Sunday, November 24, 2013

Global II Students: Extra Credit Opportunity

Write an original 3 page "paper" on imperialism.  Be sure to include causes, the spread of imperialism, effects in both Europe & colonies, & key vocabulary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJe1W_HIWmA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtvvM09cGy4
 
Due at the beginning of class Tuesday, no exceptions.
You MUST incorporate the videos into your paper.
Copying from any source will lead to a denial of credit & cause you to lose the opportunity for future extra credit.

US History: Extra Credit Opportunities

Opportunity #1:  Write an original 2 page "paper" on the Gadsden Purchase.  Be sure to include reasons for the Purchase, how it was purchased, the effects of the Purchase, etc.

Opportunity #2:  Write an original 2 page "paper" on the Mexican Cession.  Be sure to include reasons, how the land was acquired, the effects of the Cession, etc.

Opportunity #3:  See Engrade calendar (look at 11/25.)  It has nothing to do with the videos.

http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/the-gadsden-purchase/n14314/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5fc2B7e7Bs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6WySJyOCbU

You may do any combination. 
They are due at the beginning of class Tuesday, no exceptions.
You MUST incorporate the videos into your paper.
Copying from any source will lead to a denial of credit & cause you to lose the opportunity for future extra credit.

US History Students:

1. Your Vocab Quiz came back Friday morning from the Copy Center so it's a "normal" quiz tomorrow.
2.  Your test came back Friday afternoon, so it's a "normal" test on Tuesday as well.

Guess those prayers for no essay test to the copier gods worked... :)

US History: Homework thru 12/5

Chapter 10 Homework:
Ch 10 Sec 1 Questions due Monday, 12/2
Ch 10 Sec 2 Questions due Monday, 12/2
Ch 10 Sec 3 Questions due Tuesday, 12/3
Ch 10 Sec 4, Part 1 Questions due Wed., 12/4
Ch 10 Sec 4, Part 2 Questions due Thursday, 12/5
(textbook pages may vary - follow the chapter & section number for the most accuracy)

Your packet - with this & the rest of your work - will be handed out as soon as the copiers are working again.  Until then, your HW will only be posted here.
 
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Chapter 10 Questions
Chapter 10 Section 1: The Divisive Politics of Slavery
1.    How did immigration affect the North politically?
2.    Why were immigrants against the expansion of slavery?
3.    What was the purpose of the Wilmot Proviso?
4.    What constitutional issues did Southerners believe were raised in the Wilmot Proviso?
5.    Why was California allowed to enter the Union as a free state despite being “below” the Missouri Compromise line?
6.    Why did the South threaten to secede in 1849?
7.    What were the terms of the Compromise of 1850?
8.    Identify all leaders involved in the debates of the Compromise of 1850.
9.    Why did the South finally accept the terms of the Compromise?
Chapter 10 Section 2: Protest, Resistance, & Violence
1.    Identify the terms of the Fugitive Slave Act.
2.    Describe the Underground Railroad.
3.    Why is Harriet Tubman important?
4.    Explain the importance of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
5.    How did Uncle Tom’s Cabin influence the North?
6.    How did Uncle Tom’s Cabin influence the South?
7.    Identify the goals of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
8.    What was the debate over the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
9.    Describe “Bleeding Kansas” in detail.
10.  Why is John Brown important?
11.  How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act affect the relationship between the North & the South?
Chapter 10 Section 3: The Birth of the Republican Party
1.     Why & how was the Whig Party divided?
2.    Describe nativism.
3.    Why did nativism come about in the North?
4.    How did the Know-Nothing Party develop?
5.    Identify & describe the goals of the Free Soiler's Party.
6.    What were the goals of the Republican Party?
7.    What types of groups & people did the Republican Party attract?
8.    What did President Buchanan’s election “make clear?”
Chapter 10 Section 4, Part 1: Slavery & Secession
1.    Describe the situation that led to Dred Scott v. Sanford.
2.    What were the two legal questions the Supreme Court faced in Dred Scott v. Sanford?
3.    What were the decisions in Dred Scott v. Sanford?
4.    Why is the Lecompton Constitution important?
5.    What were the differences in beliefs between Stephen Douglas & Abraham Lincoln?  (You can make a chart for the question only,)
6.    Why are the Lincoln-Douglas debates important?
7.    Why is the Freeport Doctrine important?
 
