C/A Block Hist 12-3/12-2

Today we started by looking at some what/so-what sketchnotes regarding Hitler's consolidation of power.  If you didn't get everything in class, here they are:

You add your own notes to the last four terms.

We also debriefed some of the DeMarco questions from pp. 99 - 102.  In the small class we also debriefed pp. 121 - 125.  In the big class we looked at the map book article on the Czechoslovakia maneuvering that took place in September, 1938.  

Please ensure you come to class with pp. 128-132 read and Ex 6 and 7 answered.

If you need to re-write the Russia unit test, it will be tomorrow at noon with the paragraph written at 3 pm.

Please remember that the dictators paragraph is due tomorrow.  Tomorrow is the last day I can accept the timeline if you want to see it on your report card.

Your fascism unit test (Italy and Germany) will be on Tuesday at the start of next week. 

History 12-3/12-2

Today we began the class with some quiet study time to research the anti-semitism study guide.  The bottom line is that you need to understand that while the Nazis took anti-semitism to an extreme level, ultimately attempting complete genocide of a group of people, they was anti-Jewish feelings and discrimination in many other parts of the world - and Canada was no exception.  Please come to class with that work completed for tomorrow.  Here are some board notes:

We also reviewed the Russia test in the big class.  To give everyone time to study, I will hold the Russia unit test re-write on Thursday at lunch, with the paragraph section after school.  Since I don't have unlimited time to make up tests, and since its not fair that some can get information about the test while others can't, EVERYONE who wishes to write the test will write it at those times (so please make arrangements to be there).

I also did a quick review of the dictators economies PPT and then suggested how you might organize your pre-write for the paragraph that is due Thursday.

Finally, we will wrap up Germany tomorrow and then be ready for an Italy/Germany test on Tuesday.

History 12-2/12-3 Monday, Nov 4

A Block was lost to the post-secondary institution visit today.  Apart from reviewing the Russia Test, we created a study resource for the upcoming test:

Here is a link to a Google Doc that BOTH classes can share to create a Unit Two vocab terms resource: new link

It is possible to add your name under a term and write a companion what/so-what if you run out of available terms.  Remember to add details beyond the what/so-what.

Please come to class tomorrow with pp 121-127 read and complete Ex # 1-4 (there is no need to do Ex #5).  I also gave a student-friendly map handout titled "The 1938 Munich Crisis and its Results;" it will help with the reading on p. 126

As a side note, I gave the small class the chance to write their own fascism unit test but they chose not to do that, preferring to write the test I have written.

Next, here is a separate Google Doc that you can use to create your next unit test on fascism: Unit 2 Test
You will need the following sections:

1. A fill-in-the-blank paragraph with ten terms
2. Five what/so-what terms
3. A mini-paragraph prompt
4. Some multiple-choice questions that involve big ideas not picky details (one question to be a thematic timeline that includes five events; one question at involves a map; one question should involve a quotation; and one question should involve a graph of some sort).
5. A primary source document and paragraph interpretation prompt
6. A prompt for a 150-word paragraph

Socials 8 (all classes) Monday and Tuesday, Nov 4-5

Today we are going to do a follow-up activity to the textbook work you did on the Franks (pp. 21-23)  Use this link to the Google doc to get easy access to the links on you assignment sheet:

Frankish Laws Assignment Google Doc

The classes worked to differing levels of completion in class.  My expectation is that the table on the back of the study guide that compares the Franks with modern Canadians will be finished and that people have thought about what they would like to change about the way the Franks might deal with law and order and personal freedoms.

Next class we will prepare methods to share the laws once they are created.  I expect we will have some fun as we create our early-middle-ages raps, puppet shows, interpretive dances, town crier scripts, et cetera.

Student Learning Strategies

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Here are some student strategies you may like to consider when thinking about how you will approach a lesson or activity:

• I draw pictures or diagrams to help me understand this subject.

• I make up questions that I try to answer about this subject.

• When I am learning something new in this subject, I think back to what I already know about it.

• I discuss what I am doing in this subject with others.

• I practice things over and over until I know them well in this subject.

• I think about my thinking, to check if I understand the ideas in this subject.

• When I don’t understand something in this subject I go back over it again.

• I make a note of things that I don’t understand very well in this subject, so that I can follow them up.

• When I have finished an activity in this subject I look back to see how well I did.

• I organize my time to manage my learning in this subject.

• I make plans for how to do the activities in this subject.

Socials 8-1, 8-2, 8-3: Thursday and Friday

I'm sorry I missed the post on Thursday - I hope you all enjoyed Halloween.

We completed a study guide for the section on the Franks (pp 21-23 in the text).  Those questions were completed by almost everyone.  If you missed any, please try to come to your next class with them completed.  Here is a short YouTube clip on the Franks that only one group got to see: King Clovis .  Enjoy the weekend!

History 12-2/12-3: Thursday and Friday

I'm sorry I missed the post yesterday: I had an appointment after school and then went trick-or-treating with my kids (I don't have many of those years left).

On Thursday we looked at the exercises in Chapter 6 of DeMarco.  We also completed the Night of the Long Knives PowerPoint and the Enabling Act study guide sheet.  On Wednesday I had also asked everyone to complete the exercises in DeMarco up to page 100.  I did not give any homework so people could enjoy Halloween.

Today we broke into groups and reviewed the answers to the Chapter 7 DeMarco work and then shared in a round-robin.  That is how we'll try to deal with the readings from now on, except I won't be giving time to "research" the questions like I did today.  I may ask the students who choose not to prepare their work outside the class to catch up while those who did their work share their answers: please come to class prepared.

I also gave out a photocopy of the Unit Two vocab terms.  Here is a link to a combined class Google Doc: shared-class Unit 2 vocab terms

We ended the class looking at a PowerPoint on the three dictators we've studied and their economic platforms.  There is a copy of the slides on my SlideShare account - use the link if you'd like to see it: Dictators Economies .  We'll be writing on this on Monday. 

We'll also review the Russia/USSR test.  The rewrite will be on Wednesday - last chance to get your term mark improved before report cards. 

Please ensure you finish Chapter 7 in DeMarco for Monday.