World History -- Last week of school! (5/18-5/21)

IMPORTANT REMINDER: This Wednesday (5/20) is a 1-day option for a great, 100-point assignment grade to boost your score in this class by using your Unit-Closure Work Packets and Mental Map Timeline to do an open-note version of the final exam that covers all units from the whole year (Intro, Communal, and onward).

Feel free to work ahead on the following work or to pace yourself according to the days noted; just be sure to finish by Thursday 5/21 with the only exception being the assignment noted above that has to be completed on Wednesday.  ; )

Finish viewing Human vol. 3 on YouTube with closed captioning turned on and then complete the "Wrap-up Discussion" assignment in Google Classroom. (Monday and Tuesday)

Open-note review assignment using the final exam (Wednesday -- this one item HAS to be done on WEDNESDAY).

Thursday, Friday, & onward -- Congratulations -- you've hunted horcruxes bravely, managing through your daily lives in the most unusual and challenging of circumstances.  All of this has made being in class with McGonagall seem like a cakewalk.  We dream of dining together in The Great Hall and lounging without worry in the Gryffindor Common Room.  Exhale  .  .  .

As we have rights to free film screening through June 30th with a streaming service I used for a film for U.S. History (courtesy the Academic Foundation), I have loaded a list of varied films into Google Classroom for your enjoyment (and maybe some accidental learning along the way).  There is even 1 HP-related film that they've got in their collection that depicts 1920s New York City!  I hope each of you -- all with your different interests -- will find something interesting to enjoy in the list; watch as many as you'd like before time runs out June 30th.

And finally, here are the big summer holidays  .  .  .


         
          
                                

                             

KCC & U.S. History -- Last week of school! (5/18-5/21)

Congratulations -- you've hunted horcruxes bravely, managing through your daily lives in the most unusual and challenging of circumstances.  All of this has made being in class with McGonagall seem like a cakewalk.  We dream of dining together in The Great Hall and lounging without worry in the Gryffindor Common Room.  Exhale  .  .  .

As we have rights to free film screening through June 30th with the streaming service that brought to us The Butler (courtesy the Academic Foundation), I have loaded a list of varied films into Google Classroom for your enjoyment (and maybe some accidental learning along the way).  There is even 1 HP-related film that they've got in their collection that depicts 1920s New York City -- think post-WWI but before the Depression; you'll get a good look at one of the nicest tenement buildings -- much better than how most city dwellers lived in that era.)   Anywho, I hope each of you -- all with your different interests -- will find something interesting to enjoy in the list; watch as many as you'd like before time runs out June 30th.


And finally, here are the big summer holidays  .  .  .


         
          
                                

                             

World History -- Week of 5/11-5/15

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Next Wednesday (5/20) is a 1-day option for a great, 100-point assignment grade to boost your score in this class by using your Unit-Closure Work Packets and Mental Map Timeline to do an open-note version of the final exam that covers all units from the whole year (Intro, Communal, Ag, Urban, World Religions, Empires, Modern Europe, Modern Western Civ.).

Feel free to work ahead on the following work or to pace yourself according to the days noted; just be sure to finish by Friday 5/15).

Finish viewing and note-taking from the French Revolution video and do the French Rev. Questions assignment in Google Classroom. (Tuesday)

Complete the Modern Western Civ Unit-Closure Work Packet. (Wednesday)

To come full circle and wrap up our year of studies, let's consider again the question "What does it mean to be human?" by viewing the "People of History" slideshow (for a bit of fun, also) and the "Are We Really Different?" slideshow while taking notes of key facts to be used in a discussion assignment later.  (Thursday)

View the beautiful, thought-provoking film of connection called "Human" volume 3 via YouTube with the closed captioning turned on; take notes of key ideas to be used later in a discussion assignment. (1st 1/3 on Friday, and then finish next Monday & Tuesday)


                              

KCC & U.S. History -- Week of 5/11-5/15

IMPORTANT REMINDER: This Thursday (5/14) is a 1-day option for a great, 100-point assignment grade to boost your score in this class by using your Unit-Closure Work Packets and Presidents' Political Parties packet to do an open-note version of the final exam that covers all units from the whole year (Exploration and Colonization onward). 

Feel free to work ahead on the following work or to pace yourself according to the days noted; just be sure to finish by Friday 5/15) with the only exception being the assignment noted above that has to be completed on Thursday.  ; )

Finish viewing and note-taking on The Butler (Tuesday), then see the discussion assignment in Google Classroom (Wednesday).

A Socratic replacement option is available in Google Classroom over the BBC article about plagues in History. (Tuesday)

Open-note review assignment using the final exam (Thursday -- this one item HAS to be done on THURSDAY).

Watch the very short videos "We Are Still Here" and "On The Pulse of Morning" (and see helper docs for context beforehand; then, participate in the "Wrap up Discussion" in Google Classroom. (Friday)

U.S. History -- Monday 5/4 - Friday 5/8

CATCHING UP:
If you missed any work for the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd weeks (3/17-4/9), the list of the work from all three is recapped on the blog post for 4/14.  That will make your list-making easy, but please see the daily instructions posted for each assignment as you go to work on each.

