn your's in, you can turn it in next week but you will lose professionalism points for it being turned in on time.
2) Organize notebooks and update Table of Contents (see attachment)
3) Video Notes - Crash Course American Revolution - write ten facts as you watch the video and then summarize in a sentence of 15-25 words (see link below)

Homework 9/21
None, unless you did not complete the ESLA #1

Thursday 9/20 Agenda
Work day to complete Illustrated Timeline on the Birth of the American Republic (see handout) and Essential Standard Learning Activity 1 (see handout)

Homework 9/20
ESLA 1 is due tomorrow!!!

* Today was the last day for quiz corrections and make-up work at lunch and after school.

Wednesday 9/19 Agenda
1) Returned notebooks and discussed grading
2) Birth of the American Republic Illustrated Timeline (see attached) using CH 2 SC 3 in your textbook. Write a description and draw a picture for each item (does not need to be colored)
3) Make-up quizzes for absent students during work time

Homework 9/19
Work on ESLA #1 (assigned yesterday and due on Friday)

* The last day for test corrections and make-up work is tomorrow at lunch or after school until 4:30.

Tuesday 9/18 Agenda
1) Essential Standard Learning Activity #1 - pass out and explained (handout attached) - due on FRIDAY! (no late work accepted; all work completed by hand and in your own words)
2) QUIZ - CH 2 SC 2 (open-note) - students turned in their homework assignment after the quiz; if you were absent, please make arrangements to take the quiz by Thursday
3) Notes - Birth of the American Republic (see attached handout and PowerPoint notes)
4) Video: The American Revolution (notes are optional but will be useful for Wednesday's class work.

Homework 9/18
Work on ESLA #1

Monday 9/17 Agenda
1) CN - Enlightenment Ideas Spread - group activity (see attachment). Working in groups of 3, students completed the charts and questions for Chapter 2, Section 2. Anything not completed in class was homework.
2) Constitution Day Video

Homework 9/17
Finish CN - Enlightenment Ideas Spread

Friday 9/14 Agenda
1) Lecture - Background of the Enlightenment: The Age of Reason; students took notes on the CN page and then completed the summary and questions. )See attached PowerPoint notes and handout - NB 44)
2) QUIZ - CH 2, SC 1 (if you were absent, make arrangements to take this by Thursday 9/20)

Homework 9/14
NONE :)

Thursday 9/13 Agenda
1) Finish Chapter 1 Review - students worked in groups on the Roots of Democracy page of the review sheet
2) Charts on Philosophy in the Age of Reason (see attachment - NB 43 and 45)

Homework
Finish charts on Philosophy in the Age of Reason

Wednesday 9/12 Agenda
1) Warm-Up: In response to a GVTV special on bullying and the recent anti-American attacks overseas, write a paragraph regarding the use of social media. In light of numerous events worldwide and locally, do you think there should be some government control of social media if people are being harmed as a result of it? Support your answer in detail with evidence.
2) Notebook Assessment Explanation (see handout)
3) Chapter 1 Review - working in groups and with notes provided in class, students completed  The Rise of Christianity (NB 40) and Important Thinkers and Documents (NB 41) - see attachment for PowerPoint notes
4) Fire Drill - class released at 9:45

Homework 9/12
Work on notebook organization in preparation for grading on Friday

Tuesday 9/11 Agenda
1) Warm-Up: brief discussion of 9/11 impact/progress (no work turned in)
2) Chapter 1 Review (see attachment) - working in groups, students completed Greek Rulers and Philosophers activity (NB 38) and took notes on Classical Roman Government (NB 39)

Homework 9/11
Work on notebook organization in preparation for grading on Friday

Monday 9/10 Agenda
1) Warm-Up: Current Events questions based on CNN Student News (if you were absent, see me for an alternate activity)
2) Lecture - Review and new information on the Development of Democracy in England (see attachment and lecture - NB 35, 36, and 37)

Homework 9/10
Primary Source Analysis Questions on NB 36 using textbook and handout on the Magna Carta (attached)

Friday 9/7 Agenda (super-late start rally schedule)
In the short class period students worked on the Development of Democracy in England Graphic Organizers

Homework 9/7
Complete Visualizing Vocabulary and Key English Rulers Graphic Organizers (see attachment)

Thursday 9/6 Agenda
1) Warm-Up: Grade Reflection (you will need to get this in class because it requires a printout of your grade)
2) Finished notes on the Principles of Judaism (see PowerPoint notes - you should already have the notes page from Tuesday - NB 27)
3) Reviewed the content on the chart showing the influence of Judaism on law and morality that should be on page 26 (see attachment)
4) QUIZ - Chapter 1, Sections 3 & 4 (Open Note) - if you are absent, you need to make this up during lunch on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday of next week

Homework 9/6
CN - Th Growth of Royal power in England (see attachment - NB 33)

Wednesday 9/5 Agenda
1) Updated Table of Contents (see handout)
2) Notebook organization - many students needed to get notebooks organized so they had class time to work with their partners to make sure everything was in the correct place and they weren't missing anything.
3) Guided Reading Questions - The Rise of Christianity (see handout - NB 28-31); students worked in pairs to complete the questions and activities. Anything not finished in class is homework.
** Likely open-note quiz tomorrow on Judiasm and Christianity **

Homework 9/5
GRQs - The Rise of Christianity

Tuesday 9/4 Agenda
1) Peer Notebook Check
2) Map of Ancient Rome (see attachment - NB 24)
3) Lecture: The Principles of Judaism (see attachment for notes outline - NB 25 and 27 - and PowerPoint slides)

Homework 9/4
1) The Influence of Judaism on Law and Morality - Create the chart on the attached file on page 26 in your NB. Read page 31 in your textbook and take notes in the appropriate boxes.

