Mr. Denton's Digital Classroom: October 2011

Today in Western Civilizations: 10/31/11

Oct 31, 2011

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

CNN Logs for 10/31/11-11/4/11
Reading Graphs Activity
Video: The History of Halloween
Skyward/Binder Check

REMINDERS/COMING UP:

Graded Papers in the tray (on right).
Remember to check your folders if you've been absent!
Pick up Graded Scrapbooks and Binders
Monday

Binder/CNN Log Check
Skyward Check

Thursday

Cities Quiz #2 (Cities #31-45)

Friday

Scrapbooks Due: Civil War

Today in U.S. History: 10/31/11

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

CNN Logs for 10/31/11-11/4/11
Notes: Fighting the Civil War pt. 3

Total Destruction in the South
The Surrender
Lincoln's Final Days
Final Results

Video: Stealing Lincoln's Body

Scrapbook Responsibility

Skyward/Binder Check

REMINDERS/COMING UP:

Graded Papers in the tray (on right).
Remember to check your folders if you've been absent!

Same #s
2nd Block: Red
3rd Block: Blue

Pick up Graded Scrapbooks and Binders
Monday

Binder/CNN Log Check
Skyward Check

Wednesday

Civil War Test
Get on board w/ Skyward!
Vocabulary Due

Thursday

Cities Quiz #23 (Cities #31-45)

Friday

Scrapbooks Due: Civil War

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Study these flash cards | Study civil flash cards

Oct 30, 2011

Just a reminder for tomorrow: We're checking binders (now including your CNN Logs) and Skyward access tomorrow! Totaled together, that's 65 points. Throw in your vocabulary (due Wednesday), that's 120 points! The question is, what will YOU do with the opportunity? These things should create a nice safety net for you - if you take care of business. If not, you're getting ready to attach a huge anchor to your grade. Make the right decision; TCB!

Click the graphic below to check on your Skyward access and check your classroom guidelines for instructions on how to set up your binder. If you've lost it or don't have it with you, click here (Western Civ: the guidelines are the same for you as for U.S. History).

"See You Tomorrow Night!"

Oct 28, 2011

Wow. What a game! The question is, how many people actually stuck around to watch it? If you gave up and changed the channel or never turned on game 6 to begin with, you missed what many are calling the greatest battle in the history of the World Series. Regardless of whether or not you were watching, we are now going to a game 7, which rarely happens, and hasn't at all in the past 10 years. In other words, this series just went "from good to great" as the writer of the above-mentioned article points out.

So, did you stay up, or give up? How do you think last night's game will be remembered in the years to come? Or the series itself? How about the Cardinals' season as a whole? How important do you think the game of baseball is to American culture? Does it still matter?

CNN Student News for 10/28/11

Today in U.S. History: 10/28/11

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

Turn in "Villain of the Week" (tray)
CNN (News logs are due on Monday.)
Video: Gettysburg

Remember, you are accountable for this video on your scrapbook!

REMINDERS/COMING UP:

Graded Papers in the tray (on right).
Remember to check your folders if you've been absent!

Same #s
2nd Block: Red
3rd Block: Blue

Pick up Graded Scrapbooks and Binders
Thursday

Cities Quiz #2 (Cities #16-30)

Monday 10/31

Binder/CNN Log Check
Skyward Check

Wednesday 11/2

Civil War Test
Get on board w/ Skyward!
Vocabulary Due

Today in Western Civilizations: 10/28/11

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

Turn in "Villain of the Week" (Tray)
CNN (Keep up with your News Log, it's due Monday!)
Video: "Death Masks"

List 25 important people, places, events, ideas, etc.
Turn in lists at the end of class

REMINDERS/COMING UP:

Graded work in the tray (on right)
Remember to check your folders if you've been absent!
Pick up Graded Scrapbooks and Binders
~~Thursday~~

~~Cities Quiz #2 (Cities #16-30)~~

Monday 10/31

Binder/CNN Log Check
Skyward Check

Wednesday 11/2

Age of Change Test
Get on board w/ Skyward!
Vocabulary Due

Today in Western Civilizations: 10/27/11

Oct 27, 2011

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

Cities Quiz #2
Calendars (let me know before CNN starts if you do not have one for some reason)
Women of the Renaissance Activity
IWT/Vocabulary

REMINDERS/COMING UP:

Graded work in the tray (on right)
Remember to check your folders if you've been absent!
Pick up Graded Scrapbooks and Binders
Thursday

Cities Quiz #2 (Cities #16-30)

Monday 10/31

Binder/CNN Log Check
Skyward Check

Wednesday 11/2

Age of Change Test
Get on board w/ Skyward!
Vocabulary Due

CNN Student News for 10/27/11

Today in U.S. History: 10/27/11

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

Cities Quiz #2
Notes: Fighting the Civil War pt. 2

African Americans in the Civil War
The Horrors of War

Video: Gettysburg

Scrapbook

REMINDERS/COMING UP:

Graded Papers in the tray (on right).
Remember to check your folders if you've been absent!

Same #s
2nd Block: Red
3rd Block: Blue

Pick up Graded Scrapbooks and Binders
Thursday

Cities Quiz #2 (Cities #16-30)

Monday 10/31

Binder/CNN Log Check
Skyward Check

Wednesday 11/2

Civil War Test
Get on board w/ Skyward!
Vocabulary Due

The Return of McRib-Mania

Oct 26, 2011

People are 'maniacs' about lots of things in America (i.e. Harry Potter, Star Wars, sports teams, bands, etc.) So what inspires people to be so dedicated to things like the McRib? Does dedication to something like a sandwich signify a problem in America? What do you think about McDonald's marketing technique of making certain products available "for a limited time only"? Are you a "McManiac"?

