Wednesday, April 08, 2026

World Geography Topic 11 Lesson 2 Origins and Beliefs of Hinduism

Essential Question:  What Should Governments do? 

Engage:

  • Video: 

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Evaluate:

  • Journal Practice Vocabulary page 291
  • Lesson Check page 562
  • Lesson Quiz 

Extend:

  • Buddha and Ashoka: Crash Course World History #6

Tuesday, April 07, 2026

American History Topic 8 Lesson 4 The Course of War

Essential Question:  When is war justified?

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  • Video: 

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  • Journal Practice Vocabulary page 202
  • Lesson Check page 519
  • Lesson Quiz 

Extend:

  •  Ken Burns Civil War

Monday, April 06, 2026

World Geography Topic 11 Lesson 3 Origins and Beliefs of Buddhism

Essential Question:  What Should Governments do? 

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  • Video: 

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  • Journal Practice Vocabulary page 293
  • Lesson Check page 567
  • Lesson Quiz 

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Wednesday, April 01, 2026

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World Geography Topic 11 Lesson 1 Early Civilizations of South America

 Essential Question:  What Should Governments do?

Engage:

  • Video: Geography Now Afghanistan

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  • Journal Practice Vocabulary page 289
  • Lesson Check page 556
  • Lesson Quiz 


Ken Burns The Civil War

 EQ: How did sectionalism help lead to civil war?

 Engage:

  •  Vocabulary
  1. Harriet Beecher Stowe
  2. Uncle Tom's Cabin
  3. Bleeding Kansas
  4. Dred Scott

Explore:

  •  Ken Burns: The Civil War (Prime Video) 

Explain:

  1. During the mid-19th century, southerners and northerners both had fears around slavery. What did many southerners fear? What did many northerners fear?
  2. What threatened to upset the “delicate equilibrium of power”?
  3. In the course of three months how many men died in Bleeding Kansas? How long did the events around Bleeding Kansas continue?
  4. In 1857 the Supreme Court refused to free an enslaved person. What was his name? What was the reasoning?
  5. At the end of the video, President Abraham Lincoln called the nation “A House Divided.” What did he mean by this?

Evaluate:

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Thursday, March 26, 2026

American History Topic 8 Lesson 3 Division and the Outbreak of War

  Essential Question:  When is war justified?

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  • Video: 

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  • Journal Practice Vocabulary page 200
  • Lesson Check page 511
  • Lesson Quiz 

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World Geography Topic 10 Review

  Page 538 Review and Assessment

Page 539

  • Vocabulary and Key Ideas 1-7
  • Critical Thinking 8-12
  • Analyze Primary Sources 14
  • Analyze Maps 15-17

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

American History Chapter 8 Lesson 2 Growing Tensions

 Essential Question:  When is war justified? 

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  • Video: 

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  • Journal Practice Vocabulary page 197
  • Lesson Check page 489
  • Lesson Quiz 

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World Geography Topic 10 Lesson 4 Conflicts in Southwest Asia

Essential Question: How should we handle conflict?

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  • Video: 

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  • Journal Practice Vocabulary page 274
  • Lesson Check page 537
  • Lesson Quiz 

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Monday, March 23, 2026

American History Topic 8 Lesson 1 Conflicts and Compromises

 Essential Question:  When is war justified? 

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  • Video: 

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  • Journal Practice Vocabulary page 195
  • Lesson Check page 487
  • Lesson Quiz 

 

World Geography Topic 10 Lesson 3 Governments in Southwest Asia

Essential Question: How should we handle conflict?

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  • Video: 

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  • Journal Practice Vocabulary page 272
  • Lesson Check page 530
  • Lesson Quiz 

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Thursday, March 12, 2026

American History Topic 7 Review

 Page 472 Review and Assessment

Page 473

  • Vocabulary and Key Ideas 1-7
  • Critical Thinking 8-12
  • Analyze Primary Sources 14
  • Analyze Maps 15-16

Wednesday, March 11, 2026

World Geography Topic 10 Lesson 2 Where People Live and Work in Southwest Asia

Essential Question: How should we handle conflict?

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  • Video: 

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  • Journal Practice Vocabulary page 269
  • Lesson Check page 522
  • Lesson Quiz 

Extend:

  • Rick Steves  Iran Yesterday and Today (55:44) 

Tuesday, March 10, 2026

American History Topic 7 Lesson 6 Arts and Literature

 Essential Question:  Why is culture important?

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  • Video: 

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  • Journal Practice Vocabulary page 181
  • Lesson Check page 471
  • Lesson Quiz 

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Monday, March 09, 2026

World Geography Topic 10 Lesson 1 Cultural Diversity in Southwest Asia

Essential Question: How should we handle conflict?

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  • Video: 

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  • Journal Practice Vocabulary page 267
  • Lesson Check page 513
  • Lesson Quiz 

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American History Topic 7 Lesson 5 Reform and Women's Rights

 Essential Question:  Why is culture important?

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  • Video: 

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  • Journal Practice Vocabulary page 177
  • Lesson Check page 463
  • Lesson Quiz 

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Wednesday, March 04, 2026

American History Topic 7 Lesson 4 Abolitionism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_for_Effecting_the_Abolition_of_the_Slave_Trade

Essential Question:  Why is culture important?

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  • Video: 

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  • Journal Practice Vocabulary page 175
  • Lesson Check page 449
  • Lesson Quiz 

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Tuesday, March 03, 2026

World Geography Topic 8 Review

 Page 436 Review and Assessment

Page 437

  • Vocabulary and Key Ideas 1-7
  • Critical Thinking 8-12
  • Analyze Primary Sources 14
  • Analyze Maps 15-18

Monday, March 02, 2026

American History Topic 7 Lesson 3 King Cotton and Life in the South

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Turner

Essential Question:  Why is culture important?

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  • Video: 

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Evaluate:

  • Journal Practice Vocabulary page 173
  • Lesson Check page 442
  • Lesson Quiz