Period 8 World History for Thursday, December 17

We finished our World War I posters.  Voting for the best poster will take place once we return from break.  Have a fantastic vacation!

Period 8 World History for Tuesday, December 15

1. Notes:  Realities of War & Trench Warfare.  Copy from a classmate.
2. Begin The Great War Poster Project.  See me when you return so that I can get you into the right group.
   

U.S. History for Monday & Tuesday, December 14 & 15

1. Completed Boom to Bust video on the 1920s.
2. Notes:  Why did the Great Depression happen?  Factor #1.
   
3. Group work on  factors 2 and 3.
4. Game on the first three factors.  Play it here!
   

Period 8 World History Friday, December 11

1. Showed me the completed homework, which was coloring the map according to the directions on the sheet.  Worth 10 points.
2. Imperialism quiz.  Make up will be Wednesday Dec. 16 at lunch.  No show = zero.
3. Notes:  World War I weapons
4. Video:  Arming for War
   

U.S. History for Thursday & Friday, December 10 & 11

1. Finished notes from 1920s
2. Began Boom to Bust video. 
   

Period 8 World History for Wednesday, December 9

1. World War I notes.  Copy from classmate.
2. Homework:  complete numbers 3 and 4 on the World War I map (color the Allied Powers and the Central Powers).  Due Friday.
   

U.S. History for Tuesday & Wednesday, December 8 & 9

1. Finished 1920s posters and began reviewing them in-depth.  Get notes on those topics from classmate.
   

U.S. History for Friday and Monday, December 4 and 7

1. Finished the posters on the 1920s
2. Discussed each group's addition to the prohibition poster.
3. Took notes on prohibition.  Copy from a classmate.
   
4. Watched a clip from a prohibition video.
   

Period 8 World History for Monday, December 7

1. Make-up test for the benchmark we had last Thursday will be Wednesday, December 9 at lunch.  If you do not show up for it, you will receive a zero.
2. We will be having a quiz on Imperialism on Friday, December 11.  Two things that will definitely be on the quiz:  the vocabulary terms (spelling counts) and the motives for imperialism.
3. Today in class, we played the vocabulary game for our new unit on World War I.  Copy those terms from a classmate.
4. Notes on World War I.  Copy from a classmate.
   

Period 8 World History Thursday, December 3

We took benchmark test #1.  The make up will be Wednesday, December 9 at lunch.

U.S. History Wednesday & Thursday, December 2 & 3

We completed the 1920s chart and began work on the posters.

Period 8 World History for Tuesday, December 1

Welcome back from the break.  Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Here's what we did today:

1. Reviewed our viewing of Gandhi.
2. Watched a short video about India and Pakistan.  Watch it below.
3. Completed #1-6 only on the Nationalism in India worksheet.
4. Completed #1 and 2 on the World War I map.

Watch the video below to get an overview of the conflicts between India and Pakistan since Gandhi's time.

U.S. History for Monday/Tuesday, November 30 and December 1

Welcome back!  Hope you had an excellent Thanksgiving.  Here's what we did in class:

1. Broke into groups and began the 1920s Chart.  Most groups got through about half of it.  If you were absent, you should work to complete about half of it on your own.
   
2. Next time we will finish the chart in class, then work on posters.