The Renaissance: Politics & Power

Objective

• Analyze Machiavelli's arguments about power
• Introduce the main ideas of the protestant reformation

Agenda 

1. Warm-Up #4: 
1. Most parents make some attempt to control their kids' actions, either through threats of punishment (fear) or appeals to emotion (love).  Which better describes your parents?  Is their tactic of choice effective?
2. Block 4 Only - Ask Me For Your Report Cards
3. The Medici: Godfathers Of the Renaissance (The Medici Pope)
4. PowerPoint: Politics & Power
1. City States
2. Machiavelli
5.  Brief Introduction to The Reformation
6. Begin Luther
7. Homework:  Reformation Quiz Tomorrow (5.3)

The Renaissance: The Medici

Objective

• Describe how the Medici impacted the Renaissance and the Reformation.

Agenda 

1. Shameless Course Promotion
2. Reading Quiz #2: The Renaissance
3. Warm-Up #3:
1. What term describes a wealthy individual or family who finances the art?
4. The Medici: Godfathers Of the Renaissance (The Medici Pope)

The Renaissance: Primary Sources

Objective

• Analyze the causes and effects of the Renaissance.
• Evaluate the pros and cons of primary sources

Agenda 

1. Warm-Up #3: 
1. Why did the Renaissance start in Italy, and not another part of Europe?
2. The Renaissance PowerPoint (continued)
1. Artistic Achievement  (Leonardo)
2. John Green on the Renaissance - Was It A Thing?
3. Primary Sources
1. Pros & Cons
2. Four Yorkshiremen
3. The Book of the Courtier
1. Who wrote this book?
2. What was his audience?  (Who would read this kind of book)
3. Find at least 3 words that are difficult or you don’t understand, look them up, and write a definition.
4. Describe at least 5 traits or skills a courtier should have, according to the author, and cite your evidence.
5. What vocabulary term from your first reading assignment would best describe someone with all these different skills?
4. Homework:  Reading #1: Renaissance  (quiz Friday)

The Renaissance: Origins & Art

Objective

• Explain the origins of the Renaissance
• Analyze the artistic achievements of the Renaissance

Agenda 

1. Get ready for your quiz!  We'll do the warm-up afterward.
2. Quiz #1: Agriculture and the Dark Ages (Crash Course)
3. Warm-up #2:  This warm-up has a musical component.  After the quiz is complete, Mr. M will play two songs for you.
1. How are the two musical styles or lyrical content different?  List at least 3 specific examples.
4. The Renaissance
1. Origins of the Renaissance
2. Artistic Achievement
5. Seven Questions
6. Work Time
1. Reading #1: Renaissance  (quiz Friday)

The Middle Ages

Objective

• Explain classroom procedures and expectations
• Analyze the purpose of studying history

Agenda 

1. Warm-up #1:  The start of the Middle Ages is usually designated as the Fall of the Roman Empire.  Using this information and your prior knowledge, answer the following:
1. What are some major features/achievements/luxuries of the Roman Empire?
2. How might life have changed after the collapse of the Roman Empire?
2. Dropbox Signup - Extra Credit Opportunity
1. Mr. M is using dropbox to store the class's powerpoints
2. By signing up using the link below & installing the software at home he gets more space
3. Reward:  More online access to materials and +20% on the first reading quiz.
4. Follow This Link To Signup For Dropbox
3. Discuss Warm-Up
4. Middle Ages PPT
1. Standard of Living
2. Religion
3. Feudalism
4. A Brief Global View 
5. Seven Questions
6. Work Time
1. CC - Agricultural Revolution (quiz tomorrow)
2. CC - Dark Ages  (quiz tomorrow)
3. Reading #1: Renaissance  (quiz Friday)

Work Day

Objective

• Explain classroom procedures and expectations
• Analyze the purpose of studying history

Agenda - Block 3

1. Attendance 
2. Introduce Christie
3. Work Time
1. Crash Course (due Wednesday)
1. Agricultural Revolution
2. The Dark Ages
2. Renaissance Reading (due Friday)

Agenda - Block 4

1. Attendance 
2. Materials
1. Books
2. Blue Cards 
3. Info Sheets (due Monday Tuesday)
3. Computers
1. Login
2. Website
3. Journal 
4. Crash Course
1. John Green
2. Open Note Quizzes  (first on Tuesday Wednesday)
3. Youtube 
4. Watch #1:  Agriculture
5. Watch #2: Dark Ages (if time)
6. Viewing Tips
1. The answer to a question might be right before a phrase
2. You'll need to pause, go back, answer again
3. Recommendation:  Watch once without questions or interruption, again for notes (they're short!)

Two hour delay - each class is one hour long.  The aim of this split agenda is to put both classes on the same track.

The Agricultural Revolution

Objective

• Explain classroom procedures and expectations
• Analyze the purpose of studying history

Agenda

1. Attendance 
2. Materials
1. Books
2. Blue Cards 
3. Info Sheets (due Monday Tuesday)
3. Computers
1. Login
2. Website
3. Journal 
4. Crash Course
1. John Green
2. Open Note Quizzes  (first on Tuesday Wednesday)
3. Youtube 
4. Watch #1:  Agriculture
5. Viewing Tips
1. The answer to a question might be right before a phrase
2. You'll need to pause, go back, answer again
3. Recommendation:  Watch once without questions or interruption, again for notes (they're short!)
5. Middle Ages PowerPoint
6. Seven Questions

Early dismissal - did not see my fourth block class today;  third block was one hour long.

