And yes, I do plan on getting some work done.
This week we’ll be watching an exciting reality show called “Colonial House.” A history buffs dream, the show places a number of families in the New England wilderness and makes them live as if it’s 1610.
We’ll watch clips of it throughout the week. While [...]
We’re covering the Enlightenment in class (which includes bits of the scientific revolution). To have a good lead in, I found this great commercial by the ad council called “Cat Magnet“.
Topic 21 covers it in greater detail!
We’ll be continuing both the enlightenment and colonization (and how to two connect)!
Note: This week I’ll be out Monday and Friday.
Objectives: H.7SS.7; P.7SS.3; GEO.7SS.3; GEO.7SS.4; GEO.7SS.5
Date What We’re Doing in class Homework 5/21 WU Worksheets and Crosswords Reading on the Enlightenment (core 2-4) 5/22 WU Map Assignment Review of Grades [...]
We recently completed a project that compared the Printing Press with the Internet. For the most part, I’ve been happy with the grades.
Still, for the students who would like to get a better grade:
Yes you may do it again!
And no, you don’t need to do all of it. Just fix the [...]
This week we focus on the discovery of America as well as the enlightenment.
Objectives: H.7SS.7; P.7SS.3; GEO.7SS.3; GEO.7SS.4; GEO.7SS.5
Date What We’re Doing in class Homework 5/14 WU Refresher: How we did on last week’s test Intro: The King and Queen United Streaming Video: Queen Isabela 5/15 WU Introduce [...]
Testing is finished and we’re wrapping up the last few weeks of the year. This week we’ll conclude our study of the Renaissance/Reformation (and take a test!). We’ll also start a wonderful section on a period of time called the “Enlightenment”.
Objectives: P-A&C; H-C; G-A; C-B; S-B,C,A;
Date What We’re Doing in class Homework [...]
