Monday, December 08, 2014

Unit 6 = French Revolution 2014

P-VILLE
Notice to all P-Ville Citizens! Need Info on P-Ville (Click Here)

INFORMATION ON
1) TEXTBOOK ONLINE  First log into your etusd account then click on link above
2) BBQs 
3) Legacy Project Info
4) General Essay Info - Essay Intro & Subtopic Support (used by Mr P in class)

GEO RELATED LINKS TO ASSIST WITH GEO RETAKE
a) Go to Legendary Sketch's Geo Page
 for location practice
b) Use ULTIMATE GEO POWERPOINT
c) Use Colorful Map Packet Study Guide


MONDAY December 8, 2014
1) French Revolution Assignment 1-10 Packet Due
2) Mini-Exam

HW
a) Read The Age of Napoleon p. 128-136

b) All students not doing a Legacy Project will take a semester Final Exam. The Final Exam is multiple choice. Questions for the multiple choice exam will be cumulative. Thus, any content covered during the first semester can appear on the Semester Final Exam.

c) The Semester Final will be at the end of January. Students taking the Final Exam will take it at the end of January. Students doing a legacy project will turn it in the day the students (not doing a legacy project) take the Semester Final Exam.


TUESDAY December 9, 2014 (Minimum Day - P1, P3 & P5) 
WEDNESDAY December 10, 2014 (Minimum Day - P2, P4 & P6)
1) French Revolution DBQ - Connection to Current Event  (PDF) 
Get your ODD or EVEN Documents by clicking above
Lost your handout or need to see it in color, click on link above.

Use C-SPAN Links to News Sources 
This is a quality starting point for many but not all good news sources.
From the above link, students can find newspapers, magazines, journals, websites, think tanks, blogs, podcasts, radio broadcasts and more.
Students can find Left, Center & Right Wing News Sources (Left, Center & Right Radio)
Local, State and National New Sources as well as International Sources.
Some News Sources might be broad in scope and others very narrow.

2) Napoleonic Era (Day 1 & 2)
II)  Young Napoleon (3:33 - 13:00)
III) Napoleon & The Revolution (13:00 - 19:40)
IV) Napoleon's Big Break (19:40 - 22:36)
V) Napoleon v Austria (22:37 - 31:24)

HW
a) Link to Video Homework - Drag the timeline to the minutes listed below to watch video and take notes on your packet. If you can't watch the video at home, Mr P will have the video on at lunch and again after school for students to do their notetaking homework then.

b) Complete Notes Tonight for V- VII:
V) Napoleon v Austria (22:37 - 31:24)
VI) Napoleon in Egypt (31:25 - 42:05)
VII) Napoleon's Rule Begins (42:05 - 47:13)

c) Read The Age of Napoleon p. 128-136
d) Napoleon Packet Due THURSDAY
e) Napoleon Exam THURSDAY

f) Don't forget to get the Notes Completed for the Post Napoleonic Packet. Better to write the notes at home so you can listen and adjust / add to notes in class (Due Tuesday Dec 16, 2014)

g) All students not doing a Legacy Project will take a semester Final Exam. The Final Exam is multiple choice. Questions for the multiple choice exam will be cumulative. Thus, any content covered during the first semester can appear on the Semester Final Exam.

h) The Semester Final will be at the end of January. Students taking the Final Exam will take it at the end of January. Students doing a legacy project will turn it in the day the students (not doing a legacy project) take the Semester Final Exam.


THURSDAY December 11, 2014 
1) Napoleonic Era (Day 3)

A) Quick Review 
V) Napoleon v Austria (22:37 - 31:24)
VI) Napoleon in Egypt (31:25 - 42:05)
VII) Napoleon's Rule Begins (42:05 - 47:13)

B) Continue Class Notes
VIII) Napoleon Runs the French Nation (47:13 - 53:37)
IX) More Fighting Throughout Europe (53:39 - 59:22)
X) Napoleon's Zenith  (59:23 - 1:08:24)

HW
a) Link to Video Homework - Drag the timeline to the minutes listed below to watch video and take notes on your packet. If you can't watch the video at home, Mr P will have the video on at lunch and again after school for students to do their notetaking homework then.


b) Complete Notes and Video thru Invasion of Russia - (1:12:15 - 1:20:00) -THURSDAY NIGHT

c) Read The Age of Napoleon p. 128-136
d) Napoleon Packet Due MONDAY
e) Napoleon Exam MONDAY


FRIDAY December 12, 2014
1) Napoleonic Era (Day 4)

A) Quick Review 
Start Napoleon's Empire Collapses 
War with Spain - (1:08:25 - 1:12:15)
Invasion of Russia - (1:12:15 - 1:20:00)

B) Continue Class Notes
Downfall & 1st Exile - (1:20:00 - 1:22:42)
France After Napoleon - (1:22:42 - 1:26:19)
Napoleon's Last Stand - (1:26:19 - 1:33:00)
Napoleon's 2nd Exile - (1:32:45 - 1:42:22)


HW
a) Link to Video Homework - Drag the timeline to the minutes listed below to watch video and take notes on your packet. If you can't watch the video at home, Mr P will have the video on at lunch and again after school for students to do their notetaking homework then.

b) Complete Notes and Video thru Napoleon's Last Stand - (1:26:19 - 1:33:00) -FRIDAY NIGHT

c) Read The Age of Napoleon p. 128-136
d) Napoleon Packet Due MONDAY
e) Napoleon Exam MONDAY

f) Don't forget to get the Notes Completed for the Post Napoleonic Packet. Better to write the notes at home so you can listen and adjust / add to notes in class (Due Tuesday December 16, 2014)

g) All students not doing a Legacy Project will take a semester Final Exam. The Final Exam is multiple choice. Questions for the multiple choice exam will be cumulative. Thus, any content covered during the first semester can appear on the Semester Final Exam.

h) The Semester Final will be at the end of January. Students taking the Final Exam will take it at the end of January. Students doing a legacy project will turn it in the day the students (not doing a legacy project) take the Semester Final Exam.


