September and October 2016 course materials
To begin our studies, we completed this anticipation guide about Europe.
For homework, students read about the Italian Renaissance. Students looked at this power-point lecture which contrasted Medieval and Renaissance art and mentioned the Scientific Revolution. In order to allow students to listen without being concerned about taking notes, Ms. Collins typed up a set of guided notes.
For our unit on the Reformation, students began with an anticipation guide. students listened to a power-point lecture on the Roman Catholic Church, about Martin Luther in a power-point lecture, and John Calvin and King Henry VIII in a power-point lecture. In order to allow students to listen without being concerned about taking notes, Ms. Collins typed up a complete set of notes for all four Reformation lectures. Also, students filled in this graphic organizer for the Reformation.
On Wednesday 9/22, students received the review sheet for the quiz on the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the Reformation.
On Thursday 9/23, students started with the Enlightenment part 1. On Tuesday 9/27, students imagined their ideal schools of Locke and Hobbes.
On Wednesday 9/128, students received a review sheet for the quiz on the Enlightenment.
On Friday 9/30, students continued with the Enlightenment part 2 and received their island assignments.
On Friday 10/7, students received an assignment for an essay on her/her personal philosophy. In addition, students received a graphic organizer and a model body paragraph for the essay.
On Friday 10/14, students learned about Louis XIV and received this packet on Old Regime France.
On Monday 10/17, student were asked to determine which were the most significant of the causes of the French Revolution and students wrote their list along with the 20 Richest Americans.
On Tuesday 10/18, students were asked to analyze primary documents from Second Stage of the French Revolution.
On Monday 10/24, students were given a reading and questions about the Glorious Revolution in England.
On Tuesday 10/25, students received a set of documents about the Reign of Terror. Students participated in a simulation of a meeting of the Estates-General and the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution; materials are copyrighted and cannot be posted. However students also took notes from a powerpoints about the the second stage of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.
On Wednesday 10/26, students received roles and an assignment to prepare for putting Robespierre on trial.
On Thursday 10/27, students received a review sheet for their Second Quiz on the French Revolution.
On Monday 10/31, we went over answers to the review sheet and took notes on Napoleon and the Four Political Revolutions of the nineteenth century (American, French, Haitian, and Latin American).
November and December 2016 course materials
If students would like a slideshow summarizing the Industrial Revolution.
On Thursday 11/3, students completed this graphic organizer about positive and negative aspects of the Industrial Revolution.
On Tuesday 10/28, students received an assignment and documents for a debate on child labor.
On Thursday 11/10, students received materials so that they could write a thematic essay.
On Wednesday 11/16, students received an introduction to "Adam Smith and Capitalism" and this packet on Adam Smith and Karl Marx. At the end of the packet are these graphic organizers on capitalism and communism. Students also took notes on capitalism.
On Friday 11/18, students took notes on Communism. And received a review sheet for Tuesday's quiz.
On Monday 11/21, students took notes on Democratic Socialism.
On Tuesday 11/22, students received a reading and questions on Social Darwinism.
On Monday 11/28, students received materials for a jigsaw lesson about feminism.
On Tuesday 11/29, students received guided notes and took notes about feminism.
On Wednesday 11/30, students received readings on fascism. These readings are copyrighted material and cannot be posted here. They also received a reading written by Mussolini and questions on fascism.
On Thursday 12/1, students received a word search about Italian and German nationalism and took notes on the movement for LGBTQ rights.
On Friday 12/2, students received a prompt for their essay, options for how to write it, and a graphic organizer.
On Tuesday 12/6, students received a reading about imperialism in Africa, which is copyrighted and cannot be posted here.
On Thursday 12/7, students received materials about the Berlin Conference: an introduction, a graphic organizer, roles, map 1, map 2, and map 3.
On Thursday 12/8, students received a vocabulary list for their unit of Global Conflict: World War I, World II, and the Cold War and a review sheet for their first quiz on ideologies.
On Friday 12/9, students received a review sheet for their quiz on ideologies and a reading packet with pictures and a reading about the First World War.
On Monday 12/12, students took notes on causes of the First World War.
On Tuesday 12/13, students watched film clips about the First World War (The Trench (1999, William Boyd, director) and A Very Long Engagement (2004, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, director) and recorded observations.
On Wednesday 12/14, students receievd information about how they will, working in pairs, produce an exhibit about the First World War.
On Friday 12/16, students received a review sheet (part 1 and part 2) for their first quiz on the First World War.
On Tuesday 12/20 they took notes from a powerpoint about the end of the First World War.
On Wednesday 12/21, students received a vocabulary list for modern Russia. Students learned about the causes of the Russian Revolution and received another graphic organizer solely about the Russian Revolution.
On Thursday 12/22, students received a reading about Russia under Stalin. Students took notes on the events of the Russian Revolution
On Friday 12/23, students received a review sheet for a quiz on the First World War and the Russian Revolution.
January 2017 course materials
Students received questions about The Way Back (2010, Peter Weir, director), a film about Stalin's gulags and questions about Stalinism to help with their notes.