Hey Folks!

This week we will begin Topic 9 The Columbian Exchange.

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Essential Question:

What was the relationship between early peoples and their environment?

Learning Objectives

Topic 9.1  The Peoples of North America

Objectives: Describe how hunters and gatherers spread into the North American continent and established their unique ways of living. Explain how distinct cultures were created by early hunters and gatherers moved across the Bering Strait into North America.

Topic 9.2 Early Civilizations in Mesoamerica

Objectives: Describe how early Mesoamerican civilizations flourished with fully developed political, religious, and social structures. Explain how the Olmec, the first Mesoamerican civilization, appeared around 1200 B.C., and the city of Teotihuacan thrived until A.D. 800. Explain how the Maya and the Toltec were able to rule Mesoamerica for nearly nine centuries. Relate the conditions that helped the Aztecs rule Mesoamerica until the arrival of the Spanish in the 1500s.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 9.1 The Peoples of North America
2. Topic 9.2 Early Civilizations in Mesoamerica
3. Explorers or Conquistador’s Web Quest -

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 8.3 Response to Crisis: Absolutism
2. Topic 8.4 The World of European Culture
3. Topic 8 SPICE Chart
4. Topic 8 Quiz

Hey Folks! This week we will do a News Review and Analysis for Media Journals on Tuesday. On Thursday we update Topic posts and discuss our individual topics.

Have a great week!

Essential Question

What are the subjective and objective factors that go into the transmission of world events to the public?

This Week’s Assignments

1. Media Journal
2. Topic Posts

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Media Journal
2. Topic Posts

Hey Folks!

This week we continue Topic 15 Post War America.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

Does the US policy of containment and the notion of self-determination align with our beliefs in freedom and democracy?

Learning Objectives

Topic 15.1 The Beginnings of the Cold War

Objectives: Trace the reasons that the wartime alliance between the US and USSR unraveled. Explain how President Truman responded to Soviet aggression in Eastern Europe. Describe the causes and results of Stalin’s blockade of Berlin.

Topic 15.2 The Korean War

Objectives: Explain how Mao Zedong and the communists gained power in China. Describe the causes and the reasons for US involvement in the Korean War. Identify the long-term effects and outcomes of the Korean War.

Topic 15.3 The Cold War Intensifies

Objectives: Describe how Cold War tensions were intensified by the arms race between the US and USSR. Explain how Eisenhower’s response to communism differed from that of Truman. Analyze the impact on the US of significant international Cold War conflicts. Describe how Cold War tensions were intensified by the space race.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 15.1 The Beginnings of the Cold War
2. Topic 15.2 The Korean War
3. Topic 15.3 The Cold War Intensifies

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 14.8 Impact of World War II
2. Topic 14 Quiz
3. Topic 15.1 The Beginnings of the Cold War

Hey Folks!

This week we will move onto Topic 6 Europe in the Middle Ages.

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Essential Question:

Why was the Church such a powerful influence in lay people’s lives during the Middle Ages?

Learning Objectives

Topic 6.1 Peasants, Trade, and Cities

Objectives: Describe the process of how new farming practices supported population growth, and the revival of trade led to a money-based economy and the rise of cities. Describe life under the manorial system of the Middle Ages in which serfs worked the lands of lords. Explain how the revival of trade during the High Middle Ages gave rise to a money economy and the growth of cities, which became centers for manufacturing and trade.

Topic 6.2 Medieval Christianity

Objectives: Describe how, under strong leadership, the Catholic Church reached the height of its pollical power and became a dominant and forceful presence in medieval society. Explain how new monastic orders emerged as religious enthusiasm spread through Europe. Describe the reasons why ordinary people observed the Church’s sacraments, venerated saints, and took pilgrimages to holy shrines.

Topic 6.3 Culture of the High Middle Ages

Objectives: Explain how technological innovations made Gothic cathedrals possible, while an intellectual revival led to the formation of universities. Explain the importance of medieval university students applying scholasticism to the study of theology. Discuss why troubadour poetry and the heroic epic poem were popular forms of vernacular literature in the twelfth century.

