Monday Dec 14th Day 64

ESSAY for FINAL

One thing to think about on your final is one single short answer question.
Who is right (or to what degree) Marx or Smith
Karl Marx video summary of his ideas - ( here )
Adam Smith video summary of his ideas - ( here )
Here is a good video comparing the two - ( here )

To prepare for the next Semester, each student should be aware of the Adam Smith vs Karl Marx influences throughout the world. Russia, China, and Cuba go the way of Marx. America, and Great Britain stay with Smith, Germany and Italy take their own Nationalistic path.

Noam Chomsky on Democracy and Capitalism VS CEO of Whole Foods on the same subject
Noam Chomsky - ( here )
John Mackey - Counter argument to Chomsky - ( here )
Milton Friedman - Is Capitalism Humane? - ( here )

FINAL

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Objective:

After attending classes for the first semester, students will be able to answer various questions covering the entire semester on a timed test and get over 80% of them correct.
In addition, they will be able to answer a short essay question regarding the fundamental differences between two popular approaches to the formation of the economic basis for society.

Rationale:

Being able to connect each chapter in a sequential manner to understand it influences on each other is something each student should be able to do at the end of the semester

Evidence:

Being able to identify and explain the effects of the foundations of democracy, the Enlightenment and the various revolutions (French, American and Industrial), will provide evidence of the students understanding of major concepts of the 1st semester.

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Essential Question - Does world cooperation always benefit all parties?

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New Climate Deal Passed

Climate Deal out of Paris. ( here )
Climate Political Cartoons - ( here )

Today's Agenda - Prepare for Final

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Assignments - 

Update and confirm current grade on your assignment sheet, continue to outline Chapter  7 for the Final.
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FINAL NOTES ALLOWED

1 page (2 sided) per chapter. No pre-written short essay question answer

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Chapter 7  All section need to be finished by Dec 14th
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The Final will cover Chapter 1-7

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Thursday Dec 10th Day 63

One thing to think about on your final is one single short answer question.
Who is right (or to what degree) Marx or Smith
Karl Marx video summary of his ideas - ( here )
Adam Smith video summary of his ideas - ( here )
Here is a good video comparing the two - ( here )

FINAL

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Objective:

After attending classes for the first semester, students will be able to answer various questions covering the entire semester on a timed test and get over 80% of them correct.
In addition, they will be able to answer a short essay question regarding the fundamental differences between two popular approaches to the formation of the economic basis for society.

Rationale:

Being able to connect each chapter in a sequential manner to understand it influences on each other is something each student should be able to do at the end of the semester

Evidence:

Being able to identify and explain the effects of the foundations of democracy, the Enlightenment and the various revolutions (French, American and Industrial), will provide evidence of the students understanding of major concepts of the 1st semester.

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Essential Question - How do earlier events affect current and future events?

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New Education Law Passed Yesterday

Journal Entry - This is your last journal of the semester, read the article and give your opinion of how we have a system that improves education, creates a level playing field for each subject, and gets better understanding/scores. ( here )

Today's Agenda - Prepare for Final

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Assignments - 

Update and confirm current grade on your assignment sheet, continue to outline Chapter  7 for the Final.
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FINAL NOTES ALLOWED

1 page (2 sided) per chapter. No pre-written short essay question answer

___________________________________________________________________________________________
Chapter 7  All section need to be finished by Dec 14th
___________________________________________________________________________________________

The Final will cover Chapter 1-7

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Tuesday Dec 8th Day 62

Unit Standards

10.3 Students analyze the effects of the Industrial Revolution in England, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States.

1. Analyze why England was the first country to industrialize.
2. Examine how scientific and technological changes and new forms of energy brought about massive social, economic, and cultural change (e.g., the inventions and discoveries of James Watt, Eli Whitney, Henry Bessemer, Louis Pasteur, Thomas Edison).
3. Describe the growth of population, rural to urban migration, and growth of cities associated with the Industrial Revolution.
4. Trace the evolution of work and labor, including the demise of the slave trade and the effects of immigration, mining and manufacturing, division of labor, and the union movement.
5. Understand the connections among natural resources, entrepreneurship, labor, and capital in an industrial economy.
6. Analyze the emergence of capitalism as a dominant economic pattern and the responses to it, including Utopianism, Social Democracy, Socialism, and Communism.
7. Describe the emergence of Romanticism in art and literature (e.g., the poetry of William Blake and William Wordsworth), social criticism (e.g., the novels of Charles Dickens), and the move away from Classicism in Europe. 

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Objective:

After viewing the presentations on the various projects associated with the Industrial Revolution, students will be able to reflect on the various presentations and list a series of examples of what items they felt were the most impactful in the time period. 

