Great War is World War I

We've been learning more about how The Great War of 1914 - 1918 is simply an introduction to World War II of 1938 - 1945.  I uploaded the slides from Wednesday (Great War: America and the End?).  In class today, you completed a map of Europe in 1918, answered questions about the map, and were introduced to the concept of genocide.  We watched a 7-minute clip about something that happened in Turkey (Ottoman Empire) during The Great War.

Been a LONG Time

Wow - I forgot to save my last update.  So, here is what we did last week (and so far this week):

April 18:  You worked on a handout titled "France vs Germany" and used the iPods to fill out as much as possible.  It is due Friday April 29th.  On the BACK of this same handout, there is a worksheet that you can complete for extra credit.  Watch Paths of Glory and fill in the chart.

April 19th & 20th:  Class missed due to 100 Strong event.

April 21st:  Took notes based on lecture in order to answer the following questions:
How have the legacies of imperialism and conflict shaped our world?
What were the causes, course, and consequences of World War I?


April 22nd:

April 25th:  More World War I.  For the day, I presented the newer tools/weapons of war:  Machine Gun, Submarine, Airplane, Poison Gas, Tank.  You also learned about why the US hesitated and then joined the fight.


April 26th:  Video about Russia & the Red Baron.  You took notes and then answered the following questions:

1. How do you think it felt to be freed after a life of serfdom?
2. How do you think it feels to be a soldier in the trenches?
3. Why was the Red Baron so famous?
4. Why is the mystery surrounding the Red Baron’s death still so intriguing?
5. What was the Red Baron’s fatal mistake?
6. Was the Red Baron’s death important to the war as a whole?
7. How did Russian sentiment change over the course of World War I?
8. What are the pros and cons of communism?

You should be reading Chapter 23 at home.  There will be a test on World War I and Russia on Friday.

Plan on completing a map on Thursday after looking at results of WWI on Wednesday.

Ketchup

So, we missed some days with testing.  I will summarize what we did every day since last Thursday.

Friday April 8:  Complete "Role of Government in Japanese Life" and "No Need for Western learning" in class.

Monday April 11:   Title Notebook Page:  "Industrial Revolution" and make a list of the TOP TEN Technological Devices you could NOT live without (on your own).  We then watched a video about the Industrial Revolution while you took notes, followed by a brief discussion.

Tuesday April 12: "What I Learned" activity.  You made a list of what you learned and remember (if anything) from each of the following units: 

• Prehistory (Dawn of Man)
• River Civilizations (Hammurabi)
• Ancient Egypt (Mummification)
• Ancient Rome (Caesar)
• Middle Ages (Castles)
• African Kingdoms (Trade)
• Mesoamerica (Aztecs)
• Napoleon (Revolution & War)

Weds:  NO Class due to testing

Thursday April 14:  Completed Europe in 1914 Map AS A CLASS.  Keep it and turn it in Monday after some intro notes about WWI.

Militarism

So, first Period is a day behind, but will get caught up tomorrow.  In class today, periods 2 & 3 completed the other side of yesterday's handout.  We looked at "Militarism" by studying a newspaper political cartoon from 1904.  From the 19th Century through today, political cartoons have been an effective source of information since they can mix pictures and words to convey complex concepts and issues.  We also reviewed Japan's emergence on the World Stage.

Lastly, you did pick up a packet that must be completed as homework.  The packet is available on the Moodle (Folder 12) as "Militarism in Asia and Industrialization Packet" and is due Monday.

Ninja

A little weird start to the day.  We were in Room E115 so Mr. Rees' English class could be mixed with anotehr English class as they watched some student projects.  So, first period only completed the "Anthem of Imperialism" while 2nd and 3rd Periods also watched the video "Conquest: Weapons of the Ninja".

Samurai - Bushido Code

Page Title:  Samurai - Bushido Code
Copy down the list and then work with peers to define the terms using your own words.
We will go over the list as a class (Take Notes!!!)
    Bushido Code
        I. Rectitude or Justice
        II. Courage
        III. Benevolence or Mercy
        IV. Politeness
        V. Honesty and Sincerity
        VI. Honor
        VII. Loyalty
        VIII. Character and Self-Control

Wednesday:  Ninja
Thursday/Friday:  Industrialization

End of Q3

Pick up YOUR Clicker (List on Podium)
     I will distribute Exam Booklet
          DO NOT WRITE IN IT!!!
               (there are only 30 Questions)
We start looking at Japan and CHina a little tomorrow

Last Day of Napoleon

Pick up Handout (French Revolution/3 Ways Napoleon…)  
Name, Date Title of Notebook Page: (to be turned in today)  
    "French Revolution & How Napoleon Changed the World"
Answer the questions using complete sentences or fragments which include the key words from the question.
We did all of them as a class.  Except for the four questions about how Napoleon changed the world - you did those on your own and then stapled everything together before turning it in.