MONDAY December 15, 2014
1)      Napoleonic Era (Day 5)

A)    Review HW Video
c) Downfall & 1st Exile - (1:20:00 - 1:22:42)
d) France After Napoleon - (1:22:42 - 1:26:19)
e) Napoleon's Last Stand - (1:26:19 - 1:33:00)

B) Continue Class Notes
f) Napoleon's 2nd Exile - (1:32:45 - 1:42:22)

HW:
1) Link to Video Homework - Drag the timeline to the minutes listed below to watch video and take  notes on your packet. If you can't watch the video at home, Mr P will have the video on at lunch and again after school for students to do their notetaking homework then.

2) Don't forget to get the Notes Completed for the Post Napoleonic Packet. Better to write the notes at home so you can listen and adjust / add to notes in class (Due Tuesday December 16, 2014)

3)    Study Packet for Napoleon Exam (Due TUESDAY)
4)    Packet (Due TUESDAY)


TUESDAY December 16, 2014
1) Napoleon’s Last Campaign
2) P explains quotes:
“Everything is soon forgotten except the opinion we leave imprinted in history.”
 “There is no immorality then the memory that is left in the minds of men.”
3) Collect Packet
4) Napoleon MC Exam

HW      
1) IR CH5 Section 1 & 2 (Due WEDNESDAY)
2) IR CH5 Section 1 & 2 Quiz
3) Start Industrial Revolution - Common Core - Student Book on Industrial Revolution









































































































































































































































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Sunday, November 23, 2014

john

Unit 6 = French Revolution 2014

P-VILLE
Notice to all P-Ville Citizens! Need Info on P-Ville (Click Here)

INFORMATION ON
1) TEXTBOOK ONLINE  First log into your etusd account then click on link above
2) BBQs 
3) Legacy Project Info
4) General Essay Info - Essay Intro & Subtopic Support (used by Mr P in class)

GEO RELATED LINKS TO ASSIST WITH GEO RETAKE
a) Go to Legendary Sketch's Geo Page
 for location practice
b) Use ULTIMATE GEO POWERPOINT
c) Use Colorful Map Packet Study Guide


FRENCH REVOLUTION ASSIGNMENTS
1) Table of Contents
2) K.W.L.(have at least 22 points listed under L portion for full credit)
3) Vocabulary & Vocab Jeopardy (p.107-126) (UPDATED NEW VERSION by Mr P at 3:55am November 26, 2012)
4) Pie Chart (Worksheet) (Power Point) (p.108-110)
5) Revolution Threatens the French King (Worksheet) (Power Point) (p.108-114)
6) Marie Antionette (ask Mr P for a copy if you cannot read the worksheet online. Also, answer the questions on your own sheet of paper.)
7) Marie Antoinette Video Notes (Omit if NOT done in class)
8) The Execution of Louis XVI (ask Mr P for a copy if you cannot read the worksheet online. Also, answer the questions on your own sheet of paper.)
9) Chapter 3 - Section 2 & 3 - Guided Reading Notes (Worksheet) & (Power Point) (p.114-126)
10) 6 Stages Chart (Worksheet) & (Power Point)

FRENCH REVOLUTION POWER POINTS

Sketch's Website has French Revolution Vocab help. Thanks Sketch! Gee, thanks for making class for students that much more simple. Students should use Sketch's Vocab help but write down definitions using their own West High vernacular (your own words). Mr. P will NOT give students credit if they copy Sketch's definitions word for word. Also, Sketch was known for pulling off clever tricks like giving the wrong definition at times to make sure students are thinking and NOT just copying definitions. It is best to check Sketch's definitions against other sources.


For students seeking additional reading on the French Revolution, Mr P's Random French Revolution Book Picks for Students are:

a) Stepping in the pool - French Revolution for Beginners by Martin McCrory & Robert Moulder
b) Liking the Shallow End - A Short History of the French Revolution by Jeremy Popkin
c) Into the Deep End - The French Revolution & Napoleonic Era by Owen Connelly

Bored over the long weekend? Check out these French Revolution videos. Email Mr P with any other French Revolution videos you find online.

1) French Revolution Documentary
2) French Revolution silly stuff from History of the World
3) A European pub historian eloquently sums up the French Revolution in under 4 minutes. Pint Size History.
4) French Revolution for Dummies - 24 minute online lecture - if by chance you are absent throughout the FR unit, then watching this might help as the speaker talks about many of the events, vocab terms and people of the FR.
5) French Revolution short student cartoons by Alumni Alison (1-8). Some of these are classic. Still, Mr P has been waiting for years for a student to come along and redo this cartoon concept legacy project and take it to a new level. It is time for the new and improved... and COMPLETE CARTOON FRENCH REVOLUTION! Who is going to do it for a legacy project? Who will leave their legacy?
6) French Revolution: Crash Course History #29


MONDAY December 1, 2014
1) Middle Ages - American Revolution Exam Results

2) Start French Revolution

a) TOC
b) K.W.L.
c) Pie Chart
d) 6 Stages of FR
e) Vocabulary

HW:
a) Read p.107-113
b) Start Vocabulary (Assign #3) - See Vocab help above
c) Complete Pie Chart (Assign #4)
d) Revolution Threatens the King (Assign #5)


TUESDAY December 2, 2014
1) Pie Chart (Assign #4) - Review
2) Revolution Threatens the King (Assign #5) - Review

HW:
a) Read Section 2 & 3 from Textbook p. 114 - 125
b) Guided Reading Notes for Section 2 & 3 (Assign #9)


WEDNESDAY December 3, 2014
1) P-Ville Announcements
2) Pie Chart (Assign #4) - Review
3) 6 Stages of French Revolution (Assign #10) - Review
4) Revolution Threatens the King (Assign #5) - Review
5) French Revolution short student cartoons by Alumni Alison (1-8) which reviews Assign #5

HW
1) Start completing Vocab (Assign # 3) --- Fill solid definitions in your own words for Vocab covered in class. Do NOT just copy definitions from the book or Mr P's power points. Read about the Vocab and put definitions in your own words.
2) Pass out Guided Reading Notes (Assign #9) --- Due Wednesday
3) TEXTBOOK READING: Here is a suggested reading schedule for the FR. Dont fool yourself and skip the reading. Reading will enhance what you learn in class.

a) CH 3 Section 1 - p.108 -113 - If you didnt read before Turkey Holiday last week, which you perhaps did not read.
b) CH 3 Section 2 - p.114 - 119 - Reading will help with the first half of Guided Reading Notes (Assign # 9)

4) P CINEMA --- Mr P will show this French Revolution Documentary (90 minutes) for P Cinema during Period 7 (After School starting at 3:12). All are welcome... P-villians and Non-P-villians alike. Expand your knowledge on the French Revolution. This is NOT extra credit.  If you cannot make it, you can watch it on your own. Vive le Revolution!


