OCTOBER LIGHTS, CAMERA...ACTION! We will continue on our cinematic adventure into the past, edited for your viewing pleasure! Watch on the edge of your seats as the Age of Exploration and the beginnings of Absolutism explode on the screen - just to mention a few. STARRING such creative artists like Toussaint Louverture, King Louis XIV and Napoleon Bonaparte. And an all star, supportive cast just waiting for their scenes!
TESTS KEEP GOING OVER YOUR NOTES 3-5 MINUTES DAILY. You will have a test every two or three weeks - over each major section. So stay on top of your notes....and use the daily quizzes as a guide to know what to study. TEST CORRECTIONS If you earned an "A" or "B" on your test, you will receive the credit for TEST CORRECTIONS automatically. Any grade lower demands the corrections. YOU MUST HAVE YOUR TEST ATTACHED TO THE TEST CORRECTIONS FOR CREDIT! You must also do the following:
Provide the CORRECT ANSWER 5 TIMES
Your answers must be in FULL SENTENCES
You must HAND WRITE your answers (you may not type/print them)
Please, NUMBER your corrections according to the numbers on the test
REMEMBER, the only way to avoid TEST CORRECTIONS is to study and be prepared for the test the FIRST time...
TAKING A STAND IN HISTORY
The final competition will be in March - mark you calendars!
Saturday, March 11th
9:00 am
9:30 am - 1:30ish pm
Location: North Idaho STEM Gym/Music Room
NOTECARD COMPILATION ASSIGNMENT - if you need another rubric CLICK HERE. WEEKLY - until Christmas Break you will be required to have 10 notecards with 10 facts on your topic EACH THURSDAY! You must have your THESIS STATEMENT (typed - and your OWN copy) handy when I check your notecards, and remember to have a BIBLIOGRAPHY CARD for each fact you find. Remember there is only ONE WAY to earn your 10 points each week - you MUST have 10 notecards each week. Otherwise, it is a zero - stay on top of your research, folks! We will discuss other coming assignments later such as the Annotated Bibliography and Process Paper...
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Here are the MAPS so far that we have studied for the RENAISSANCE:
SEPTEMBER Welcome back to the continuing SAGA of "Mankind's HIstory"! You've been here before....we just couldn't go through ALL of man's history in one year. So we'll finish it up this year! REMEMBER - you make history every day - you observe history every moment - as long as mankind exists, we will continue the symphony. It's now going to be viewed like a movie - frame by frame, we will explore each segment that made mankind who they are today. So...here we go. One, two, three...ACTION! This blogspot will be updated monthly! (unless told otherwise)
Just like last year, your weekly reading assignments will go along with what we will discuss in class. They are all online and will also be available on the school network. The files are password protected for copyright reasons - the password will be provided in class (and only in person - but its the same one as last year). Please do not share the password online or via email, texting, etc. - just face to smiling, gorgeous face. READING QUESTIONS will be passed out each week and will be due at the beginning of class EACH TUESDAY (our class this year is in a block format - Tuesday/Thursday - so your reading will be handed out Tuesdays for your to work on in class and due the following Tuesday). The assignments and their reading dates are listed below. The DUE DATE is the following Tuesday after the one listed (for example, your first reading is assigned September 13, but it is due the following Tuesday, September 20). SEPTEMBER 13 - Martin Luther's 95 ThesisDUE Tuesday, 9/20 20 - Machiavelli's The Prince (EXCERPTS)DUE Tuesday, 9/27 27 - History of Mehmed the Conqueror (EXCERPTS)DUE Tuesday, 10/4 OCTOBER 4 - Chapter 20 - The Atlantic WorldDUE 10/10 • QUESTIONS - Chapter 20 11 - Chapter 21 - Absolute MonarchyDUE 10/17 • QUESTIONS - Chapter 21 18 - Chapter 22 - The EnlightenmentDUE 10/24 • QUESTIONS - Chapter 22 25 - Chapter 23 - The French Revolution & NapoleonDUE 10/31 • QUESTIONS - Chapter 23
GLOSSARY! READING QUESTIONS will be updated and posted monthly. As apart of your reading you will also have VOCABULARY definitions. You can find those definitions in the reading.....OR....here is a GLOSSARY linkfor all the terms found in your reading.
Your welcome!
Yeah I know - I hate them too. But you can't study some history without some dates to know where you fit into things. I recommend notecards and start learning them early. Here is the date list you will be required to learn this year.
Yup - it's back, you lucky people, you! We will be working on projects on ANY historical subject, within the confines of this year's theme and the timeframe of the class - from the Fall of Constantinople (1453 AD) to the Present. This year's theme is: TAKING A STAND IN HISTORY
We will work on NHD each Thursday until the regional competition on Saturday, March 11. We will hold the competition at STEM like last year! More details will follow! And we will talk more on the first Thursday about the project.