Topic 6.4 The Late Middle Ages

Objectives: Explain how the Black Death had disastrous social and economic effects, spreading throughout Europe during the mid-fourteenth century. Describe how the Great Schism of the Catholic Church caused great pollical conflict and let Europe divided for four decades. Cite evidence as to why England and France waged the long, violent Hundred Years’ War. Analyze the reasons why France, England, and Spain emerged as new monarchies by the late 1400s.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 6.1 Peasants, Trade, and Cities
2. Topic 6.2 Medieval Christianity
3. Topic 6.3 Culture of the High Middle Ages
4. Topic 6.4 The Late Middle Ages
5. Topic 6 Quiz

Last Week’s Assignments

Topic 5-1 – 5-4

Topic 5 Quiz

Hey Folks!

This week we continue to talk about fallacies and though experiments.

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Essential Question

Why is it important to understand logical fallacies?

Learning Objectives

Fallacies

Objectives: Understand what a fallacy is and some common types of fallacies. Understand the distinction between a formal fallacy and an informal fallacy.

Though Experiments

Objectives: Understand the concept of a thought experiment. Understand different ways in which philosophers use thought experiments.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Informal Logical Fallacies
2. Though Experiments

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Types of Arguments
2. Logical Connectives and Translation

Hey Folks! This week we will do a News Review and Analysis for Media Journals on Tuesday. On Thursday we update Topic posts and discuss our individual topics.

Have a great week!

Essential Question

What are the subjective and objective factors that go into the transmission of world events to the public?

This Week’s Assignments

1. Media Journal
2. Topic Posts

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Media Journal
2. Topic Posts

Hey Folks!

This week we finish Topic 8 Crisis and Absolutism. We will have a quiz on Thursday.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

According to Thomas Hobbes, why was absolute power needed?

Learning Objectives

Topic 8.3 Response to Crisis: Absolutism

Objectives: Describe how France became the greatest power of the seventeenth century. Understand the reasons why Prussia, Austria, and Russia also emerged as great European powers. Summarize the accomplishments of Peter the Great.

Topic 8.4 The World of European Culture

Objectives: Understand how art and literature reflected people’s spiritual perceptions and the human condition. Describe how the artistic movements of Mannerism and the baroque began in Italy and reflected the spiritual perceptions of the time. Learn how mannerism depicted the tensions in society after the Renaissance.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 8.3 Response to Crisis: Absolutism
2. Topic 8.4 The World of European Culture
3. Topic 8 SPICE Chart
4. Topic 8 Quiz

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 8.1 Europe in Crisis: The Wars of Religion
2. Topic 8.2 Social Crises, War, and Revolution
3. Topic 7 Quiz

Hey Folks!

This week we finish Topic 14 WWII and take a quiz on Tuesday. Wednesday we will begin Topic 15 Post War America.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

Does the US policy of containment and the notion of self-determination align with our beliefs in freedom and democracy?

Learning Objectives

Topic 14.8 Impact of World War II

Evaluate the goals that Allied leaders set for the postwar world. Describe the steps that the United States and other nations took toward international cooperation. Explain the impact of WWII on the postwar US.

Topic 15.1 The Beginnings of the Cold War

Objectives: Trace the reasons that the wartime alliance between the US and USSR unraveled. Explain how President Truman responded to Soviet aggression in Eastern Europe. Describe the causes and results of Stalin’s blockade of Berlin.

Topic 15.2 The Korean War

Objectives: Explain how Mao Zedong and the communists gained power in China. Describe the causes and the reasons for US involvement in the Korean War. Identify the long-term effects and outcomes of the Korean War.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 14.8 Impact of World War II
2. Topic 14 Quiz
3. Topic 15.1 The Beginnings of the Cold War
4. Topic 15.2 The Korean War

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 14.7 The Holocaust
2. Schindler’s List Reflection Questions
3. Topic 14.6 The Allies Win the War

Hey Folks!

This week we finish Topic 7 Renaissance and Reformation. We will have a quiz on Tuesday, and then begin Topic 8 Crisis and Absolutism.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

What are the differences, if any, between a military dictatorship and a king ruling by “divine right”?

Learning Objectives

Topic 7.4 Reformation Ideas Spread

Objectives: Describe the new ideas that Protestant sects embraced. Understand why England formed a new church. Analyze how the Catholic Church reformed itself. Explain why many groups faced persecution

during the Reformation.

Topic 8.1 Europe in Crisis: The Wars of Religion

Objectives: Understand the causes for why religious and political conflicts erupted between Protestants and Catholics in many European nations. Compare and contrast why King Philip II championed Catholic causes throughout his lands, while England became the leader of Protestant nations of Europe. Describe how England defeated Spain at sea.

