Thursday, March 31, 2011

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

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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.

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

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

Monday, March 28, 2011

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?

Friday, March 18, 2011

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!

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

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

Monday, March 7, 2011

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.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

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.