THURSDAY December 4, 2014
1) Order & Stability or SSR for Assign 6-8 with Debussy
2) 6 Stages of French Revolution (Assign #10)- Review
3) Guided Notes (Assign #9) - Start to Review
4) Political Spectrum (Assign #9) - Review
5) Short Video on Marie Antoinette (If time permits. Otherwise, omit assignment #7)

HW
a) Guided Reading Notes (Assign #9) --- Due Next Class Session
b) Complete Vocab (Assign #3) & Start Studying for Possible Vocab Game
c) Complete Marie Antoinette (Assign #6) Read and Answer Questions
d) Complete King Louis' Execution (Assign #8) Read and Answer Questions

b) CH 3 Section 2 - p.114 - 120 - If you didnt get to it on Monday evening, read it tonight. Reading will help with the first half of Guided Reading Notes (Assign # 9)
b) CH 3 Section 3 - p.121 - 126 - Reading will help with the second half of Guided Reading Notes (Assign # 9)


FRIDAY December 5, 2014
1) 6 Stages of French Revolution (Assign #10)- Review Again --- Drill it into your head
2) Guided Notes (Assign #9) - Review
3) Political Spectrum (Assign #9) - Review
4) Short Video on Marie Antoinette (If time permits. Otherwise, omit assignment #7)

HW
a) Complete Vocab (Assign #3) & Study for Possible Vocab Game
b) Organize & STAPLE French Revolution Packet (Assign 1-10)
c) Study for French Revolution Mini - Exam on Friday December 6th, 2013

Suggestions for Studying:
1) Review Vocab (Assign #3) - Use Sketch's French Revolution Vocab Review Vocabulary & Vocab Jeopardy (p.107-126)
2) Review Pie Chart (Assign #4)
3) Review Revolution Threatens King (Assign #5)
4) Review Guided Notes (Assign #9)
5) Review 6 Stages (Assign #10)

6) Take P Alumni Peymaneh's Quizzes on the French Revolution. Peymaneh's created these quizzes based reading from the old World History textbook. Still, the questions are generally useful for any quiz on the French Revolution. Peymaneh created this legacy project only after living in the US for 8 months. Some of her quiz questions do contain grammar and spelling errors. Mr. P did NOT correct them on purpose. He wanted to also showcase this legacy project to demonstrate what a student can produce despite facing academic setbacks (i.e. Learning a new language and adapting to a new culture). Are you a student facing your own academic setbacks? Mr P challenges you to step it up like Paymaneh, overcome academic set backs and create a legacy project that can be used by students in the future!

7) READER'S GUIDE TO REVIEWING FOR THE EXAM - Some students like to read and absorb information. Read these sections and it will only help with your performance on the Mini-Exam.

a) CH 3 Section 1 - p.108 -113 - If you didnt read before Turkey Holiday last week, which you perhaps did not read.
b) CH 3 Section 2 - p.114 - 120 - If you didnt get to it on Monday evening, read it tonight. Reading will help with the first half of Guided Reading Notes (Assign # 9)
c) CH 3 Section 3 - p.121 - 126 - Reading will help with the second half of Guided Reading Notes (Assign # 9)

FINAL EXAM INFO 
d) All students not doing a Legacy Project will take a semester Final Exam. The Final Exam is multiple choice. Questions for the multiple choice exam will be cumulative. Thus, any content covered during the first semester can appear on the Semester Final Exam.

e) The Semester Final will be at the end of January. Students taking the Final Exam will take it at the end of January. Students doing a legacy project will turn it in the day the students (not doing a legacy project) take the Semester Final Exam.


MONDAY December 8, 2014
1) French Revolution Assignment 1-10 Packet Due
2) Mini-Exam
3) Start Napoleon (Day 1)

HW
a) Read The Age of Napoleon p. 128-136

b) All students not doing a Legacy Project will take a semester Final Exam. The Final Exam is multiple choice. Questions for the multiple choice exam will be cumulative. Thus, any content covered during the first semester can appear on the Semester Final Exam.

c) The Semester Final will be at the end of January. Students taking the Final Exam will take it at the end of January. Students doing a legacy project will turn it in the day the students (not doing a legacy project) take the Semester Final Exam.


TUESDAY December 9, 2014 (Minimum Day - P1, P3 & P5) 
WEDNESDAY December 10, 2014 (Minimum Day - P2, P4 & P6)
1) French Revolution DBQ - Connection to Current Event (PDF)

2) Napoleonic Era (Day 1 & 2)
II)  Young Napoleon (3:33 - 13:00)
III) Napoleon & The Revolution (13:00 - 19:40)
IV) Napoleon's Big Break (19:40 - 22:36)
V) Napoleon v Austria (22:37 - 31:24)

HW
a) Link to Video Homework - Drag the timeline to the minutes listed below to watch video and take notes on your packet. If you can't watch the video at home, Mr P will have the video on at lunch and again after school for students to do their notetaking homework then.

b) Complete Notes Tonight for V- VII:
V) Napoleon v Austria (22:37 - 31:24)
VI) Napoleon in Egypt (31:25 - 42:05)
VII) Napoleon's Rule Begins (42:05 - 47:13)

c) Read The Age of Napoleon p. 128-136
d) Napoleon Packet Due THURSDAY
e) Napoleon Exam THURSDAY

f) Don't forget to get the Notes Completed for the Post Napoleonic Packet. Better to write the notes at home so you can listen and adjust / add to notes in class (Due Friday)

g) All students not doing a Legacy Project will take a semester Final Exam. The Final Exam is multiple choice. Questions for the multiple choice exam will be cumulative. Thus, any content covered during the first semester can appear on the Semester Final Exam.

h) The Semester Final will be at the end of January. Students taking the Final Exam will take it at the end of January. Students doing a legacy project will turn it in the day the students (not doing a legacy project) take the Semester Final Exam.