Rationale:

The Industrial Revolution was the biggest social turning point in history, transforming the very way people lived their lives. Identifying the various social, political, and economic changes of the times is essential in understanding the period and the effects it had on the world.

Evidence:

Being able to identify and explain the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the living experience of people all of over the world will assist in understanding the different paths societies took as they developed.

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Essential Question - What determines a National Holiday?

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Journal Entry - Watch the video, write your opinion - ( here )

Today's Agenda - Immigration/Prepare for Final

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Assignments - 

Update and confirm current grade on your assignment sheet, continue to outline Chapter 6 and 7 for the Final.
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Chapter 6  Section #1 for Thursday (Dec 3rd), Section #2 & 3- Monday (Dec 7th), Section #4 for Tuesday (Dec 8th)

Chapter 7  All section need to be finished by Dec 14th
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The Final will cover Chapter 1-7

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Monday Dec 7th Day 61

Unit Standards

10.3 Students analyze the effects of the Industrial Revolution in England, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States.

1. Analyze why England was the first country to industrialize.
2. Examine how scientific and technological changes and new forms of energy brought about massive social, economic, and cultural change (e.g., the inventions and discoveries of James Watt, Eli Whitney, Henry Bessemer, Louis Pasteur, Thomas Edison).
3. Describe the growth of population, rural to urban migration, and growth of cities associated with the Industrial Revolution.
4. Trace the evolution of work and labor, including the demise of the slave trade and the effects of immigration, mining and manufacturing, division of labor, and the union movement.
5. Understand the connections among natural resources, entrepreneurship, labor, and capital in an industrial economy.
6. Analyze the emergence of capitalism as a dominant economic pattern and the responses to it, including Utopianism, Social Democracy, Socialism, and Communism.
7. Describe the emergence of Romanticism in art and literature (e.g., the poetry of William Blake and William Wordsworth), social criticism (e.g., the novels of Charles Dickens), and the move away from Classicism in Europe. 

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Objective:

After viewing the presentations on the various projects associated with the Industrial Revolution, students will be able to reflect on the various presentations and list a series of examples of what items they felt were the most impactful in the time period. 

Rationale:

The Industrial Revolution was the biggest social turning point in history, transforming the very way people lived their lives. Identifying the various social, political, and economic changes of the times is essential in understanding the period and the effects it had on the world.

Evidence:

Being able to identify and explain the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the living experience of people all of over the world will assist in understanding the different paths societies took as they developed.

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Essential Question - What determines a National Holiday?

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Journal Entry - Should 9/11 be a National Holiday? Pearl Harbor occurred on a Sunday (a traditional non-working day) 9/11 occurred on a Tuesday, should that day be a day of remembrance and become a National Holiday?

Today's Agenda - ISIS

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Assignments - 

Update and confirm current grade on your assignment sheet, continue to outline Chapter 6 and 7 for the Final.
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Chapter 6  Section #1 for Thursday (Dec 3rd), Section #2 & 3- Monday (Dec 7th), Section #4 for Tuesday (Dec 8th)

Chapter 7  All section need to be finished by Dec 14th
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The Final will cover Chapter 1-7

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Thursday Dec 3rd Day 60

Unit Standards

10.3 Students analyze the effects of the Industrial Revolution in England, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States.

1. Analyze why England was the first country to industrialize.
2. Examine how scientific and technological changes and new forms of energy brought about massive social, economic, and cultural change (e.g., the inventions and discoveries of James Watt, Eli Whitney, Henry Bessemer, Louis Pasteur, Thomas Edison).
3. Describe the growth of population, rural to urban migration, and growth of cities associated with the Industrial Revolution.
4. Trace the evolution of work and labor, including the demise of the slave trade and the effects of immigration, mining and manufacturing, division of labor, and the union movement.
5. Understand the connections among natural resources, entrepreneurship, labor, and capital in an industrial economy.
6. Analyze the emergence of capitalism as a dominant economic pattern and the responses to it, including Utopianism, Social Democracy, Socialism, and Communism.
7. Describe the emergence of Romanticism in art and literature (e.g., the poetry of William Blake and William Wordsworth), social criticism (e.g., the novels of Charles Dickens), and the move away from Classicism in Europe. 

________________________________________________________________________

Objective:

After viewing the presentations on the various projects associated with the Industrial Revolution, students will be able to reflect on the various presentations and list a series of examples of what items they felt were the most impactful in the time period. 

Rationale:

The Industrial Revolution was the biggest social turning point in history, transforming the very way people lived their lives. Identifying the various social, political, and economic changes of the times is essential in understanding the period and the effects it had on the world.

