Week 22: January 28 - Feb 1, 2k19

Day 1 -- No Classes -- Holy Sites Field Trip -- Mosque -- Mandir -- Buddhist Monastery -- Age of Xploration Paper Due!!!

Day 2
In Class: Introduce the Scientific Revolution!  What is a revolution?  Why did a "scientific" revolution happen? Who was involved?  What did they discover?  Scientific Revolution rankings assignment assigned! -- Due Feb. 4

1. Name of each brilliant thinker!

2. What they are known for discovering/creating.  If they wrote a book or something, tell me what the book is about.  If they created something, what does their creation actually do. Minimum 3 sentences for each thinker   (i.e -- If Thomas Edison were on the list here you would explain how he invented the incandescent light bulb that was more effective than previous models.  The light bulb is used practically everywhere from the homes, to work, to sporting events and it allows us to do activities at night.  Edison basically banished the darkness…

3. Where YOU rank them.  You will only write about the Top 5 individuals

-Galileo Galilei -Nicolaus Copernicus -Francis Bacon - Rene Descartes

-Johannes Kepler -Isaac Newton -Dutchman Antoine van Leeuwenhoek

-Evangelista Torricelli -Daniel Fahrenheit

HW:  Work on Rankings project! -- Due Feb. 4

Day 3
In Class: Working on Rankings project! -- Due Feb. 4
HW:  Work on Rankings project! -- Due Feb. 4

Day 4
In Class: Working on Rankings project! -- Due Feb. 4
HW:  Work on Rankings project! -- Due Feb. 4

Week 21: Jan. 21-25, 2k19

No School Monday -- MLK Day -- It wouldn't hurt for you to watch this video about Martin Luther King, JR.  Enjoy!

Day 1
In Class:  Go over Las Casas HW Q's based on the reading assigned Friday: Click Me! 
1. Who was Las Casas?
2. What made Las Casas change his mind about exploration and the conquest of Americas?
3. What were Las Casas' four arguments against Indian slavery and conquest?

Introduce Age of Xploration Writing Assignment

HW:  Work on the Xploration Writing Assignment  -- Paper due Monday, Jan. 28

Day 2
In Class: Work on the Xploration Writing Assignment
HW:  Work on the Xploration Writing Assignment -- Paper due Monday, Jan. 28

Day 3
In Class: Work on the Xploration Writing Assignment
HW:  Work on the Xploration Writing Assignment  -- Paper due Monday, Jan. 28

HW for the weekend #Davis7 -- Due Tuesday, Jan 28 -- NO XCeptions!

HW: As you’ve learned there were many pros and cons of European Exploration.  The impact was simply tremendous in all of world history. Exploration vastly increased Europeans’ knowledge of the world.  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 if you did not already take a hard copy from class. Answer the following Q's for an HW grade!

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!)

For Mr. Barry's Class -- Follow the format below for your answers to the Q's

Week 20: Jan. 14-18, 2k19

Welcome to our second week of the Age of Xploration!

Day 1

In Class: The Explorers!  Who were they?  What did they explore?  Where are they from?  

• Leif Erikson
• Marco Polo
• Ibn Battuta
• Vasco da Gama
• John Cabot
• Juan Ponce de Leon
• Hernando de Soto
• Francisco Coranado
• Samuel de Champlain
• Francis Drake
• Rene Robert de La Salle
• Henry Hudson

HW:  None!

Day 2
In Class:  Continue our Explorers!

HW:  None!

Day 3
In Class:  Continue our Explorers!

HW:  None!

Day 4
In Class:  Go over The Xplorers -- Who were they? What did they explore?  Where are they from? What is their true contribution to the Age of Xploration?

HW: As you’ve learned there were many pros and cons of European Exploration.  The impact was simply tremendous in all of world history. Exploration vastly increased Europeans’ knowledge of the world.  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 Answer the following Q's for an HW grade!

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!)

For Mr. Barry's Class -- Follow the format below for your answers to the Q's

Video Podcast about The Age of Xploration

Hey #Davis7, we briefly talked about the Portuguese and race-based slavery and Ms. Jordan and Mr. Barry would like you to watch the following video podcast about the Portuguese and slavery...

Welcome Back! Week 19: Jan. 7-11, 2k19

Hey #Padawans #JediKnights!  Welcome back to school!  This week, we enter a new unit: The Age of Exploration!

Day 1
In Class: Introduce the Age of Exploration -- Who explored? Why did they explore? What did they explore?

HW:  None!

Day 2
In Class:  Age of Exploration

1. What did the Portuguese explore?
2. What did the Spanish explore?
3. What was the Colombian Exchange?
4. What enabled the Spanish to be so dominant in their exploration? How can we compare their dominance to today?

How Does Math Guide Our Ships???

Day 3

In Class:  The Columbian Exchange and the Explorers!

Time to learn about The Explorers!  

Who were they? Where were they from? What did they explore/discover?

Ferdinand Magellan and How He Circumnavigated the WORLD!

HW:  Finish The Explorers by Monday!

Day 4

In Class: Continue The Explorers!  -- Who were they? Where were they from? What did they explore/discover?

HW:  Finish The Explorers by Monday!