THURSDAY December 11, 2014 
1) Napoleonic Era (Day 3)

A) Quick Review 
V) Napoleon v Austria (22:37 - 31:24)
VI) Napoleon in Egypt (31:25 - 42:05)
VII) Napoleon's Rule Begins (42:05 - 47:13)

B) Continue Class Notes
VIII) Napoleon Runs the French Nation (47:13 - 53:37)
IX) More Fighting Throughout Europe (53:39 - 59:22)
X) Napoleon's Zenith  (59:23 - 1:08:24)

HW
a) Link to Video Homework - Drag the timeline to the minutes listed below to watch video and take notes on your packet. If you can't watch the video at home, Mr P will have the video on at lunch and again after school for students to do their notetaking homework then.


b) Complete Notes and Video thru Invasion of Russia - (1:12:15 - 1:20:00) -TUESDAY NIGHT

c) Read The Age of Napoleon p. 128-136
d) Napoleon Packet Due FRIDAY
e) Napoleon Exam FRIDAY


FRIDAY December 12, 2014
1) Napoleonic Era (Day 4)

A) Quick Review 
Start Napoleon's Empire Collapses 
War with Spain - (1:08:25 - 1:12:15)
Invasion of Russia - (1:12:15 - 1:20:00)

B) Continue Class Notes
Downfall & 1st Exile - (1:20:00 - 1:22:42)
France After Napoleon - (1:22:42 - 1:26:19)
Napoleon's Last Stand - (1:26:19 - 1:33:00)
Napoleon's 2nd Exile - (1:32:45 - 1:42:22)


HW
a) Link to Video Homework - Drag the timeline to the minutes listed below to watch video and take notes on your packet. If you can't watch the video at home, Mr P will have the video on at lunch and again after school for students to do their notetaking homework then.

b) Complete Notes and Video thru Napoleon's Last Stand - (1:26:19 - 1:33:00) -WEDNESDAY NIGHT

c) Read The Age of Napoleon p. 128-136
d) Napoleon Packet Due FRIDAY
e) Napoleon Exam FRIDAY

f) Don't forget to get the Notes Completed for the Post Napoleonic Packet. Better to write the notes at home so you can listen and adjust / add to notes in class (Due Friday)

g) All students not doing a Legacy Project will take a semester Final Exam. The Final Exam is multiple choice. Questions for the multiple choice exam will be cumulative. Thus, any content covered during the first semester can appear on the Semester Final Exam.

h) The Semester Final will be at the end of January. Students taking the Final Exam will take it at the end of January. Students doing a legacy project will turn it in the day the students (not doing a legacy project) take the Semester Final Exam.


MONDAY December 15, 2014
1)      Napoleonic Era (Day 5)

A)    Review HW Video
c) Downfall & 1st Exile - (1:20:00 - 1:22:42)
d) France After Napoleon - (1:22:42 - 1:26:19)
e) Napoleon's Last Stand - (1:26:19 - 1:33:00)

B) Continue Class Notes
f) Napoleon's 2nd Exile - (1:32:45 - 1:42:22)

HW:
1) Link to Video Homework - Drag the timeline to the minutes listed below to watch video and take notes on your packet. If you can't watch the video at home, Mr P will have the video on at lunch and again after school for students to do their notetaking homework then.

2) Don't forget to get the Notes Completed for the Post Napoleonic Packet. Better to write the notes at home so you can listen and adjust / add to notes in class (Due Friday)

3)    Study Packet for Napoleon Exam (Due TUESDAY)
4)    Packet (Due TUESDAY)


TUESDAY December 16, 2014
1) Napoleon’s Last Campaign
2) P explains quotes:
“Everything is soon forgotten except the opinion we leave imprinted in history.”
 “There is no immorality then the memory that is left in the minds of men.”
3) Collect Packet
4) Napoleon MC Exam

HW      
1) IR CH5 Section 1 & 2 (Due WEDNESDAY)
2) IR CH5 Section 1 & 2 Quiz
3) Start Industrial Revolution - Common Core - Student Book on Industrial Revolution









































































































































































































































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Bad Plus Anyone?



Sunday, November 02, 2014

Unit 5 = Middle Ages - American Revolution 2014

Notice to all P-Ville Citizens! Need Info on P-Ville (Click Here)
This week the Supreme Council will vote on 40 Bills and set laws on issues impacting pay, jobs and more. Read over the bills and let your Supreme Council Rep how you think they should vote. 


P-VILLE SUPREME COUNCIL  (Bills = Y2 -1-8)
These bills primarily have to do with pay, expectations & other specifics relating to the Supreme Council 

P-VILLE SUPREME COUNCIL ONLINE VOTING HERE! (Bills = Y7- 1-32)
All citizens check it out! Tell your Supreme Council Rep how you think they should vote!
All Supreme Council tell the Speaker of the Council your vote for all bills before the Supreme Council meeting on Wednesday at Lunch.
DODs tell Supreme Council members and all citizens your position on each bill.
Again, get involved and make P-Ville that glorious place that it is!



Greetings and welcome Mr P's Website for the 2014-2015 school year.

A) Mr P's Class Syllabus - Still need to get signed or just want to read it again?

B) Check out Technical Thompson's Website (P-Alumni Student Class Website)

C) Missed the First Few Days? Forgot some stuff? Want to know the basic of Mr P's class?