More Gradebook and Napoleon!

Look in your notebooks for Maya Notes from March 3rd - Turn them in!!!      
          
Pick Up/Pass Back Work          
    ALL Maps, plus the Treaty of Tordesillas Wksht (KEEP IT!)      
    You should get your French Revolution Notes from the 15th & 16th      
         -NOT many were turned in yesterday.  
          
Gradebook/Portal is CLEAN and CLOSED.  Mid-Semester Grades are FINAL          
          
    Have the following Ready and available:      
        Napoleon's Russia Campaign Wksht (From Yesterday)  
        March 15th & 16th Work (originally in your notebook)  
          
    We will correct yesterday's worksheet as we explore more about Napoleon.      
    You may want to take notes as well.      
          
    Friday:  How Napoleon Changed the World      
    French Revolution/Napoleon Exam on Monday (Chapter 18 of the Textbook)   

Key terms/people/events for Monday's Exam:

• Committee of Public Safety
• coup d'etat
• Declaration of Rights of Man & Citizen
• Jean Valjean
• Jean-Paul Marat
• Louis XVI's Abdication/Surrender
• Maximilian Robespierre
• Napoleonic Code
• Napoleon's Final Battle
• Napoleon's Grand Empire
• Napoleon's Invasion of Russia
• taille
• Three Estates
• Victor Hugo

Gradebook Fix

You completed a reading and 6 questions about Napoleon's Campaign in Russia.

I asked you to turn in any missing work, including the following:
     Maps - Europe about 1600, Early Amer. Civs, African Kingdoms, Imperialism in Africa)
     March 15th Notebook Work (Pie Chart and Declaration of Rights of Man & Citizen)
     March 16th Notebook Work (Bar Graph with 7 questions and 2 Timeline Questions)

Unfortunately, many of you misplaced your notes/work (or did not do it in the first place) and will NOT get credit.

 We will explore Napoleon's campaign more tomorrow and correct the work you did in class.

Guillotine

Take out French Revolution Notes/Timeline Wksht Answers
Pick up iPod                                                              
Find the answers to the following questions (on your paper):

1. What event marked the beginning of the French Revolution?
2. What event marked the beginning of Napoleon's rule?
3. What event marked the end of Napoleon's rule?

Learn About Guillotine                                                              

Go to Wikipedia and read the article about the Guillotine

• Intro, French Revolution , and Living Heads
• Watch some Guillotine GIFs and videos 
• Draw a picture of one on your paper.
• We will discuss what you have read as a class.
• Bugs Bunny:  Napoleon Bunny Part

What Would You Do?

Welcome Back!  I am also exhausted - gotta get back to a nice and normal sleep schedule.  To ease back into the routine of school, I screened an episode of The Twilight Zone titled "The Shelter" from September 1961.

Title a piece of paper)  Twilight Zone: The Shelter  (Name & Date in UR Corner)
You know that a disaster is going to strike sometime within the next 2-5 years (during the summer months).
How do you prepare?  What do you do? (5 sentences)
(Worldwide disaster - asteroid, earthquake, plague, nuclear war, etc.)

After watching, skip three lines.

Write a reflection of the episode.
What did you learn?
What is the lesson/  Why was it screened in class?

Have a Nice Break!

Thursday's test results are in the gradebook.  We watched a video about Napoleon today, also touching on the French Revolution.  We'll revisit Napoleon upon your return from Spring Break.  Please have Chapter 18 read, because there will be a test on Weds or Thursday that first week back.

Also, do not forget about the extra credit opportunity.  Check the Moodle/Folder11/The Mission (EC).

Enjoy your break!

Vive le France!

We're starting to look at the French Revolution and Napoleon now.  IN class today, you checked your grade, turned in any missing work, and then read three pages from the textbook.  Since the pages do not line up correctly, I have uploaded them to the Moodle (check Unit 11 for French Revolution Intro PDF).  The Ch. 7, 11, 13 Exam has been moved to Thursday. Review items are listed below:

• African geographical Zone(s)
• Axum
• Aztec
• Columbus
• Deserts
• Ghana
• Griot
• Inca
• Kush
• Lineage
• Mali
• Maya
• Nigeria
• Nubia
• Plains Indians
• Swahili
• Trade (Western Africa)
• Treaty of Tordesillas

Back to Africa

Please use the map below (Imperialism in Africa) to complete the map (and questions) worksheet of the same name.  You will need to use your textbook or the "interweb" to answer at least one of the questions.

We also corrected the Prehistoric Mesoamerica/Cartoon History worksheet.

