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World Geography - 2 Activities per week
Create a journal for you to record your daily activities, thoughts, and experiences during this historical period. Include illustrations, share your feelings about what is happening, and create your own primary source document that you can refer to in the future. You should write in your journal 5-15 minutes per day. Be sure to include how the COVID-19 pandemic affects you and your family.
On page 172 of your interactive notebook, create a new Unit Title Page. This should be on the right side of the page. The title is East and Southeast Asia. The unit question is: How has the ancient history of East Asian affected their interaction with the Western world? Be sure to include the title, the unit question, and 3-4 pictures that represent the unit (What do you know or think you know about China, Japan, and the Koreas?). Color is optional
On page 174 on your spiral, create a sketch map for China and Southeast Asia. Be sure to include the following physical features: Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, South China Sea, East China Sea, Philippine Sea, Yellow Sea, Yangtze River, Yellow River, Mekong River, Irrawaddy River, Bo Hai Bay, Gulf of Thailand, Gulf f Tonkin, Malay Peninsula, Plateau of Tibet, Tarim Basin, Altai Mountains, and the Kunlun Mountains. You should also label the following nations: China, Mongolia, Taiwan, North Korea, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia and its islands,, Brunei, Thailand,Malasia. Mark each nation's capitals and largest cities.
Create Frayer cards on the following terms: politial features, physical features, economic activities, natural resources, land use, vegetaion, climate, monsoon. An example of a Frayer card is below:
Draw a map of the world with the seven continents, China, and the US labeled. Watch the news and track the spread of COVID-19 as it traveled from China to the US. Label other nations or areas affected by the disease. Be sure to include the number of those infected and deaths. Create a legend that explains your numbers.
To review and show you understand that cultural patterns and the landscape of Southwest Asia (the Middle East) reflets the historic development montheistic religions in the region. Create a three-part Venn diagram comparing those religions.
Create a mural depicting China and Southeast Asia including the political systems, the economic systems, the religions, aspects of the different societies there, educational systems, and artistic expressions. Use photos, pictures, your own drawings, and word art to complete the mural.
Create a foldable or booklet that takes one across the world. A title page must be included. Each page should represent one continent we've studied, the major nations of that continent, the major economical features of the nation (its products, exports, etc.), its population, culture, languages, religions, etc. You may use more than one page for each continent if needed. Include art, word art, summaries - anything to enhance the journey.
Create a flow chart or other illustrated graphic organizer that shows the movement of people and how goods are marketed and traded across the world.
Plan an imaginary vacation for your family. Travel to at least five nations on three different continents. Create an itinery for where you will go, when, and what you will do at each place. Then create a scrapbook that contains pictures, drawings, word art, facsimiles of artifacts, stickers, emojis of your imagined trip.
World History - 2 activities per week
Create a journal for you to record your daily activities, thoughts, and experiences during this historical period. Include illustrations, share your feelings about what is happening, and create your own primary source document that you can refer to in the future. You should write in your journal 5-15 minutes per day. Be sure to include how the COVID-19 pandemic affects you and your family.
Create a visual representation of how the scientific method changed the world. Be sure to include the important new discoveries then and over the years that were made using the scientific method. On one corner of the visual representation, write a paragraph predicting how scientific discovery will help the world combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Create an annotated and illustrated Venn diagram that compares and contrasts the American and French Revolutions. Include a total of 25 events, issues, primary documents, and/or people. You should also have a title, at least five illustrations and at least 10 annotations.
Create an annotated and illustrated Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the Armenian Massacre and the Russian Revolution. Be sure to have a title, at least 25 events, dates, issues, people, and/or primary source documents. Five things must be illustrated and ten annotated.
Create a flow chart containing five boxes that starts with World War I and ends with the start of World War II. a flow chart is boxes with arrows in between each signifying that the first thing helped develop the next and so on.
Write an essay on the rise of Nazism and the Third Reich in Germany. What were its causes, its effects, and how did it gain power in Germany and the world?
Create an illustrated and annotated timeline of the main events, issues, and treaties of World War II. Be sure to include at least 15 entries with five illustrations and five annotations.
Choose your favorite time in World history that you learned about this year. Design a historical monument to help others remember what you love about that time period. Decide where in the world to build it. Next to the monument, create a plaque that explains why you built the monument, why that time period is important, and what you hope the public will gain from visiting the site. Be sure to state where it is located as well.
Explain the European Union. Be sure to include positive aspects of a nation being a part of the European Union as well as recent movements such as the one in Great Britain to leave the Union. Write a one page position paper stating your support or disapproval of the European Union.
Choose the ten people you believe to have had the greatest impact in world history. Create a spectrum ranking their importance on a scale of 1 to 10. Then, in complete sentences, explain their position on your spectrum.
Watch the movie "1917" and create an annotated timelines of this part of World War I.
Watch the movie "1917" (if your parents approve) and create an annotated timelines of this part of World War I.
Think about what you learned about the bubonic plague. Create an annotated and illustrate Venn diagram that compares the outbreak of the Plague to that of COVID-19.
US History - 2 Activities per week
Create a journal for you to record your daily activities, thoughts, and experiences during this historical period. Include illustrations, share your feelings about what is happening, and create your own primary source document that you can refer to in the future. You should write in your journal 5-15 minutes per day. Be sure to include how the COVID-19 pandemic affects you and your family.
Continue reading and completing the graphic organizers and questions in the Jarrett Book.
