FINALS WEEK!  ~Good luck students!

Both American History and World History classes will be focusing on FINALS throughout Monday and Tuesday this week. The FINALS schedule is as follows:


Wednesday 12/19
8:35 AM ‐ 10:07 AM 92 2nd FINAL
10:12 AM ‐ 12:14 PM 122 4th/Lunch
12:19 PM ‐ 12:51 PM 32 BEST
12:56 PM ‐ 2:28 PM 92 6th FINAL

Thursday 12/20
7:35 AM ‐ 9:07 AM 92 1st
9:12 AM ‐ 10:44 AM 92 3rd FINAL
10:49 AM ‐ 12:51 PM 122 5th/Lunch
12:56 PM ‐ 2:28 PM 92 7th FINAL

Friday 12/21 ‐ Early Release
7:35 AM ‐ 9:00 AM 85 1st FINAL
9:05 AM ‐ 10:30 AM 85 4th FINAL
10:35 AM ‐ 12:00 PM 85 5th FINAL

American History

1) Journal: Describe the courses that should be taught in a 'perfect' school.
2) Education and Pop Culture of the 1920's
3) Final Review
No HW-start preparing for finals

World History

1) Journal: What was your favorite unit this semester and why?
2) Class song-one more time! :)
3) Big Ideas-Final Review
No HW-start preparing for finals

American History and World History- same as Wed. 12-12-12

American History

1) Journal: What role does music play in your life?
2) Harlem Renaissance
3) Notes and Jazz selections
No HW

World History

1) Wrap up guillotine story (from yesterday)
2) French Revolution topics
3) French Revolution song and lyrics
No HW

American History

1) finish Growing Pains notes
2) "Who" of the 1920's
No HW

World History

1) Journal: What rights do we lack today?
2) Notes: 1789
3) The Guillotine story
No HW

American History

1) Journal: Are you someone who likes change? Why or why not?
2) The New Decade (1920's) -active reading exercise
3) Notes: Growing Pains (part I)
4) Vanzetti Court Statement
No HW

World History

1) Journal: In your opinion, what is the most important thing that makes a society function?
2) Declaration of the Rights of Man-reading
3) Creation of Declaration
No HW

American History

-WWI Quiz
No HW

World History

Final draft of essay due (time to work on in class)
No HW

American History and World History -same as Wed. 12/5

American History 

1) Notes: Treaty of Versailles
2) Treaty of Versailles-Decision Time (analysis activity)
3) Taboo w/ WWI vocab
HW: Study for quiz on Friday 12/7

World History

1) Vocab activity
2) Go over essays-new assignment on Friday
3) French Revolution documentary
No HW

American History

1) Journal: Would you have been a soldier or conscientious objector?
2) Collapse of Germany
3) Wilson's Fourteen Points
4) Create your own end of WWI
No HW

World History

1) Journal: When is a national revolution justified?
2) Reading Guide (questions 7-end)
3) Revolution Threatens the French King-handout
No HW

American History

1) Journal: What does propaganda mean? Where do we see propaganda today?
2) Notes: U.S. Homefront
3) Assignment
HW: complete propaganda-due tomorrow

World History

1) Journal: "Today's liberals are tomorrow's conservatives"-based on your handout from Friday, why is this statement often true?
2) revisit handout from Friday
3) 5 W's of France
4) Causes of the French Revolution

American History

1) Propaganda handout and questions
2) DBQ's-pgs. 334-335/#'s 1-5
3) Create your own! :)
No HW

World History

1) Political Revolutions-Political Evolutions-handout
2) Interact with History-Reading 9-1
No HW

American History and World History-same as Wednesday 11/27

American History

1) Journal: Do you feel WWI was inevitable?
2) What do we know so far? -activity
3) Notes: Countdown to War
   -Declaration of Neutrality
   -Zimmerman Note
   -Declaration of War

World History

Enlightenment Mini-DBQ's-day 3
   -Essay Writing

American History

1) Journal: Which cause (MAIN) was most influential at the start of WWI?
2) Review July Crisis w/ ppt
     -Schlieffen Plan
     -Trench Warfare
3) Trench Warfare
     -write letters

World History

*Enlightenment Mini-DBQ's-day 2
No HW

American History

1) WWI Simulation
2) Map check/inventory
No HW

World History

1) Enlightenment Mini-DBQ's-day 1
No HW

American History

1) Journal: What is your favorite Thanksgiving tradition?
2) The July Crisis of WWI
3) Map
No HW over break, make sure map is complete through question #2

World History

- TEST
No HW over break!

