Monday: Today students will be finishing their Contributions of Rome Chart. Then we will look at comparing the governments of the Rome and America. For homework, students will read a similar chart and complete the corresponding 5 questions.
Tuesday: Today students will finish discussing the similarities and differences of the Roman and American Republics! Then, we will take a look at a Primary Source on the Fall of Rome and analyze it. For homework, students will complete a map of the Roman Empire, due Thursday. Test on Friday on everything we've learned so far this year!
Wednesday: Half day today. Students will work on their Primary Source Analysis in class, and finish their map for homework.
Thursday: Today we will review for the Test on Friday!
Friday: TEST DAY!!!!!
Sophomore Modern World
Monday: Today students will finish their notes on Napoleon, and then complete their acting out of Shakespeare's "St.Crispin's Day" speech from Henry V and Napoleon's speeches to his men at Austerlitz. For homework, students will finish reading 7.3 and 7.4 and complete the worksheet that is due Tuesday.
Tuesday: Today students will do a group activity on How France Changed Under Napoleon. Students will look at the different successes and failures of Napoleonic France and analyze the efficacy of his reign. For homework, students will read a military history of the French Revolution and Napoleon and answer corresponding questions.
Wednesday: Half day! Today, students will look at the poem Russia 1812 by Victor Hugo and analyze it in both a historical and a literary sense. For homework, students will take a look at life in France according to different eyewitnesses and complete the FRONTSIDE of a worksheet on whether or not the Revolution achieved its goals. TEST one week from today!
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| A very cool map depicting the size of Napoleon's army throughout his Russia campaign, along with the temperatures during their retreat. And FYI, -30 degrees Celsius is equivalent to -22 degrees Fahrenheit. |
Thursday: Today students will be conducting a mock Congress of Vienna, where they will try to negotiate a peace settlement throughout Europe that satisfies every country. Homework tonight is to read and complete the questions for this worksheet. TEST one week from today!
Friday: We will continue the mock Congress of Vienna. Homework tonight is to read Chapter 7, Section 5 and complete this worksheet.
Junior US II
Monday: Today students will continue to work on the vocabulary packet on the American Industrial Revolution. For homework, students will create a secondary definition for each of the words we completed in class today (one ORIGINAL sentence or one drawing).
Tuesday: Today students will complete the vocab packet and watch a short video on child labor, one of the biggest negative effects of the Second Industrial Revolution. For homework, students will look up 3 modern Child Labor laws online and write them down.
Wednesday: Half day! Today students will discuss child labor and some of the laws that are in place today to protect against it, compared to the late 19th and early 20th centuries before those laws existed.
Labor Laws by Age Group
Hazards and Restrictions for Youth Workers
Thursday: Today students will read the story of a Miner in the late 1800s and see what life was truly like. Here is the reading and follow-up questions. Then, students will be comparing the Industrial Age to the Modern Age in regards to different fields of industry.
Friday: Today we will continue the activity from yesterday, and then begin working on a chart showing statistics of Urban Populations during the IndustRev. :) Happy Friday!
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