Assignment due Friday

p.294 questions 4 & 7 & ID

p.299 questions 4,5,7,8 & 2 ID's

Have a great evening!

-Mr. Cooley

Computer Lab Assignment

Today we are going to look into child labor during the Industrial Revolution. The stories all take place in England and depict the ugly seen of life in the factories. You will go to this website to look at the issues of the Industrial Revolution. Here is your assignment:

You are either a factory owner or a laborer. Write an letter to a newspaper either:

Justifying working conditions (OWNER) OR
Complaining of working conditions (LABORER)


Letters should:
*State and support the position that you take.
*Rebut other viewpoints (meaning if you are writing as an owner you should argue against the complaints of the children).
*Have specific examples from the website.
*Should be at least one page in length double spaced
________________________________________________
AFTER YOU HAVE FINISHED:
*Go to this website and see if you can beat the game OR continue to read the stories of the children and owners.

Assignment for today

We are talking about the Industrial Revolution today in class. Students need to finish their 9.1 worksheet detailing questions, inventors, causes & effects, etc

Have a good day!

-Mr. Cooley

Ch 7 Test Tomorrow

World Civilizations and Honors World Civilizations will be having their Chapter 7 test tomorrow. They have everything they need to study from.

Have a great day!

Mr. Cooley

French Revolution Websites

Marie Antoinette
http://www.pbs.org/marieantoinette/index.html
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/rulerspre20th/p/marieantoinette.htm
*What where her interests?
*What where her likes/dislikes?
*Talk about her spending & dressing
*Talk about her children
Guillotine
http://europeanhistory.about.com/cs/frenchrevolution/a/Guillotine.htm
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/guillotine.html
http://www.theguillotine.info/index.php
http://inventors.about.com/od/gstartinventions/a/Guillotine.htm
*How many people died?
*When did it start & when was the last person sentenced to the guillotine
*What were the dimensions? Height, weight, etc.
*What were the parts that made it work?
LOUIS XVI
http://wsu.edu/~dee/REV/LOUISXVI.HTM
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/louis.htm
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/louis_trial.html
http://www.wga.hu/database/glossary/illustr2/louis16.html
*What were his interests, hobbies?
*What was his downfall?
*What was his execution like?

Robespierre
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/robespierre.html
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/robespierre-terror.html
http://www.loyno.edu/history/journal/1983-4/mcletchie.htm
*Talk about his childhood
*Talk about his rise to power
*Talk about why he was killed
Bastille
http://www.chezjim.com/bastille/b_food.html
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255-s01/mapping-paris/Paris_Bastile.html
http://www.thenagain.info/webchron/westeurope/Bastille.html
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_interdisciplinary_history/v030/30.1sutherland.html
http://history.howstuffworks.com/european-history/french-revolution3.htm
*When was it built
*What happened inside
*What happened on Bastille Day?
*What is it used for now?
Napoleon
http://www.pbs.org/empires/napoleon/home.html
http://www.napoleonguide.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/bonaparte_napoleon.shtml
*Anything you want to talk about…..
REIGN OF TERROR
http://www.historywiz.com/terror.htm
http://www.pbs.org/marieantoinette/timeline/reign.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/C006257/revolution/committee_pub_safety.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/rschwart/hist255/kat_anna/terror.html
*Who started it? Why?
*Talk about Committee of Public Safety
*Talk about the death that took place
*Talk about the end of the terror
*Tell stories on why it was so bad!

Assignment due today

7.3 questions & ID's

Due Monday= 7.4 questions & ID's

Make sure to be reading the material, have a great weekend!

-Mr. Cooley

Assignment due today

Honors= p.221 3-8 questions & ID's

World Civilizations= 7.1 worksheet

Ch 6 Test Tomorrow

Students have everything they need to prepare for the Chapter 6 test tomorrow, including crossword, study guide, essay notes, etc.

Have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley

Assignment due Monday

Students will need to finish their 6.4 worksheet for Monday. Have a great weekend!

-Mr. Cooley

Assignment due Friday

6.1/6.2 Worksheet

Test Tomorrow

Ch 5 test tomorrow, students have their study guides and other review materials. Study up!

-Mr. Cooley

Assignment for Today

We started on Chapter 5 which deals with absolutism and divine right. The assignment for today is the 5.1/5.2 WS. Students only need to have 5.1 finished

Have a good day!

Mr. Cooley

Practice Essay due tomorrow

Students need to make sure their practice essays are finished for tomorrow's Common Summative Assessment. Students should have 5 paragraphs in their essay's.

We will have the exam tomorrow

Have a good day!

-Mr. Cooley

Test Tomorrow

FYI- Chapter 4 Test tomorrow. Students have study guides to look over & they should be reading through their notes and book.

Have a good day!

-Mr Cooley

Assignment for Today

p.136
*Questions 3-8
*Id's

*Aztec/Incan PP due on Wednesday

*Chapter 4 Test on Thursday

- Have a good day!

Mr. Cooley

Computer Lab Assignment

Go to the following site:

http://www.pbs.org/opb/conquistadors/home.htm

You will be making a PowerPoint over the daily life of either the Aztecs OR Incas. The website has plenty of information that will help you get a better feel for these cultures. Your PowerPoint needs to be at least 10 slides with at least 8 pictures.


