- Tuesday
- "The Mission"
- Wednesday
- Finish "The Mission" and take home quiz, due tomorrow
Feb 13-17
- Monday
- Test
- Tuesday
- Complete Portugal exploration in Brazil notes
- Wednesday
- "The Mission" film
- Thursday
- "The Mission" cont.
- Monday-Wednesday: Substitute Teacher Activities
- Thursday
- Test Prep: Assignment: Create 20 flash cards for European conquest of the Inca and Aztec
- TEST MONDAY: Postponed
- Friday
- Test Prep
- Study for Test on Monday
January 30- Feb 3
- Tuesday
- Seminar
- Wednesday
- Finish Seminar
- Thursday
- Lecture Review on European Conquest of Latin America; notes
January 23-27
- Monday
- (Make-Up Speeches)
- Seminar Preparation of Seminar Text
- Tuesday
- Seminar Prep
- Thursday
- Seminar cancelled due to time constraints: rescheduled for next Tuesday
- The Inca Rebellion
January 16-20
- Monday (No School)
- Tuesday
- Speeches
- Wednesday
- Continued Student Speeches
- Thursday
- European Colonization of Latin America
- Open-Note Quiz
- Friday
- Seminar Text Assigned
- 1st assignment due next Tuesday
- 2nd assignment due next Thursday
January 9-13
- Monday
- Watch Guns, Germs, and Steel: Episode 2
- HWK: Episode 2 Questions; due Tuesday
- Tuesday
- Review Diamond's theory regarding European colonization of Latin America
- Timeline Project Guidelines
- Wednesday
- Project Research
- Thursday
- Read remaining pages of Colonization in Latin America and take notes
- Take Notes for open-note quiz
- Review Speaking Work Sample Scoring Guide
- Friday
- Project Research
January 2--6
- Tuesday
- Syllabus
- Journal: Explain how the following quotes applies to your life; "The future which we hold in trust for our children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children." Make sure your explanation includes a topic/introductory sentence, at least two examples, and a thorough explanation that details the connection between your evidence/examples and your interpretation of the quote.
- HWK: Read about Colonization in Latin America
- You are responsible for taking notes on the sections titled, "conquest" and "inca gold"
- Wednesday
- Open-note quiz on 1st 4 pages of Colonization in Latin America
- Europe on the Eve of Colonialism
- Responsible for notes on the previous PowerPoint
- Thursday
- Continue PowerPoint notes from Wednesday
- HWK: Write a paragraph response for each of the following question prompts. Your responses should be formatted to include topic sentences for each paragraph response, a specific/detailed example, and an analysis which is a thorough explanation why your example proves your topic sentence.
- In your opinion, what is the most significant motivation for European colonization of Latin America?
- In your opinion, what is the most significant result of European colonization of Latin America?
- Friday
- Read Boarding a Slave Ship and answer questions
- Read pages 5-8 of Colonization in Latin America
- Sections A Glimpse of Inca Treasure, Atahualpa, Massacre of Cajamarca, Pizzarro, Room of Gold, Peru and ..., and Spanish Silver
- Take Notes for open-note quiz