American History

1) Go over tests
2) Journal: Why DO nations go to war?
3) K-W-L over WWI
4) Notes: MAIN causes of WWI
5) Assassination-eye witness account
No HW

World History

- Review for test: tomorrow

American History

Imperialism Test -good luck! :)

World History

1) finish interviews
2) Taboo game
3) Test review-begin working on it, test Tuesday, 11/20
HW: Work on test review in preparation for Tuesday's test

American History and World History -same as Wednesday 11/14

American History

1) Test Review
   -ABC's of Imperialism-activity
   -"Around the Clock"-activity
   -Q and A
HW: Study for Test (Friday 11/16)

World History

1) Journal: Of all the ideas from the philosophers, which do you see having the greatest effect on America today?
2) American Revolution tie to the Enlightenment
3) Hobbes/Locke story
4) Interview-create and share
No HW

American History

1) Class Brainstorm/Activity on People, Places, and things from Imperialism unit
2) ID (Identify and Decide)
3) Students choose and write
4) Test review-time to start
HW: Test this Friday 11/16 (begin studying and working on review)

World History

1) Journal: "Man is born free yet everywhere he is in chains." What does Rousseau mean by this?
2) Notes: Impact and Spread of Enlightenment
3) A Paris Salon
No HW

American History

1) Journal: Think about the U.S. today. How do you see the U.S. as a world power?
2) Notes: The U.S. as a World Power
3) Map/Questions
4) ID's - finish
No HW

World History

1) finish Intro to Enlightenment sheet
2) Philosophers chart
No HW

American History

1) Pop Quiz
2) Roosevelt Corollary (review of Monroe Doctrine) -handout
3) Zip Card Review

World History

1) Journal: What role does reason play in your life?
2) Age of Reason Questionnaire
3) Intro to the Enlightenment handout
HW: Interview a family member/friend over the Age of Reason Questionnaire

American History and  World History - same as Wed. 11/7

American History

1) Presidential Coverage wrap-up
2) Journal: Do you think TR would make a good President today? Why or why not?
3) Presidential Diplomacy
4) Panama Canal -Geography assignment and clip
No HW

World History

1) Presidential Coverage wrap-up
2) English Book Club ("Parliament Limits the English Monarch")
No HW

American History

1) Journal: What quote or phrase do you live by?
2) TR's diplomacy and political cartoon activity
3) Presidential Coverage
No HW

World History

1) Peter-the-Great ('quiz')
2) Monarch review (3-D style)
No HW

American History

1) Journal: What is the most interesting fact your remember about Teddy Roosevelt from the documentary?
2) Spanish American War -story and questions
3) Philippines t-chart
No HW

World History

1) Peter-the-Great handout, questions and discussion
HW: Read Peter-the-Great in text, be ready for short quiz on Monday 11/5

American History and World History -same as Wednesday, Oct. 31st

American History

1) Compass-N = New Lands, E = Expansion, S = Support for Imperialism, W = War
2) Cast of Characters
3) TR Documentary
No HW

World History

1) finish the Spain Game
2) Notes: Louis XIV
3) Power Clothes
4) "Dress for Success" questions and discussion
No HW

American History

1) Journal: Is the news important? What is your source for news?
2) Yellow Journalism activity
No HW

World History

1) Notes: Philip II
2) Begin Spain Game (review)
No HW

American History

1) Spanish American War
      -handout
      -questions on back
2) Update ID page
No HW

World History

1) Spanish Monarch-Philip II
      -pgs. 133-137
      - outline notes
2) pg. 137; #2
No HW if all is completed in class

