NEW FRAME SET - here's another online clue...
"Brooks"
Sunday, May 21, 2017
Monday, May 8, 2017
MAY
...don't put down your instruments....yet...
May will be an oscar performance, finishing World War 2 and heading into the 20th century - and into the 21st..get ready for your acceptance speeches for the Academy Awards...
"I would like to thank the members of the Academy for this award...and my mommy...and my puppy...and my good friend, George!"
STARRING the leading roles of Dwight D. Eisenhower, FDR, Truman, Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan, Magaret Thatcher....and too many others to mention....
We are DONE for the year so you should have plenty of time to finish your final project and prepare for the final...yes....we do have a final....SIGH....
QUIZZES
YOU MAY USE NOTECARDS ON THURSDAY, WEEKLY VOCABULARY QUIZZES...if we ever have any - we will have more to prepare you for the final...so be ready.
REMEMBER - any Vocab Quiz graded below a "B" will make NOTECARDS mandatory for you...it is highly recommended you make them and USE them...(yes, we should still be making notecards)...
Yes...you do have a FINAL in this class...
You will have a FINAL EXAM Thursday, JUNE 1st!
This is over ALL material we have studied this year - mostly the PREAMBLES, PESKY DATES, MAPS, VOCABULARY and the 5 PATTERNS OF MANKIND.
STUDY GUIDES MAY be handed out in class - but if not, you know what is needed to study. Go through your reading/vocabulary sheets (and if you tossed them unfortunately, go through the blog for more sheets and fill them out again)...
[I REALLY RECOMMEND NOTECARDS if you have not made them yet]
NEW FRAME SET - here's another online clue...
"finest hour"
Time Travel Television Show
You will be creating a SCREENPLAY and PERFORMING your own historical cross-over performance which will be "filmed" in MAY (time to be scheduled later).
Just like the Twilight Zone episode we saw in class, your objective is to put on your time-warp, historic comparison play before an audience that will "rate" your episode.
If you lost your rubric and instructions, you can obtain a new one by CLICKING HERE.
Remember! It must be entirely BLACK and WHITE (no color [just like in the 1960s])...
SCREENPLAY format sample - click here!
Don't forget to include a time-associated 30 second commercial in your "film."
SCREENPLAY deadline: extended to Thursday, May 11
FILMING schedule: The second week of JUNE! (that final week of school)
Sunday, April 23, 2017
Sunday, April 16, 2017
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Sunday, April 2, 2017
APRIL
...THAT'S A WRAP....almost...
April will be a screen play over the World Wars of the 20th century - and the Cold War which followed...we have almost wrapped up our epic film of mankind's journey through time...
"We're ready for our closeup!"
STARRING the leading roles of Kaiser Wilhelm, Czar Nicholas II...but also Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler, Dwight D. Eisenhower, FDR, Truman....and so many other extras we can't list them here....
We should finish our reading for this year this month (or the beginning of May)...if all goes according to plan...you lucky few...
11 - Wilson's 14 Points
Remember no reading was due over Spring Break
18 - The Crisis Years
Questions
25 - World War II
Questions
VOCABULARY FORMAT, in case you need one.
QUIZZES
YOU MAY USE NOTECARDS ON WEDNESDAY, WEEKLY VOCABULARY QUIZZES!!!
REMEMBER - any Vocab Quiz graded below a "B" will make NOTECARDS mandatory for you...it is highly recommended you make them and USE them...
NEW FRAME SET - here's another online clue...
"republic"
BY THE WAY - last month's clue was wrong...it was for a past clue - disregard it!
BY THE WAY - last month's clue was wrong...it was for a past clue - disregard it!
Time Travel Television Show
You will be creating a SCREENPLAY and PERFORMING your own historical cross-over performance which will be "filmed" in MAY (time to be scheduled later).
Just like the Twilight Zone episode we saw in class, your objective is to put on your time-warp, historic comparison play before an audience that will "rate" your episode.
If you lost your rubric and instructions, you can obtain a new one by CLICKING HERE.
Remember! It must be entirely BLACK and WHITE (no color [just like in the 1960s])...