2008 - Romero's Intro Video
2010 - Berg & Lee's Intro Video
2011 - Espejo & Thompson Intro Video

INFORMATION ON
1) TEXTBOOK ONLINE  First log into your etusd account then click on link above
2) BBQs 
3) Legacy Project Info
4) General Essay Info - Essay Intro & Subtopic Support (used by Mr P in class)
5) Geo Info

GEO RELATED LINKS TO ASSIST WITH GEO RETAKE
a) Go to Legendary Sketch's Geo Page
 for location practice
b) Use ULTIMATE GEO POWERPOINT
c) Use Colorful Map Packet Study Guide


THE OTHER ASSESSMENT - (Power Pt Version) Interested in taking another type of exam for this unit? Mr P has put together a collection of documents from the various themes. Pick 1 of the 3 BBQs for this unit or pick a question from P's Theme Listing or create your own question, review the documents, do as a historian and write a paper using those documents to back up your thesis.  Email or ask Mr P more about this alternative assessment.

Middle Ages - American Revolution is the next unit. Students will spend about 2 weeks on this unit. At the conclusion of the unit, students will turn in their unit packet for points. Each assignment should be completed as they are assigned during the unit. Below is the order of the assignments so that students can keep their unit work organized.

It is time for the Most Radical Nerds... Unit. (Graham's Most Radical Video Intro)

Most Radical Time Travel Story - Film by Ethan, Nam and Jack based on Script by Chuck Driesler. Not perfect but good basic review of the unit in 15 minutes.

Still in need of the Auto vs Demo Unit? Scroll down for power points and such stuff.

Unit 5: Middle Ages - American Revolution 
Below are Alissa Todd's Basics of Middle Ages - Scientific Revolution. Alissa was a cool student in P's class years ago. Her legacy was taking each of the themes for the unit and summarizing in a page of two for future students. Read about each theme below:

1) Middle Ages
2) Renaissance
3) Northern Renaissance
4) Exploration
5) Reformation
6) Scientific Revolution
7) Enlightenment
8) American Revolution

LEGENDARY CHUCK'S MOST RADICAL LEGACY PROJECT
Chuck took Alissa's Legacy Project to the next level. He creatively wrote an adventure time travel tale. In the story, students read and learn the essential meaning of the unit and each theme.
PDF of Legendary Chuck's Most Radical Time Travel Story

Legendary Chuck's Big Picture Questions for each theme


Table of Contents for Unit Assignments

1) Table of Contents (TOC) --- This is your cover page to your packet listing assignments 1-14
2) Spectrum of Time (Power Point) / One Thing Leads to Another (Power Point) (Pre Test)
3a) Alissa Todd's Basics of Middle Ages - Scientific Revolution (Power Point) & (Word Docs)
3) Vocab List & Alphabetical List & Rubric (Students will not have to write out but are expected to know vocab)
4) Middle Ages a) Daily Life & 8 Questions b) Cloze Passage (Omit)
5) Renaissance Basics (Power Point) & (Worksheet)
5) Modern Banking Video
6) Renaissance People (Power Point) & (Worksheet)
6 & 7) Renaissance Art & North Renaissance Art (Power Point) & (Worksheet) (Omit)
7) North Renaissance Notes - (Power Point) & (Worksheet)
8) Exploration Notes (Power Point) & (Worksheet) -
8) King Phillip of Spain Video & Exploration Video Notes
9) Reformation Notes (Power Point) & (Worksheet)
10) Scientific Revolution (Power Point) & (Worksheet) (Omit)
11) Enlightenment Questions (Powerpoint) & (Worksheet)
12) Enlightenment Thinkers (Power point) & (Worksheet)
13) American Revolution & Constitution Notes (Power Point) & (Worksheet)
13a) Enlightenment to Declaration & Constitution from Textbook (Worksheet)
14) Democracy in Action (Word Doc(Omit)


SEMESTER FINAL EXAM OR PROJECT?

Soon Mr P will start class off by asking each student: Semester Final: What are you going to do?
A) The Final Exam or Final Project?
B) Deadline to decide is the Monday before Thanksgiving
C) Finals will be the last week of the semester (End of January)

The Final Exam
a) It will be a 100 Multiple Choice Question Cumulative Exam.
b) Cumulative exams cover content studied throughout the semester (Sept – January)


Final Projects (Legacy Projects)
a) All must be approved by Mr P prior to the Friday before Thanksgiving 2012
b) All students NOT approved to do Legacy Projects will take the Final Exam

SCROLL DOWN below this week’s agenda to read the details about the Semester Project.


MONDAY November 3, 2014
1) Autocracy & Democracy Class Discussion & Essay: What is the ideal form of government? (Due Tuesday)
2) Collect Auto v Demo Packets (Due Tuesday)
3) Legacy Project or Final Exam 
4) Welcome to P-ville
A) DOD Announcement
B) Supreme Council Nominations

5) Start Most Radical Nerds...Unit

HW:
A) DOD Form Your Admin  Jobs for Citizens
B) Citizens Approach DOD with your job requests.
C) All P-villians = Watch youtube videos on P-ville.
Become enlightened about P-ville from Elders of the Past. Use the path the elders have drawn out for you or pave your own route for P-ville. Whatever the case, be sure to do something! Be sure to make P-ville a better place by the time you leave in June than what it was when you first arrived in September to P-ville. 