Friday 8/31 Agenda
1) Students continued working in groups to complete their paragraph shrinking notes on Rome (Chapter 1, Section 2) - see attachment if you didn't get it done in class.
2) When they were finished, they were to write their Cornell notes questions and answer the focus questions in the summary section for the all four parts on Rome.
3) Quiz on Chapter 1, Section 2
4) Notebooks were collected.

Homework 8/31
NONE

Thursday 8/30 Agenda
1) Working in groups, students used the rewritten sentences their classmates had created to take notes on the Roman empire and republic.

Homework 8/30
Continue the Cornell notes for Chapter 1, Section 2.
QUIZ on Friday

Wednesday 8/29 Agenda
1) Warm-Up QUIZ on CH 1 SC 1 (if you were absent, please make arrangements to take this outside of regular class time)
2) Paste Cornell Notes for today's activity in your notebook - Establishing a Republic (NB 20), From Republic to Empire (both pages on NB 21 so the fold up or over each other), Roman Law (NB 22), and Greco-Roman Civilization (NB 23)
3) Paragraph Shrinking - each students was given one paragraph from CH 1 SC 2 to shrink in to a sentence of no more than 25 words (needs to be a complete sentence that summarize the main idea and key points). Students posted their sentences around the room and used them to start the Cornell Notes on the Roman Empire (see handout)

Homework 8/29
1) Using the paragraph shrinking method, complete the CN - Establishing a Republic (NB 20)

Tuesday 8/28 Agenda
1) Warm-Up: Video and discussion on the legacy of ancient Greece (see link and handout for NB 16). What will your legacy be? Make a list of five specific things that your generation will be remembered for 4,000 years from now.
2) The Greek Philosophers (see handout) - the page with the pictures of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle goes on NB 18. Using the other handout and your textbook, cut and paste or re-write each description under the correct philosopher.

Homework 8/28
1) Finish the Greek Philosophers activity
2) CN - Alexander and the Hellenistic Age (NB 19)

Monday 8/27 Agenda
1) Warm-Up: List five stories happening in the news in the last week. Only two can be local news stories.
2) Update Table of Contents (see attachment)
3) Class Notes - The Greek City-States (see attachment and notes handout)
4) Finish questions and summary/focus question from class notes

Homework 8/27
1) Cornell Notes - The Age of Pericles

Friday 8/24 Agenda
1) Homework check - NB 4, 6, 7, 9, 11 (spot check for completion only) - these same pages will be graded more thoroughly when notebooks are collected; students are encouraged to finish them if they are not done at this point.
2) Introduction to Ancient Greece video - no notes were taken so I did not link the clip
3) Cornell Notes expectations - see handout (paste on NB 12)
4) Cornell Notes - The Greek Roots of Democracy from video clip and textbook pages 10-11 (paste on NB 13)

Homework 8/24
Students are expected to use their textbook to finish notes about the roots of democracy in the video and then answer the focus question as their summary PARAGRAPH.

Thursday 8/23 Agenda
1) Warm-Up: Five Themes of Geography (see attached PowerPoint for instructions)
2) Course Outline - view online, get parent signature by Monday
3) Visualizing Vocabulary - NB 9
4) Map of Ancient Greece - NB 11

Homework 8/23
Finish Vocabulary and Map
Possible/likely homework check tomorrow for all of this week!

Tuesday 8/21 Agenda
1) Warm-Up "History of the World in Seven Minutes" Video - On page 8 of your NB, write five facts you learned from the video and then write a well-developed, one sentence summary of the history of the world. (see link to video)
2) In groups, finished CA Standard Write About for 10.1; started working on 10.2

Homework 8/21 - DUE ON THURSDAY 8/23
1) Both of the Standards Write Abouts (10.1 and 10.2) on pages 6-7 in your NB. Make sure summaries are a full paragraph of at least five sentences.

Wednesday 8/22
Sophomore Class Meeting in the gym. Do NOT report to class for attendance. Go directly to the gym.

Monday 8/20 Agenda
1) Notebook Organization (see attachments)
2) Goal-Setting (NB page 4)
3) Started work on CA Standard Write About for 10.1 (NB page 5)

Homework 8/20
1) Goal-setting
2) Write About - CA Standard 10.1

Friday 8/17 Agenda
1) Warm-Up: Double Bubble Comparison Map of 9th and 10th grade
2) Grades and accountability
3) Prior knowledge activity

Homework 8/17
Bring in an 8 1/2" x 11", 100 page, college-ruled, spiral notebook to be used ONLY for Mod Civ. I will have extras available if necessary for those that need them.

3) Course description
4) Overview of class expectations and technology plans/policy

Homework 8/16
1) Technology Survey and parent signature on Acceptable Use Policy
2) Student Profile (make sure you do both pages)