SCREENPLAY format sample - click here!
Don't forget to include a time-associated 30 second commercial in your "film."
SCREENPLAY deadline: Thursday, April 27 (last Thursday of the Month)
FILMING schedule: May (TBD)
Sunday, March 5, 2017
MARCH
...CLEAR THE GATE AND RUN THE DAILIES....
We are now moving quickly into the 20th Century...NATIONALISM. Tragically, we will discuss how Europe expanded themselves in IMPERIALISM and MILITARISM that will lead to the darkness of WORLD WAR I.
"We would like to thank the members of the Academy for the awards that will follow...."
STARRING the leading roles of Kaiser Wilhelm, Czar Nicholas II, King George...and so many, many others...an ALL STAR CAST...
We are more than caught up on our reading so we will make a slight change this month - you have one reading due, and then I want you to work on LEARNING THE DATES required to learn by the end of the year - you will be creating PNEUMONIC DEVICES to help you memorize these crucial dates of history...
6 - LETTERS from the Trenches
Remember to use the letter assigned to you in class
13 - PNEUMONIC DEVICES - 1488 - 1898 AD
21 - PNEUMONIC DEVICES - 1899 AD - 2001 AD
27 - NO READING DUE - SPRING BREAK!
VOCABULARY FORMAT, in case you need one.
QUIZZES
YOU MAY USE NOTECARDS ON WEDNESDAY, WEEKLY VOCABULARY QUIZZES!!!
REMEMBER - any Vocab Quiz graded below a "B" will make NOTECARDS mandatory for you...it is highly recommended you make them and USE them...
NEW FRAME SET - here's the first online clue...
"income distribution"
Time Travel Television Show
You will be creating a SCREENPLAY and PERFORMING your own historical cross-over performance which will be "filmed" in MAY (time to be scheduled later).
Just like the Twilight Zone episode we saw in class, your objective is to put on your time-warp, historic comparison play before an audience that will "rate" your episode.
If you lost your rubric and instructions, you can obtain a new one by CLICKING HERE.
OH! And by the way - it must be entirely BLACK and WHITE (that means, costumes, props, backdrops....everything....must be black, white or grey....no color [just like in the 1960s])...
You need to include a time-associated 30 second commercial in your "film."
SCREENPLAY deadline: Thursday, April 27
FILMING schedule: May (TBD)
Saturday, February 11, 2017
Sunday, February 5, 2017
FEBRUARY
...QUIET ON THE SET...ROLL 'EM...SPEED...ACTION....
We will finish the era of Europe's French Emperor....Napoleon. Then we will move onto the Industrial Revolution, as well as a rise of Nationalism in the West.
The SPECIAL EFFECTS of this month will have you on the edge of your seat!...
STARRING the leading roles of Napoleon Boneparte, Cyrus McCormick, Samuel F.B. Morse, Samuel Slater, Adam Smith....and others...
(...no animals in strange costumes were harmed in the filming of these classes...)
REMEMBER - READING QUESTIONS will be passed out each week and will be due at the beginning of class EACH TUESDAY. The following is the reading for FEBRUARY:
7 - Chapter 29 - The Great War DUE 2/14
• QUESTIONS - Chapter 29
28 - Letters from the Trenches DUE 3/7
Postponed due to snowday and NHD
VOCABULARY FORMAT, if you need one.
TEST
KEEP GOING OVER YOUR NOTES 3-5 MINUTES DAILY.
You will have a test every two or three weeks - over each major section...
LIKE THE ONE OVER
The ENLIGHTENMENT, FRENCH REVOLUTION & NAPOLEON
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14th! (Happy Valentine's Day)
QUIZZES
YOU MAY USE NOTECARDS ON WEDNESDAY, WEEKLY VOCABULARY QUIZZES!!!
REMEMBER - any Vocab Quiz graded below a "B" will make NOTECARDS mandatory for you...it is highly recommended you make them and USE them...
NEW FRAME SET - here's the first online clue...
