Monday, December 20, 2010

WEEK OF DECEMBER 20 - 24

This will be a short week.

Monday we will look at Napoleon and start an activity about who is qualified to be president?

Tuesday we will be finishing who is qualified to be president and review for the test that is on Wednesday.

Test on Government, French Revolution, Napoleon and the Unification of Italy and Germany.

Thursday some fun.

Friday, take a well deserved day off and enjoy vacation.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

WEEK OF DECEMBER 13-17

Monday, we will be looking at the French Revolution. We will be making a newspaper with the major points. They will have pictures,  articles and  headlines. There papers will have a bias, which will be discussed.

Tuesday we will be finishing up the newspapers.

Wednesday we will be reviewing and going over all the material we have covered on the Types of Government, Enlightenment and French Revolution.

Thursday we will be having the quiz. Then we start to discuss Napoleon.

Friday we will finish up Napoleon with a "Which is the real Napoleon" game.

Our discussions have been about America borrowing  from the French by people like Jefferson and Franklin. Here are some examples:





Monday, December 6, 2010

WEEK OF DECEMBER 6-10

Monday we will be finishing up Pamphlets on the 9 types of government.

Tuesday we will be taking a short quiz on those 9 types of government and will be taking some notes on the Enlightenment, American and French Revolution and Nationalism. You can find them here.

Wednesday we will finish the notes and discuss the beginnings of the French Revolution.

Thursday we will have a museum walk of the French Revolution and a review sheet on it.

Friday we will review and consolidate all the information we have learned about the enlightenment, government and the French Revolution.. This gets us ready for Napleon next Monday.

Here are a couple of videos we will watch that goes with the idea of Government.