The "Modern Europe" quick unit is open for research and argumentative writing as a "re-do" choice for students on an individual basis. The "Guns, Germs, and Steel" claim/evidence work pages were put out to the students for their discernment of whether they wish to submit it for scoring or if they wish to "hold" on their most recent, previous AV Claim/Evidence skill score (which was for "Engineering and Empire: The Persians." We began our final unit of the year -- "Modern Western Civ." (aka Enlightenment & Revolutions) by adding a few, quick notes to our Mental Map Timeline and setting up our new EQ page. We then began close-read work with an excerpt from Haitian-American author Edwidge Danticat's "Create Dangerously." Vocab support page was provided, students were encouraged to look up any additional terms that were unfamiliar to them, personally, as they read, and the focus is to pull out bullet-point notes for our new EQ.