1) P-ville Intro
2) Daily Announcements by Mac & Nina
3) Director of Integrity (DoI)
4) Director of MVP (DoMVP)
5) Director of Economy (DoE)
6) Director of Technology (DoTECH)
7) Director of Maintenance (DoM)
8) Director of Chief of Police (DoP)
9) Director of Stocks (DoS)
10) Director of Beautification (DoB)

11) What other Director of... videos are needed?
a) Director of Directors (DoD)
b) Supreme Council (including a video viewing
c) Director of Quotes (DoQ)
d) Director of Randomness (DoR)
e) Director of SWEN (DoSWEN)
f) Director of Foreign Affairs (DoFA)
g) Director of Special Events (DoSE)
h) Director of Treasury (DoT)



TUESDAY November 4, 2014 (Do NOT keep Mr P late after school as he needs to go vote!)
1) How to do 30 Second Speeches
2) Most Radical Unit Overview
3) Middle Ages
4) Renaissance

HW:
Read

1) Middle Ages
2) Renaissance


WEDNESDAY November 5, 2014
1) 30 Second Speeches
2) Finish Most Radical Unit Overview 

3) Renaissance
4) North Renaissance

HW:
Should have already read:

1) Middle Ages
2) Renaissance

Read by next class session
3) Northern Renaissance
4) Exploration



THURSDAY November 6, 2014
1) 30 Second Speeches


3) North Renaissance
4) Exploration

HW:
Should have already read:

1) Middle Ages
2) Renaissance
3) Northern Renaissance
4) Exploration

Read by next class session:
5) Reformation


FRIDAY November 7, 2014
1) P-Ville Elections
2) Reformation
3) Review Middle Ages –Reformation

HW:
Should have already read or read again:

1) Middle Ages
2) Renaissance
3) Northern Renaissance
4) Exploration
5) Reformation

Read this by next class session
6) Scientific Revolution

Is Michio Kaku a Francis Bacon or Galileo of Today? Ever ponder about what life is going to be like when you're Mr P's age? Watch this lecture. It starts at the 5:30 mark

Will be covered in class with Worksheets, Power Pts and Mr P craziness
7) Enlightenment
8) American Revolution


MONDAY November 10, 2014
(Armistice Day - Veteran's Day = Holiday)
No School 


TUESDAY November 11, 2014 (Armistrice Day - Veteran's Day = Holiday)
No School (Wow! 2 days off?)


WEDNESDAY November 12, 2014
1) Election Results (Supreme Council) (DOD Lunch)
2) Essay Quick Tips - Essay & Subtopic Support
3) Renaissance Rundown (Tan sheet in colored packet)

a) Medici Banking
b) Patron 
c) Savonarola
d) Michelangelo (Perspective)
e) Leonardo Da Vinci (Sketchbook, Inventions, Anatomy, etc)
f) Renaissance Man
g) Machiavelli's Prince 

P is for Patron Art Festival Announced

HW:

A) Redo Essay when class gets it back -

B) Remember all this? Read again if you want to review
1) Middle Ages
2) Renaissance
3) Northern Renaissance
4) Exploration
5) Reformation
6) Scientific Revolution
7) Enlightenment
8) American Revolution


THURSDAY November 13, 2014
1) P-ville 1st Supreme Council Meeting (Next Wednesday At lunch)
2) Exploration - Lesson of King Phillip 

3) Reformation

FRIDAY November 14, 2014
1) Quickwrite 

2) Scientific Revolution 
a) Galileo (Dissent)
b) Bacon (Scientific Method)
c) Descartes (I think! Therefore, I am!)

HW:

These are worksheets that will be completed and turned in as part of the mini-packet for this unit. Get them done now. This way class will discuss this matter more so than Mr P just lecturing. Take Notes in advance to avoid the madness of fast note taking during class. This way you can listen more carefully, ask questions and check over your notes instead of writing frantically like an academic zombie.

11) Enlightenment Questions (Powerpoint) & (Worksheet)
12) Enlightenment Thinkers (Power point) & (Worksheet)

Enlightenment Questions (Assign #11) - Be sure you know the answer to such questions as:
a) What idea did the Enlightenment use from the Scientific Revolution? Why? (p.54-55)
b) Name and explain 2 ways the Enlightenment ideas were spread? (p.57 & 61)
c) What was a Salon? (p.57 & 61)
d) How did the relationship change between the ruler and the people? (p.63-65)
e) Who were some of the Enlightened Monarchs? How exactly were they 'enlightened'? (p.63-65)
f) Name and Explain 3 long-term effects the Enlightenment thinking had on Western Civilization? (p.58, 60-61)
g) What new styles of writing and forms of literature were developed? (p.63)
h) Who was that Voltaire guy? What did he contribute to the Enlightenment? (p.56)


MONDAY November 17, 2014
11) Enlightenment Questions (Powerpoint) & (Worksheet)

12) Enlightenment Thinkers (Power point) & (Worksheet)

HW: 
Take Notes in advance to avoid the madness of fast note taking during class. This way you can listen more carefully, ask questions and check over your notes instead of writing frantically like an academic zombie.

A) 13) Mr P's Revamp Constitution & Bill of Rights Power Pt from Class.
B) 13a) Enlightenment to Declaration & Constitution from Textbook (Worksheet)

Links below will help with 13a. For the more intellectually hungry student, read:
A) The Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson on p.80-83.
B) The US Constitution written by James Madison on p.84-105.

C) Textbook Reading - Perhaps during SSR or read at home to prep for Exam

Enlightenment
1) Philosophy in the Age of Reason (p.54-59)
2) Enlightenment Ideas Spread (p.60-65)

American Revolution & Constitution
1) Birth of the American Republic (p.67-76)

1) Do you know your rights? Check out the Charts on p.73 & 76. Mr P really likes Amendments 1, 4, 5 & 10. Know your basic rights! Hint! Hint! Hint!

Yes, be different from most of your fellow Americans and actually read over and get to know the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Mr P estimates that around 10% of Americans have actually read the US Constitution. That means in a nation of 300 million, only 30 million have read the document. Of that 30 million, how many have read the Constitution more than once? Half? 15 million? Mr P usually reads over these documents 2 to 3 times each year. Hey, join an elite club of Americanos that have read the Constitution more than once.

 

TUESDAY November 18, 2014
1) Pretest / Vocab List

2) Recap Reformation & Scientific Revolution
3) Intro to Enlightenment


HW: 

11) Enlightenment Questions (Powerpoint) & (Worksheet)

12) Enlightenment Thinkers (Power point) & (Worksheet)



WEDNESDAY November 19, 2014
1) Review Enlightenment (Assign 11 & 12)

HW:

1) Finish Review and Discussion of 13) Mr P's Revamp Constitution & Bill of Rights Power Pt 
2) 13a) Enlightenment to Declaration & Constitution from Textbook (Worksheet)

A) The Declaration of Independence written by Thomas Jefferson on p.80-83.
B) The US Constitution written by James Madison on p.84-105.