If you missed 4/14-4/17, a recap of just that week can be found on the blog post for 4/20.  For detailed instructions for how to do that work, see the daily blog posts for each.

If you missed any of the last two weeks (4/20-4/24 &/or 4/27-5/1), a recap of both of those weeks can be found on the post for 4/27, and yes, see the daily posts for the detailed instructions.


THIS WEEK:  (all work is due by Friday 5/8)
*Turn of the Century Unit-Closure Work Page (Tuesday)

*Global Issues Unit-Closure Work Page (Begin Tuesday & Finish Wednesday)

*Writing option -- if you would like to replace your current writing score, email me this week.

*Read over the list of Modern U.S. topics we would like to cover if we were in session together and hadn't lost so much instructional time, and be mindful of what topics intrigue you; perhaps you can watch a quality film or documentary when you have the time on something here you want to learn. (Thursday)

*Set up new EQ notes for Modern U.S. History: #1. In what ways is the grip of history not easily broken?  #2. What from our history can inspire us in the present? (Thursday)

*This week screen the first 2/3 of the film Lee Daniels' The Butler while taking EQ notes and also recording your own thoughts and questions. (We'll finish the remaining 1/3 next week..or you can finish it now and be ahead of the game; we will have a discussion assignment about it next week.)  Context: it is based on the true story of Eugene Allen who grew up in the segregated South of the early 1900s (born 1919) and became a butler in the White House, witnessing many elements of Modern U.S. History as he worked for presidents Eisenhower ('53) through Reagan ('80s); additionally, it offers multiple lenses on the issue of race as the movie butler named "Cecil Gaines" lives from an era of share cropping as a child to his age of retirement and witnessing the election of Obama.  After the film we will discuss a bit of specific fact-checking and our typical nod to why the film creators took the few artistic liberties that they did in a quality effort to tell truth through a short work of fiction. (Thursday, Friday, & next Tuesday)


KEY REMINDERS:
Be aware that on May 14th we will do an open-note exam; so, keep handy your UCWPs and the Presidents' Political Parties handout.  It will be for a 100-point assignment grade.  THAT one thing HAS to be conducted and completed on that exact day.  That will conclude the KCC grade, HOWEVER, a small bit of high school work and scores will continue through May 21st.


         

World History -- Monday 5/4 - Friday 5/8

CATCHING UP:
If you missed any work for the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd weeks (3/17-4/9), the list of the work from all three is recapped on the blog post for 4/14.  That will make your list-making easy, but please see the daily instructions posted for each assignment as you go to work on each.

If you missed 4/14-4/17, a recap of just that week can be found on the blog post for 4/20.  For detailed instructions for how to do that work, see the daily blog posts for each.

If you missed any of the last two weeks (4/20-4/24 &/or 4/27-5/1), a recap of both of those weeks can be found on the post for 4/27, and yes, see the daily posts for the detailed instructions.

THIS WEEK: (all work is due by Friday 5/8)
* Socratic replacement option -- if you would like to replace your current Socratic Discussion score, complete the BBC Plague Article discussion in Google Classroom.  (Tuesday)

*Modern Europe Unit-Closure Work Packet (Tuesday)

*Guns, Germs, & Steel Discussion (Wednesday)

*As we find ourselves entering an era of history with our studies in which much global travel has been undertaken, the European culture has shifted it's focus from a previously Mediterranean-centric view to an Atlantic-centric view.  Set up a new EQ page for this last unit -- Modern Western Civilization with these two essential questions: #1. What was the enlightenment? and #2. Who are revolutionaries? (Wednesday)

*We will move backward in this unit, starting with the newest of the three case study revolutions (Haitian), as it connects nicely with our Guns, Germs, & Steel studies and will touch upon case study #2 (French) to lead us next into the study of that slightly older revolution.  From there we move back in time a bit more to the oldest (first) of the three case studies -- the U.S. Revolution.  Now, to begin, screen the film Toussaint L'Overture and the Haitian Revolution while taking EQ notes and use the helper pages provided.  When finished, do the Haitian Revolution question assignment in Google Classroom.  (Wednesday and Thursday)

*Screen the first 1/2 of the French Revolution film while taking EQ notes (or finish it and be a bit ahead of the game); be sure to access the helper docs.  When finished, do the French Revolution question assignment in Google Classroom. (Friday and next Tuesday)


KEY REMINDERS: 
Be aware that on May 20th we will use the final exam as an open-note review assignment; so, keep handy your UCWPs and the Mental Map Timeline.  It will be for a 100-point assignment grade.  THAT one thing HAS to be conducted and completed on that exact day. 

