worldhistoryshs
Waukesha South High School History Teacher
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Jan. 24
Enter #5 5FF French Revolution. today we review for the quiz tomorrow on the Preamble of the Declaration of Independence. Use the review link below to prepare. and we find out about the causes of the French Revolution.
Homework: Study D of I and read in text pages 195 to 201.
Jan. 25
Enter #6 in TOC Declaration of Independence Quiz

Today we extend our learning about the causes and background of the French Revolution. Make sure you have read 195 to 201 in text. Can you name the 3 estates? The 3 causes of the French Revolution?
Rubric for quiz
10 correct +4
9 =3
8-7 = 2
6-3 = 1
2 – 0 =0
Homework: Finish text reading and study causes notes.
In class video “the French Revolution” As you watch, take notes. Write down questions you have and interesting information – what is completely new to you? What does not make sense? What is weird? Then write out a summary of understanding from the video and questions you have.
Jan. 26
Homework: Study for a quiz on Thursday for the causes of the French Revolution (5FF). Retakes for D of I quiz tomorrow also.
Today we continue our learning about the steps leading to the French Revolution.
What do Yogi Bear’s sidekick, the French middle class, and a tree-lined street have in common?
What are the three general causes of the French Revolution?
Read in essay about the Estates General and Tennis Court Oath today and take notes as we continue our powerpoint and video.
Jan. 27
Enter in TOC:
#7   5FF Causes Fr. Revolution Quiz
Today we continue our exploration of the events of the French Revolution in three stages.  Moderate, Radical, and Revolutionary. Transfer your big heading to the 5FF as we go. If you need to retake, relearn and replace your D of I quiz grade that will be today in class or tomorrow before school.
Homework: Read 202-209. Bring books tomorrow.
Jan. 28
Homework: Study for 5FF quiz Monday Causes through action.
Today use book look pages: 200 rights of Man – what parts of this are the same as the Preamble to the D of I?
Jan. 31
Hooray! We made it through the month of opening and closing doors.
Today we finish our video on the French Revolution and continue our power point notes on Napoleon and the results of upheaval in France.
HOMEWORK: Study 5FF and notes for test on  Wednesday (snow willing).
Feb. 1
Enter in TOC #8 Latin American Revolutions
Test tomorrow on French Revolution:
5FF with choice menu
21 matching and multiple choice questions including skill sets on a pie chart and primary documents plus essay:
1. Enlightenment ideas had a lasting impact on the French Revolution and throughout Europe.
2. Comparing French rule under Louis XVI and Napoleon, France really did not change much. Agree or disagree.
We continue in class with the spread of revolutions to Latin America and the Caribbean. Use the text class reading and your textbook pages 297 to 302.
Feb. 3
Enter #9 French Revolution Test.
After you complete your test, continue working on the French Caribbean and Latin American Revolutions packet.  A reading packet is on the table and the text pages 297 to 302 will help you.
HOMEWORK: Complete the packet for Friday’s class. Make sure you read the text pages 297-302.
Feb. 4
Test Monday on Latin and French Caribbean Independence – Open packet. Make sure you have carefully done the text reading and completed your packet.
Today we check response information  from our packet and watch a video on Latin Struggles for independence
Feb. 7
Enter in TOC # 10 Latin American Revolution Test
Today we have our open note test on French Caribbean and Latin American Revolutions.
HOMEWORK: Carefully read in Text 278 to 281 about Romanticism. Answer question 2 on page 278.
Feb. 8
Enter in TOC # 11 Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions.
Homework: Read in textbook pages 232 – 241.
Today we enjoy Beethoven’s “Pastoral Symphony” from Disney’s Fantasia as an outstanding example of the Romantic Movement.
Then what a contrast with daily life, technology and change with two other revolutions: Agricultural and Industrial.
Feb. 9
Homework: Read carefully pages 2 and 3 of packet and answer questions on page 3 for “A Working Girl in Mid-Nineteenth Century Germany.”
Today we complete our notes on the Industrial Revolution and see a film to pull the facts together.
February 10, 2011
Enter in TOC #12 Karl Marx
Today we continue our story about working conditions during the industrial revolution with “Factory discipline in Berlin” and what was Karl Marx’s reaction to the plight of the working poor.
Homework: Complete the activity Capitalism vs. Marxism on the back of Karl Marx handout.
Feb. 11
Homework: Carefully read again pages 154-161 on czarist Russia.
Today we compare Adam Smith’s ideas of capitalism with Karl Marx’s ideas of communism. Then on to the most moving depiction of the working poor children: “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens.
Feb. 11
Homework: Carefully read again pages 154-161 on czarist Russia.
Today we compare Adam Smith’s ideas of capitalism with Karl Marx’s ideas of communism. Then on to the most moving depiction of the working poor children: “Oliver Twist” by Charles Dickens.
Feb. 14
Enter in TOC #13 Rushin’ through Russian history
Today we will blitz through almost a thousand years of Russian History with traveling notetaking. Each of four groups will visit information stations on:
The Rurikids
The Romanovs
Religion
and Society
HOMEWORK: Study carefully all information and complete all parts of packet.
Feb. 15
Privyet!