HW:
A) Get packet completed, organize & stapled
B) Study for Exam

THURSDAY November 20, 2014
1) Review for Friday Exam
2) Review US Constitution
3) Bill of Rights


4) Jefferson vs Hamilton

HW: 1) Complete, Organize & Staple Mini-packet for Middle Ages - American Revolution Unit (Due Fri)
2) Review Notes, Worksheets, Vocab List & Mini-Packet for Extra
2) Prep for Extra Credit Vocab Game, if you'd like. See info below.


NEWS CONCERNING UP COMING EXAM
1) Mr P will most likely be available after school to answer questions about the unit or to review for Wednesday's Exam.
2) Review Rachel Chon's Jeopardy Game for Middle Ages to American Revolution.
3) Vocab Game Extra Credit Offer
4) Students should know Classical Music started during the Enlightenment and some of the famous musicians from this time was Mozart & Beethoven.

3) HEAR YE! HEAR YE! EXTRA CREDIT HERE! VOCAB GAME EXTRA CREDIT

Mr P’s Challenge - Vocab Game For Middle Ages - American Revolution

A) At lunch and after school Mr P will offer a rare opportunity for any and all students to come by, form a group and take a shot at the Vocab Game on  Monday November 25, 2013. It will be offered on a first-come first-serve basis. If student performance is weak and they want to try again, they must get to the back of the line. Due to the fact it is unfair for Mr P's family if he comes home late, he will NOT allow for numerous attempts. So study and do well on your first attempt. If students perform well and qualify, they can obtain extra credit up to:

B) Extra Credit Point Breakdown
10 pts = Any student with less than 75% in class.
5 pts = Any student with more than 75% in class.

C) Message to DODs and Supreme Councils - if this extra credit event is to take place, there will need to be:

a) A Vocab Game Committee to negotiate & determine what terms will be apart of the Vocab Game (ie Francis Bacon = yes Tycho Brahe = No). Committee should consist of at least 2 members from each period. Committee will meet Thursday after school. Once list for Vocab Game is established it will be posted on Mr P's website to inform all students.

Link to Official Student List Posted Here? (If there is no link, then there is no official list yet)

b) Vocab Game volunteers on Monday (4 Score Keepers, 2 Timers, 4 Flippers). One set of volunteers for lunch & another for after school. It takes 


4) SAMPLE CLASSICAL MUSIC --- If you are bored, interested and have time
a) Mozart 
1) Uchida conducts Mozart's Piano Concerto #20 - Allegro I This Japanese lady is insanely cool. Even more amazing then her performance is that Mozart had the brilliant mind to create such intense music over 250 years ago. Thanks Mozart for being creative... thanks for being an inspiration... thanks for ENLIGHTENING US... thanks for being you!
2) Mozart's 4oth Symphony conducted by the great American Leonard Bernstein
3) Listen to the great American Conductor play and talk about Mozart's 40th Symphony Even if you don't know anything about music, it is still interesting to listen Bernstein talk about Mozart's music because it will give you an appreciation of the complexity and creative intensity of Mozart's music.

b) Beethoven
1) The classic Fur Elise
2) Beethoven's 5th Symphony - The great America Conductor Leonard Bernstein leads a German Orchestra

C) 3 Great TED Talks on Classical Music
1) Let the great Benjamin Zander explain why Classical Music is for everyone. If by the end of this talk you don't have shining eyes, check your pulse. You might be dead.

2) Who are those strange people waving that wand around in front of the orchestra? Israeli Conductor Itay Talgam gives a splendid talk. Mr P is totally inspired by Mr Talgam and the Great Conductors he presents. How any teacher... any student... or any human not be inspired?

3) Music & Magical Trust. Imagine teachers and students having such a working environment. Watch, listen and enjoy Scottish Conductor Charles Hazlewood talk. Trippy to what he says about South Africans and those of the "West" and how they engage or do NOT engage in music.



FRIDAY November 21, 2014
1) Review for Exam

2) Review US Constitution
3) Bill of Rights


4) Jefferson vs Hamilton

HW:


MONDAY November 24, 2014  
1) Middle Ages – American Revolution Packet Due Before Tardy Bell
2) Middle Ages – American Revolution Exam
3) Post Test Survey / Week in Review



LEGACY PROJECT INFORMATION

A) Legacy Project approval deadline is the Friday before Thanksgiving.

B) Semester Final is either the Final Exam or a Legacy Project. All students wishing to do a Legacy Project must get approval from Mr. P prior to Thanksgiving.

C) All students not doing a Legacy Project will take a semester Final Exam. The Final Exam is multiple choice. Questions for the multiple choice exam will be cumulative. Thus, any content covered during the first semester can appear on the Semester Final Exam.

D) The Semester Final will be at the end of semester. Students taking the Final Exam will take it at the end of the school year. Students doing a legacy project will turn it in the day the students (not doing a legacy project) take the Semester Final Exam.

LEGACY PROJECT FORMS

1) Blank Proposal Application & Sample of filled out Application
2) Contract
3) Update Form & Calendar
4) Legacy Project Ideas - if you can't come up with ideas of your own
5) Sample WWI Vocab - Gives ideas on how to do Legacy Vocab.
6) Sample - WWI Play - Gives ideas on how to do Legacy Play.
7) Sample - Video Proposal - If you can't provide a sample of your video skills like this, don't even bother with a Video Project
a) Gehr Video Proposal
b) Grace Video Proposal 


SEMESTER FINAL


LEGACY PROJECT OR FINAL EXAM

Each semester students will have a choice of taking either the Final Exam or doing a Legacy Project as their ‘semester’ final. The semester final (exam or project) will equate to 20% - 25 % of the student’s semester grade. There is an application and qualification process that involves doing a legacy project. All students who do not apply or qualify to do a Legacy Project will partake in Final Exam process as a means of fulfilling their semester final obligation for the course. Written below are the specifics for both the Legacy Project and Final Exam.

LEGACY PROJECT

There are several purposes for students to apply to do a legacy project.

