The Official Blog of Mr. C's Class at Noel Elementary School! Modeling the use of technology to teachers and students.
Thursday, May 16, 2024
Student MSIP Survey
This is a survey created by the state of Missouri for our 6-8 grade students. You are encouraged to answer the questions as truthfully as possible.
Monday, May 06, 2024
The Civil War
EQ: How did sectionalism help lead to civil war?
Engage:
- Vocabulary
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Bleeding Kansas
- Dred Scott
Explore:
- Ken Burns: The Civil War (Prime Video)
Explain:
- During the mid-19th century, southerners and northerners both had fears around slavery. What did many southerners fear? What did many northerners fear?
- What threatened to upset the “delicate equilibrium of power”?
- In the course of three months how many men died in Bleeding Kansas? How long did the events around Bleeding Kansas continue?
- In 1857 the Supreme Court refused to free an enslaved person. What was his name? What was the reasoning?
- At the end of the video, President Abraham Lincoln called the nation “A House Divided.” What did he mean by this?
Evaluate:
Extend:
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Sub Saharan Africa Map
EQ: What countries inhabit the continent of Africa?
Engage:
- Africa Destination World (2:50) Nat Geo Kids
Explore:
Explain:
- What countries are in Africa?
- What capital cities are in the nations of Africa?
- What oceans surround Africa?
Evaluate:
- Draw and Label the continent of Africa
- Label all the nations in Africa
- Label all the capitals in the nations in Africa
- Label the Oceans around Africa
- Color the map
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
People and Culture of North Africa and Southwest Asia: Turkey
EQ: How have religious and ethnic differences influenced life in Southwest Asia and North Africa?
Engage:
- Central Turkey Rick Steves (25:03)
- Expedition Unknown
Explore:
Explain:
- What are the cultural elements that unite North Africa and Southwest Asia?
- How do ethnicities and languages unite and divide the region?
Evaluate:
- Vocabulary
- Mesopotamia
- Sinai Peninsula
- Silk Road
- Mansa Musa
- Nubia
- Babylon
Extend:
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Life in the West
EQ: What was life really like in the west?
Engage: Vocabulary
- forty-niners
- vaquero
- missionary
- reservation
- Mormons
- Oregon Trail
- Santa Fe Trail
Explore:
- Lure of the West
- Endless Labor on the Farm
- Traders and Fortune Seekers
- Rushing Toward Riches
- Claiming Native Tribal Lands
- A New Wave of Immigrants
- The Mormon Trail to Salt Lake City
- Expanding Into the Southwest
- The Struggle for Freedom in the West
- Opportunities, Gender, and Challenges in the West
Explain:
- What was life like for farmers?
- What events attracted settlers to New Mexico and California
- What was life like for a miner?
- Why were Native Americans forced onto reservations?
- Why did Asians immigrate to California?
- Why did Mormons relocate?
- Who were America's first cowboys?
Evaluate:
People and Culture of North Africa and Southwest Asia: Palestine
EQ: How have religious and ethnic differences influenced life in Southwest Asia and North Africa?
Engage:
- Palestine Rick Steves
Explore:
Explain:
- How did Christianity become the world's largest religion?
- How did Islam become the dominant religion in the region?
Evaluate:
- Vocabulary
- Sahara
- Giza
- Black Sea
- Fertile Crescent
- Sumer
Westward Expansion Day 5
EQ: How did the California Gold Rush impact the United States?
Explore:
- Ken Burns The West Episode 3 on iTunes
- Gold Rush Game
Explain:
- What impact did the Gold Rush have on westward movement?
- Why is Kit Carson famous?
- How did California secede from Mexico?
Evaluate:
Monday, April 15, 2024
Westward Expansion Day 4
EQ: What impact did Manifest Destiny have on the growth and development of the Us?
Game Day:
People and Culture of North Africa and Southwest Asia: Israel
EQ: How have religious and ethnic differences influenced life in Southwest Asia and North Africa?
Engage:
- The Best of Israel Rick Steves
Explore:
Explain:
- What made Southwest Asia and North Africa and important area for trade?
- How did Judaism begin?