*After you get done with your PowerPoint, to go to this website and play the game: http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/

-Send Aztec/Incan assignment to jhcooley@hotmail.com

-Mr. Cooley

Assignment for Today

p.131

ID's & Questions 3,5-8

Have a good night!

Mr. Cooley

Assignment for Today

Today we talked about the European Exploration into the Americas. Our assignment is:

p.125 ID's & Questions 3-5, 7-8

Have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley

Zero Hour- Inside 9-11

Here is the Chapter 2 Section, the Chapter 3 Section, and the Chapter 4 Section

Have a good day

Mr. Cooley

Test Tomorrow

Test tomorrow over Chapter 3. It will be a 25 question multiple choice test. Students have everything they need to study from.

Have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley

Assignment due for Wednesday

p.101

-Questions 3-8
-ID's (All 5 of them on p.101)

*Have a good day!

-Mr. Cooley

Assignment Due for Thursday

p.68 questions 9-18

Chapter 1 Test on Friday!

-Have a good day!

Mr. Cooley

Assignment for Monday

We have 1.3/1.4 due on Monday

1.3 WS

1.4 p.66

Quiz over 1.3/1.4 on Monday

Europe Map Quiz on Tuesday

Chapter 1 Test on Friday

-Mr. Cooley

Europe Map

We will be having our Europe Map Quiz next Tuesday, Sept. 1st. We have reviewed the map already in class & students have been given a map which they can study from. A really good website called ilike2learn.com is a great way for students to study. Make sure to take the "Europe Map Quiz (Easy)" portion.

Today will be a quiz over sections 1 & 2 of Chapter 1. Have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley

Intro Assignment

Here are some things you can put about yourself on the PowerPoint:
*Family Life (parents, brothers, sisters, what they do)
*Hobbies (sports you play, activities, etc)
*Favorite of anything (music, TV, friends, food)
*Least favorite things
*Favorite Teachers*Schools you have attended
*Trips you have gone on
*Best thing that has ever happened to you
*Worst thing that has happened to you
*What you like to do in your free time
*Awards you have won
*Goals? Dreams? Ambitions? What do you want out of life?
*ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO PUT DOWN ABOUT YOURSELF!!!!!!!!

Need help with pronunciations??

Go to this website for audio on pronunciations

WW II Project Checklist

Here are some things to consider for the project:

Research Paper

*Is our paper at least 2 pages long?

*Do we have citations within your paper?

Example: It is estimated that overall around 21 million people died in concentration camps and ghettos (www.ushmn.com)

*Do you have a title page with your topic in bold, a picture, names of groups members, and class hour?

*Did you proofread the paper?

*Do you have a bibliography that is properly cited? In this bibliography do you have at least 4 sources (NOT COUNTING WIKIPEDIA??)

PowerPoint/Presentation

*Do you have quality pictures?

*Do you have enough slides and information to have at least an 8-10 minute presentation?

*How are you dividing the presentation up with your group members?

*DO YOU KNOW YOUR INFORMATION MORE THAN JUST READING OFF A SLIDE?? DO YOU HAVE SPECIFICS WHERE YOU CAN EXPLAIN YOUR INFORMATION INSTEAD OF JUST READING??????

*Are you prepared??

*Can we read the text? Is there too much text?

*Is your topic clearly presentation in an organized manner?

*Is your topic is a 'sympathic topic' (i.e. Holocaust, concentration camps) and are you respectful of this?

World War II Projects

This week students will be working in groups on their World War II project. Students are going to be doing a research paper, PowerPoint, and presenting to the class. They seem to be working well together so I'm looking forward to their finished product.

Have a good day!

-Mr. Cooley

Assignment

Today's assignment:

16.4/16.5 Worksheet

Have a great day!

Mr. Cooley

Assignment for Wednesday

Students will be receiving an assignment today, 16.2/16.3 worksheet which is over Japan's Pacific Campaign along with the Holocaust

Have a good day!

-Mr. Cooley

Chapter 15 Test on Friday

Students will be receiving their Chapter 15 Study Guide's today in class for our upcoming test on Friday.

Have a good day!

-Mr. Cooley

Assignment

Assignment due Tuesday:

p.480
questions 2-8
ID's

*Have a good day!

-Mr Cooley

Today's Assignment

15.1 Worksheet & 15.2 Questions 3-8/Terms

Have a great day!

Mr. Cooley

Assignment

Today we went over section 1 of Chapter 15 which has to do with the postwar world after WWI. Students should read 15.1 tonight.

Have a good day!

Mr. Cooley

Jonestown

1.) Go to Google
2.) Type in Jonestown: The Final Report
3.) Click on video (it is 44:45)

Test On Wednesday

We will have our Chapter 14 test on Wednesday. Students will be receiving study guides today in class. Have a great day!

Mr. Cooley

Assignments due for Friday

12.1/14.3 Worksheet

14.4/18.1 Worksheet

Stalin PowerPoint

All Due Tomorrow!