Evidence:

Being able to identify and explain the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the living experience of people all of over the world will assist in understanding the different paths societies took as they developed.

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There's only soooo  much room and sooooo many resources

Essential Question - Why was he so wrong, or was he?

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Journal Entry - Test Day, No journal

Today's Agenda - take the Chapter 5 Test

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Assignments - 

There is a classroom folder for these articles and questions - they will be due the day of the test which will cover Chapter 5 will be administered after Thanksgiving
Intro Article and Questions on Industrial Revolution - ( here )
The First Important Inventions - ( here )
The Textile Industry - ( here )
Coal and Coal Mining - ( here )
Child Labor Abuses - ( here )

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Chapter 6  Section #1 for Thursday (Dec 3rd), Section #2 & 3- Monday (Dec 7th), Section #4 for Tuesday (Dec 8th), Section #5 Thursday (Dec 10th), 

Chapter 7  All section need to be finished by Dec 14th
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The Final will cover Chapter 1-7

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Part 2 of the work assigned in this chapter - Watch and reflect on the History Channel's 

Men Who Built America

Here is the pdf of the series with the questions - ( here )

Part 6 - ( here )  here is a photo gallery of the World Fair - ( here )
Part 7 - ( here ) here is a short video about the rise of American Industry - ( here )
Part 8 - ( here ) here is a short video about the rise of Henry Ford - ( here )
Questions for the videos - ( here )

Part 7

1. Why were American workers upset at the time of the 1896 election? How did William Jennings Bryan attempt to address some of their concerns?

2. Why did the business tycoons put their support behind William McKinley? Were they successful?

3. What does “anti-trust” mean? Do you agree with the strategy of breaking up businesses that become very dominant in one industry?

Part 8

1. Why was the election of President Theodore Roosevelt so significant? What were some of the major changes he made?

2. What were some of Henry Ford’s key innovations?

3. Why was the Panama Canal such an important project?

4. What is philanthropy? Do you think all business leaders are obligated to also be philanthropists?

Tuesday Dec 1st Day 59

Unit Standards

10.3 Students analyze the effects of the Industrial Revolution in England, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States.

1. Analyze why England was the first country to industrialize.
2. Examine how scientific and technological changes and new forms of energy brought about massive social, economic, and cultural change (e.g., the inventions and discoveries of James Watt, Eli Whitney, Henry Bessemer, Louis Pasteur, Thomas Edison).
3. Describe the growth of population, rural to urban migration, and growth of cities associated with the Industrial Revolution.
4. Trace the evolution of work and labor, including the demise of the slave trade and the effects of immigration, mining and manufacturing, division of labor, and the union movement.
5. Understand the connections among natural resources, entrepreneurship, labor, and capital in an industrial economy.
6. Analyze the emergence of capitalism as a dominant economic pattern and the responses to it, including Utopianism, Social Democracy, Socialism, and Communism.
7. Describe the emergence of Romanticism in art and literature (e.g., the poetry of William Blake and William Wordsworth), social criticism (e.g., the novels of Charles Dickens), and the move away from Classicism in Europe. 

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Objective:

After viewing the presentations on the various projects associated with the Industrial Revolution, students will be able to reflect on the various presentations and list a series of examples of what items they felt were the most impactful in the time period. 

Rationale:

The Industrial Revolution was the biggest social turning point in history, transforming the very way people lived their lives. Identifying the various social, political, and economic changes of the times is essential in understanding the period and the effects it had on the world.

Evidence:

Being able to identify and explain the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the living experience of people all of over the world will assist in understanding the different paths societies took as they developed.

___________________________________________________________________________________________

There's only soooo  much room and sooooo many resources

Essential Question - Why was he so wrong, or was he?

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Journal Entry - Test Day, No journal

Today's Agenda - take the Chapter 5 Test

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Assignments - 

There is a classroom folder for these articles and questions - they will be due the day of the test which will cover Chapter 5 will be administered after Thanksgiving
Intro Article and Questions on Industrial Revolution - ( here )
The First Important Inventions - ( here )
The Textile Industry - ( here )
Coal and Coal Mining - ( here )
Child Labor Abuses - ( here )

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Chapter 6  Section #1 for Thursday (Dec 3rd), Section #2 & 3- Monday (Dec 7th), Section #4 for Tuesday (Dec 8th), Section #5 Thursday (Dec 10th), 

Chapter 7  All section need to be finished by Dec 14th
___________________________________________________________________________________________

The Final will cover Chapter 1-7

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Part 2 of the work assigned in this chapter - Watch and reflect on the History Channel's 

Men Who Built America

Here is the pdf of the series with the questions - ( here )

Part 6 - ( here )  here is a photo gallery of the World Fair - ( here )
Part 7 - ( here ) here is a short video about the rise of American Industry - ( here )
Part 8 - ( here ) here is a short video about the rise of Henry Ford - ( here )
Questions for the videos - ( here )

Part 7

1. Why were American workers upset at the time of the 1896 election? How did William Jennings Bryan attempt to address some of their concerns?