"1792"
REGIONAL CONTEST DATE & LOCATION
- Saturday, February 25th
- Time: Check in 8:00 AM; Judging Starts: 8:30 AM
- Location: Western Washington University, Cheney, WA
- COST: $15 (includes a T-Shirt)
DUE: February 21, Tuesday
(This is for the INDIVIDUAL Process Paper - you will still need to combine your team's papers together for the team paper, needed for the competition)
IF YOU NEED TO SEE AN EXAMPLE, click here.
You MUST have a cover page. You MUST indicate at the end of the paper your total word count.
We will continue working on the PROJECT. Remember, you have the entire week following President's Day - but stay focused, we do not have much time this year to complete the project!
YOU AND YOUR TEAM MUST HAVE A COMBINED ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND PROCESS PAPER WITH YOUR FINAL PROJECT!!!
Friday, January 27, 2017
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Saturday, January 7, 2017
JANUARY is a month of TESTS for your class!
This Tuesday (January 10th) you have a TEST over ABSOLUTISM.
The following Tuesday (January 17th) is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE preamble test [remember - it's a BIG ONE - 100 points! You will need to write it out (unless you schedule a time with me ahead of time that week to verbally recite it to me at lunch) AND tell me the meaning of one (or more) of the sections - be able to explain it in your own words!]
And on Tuesday January 24th, you will have your MID-TERM!
It will consist of any of the vocabulary terms from the entire semester! It will also have a section on MAPS - we have had only two (The Atlantic World and Absolute Europe).
MID TERM STUDY GUIDE - in case you lost yours...
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
JANUARY
...THAT'S A TAKE....
We finished the Age of Absolutism and now will move onto the Age of the Enlightenment, National Revolutions (including our own) and that wonderful actor from Corsica....Napoleon.
STARRING the leading roles of Maximilien de Robespierre, Jean Rousseau, John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, and that little guy with the itchy shirt....oh yeah. Napoleon Boneparte!
(and just wait until you see their supporting actors performances!)
REMEMBER - READING QUESTIONS will be passed out each week and will be due at the beginning of class EACH TUESDAY. The following is the reading for JANUARY:
3 - Chapter 26 - Democracy DUE 1/10
• QUESTIONS - Chapter 26
10 - Chapter 27 - Imperialism DUE 1/19 - extended
• QUESTIONS - Chapter 27
18 - Chapter 28 - Global Transformations DUE 1/31 - POSTPONED for the MidTerm
• QUESTIONS - Chapter 28
24 - Chapter 29 - The Great War DUE 2/7
• QUESTIONS - Chapter 29
31 - Letters from the Trenches DUE 2/14
VOCABULARY FORMAT, if you need one.
TESTS
KEEP GOING OVER YOUR NOTES 3-5 MINUTES DAILY.
You will have a test every two or three weeks - over each major section (we didn't have the one before the Christmas break - but you will have one Tuesday, January 10th). So keep going over your notes...
THERE WILL ALSO BE A 100 POINT TEST OVER THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AFTER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK!!! JANUARY 17th!
AND YOU HAVE A MID-TERM TUESDAY, JANUARY 24th!
QUIZZES
YOU MAY USE NOTECARDS ON WEDNESDAY, WEEKLY VOCABULARY QUIZZES!!!
WHY ARE YOU NOT USING THIS OPTION???? You can use notecards!!!
As we pass out maps in class you may get a copy on the blog, in case you lose yours.
REVIEW THE PAST CLUES - here's another clue...
"unlawful detention"
REGIONAL CONTEST DATE & LOCATION
- Saturday, February 25th
- Time: TBA
- Location: Western Washington University, Cheney, WA
DUE: January 26, Thursday
IF YOU NEED TO SEE AN EXAMPLE, click here.
If anyone wants to look ahead, we have a PROCESS PAPER that will be due February 16.
The rubric is located HERE.
NOW we begin the PROJECT phase of NHD. For the remainder of January and February, on Thursdays, we will be working on the NHD projects in class.
SUPPLIES NEED TO BE BROUGHT THE FIRST THURSDAY OF JANUARY!!!
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