Maya

We watched a video about the Maya today - you took notes on their religion and math (on the back of your Africa video notes from when I was out two weeks ago).  We'll be correcting the Prehistoric Mesoamerica and Cartoon History worksheet tomorrow, followed by some excerpts from Apocalypto.  You should have read chapters 7, 11, and 13 by now.  Expect an exam next week, so be prepared.

Americas

Prehistoric Mesoamerica Reading and Worksheet done in class.  If you finish, you can complete the Africa & Americas Maps. 

Tuesday:  Cartoon History (Mesoamerica)
Wednesday: Correct Work, Mesoamerica Slideshow
Thursday: Monarch Butterflies (Aztecs)
Friday: Scenes from Apocalypto (analyzed and explained)

Transfer Me

Ignore MOST of the directions on the back of the handout and simply COPY the information from these maps:

Then answer the questions (6,7,8) on the back.

This may be clearer:

If you did NOT finish the African Kingdoms Map, you may want to use these two:

Africa: A History Denied

You (hopefully) completed the Africa map on Tuesday.  If not, you'll have time on Friday when you should also start and finish the Americas map.  On Wednesday, I shared my notes of African history (Pre-European colonization) focusing on Eastern (Ethiopia) and Western (Ghana, Mali, Songhai) empires.  You did NOT take notes - hopefully learning through the oral tradition of African history and education.

On Thursday, I showed you a video that showed how African history has been skewed by European interpretations.  Through the study of Zimbabwe, "Black Africa" has been proven to be able to succeed without White European assistance.  You took notes on the following topics: Eurocentrism, Trade, Empire-Building, Religion, and History (denied).

Please have chapter 11 read by Monday so you know a little bit about the Americas before I teach about it early next week.  You should also read Chapter 13 so you have a clearer picture of European colonization.  Expect a Unit exam in a week or two.

Exploration Africa Americas

A map was distributed for which you had to combine information from several other maps.  I have included some here, but there are others in the PHOTOS section of the iPod.  We will learn about the specifics of some Early African kingdoms tomorrow.

Darn Europeans

After yesterday's exam, we moved forward today as we began the study of Africa and the Americas before European "Discovery" and Colonization.  Your only homework over the next two weeks is to simply read, review, study, and know chapters 7 (Africa), 11 (Americas), and 13 (Colonization).  We'll work on the handouts from today a little more next week while also completing some maps and taking notes.

Essay Evaluation And Ch 12 Exam

We conducted peer reviews of essays today. Three students read your essay and scored it based on criteria on a half-sheet handout (Essay Evaluation available on Moodle). Take it home and have an adult review it, with you doing a final evaluation. Then, I'd like you to re-write it. Get the new version to me by Wednesday, and make sure to include the original and half-sheet summary of evaluations. There is also a Ch 12 exam next week, so you should have read the chapter and now simply be studying. We'll correct the Confucius and Reformation/Scientific Revolution worksheets on Monday and Tuesday.

Reniassance Review

The room was a disaster today - I had to move my desk around so I could sit with my leg up yet still see the class. It didn't help that I had to disconnect and reconnect the computer...especially when I needed it for the video I showed. Titles "Culture & Math: The Renaissance" it served as a review of what you have already learned while also introducing you to some cool stuff with the merging of science, math, art, and history - which is what makes me LOVE teaching this stuff. We'll look more closely at Machiavelli and peer-review your essays tomorrow.

The Flu sucks.

Something icky happened to me on Sunday - not just the Packers winning the Super Bowl. It knocked me out through 2:30 AM Tuesday when I awoke in a cold sweat, indicating that I had burned out the bug. In class, you read about Machiavlli's "Becoming a Prince by Villainy" and Confucius'"Ideas on Government."

In class today, I presented some information about the Renaissance, including the connection between Renaissance artists and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

You will Peer-Edit your essays tomorrow, with a brief video about he Renaissance.

Color me Blind

Complete the survey regarding the Super Bowl. (you'll have to login to GoogleApps.  Remember to logout after you are done!



Copy the map on page 419 of your textbook, labeling as much as you can and coloring the correct regions based on religious dominance.  Forget about the little squares and cities.  Focus on the countries/kingdoms and major bodies of water, and the colors (make a KEY!).
Answer the following questions:
1.  Which Protestant faith covered more of Europe than any other by 1600?
2.  Which Protestant faith occurred in only one nation?  Which nation?

Essay

I assigned an essay related to the chart you completed covering Luther's Revolt, the Printing Press, Heliocentric Theory, and the Scientific Method.  I showed you how to organize your thoughts on the pizza.  The essay must be typed, 12-point (normal) font, double-spaced, and in my hand by Tuesday's class period.  No papers will be accepted late.  If you are absent on Tuesday, email it to me.  NO EXCUSES!!!