American History

1) Journal: What is your favorite story of all time?
2) The U.S. Takes Hawaii-story
3) Compass/ID's
No HW

World History

1) Absolute Monarch's of Europe - research in computer lab
No HW

American History and World History - see Wed. 10/24

American History

1) Journal: How can Imperialism be a good and bad thing at the same time?
2) Notes: Imperialism
3) Isolationism reading and Document Based Questions
4) "Create a Colony"
HW-finish colonies-due Friday 10/26

World History

1) Journal: Interact with History questions
2) Forms of Government
3) Divine Right of Kings
4) Absolute Monarchies from then and of today
No HW

American History

1) Journal: What is your favorite place in the world and why?
2) 1/2 sheet Imperialism scenarios
3) What is Imperialism-handout
4) Debate recap
HW: Essay due next class (4th and 6th hours-Wed./1st and 5th hours-Thurs.)

World History

Unit Test
No HW

American History

1) Journal: What are some of your goals for the second part of this semester? Explain.
2) Tests back/go over
3) Assignment: Re-do test essay question
4) Election coverage and prep for tonight's debate
HW: Extra credit-watch tonight's debate and take notes

World History

1) Discuss election coverage
2) Review for test
HW: Study for test tomorrow 10/23

American History and World History - Election Coverage

No HW-except World History students: you have a test on Tues. 10/23

American History

Reform Era Unit Test
-Test Reviews are due!

World History

1) Journal: What are some of your favorite foods? Are those ingredients available in the KC area?
2) Notes: Columbian Exchange
3) Test Review-begin
No HW

American History

1) Review for Test
2) Q and A over Test Review
HW- Study for tomorrow's test and complete test review

World History

1) Journal: Explain a time when you have wanted to isolate yourself from someone or something.
2) Isolation v. Exploration activity
3) Map work
No HW

American History

1) Windows due
2) Vocab match
3) Invisible Children discussion
No HW except study for test - Tues. 10/16

World History

1) finish presentations
2) finish reading guides
No HW

American History and World History -same as Wed. 10/10

American History

1) One page summary of the Reform Era using all ID's from unit.
2) Complete Study Guide
3) Complete "Window" into Reform
No HW

World History

1) Exploration with China and Japan reading guides
No HW

American History

1) Journal- How do you think our leaders should be elected or chosen. Be specific.
2) Handout-La Follette
3) update window
4) Test Review (Test Monday 10/15)

World History 

1) Exploration Presentations
No HW

American History

1) Journal- How interested are you in politics? Will this ever change during your lifetime? Explain.
2) Notes: Election of 1912
3) Cartoon Analysis
No HW

World History

1) Review questions
2) Exploration Jigsaw
HW- Presentations tomorrow (with groups)

American History

1) Campaign posters due (Election of 1912)
2) Pop Quiz/grade
3) Invisible Children website
No HW-Happy Homecoming!

World History

1) Journal: You reside in Spain during the era of Exploration. Which 'direction' would you explore and give three reasons why.
2) Asia-with map/characters on back
3) Choose your own adventure-reading
No HW-Happy Homecoming!

American History and World History -see Wednesday 10/3

American History

1) update window
2) Notes: Three Progressive Presidents
3) Textbook reading and questions-use pages. 300-312
4) Election of 1912
5) Presidential Campaign Poster
No HW

World History

1) Journal: What is the most intense competition you've been in?
2) Notes: Portugal v. Spain
3) Story: The Daring Portuguese
4) Spanish Conquests-pgs. 103-108/#3
HW: Finish Reading in book and answer question #3 on pg. 108

American History

1) Journal: What so you feel is most essential to living a good life?
2) Notes: Social Reform
3) Jane Addams bio with questions
4) Personal Bio-this is due next class (Wed. for Hours 4 and 6 and Thurs. for Hours 1 and 5)

World History

1) Journal: Where do you hope to explore someday? How will you do this?
2) Notes: Three "G's" of Exploration
3) Map
No HW

American History

1) Journal: How important is money in your life? Does money "buy" power?
2) update window
3) Notes: Economic Reform
4) NPR podcast with questions
No HW

