Week of 11-29 to 12-3

 Important Information for All Students: 

Schedule for this week: 

Both Trojan Times are "open" this week. 

Financial Literacy Workshops in the College and Career Center: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MZPNe6aYMKV67uuZ5DvZcyCUdLT0m3FC/view

Bring your computer and charger to school every day!  If your chromebook is not working, take it to the office to get a functional replacement. 

Absences: if you are absent, it is your responsibility to check this weblog and Google Classroom for assignments. If you need assistance accessing assignments, email me for support. 

Classes:

EL World History:

Last Week: 

More vocabulary, and a vocabulary quiz (at block). 

Notes and questions: The Second Industrial Revolution and problems that arose. 

What is a "social class pyramid?" You made one in class. 

Notes: Unions and New Laws. 

New Ideas of the Industrial Revolution: Reading/Questions. There will be a quiz on these new ideas on Monday. 

This Week:

We'll review the new ideas that arose during the Industrial Revolution. After the review, you'll take a quick quiz. 

We'll review the Industrial Revolution unit, and prepare for a unit test. 

Textbook: Effects of the Industrial Revolution (we'll do this if we have time). 

Coming up: World War I. 

US History:

Last Week: 

We reviewed the textbook assignment (American Influence Grows) on Monday. 

You analyzed a series of US foreign policy actions, and decide which type of foreign policy was followed in each case. 

We began our discussion of the Spanish American War.  You'll be taking a vocabulary quiz on Friday. 

Videos: US Imperialism and Yellow Journalism (Spanish-American War). 

You read and analyzed primary sources related to the US decision to annex the Philippines. 

This Week: 

We'll review the primary sources together, and get ready to write a short essay about the US decision to annex the Philippines. 

We will briefly review the events of World War I, and you'll watch a video on Wilson's 14 Points. 

We should be able to start on the Twenties before the final. 

AP Euro:

You can still register for the AP Euro exam, but it will cost a bit more.     

Last Week: 

New videos were posted in GC.  Some were optional. 

You discussed Candide in groups at block. 

I gave you an excerpt from Rousseau to read and discuss in your group. 

I collected your Chapter 16 Study Guide, and the Scientific Revolution timeline. 

You were assigned a topic for a presentation about 18th century culture and demographics. 

This Week:  

AP Videos for this week are posted in GC. 

We'll review the Chapter 16 SG. 

You will give your presentations on the 18th century, and take notes on your classmates' presentations.  I assigned some elements of the Chapter 17 SG. 

Time to move on to the "dual revolutions" of the late 1700s and early 1800s.  

Coming up: LEQ on an 18th century topic. 

Week of 11-15 to 11-19

 Important Information for All Students: 

Schedule for this week: 

Both Trojan Times are "open" this week. 

Financial Literacy Workshops in the College and Career Center: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MZPNe6aYMKV67uuZ5DvZcyCUdLT0m3FC/view

Bring your computer and charger to school every day!  

Absences: if you are absent, it is your responsibility to check this weblog and Google Classroom for assignments. If you need assistance accessing assignments, email me for support. 

Classes:

EL World History:

Last Week: 

You finished the textbook notes on the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions.

We reviewed our vocabulary so far, and added some new pages to the vocabulary notebook. You drew diagrams to show the shift from agricultural to industrial ways of life. 

Notes and questions: The Agricultural Revolution in Britain. 

Video (with questions) on the Industrial Revolution. 

Notes and questions: Industrialization. 

This Week:

More vocabulary, and a vocabulary quiz (at block). 

Notes and questions: The Second Industrial Revolution and problems that arose. 

What is a "social class pyramid?" We'll make one in class this week. 

Notes: Unions and New Laws. 

Textbook: Effects of the Industrial Revolution. 

US History:

Last Week: 

On Monday, you met and chatted with 19th century people, and took notes about the people you met. 

The unit test for this unit -- Industrialization, Immigration and the Progressives -- took place on Wednesday.   You handed in a binder packet. 

You created new divider for out next unit:  The US Becomes a World Power.

You took some introductory notes on important terms and concepts related to foreign policy.   

Textbook Reading Guide: "American Influence Grows." Pages 209 to 213. 

Video: The US Becomes a Global Power.

This Week:

We'll review the textbook assignment (American Influence Grows) on Monday. 

You will analyze a series of US foreign policy actions, and decide which type of foreign policy was followed in each case. 

We'll begin to discuss the Spanish American War.  You'll be taking a vocabulary quiz on Friday. 

AP Euro:

You can still register for the AP Euro exam, but it will cost a bit more.     

Last Week: 

Chapter 16 -- The Scientific Revolution.  I assigned the first sections of the SG. 

I lectured on the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, and you created a timeline on key events/discoveries of the Scientific Revolution. 

You had time to work on the SG. 

Videos were posted in GC. 

Candide!  Read it! 

This Week:

New videos are posted in GC.  Lots of them. But some are optional. 

You'll be discussing Candide in groups at block, so read the book. 

I'll give you an excerpt from Rousseau to read and discuss in your group. 

We should finish this chapter and move on to other 18th century stuff.  So...finish the SG for this chapter! 

Week of 11-8 to 11-12

Important Information for All Students: 

Schedule for this week: 

Tuesday's Trojan Time is "open."  On Wednesday, Trojan Time is "closed."  You will be taking a reading assessment during TT on Wednesday. 