Today in Western Civilizations 10/26/11

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

Map
Anticipation Guide: Life in the Renaissance
Vocabulary
IWT

REMINDERS/COMING UP:

Remember to check your folders if you've been absent!
Pick up Graded Scrapbooks and Binders
Thursday

Cities Quiz #2 (Cities #16-30)

Monday 10/31

Binder/CNN Log Check
Skyward Check

Wednesday 11/2

Age of Change Test
Get on board w/ Skyward!
Vocabulary Due

Unit Vocabulary For The Age of Change:
Top 10:

Renaissance
Secular
Perspective
Printing Press
Utopia
Protestant Reformation
Circumnavigate
Capitalism
Joint-Stock Company
Mercantilism

All-Stars:

Leonardo Da Vinci
Martin Luther
Johannes Gutenberg
Christopher Columbus
William Shakespeare

2nd Tier Terms & People:

Niccolo Machiavelli
Galileo Galilei
Michelangelo
Nicholas Copernicus
Sir Thomas More
Balance of Trade
Humanism
Indulgences
95 Theses
Predestination
Amerigo Vespucci
Henry the Navigator
Magellan
Hernan Cortes
Henry VIII

CNN for 10/26/11

Today in U.S. History: 10/26/11

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

REMINDERS/COMING UP:

Remember to check your folders if you've been absent!

Same #s
2nd Block: Red
3rd Block: Blue

Pick up Graded Scrapbooks and Binders
Thursday

Cities Quiz #2 (Cities #16-30)

Monday 10/31

Binder/CNN Log Check
Skyward Check

Wednesday 11/2

Civil War Test
Get on board w/ Skyward!
Vocabulary Due

Today in Western Civilizations: 10/25/11

Oct 25, 2011

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

Engineering an Empire: "Da Vinci's World" (write these main ideas down now!)

Waking up after the long sleep following the fall of Rome
The rise of tiny republics
City-States create alliances and struggle with one another to gain control of Italy
Famous masters of art and architecture were also some of the greatest military and civil engineers of the age.

IWT: Vocabulary/Cities

REMINDERS/COMING UP:

Remember to check your folders (green) if you've been absent!
Pick up Graded Scrapbooks and Binders
Thursday

Cities Quiz #2 (Cities #16-30)

Monday 10/31

Binder/CNN Log Check
Skyward Check

Wednesday 11/2

Age of Change Test
Get on board w/ Skyward!
Vocabulary Due

Unit Vocabulary For The Age of Change:

Top 10 Vocab:

Renaissance
Secular
Perspective
Printing Press
Utopia
Protestant Reformation
Circumnavigate
Capitalism
Joint-Stock Company
Mercantilism

All-Stars:

Leonardo Da Vinci
Martin Luther
Johannes Gutenberg
Christopher Columbus
William Shakespeare

2nd Tier Terms & People:

Niccolo Machiavelli
Galileo Galilei
Michelangelo
Nicholas Copernicus
Sir Thomas More
Balance of Trade
Humanism
Indulgences
95 Theses
Predestination
Amerigo Vespucci
Henry the Navigator
Magellan
Hernan Cortes
Henry VIII

How Bad are the Colts?

Note even two full seasons after the two teams met in the Super Bowl, the Saints beat the Colts 62-7. If I could put numbers in "all caps", I would. I know Peyton Manning is great, but wow. The Colts have already lost more games this season than they have in any other single season in the past 10 years. On the other end of the spectrum, Drew Brees, like Tom Brady, is on pace to break Dan Marino's single season yardage record. Several other Saints are on a record-breaking pace. You can check out more historical happenings from what was an otherwise pretty boring weekend in the NFL in this article at Inhistoric.

So, after seeing what the Colts have done this year, how much do you think one player can mean to a team? What do you think about teams that run up the score? Is it more on the team that's doing the scoring, or the team that's being scored on?

CNN Student News for 10/25/11

Today in U.S. History: 10/25/11

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

Story of US: Civil War (write these down now!)

A capable and impressive Confederate Army
The Union's Technology Advantage
New weapons in a modern war:

Railroads
Supply Lines
The Telegraph

The Transcontinental Railroad
Farmers settle the continent
The Cowboy as a new American icon

IWT: Vocabulary/Cities

REMINDERS/COMING UP:

Remember to check your folders if you've been absent!

Same #s
2nd Block: Red
3rd Block: Blue

Pick up Graded Scrapbooks and Binders
Thursday

Cities Quiz #2 (Cities #16-30)

Monday 10/31

Binder/CNN Log Check
Skyward Check

Wednesday 11/2

Civil War Test
Get on board w/ Skyward!
Vocabulary Due

Today in Western Civilizations: 10/24/11

Oct 24, 2011

TODAY'S RUNDOWN:

CNN News Log for 10/24/11-10/28/11
Turn Renaissance Outline
Major Players of the Age of Exploration

COMING UP:

Remember to check your folders (green) if you've been absent

#s today

Graded binders and scrapbooks in back.

Thursday

Cities Quiz #2

Friday

Skyward!!!
Binder Check

Villains of the Week for 10/24/11-10/28/11

Your villains of the week for 10/24/11-10/28/11:

Western Civilizations: Agrippina the Younger
U.S. History: Henry Wirz

For 5 pts. extra credit, turn in a 1 paragraph writeup (hand-written) on why the individual would be considered a historical villain. Due by the beginning of class on Friday.