The Week Ahead!

Last Week Recap:

1. Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
2. Germs Guns and Steel - class notes AND 1 page summary of factors that lead to European dominance in the Americas
3. Scientific Revolution: Descartes reading
4. What is Enlightenment - Kant reading w/questions
5. The Enlightenment - textbook reading and handout

Monday (2/22)
The Enlightenment
1) J/E - Image Analysis - The Sleep of Reason

2) Kant - discuss reading

3) HW on the Enlightenment

4) Enlightenment thinkers project

HW: NONE!

Tuesday (2/23)

1) Enlightenment thinkers project

--Presentations

2) Utopia!

HW: Read pages 202 - 205 in textbook and complete handout

Wednesday (2/24)

UTOPIA - workday

HW: NONE

Thursday (2/25)

1) Work on Utopias

2) Presentations of utopias

HW: Complete Utopias if not done

Friday (2/26)

1) Presentation of utopias

2) Current Events

HW: STUDY

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Monday (3/1)

1) REVIEW FOR EXAM

HW: Study

Tuesday (3/2)

ID EXAM 1: Covering: Columbus, Transatlantic Slave Trade, Scientific Revolution, The Enlightenment

What is IB Psychology?

The Week Ahead: 2/16 - 2/19

Tuesday: 2/16

Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

1.) Review HW

2.) Interview a Picture

3.) Finish Notes

HW: NONE

Wednesday: 2/17

Imperialism: Americas

1.) Guns, Germs, and Steel: VIDEO

HW: NONE

Thursday: 2/18

Scientific Revolution

1.) What is Reality - J/E

2.) Video Clip

3.) Introduction to the Scientific Revolution - Notes

HW: Textbook: TBA

Friday: 2/19

1.) Discuss HW

2.) Introduction to the Enlightenment

3.) Current Events!

HW: Textbook: TBA

Welcome to World History

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Each Sunday night (as well as throughout the week) I will post the 'Week Ahead' where I will layout the agenda for the week.

The Week Ahead

Monday (2/8)
1) Welcome to World History
2) About you!
3) The syllabus
4) Survival!

HW: Complete the Student Information Card AND have a parent/guardian sign the syllabus and return Tuesday

Tuesday (2/9)
1) Crash Course in Geography!
a.) Mapping
2) What was the world like in 1500?

HW: NONE

Wednesday (2/10)
1492
1) Notes: Why 1492 - J/E
2) Video clip: 1492

HW: Columbus' Journal w/Questions

Thursday (2/11)
Opening: 1492 - video clip

1) Discuss HW

2) Finish Notes on 1492

3) Journal Entry: "America" - J/E

4) Las Casas - Reading - J/E

HW: Equiano's Account

Friday (2/12)
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
1) Notes / Discus HW

2) Current Events Quiz

HW: Read pages 137-141 and respond to questions 2 an 8 on page 141 in your notes -- use COMPLETE SENTENCES!

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