Evaluate:
- Vocabulary
- fertile
- Gaza Strip
- Nile River
- Dead Sea
- Golan Heights
Thursday, April 11, 2024
People and Culture of North Africa and Southwest Asia: Iran
EQ: How have religious and ethnic differences influenced life in Southwest Asia and North Africa?
Engage:
- Iran: Yesterday and Today Rick Steves
- Vocabulary
- Arabic
- Aramaic
- Hebrew
- Kurds
- Berbers
- Persians
Explore:
Explain:
- How do ethnicities and languages unite and divide the region?
- How have ethnic differences led to conflict in the Kurdish regions of Southwest Asia?
Evaluate:
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Presidents 1824-1849
Engage:
- None
Explore:
- The Ultimate Guide to the Presidents: A Rocky Transition as America Grows (1824-1849) Apple TV
- Trail of Tears National Historic Trail National Park Service
Explain:
- Andrew Jackson easily won the popular vote. Why did he fail to win the presidency?
- What was Jackson’s approach toward the Native population?
Evaluate:
Thursday, April 04, 2024
People and Culture of Southwest Asia: Egypt
Can you decode this hieroglyph?
EQ: How have religious and ethnic differences influenced life in Southwest Asia and North Africa?
Engage:
- Decode the Hieroglyphs
- Write Your Name in Hieroglyphs
- Hieroglyphic Typewriter
Explore:
- Egypt: Yesterday and Today Rick Steves (55:02)
- Geography Now Egypt
- Geography Now Difference Between Arab Countries
Explain:
- How has Egypt changed since World War II?
- How does Egypt's past influence their present?
Evaluate:
- Rick Steves Worksheet
- Ancient Egypt Jeopardy Game
Monday, April 01, 2024
People and Culture of Central Asia Day 2
EQ: How have political and religious changes influenced the cultures of Russia and Central Asia?
Engage:
Explore:
Explain:
- What religious beliefs do the people of Russia and Central Asia have?
- How has religious practices changed since the fall of the Soviet Union?
- What food and arts are common in Russia and Central Asia?
Vocabulary:
- gulags
- Cold War
- atheism
- Warsaw Pact
- minority
- diversity
- pogroms
- Silk Road
- cultural diffusion
- persecution
Evaluate:
Westward Expansion Days 1-3
EQ: What impact did Manifest Destiny have on the growth and development of the Us?
Engage:
- Oregon Trail Game
- Vocabulary
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- Manifest Destiny
- forty-niners
- prospect
- empresario
- merchant,
- Gadsden Purchase
- abolition
- subsistence farming
- Santa Fe Trail
- California Gold Rush
- Oregon Territory
- Mormons
- Oregon Trail
- Donner Party
Explore:
- Manifest Destiny
- The Oregon Country
- The Republic of Texas
- The Mexican American War
- The Southwest
- Trailblazers
Explain:
- What was Manifest Destiny?
- How did the US acquire the Oregon Territory?
- How did the US acquire Texas?
- What were the causes of the Mexican-American War?
- How did the US gain control of the Southwest?
- Who were some of the famous explorers of the western US?
Evaluate:
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
People and Culture of Central Asia Day 1
EQ: How have political and religious changes influenced the cultures of Russia and Central Asia?
Engage:
- Geography Now: Russian Republics (15:48)
Explore:
Explain:
- How did Russia's diverse population develop?
- How did the Soviet Union impact life in Russia?
- What influences shape modern Asia?
Evaluate:
Vocabulary:
- architecture
- Tatars
- Slavic peoples
- mosque
- colonization
- Rus
- Mongols
- Arab Empire
- caravan
- steppe
- glasnost
- capitalism
- assembly
- autocracy
- authoritarian
Sunday, March 17, 2024
Russian Empire
EQ: Why did the Russian Empire Fail?
Engage:
- Review last lesson
Explore:
- Engineering an Empire: The Rise and Fall of the Russian Empire (44:52) HistoryVault
Explain:
- What was the nickname of Ivan III?
- When was Moscow founded?
- What empire did Russia borrow religion and architecture from?
- Who ruled over the Russians for three centuries until they were defeated by Ivan III?
Evaluate:
Challenges of Expansion
EQ: Did the benefits of expansion outweigh the costs?
