Week of 4-25 to 4-29

 Important Information for All Students: 

Schedule for this week: 

Tuesday's Trojan Time is closed.  Wednesday is open. 

Progress report grades were submitted on Tuesday, April 19th.  See me if you have questions.

Absences: If you were absent due to illness for an extended time period due to an exclusion or quarantine, see me about what materials you need to make up. Come to Trojan Time to find out what you can do to catch up.  

Give priority to current work! Check with me before you do assignments from pervious units.  I am not accepting work or changing grades from first semester. 

Covid Precautions:  Masks are optional outdoors, and optional but recommended in the classroom. 

Classes:

EL World History:

Last Week:

You took notes on Russian society in the 19th century.  You made a set of flashcards, and practiced using your flashcards with one another. 

You completed a review/quiz on what we have covered so far. 

Together, we made a timeline of Russian history up to 1917. 

We discussed the weakness of the Russian government before the revolution.

You started a set of textbook notes on the revolutions in Russia in 1917. 

This Week: 

You will have time to finish your textbook notes, and I will give you a reading quiz. If your notes are good, you should be able to answer the questions, using just your notes. 

You will take notes on the Russian Revolutions of 1917. You will also watch an Edpuzzle video and answer questions in the video.  This is a challenging video, and you will need to listen carefully!

We will talk about Karl Marx and his ideas. 

We will cover the Russian Civil War, and the victory of the communists. 

US History:

Last Week:

We continued our coverage of the war in Vietnam.  You took notes on the early years of US involvement in the conflict. 

Significant Event: the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. You read a short article and answered questions.  

Edpuzzle Vid: Gulf of Tonkin Incident. 

Notes: LBJ and "escalation."  You should be able to explain why LBJ was eager to strike North Vietnam. 

Edpuzzle Vid: The Tet Offensive. 

You started a set of textbook notes on the events of 1968.  

This Week:

You'll have a reading quiz on the textbook notes on 1968. 

We will cover the increasingly unhappy response to the war in the US, and the development of the "Counterculture."  

We'll try to wrap up the war this week. You will be taking a short-answer test on the Vietnam war, and handing in a binder packet. This will probably happen next week. 

 

AP Euro:

AP Exam is May 6th.  Remember that you can borrow review materials from me if you like. 

Last Week:

We debriefed the SAQ and the Chapter 27 SG. 

Chapter 28 SG is posted.  You'll get some work time for this.  

AP Vids were posted, as well as a couple of EC vids. 

You filled in a map of Cold War Europe.  We will take a quiz on this if we have time.  

I handed out a list of important Cold Warriors. 

You compared primary sources and analyzed POVs on the Marshall Plan. 

I lectured on the Cold War and you annotated your handout. 

This Week:

I will lecture on the EU. Booooooring, but important.

I will post the SG for Chapter 29.  From this point forward, you will be assigned mostly just the IDs.  

AP Vids are posted.  I also created an MCQ quiz in AP Classroom. This is optional -- it is meant as practice for those of you who are taking the exam.  

We'll try a couple of DBQs.  I'm looking for more SAQs and LEQs as well.  

We'll have to talk about Stalin what came after Stalin in the USSR. 

Gotta wrap up the Cold War and move on to the post-Soviet era (did it ever really end?). 

Hub Dates?  We need hub dates.  And art.  

Week of 4-19 to 4-22

 Important Information for All Students: 

Schedule for this week: 

Every day is a block day this week.  

Tuesday and Thursday: 1st, 3rd and 5th periods.  

Wednesday and Friday: 2nd, 4th and 6th periods. 

Progress report grades will be submitted on Tuesday, April 19th.  

Absences: If you were absent due to illness for an extended time period due to an exclusion or quarantine, see me about what materials you need to make up. Come to Trojan Time to find out what you can do to catch up.  

Give priority to current work! Check with me before you do assignments from pervious units.  I am not accepting work or changing grades from first semester. 

Covid Precautions:  Masks are optional outdoors, and optional but recommended in the classroom. 

Classes:

EL World History:

Last Week:

New Unit: Russia and the Cold War!  You made a new divider for your binder. 

