Continue working on your Ancestry Project.
We watched more of Marie Antoinette and discussed a timeline of events happening in the United States and France during the time period 1789-1815.
Continue working on your Ancestry Project.
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Today we began our study of the French Revolution. We are watching part of a film, Marie Antoinette, which tells the story of how Marie came to France to marry Louis XVI. The problems of growing income inequality, grain shortages, extravagant spending, French intervention in the American Revolution, and dislike of Marie were all factors in triggering the French Revolution. We will watch more of the film on Friday. Students have a handout with 5 questions about the film to answer.
Begin reading and studying Chapter 7. Continue working on your Ancestry Project. We took an 11-point quiz over the history of presidential inaugurations, then discussed the answers. Students, please quiz your parents and bring back their results. You will receive 5 extra credit points for this.
We watched the CNN Student News video report on the Presidential Inauguration. Students spent a few minutes working on the philosophe's quotations assignment. This should be written in your notes. I read through the notes of some students who have finished this. Please finish at home (the quotes and questions are on the assignments page). We spent the last 30 minutes of class finding the ideas of the philosophe's in our government, specifically in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Those of you who missed class should get notes from someone who was here. Keep working on your Ancestry Project. At the beginning of this afternoon's class, students looked over their semester test from last week. It is obvious many students are not using this web site to help prepare for class. We talked about the need to use old assignments, quizzes and tests in studying for final tests, and I reminded them that everything we learn about the middle east will be on the final test in May. About half of the sophomore class needs to step up their academic game.
Today we focused on the Enlightenment thinkers of the 17th and 18th centuries who provided the foundation for the United States form of government. Students read 6.2, learned from a lecture, answered questions that linked these thinkers to the U.S., read more about Montesquieu, and filled out a diagram to help them understand the beliefs and contributions of five philosophers and writers. There will be a quiz over all of this on Thursday. Prepare! We began our two day study of the Scientific Revolution this afternoon. Students first learned about the Julian and Gregorian calendars, the origin of the names of the months, and the 1752 change from Julian to Gregorian calendars that happened in throughout the British Empire, including its 13 North American colonies.
Students then spent 15 minutes reading Chapter 6 Section 1. We then had a lecture over the astronomy portions of this chapter. Students received a handout to guide their learning of the material. We ended class with the famous quote often attributed to Sir Isaac Newton, "If I have seen further than others, it is because I stood on the shoulders of giants." He was speaking of Copernicus, Brahe, Kepler and Galileo. This led to a short video of the workers who climb transmission towers, standing far above where most of us would be wiiling to climb. |
James WaltersMr. Walters has taught at RAA since 1985. He currently teaches Geography, World History, American History, Government, Economics and Handbell Ensembles. He is Music Director/Organist of Magnolia Presbyterian Church and is an adjunct professor at Concordia University Wisconsin, teaching Handbell Methods and Materials. Archives
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