Engage:
- Following the Frontier Line Interactive Map
- Westward Expansion and the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 (2:39)
Explore:
- Settling the Northwest
- The Union Grows
- New States in the Southeast
- Native American Resistance
- A System to Unify America
- A National Transportation System
- The American System
Explain:
- How did the Northwest Ordinance aid the expansion of the United States?
- Which Northern states were added to the Union in the beginning of the 1800's?
- Which Southern states were added to the Union in the beginning of the 1800's?
- How did Native Americans react to the early expansion?
- What was the American System?
- How did transportation improve?
- What economic measures supported the American System?
Evaluate:
- Worksheet
- Vocabulary
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Geography of Russia
EQ:
- How does geography effect life in Russia and Central Asia?
Engage:
- Geography Now Russia (32:54)
Explore:
Explain:
- What are the major physical features of Russia and Central Asia?
- What countries make up Russia and Central Asia?
- What is the climate like in Russia and Central Asia?
- What is the natural vegetation like in Russia and Central Asia?
Evaluate:
Monday, March 11, 2024
War of 1812
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812#/media/File:War_of_1812_Montage.jpg |
EQ:
- What was the impact of the War of 1812 on early history of the United States?
- 'The Impressment' picture. What is going on in this picture? What clues do you find?
- Great Britain Angers the US
- Tecumseh and His Confederacy
- A Second War for Independence Begins
- War on Land and Sea
- An Era of Pride and Good Feelings
- The War of 1812 PBS (1:53:00)
- What caused tensions between the US and Great Britain?
- What caused tensions between the US and Native Americans?
- What finally started the War of 1812?
- What were the major battles of the War of 1812?
- What were the results of the War of 1812?
- Assessment in Lesson Book
- War of 1812 Scavenger Hunt
- Answer Key
- Map
- Vocabulary:
- "The Star-Spangled Banner"
- Battle of New Orleans
- Confederacy / Confederate States
- Battle of Tippecanoe
- Embargo Act
- Dolley Madison
- Northwest Ordinance of 1787
- embargo
- Winfield Scott
- Fort McHenry
- James Madison
- impressment
- Andrew Jackson
- Oliver Hazard Perry
- Non-Intercourse Act
- War of 1812
- Tenskwatawa
- Francis Scott Key
- Treaty of Ghent
- Tecumseh
- war hawk
- William Henry Harrison
European Union
EQ:
- What is the European Union?
Engage:
- The United Kingdom is Leaving the European Union (2:07)
- Post-Brexit (2:58) March 2021
Explore:
- Europe: From World War 2 to the European Union (23:57) 2014
- European Union Map
- Joining the EU
- Making Decisions for Many Countries
Explain
- What is the EU?
- What countries belong to the EU?
- How has the EU addressed political and economic challenges?
Evaluate:
- EU Timeline
Wednesday, March 06, 2024
The Age of Jefferson Day 6
EQ: How did the United States deal with the Barbary Pirates during Jefferson's Presidency?
Explore:
- Pirates: Terror in the Mediterranean Digging for the Truth History Vault
Explain:
- Who are the Barbary Pirates
- What problems did they cause to the US?
- How did Jefferson deal with them?
Evaluate:
- Class Discussion
Monday, March 04, 2024
Thursday, February 29, 2024
The Age of Jefferson Day 4-5
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Murray,_4th_Earl_of_Dunmore |
By His Excellency the Right Honorable JOHN Earl of DUNMORE, His Majesty's Lieutenant and Governor General of the Colony and Dominion of VIRGINIA, and Vice Admiral of the same.
