Revolutions! Assessment

You guys have all been asking for an open note test and here it is!

Being the kind teacher that I am, I also made it open book.  How awesome am I!

Let me take it a step farther - it is TAKE HOME!

If you are gone today, make sure you email me or send me a note on Facebook, Twitter or shoot me an email, I will send it on to you.  Anyone who needs to make it up will have TWO days to get the completed assessment to me.  

A cautionary note, just because it is open note, open book, take home...that does not make it "easy".  You know that is so not me. I am raising the bar and you are reaching up to achieve it.  You all know as you get stronger, there is some burn with it.  Academics are no different.  You got this.

See me if you need anything.

And for your view pleasure...it will help alleviate the stress!

Let's Get Writing

You have done all the leg work for your DBQ, now we start writing.  I know some of you have already begun working on this at home, which is awesome.  Today will be the only day in class that we have to work on it, as tomorrow we move to the Industrial Revolution.  Your Final Draft of your DBQ is due Monday, May 12, 2014.  After that date I will not ask you for it, but you may turn it in anytime before June 6th.

Today we went back through the structure of your essay from this DBQ.  I know it is kinda scary to be writing so much, but you got this. 

Don't forget...for each of your body paragraphs, you need to provide EVIDENCE or PROOF from your documents.  Otherwise this would just be a plain old boring essay, as opposed to a Document Based Question.  You don't want to be boring, do you??

Revolution Essays are still due Friday!

Toussaint Louverture DBQ Part 3

Putting it all together!  Today is the day we take all the puzzle pieces and put it together.  In case you have been absent, HERE is part 1 and HERE is part 2.

Today we are work with Part 3, in case you left/lost your DBQ packet, HERE it is.

We worked with the Bucketing, discussed the documents that you have been working with since last week, and categorized them into three categories - Military Leader, Leader of SD and Liberator of Slaves.  He was indeed all three of these, but you need to decide what evidence PROVES that he was.

After you have completed your categorization of the documents (make sure you also did the analysis of each document, using the questions under each one) you can move on the the Chicken Foot graphic organizer on the same page. This will give you the Thesis statement for all of your paragraphs.  (HINT - We wrote several thesis for the opening grabber, you could probably apply one to your conclusion paragraph!)

From here, complete page 123's organizer and start writing.  Be sure to refer back to the document you are using as evidence and use QUOTES when citing it verbatim! We will have time tomorrow for the rough draft, but that will be the end of class time for this essay.

It is due NEXT MONDAY - May 12th.  You can send me the link or document through email, or you can attach your Google Docs link HERE in the comments section.

Good luck!

PS - Revolution Essays are still due Friday - NO EXCUSES!

Toussaint Louverture

Hiya Suzy and Sam Sunshines!

We are wrapping up the political side of our Revolution unit this week. Today there was a handout for the notes for the Latin America and Haitian Revolutions, make sure you see me to get those.  That means you have to READ this AND come talk to ME.  Scary, I know.  But, I have faith in you!

After we got through those notes we are watching this video...

TAKE NOTES ON IT!  There's no handout, because I don't want you stressing over finding the right answers.  BUT, it will give you the background knowledge that you will need to complete the DBQ we are starting tomorrow.  You can watch this on your phone, at the library, in 230 after school, at home...wherever it works best for you.  

TOMORROW, be ready.  The hard work begins!

"Vive la Revolution"

LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION!!

We are continuing with the French Revolution.

Since I know many of you will be gone today for your Science iChallenge, I am making sure that I get everything for the video we are watching is from the History Channel.  I have included a link here, for the video, but I can make the DVD available during lunch.  The study guide can be found HERE, as assignment #33. Please make sure it is completed by next Wednesday - April 30, 2014.

A reminder, you should still be working on your Revolution Essays - we will be wrapping up the political revolutions and beginning the Industrial Revolution next week.  Your essays will be due May 7th.  

REVOLUTION!

According to Dictionary.com

We have been talking about the Reformation.  If you look at the definition above - remember, we annotated this in class - you will discover that the Reformation turned into a Revolution.  A revolution that spanned an entire continent and helped formed the theological world of today.

Today you received your next Unit Essay, focusing on Revolutions.  This will be Assignment #27 on your list.  In class, we broke down the definition of a Revolution - see above - and began to discuss how Luther was indeed a Reluctant Revolutionary - Assignment #26 from last week.  You might want to use that article as well.  

Please have the first 2 paragraphs written by the start of tomorrow's class, this will allow us to go through them and do some peer editing.  That will leave you with just 2 more body paragraphs and your closing!  Easy Peasy!

So, I leave you with your favorite singing History Teacher of cyber space! 

Happy Monday!

PS!!!!!  Before you go - Your voices are being heard.  This is ALL YOU GUYS!  You ROCK!  Stand tall and be proud!  You are what makes Bay View!