-Mr. Cooley

Stalin Assignment

Go to the following websites:

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RUSstalin.htm

http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/stalin.html

Making a PowerPoint on Stalin, break it down into these categories:

1.) Early Life
2.) Life of Crime
3.) Work with Lenin
4.) Rise to Power (Stalin vs. Trotsky)
5.) Great Purge
6.) Death
7.) Present-day (Look at 2nd website at the bottom)

*Have some pictures for each slide! Also, 4-5 points for each slide.

-Mr. Cooley

Stalinist Russia

Today we will be discussing the totalitarian dictatorship of Joseph Stalin and looking at the terror he brought upon his people. No assignment today.

-Mr. Cooley

Test Tomorrow!

Students will have their Chapter 13 test tomorrow. They will have crossword reviews, study guides, and notes to look over.

Have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley

Assignment for Thursday

Students should finish their World War I newspapers by tomorrow & they need to turn in their Europe 1914 map.

*Test is Tuesday, have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley

World War I Newspapers

Today we are working on an in class assignment. Students are making their own WW I newspapers with 3 articles, 2 propaganda ads, and various other items that they want to add to their collection. So far they look great!

Have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley

Parent Conferences

It is great to see all the parents out at conferences tonight! I really enjoyed talked to you about your son/daughter. If you have any other questions or missed conferences tonight please feel free to email me at jcooley@paplv.esu3.org

Have a great night!

Mr. Cooley

Assignment for Wednesday

p.422 (Read 13.3)

ID's (except for total war)

Questions 2-8

Have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley

Quiz Tomorrow

Just a reminder to the students about our quiz over 13.1 & 13.2 tomorrow in class. You may use the worksheets that we worked on in class.

Have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley

Computer Lab Assignment

Go to the following website: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWtrench.htm

Using the WWI Trench Notes Worksheet, fill out 2-3 interesting facts that you learned while reading the links.

After you have finished, either continue reading the links that you haven't clicked on OR go to the following websites:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/last-doughboy.html

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWweapons.htm

Assignment for Wednesday

Read 13.2 (Trench Warfare)

Do questions 3-8 on p.415

Have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley

Assignment for Wednesday

Read 13.2 (Trench Warfare)

Do questions 3-8 on p.415

Have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley

Assignment for Monday

Read 13.1

p.410 Questions 3-8 and terms

Have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley

Assignment for Monday

Read 13.1

p.410 Questions 3-8 and terms

Have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley

Honors ID's for Test:

Imperialism
Berlin Conference
assimilation
Sepoy Mutiny

All four will be on the test tomorrow.

-Mr. Cooley

Essay Questions for Tomorrow

Evaluate both the positive & negative effects of the Industrial Revolution and the long range impacts of Imperialism.

*Industrial Revolution= Read the last pages of 9.2

*Imperialism= Chapter 11

Study up!

-Mr. Cooley

Chapter 11 Test on Friday!

Both World Civ and Honors World Civ classes will have their chapter 11 test on Friday. Study guides will be given to the students on Thursday.

Have a great evening!

-Mr. Cooley

Quiz Tomorrow

We will have a quiz tomorrow over sections 1 & 2 of Chapter 11. Think about this question:

*What motivated European imperialism, and why were European imperialists so successful in Africa?

Assignment Due Today

11.1-11.3 Worksheet



We will probably test over Chapter 11 at the end of next week



Have a great day!



-Mr. Cooley

Test on Friday!!

On Friday we have a test over Chapter 10. The test will be multiple choice only, 45 questions. We will review today and tomorrow.

Have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley

The Age of Progress

Directions: During this age leading up to the First World War there are many inventions that make life much easier. Using the following list you will take a closer look at where these inventions originate and also examine the impact they had on society.

Pick 15 of the following inventions and answer the 5 questions below for each invention.

1. Name of the inventor?
2. Date of invention?
3. Location of the invention?
4. Find a picture of the invention
5. In 1-2 sentences answer: How did this invention improve life?

*Phonograph *Cash Register
*Kinetoscope *Breakfast Cereal
*Light Blub *Dishwasher
*Steam Engine *Dynamite
*Radio *Internal Combustion Engine
*Assembly Line *Jeans
*Model T *Locomotive
*Airplane *Machine Gun
*Telephone *Outboard Motor
*Battery *Oil Well
*Bicycle *Steel Plow
*Camera *Revolver

Today:

Today in class we looked at a couple of current events, students took a quiz, and then worked in groups on a guided reading worksheet of chapter 10.3

On Monday we will talk about sections 3 & 4 of chapter 10

-Have a great weekend!

Mr. Cooley

Assignment due today:

p.321
*ID's
*Questions 3-7

-Today in class we are talking about the Age of Progressivism and its impact on society in both Europe and America

-Have a great day!

Also, there will be a quiz tomorrow over 10.1/10.2

-Mr. Cooley

Today's Assignment

Read 10.1 & finish 10.1 guided reading worksheet

Have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a great holiday break! We have a long semester ahead of us so it is important for students to be motivated to do well. Today we are looking back at the year that was 2008 with lots of current events, pictures, videos, etc. from a number of news websites.

We will be getting into Chapter 10 starting tomorrow.

Have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley