These are the candidates running for McDonald County School Board. The election will take place next Tuesday, April 6. We will watch these videos and on Tuesday we will have a mock election where you will vote for two candidates. Tuesday night we will find out if your candidates are successful.
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Westward Expansion
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:
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
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
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:
Thursday, March 10, 2022
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
Wednesday, March 09, 2022
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:
Tuesday, March 08, 2022
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?
- Vocabulary: Use this link to go to Discovery Education for the words.
- taxes
- debt
- federation
- feudalism
- imperialism
- supply and demand
- command economy
- parliament
- constitutional monarchy
- free trade
- commerce
- division of labor
Evaluate:
- Vocabulary
- EU Timeline
Thursday, March 03, 2022
Rick Steves Eastern Europe
EQ: What are some of the countries in Eastern Europe?
Explore:
- Rick Steves Poland, Romania, Croatia and Bulgaria
Explain:
- What are some of the cities RS visits in Eastern Europe
- What important sites does RS visit?
Evaluate:
- Rick Steves' Worksheet
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
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