Dec. 20

Student teams continued work on the map, timeline and info. page about the region they've been researching.

Dec. 19

We worked on the Imperialism project. Map, timeline and info. page all due on Friday.

Dec. 18

Today student groups began a part I of the imperialism project. This week students are creating a timeline, a map, and filling out an informational page about a region that was a victim of Imperialism. All three elements will be due on Friday.

After Christmas break students will complete part II of the project by creating a presentation of some sort to teach the class about how Imperialism manifested itself in the region they chose.

Dec. 13, 14 and 17

Dec. 13: Students worked on analyzing the 5 motives of Imperialism as well as completing a map of Africa that  indicated the GDP per capita of African nations. 

Dec. 14: Students finished the maps, and I assigned a reading guide: Chapter 11, section 2. It's the salmon colored paper in the W.H. hand-outs folder. Due Monday. 

Dec. 17: We reviewed the motives assignment and students organized themselves into groups of 3 for the upcoming Imperialism project. In second period I assigned a second map of Africa which indicates which Euro. nations colonized Africa. Group project starts tomorrow. 

Dec. 7 and Dec. 10

On Friday students took a "quest" on the I.R. and finished and turned in the newspaper "front page." 

Monday: I lectured (in a riveting fashion) about Imperialism and collected the I.R. packets. 

Dec. 5

Today we began a new project that will be the culmination of our study of the I.R. In pairs, students will created a mock "front-page" of a newspaper that explains the I.R. and details the positive and negative results of the period.

Packets will be due Monday.
Study guides for Friday's "quest" (more than a quiz, less than a test) will be passed out tomorrow.
"Quest" Friday.
Front-pages also due Friday.... whew! This may a time to crack the books at home as well as at school.

Dec. 3 and 4

Monday: Final class time for fictional 7 day trip to Great Britain (now due).
Tuesday: I explained the Communist Theory of Karl Marx. Students are drawing and explaining the theory in comic book form. Use p. 269 in book as a resource.