Second Quarter Progress Report Period ended on Friday, November 5.  Grades will be finalized and submitted to the office on Tuesday, November 9. 

AP Students: Register for AP Exams!  Do it now. 

Financial Literacy Workshops in the College and Career Center: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MZPNe6aYMKV67uuZ5DvZcyCUdLT0m3FC/view

Bring your computer and charger to school every day!  

Absences: if you are absent, it is your responsibility to check this weblog and Google Classroom for assignments. If you need assistance accessing assignments, email me for support. 

Classes:

EL World History:

Last Week: 

On Monday, you took the unit test on the French Revolution and I will check your binder. 

You created a new divider in  your binder for our next unit: The Industrial Revolution. 

You read and annotate a short article introducing the changes that occurred due to industrialization. 

You added new words to your vocabulary notebook.

Notes and questions: The Agricultural Revolution. 

This Week:

You'll have time to finish the textbook notes you started last Friday. 

We'll review our vocabulary so far, and add some new pages to the vocabulary notebook. 

Notes: The Agricultural Revolution in Britain. 

I'll post a video (with questions) on the Industrial Revolution. 

US History:

Last Week: 

We'll start the last section of the unit: The Progressive Movement

Textbook Notes (New Book!): pages 172 to 179 in the new textbook.  There is a form in GC for your notes. Due Friday, November 5.

You read and analyzed a primary source, Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.

You researched one prominent individual from the late 19th/early 20th century, and created a "resume" for that person.  

This Week:

On Monday, you'll meet and chat with other 19th century people, and take notes about the people you meet.  You must bring a printed resume to class in order to participate in the activity. 

The unit test for this unit -- Industrialization, Immigration and the Progressives -- will take place on Wednesday.   You'll be handing in a binder packet. 

You'll be creating a new divider for out next unit:  US Foreign Policy.  

Textbook Reading Guide: "American Influence Grows." Pages 209 to 213. 

AP Euro:

The deadline is approaching to sign up for the AP European History Exam!  You should have received an email about the two-step process for registering for the AP Exam in May.  

Last Week: 

We finished your presentations, and I lectured on English constitutionalism. 

Map Quiz (1648) at block. 

You discussed Hobbes and Locke. 

You completed two SAQs, and handed in the SG for Chapter 15.  

You received a copy of Voltaire's Candide.  Read it. 

This Week:

Chapter 15 -- The Scientific Revolution.  I assigned the first sections of the SG. 

I'll lecture on the Scientific Revolution, and you'll create a timeline on key events/discoveries of the Scientific Revolution. 

Keep working on the SG. 

Videos are posted in GC. 

Week of 11-1 to 11-5

 Important Information for All Students: 

Schedule for this week: 

Tuesday's Trojan Time is "open."  On Wednesday, Trojan Time is "closed."  

Second Quarter Progress Report Period ends on Friday, November 5. 

AP Students: Register for AP Exams!  Do it now. 

Financial Literacy Workshops in the College and Career Center: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MZPNe6aYMKV67uuZ5DvZcyCUdLT0m3FC/view

Bring your computer and charger to school every day!  

Absences: if you are absent, it is your responsibility to check this weblog and Google Classroom for assignments. If you need assistance accessing assignments, email me for support. 

Yearbook is asking for photos of pets and their people!  

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfuxbBCT62B4-RzB1-V42nNxuzhQzRkqQ9aoKvUr0zGqqKw5Q/viewform

Classes:

EL World History:

Last Week: 

You completed your book about the French Revolution.

We reviewed our unit on the French Revolution to prepare for the unit test. 

 This Week:

On Monday, you'll take the unit test on the French Revolution and I will check your binder. 

You will create a new divider in  your binder for our next unit: The Industrial Revolution. 

You will read and annotate a short article introducing the changes that occurred due to industrialization. 

You will be adding new words to your vocabulary notebook.

Notes and questions: The Agricultural Revolution. 

US History:

Last Week: 

On Monday, you took a quiz on "Rise of Industrialism."  On the quiz, you used your textbook notes, as well as any notes you took in class during the review. 

Edpuzzle Videos for this week: There were two videos, one on Irish immigration and the other on Chinese immigration.  

You took notes about the "New Immigration," which came mainly from Southern Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia. 

Acculturation and Assimilation: You created your own analogy to explain what happens when people from all over the world come together in America. 

We used political cartoons to analyze the reaction of various Americans to the wave of immigration that arrived in America in the late 1800s. 

You took notes on a video about Ellis Island. 

This Week:

We'll start the last section of the unit: The Progressive Movement

Textbook Notes (New Book!): pages 172 to 179 in the new textbook.  There is a form in GC for your notes. Due Friday.

You'll be analyzing a primary source, Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.

You will research one prominent individual from the late 19th/early 20th century, and create a "resume" for that person.  

AP Euro:

Time to sign up for the AP European History Exam!  You should have received an email about the two-step process for registering for the AP Exam in May.  

Last Week: 

We reviewed the SG for Chapter 14. 

I stamped the 4 review questions from the Chapter 15 SG. 

Lecture: Thirty Years' War. 

You had a bit more time to work on your presentations. I will be presenting on French absolutism and English constitutionalism. 

This Week: 

We'll finish the presentations, and I'll lecture on English constitutionalism. 

Map Quiz (1648) at block. 

Be ready to discuss Hobbes and Locke. 

Work on the SG for this chapter!