Guns, Germs, and Steel (Part One)

Objectives

• Describe the effect of geography on the development of societies.
• Analyze how Pizarro was able to conquer the Inca while vastly outnumbered.

Agenda

• Warm-Up #3:  List two things (plant, diseases, animal) that the Americas got from Europe and two things that Europe got from the Americas in the Colombian Exchange.
• PowerPoint
• Slave Trade
• Aztec
• Inca
• Video:  Guns, Germs, and Steel
• While you watch, complete the video sheet.
• Assignments
• Quiz #5 - Buddhism and Islam on Tuesday
• Quiz #6 - Mongols, Mariners, and Mughals on Thursday
• Test #2 on Friday
• Coming Up
• Monday - GG&S and Work Time
• Tuesday - Quiz & DBQ
• Wednesday - DBQ
• Thursday - Quiz & Ottoman Empire & Study Time
• Friday - Test & Absolutism Assignment
• Monday - Absolutism Lesson

Slave Trade & Colombus

Objective

• Explain the major causes of European Exploration
• Describe how the rise commerce leads to a change in world power

Agenda 

1. Warm-Up #7  
1. Wait for instructions from Mr. M.  He will play an audio clip, and afterward you will answer the following question.  What was life like for a slave being transported across the Atlantic?  Give at least three specific details from the audio account.
2. Reading - Lies My Teacher Told Me
1. What is the first mistake textbooks make about Columbus' significance?
2. Loewen argues textbooks downplay economic and religious motives for European conquest; suggesting they reflect badly on "us" - who is "us"?
3. What problem does he suggest this lets "fester"?
4. List at least three things from the "collective story" of Columbus that Loewen calls into question.
5. What does Loewen say about Columbus' supposed tragic end?  Cite at least two specific examples from the text.   [Your words, then two quotes to support]
6. Describe the men and supplies provided by Ferdinand & Isabella for Columbus' second voyage.
7. Why did he need so much for this new mission?
8. How did Columbus ensure cooperation?
9. Describe the "Reign of terror in Hispaniola"
10. How did the Arawak population vary from 1492 to 1555.
11. How did Columbus' writings about the Arawaks become increasingly racist?
12. Why does Loewen believe racism helped promote this exploitation?
13. What are the problems with a textbook glorifying Columbus?
3. Discussion
4. Homework
1. For Tuesday- Quiz #5: Buddhism (CC6) & Islam (CC13)
2. For Thursday - Quiz #6: Mongols (CC17) & 15th Century Mariners (CC21)

Exploration

Objective

• Explain the major causes of European Exploration
• Describe how the rise commerce leads to a change in world power

Agenda 

1. Quiz - Slave Trade & Colombian Exchange
2. Setting Up Journal
3. Warm-Up #1
1. Imagine you are living in Spain during the 1500s.  What might encourage you to get on a wooden boat and travel for months to Asia or the Americas using an untested and dangerous route?
4. Age of Exploration PowerPoint
1. Why?
2. Goods
3. Commerce
4. Technology
5. Explorers
6. Shifts in Power
5. Homework
1. For Monday - Quiz #5: Buddhism (CC6) & Islam (CC13)
2. For Wednesday - Quiz #6: Mongols (CC17) & 15th Century Mariners (CC21)

Test #1: Renaissance & Reformation

Agenda

• Quick Review Time (15 Mins)
• Test #1 - Renaissance & Reformation
• Prepare for Reading Quiz on...
• Crash Course - Colombian Exchange (Questions)
• Crash Course - Slave Trade (Questions)
• Take notes!
• Your quiz will be on Wednesday 2/17

Renaissance PowerPoint & Primary Sources

Agenda

• Renaissance PowerPoint:  Art
• Primary Sources
• Video Clip
• The Book of the Courtier
• Renaissance PowerPoint:  Power & Politics
• Reminder:  Test #1 is on Friday

Materials

I'm working on revising the organization of the website to make it easier to use.

In the meantime, the copy of the notes can be found here.

Second Day Agenda

Thanks again for everyone's patience.  My condition got a little worse, so I do not expect to be in school until Thursday at the earliest.  I certainly don't want to spread the Black Death to any of you.

Today's agenda is the following:

• Read the Syallabus - and make some mental notes if you have any questions.  We're going to hit the ground running when I am back, so we're skipping the whole "Syllabus day" routine.
• Take your open note quiz on the Renaissance
• 14 points, 15 questions.  Good luck!
• Watch John Green talk about Agiculture and introduce you to Crash Course World History
• Crash Course #1 - Agriculture
• Watch John Green talk about the Renaissance and evaluate whether it was really a thing or not
• Crash Course #22 - The Renaissance
  
  You can find these videos by looking on the public drive under the Malafarina folder.  Check under "Modern World History" or "Crash Course" - I'm not sure of the exact path, but I know they are there!  Once you find them, please share them with a neighbor.  They're also available on youtube and linked from the website.

I'm not going to give you a video quiz on these two sections.  I'm simply asking that you watch them and really think about it.  The information from these videos *is* fair game for your first test, so you are welcome to take a few notes.

If you have extra time this period, it is yours - just make sure you don't disturb your neighbors if they're still working.  Tomorrow you guys will be watching a video, and if we're lucky I'll be back on Thursday to get things rolling.

Welcome To Modern World History...

...Sorry that I can't make it.  I'm very sick this week, but I'm going to do my best to get in tomorrow to join you all.  I know it's a tremendous downer doing work on the first day, but I assure you this is an opportunity to avoid homework later on!