Printing Press

We watched some video segments from "Day that Changed the Universe" episode 4.  You took some notes and I closed by explaining how the combination of four events/discoveries led to a major change in history.  You turned in the chart - well, what you had done.  I'll take completed ones for partial credit tomorrow.  We'll watch some excerpts about the Scientific Method and Heliocentrism as well.  The essay will be explained and officially assigned on Wednesday.

I am physically crippled (left knee) and may see the doctor if things do not get better.  If I am out, you will watch a full episode of Connections.  There is a worksheet.  It is an amazing series that should make you think.  Don't be bored - get excited.

PROTEST!

Finishing up the Protestant Reformation today with a short video.  There is/was a quiz after the video.  I went over the chart again yesterday and we read about Luther's appeal to the German nobility.  There is an essay to write next week, but you should be thinking about it as you complete your chart this weekend.  You can use the textbook - Chapters 12 (sections 3 & 4) and 17 (section 1) to fill in the first three columns.  You'll have to actually THINK for the final column.

More Tech Stuff

The worksheet from yesterday is on the Moodle, titled "Monk's Life/Position of Jews"

In E118 today, you are going to use the Moodle, access the online textbook and study resources and begin the Homework chart that is due Friday.

Pick up the "Ch. 16" Handout.
Put your name on it.
Re-title it "Revolutions: Religion & Science"
Go to the Moodle.

In the Administrative Window, click on "World History Textbook" and follow the links after copying the passwords.  I will show you step-by-step how to use it.

Grades

I will have grades done on Monday.  If you have a question, email me.  I am also suggesting that you bring a pair of earbuds to school starting in February - we'll be using the iPods on a regular basis, including videos.

NEW TEXTBOOK!

Everyone needs to check out one of the new textbooks.  We are making the switch official.  As an added bonus, there is now an online edition of the textbook.  You'll need a code (which I will email to everyone).  There are many online resources to help you study and retain information.  So no more excuses!  We will be starting with Chapter 12:  Renaissance and Reformation.  Take a deserved break this weekend, but take 15 minutes to skim the chapter.  Look at the headings (blue words), vocabulary (yellow highlight), and pictures/insets. 

Finals

Check the Moodle for the study guide.  If you have not registered, you should search for Romo World History and the enrollment key is "lakernerd"
You have a little homework, which asks that you make a poster (it can be on notebook paper) about how important hygiene is - especially in trying to prevent the spread of Plague.  Turn it in on Tuesday for EC!

Nearing the End

Not a good start to the end for many of you.  The Ch. 11 test results are pretty bad.  There is this thing called "studying" that you must do, which does NOT include prayer and wishful thinking.  You were even allowed to use your outline notes, but too many of you didn't even do that homework.  *sigh*

We'll finish up the Middle Ages over the next week and a half (Feudalism,Black Death, and Crusades).  The final is LONG, will include information from the Middle Ages, castles, the religion chart, Islam, and basic stuff from throughout the semester.  A study guide will be available for download from moodle on Friday.

Religions of the World: Islam

We watched a short video about Islam today - kind of a review of my lecture the other day.  After watching it, I asked you to answer the following questions:

1. What are some of the reasons that Islam is misunderstood by many people?
2. What are some of the contributions that Islamic culture has made to the West?
3. What was one result of the colonization of the Islamic world by European powers?
4. What functions do mosques serve besides being centers of worship?
5. From what you have just seen, why do you think that Islam is growing so rapidly?

After the video, I asked you to put your castle up on the hallway wall (if it was a picture). 

I must say that I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of castles, but disappointed in the number of students who did not do one.  The lowest grade was a C and it took that student 30 minutes.

You have a test on Islam next Tuesday.

Darmok

You watched an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation today.  There was a handout with questions you should have answered to the best of your ability.  We will discuss the video in class tomorrow and look over Castles that have been submitted by you and your peers.  We'll have a test on Islam on Tuesday.

Islam

We had a lecture about Islam today.  The Castle is due Thursday.

I Love the Leader

We reviewed expectations (hats, electronics, tardiness, etc.) on a day probably weird due to readjusting sleep schedules.  Your castles are due tomorrow, but I'll take them through Thursday.  You also have to make sure you outlined the chapter on Islam and showed me your notes.  There will be a test on Thursday (Islam and Castles).

I posted the following statement/question that required you to take a side and defend your position in a solid paragraph of 5-8 sentences: 
Does organized religion have a positive or negative effect on society?  
Basically, is religion a good or bad thing? 

After sharing what you wrote, we watched a Simpsons episode: "Joy of Sect" about a cult coming to Springfield.  We'll discuss the episode tomorrow when I give a brief lecture about Islam.  Know that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam were once considered "cults" by non-believers who felt these beliefs would eventually fade away.  On Wednesday, I'll indoctrinate some of you into a modern-day cult...be prepared.