World History

1) Tests back/go over
2) Intro Exploration
     -Interact with History-pg. 82 of textbook
3) Vocab strips activity
HW: finish Vocab assignment-due Tues. 10/2

American History

1) finish Iron Jawed Angels
2) Written response and discussion
No HW

World History

*Test today!!!
No HW

American History and World History-same as Wed. 9/26

American History

1) Cast of Characters-use pages 296-297 to complete handout
2) Iron Jawed Angels
HW: Written Response-Should the abolition of slavery have been given a higher priority than suffrage for women? Explain in 2-3 paragraphs. Due Friday 9/28

World History

1) Finish Scientific Revolution notes
2) Study Guide Q and A
3) Jeapordy Review
TEST FRIDAY 9/28

American History

1) Journal: Why do you think women were not allowed to vote at one time? Explain.
2) Notes: Women and Reform
3) Seneca Falls Convention-graphic novel
No HW

World History

1) Journal: If given the opportunity, would you travel to outerspace?
2) Heliocentric Theory
3) Notes: Scientific Revolution (cont.)
HW: Study Guide-TEST on Friday 9/28

American History

1) Discuss Plessy v. Ferguson
2) Racial Reformers activity
3) Update ID's (on back of windo)
No HW

World History

1) Journal: What is it about science that interests you?
2) Interact with History-Scientific Revolution
3) Notes: Scientific Revolution (Parts 1 & 2)
Bring books tomorrow!

American History

1) Journal: If you were a muckraker today, what would you write about and why?
-Tests back/go over! *Up to 20 pts. of extra credit offered-due Monday!
2) Notes: Progressivism
3) Plessy v. Ferguson handout-make sure this is done by Monday!

World History

1) QUIZ
-go over quiz and begin prepping Reformation activity for Monday

American History and World History -same as Wednesday 9/19

American History

1) Journal: In what ways do you feel the first unit was successful? How do you plan to do even better next unit?
2) Issues of Industrialization-Issues today
3) Muckraking (Jacob Riis-photojournalist) Activity
4) Reform Window/ID's on back
No HW

World History

1) Journal: Would you ever deny an idea you knew to be true?
2) Catholic Reformation handout
3) Notes: Catholic Reformation
4) How do YOU see the Reformation?
HW: Quiz Friday- STUDY!

American History

*Industrialization Test (Good luck!)
No HW

World History

1) 95 Theses Activity
2) ID's
No HW

American History

Test Review day!
-Question and Answer
-Around-the-Clock-Review (game)
-study time
DUE tomorrow: Skyscraper (with ID's on back) and test review

World History

1) Journal: Who is our modern day Luther? Explain.
2) Luther interviews/share
3) Post-Movie Questions
4) Luther's 95 Theses
No HW

American History

1) How do you study best?
2) The Gilded Age
3) Racial Segregation Web
4) Skyscraper
HW: Test Review
*Unit Test on Tuesday, 9/18

World History

1) Luther-finish film
2) Interview questions-in pairs
HW: Make sure you have five questions prepared by Monday 9/17

American History and World History -same as Wed. 9/12

American History

1) Journal: Why should we remember 9/11?
2) NYC today
3) Political Machines of the Industrial Age
4) Thomas Nast & Political Cartoons
5) Skyscraper/ID's
6) Around-the-Clock-Review
No HW

World History

1) Luther-film
No HW

American History

*9-11 In Memoriam
No HW

World History

1) How can one person change history?
2) Luther-film
No HW

American History

1) Journal: Would you rather live in the city or in the country?
2) Urbanization handout
3) Intro 9-11 (for tomorrow, 9/11)
HW-9/11 Interview

World History

1) Journal: What makes someone worth remembering?
2) Cast of Characters/Notes over Reformation follow up
No HW

American History

1) Journal: When have you felt most "out of place"?
2) Voices from the past-go over/finish
3) Notes: Immigration (Part 2)
4) Skysraper
No HW

World History

1) Journal: What needs reform today?
2) Notes: Reformation
3) Cast of Characters-using pages 48-52 of textbook
No HW

American History and World History

*see Wednesday, September 5th

American History

1) "The Form"
2) DBQ's from textbook
3) Notes: Immigration
4) Letters home
No HW

World History

1) What makes trends or fads come and go?
2) Notes: Northern Renaissance
3) "Worksheet Round" - review activity
4) What was the Reformation?
No HW

American History

1) Journal: How daring of a person are you? Explain. 

