Students began reading Chapter 9 sections 1 & 2 and watched the CNN Student News.
I was at the Jr High Handbell Festival today. Sophomores took a quiz over Chapter 8 (most students earned at least 17 out of 200, and completed a handout about Revolution in Europe (section 2) and the composer Beethoven (section 4).
Students began reading Chapter 9 sections 1 & 2 and watched the CNN Student News.
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Students took notes in a lecture about 19th century nationalism in Europe. The main focus was on the creation of Italy and Germany, and how events in the 1870s led to World War I.
We watched and listened to a performance of Totentanz (Dance of Death), a composition by Franz Liszt that contains many of the hallmarks of romantic art: the mysterious, idealization of the past, dramatic contrast, use of medieval ideas, extreme dynamics (very soft - very loud), virtuosic performance, and the use of new & louder instruments (grand piano with cast iron frame). Chapter 8 covers revolutions in Latin America against European colonial powers and revolutions in Europe against repressive rulers. Students read section 1, then we marked and discussed the most important people and events. We watched the CNN Student News, then went on to section 2. I introduced revolutions in Europe with a brief lecture on the long-term and short-term tensions that led to discontent, then students read section 2.
The Ancestry Project posters are due in late February. I shared design tips and answered student questions. Your poster should be largely completed by then, but I will not grade them till 4th quarter, giving you more time to add or modify your poster after February. We began class with a lecture covering Napoleon's three major mistakes, his defeat at the Battle of the Nations and subsequent abdication, his exile to Elba and return to France during the "Hundred Days," his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, his second exile to St. Helena and death there.
The palindrome "Able was I, ere I saw Elba" led us to look at a few other palindromes and wonder how people manage to write them. Students then wrote an essay on Napoleon's three major mistakes, in preparation for a question on our test over Chapter 7 next week. We listened to the last half of the 1812 Overture as they completed this. The CNN Student News ended class. Be sure to review and study Chapter 7 everyday in preparation for the test. |
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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