        

KCC -- Monday 5/4 - Friday 5/8

CATCHING UP:
If you missed any work for the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd weeks (3/17-4/9), the list of the work from all three is recapped on the blog post for 4/14.  That will make your list-making easy, but please see the daily instructions posted for each assignment as you go to work on each.

If you missed 4/14-4/17, a recap of just that week can be found on the blog post for 4/20.  For detailed instructions for how to do that work, see the daily blog posts for each.

If you missed any of the last two weeks (4/20-4/24 &/or 4/27-5/1), a recap of both of those weeks can be found on the post for 4/27, and yes, see the daily posts for the detailed instructions.


THIS WEEK: (all work is due by Friday 5/8)
*Turn of the Century Unit-Closure Work Page (Tuesday)

*Global Issues Unit-Closure Work Page (Begin Tuesday & Finish Wednesday)

*Writing option -- if you would like to replace your current writing score, email me this week.

*Read over the list of Modern U.S. topics we would like to cover if we were in session together and hadn't lost so much instructional time, and be mindful of what topics intrigue you; perhaps you can watch a quality film or documentary when you have the time on something here you want to learn. (Thursday)

*Set up new EQ notes for Modern U.S. History: #1. In what ways is the grip of history not easily broken?  #2. What from our history can inspire us in the present? (Thursday)

*This week screen the first 2/3 of the film Lee Daniels' The Butler while taking EQ notes and also recording your own thoughts and questions. (We'll finish the remaining 1/3 next week..or you can finish it now and be ahead of the game; we will have a discussion assignment about it next week.)  Context: it is based on the true story of Eugene Allen who grew up in the segregated South of the early 1900s (born 1919) and became a butler in the White House, witnessing many elements of Modern U.S. History as he worked for presidents Eisenhower ('53) through Reagan ('80s); additionally, it offers multiple lenses on the issue of race as the movie butler named "Cecil Gaines" lives from an era of share cropping as a child to his age of retirement and witnessing the election of Obama.  After the film we will discuss a bit of specific fact-checking and our typical nod to why the film creators took the few artistic liberties that they did in a quality effort to tell truth through a short work of fiction. (Thursday, Friday, & next Tuesday)


KEY REMINDERS:
Please see messages in Google Classroom from KCC about instructor evaluations and about grades!

Be aware that on May 14th we will do an open-note exam; so, keep handy your UCWPs and the Presidents' Political Parties handout.  It will be for a 100-point assignment grade.  THAT one thing HAS to be conducted and completed on that exact day.  That will conclude the KCC grade, HOWEVER, a small bit of high school work and scores will continue through May 21st.


          

U.S. History -- Friday 5/1

Happy May Day!                                                                                                                                                                                                                  If you'd like to see the entire weeks' work in one place, look at Monday's post.  If you like the day-by-day pacing and have already done the earlier work of this week, then focus your small amount of History work time today on the following:                                                                                                                                                                                                  Watch the very short Internment video w/ George Takai while taking EQ notes, read the poem The Abyss, read the list of genocides, and then engage in the discussion assignment in Google Classroom.  

Key reminders:  If you are interested in a skills re-do, email me this week.

Be aware that on May 14th we will do an open-note "exam"; so, keep handy your UCWPs and the Presidents' Political Parties handout.  It will be for a 100-point assignment grade.  THAT one thing HAS to be conducted and completed on that exact day.  HOWEVER, new learning and scores will continue through May 21st.

World History -- Friday 5/1

If you'd like to see a list of the entire weeks' work in one place, see Monday's post.  If you like the day-by-day pacing and have already done the earlier work of the week, then focus your small amount of History work time today on the following:                                                                                                                        Watch the last bit of Guns, Germs, & Steel part III ("Into the Tropics") ....40:00-end (~15 min.)...while adding evidence notes and finalizing work on the flow chart.  Also, complete the exit slip for today in Google Classroom.                                                                                                                                                             Key reminders:  If you are interested in a skills re-do, email me this week.  Be aware that on May 20th we will do an open-note "exam"; so, keep handy your UCWPs and the Mental Map Timeline.  It will be for a 100-point assignment grade.  THAT one thing HAS to be conducted and completed on that exact day.  

KCC -- Friday 5/1

Happy May Day!                                                                                                                                                                                                                  If you'd like to see the entire weeks' work in one place, look at Monday's post.  If you like the day-by-day pacing and have already done the earlier work of this week, then focus your small amount of History work time today on the following:                                                                                                                                                                                                  Watch the very short Internment video w/ George Takai while taking EQ notes, read the poem The Abyss, read the genocide list, and then engage in the discussion assignment in Google Classroom.  

Key reminders:  If you are interested in a skills re-do, email me this week.

Please see messages in Google Classroom from KCC about instructor evaluations and about grades!

Be aware that on May 14th we will do an open-note exam; so, keep handy your UCWPs and the Presidents' Political Parties handout.  It will be for a 100-point assignment grade.  THAT one thing HAS to be conducted and completed on that exact day.  That will conclude the KCC grade, HOWEVER, high school work and scores will continue through May 21st.