Feudalism the Game

If you happened bring your computer out before class put it away. We'll taking the whole hour playing the feudalism simulation.

Below is you 4th blog entire (and homework for tonight). Reflect on the game we played today. You don't have to answer every question but your post should address the majority of them.
-How did the game work/what was the game (since most of your audience was not in our class today)?
-What must you have in feudalism to survive?
-Who has the most to gain when making an agreement, knights or kings?
-Who has more control, knights or kings? Why?
-What were the keys to success in the game? What strategies worked and what didn’t?
-How does a king gain power? Is it guaranteed to work?
-How were the early rounds different from the later rounds?
-What do you think the end result of the game would be if we kept playing?
-How does this game accurately simulate lord-vassal relationships in feudal times? (See Chapter 9 Section 2)
-How is the game inaccurate? What gets missed in this game? Would you change anything? (See Chapter 9 Section 2)

After the Fall

Drop your Mad Libs assignment from yesterday if you completed the corrections. It needs to be in my dropbox by 9:41 or you will not be able to get full credit. Whether you finished it or not open it up. We are going to correct the assignment as a class to start today.

During class today I'll be lecturing about what happened to Europe after Rome fell and setting up for our a class game tomorrow Feudalism the Game. You'll need a notes document labeled Middle Ages.

Thus unit is Chapters 9 & 10. The unit quiz will be Friday, December 9th (Thursday, December 8th for core 1) but there still will be a short 5 question quiz this Friday, December 2nd (Thursday, December 8th for core 1).

You are responsible for reading both chapters for the quiz and you'll need to turn in your notes.

If you have time post your funniest line from the Mad Libs (as long as it is school appropriate).

Thanksgiving

Welcome back. I hope everyone had a restful and enjoyable Thanksgiving break. Most of the grading is up-to-date with the exception of a couple RAFT assignments (they are marked as just turned in but no grade yet). I could only look at a handful of blogs because almost nobody posted his/her URL last week. I'll be starting to look at them in earnest tonight.

Post a comment on the bottom of the page with two things: your blog's URL (the website) and one thing you are thankful for.

Today we'll be looking at the decline and final collapse of the Roman Empire. Go into my shared folder and download Decline and Fall of Rome MadLibs.

Class of 2014

Turn in your Final RAFT assignment, peer-review draft, and notes with the scored rubric (which is at the very end of the original document. They are due by the end of today (3:30 pm).
WH1.Williams.RAFT Final
WH5.Anderson.RAFT Draft.
WH4.Hannan.RAFT rubric

Today in class Ms. Valek will be explaining some college ideas and how to use our college connection technology Naviance. You won't need the link yet but here it is http://connection.naviance.com/fair.

Lastly, also post a comment with you blog's URL (the website).


Goals for Naviance today. See  the handout to see directions for each goal.

1) Log in
2) Update about me
3) Update careers

Gone & not...

This post is actually from Friday because the other class was a day ahead of Core 1. Still follow the instructions but I'll be here to help.

Today's work, even though it's textbook notes, will be graded because we are taking class time to complete it. Read Chapter 5.4 on the development of Christianity and use the graphically organized template to take notes. I'd suggest you mirror the image above as how you should structure your notes (6 sections with one note per paragraph). You can work with a partner but each student must complete his/her own notes. Drop your notes by the end of the day core#.lastname. notes 5-4 . If you feel like trying a different way to take notes you can try bubbl.us but since I am not there to help today just be aware you won't get any technical support. Export as a jpg & save the same way as the rest of the class.


Be great for the sub.

Quiz on the Rise of Islamic Empires

Before you read anything else on this page post a comment on the bottom of the page with one thing you are looking forward to this weekend. The time of your post is important. I want to see how long it takes each of you to get into class & check out the blog (you won't see your comment until I review and ok the post). 


Your first quiz of the quarter is today. Core 5 will take the quiz at 10:45, Core 1 will take the quiz at 11:45. With the eight or so minutes before the quiz make sure to drop your notes for each of the four sections of chapter 6 (6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4) & . Remember these notes as pure homework don't count for points but do help you do better on the quiz. Also you must have all the notes turned in before you can retake any quizzes.