Introduction To Modern World History

Objective

• Explain classroom procedures and expectations
• Analyze the purpose of studying history

Agenda

1. Attendance 
2. Syllabus 
3. Introductions
1. Student Interviews
2. Questions for Mr. M 
4. Materials
1. Books
2. Blue Cards 
3. Info Sheets 
5. Computers
1. Login
2. Website
3. Journal 
6. Seven Questions

Two hour delay - one hour periods

WW2 Review

Objective

• Describe the major events, ideas, and people of WWII.

Agenda

1. Review Game:  Barrage
1. Answer question correctly to toss 3 chips in middle
2. Gain points for each chip in scoring zones at end of the game
3. If you chip lands on top of a another chip, that chip is removed.

The Pacific Theater & Civilian Bombings

Objective

• Explain the causes and effects of the US entering WWII
• Evaluate the use of bombings against civilians targets in WWII

Agenda

Audio: "A Date That Will Live in Infamy" - FDR

1. Warm-up #34: As you listen to this speech, imagine that you has just received the news about the attack on Pearl Harbor. 
1. How would you feel?
2. How would you want the US to respond?
2. Notes - US Enters the War
1. Video Clip:  The Pacific (10 minutes)
2. Discussion: Attacks on Civilians
3. Fog of War (20 minutes)
4. Review Packet

The Holocaust

Objective

• Analyze the causes of the Holocaust
• Evaluate the role of individual responsibility in the Holocaust

Agenda

1. Discuss what students already know about the Holocaust
2. Discuss Quote: "Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world he is responsible for everything he does." - John Paul Sartre
3. Niemoller Poem
4. Facts & Propaganda
5. Readings
1. Poems & Writings from Terezin
2. The Confession
3. Himmler's Speech at Posen
6. (If Extra Time) - WW2 Review Packet

The Eastern Front

Objective

• Analyze WW2 satire in Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator
• Explain the major battles and events on the Eastern Front

Agenda

1. Satire
1. Charlie Chaplain:  The Great Dictator
2. The Eastern Front
1. Notes
2. Video Clip:  Stalingrad

Origins of World War 2

Objective

• Explain the major causes and early battles of the second world war
• Analyze the effectiveness of Winston Churchill's leadership in Great Britain during WW2
• Examine the use of satire during WW2

Agenda

1. Start of WW2
1. Early Aggression
2. Poland
3. France
4. Britain
2. Churchill's Speeches
1. "Fight on the beaches"
2. "Their finest hour"
3. "Never have so many"
3. Satire
1. Charlie Chaplain:  The Great Dictator

The Soviet Union

Objective

• Analyze how the Russian and French revolutions are similar
• Describe the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin
  

Agenda

1. Music:  The Who - "Won't Get Fooled Again"
2. Warm-Up #33:  This song is a song about revolutions, and it ends with the line:  "meet the new boss, same as the old boss."  How does this describe the French Revolution?
3. Anatomy of a Revolution
4. USSR under Stalin
5. Primary Source - Soviet Union Jokes

Rise of Totalitarianism

Objective

• Explain how totalitarian regimes rose to power across Europe
  

Agenda

1. Warm-Up #32:  Describe one thing that happened to Germany at the end of or after World War 1 that might have helped encourage extremist beliefs and the rise of Hitler?
2. Mussolini on Fascism
1. Find it under Public / Malafarina / Modern World History
3. WW2 - Rise of Totalitarianism Notes
1. Hitler / Germany
2. Stalin / USSR

World War 1Test / Ideologies

Objective

• Describe major political ideologies
• Explain how totalitarian regimes rose to power

Agenda

1. World War 1 Test
2. Political Ideologies
1. World's Smallest Political Quiz
3. Handout: Vote
4. Results of the Vote
5. WW2 - Rise of Totalitarianism

Russian Revolution

Objective

• Describe what life was like for soldiers in the trenches during WW1.
• Analyze the causes and effects of the Russian Revolution

Agenda

1. Warm-Up #31.    See Projector For Warm-Up
1. Is this picture propaganda?  If so, how do you know?  If not, why not?
2. Notes - Russian Revolution
3. All Quiet on the Western Front

Propaganda & Poetry

Objective

• Analyze how the weapons and tactics of World War 1 impacted the war

Agenda

• Propaganda
• Examples
• War Poets
• Poetry Reading (as class)
• "Base Details"
• "One-Legged Man"
• "Suicide in the Trenches"
• "Back"
• "Breakfast"
• "Futility"
• "Dulce et Decorum Est"
• Discussion
• All Quiet on the Western Front 
• Complete Video Guide as you watch

All Quiet on the Western Front

Objective

• Analyze how the weapons and tactics of World War 1 impacted the war

Agenda

• Warfare 1917
• Work with a partner or on your own
• Complete a the Game Guide worksheet as you play
• All Quiet on the Western Front 
• Complete Video Guide as you watch

Weapons of WW1

Objective

• Analyze how the weapons and tactics of World War 1 impacted the war

Agenda

• Reading Quiz #10 - 
• Notes - Weapons of World War 1
• Warfare 1917
• Work with a partner or on your own
• Complete a the Game Guide worksheet as you play