Chapter 10 Section 4, Part 2: Slavery & Secession
8.    Describe the events of Harper’s Ferry in October 1859.
9.    Who led the raid on Harper’s Ferry?
10.  What happened to John Brown?
11.  What was the reaction of the South to Harper’s Ferry?
12.  What did Lincoln win & not win (vote-wise) in the Election of 1860?
13.  How did South Carolina respond to the election of Lincoln?
14.  What nation did the secessionist states form?
15.  Who became the President of that nation (from question 14)?
16.  Why was secession a problem for Washington, DC?
 


Global II: Homework thru 12/3

As stated in class:
Section 1 is due Monday, 11/25
Section 2 is due Tuesday, 11/26
Sections 3 & 4 are due Monday, 12/2
Section 5 is due Tuesday, 12/3 (you did not get Section 5 in class on Friday)
(textbook pages may vary - follow the chapter & section number for the most accuracy)

Your packet - with this & the rest of your work - will be handed out as soon as the copiers are working again.  Until then, your HW will only be posted here.

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Chapter 27 Section 1:

Imperialists Divide Africa (pp. 684-89)

  1. How were Africans divided before “new imperialism” began?
  2. Why had Europeans been unsuccessful in conquering Africa in the past?
  3. How did newspapers help fuel the drive for imperialism?
  4. Why is Dr. Livingstone important?
  5. Why did the Belgian Congo alarm France?
  6. How did the Industrial Revolution help fuel imperialism?
  7. Why did Europeans believe they were better than other people?
  8. How did Social Darwinism explain imperialism?
  9. Why were Europeans able to defeat and colonize Africans?
  10. Why didn’t the Zulus, Boers, and British get along?
  11. How did the Berlin Conference affect Africa?
  12. Why was the Boer War fought?
  13. How did European imperialism change life in Africa?

 

Chapter 27 Section 2:

Imperialism: Case Study: Nigeria (pp. 690-6)

  1. How did the Europeans create the new borders of Africa?
  2. How are “old imperialism” and “new imperialism” different?
  3. How is indirect and direct control different?
  4. Why did the French practice assimilation in their colonies?
  5. Why was the Maji Maji uprising unsuccessful?
  6. Why is the Battle of Adowa important?
  7. How did imperialism positively affect Africa?
  8. How did imperialism negatively affect Africa?
  9. How were African cultures and traditions changed by colonization?

 

Chapter 27 Section 3:

Muslim Lands Fall to Imperialist Demands (pp. 697-700)

1.    How did corruption affect the Ottoman Empire?


  1. How did nationalism affect the Ottoman Empire?
  2. How did geopolitics affect the Ottoman Empire?
  3. How did Muhammad Ali modernize Egypt?
  4. Why was the Suez Canal important?
  5. Why did the British want to control the Suez Canal?
  6. Why did the British want to colonize Afghanistan?
  7. How the granting of concessions to Western businesses divide the people of Persia?

 

Chapter 27 Section 4:


British Imperialism in India (pp. 701-5)

  1. Why was India considered England’s “jewel in the crown?”
  2. Why was India economically dependent on England?
  3. Why were the railroads important in India?
  4. How did India benefit from British imperialism?
  5. How did British imperialism negatively affect India?
  6. Why did the Sepoy Mutiny occur?
  7. Why were Indians unable to unite against the British?
  8. Why was the Sepoy Mutiny a turning point in Indian history?
  9. Why was nationalism an important force in India?

 

Chapter 27 Section 5:


Western Powers Rule Southeast Asia (pp. 706-9)

  1. Why did Europeans want to control Southeast Asia?
  2. How were British and Dutch settlers different?
  3. Why did the British encourage Chinese to immigrate to Malaysia?
  4. Why did the Vietnamese resent the French?
  5. How did colonization positively affect Southeast Asia?
  6. How did colonization negatively affect Southeast Asia?
  7. How was Siam able to remain free from colonization?

 

 

Friday, November 22, 2013

All Students:

I want you to take a look at Engrade at some point over the weekend.  I want you to see what your average is like BEFORE AND AFTER homework grades are entered so you see just how much of an impact they make on your average.  This is a unique opportunity because you have test &/or quiz grades input right now but no HW averages.

For the US students - you have a chance to see exactly how much a zero on a Castle Learning test affects your average...if you're one of the many kids who failed to complete the Chapter 8 test despite it being open for a week.

