My History Homework

Objectives:

Students will discuss problems related to Reconstruction, including disinterest and the KKK.
Students will review exam expectations.
Students will review for the exam.

Today, students turned in homework about a sharecropper’s life.

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Students wrapped up PowerPoint notes about Reconstruction.
With the remainder of the period, students began studying for the exam coming up after break.Homework: Enjoy your break!  […]

Objectives:

Students will analyze Renaissance art.
Students will discuss religion around the time of the Renaissance.
Students will assess goals of the Counter Reformation.

Today, students continued working on the Renaissance art worksheets and then discussed them.
Students took notes over the Renaissance era.
Students then created a chart looking over goals of the Counter Reformation and the ways in which […]

Objectives:

Students analyzed the best methods of making the United States a country again, post-Civil war.
Students discussed Reconstruction; the period immediately following the Civil War.
Students compared the lives of slaves to the lives of free blacks.

Today, students wrote about what Reconstruction means.

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Students brainstormed ways in which they would mend the divide between the north and south […]

Objectives:

Students will discuss Machiavelli.
Students will assess issues during the Renaissance.
Students will analyze Renaissance art.

Today, students discussed Niccolo Machiavelli’s views on politics.
Students then took notes over artists of the Renaissance.
Finally, students began working on an activity in which they play the role of the art critic. 070108schoolofathens.doc
Students also received the study guide for the exam post-break. […]

Objectives:
Students will analyze events post-Civil War.
Students began a worksheet about events taking place after the Civil War ended.
At the end of class, students were given the details of the exam coming up post-break. Students received the study guide for said exam.  081206sg1.doc
Homework: Finish worksheet

Objectives:

Students will demonstrate knowledge of cultural groups.
Students will discuss the Renaissance.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of Western European countries.

Today, students finished presenatations about culture groups from Africa, Central and South America.
Students then brainstormed and discussed what they know about the era known as the Renaissance.
Finally, students took a map quiz over Western Europe countries.
Homework:  Read pg. […]

Objectives:

Students will discuss findings on lessons relating to Glory.
Students will assess learning that took place over the Civil War unit.
Students will analyze events taking place after the Civil War ended.

Today, students took some time to write an essay about lessons learned while watching the film Glory.
Instructions are below:

Write about three lessons you learned watching the […]

Objectives:

Students will demonstrate knowledge of Asian countries.
Students will analyze Africa and the Americas.
Students will assess presentations.

Today, students took a quiz over Asian countries.
Students then were given a short amount of time to wrap up their posters.
Students started presenting their information to the class.
Homework: Terms To Define/People To Identify pg. 325

Objectives:

Students will analyze the battle field, the Massachusetts 54th, race relations, and daily life during the Civil War.
Students will discuss their findings about the film.

Today, students finished watching the film.
Students then discussed the film.
Homework: Bring movie worksheet to next class, we will write reactions then

Objectives:
Students will discuss significance of geography.
Students will discuss various African/American cultures.
Today, students discussed the significance of the equator and the prime meridian.
Students were given the remainder of the period to continue researching their project and started creating their posters.
Homework:  Study, asian countries quiz next class.  15 minutes to wrap up posters on Wed.