Mr. C's Class Blog
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