A PROCLAMATION
As I have ever entertained Hopes, that an Accommodation might have taken Place between GREAT-BRITAIN and this Colony, without being compelled by my Duty to this most disagreeable but now absolutely necessary Step, rendered so by a Body of armed Men unlawfully assembled, firing on His MAJESTY'S Tenders, and the formation of an Army, and that Army now on their March to attack his MAJESTY'S Troops and destroy the well disposed subjects of the Colony. To defeat such treasonable Purposes, and that all such Traitors, and their Abettors, may be brought to Justice, and that the Peace, and good Order of this Colony may be again restored, which the ordinary Course of the Civil Law is unable to effect; I have thought fit to issue this my Proclamation, hereby declaring, that until the aforesaid good Purpose can be obtained, I do in Virtue of the Power and Authority to ME given, by His MAJESTY, determine to execute Martial Law, and cause the same to be executed throughout this Colony: and to ****** the Peace and good Order may the sooner be restored, I do require every Person capable of bearing Arms, to resort to His MAJESTY'S STANDARD, or be looked upon as Traitors to His MAJESTY'S Crown and Government, and thereby become liable to the Penalty the Law inflicts upon such Offenses; such as forfeiture of Life, confiscation of Lands, &. &. And I do hereby further declare all indented Servants, Negroes, or others, (appertaining to Rebels,) free that are able and willing to bear Arms, they joining His MAJESTY'S Troops as soon as may be, foe the more speedily reducing this Colony to a proper Sense of their Duty, to His MAJESTY'S Crown and Dignity. I do further order, and require, all His MAJESTY'S Liege Subjects, to retain their Quitrents, or any other Taxes due or that may become due, in their own Custody, till such a Time as Peace may be again restored to this at present most unhappy Country, or demanded of them for their former salutary Purposes, by Officers properly ***** to receive the same.
GIVEN under my Hand on board the Ship WILLIAM by Norfolk, the 7th Day of November in the SIXTEENTH Year of His MAJESTY'S Reign.
DUNMORE
(GOD save the KING.)
During the siege, we saw in the woods herds of Negroes which lord Cornwallis, (after he had inveigled them from their proprietors,) in love and pity to them, had turned adrift, with no other recompense for their confidence in his humanity, than the small pox for their bounty and starvation and death for their wages. They might be seen scattered about in every direction, dead and dying, with pieces of ears of burnt Indian corn in the hands and mouths, even of those that were dead. After the siege was ended many of the owners of these deluded creatures, came to our camp and engaged some of our men to take them up, generally offering a guinea a head for them.
EQ:
- To what extent did Jefferson's actions as President reflect his principles?
- Slave Catchers, Slave Resisters (1:31:25)
- Foreign Affairs
- Lord Dunmore's Proclamation
- The Adventures of a Revolutionary Soldier by Joseph Plum Martin
- What ideals did Jefferson bring to the Presidency?
- How did American daily life change in the early 1800's?
- How did Jefferson deal with foreign affairs?
- What did Lord Dunmore's Proclamation do?
- Why were there runaway slaves around Yorktown during the battle?
- Class Discussion Questions - We will choose questions to answer as a class before we start the video.
- Vocabulary:
- abolitionist
- bonds
- chattel
- conductor
- Emancipation
- flogging
- fugitive
- inhumane
- manumission
- maroon
- revolt
- station master
- slave
- slave patrol
- station
- Underground Railroad
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Government and Geography of Europe
EQ: What role do government and economic systems play in the lives of Europeans?
Engage:
Explore:
- Rick Steves' Berlin (25:04)
- Postwar Europe
- Free Market VS Command Economy (2:33)
- The Beginning of the Cold War (11:05)
- The Marshall Plan (2:35)
- The Fall of USSR
- The Break up of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia
- Ethnic Cleansing in Bosnia and Serbia (4:00)
Explain:
- How did Europe change after the end of World War 2?
- What brought about the fall of the Soviet Union?
- How did ethnic tensions contribute to political change in Eastern Europe?
Evaluate:
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Rick Steves Day 2
EQ
- What can we learn about Amsterdam?
- What can we learn about the Cotswalds of England?
Explore
Explain:
- Why is Amsterdam an important European City?
- Do the Cotswalds remind you of any place in the United States?
Evaluate:
- Worksheet
Monday, February 26, 2024
The Age of Jefferson Day 3
EQ:
- To what extent did Jefferson's actions as President reflect his principles?
- Accomplished Explorers
- Changing Direction of the Country
- Life in the Early Republic
- Massachusetts Mill Workers, Lowell National Historic Park (6:31)
- Mill Times PBS (56:38)
- What ideals did Jefferson bring to the Presidency?
- How did American daily life change in the early 1800's?
- How did Jefferson deal with foreign affairs?
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Vacation Denmark Day 3
Requirements for this assignment:
- Make a Google Presentation on visiting Denmark with 15-20 slides.
- Embed at least one video
- Add pictures to at least 10 slides
- Cite your sources for all pictures, videos and information
- Include information that you think will make your parents want to go!
