The Atlantic Slave Trade

SWBAT: describe the causes and consequences of the Atlantic Slave Trade


1. Collect graphic organizers 
2. Watch  African Empires  and The Middle Passage (The Slave Trade) - taking notes / answering questions
3. Complete the "Lesson 6 Graphic Organizer" and "Horrors of the Middle Passage" primary source analysis in the  "Document-based investigation Workbook"

Wednesday 09/25: European explorations and their impact

SWBAT: Summarize the main events in Europe's Age of Exploration and their impact on the people they encountered as well as on Europe

1. Stamp Study Guides
2. Use textbook (Module 2) and study guides to complete Module 2 lesson 2 and 4 Graphic organizers available here in case you were absent or lost it
3. Do Document Based Investigation workbook pages 10 Christopher Columbus and page 11 Puritans and Native Americans
4. Start Study guide Module 2 Lesson 6: The Atlantic Slave trade 

 HW: Finish study guide module 2 lesson 6

Monday 09/23: Test on Module 3

SWBAT demonstrate what they have learned over the past two weeks about absolute monarchy in Europe 

1. Module 3 test 
2. When finished, begin your homework  
3. Use text book Module 2 to complete Module 2 Lesson 2 and 4 in study guide 

 

HW:  Download, print, and complete Module 2 “European Explorations” study guide, Lesson 2 and 4 (It will be in google classroom as well as in the website)  European Explorations (Module 2, lessons 2, 4, 5 and 6)

09/20 The English Civil War

SWBAT: Describe the causes and consequences of the English Civil war and its religious and political roots

1. Warmup: Document Based Investigation workbook, page 18 
2. Go over the homework 
3. Lecture: English Civil War
4. Compare/Contrast in a Venn diagram: The English Reformation and the Lutheran Reformation 
5. Compare contrast the development of government in England to France  (Venn diagram)
6. Start homework 
7. Test on Monday (Module 3)

Homework: Complete a HIPPO  chart for  James I on the Divine Right of Kings
and read/complete questions for Absolutism and Machiavelli's the "Prince"

REMINDER: From now on: bring the "Document-based Investigation Workbook" to class from now on

Wednesday 09/18: The Thirty Years War and the Rise of Russia

SWBAT: compare/contrast the differences between the English experience with absolute monarchy and the path taken by rest of Europe

1. Warmup: Page 15 and 16 of "Document-based Investigation Workbook" (copies here: Las Meninas and Louis Controls the Nobility)
2. Turn in Image analysis homework 
3. Lecture: The Thirty Years War and the Rise of Russia 
4. Introduce: The English Civil War 
5. Stamp homework: Study guide Module 3 Lessons 3, 4,  and Module 1 lesson 3 (three stamps total on the study guides)
6. Graphic Organizers: download and reproduce on binder paper and then fill it out (start in class, using study guides and online textbook) Unit 2 (Module 3) Graphic organizers

HW:  Module 3 Lesson 5 study guide and corresponding graphic organizer
Bring the "Document-based Investigation Workbook" to class from now on 

09/16 The Nature of Absolute monarchy and European rivalry

SWBAT: Summarize the nature of absolute monarchy and European competition by analyzing paintings and images as primary sources

1. Go over homework 
2. Power Point - Slides 63-80: France Absolutism in Europe Power Point
3. Analyzing art as primary sources Absolute kings depicted in art

HW: Study Guide Module 1 Lesson 3 (in study guide) AND Finish the image analysis if not finished in class - print out answers and bring to class

Absolute Monarchy

SWBAT: Summarize the process by which European rulers established themselves as absolute monarchs, and draw comparisons/contrasts between the Dutch example European absolute monarchs

1. Go over tests and quizzes
2. Rules for turning in work to turnitin.com 
1. If you are having trouble uploading or getting some kind of error message, you must email me a word document (via email - do not share a google doc) by the due date. 
2. do not wait for the last minute. The following will not qualify as an excuse: "The Internet was down" "Turnitin.com wouldn't let me submit,""My printer ran out of ink" etc......Make sure you turn stuff in ahead of time so as not to have any problems at the last minute.
3. Power Point Lecture: The Dutch Republic, the weakening of Spain, and the Rise of France
4. How to analyze a primary source: HIPPO document sheet and questions for Jean Domat's "On Social Order and Absolute Monarchy." 
5. Start Homework

1) Finish study guide Sections 3 and 4 if not finished
2) Primary document analysis ( Jean Domat: On Social Order and Absolute Monarchy) with  HIPPO analysis form

09/11 Absolutism and the rise of the modern state

SWBAT: state and summarize the effects of overseas exploration, international competition for continental dominance, civil war, wars, and religious conflict on the development of absolutism and the nation state.


1.  Study Guide quiz
2.  Power Point lecture (Spain, overseas colonies, and Spanish society during the age of Absolutism)


HW: Study Guide Module 3 Section 3 and 4

Writing an introductory paragraph and thesis in history class

SWBAT: Use the information they have in their notes, chart, and textbooks regarding the roots of democracy and democratic thinking to write an introduction and thesis for an essay.

1. Go over homework
2. Lesson: Power point on writing a thesis in history class
3. Practice

HW: Finish writing intro paragraph and thesis and submit in Turnitin.com
        Study guide Module 3 lesson 2

Writing an introductory paragraph & thesis statement in history

SWBAT: Evaluate which set of people, ideas, traditions, etc. were the most impactful in the development of modern democratic ideas


1. Collect Study guides and Machiavelli worksheets
2. Take Unit 1 test
3. Practice writing a thesis statement  


Homework:   Unit 2 lesson 1 Study guide (Module 3: Absolutism in Europe)

                     Remember, study guides must be handwritten (not typed). Typed study guides will
                     not receive credit.

Origins of Democratic Thought

SWBAT: evaluate the extent to which different ideas, people, and organizations of the premodern age contributed to modern individualism and democratic thinking

1.  Go over Machiavelli questions
2.  Power Point presentation Module 1 lesson 2
3.  Chart Rise of Democratic Ideas Chart
4.   Module 1 lesson 2 QUIZLET


Homework: Finish your chart
                    Study for your test  (refer to the book, notes, study guide, quizlet, and power point)