2. Why did the business tycoons put their support behind William McKinley? Were they successful?

3. What does “anti-trust” mean? Do you agree with the strategy of breaking up businesses that become very dominant in one industry?

Part 8

1. Why was the election of President Theodore Roosevelt so significant? What were some of the major changes he made?

2. What were some of Henry Ford’s key innovations?

3. Why was the Panama Canal such an important project?

4. What is philanthropy? Do you think all business leaders are obligated to also be philanthropists?

Monday Nov 30th Day 58

Unit Standards

10.3 Students analyze the effects of the Industrial Revolution in England, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States.

1. Analyze why England was the first country to industrialize.
2. Examine how scientific and technological changes and new forms of energy brought about massive social, economic, and cultural change (e.g., the inventions and discoveries of James Watt, Eli Whitney, Henry Bessemer, Louis Pasteur, Thomas Edison).
3. Describe the growth of population, rural to urban migration, and growth of cities associated with the Industrial Revolution.
4. Trace the evolution of work and labor, including the demise of the slave trade and the effects of immigration, mining and manufacturing, division of labor, and the union movement.
5. Understand the connections among natural resources, entrepreneurship, labor, and capital in an industrial economy.
6. Analyze the emergence of capitalism as a dominant economic pattern and the responses to it, including Utopianism, Social Democracy, Socialism, and Communism.
7. Describe the emergence of Romanticism in art and literature (e.g., the poetry of William Blake and William Wordsworth), social criticism (e.g., the novels of Charles Dickens), and the move away from Classicism in Europe. 

________________________________________________________________________

Objective:

After viewing the presentations on the various projects associated with the Industrial Revolution, students will be able to reflect on the various presentations and list a series of examples of what items they felt were the most impactful in the time period. 

Rationale:

The Industrial Revolution was the biggest social turning point in history, transforming the very way people lived their lives. Identifying the various social, political, and economic changes of the times is essential in understanding the period and the effects it had on the world.

Evidence:

Being able to identify and explain the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the living experience of people all of over the world will assist in understanding the different paths societies took as they developed.

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Change in the way work is done

Essential Question - Who should be able to vote in an election?

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Journal Entry - List the most impactful "thing" you learned from the project you created

Today's Agenda - improve your wordle, presentation and infographic, then re-submit into Google classroom folders (deadline by Tuesday after the Chapter 5 Test)
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Assignments - 

There is a classroom folder for these articles and questions - they will be due the day of the test which will cover Chapter 5 will be administered after Thanksgiving
Intro Article and Questions on Industrial Revolution - ( here )
The First Important Inventions - ( here )
The Textile Industry - ( here )
Coal and Coal Mining - ( here )
Child Labor Abuses - ( here )

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY - Build a 20 X 30 Infographic of this Info - ( here )
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CHAPTER 5 TEST TUESDAY

here is a practice quiz someone made - ( here )

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Chapter 6  Section #1 for Thursday (Dec 3rd), Section #2 & 3- Monday (Dec 7th), Section #4 for Tuesday (Dec 8th), Section #5 Thursday (Dec 10th), 

Chapter 7  All section need to be finished by Dec 14th
___________________________________________________________________________________________

The Final will cover Chapter 1-7

___________________________________________________________________________________________

Part 2 of the work assigned in this chapter - Watch and reflect on the History Channel's 

Men Who Built America

Here is the pdf of the series with the questions - ( here )

Part 6 - ( here )  here is a photo gallery of the World Fair - ( here )
Part 7 - ( here ) here is a short video about the rise of American Industry - ( here )
Part 8 - ( here ) here is a short video about the rise of Henry Ford - ( here )
Questions for the videos - ( here )

Part 7

1. Why were American workers upset at the time of the 1896 election? How did William Jennings Bryan attempt to address some of their concerns?

2. Why did the business tycoons put their support behind William McKinley? Were they successful?

3. What does “anti-trust” mean? Do you agree with the strategy of breaking up businesses that become very dominant in one industry?

Part 8

1. Why was the election of President Theodore Roosevelt so significant? What were some of the major changes he made?

2. What were some of Henry Ford’s key innovations?

3. Why was the Panama Canal such an important project?

4. What is philanthropy? Do you think all business leaders are obligated to also be philanthropists?