How to make a Google Presentation Playlist
EQ:
- What makes Denmark a place worth visiting?
Engage:
- Rick Steves Denmark Beyond Copenhagen (24:00)
Explore:
- Geography Now! Denmark (9:27)
- Rick Steves Denmark Beyond Copenhagen (24:56)
- Visit Denmark: What You Should Know Before Visiting Denmark (9:28)
- Wikitraveler
- Wikipedia
- Denmark.dk
- VisitDenmark.com
- LonelyPlanet
Explain:
- What places would you like to visit in Denmark?
Evaluate:
- Make a Google Presentation on visiting Denmark with 15-20 slides.
- Embed at least one video
- Add pictures to at least 10 slides
- Cite your sources for all pictures, videos and information
Friday, February 16, 2024
Vacation Denmark Day 2
Requirements for this assignment:
- Make a Google Presentation on visiting Denmark with 15-20 slides.
- Embed at least one video
- Add pictures to at least 10 slides
- Cite your sources for all pictures, videos and information
- Include information that you think will make your parents want to go!
How to make a Google Presentation Playlist
EQ:
- What makes Denmark a place worth visiting?
Engage:
- Rick Steves Copenhagen (24:00)
Explore:
- Geography Now! Denmark (9:27)
- Rick Steves Denmark Beyond Copenhagen (24:56)
- Visit Denmark: What You Should Know Before Visiting Denmark (9:28)
- Wikitraveler
- Wikipedia
- Denmark.dk
- VisitDenmark.com
- LonelyPlanet
Explain:
- What places would you like to visit in Denmark?
Evaluate:
- Make a Google Presentation on visiting Denmark with 15-20 slides.
- Embed at least one video
- Add pictures to at least 10 slides
- Cite your sources for all pictures, videos and information
The Age of Jefferson Day 2
EQ:
- To what extent did Jefferson's actions as President reflect his principles?
Explain:
- How did Americans learn about the Louisiana Territory?
- What did the Corps of Discovery accomplish?
- Worksheet
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Vacation Denmark Day 1
You say you are obsessed with Denmark? Well, why don't you vacation there? You say you are worried your parents will say no? I say, make them say yes!
Requirements for this assignment:
- Make a Google Presentation on visiting Denmark with 15-20 slides.
- Embed at least one video
- Add pictures to at least 10 slides
- Cite your sources for all pictures, videos and information
- Include information that you think will make your parents want to go!
How to make a Google Presentation Playlist
EQ:
- What makes Denmark a place worth visiting?
Engage:
- Disney's Wild Nordic
- Rick Steves European Travel Skills I (24:00)
Explore:
- Geography Now! Denmark (9:27)
- Rick Steves Denmark Beyond Copenhagen (24:56)
- Visit Denmark: What You Should Know Before Visiting Denmark (9:28)
- Wikitraveler
- Wikipedia
- Denmark.dk
- VisitDenmark.com
- LonelyPlanet
Explain:
- What places would you like to visit in Denmark?
Evaluate:
- Make a Google Presentation on visiting Denmark with 15-20 slides.
- Embed at least one video
- Add pictures to at least 10 slides
- Cite your sources for all pictures, videos and information
The Age of Jefferson Day 1
EQ:
- To what extent did Jefferson's actions as President reflect his principles?
Engage:
- Elbow Room (4:09)
Explore:
- Vocabulary: unconstitutional, judicial review, agrarian, Louisiana Purchase, Corps of Discovery
- Marbury vs Madison and Judicial Review
- Crash Course History Judicial Review (8:01)
- Eyes on the West
- Thomas Jefferson: The Louisiana Purchase and the Constitution Hip Hughes (4:39)
- Closing the Deal
- The Roots of Exploration
- The Journey West
Explain:
- What led to Marbury vs Madison and why was it important?
- How did trouble with Napoleon lead to a land deal?
- How did the Louisiana purchase become official?
- How did the Louis and Clarke expedition begin?
Evaluate:
- Answer Explain questions
Wednesday, February 07, 2024
Europe's Industrial Age
- Horrible Histories Season 3 Episode 4 Work, Terrible Work song (start at 14:30) Prime Video
- Where do most people in Europe live?
- How did the Industrial Revolution change the living patterns in Europe?
- Class Discussion