Monday, September 29, 2014
Agenda for 9/30
1. American Income Inequality
2. Transatlantic Slave Trade PPT and Notes
3. Work on GGS - Adobe Voice Assessment
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Agenda for 9/29
1. Trivia - What the approximate population of the Navajo Nation?
- 2 % bonus points to the first student to comment on this post with the correct answer.
2. U.S. To Pay Navajo Tribe $554 Million In Landmark Settlement
3. Work on Guns, Germs and Steel - Adobe Voice Assignment (see eBackpack)
- Due Thursday 10/2.
- You will NOT have class time on 9/30 to work on the assignment.
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Agenda for 9/26
1. Trivia - What the approximate population of the Navajo Nation?
- 2 % bonus points to the first student to comment on this post with the correct answer.
2. U.S. To Pay Navajo Tribe $554 Million In Landmark Settlement
3. Work on Guns, Germs and Steel - Adobe Voice Assignment (see eBackpack)
- Due Thursday 10/2.
- You will NOT have class time on 9/30 to work on the assignment.
Agenda for 9/25
1. Ferguson police chief apologizes to Michael Brown's parents
2. Finish - Guns, Germs, and Steel - Ep. 2
3. Download Adobe Voice
HW - finish and submit "GGS Video Note Sheet"
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Agenda for 9/22
1. Scotland votes to stay part of the UK and what exactly is the UK?
2. Create "Blind Eye" folder in Notability.
3. Go to "GGS Note Sheet" assignment in eBackpack and open note sheet in Notability - and place in "Blind Eye" folder.
4. Begin GGS Ep. 2 - answer questions in note sheet as we watch.
HW - Prepare for GGS Vocab Quiz NEXT CLASS (from Pre-Assignment note sheet)
GGS Pre-Assignment Keynote
- Latitude
- Longitude
- Cultivate
- Domesticate
- Agriculture
- Civilization
- Climate
Friday, September 19, 2014
Agenda for 9/19
1. Scotland votes to stay part of the UK and what exactly is the UK?
2. Guns, Germs and Steel - Pre-Assignment Note Sheet (open through eBackpack)
3. GGS Pre-Assignment Note Sheet - QUIZ (eBackpack)
4. Create "Blind Eye" folder in Notability.
5. Go to "GGS Note Sheet" assignment in eBackpack and open note sheet in Notability - and place in "Blind Eye" folder.
6. Begin GGS Ep. 2 - answer questions in note sheet as we watch.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Agenda for 9/18
How does this old textbook illustration portray the events of King Phillips War? Who would have an interest in portraying events in this way? Is this a reliable source? Why or why not?
1. Current Event: ISIS bans math, social studies for children
2. Review Guns, Germs and Steel - Pre-Assignment Vocab (notes from last class)
3. Begin documentary: Ep. 1 - Guns, Germs and Steel
- Fill out the Guns, Germs, and Steel Video Note Sheet as we watch.
Agenda for 9/17
How did those old drawing portray the events of King Phillips War? Is this a reliable source? Why or why not?
1. Current Event: ISIS bans math, social studies for children
2. King Philips War
3. Guns, Germs, and Steel - Intro Keynote
HW:
- Finish the "Guns, Germs, and Steel - Pre-Assignment" - eBackpack
Monday, September 15, 2014
Agenda for 9/16
1. The Battle of Little Bighorn - Follow-up
2. King Philips War
3. Guns, Germs, and Steel - Intro Keynote
HW:
- Complete the "Guns, Germs, and Steel - Pre-Assignment"
Agenda for 9/15
1. Current Event: The facts about domestic violence in America
HW
- Read and look over while I take attendance.
- Which stat is the most shocking/concerning to you?
- Battle of Little Bighorn - Youtube video
- The history of broken treaties - Nat. Geo. site
- Click here to submit your answer via Answer Garden.
- Write "U.S. Army" or "Lakota/Cheyanne"
- Make sure paragraph response has been submitted through eBackpack.
- Sourcing
- Contextualization
- Corroboration
HW
- Finish "King Phillips War" Assignment. Take a photo and submit via eBackpack.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Agenda 9/12
Agenda for 9/12
1. Current Event - Obama's speech on America's Response to ISIL (ISIS)
2. Who was responsible for the Battle of Little Bighorn?
- Click here to submit your answer via Answer Garden.
- Take photo of packet and submit through eBackpack.
- Make sure paragraph response has been submitted through eBackpack
- Sourcing
- Contextualization
- Corroboration
HW
- Finish "King Phillips War" Assignment. Take a photo and submit via eBackpack.
Agenda 9/11
Agenda for 9/11
1. Current Event - Obama's speech on America's Response to ISIL (ISIS)
2. How to Use eBackpack
- Video tutorials on eBackpack.com
- How to submit an assignment
- Using Google Drive
- Take a picture
- Mark-it
- Take picture of "Lunch Room Fight" Assignment and submit via eBackpack
- Take out you "Suspension Report" form
- Go to "Answer Garden" and tell us who is responsible for the fight
- Which source is more reliable?
- Who is responsible for the Battle of Little Bighorn?
- After completing the packet thinking about the following questions
- What are the similarities and differences between these accounts?
- Why do they differ?
- Which one do you find most trustworthy?
- Why?
- What other types of documents would you need to look at in order to continue figuring out who was responsible for the Battle of the Little Bighorn?
- Finish the "Battle of Little Bighorn" packet - take picture and submit via eBackpack
- Paragraph response to: Who is responsible for the Battle of Little Bighorn?
- You must cite at least 2 PIECES OF EVIDENCE from documents A and B to support your answer.
- Complete on Google Drive and submit via eBackpack
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Agenda 9/4 - Maroon
Today's Agenda:
1. Introduction to Mr. Parise
2. Introduction to Students
2. Blind Eye Intro Keynote
3. Review Syllabus
1. Introduction to Mr. Parise
2. Introduction to Students
2. Blind Eye Intro Keynote
3. Review Syllabus
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