There will be no freebies or handouts this marking period - you will get what you have earned on your report card.  Keep track of yourself via the Engrade gradebook so you can stay focused, on track, and successful.

Everyone has HW due Monday...don't forget to do it!  Have a great weekend!

Friday, November 15, 2013

Extra Credit this Monday, 11/18

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY!!!!

If you have not been late to class, have not had a behavioral issue in class, have not been late to class, and have not cut class - you are eligible to stay for extra credit this MONDAY from 2:00-2:50 PM.  I only need two people, and you will filing papers in folders for me.
 
Extra credit goes toward boosting your marking period average.

The first two students to send me a message IN ENGRADE will get the spots.  Please do not sign up if you cannot stay as this will effect your future eligibility for this type of credit. 

Deadline to sign up is Sunday, 5 PM. 
Please be sure to check with your parents before signing up!
 
Please note:  I will not respond to you before Sunday afternoon.  I will email back as soon as possible whether or not you were the first 1 or 2...or not.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

EXTRA CREDIT FILLED!!!

If you were the first to email me yesterday I sent you an email that "you're in!"  If you did not get that email, you got the "it's all filled, sorry!" one instead.

There are no more spots available.

There may be spots next Friday, stay tuned to the blog for details next week!

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Global II: Castle Learning due Thursday, 11/14

You have a Castle Learning QUIZ - "Communism v. Capitalism" - opening at 6 PM tonight (11/12) & closing at 8 AM on Thursday, 11/14.  This will count as a QUIZ GRADE, so no "second chance credit."  Use your notes & textbook to help you.  This counts the exact same way an in-class quiz does.  It counts for the 1st Marking Period!

Extra Credit Opportunity!

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY!!!!

If you have not been late to class, have not had a behavioral issue in class, have not been late to class, and have not cut class - you are eligible to stay for extra credit this Friday from 2:00-2:50 PM.  I only need three people, and you will filing papers in folders for me.
 
Extra credit goes toward boosting your marking period average.

The first three students to send me a message IN ENGRADE will get the spots.  Please do not sign up if you cannot stay as this will effect your future eligibility for this type of credit. 

Deadline to sign up is Thursday, 5 PM. 
Please be sure to check with your parents before signing up!

Monday, November 11, 2013

US History: Homework due Monday, 11/18

Be forewarned - this is not your ONLY assignment due on the 18th.  However, you won't have your HW packet until shortly before this date.

You have a Castle Learning TEST opening tomorrow afternoon (11/12) & closing at 6 AM on Monday, 11/18.  This will count as a TEST GRADE, so no "second chance credit."  Use your notes & textbook to help you.  This counts the exact same way an in-class test does.  Since MANY of you elected to take a ZERO on the last Castle Learning test, I highly recommend you NOT start of the 2nd Marking Period in that manner.  (Yes, the 18th starts the 2nd MP already!!)

This will also be on your HW sheet, but I am giving you advance notice to use this week to get it done!

Don't forget to thank a Veteran today!

Remember the reason you don't have school today...


US History: HW due Wednesday, 11/13

Due Wednesday, 11/13:

View the video at the link below and write a 3-5 page "paper" on the Age of Jackson.  Be sure to include details.  The instructions are identical to your HW Writing Assignments.  Use "Age of Jackson Paper" as your assignment title.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beN4qE-e5O8

This assignment is posted on your Engrade calendar under today's date.

Global II: Homework due Wednesday, 11/13

I have uploaded a chart to Engrade that you are to complete for HW and is due Wednesday, 11/13.  You can print it out & fill it in OR you can copy it onto separate paper, the choice is yours.  It is a Word document, not Power Point.

Complete it like you would notes, so use bullet points & not complete sentences.  The "From" column is BEFORE the Industrial Revolution.  the "TO" column is the changes CAUSED BY the Industrial Revolution.  Be sure to follow those directions or you will get the entire sheet wrong. :(

You will find it under TODAY'S date on your class calendar in Engrade.

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Global II: Homework #2 due Tuesday, 11/12

On a clean sheet of paper in your notebook, copy the following:

AIM:  Why is the Industrial Revolution an "Age of Reform?"
Themes:  Economic Systems, Political Systems, Culture & Intellectual Life

REFORMS                      IMPACTS

Your assignment is to write the reforms below into your notes AND list the impacts of each of them.  Bullet points only, no complete sentences.  You should be able to find these in Chapter 25, Section 4.  We will go over this in class based on YOUR WORK.  Be prepared for a "did you do it" quiz, too!