2) Pullman and Haymarket t-chart

3) Skyscraper and ID's

4) "Worksheet round"-review

No HW

World History

1) Journal: Does the end always justify the means? Explain.

2) How Machiavellian are you?

3) ID

No HW

American History

1) Journal: What is something you would stand up for?
2) "What would you do?" -scenarios in groups
3) Notes: Unite
4) HW: Handout on Labor Union strike (one of the following two)
     -Pullman
     -Haymarket

World History

1) Journal: Friendly quiz
2) Renaissance map and questions
3) HW: ID (one of the Renaissance values)

American History and World History

*see Wednesday, August 29th

American History

1) go over HW (Problems of Industrialization)
2) Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
         -clip
         -websearch
3) Skyscraper
No HW

World History

1) Renaissance Notes-Part 2 and 3
2) Mini Art Gallery
No HW

American History

1) Journal: Who do you think should take care of the poor.
2) Effects of Big Business
3) "What would you do"-scenarios
4) HW: "When Monopoly Wasn't a Game"-due next class period

World History

1) Journal: If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you travel to, why?
2) Notes: Renaissance
3) Renaissance Values handout/scenario and discussion
No HW

American History

1) Journal: If you owned your own business, what kind of boss would you be?
2) Robber Barons Contributions
3) finish Big Business web
4) Skyscraper
No HW

World History

1) Journal: Write a comment you would like to contribute from the BBC article from Friday
2) Go over ID's
3) Quick review of World Religions
4) Interact with History-Renaissance
No HW

American History

1) Journal: Friendly Quiz
2) Introduce Skyscraper
3) Big Business Web
4) HW: Robber Barons 1/2 sheet, due Monday 8/27

World History

1) ID
2) Notes: Decline of the Ottoman Empire
3) BBC Article
No HW

American History and World History

*see Wednesday, August 22nd.

American History

1) Journal: What is the most important invention of all time? Explain.
2) What is needed for Industrialization to take place?
3) Notes: "Why Industry, Why Now" and "Infrastructure"
4) Bronco Spirit Search
5) No HW

World History

1) Go over World Religions chart
2) Faith and Belief film
3) Venn-Diagram of religions
4) HW: prepare ID's - ID on Friday

American History

1) Journal: What is your favorite item to shop for?
2) "The Story of the Shoe"
3) What is Industrialization?
4) HW: Let's Talk, due Wednesday (4, 6) or Thursday (1,5)

World History

1) Journal: How important is religion to you? Why?
2) Notes: Islam
3) Major World Religions chart
4) No HW

American History

1) Journal: What types of history are there?
2) Notes: What is History?
3) Introduce BLOG and/or website
4) Textbook checkout
5) No HW

World History

1) Journal: Based on what we are learning about empires, do you consider the U.S. to be an empire? Explain.
2) Follow up questions to HW
3) Middle Eastern map
4) Notes: Ottoman Empire
5) Which Ottoman leader...?
6) No HW

American History

1) Journal: What are you most looking forward to this school year?
2) American History review/"What do you remember?"
3) Make sure the ID half sheet gets in your composition notebook
4) No HW

World History

1) Journal: What is your favorite time period of history and why?
2) The Ottoman Empire/Ripple Effect
3) Interact with History
4) HW: Article (actively read) and questions/map on back, due Monday 8/20

American History

1) Syllabus
2) Read article: "Why History"
       -Introduce active reading
3) HW: Questions over article, due tomorrow

World History

1) Syllabus
2) Introduce World History Timeline
3) Explanation of Middle Ages v. Modern World History
4) No HW

American History and World History

1) Welcome!
2) History Match Game
3) Introduce ID's
4) Student Information Sheet