Thursday, October 31, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did the Dutch East India Company change trade in the region?
    2. What were examples of religious syncretism in the Americas?

  2. Finish Discussing Internal and External Challenges to Power

  3. Unit 4: Chapters 4.5/4.6 Quiz

  4. Queen Nzinga Graphic Biography
    After reading the graphic biography, answer the following questions in Canvas:
    1. What did you find most interesting or surprising about Queen Nzinga?
    2. Nearly 400 years later, why is she still an inspiration in Angola?

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was Triangular Trade?
    2. What were the effects of the Spanish arrival in the Philippines?

  2. Finish Discussing Maritime Empires Develop

  3. Crash Course: Dutch East India Company Video

  4. Discuss Internal and External Challenges to Power

  5. Finish Work and Study for Tomorrow's Quiz (Homework)

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What happened during the Middle Passage?
    2. What role did the Kingdom of Kongo play in the slave trade?

  2. Finish Mauritania: Slavery's Last Stronghold Video

  3. Discuss Maritime Empires Develop

Monday, October 28, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Why did European colonies turn to African slave labor for the production of cash crops?
    2. What made chattel slavery different from previous forms of slavery?

  2. Crash Course: Atlantic Slave Trade Video

  3. Unit 4: Chapters 4.3/4.4 Quiz

  4. Mauritania: Slavery's Last Stronghold Video

  5. Begin work on Unit 4: Chapter 4.7 Homework (Homework--Due Tuesday, November 5th)

  6. Begin work on Unit 4: Chapter 4.8 Homework (Homework--Due Tuesday, November 5th)

Friday, October 25, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How were the Spanish able to so effectively conquer the Aztec and Incan empires?
    2. What made the British colonies different from the Spanish?

  2. Finish Discussing Maritime Empires Link Regions

  3. Crash Course: Spanish Empire Video

  4. Moctezuma and Cortes Document Analysis
    Use the documents to answer the questions (Canvas)

  5. Finish Work and Study for Monday's Quiz (Homework)

Thursday, October 24, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were positive effects of the Columbian Exchange?
    2. What were negative effects of the Columbian Exchange?

  2. Finish Crash Course: Columbian Exchange Video

  3. Discuss Maritime Empires Link Regions

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What role did the Northwest Passage play in the Age of Exploration?
    2. Why did the French establish a trading post at Quebec?

  2. Discuss the Columbian Exchange

  3. Crash Course: Columbian Exchange Video

  4. Begin work on Unit 4: Chapter 4.5 Homework (Homework--Due Thursday, October 31st)

  5. Begin work on Unit 4: Chapter 4.6 Homework (Homework--Due Thursday, October 31st)

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What role did Portugal play in leading the way in the Age of Exploration?
    2. What role did Spain play in trade across the Pacific Ocean?

  2. Finish Crash Course: 15th Century Mariners Video

  3. Unit 4: Chapters 4.1/4.2 Quiz

  4. Chinese and Portuguese Voyages Document Analysis
    Use the documents to answer the questions (Canvas)

Monday, October 21, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What advancements in ideas helped facilitate the Age of Exploration?
    2. What advancements in technology helped facilitate the Age of Exploration?

  2. Discuss Exploration: Causes and Events

  3. Crash Course: 15th Century Mariners Video

  4. Finish Work and Study for Tomorrow's Quiz (Homework)

  5. Begin work on Unit 4 Homework (Homework--Due the day of the unit test)

Friday, October 18, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. In what ways did land-based empires of 1450-1750 use their military might to expand?
    2. In what ways did land-based empires of 1450-1750 create centralized bureaucracies?

  2. Clip from Cosmos--Standing Up in the Milky Way Episode
    Giordano Bruno and the Catholic Church

  3. Discuss Technological Innovations

  4. Unit 4: Chapter 4.1 Classwork
    Using your knowledge and the provided links, answer the questions (Canvas)

  5. Begin work on Unit 4: Chapter 4.3 Homework (Homework--Due Monday, October 28th)

  6. Begin work on Unit 4: Chapter 4.4 Homework (Homework--Due Monday, October 28th)

Thursday, October 17, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were the effects of the Scientific Revolution?
    2. What sources of legitimacy did Early Modern Era states have? What were specific examples?

  2. Unit 3 Test

  3. Begin work on Unit 4: Chapter 4.1 Homework (Homework--Due Tuesday, October 22nd)

  4. Begin work on Unit 4: Chapter 4.2 Homework (Homework--Due Tuesday, October 22nd)

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were the causes and effects of the Thirty Years’ War?
    2. How did Sikhism emerge and evolve?

  2. Finish Discussing Empires: Belief Systems

  3. History 101: The Protestant Reformation Video

  4. Unit 3: Chapters 3.3/3.4 Quiz

  5. Scientific Revolution and Global Impact Document Analysis
    Use the documents to answer the questions (Canvas)

  6. Finish Work and Study for Tomorrow's Test (Homework)

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were Martin Luther’s criticisms of the Catholic Church?
    2. How was the Reformation in England different from other places?

  2. Scene from Simpsons--Margical History Tour Episode
    Henry VIII parody

  3. Continue Discussing Empires: Belief Systems

  4. Finish Work and Study for Wednesday's Quiz (Homework)

Monday, October 14, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did Peter the Great solve Russia’s “identity crisis”?
    2. In the Mughal Empire, how did the reigns of Akbar and Aurangzeb differ?

  2. Is This the Most Beautiful Building in the World? Video

  3. Discuss Empires: Belief Systems

Friday, October 11, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How did the Manchu establish the Qing Dynasty?
    2. How did England shift from the supremacy of the monarchy to that of Parliament?

  2. Finish Discussing Empires: Administration

  3. The Rise of the Ottoman Empire Video

  4. It's a Church. It's a Mosque. It's Hagia Sophia Video

  5. Unit 3: Chapters 3.1/3.2 Quiz

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Why was 1450 a turning point in European history?
    2. How did Ivan the Great establish the modern Russian state?

  2. Finish Discussing European, East Asian, and Gunpowder Empire Expand

  3. Discuss Empires: Administration

  4. Finish Work and Study for Tomorrow's Quiz (Homework)

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What do you think was the most important cultural development from units 1/2?
    2. What do you think was the most important technological development from units 1/2?

  2. Discuss European, East Asian, and Gunpowder Empire Expand

Monday, October 7, 2024

  1. Units 1/2 Document-Based Essay Question Test

Friday, October 4, 2024

  1. Finish DBQ Practice: The Break Up
    Use the documents to fill out the essay framework

  2. HIPPY DBQ Documents (Homework)

Wednesday, October 2, 2024

  1. Finish Document-Based-Question Essay Workshop

  2. DBQ Practice: The Break Up
    Use the documents to fill out the essay framework

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

  1. Continue Document-Based-Question Essay Workshop

  2. Begin work on Unit 3 Homework (Homework--Due the day of the unit test)