Reforms:
Unions Legalized
Child Labor Laws
Mines Act
Ten Hours Act
Voting Rights
Abolition of Slavery
Social Reforms

Friday, November 8, 2013

Global II: Chapter 26 Questions & Vocabulary


Chapter 26 Section 1:

Democratic Reform and Activism (pp. 658-63)

  1. Explain the constitutional monarchy used in Britain.
  2. How did the Reform Bill of 1832 help the British people?
  3. Why did the Chartist movement begin?
  4. Why was the reign of Queen Victoria a “shift” in the power of the monarchy?
  5. How did women gain the right to vote?
  6. Why did France’s government constantly change between 1871 and 1914?
  7. How are the Dreyfus Affair and anti-semitism related?
  8. Why did Zionism begin?

 

Chapter 26 Section 2:

Self-Rule for British Colonies (pp. 664-8)

  1. Why was Canada “divided” into Upper Canada and Lower Canada?
  2. How did Canada become a dominion?
  3. Why was the Australian colony established?
  4. Why did British citizens immigrate to Australia?
  5. How did the Maoris and British settlers in New Zealand interact with each other?
  6. How did Australia reform its political system?
  7. How did New Zealand reform its political system?
  8. How did the British treat natives when colonies were established?
  9. Why did the Irish resent the British presence in Ireland?
  10. How did the Great Famine affect Ireland?
  11. Why was Irish independence “put on hold” in 1914?
  12. How did Britain attempt to end the violence in Ireland in 1921?

 

Chapter 26 Section 3:

Expansion and Crisis in the United States (pp. 669-72)

  1. Why did Mexico and the United States go to war?
  2. How did immigration affect the United States?

 

Chapter 26 Section 4:


Nineteenth-Century Progress (pp. 673-9)

  1. How did inventions change the way people lived?
  2. Why is the assembly line important?
  3. How did changes produce mass culture?
  4. How did new ideas in medicine affect the way people lived?
  5. Why is Marie Curie important?
  6. Why is Albert Einstein important?
  7. How did Freud and Pavlov change the fundamental ideas of the Enlightenment?


Vocabulary:
Chapter 26 

  1. Suffrage
  2. Anti-Semitism
  3. Zionism
  4. Maori
  5. Aborigine
  6. Penal Colony
  7. Home Rule
  8. Manifest Destiny
  9. Secede
  10. Segregation
  11. Assembly Line
  12. Mass Culture
  13. Charles Darwin
  14. Radioactivity

 

 

 

 

 

Global: Chapter 26 Homework Sheet


Global H & G II               11/18 – 11/22/13


Homework Assignments


All assignments are due by the date listed in the “date due” column.  Use your time wisely – do not wait until the night before to do all of your homework!  Take advantage of “light homework nights” to do another assignment that is due later in the week. 


Please see me if you have any problems with any assignment.   The following heading must be used on all assignments to gain credit for your work:


YOUR NAME                                                                  SUBJECT
ASSIGNMENT TITLE (on each assignment)               CLASS PERIOD

You must write out all questions AND answer in complete sentences for work to be accepted!
All work to be complete on “loose-leaf” or notebook paper!
Typed work will not be accepted!

OBJECTIVE

ASSIGNMENT

DATE DUE

Content Review

Chapter 26 Section 1 Questions
Chapter 26 Section 2 Questions
Monday, 11/18

Content Review

 

Chapter 26 Section 3 Questions

Chapter 26 Section 4 Questions

Tuesday, 11/19

Content Review

Vocabulary Skills

Chapter 26 Vocabulary
 

Wed., 11/20

QUIZ TODAY!!

Content Review

Chapter 26 Test

Blue or black pen required to take exam.  Make-up for legal absences is Monday, 11/25 in 2534.  Door locked at 2:05 PM.
Friday, 11/22
TEST TODAY!!

Start your vocabulary right away and study your words every night! 