1) Students want to create a project to assist & inspire future students’ learning.
2) Students actually want to make a difference and contribute to the betterment of Mr. P’s class.
3) Students prefer to create a project versus taking an Exam for a final.


All student interested in doing a Legacy Project for their semester final must apply and qualify to do a legacy project. To apply and qualify for the Legacy Project, students must submit at least 3 typed proposals to Mr. P. In addition, students are required to schedule a brief meeting with Mr P after school to explain their legacy project proposals. Basically, students are to ‘sell’ their legacy project idea to Mr. P. Students will “qualify” to do a legacy project, if students convince Mr. P of the usefulness of their Legacy Proposal(s). Students should bring their 3 typed legacy proposals and explain them to Mr. P. At the after school meeting, students MUST do the following:

A) Be prepared, articulate and brief (Mr. P is a busy guy and doesn’t like to waste time)
B) Quickly & clearly explain to Mr. P your Legacy ideas (Mr. P has to be able to understand what it is)
C) Explain how it will be beneficial to future students, Mr. P, etc.
D) A typed working schedule that explains how you will be completing the project
E) Samples that demonstrate your ability to do certain kinds of work (i.e. your artwork, video equipment, computer skills or previous projects your done).


The deadline to apply and qualify for doing a Legacy Project as a student’s “Final” for the Fall semester is usually October 31st (Halloween) and for the Spring semester March 21st (Equinox). Sometimes Mr P does extend the deadline for legacy application process. Pay attention in class for official Legacy Project Approval Deadlines. If a student does not apply and qualify by this date, the  student will then, by way of default, partake in the Final Exam process at the end of the semester. If a student qualifies and agrees to do a Legacy Project, then he/she is committed to doing a Legacy Project. They will not be allowed to change from doing a Legacy Project to taking the “Final Exam.”

GROUP or SOLO WORK: Mr. P highly recommends that students work solo on their legacy project. Once again, he advises students do NOT work with other students. However, students might be allowed to work with others if they can justify the need to have more than one person do the project. Yet, the group work limit is 3 students. Students may also work with students in Mr. P’s other World History classes. Most importantly, if students qualify to work in a group it is entirely their choice and responsibility to do so. Mr. P will NOT, once again, will NOT hear any grievances or feel any sympathy pertaining to group work problems. Group work is a choice of the students. Again, Mr. P suggests students do NOT work in groups. Yet, students are old enough to make their own decision on such matter.

WORLD HISTORY UNITS
If the word SOLID is next to units listed below, it means Mr P's unit lessons and previously created Legacy Projects have made the unit pretty complete and Mr P thinks the unit doesn't need much change or improvement. A student can still apply to do a Legacy Project for a unit labeled as SOLID but the chances of getting the project approved is less than if the unit was listed as NEEDED.

If the word NEEDED next to the unit below, then it indicates the unit needs improvements via Legacy Projects.

1st SEMESTER 

1) Geography / World Religions & Philosophy (NEEDED)
2) Autocracy & Democracy (SOLID)
3) Middle Ages - American Revolution (NEEDED)
4) French Revolution / Napoleon (SOLID)
5) Industrial Revolution (NEEDED)
6) Nationalism / Imperialism (NEEDED)

2nd SEMESTER 

1) Geography & Geo Stats (NEEDED)
2) WWI (SOLID)
3) 20th Century Revolutions & Independence Movements (Russian, China, India, etc) (BOTH - Solid / Needed)
3) Global Depression (BOTH - Solid / Needed)
4) WWII (BOTH - Solid/ Needed)
5) Cold War (SOLID)
6) Contemporary Issues (NEEDED)


LEGACY GRADING SYSTEM:

A Grade:

Most likely any legacy project that will be or is actually used in Mr. P’s class achieves an “A” grade. If Mr. P will not use it in the future, it probably is NOT going to get an “A” grade. Legacy projects rarely take 1 day or 1 weekend to complete. Students with a desire to achieve an “A” should put in a fair amount of time and effort to complete their legacy project. However, time and effort does NOT necessarily equate to an “A” grade. Students can work very hard and still not achieve an “A” grade. The project should be of the utmost quality. It should also be ready for classroom use. Usually any needed adjustments that Mr. P has to do will deduct from the grade of the Legacy Project. All students witness how Mr. P runs the class on a daily basis. Students should become aware of what is “needed” and what “works” with regards to legacy projects. Also, “A” legacy projects are well labeled, packaged, easily stored or accessed. Presentation of the Legacy Project is memorable. It is NOT just another boring final presentation. Fellow students believe the project is useful and of quality.

B Grade:

Usually a good legacy project but does not do all the requirements listed for an “A” grade. Most likely, a “B” grade results because Mr. P will have to “adjust” the project so that it can be used in class. “B” rate Legacy Projects lack the originality, usefulness and quality in comparison to “A” rate Legacy Projects. Presentation of the project is above average and is somewhat memorable.

C Grade:

Results when the Legacy Project will NOT be used in the classroom. It does NOT fulfill the general standards of a “B” grade. Presentation of the project is average and is NOT memorable.

D Grade:

“D” stands for Disappointment. This project is obviously substandard to what is expected of Legacy Projects. It appears to be done quickly and with substandard care. It will NOT be used in the classroom. Presentation is unprepared, robotic and/or boring.


F Grade
:

Produces an overall gross Legacy Project. There is a sense of making a mockery out of doing the Legacy Project. Unorganized and poor presentation. If anything, this project serves as a sample of what NOT to do for a Legacy Project.



FINAL EXAM

The Final Exam will take place the day of the scheduled final in late January for the fall semester and in June for the spring semester. The Final Exam will consist of approximately 100 multiple choice questions. The questions will be related to the unit topics covered during the semester. Students are welcome to pick the Final Exam as their semester final.

180 – 200 correct; 90% - 100% = A
160 – 179 correct; 80% - 89% = B
140 – 159 correct; 70% - 79% = C
120 – 139 correct; 60% - 69% = D
0 – 119 correct; 0 - 59% = F