Week of May 27, 2013
Monday-Memorial Day Holiday
Tuesday-3 pages of terms for students for semester exam presented; reviewed page 1 on WW I
Wednesday-Reviewed semester exam terms, page 2 on WW II
Thursday-Reviewed semester exam terms, page 3 on Cold War
Friday-Internet Scavenger Hunt for World History in Gator Lab (WW II, Cold War, Civics)
Week of May 20, 2013
Monday-2nd half of video entitled "Water" (Provides insights into the life of widows in Hindu society)
Tuesday-Mr. Lore AP US History recruiting in class while I recruited among the Freshmen
Wednesday-Mr. Lor AP US History recruiting in class while I recruited among the Freshmen
Thursday-Test over chapter 25
Friday-Introduce chapter 26 Cold War & the Developing World, 1945-1991
Week of May 13, 2013
Monday-Test, chapter 24
Tuesday-Start chapter 25, British East India Company, Sepoy Rebellion, and the making of the Raj
Wednesday-decolonization in India / India in World War I
Thursday-Notebook Guide & Student Handout on Forces for Independence and Revolution in Asia
Friday-video entitled "Water" (Provides insights into the life of widows in Hindu society)
Week of May 6, 2013
Monday-State History Fair; watching video on decline of British Empire
Tuesday-State History Fair; watching video on decline of British Empire
Wednesday-Spanish Civil War, 1936
Thursday- WWII in Japan
Friday- WWII on the Homefront: Tuskegee airmen, Rosie the Riveter, and Japanese internment camps
Week of April 29, 2013
Monday-Rise of Fascism and Totalitarian States introduction
Tuesday-Rise of Hitler
Wednesday-Rise of Mussolini
Thursday-Use of war propaganda, short video clip on Mussolini
Friday-Test on chapter 23
Week of April 22, 2013
Monday-Fall of the Ottoman Empire/End of WWI
Tuesday-Persian Shah and constitution of 1906
Wednesday-Balfour Declaration, Zionism, and the Arab Revolt of 1936
Thursday-video on British imperialism in Middle East
Friday-Test, chapter 22
Week of April 15, 2013
Monday-FCAT
Tuesday-FCAT
Wednesday-Test, chapter 21
Thursday-Yemen
Friday-Sharif Hussein & Ibn Saud and the making of Saudi Arabia
Week of April 8, 2013
Monday-Continued lecture/discussion of Russian Revolution (chapter 20)
Tuesday-Cold War discussion
Wednesday-Propaganda of USSR & US
Thursday-Changing role of women
Friday-Mcarthy Era
Week of April 1, 2013
Monday-Holiday
Tuesday-chapter 19, World War II, American involvement, and results
Wednesday-vocabulary crossword puzzle test review
Thursday-Test, chapters 18 & 19
Friday-Start lecture on Czarist Russia (chapter 20); brief video on war propaganda
Week of March 18, 2013
Monday-Check vocabulary cards for chapters 16 & 17, and Gator Lab to do end of chapter assessments online for both chapters.
Tuesday-Doughnuts!!! Start Chapter 18 and lecture/discussion on the causes of WWI. Have students write journal entry from POV of soldier on the Western Front.
Wednesday-Lecture/discussion on end of WWI and start of WWII.
Thursday-Holocaust assembly
Friday-Wellness Day
Week of March 11, 2013
Monday-Revolutions in Asia: Chinese Opium Wars, Taiping Rebellion, Boxer Rebellion AND Japan's Meiji Restoration
Tuesday-Test, chapter 15
Wednesday-Start chapter 16; Notebook Guide vocabulary
Thursday-Lecture/discussion on the Industrial Revolution
Friday-started chapter 17 on imperialism/Kipling's "White Man's Burden" & political cartoon analysis.
week of March 4:
Monday-Start of new semester; collect info from students, go over syllabus and class expectations
Tuesday-Lecture/discussion on the American Revolution
Wednesday-Lecture/discussion on the French Revolution
Thursday-comparative chart on revolutions influenced by the Enlightenment
Friday-Gator Lab activity: Introduce students to online textbook; completed online quiz for chapter 15