You read and took notes on a short article about the background to the Russian Revolution.  You also watched a video about the Revolution of 1905. 

Growth of Russia: you completed a set of notes, and answered questions on a separate sheet of paper. 

You completed a map of the Russian Empire. 

This week: 

You will take notes on Russian society in the 19th century.  You will make a set of flashcards. 

You will complete a review/quiz on what we have covered so far. 

Together, we'll make a timeline of Russian history up to 1917. 

We will discuss the weakness of the Russian government before the revolution, and we'll update our word wall. 

You will take notes on the Russian Revolutions of 1917. You will also watch an Edpuzzle video and answer questions in the video. 

US History:

Last Week:

You took a reading quiz on "Cold War, A New Battleground."  

Due Tuesday: "Poverty and Plenty." 

You completed a crossword puzzle review of the Cold War. 

I collected a binder packet. 

We started out case study on the Vietnam War.   You completed a map, watched a video, and answered questions based on slides that were posted in Google Classroom. 

This Week: 

We'll continue our coverage of the war in Vietnam.  You'll take notes on the early years of US involvement in the conflict. 

Significant Event: the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. You will read a short article and answer questions. 

Edpuzzle Vid: Gulf of Tonkin Incident. 

Notes: LBJ and "escalation." 

 

AP Euro:

AP Exam is May 6th.  Review like mad.  

Last Week:

AP Vids were posted. 

You handed in the Chapter 27 SG. 

I lectured on the historical context for the rise of Nazism. 

You organized a DBQ on Interwar Germany. 

You took a map quiz on Europe in 1939. 

This Week:

We'll debrief the SAQ and the Chapter 27 SG. 

Chapter 28 SG is posted.  You'll get some work time for this.  

AP Vids are posted, as well as an EC video. 

It's the Cold War!  We'll need a new map.  

I'll hand out a list of important Cold Warriors -- see how many you can identify. 

You'll compare POVs on the Marshall Plan. 

I will lecture on the Cold War and the EU. Booooooring. 

Week of 4-11 to 4-14

 Important Information for All Students: 

Schedule for this week: 

Every day is a block day this week.  

Monday and Wednesday: 1st, 3rd and 5th periods.  

Tuesday and Thursday 2nd, 4th and 6th periods. 

Four Day Weekend! There is no school on Friday, April 15th and Monday, April 18th.  

Absences: If you were absent due to illness for an extended time period due to an exclusion or quarantine, see me about what materials you need to make up. Come to Trojan Time to find out what you can do to catch up.  

Give priority to current work! Check with me before you do assignments from pervious units.  I am not accepting work or changing grades from first semester. 

Covid Precautions:  Starting Monday, March 14, masks will be optional outdoors, and optional but recommended in the classroom. 

Classes:

EL World History:

Last Week:

We covered the Holocaust -- the mass murder of Jews and other minority groups by the Nazis in World War II.  You completed a review crossword puzzle and a quick quiz. 

New Unit: Russia and the Cold War!  You made a new divider for your binder. 

You read and took notes on a short article about the background to the Russian Revolution.  You also watched a video about the Revolution of 1905. 

Growth of Russia: you completed a set of notes, and answered questions on a separate sheet of paper. 

This week: 

You will take notes on Russian society in the 19th century.  You will make a set of flashcards. 

You will complete a map of the Russian empire.  

We will discuss the weakness of the Russian government before the revolution, and we'll update our word wall. 

US History:

Last Week:

You answered questions on the "Cold War at Home" in Google Classroom, and you competed an Edpuzzle video on McCarthyism. 

Textbook Questions: "The Cold War: A New Battleground."  These questions are based on Chapter 17 in the "American Odyssey" textbook, which is posted in Google Classroom.  Due on Thursday, April 7. 

We compared the ideologies of the US and the USSR in the Cold War, and you used your notes to help you compare US and Soviet attitudes about the Marshall Plan.

I assigned textbook notes from Chapter 18: "Poverty and Plenty." These are due on Tuesday, April 12th. 

This Week: 

We are wrapping up the Cold War unit.  