Homework: Study notes on Russia. Test Friday on agricultural, Industrial and Russian Revolutions (and Russian history).
Progress Reports are filed on Friday. Parent Conferences are Monday.
Feb. 16
Read in text p. 392-395
Today we wrap up our review about Russian society and religion.
We take notes on the Russian Revolution.
Prepare for Friday’s test on Russian history and 3 revolutions: Agricultural, Industrial and Russian.
Feb. 17
Today we finish notes on the Russian Revolution.
HOMEWORK: TEST TOMORROW ON THE RUSSIAN, AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS. Multiple Choice and matching with skill sets.30 questions.
How was the Russian revolution similar to the French revolution?
Feb. 18
HOMEWORK: Read in text pages 312-319. Answer the reading check questions following each section.
Test today for Agricultural, Industrial and Russian Revolutions #14.
When you finish, pick up a laptop and log onto the link on your test before you turn it in:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
education/lessons/lesson08.htm
Work through each segment.
Feb. 21
Unit Title: Nationalism and Imperialism
Enter in new TOC Study Guide #1
Take notes on characteristics of the Modern Age.
HOMEWORK: Quiz tomorrow on characteristics of modern age.
Complete notes on Italian nationalism and Print out QUIA review list of terms: Nationalism and the New Imperialism
Feb. 22
Why is George Washington “still the one”?
Enter #2  Old and New Quiz
Homework: Finish all of the organizer for Germany if you do not have it completed in class. Study organizer AND did you print out the Quia review list of terms? Do that and highlight all items we have covered so far. BRING TEXTS TOMORROW AS WELL.
Feb. 23
Enter in TOC #3 India and the Raj
HOMEWORK: Summative Essay for Nationalism (typed).DUE MONDAY. Write out compare/contrast essay on Unification of Italy and Germany. Four paragraphs:
1. Introduction with thesis and preview of main points.
2. Comparison (why the two countries had similar experiences).
3. Contrast (how the experience of Italy and Germany differed).
4. Conclusion – your thesis restatement and statement of insight and understanding.
Also if you wish print out the review activities for the rest of the year on Quia. It will not be available after next Monday.














My Quia activities and quizzes
What is History?
https://www.quia.com/jg/375691.html
Review for basic terms
Dawn of Time Capsule
https://www.quia.com/jg/376195.html
Review for Tool Time in the Cave Man Days
Mesopotamia
https://www.quia.com/jg/377992.html
Review for early empires
Early Indian civilizations and Religions
https://www.quia.com/jg/397547.html
Review for Indus Valley through Gupta Empire and Hinduism and Buddhism.
The Greeks - Modern Men in Middle Earth
https://www.quia.com/jg/381735.html
Review for Minoan Crete, Mycenae, and Greece
Persian Empire and Alexander the Great
https://www.quia.com/jg/403292.html
Alexander to Zoroaster.
The Grandeur That Was Rome
https://www.quia.com/jg/407395.html
Rome from founding through fall of empire
Early China
https://www.quia.com/jg/403298.html
Review from first settlement to Q'in Dynasty.
Europe in the Middle Ages
https://www.quia.com/jg/424591.html
Review game of feudal manors, knights, Crusades and towns.
Crusades - a 5 Fingered formula for Holy War
https://www.quia.com/jg/1785632.html
Islam
https://www.quia.com/jg/413215.html
review game for the rise and spread of Islam
Japan: Jewel, Sword, and Mirror
https://www.quia.com/jg/421957.html
Review game for Japanese geographic and cultural identity.
China in the Middle Ages
https://www.quia.com/jg/1245173.html
Review activity about Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasties and Mongol Rule
The New World: Native Cultures Before 1500
https://www.quia.com/jg/435860.html
Western hemisphere indigenous peoples before Columbus.
The Renaissance
https://www.quia.com/jg/441722.html
Italian and Northern renaissance
Northern Renaissance
https://www.quia.com/jg/446664.html
New ideas move northward.
Reformation and Reaction
https://www.quia.com/jg/449923.html
Reformation, Protestant, and Counter-Reformation.
IBERIANS SET SAIL FOR NEW WORLDS: a scramble for colonies begins
https://www.quia.com/jg/455981.html
Portugal and Spain begin the voyages of discovery and other nations follow.
The Declaration of Independence
https://www.quia.com/jg/85574.html
Study for ideas of Locke Hobbes and Preamble to Declaration
Nationalism and the New Imperialism
https://www.quia.com/jg/1340185.html
European powers scramble for control of global trade and to bring the earth under their domination in the 19th Century.
The Great War
https://www.quia.com/jg/480415.html
World War I
WH The Rise of Extremism
https://www.quia.com/jg/486410.html
WW2 background
WH The March to War
https://www.quia.com/jg/490139.html
Early struggles in WW2 and fighting in Europe and North Africa.
World War Two: Fighting in the Pacific Theater and Consequences
https://www.quia.com/jg/494362.html
Eastern Hemisphere Fighting and consequences of the war.
World War II at Sea
https://www.quia.com/ba/259625.html
The Cold War
https://www.quia.com/jg/1372206.html
HOstility between US and USSR after WW2
Useful links
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