February 28

Journal:  None

Project: Today I introduced a new project that you will complete! Instructions below... this will be DUE FRIDAY MARCH 3! 

Ø  Listen to the radio/CD/Streaming at home to identify these kinds of songs.

Ø   Choose one of these songs

Ø  Print Lyrics; underline or list the title, artist, date

Ø   Underline important passages showing the message of the song

Ø  Write a 2 PARAGRAPH WRITE-UP discussing the overall meaning of the song (ie. Issues it is talking about) AND tell me similarities between your issue & Industrial Revolution

In Class:  Today we learned about Urbanization by playing the 'urbanization' game!!!! If you were absent, you can make this activity up by watching the following video and completing the following write-up: 10 things you learned, and answering the question in 2 PARAGRAPHS "Did Urbanization cause more harm than good?"

LEARNING TARGET DAY 3

Homework: Catch up Day!

February 27

Journal #2: What do you think is the most IMPORTANT invention of all time?

In Class:  Today we talked more about the Industrial Revolution! You filled out page 4 of your Note Packet :) The Beginnings of Industrialization

LEARNING TARGET DAY 1/2

Video:  We started ‘The Men who Built America: Episode 1: A new war begins’ on page 5 of your note packet... if you were absent I will post below for you to watch 

Homework: Chapter 24 Lesson 2

February 24

Today we started our new unit.... THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION! 

You should have picked up your New Packet + Review

Journal #1: How did the assembly line change the way products were produced and sold?

In Class:  Note Packet: pages 1 (notes- if you were absent, you can get them from a friend or come see me) 

·        HORSE POWER ACTIVITY- We did an acitivity on Horse Power learning about the Steam Engine  (James Watt) on pages 2-3 of your packet

LEARNING TARGET DAY 1/2

Homework: Chapter 24 Lesson 1

February 22/23

Today was test day! We played a review game, you turned in your packets + reviews and took the Unit 9 test!

If you were absent, you must make the test up and turn in the packet within 1 WEEK; NO EXCEPTIONS

February 21

I hope you all enjoyed a long weekend and are refreshed and ready to go this week! 

Journal: None 

In class: Today was a review day! For the 1st part of class you worked on your Unit 9 reviews followed by a game of Kahoot! Remember TOMORROW IS YOUR TEST----- you also be turning in your packets and reviews so please come prepared :) 

Homework: Study for test! 

February 17

Journal #5:  When do you know you are successful?  

Is there an “unreachable bar” with success? If not, where is “the bar?”

What are things you can be doing now to be successful?

In Class:  Today we learned about the Latin American Revolutions and you filled out your Packet pages 7-8! 

LEARNING TARGET DAY 6

Homework: Chapter 23 Lesson 4

February 15

Journal:  None

Activity:  Today we held the Vienna Congress- you each represented a country and participated in the debates :) 

LEARNING TARGET DAY 5

Homework: Chapter 23 Lesson 1-3

IF Absent to make up: Today we held a debate about the European powers coming together to discuss what to do with post-Napoleon Europe .  To make this assignment up you will need to research what each of the European Powers present would have chosen with the situation below (write the # of what the country would have chosen & WHY. You will be writing for the following countries: Russia, Prussia, Great Britain and Austria (aka Habsburg Empire)

Napoleon is gone, the great powers need to decide on who will rule France in his stead.

Options are:

1. Napoleon’s son could be Emperor Napoleon II
2. Louis Bourbon could be brought back as Louis XVII
3. France could become a Republic with a Democratic Government.