Global II: Homework #1 due Tuesday, 11/12

Watch the following video (27 minutes) and then do the assignment that follows below.  Use a proper homework heading, with your assignment title being "Industrial Revolution Video."  Regular HW format is required.  I recommend you write out the questions first and leave yourself room underneath to answer the questions.  I would pause the video as you hear answers to fill in your answers.  Remember, all HW format procedures apply.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wrmax07bxyQ


1.  How was the Enclosure Movement a change form the past?
2.  Why was the geography of England "good?"
3.  Why is money necessary for industrialization to occur?
4.  How did education impact the Industrial Revolution?
5.  Why is mass production a positive effect of the Industrial Revolution?
6.  How were corporations both positive & negative?
7.  Describe laissez-faire economics.
8.  Who are the "new royalty?
9.  How is the "upper middle class" different from the "lower middle class?"
10. Who are the "new peasants?"
11. What are the negative effects of urbanization?
12. Why are working conditions bad?
13. Why does the idea of communism develop?
14. Why did imperialism develop?

PS - I'm going to count this as a test grade.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Extra Credit Opportunity!!

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY!!!!

If you have not been late to class, have not had a behavioral issue in class, have not been late to class, and have not cut class - you are eligible to stay for extra credit this Friday from 2:00-2:50 PM.  I only need three people, and you will filing papers in folders for me.
 
Extra credit goes toward boosting your marking period average.

The first three students to send me a message IN ENGRADE will get the spots.  Please do not sign up if you cannot stay as this will effect your future eligibility for this type of credit. 

Deadline to sign up is Thursday, 5 PM. 
Please be sure to check with your parents before signing up!

Updates: ALL Students!

Here are some updates that apply to everyone:

1.  Global II NEEDS PENCILS tomorrow.  Your pre-assessment will be at the beginning of class, so please be prepared & on time.  I am counting timely attendance & being prepared as a test grade.  That's an EASY 100.  The pre-assessment itself will not be graded or count in your average in any way.  This will be given after your vocabulary quiz.

2.  US HISTORY does NOT need pencils after all.  You will NOT be tested.

3.  Since your tests (both courses) were originally scheduled for tomorrow you current HW packets "expire" after tonight.  Therefore, I will post your additional assignments here for the next week.  Please be sure to check daily to see the assignments & due dates.

4.  If you are in US History & absent today, please be sure to get the 6 handouts you missed in class.  5 are HW due staring Friday.  1 you need for class tomorrow.

Monday, November 4, 2013

I saw this & thought many of you could appreciate the message (either of them):

Good Morning :)

Eat Local Grown
 
I hope you pick the latter for yourselves.
See you Wednesday!

Another Power Point site to try!

Thanks to Justine N. for pointing out this site for mobile devices:

Polaris Office

It has free power point readers for phones, tablets, and other assorted items.  If you are having issues with reading power points in Engrade, try this!  (Google it and see if it will work for what you have at home!)

Thanks Justine!!

PENCILS NEEDED FOR CLASS

Yes, you read correctly - pencils.

You will be having pre-assessments within the next week, and the scantron used by the District requires a PENCIL.  You are required to take the exam...so be sure to have one with you for the next week.  I'll let you know which day the test will be when I figure it out.

Remember, this is not a study-for-it test.  Nothing to stress out over and the only thing that will count is (1) if you are in class & (2) if you brought a pencil.  THAT will be your test grade.

All Classes: Test Date Change

Your exam scheduled for 11/8/13 will be moved to 11/15/13.

You are responsible for checking this blog for additional homework that will be due once your current homework packet expires.  No new packet will be handed out for the current chapter.

Parents & Guardians: Please Read!!

Hello Parents & Guardians!

I'm looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!  To make the morning go smoothly, I wanted to remind you of some important things:

1.  I don't have your student's grades in the classroom since we no longer have access to Engrade in the building.  Your student was given an access code to Engrade in September.  This is the same code I spoke of at Meet the Teacher night.  I hope that your student gave you this code and you have been monitoring his/her grades as they are entered.  Please feel free to print out your student's grades if you have questions.  If your student still has not shared their access code for my online grade book, I will have those available for you to take home.

2.  Appointments are for roughly 15 minutes.  If you made an appointment with me, please be there on time or I will have to give up your spot to a waiting parent, should the situation arise.  "Appointments" start at 7:45 AM (I already have the earlier times booked.)  The last one is at 11:15 AM, with all actual parent meetings ending no later than 11:30 AM, when I am required to move on to the next portion of my day.

3.  I will be in room 2534, my "home base" classroom.

I hope this information is helpful & I look forward to seeing you tomorrow!