Topic 8.2 Social Crises, War, and Revolution

Objects: Understand why social, economic, and religious conflicts challenged the established political order throughout Europe. Understand how population decline in Europe and the hysteria of witchcraft trials contributed to economic and social problems in seventeenth-century Europe. Describe how Europeans responded to economic and social problems.

Topic 8.3 Response to Crisis: Absolutism

Objectives: Describe how France became the greatest power of the seventeenth century. Understand the reasons why Prussia, Austria, and Russia also emerged as great European powers. Summarize the accomplishments of Peter the Great.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 8.1 Europe in Crisis: The Wars of Religion
2. Topic 8.2 Social Crises, War, and Revolution
3. Topic 8.3 Response to Crisis: Absolutism

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 7.4 Reformation Ideas Spread
2. Topic 7 Spice Chart
3. Topic 7 Quiz

Hey Folks! This week we will do a News Review and Analysis for Media Journals on Tuesday. On Thursday we update Topic posts and discuss our individual topics.

Have a great week!

Essential Question

What are the subjective and objective factors that go into the transmission of world events to the public?

This Week’s Assignments

1. Media Journal
2. Topic Posts

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Media Journal
2. Topic Posts

Hey Folks!

This week we continue with Topic 14 WWII and talk more about the Holocaust.

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

What are some of the factors that possibly led to inaction by the United States in dealing with the Holocaust while it was happening?

Learning Objectives

Topic 14.7 The Holocaust

Objectives: Trace the roots and progress of Hitler’s campaign against the Jews. Explain the goals of Hitler’s “final solution” and the nature of Nazi death camps. Examine how the United States responded to the Holocaust.

Topic 14.6 The Allies Win the War

Objectives: Analyze the planning and impact of the invasion of Normandy. Understand how the Allies achieved final victory in Europe. Explore the reasons president Truman decided to use the atomic bomb against Japan.

Topic 14.8 Impact of World War II

Evaluate the goals that Allied leaders set for the postwar world. Describe the steps that the United States and other nations took toward international cooperation. Explain the impact of WWII on the postwar US.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 14.7 The Holocaust
2. Schindler’s List Reflection Questions
3. Topic 14.6 The Allies Win the War
4. Topic 14.8 Impact of World War II

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 14.4 A War on Two Fronts
2. Topic 14.5 The Home Front

Hey Folks!

This week we continue to talk about arguments and discourse and go over the “Commandments of Philosophy.”

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Essential Question

What does it mean to be a ‘good philosopher?”

Learning Objectives

Objectives: Develop a better sense of how we employ reasons to defend our beliefs.

Explain the important characteristics of academic discourse for a philosopher.

This Week’s Assignments

1. What’s Your Reason?
2. Being a (Nice) Philosopher

Last Week’s Assignments

1. What’s Your Philosophy?
2. Claims and Premises

Hey Folks!

This week we continue with

Have a great week!

Essential Question:

How were religion and government connected in the Roman empire?

Learning Objectives

Topic 1.4 The Development of Christianity

Understand how Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire and eventually became the state religion of Rome. Describe why prior to Christianity, Roman religion involved the worship of a number of gods and goddesses and the belief that Rome had earned the favor of the gods. Trace the changes through which despite early Christian persecution, Christianity grew in importance and spread throughout the Roman Empire.

Topic 1.5 Decline and Fall of Rome

Explain how two strong emperors temporarily revived the Roman Empire and how Germanic tribes from central Europe helped bring it to an end. Describe how political upheavals, the plague, and the division of the empire led to its decline. Explain how the migration of Germanic tribes helped bring an end to the Roman Empire.

This Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 1.4 The Development of Christianity
2. Topic 1.5 Decline and Fall of Rome
3. Topic 1 Spice Chart
4. Topic 1 Quiz

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Topic 1.3 Roman Culture and Society
2. Gladiator Viewing Questions

Hey Folks! This week we will do a News Review and Analysis for Media Journals on Tuesday. On Thursday we update Topic posts and discuss our individual topics.

Have a great week!

Essential Question

What are the subjective and objective factors that go into the transmission of world events to the public?

This Week’s Assignments

1. Media Journal
2. Topic Posts

Last Week’s Assignments

1. Media Journal
2. Topic Posts