Week 31: March 26-30, 2K18

Hey #Davis7 #Explorers #Scientists!  Welcome to the last week before Passover Break!  We've got a busy week!

Day 1
In Class:  Scientific Debate!  What scientist did it best?  How scientific was THIS revolution???
HW:  None!

Day 2
In Class:  Welcome to the Industrial Revolution!  Our second revolution:  How Industrial Is YOUR Revolution!  Industrial Revolution Doc  Crash Course Doc!

To introduce the Industrial Revolution, we watched 17:00--33:00 of the 2012 London Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies to see some of the effects of the Industrial Revolution.  IF you did not watch it, YOU NEED TO!  Here it is below! Enjoy!

Day 3
In Class:   The Mental Floss History of the World: An Irreverent Romp Through Civilization's Best Bits* Mental Floss Assignment
HW:  None!

Day 4
In Class:  Finishing our Industrial Revolution!  Was it revolutionary?  What made it revolutionary?

HW:  None!  

Week 30: The Scientific Revolution!

Hey #Padawans #Untouchables #Serfs4Life #RenaissanceThinkers #Explorers #SCIENTISTS!!!  We're entering the "Revolutions Unit" -- Scientific, Industrial, and French Revolutions!

THE Scientific Revolution Doc

Scientific Revolution Chapter Reading

Mr. Barry's Class Only

#Untouchables, since I am not in class, here is what y'all are doing Day 3 (Thursday) and Day 4 (Friday) in class...

Day 3 - Thursday -- Continue going over THE Explorers handout and when finished discuss with Ms. Willis the following Q's... Y'all are to answer the Q:  What is the impact of these European Explorers...Provide details and make sure y'all ALL have the same answers.  When y'all finish you may go to Friday's instructions about the Las Casas assignment...

Day 4 - Friday -- IF y'all did not finish going over the explorers, please do so at rapid speed!  When finished, y'all have an assignment:

Y'all have 30 minutes to read the article and answer the 3 Q's above. With 15 min left, y'all are going to go over your answers.

The Age of Exploration:  Right or Wrong?

As you’ve learned there were many pros and cons of European Exploration.  
The impact was simply tremendous on both European and world history.
Exploration vastly increased Europeans’ knowledge.  New foods led to a population explosion.
Investments in expeditions and colonies contributed to the growth of capitalism and new empires.  
European nations became the most dominant in the world…

Read about Bartolome de Las Casas and answer the following… Click Here For The Reading

1. Who was Las Casas?

2. What made Las Casas change his mind about exploration and conquest of the Americas?

3. What were Las Casas’ four arguments against Indian slavery & conquest?
(Put them in your own words!)

WHEN you finish going over the Las Casas assignment, take a glace at the Age of Exploration Writing Assignment.  DO NOT START IT!  DO NOT EMAIL Mr. BARRY ABOUT IT! Simply READ IT!

Age of Exploration Writing Assignment

Week 28: March 5-9, 2k18

#Davis7....#Untouchables... #Padawans...#Serfs4Life...#LostExplorers...We continue exploring the world this week!

Day 1
In Class:  Continue working on The Explorers Doc -- Leif Erickson, Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Vasco da Gama, John Cabot, Juan Ponce de Leon, Hernan Cortes, Hernando de Soto, Francisco Coronado, Samuel de Champlain, Francis Drake, Rene Robert de La Salle, Henry Hudson...Where were they from? What did they discover?
HW:  None!

Day 2
In Class: Go over The Explorers -- Did they have much in common?  What did they discover?  Any lasting legacy?
HW:  None!

Day 3
In Class: Finish going over The Explorers -- Introduce The Explorers Writing Assignment:  Age of Exploration Writing Assignment
HW:  Age of Exploration Writing Assignment  -- Due Monday, March 12, 2k18

Day 4
In Class: Work on the Age of Exploration Writing Assignment 
HW:  Age of Exploration Writing Assignment  -- Due Monday, March 12, 2k18