Monday, February 27, 2012

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Meet in Ms Kraft's room after 6th hour on Tuesday!!

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Unit 5: Globalization, Table of Contents

1
Defining Globalization
1-31
Page #
10
Your
2
Death of a ____________
2-1

10
points
3
Calculating Human Footprint/Webquest
2-2

25 (15/10)

4
Nat Geo Human Footpring: Film Qs
2-3

10

5
Global Environmental Problems
2-7

15

6
Notes 34-2
2-8

20

7
Flow: Film Notes
2-11

10

8
Other side of outsourcing: Film Notes
2-14

10

9
Questions on Transnational Auction
2-15

10

10
Story of Stuff Notes
2-6

5

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

WHAG Agenda Jan 16-20

Monday
  • No School - Happy Birthday Dr Martin Luther King, Jr
  • HW = study for exam
Tuesday
  • Meet in Computer Lab
  • London Times Editorial 
  • HW = finish london times editorial
Wednesday
  • Study for Exam - Review Questions
  • HW = Study for exam
Thursday
  • Race to the bottom
  • HW = Study for exam
  • **Study session - after school
Friday
  • Debrief race to the bottom activity
  • Review - questions and answers
  • HW = Study (part one of exam = Monday)

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

WHAG - Agenda Jan 9-13

Monday
  • New Years Resolutions
  • HW = Chapter 19, Section 2
Tuesday
  • Quiz - Trade
  • Questions and Answers Activity
  • HW = Finish Autobiographies
Wednesday
  • Industrial Revolution Simulation
  • HW = study for geography quiz
Thursday
  • Do Now: How would our lives be different if the industrial revolution never happened?
  • Effects of the Industrial Revolution Chart
  • HW= study for geography quiz
  • ***Lunch review for exam - how to study

Friday
  • Geography Quiz - Trade Map (no word bank)
  • Finish Effects of the Industrial Revolution Chart
  • Homework = study for Exam

Friday, December 16, 2011

WHAG Agenda: December 19th - 23rd

**5th hour will be on a different schedule this week

Monday
  • Finish Prince Among Slaves
  • Read Autobiography of a coin together
  • Introduce individual project - children's story
  • HW= choose a manufactured item for your story
Tuesday
  • Meet in Computer lab - research
  • HW = finish researching your manufactured item for your childrens' book
Wednesday
  • Slave trade - Document Analysis
  • HW= Autobiography...childrens book
  • HW= Update TOC
Thursday
  • Finish Slave trade - Document Analysis
  • View Culture Fair Projects
  • HW= Autobiography...childrens book
Friday
  • Geography Quiz - Trade
  • View Culture Fair Projects
  • HW= Autobiography...childrens book

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

WHAG Agenda December 12-16

Monday
  • Do Now: Why is Trade good? (and lecture notes)
  • Guns, Germs, and Steel Part2
    • 2 column notes (t-chart) Spanish/Inca
Tuesday
  • Continue watching GGS2 and taking notes
  • Answer 3 questions on GGS
    • 1. At the time that the Spanish conquistador’s invaded the Inca Empire, they were armed with state of the art weaponry. Describe this weaponry.  
    • 2. How did the shape of the continents in the Eastern and Western Hemispheres shape the history of each? 
    • 3. According to Jared Diamond, what made the Europeans “accidental conquerors”?
    • HW= finish questions
Wednesday
  • Do now = What is your favorite meal? What ingredients are in the meal? Which foods, and which spices?
  • Columbian Exchange PPT
    • HW = Chapter 15, section5 Notes
Thursday
  • Demographic chart and 7 questions
  • Talk to the Text: Article on "The Great Dying"
    • HW= 10 questions
Friday
  • Prince Among Slaves (part one)
    • HW= Chapter 15, section 4 notes - due Monday

Sunday, December 4, 2011

WHAG Agenda: December 5th - 9th

Monday
  • Do Now: What is an empire? How is an empire different from a civilization? What makes a successful empire? What makes an empire fall?
  • Additional Notes on Empires
  • Questions and review
  • Optional A-lunch study session - Tuesday
  • HW = Organize ISN
Tuesday
  • An extra review day
  • HW= study for Geography quiz - Wednesday
Wednesday
  • Quiz - Empires Geography (no notes)
  • Test - Empires - open notes
  • If your ISN is organized, you may use anything that is ATTACHED TO YOUR ISN...no organized ISN, no using it on the test.
Thursday
  • Trade map, questions, and current events
  • HW= finish map and questions - due Friday, current events - due Monday
Friday
  • Black Death - Media Center
  • HW= Current Events Article