After you finish work quietly on finishing your first three blog posts and putting the finishing touches on your RAFT assignment. I am going to be grading both over Thanksgiving break. Based on what I've see of the first people first blog posts many of you could benefit from a google search of "first blog post tips".

Looking at Islamic Art while collaborating with google docs

Log in to google docs with your .wmep.k12.mn.us accout (see directions below). You'll be using it with the class today. If you get to class early work on your first three blog posts until class starts.

The Rise of Islamic Empires

Yeni Cami in Istanbul
If you didn't turn in the textbook notes 6.1 & 6.4 yet drop them in my dropbox now (I'll be looking at them during lunch today).

Open a new pages document using the cornell notes template. Title the document Rise of the Islamic Empires and save it as WH(yourcore#).(yourlastname).rise of islam notes [core#.lastname.assignmentname].

If you don't know when the RAFT is due, what to read for the quiz Thursday, or what are your first three post in blogger (you'll get more time for that after the quiz) go back to older posts and find out.

Blogger!

Setup your blogger.


General set-up:
Login:      Firstname_Lastname@wmep.k12.mn.us
Password:     first initial last initial ID

Posts:
1) Welcome post- introduce yourself to your audience
2) Q2 Reflection- looking back at Q1 to set goals for Q2
3) Animoto- Embed you pillars of Islam video and write a review of the program/website.

Reminders/Announcements:
-Turn in your 6.1 & 6.4 notes to my dropbox. 
-This week read 6.2 & 6.3, the notes are due right before our weekly quiz the last day of the week. 
-The RAFT assignment is next Monday (November 21).

In progress...

Blogger should be good to go by the time class starts today. Load up your animoto to start until Mr. Hannan explains today's plan.

Pillars of Islam

Today we'll be learning about how Islam got it's start. After hearing about its creation you create an animoto about the major components of Islam (the 5 Pillars of Islam).

Here are a couple reminders.
*Reading schedule: 6.1 tonight & 6.4 this weekend (turn in notes first thing next week).
*No quiz this week.
*RAFT finals are due Monday, November 21. You won't get any more class time to complete them so I'd suggest you finish them this week since there is no quiz to study for. (I'll be grading them over Thanksgiving.)

The code for creating an educational animoto is a4ehann4565f7 .

Welcome to Quarter 2!

"Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so."
--Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (said by Ford Prefect)

It's amazing how time flies. We've had 42 days of school (which means about 34 meetings as a world history class). We've covered almost 250,000 years of world history (from from prehistory until about 200 CE). With a variety of topics such as: prehistory, human migration, agricultural revolution, the birth of civilizations, geography's effect on civilizations, philosophies of Asia, ancient China/Greece/Rome. Wow!

Quarter two will see us moving in "the Middle Ages" of the world history. Here are a few of the topics you have to look forward to: rise of Christianly & Islam, five more Chinese dynasties, the Dark Ages, emergences of Latin American, & the rebirth of Rome (Renaissance).

This quarter will also see every student creating a world history blog with blogger.

Today in class we are going to spend the first half of class understand our grades and how to move them to where you want for the final semester grade. For the second half of class look at what we can learn about Arab history from Disney movies (well a Disney movie).

Quizzes in 2nd Quarter
*Less review, and sometimes, no review before quizzes.
*All quizzes must be made up within 2 weeks of the original test date with no exception (no quiz retake on Fridays after-school).
*All reading notes must be completed and turned in before retakes.

Peer Review

Context

If you have headphones with you (which you should) watch this music video, on gladiators, for fun to start class. You have the entire class period to work. Get started right away.

By the end of today at minimum I need you to turn in all your notes. WH1.name.RAFT part 2 


You rough drafts are due tomorrow. You be graded both on the draft and on your engagement with the peer-review process.

Shortcut!

Go into my shared folder  and make sure you have the shortcut to my shared folder (so you won't have to rely on the FAIR_Downtown_Staff command k to connect). I'm be going over the one-to-one expectation but you will have the rest of the hour to create your first draft of you RAFT. Today is critical to your success on this project so stay on task and talk at a whisper. By the end of day you must drop a document with at least what each part of your RAFT [Role, Audience, Form, & Topic(s)] and what you have for notes.


WH1.name.RAFT part 1


Tomorrow- 1/2 a day to work on draft
Last day of the week- peer review in class (points for having a complete draft & meaningfully engaging in the peer review)