I'm asking you to read one section of a chapter from our textbook, which you can find on the bookshelf in the back of the room.  You will have an open-note quiz on this tomorrow.  I'll ask you 14 questions about the reading, and you'll do the best to answer.  Since it's open note... you'd be well-advised to write some stuff down!

Right here is the link to the assignment.  It's also on the right bar, under "Reading Guides - 5.1 Renaissance" -->

The above link has a list of questions.  Anything I ask on the quiz will be related to these questions. If you read carefully, take notes that sufficiently answer these questions, you should easily score a 100% on the quiz.  The advantage of this system over a worksheet is that as long as *you* understand your notes and remember the content, you're set.  Terrible handwriters of the world, rejoice!

Thanks in advance for your patience and hard work.

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Cold War Introduction

Objectives

• Explain the major elements of the Cold War

Agenda

• Warm-Up #41:   What do you know about the Cold War?  List at least three facts, ideas, or associations.  It's okay if they are vague, unclear, or incorrect.   Use google if you're truly stumped.
• PowerPoint: The Cold War
• Concepts
• Video Clip - "Duck and Cover"
• Cold War Packet & Preparation
• Cold War Begins on Thursday

Pacific Theater

Objectives

• Explain the major events of the Pacific Theater in WWII
• Analyze the role of bombing campaigns against civilians during WWII

Agenda

• Warm-Up #40:   Is it ever acceptable to use violence against innocent civilians?  If so, when and why?   If not, why not?
• Notes:  The Pacific Theater
• Island Hopping
• Clip: The Pacific
• Nuclear Weapons
• Discussion
• Film: Fog of War (20 min)
• Review Packet / Study
• Cold War Teams (if time)
• Test Tomorrow!

The Holocaust

Objectives

• Analyze the causes and effects of the Holocaust

Agenda

• Warm-Up #39:   In your journal, write down at least three things that you know about the Holocaust.
• Discuss Prior Knowledge
• Quote
• Facts & Images
• Poems & Speeches
• Review Packet

US Enters the War

Objectives

• Explain the causes and effects of the US entering World War II

Agenda

• Audio - Speech - FDR: A Day That Will Live in Infamy
• Warm-Up #37:    As you listen to this speech, imagine that you has just received the news about the attack on Pearl Harbor. 
• How would you feel?
• How would you want the US to respond?
• Notes: USA Enters The War
• Video Clip: Saving Private Ryan
• Video Clip: The Pacific
• Review Packet

The War In Russia

Objectives

• Analyze satire about World War II
• Describe the major events of the Eastern Front

Agenda

• Warm-Up #37:  What was Napoleon's biggest mistake?
• The Great Dictator (Conclusion)
• Food Scene
• Speech
• Notes: War In Russia
• Clip: Enemy At The Gates
• Begin Review Packet

The Great Dictator

Objectives

• Analyze satire about World War II

Agenda

• Warm-Up #36 
• Who was Winston Churchill?
• Why was Britain in such low spirits in the Spring of 1940?
• Describe the main ideas of his speeches that you read yesterday.
• Prepare/Print Notes for Quizzes
• Churchill Speech #1 - A Note On Purpose
• Quiz #17: Chinese Revolutions
• Review Quiz
• Watch The Great Dictator
• Quiz #18: World War II
• Review Quiz

Origins of WWII

Objectives

• Analyze the effects of the Chinese Revolutions of 1911 and 1949
• Describe the major causes of World War II

Agenda

• Music:  Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who
• Warm-Up #35 - Based on the song's lyrics
• What political statement does this song make about revolution?
• How does this song relate to Crane Brinton’s theory about the French & Russian revolutions that we analyzed our notes yesterday
• Collect Permission Slips - we're starting this stuff tomorrow!!!!
• Quiz #17: Chinese Revolutions
• PowerPoint: World War II
• Origins
• Primary Source: Winston Churchill's Speeches
• If time... Crash Course World History: World War II  (due Friday)

Rise of Totalitarianism (2)

Objectives

•  Describe the rise of totalitarianism in Europe

Agenda

• Warm-Up #34:  Describe why people were willing to support Adolf Hitler in Germany?
• Permission Slip!!!!
• Quiz delayed until Thursday.
• PowerPoint: World War II
• USSR
• Stalin
• Primary Source - USSR Jokes
• If time... Crash Course World History: World War II  (due Friday)

Rise of Totalitarianism

Objectives

•  Describe the rise of totalitarianism in Europe

Agenda

• Voting Activity
• Warm-Up #33:  Explain your decision in our mock-election
• PowerPoint: World War II
• Mussolini
• Hitler
• Primary Source - Mussolini Quotes
• Crash Course World History: World War II

US Enters the War

Objectives

• Describe the causes for the United States entering World War I
• Describe the major events 

Agenda

• Warm-Up #32:  Briefly name and describe each of the two revolutions that happened within Russia during 1917.
• PowerPoint:  The End of The War
• WW1 - Review Packet

Russian Revolution (2)

Objectives

• Describe the major events of the Russian Revolution

Agenda

• Warm-Up #31:  Who was Vladimir Lenin, and why did he oppose World War I?
• PowerPoint:  Russian Revolution
• All Quiet on the Western Front (finish)

Russian Revolution (1)

Objectives

• Describe the major events of the Russian Revolution

Agenda

• Warm-Up #31:  List five new technologies used in World War 1.  Which do you think had the largest impact on the war and why?
• Quiz #16: World War 1
• PowerPoint:  Russian Revolution
• All Quiet on the Western Front (continue)