On Tuesday, we'll briefly review "New Battleground."  You'll take a reading quiz on this assignment. 

Due Tuesday: "Poverty and Plenty." 

You'll complete a crossword puzzle review of the Cold War. 

I will collect a binder packet. 

We'll be ready for a Cold War case study on the Vietnam War.  We'll start with a map, and some notes to introduce the war. 

 

AP Euro:

AP Exam is May 6th.  Review like mad.  

Last Week:

The Chapter 26 SG was due.  You should also have filled in the comparison chart for Stalin and Kopolev (in Google Classroom). 

We reviewed Chapter 25 SG, and your SAQ on WWI. 

Chapter 27 SG was posted. 

I lectured on instability in the Interwar period. 

Edpuzzle vid: Economic Depression and Dictatorships. This is a Crash Course video, with questions. 

I handed out an article about the Nazi-Soviet Pact by Orlando Figes.  Read and annotate the article. Why is Figes so critical of Stalin's decision? 

You wrote an SAQ on Soviet policies & ideology in the 1930s. 

This Week: 

AP Vids are posted. 

Finish the Chapter 27 SG. 

I will lecture on the historical context for the rise of Nazism. 

You'll organize (and maybe write) a DBQ on Interwar Germany. 

We should probably have a map quiz on Europe in 1939. 

Week of 4-4 to 4-8

 Important Information for All Students: 

Schedule for this week: 

Both Trojan Times this week are open. 

Absences: If you were absent due to illness for an extended time period due to an exclusion or quarantine, see me about what materials you need to make up. Come to Trojan Time to find out what you can do to catch up.  

Give priority to current work! Check with me before you do assignments from pervious units.  I am not accepting work or changing grades from first semester. 

Covid Precautions:  Starting Monday, March 14, masks will be optional outdoors, and optional but recommended in the classroom. 

Classes:

EL World History:

Last Week (before break):

You finished your book about World War II.  

We reviewed World War II, and prepared for a unit test. 

You took the unit test on WWII on Friday, March 25, and I checked your binders.

This Week:

We will cover the Holocaust -- the mass murder of Jews and other minority groups by the Nazis in World War II.

New Unit: Russia and the Cold War!  You will make a new divide for your binder. 

We'll start with the Growth of Russia, and you will complete a map of the Russian Empire. 

US History:

Last Week (before break):

We reviewed the Korean War, and checked the map.

We watched a video on the society of the 1950s, when the Cold War was hot and the music was cool. 

We reviewed your textbook notes on "Cold War Deepens."  (We've already covered some of this material).  

Edpuzzle Video: The Cuban Missile Crisis.  You answered questions on the Cuban Missile Crisis in Google Classroom, 

You worked on a review timeline of the early Cold War, and I collected this instead of giving a quiz.   See me asap if you were absent on Friday. 

This Week:

Edpuzzle video: McCarthyism. 

You will answer questions on the "Cold War at Home" in Google Classroom. 

Textbook Questions: The Cold War: An New Battleground.  These questions are based on Chapter 17 in the "American Odyssey" textbook, which is posted in Google Classroom.  Due on Thursday, April 7. 

We will compare the ideologies of the US and the USSR in the Cold War.  

AP Euro:

One month to the AP Exam.  Review like mad.  

Last Week (break): 

Your goal was to finish Chapter 26.   (We still need to review Chapter 25.)

POV comparison on collectivization in the USSR (Stalin and Kopolev). 

I assigned a multiple choice "quiz" posted in AP Classroom. 

Slideshares on Modernism. 

AP Vids: If you didn't watch the AP Daily Vids that were listed in Google Classroom for last week, you should have watched them over break.  There was no due date shown for them in AP Classroom, and I wasn't able to insert a due date after they were assigned. 

This Week:

You should be ready to hand in the Chapter 26 SG.  You should also have filled in the comparison chart for Stalin and Kopolev (in Google Classroom). 

We need to review/discuss the Chapter 25 SG, and your SAQ on WWI. 

Chapter 27 SG is posted. 

I will lecture on instability in the Interwar period. 

Edpuzzle vid: Economic Depression and Dictatorships. This is a Crash Course video, with questions.