Create Frayer Model cards for the following terms that concern Industrialization: Bessemer Process, corporation, monopoly, Gospel of Wealth, Knights of Labor Interstate Commerce Act, Transcontinental Railroad, laissez faire, union, social Darwinism, Captain of Industry, philanthropy child labor. An example of a Frayer Model card is below:
Create Frayer Model cards to represent the terms learned for the Gilded Age: cattle drive, ghettos, Nativists, frontier, Americanization, Great Plains, assimilation,urbanization, tenement, politiccal machine, political "boss," immigrations, push factors, pull factors. An example of a Frayer model card is below.
Create Frayer Model cards for the Progressive Era vocabulary: populism, free silver, tariff, inflation, third party, referendum, Muckrackers, recall, settlement house, Spoils System, Square Deal, temperance, initiative. An example of a Frayer Model card is below.
Create murals for each of the following time periods being sure to include all relevant events, issues, primary documents, acts of government, people, and movements involved with each: Western Expansion, Industrialization, the Progressive Era, American Imperialism, Spanish American War, World War I, the Roaring Twenties, The Great Depression to New Deal, the New DEal, World War II, the Cold War, the 1950s Conformity and Rebellion, the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, and the 1960s Winds of Social Change.
Create an illustrated and annotated timeline of American history from 1877 through 2020. Be sure to include the following dates:1898, 1914-1918, 1929,1939-1945,1968, 1969, 1991, 2001, and 2008 and the significant event that occurred on that date. Have a total of 15 entries (yes, more than the required dates so you'll have to think of some on your own), five illustrations, and at least five annotations. Title your timeline but NOT with the word "Timeline."
Write a children's book that tells the story of one group's struggle for freedom in the United States. Be sure to include laws passed against that group and laws passed to ensure the rights of the group were protected. Include people from that cultural group and their contribution to the cause of equaity and freedom. Add illustrations to your story. Read to a younger sibling or family member.
Thinking about what you've learned this year in US History as well as your own personal experiences, do you agree or disagree with the premise that: "Worker mobility and competition among employers prevent exploitation of workers." Write a one page opinion paper that explains your position and use supporting evidence from the historical record and/or your personal experiences to justify your opinion.
Think about all the wars you learned about this year that involved the United States. Rank them in the order of their importance. Then, in complete sentences, explain their position on the spectrum you create.
Think about all the wars you learned about this year that involved the United States. Rank them in the order of their importance. Then, in complete sentences, explain their position on the spectrum you create.
Watch the series "Madam CJ Walker" if you have Netflix and your parents approve. Write an entry to a history book that shows her significance to American history.
Watch the movie "1917" (if your parents approve) and create an annotated timeline that explains this portion of World War I.
Government - 2 activities per school
Create a journal for you to record your daily activities, thoughts, and experiences during this historical period. Include illustrations, share your feelings about what is happening, and create your own primary source document that you can refer to in the future. You should write in your journal 5-15 minutes per day. Be sure to include how the COVID-19 affects you and your family.
Design a graphic organizer that explains how the Legislative Branch works including the requirements for service, each house's powers and duties, etc. Use it to explain the function of both the House of Representatives and the Senate and how each and/or both interact with the Executive and the Judiciary branches of government to a family member.
Watch or listen to the news and track both the State of Texas' and the United States governments response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Create a T-chart that lists and explains how each level of government is responding to the crisis. Then underneath the T-chart, write a short paragraph explain what your county is doing as well.
Write an essay explaining the need for the Census. Why was it included in the Constitution: What is its purpose? How does it help the people of the nation? How does it affect government policies?
Create a Venn diagram that compares and contrasts the House of Representatives with the Senate. Be sure to include the frequency of national elections, terms, etc.
Create an illustrated and annotated diagram or graphic organizer that describes the Great Compromise and its purpose.
Write a one page defense or attack on the role of political parties in the Legislative Branch. Be sure to discuss how party leadership and dominance affects the legislative process (committees, nominations, etc.) as well as Congress' relationship with the Executive branch.
Create a flow chart that depicts the legistative process. Be sure to differentiate between the classic process, the modern process, and the role of the filibuster.
Answer the following questions: 1. The framers of the Constitution designed the Senate to filter the output of the sometimes hasty House. Do you think this was a wise idea? Why or why not? 2. Congress has consistently expanded its own power to regulate commerce among and between the states. Should Congress have the power or should the Supreme Court reel that power in? Why? 3. What does the trend toward descriptive representation suggest about what constituents value in their legislature? How might Congress overcome the fact that such representaion does not always best serve constituents' interests? 4. What factors contributed the most to the transformation away from the classic legislative process toward the new style?
As Seniors, many of you voted for the first time this year in the primary election. Thinking about the issues that influenced your vote, what were two of the most important to you? Write a tweet about your experience voting, the two issues that were most important to you, and add at least two emojis. Then add a comment that answers how the actual experience different than what you originally thought. Then add another comment about your thoughts voting in the Fall Presidential election.
Economics - 2 activities per week
Create a journal for you to record your daily activities, thoughts, and experiences during this historical period. Include illustrations, share your feelings about what is happening, and create your own primary source document that you can refer to in the future. You should write in your journal 5-15 minutes per day. Be sure to include how the COVID-19 pandemic affects you and your family.
Watch and/or listen to the news. Think about what's being said about the economic impact of COVID-19 in terms of job losses, Stock Market declines, loss of business due to shelter in place orders, etc. Write a one page opinion piece on how you see the end result of the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of its effects of the US economy. Be sure to include economic terminology and concepts we've studied all semester.
Create a concept map titled "GDP." Be sure to include symbols representing how statisticians measure GDP, what GDP tells us about the economy, and what it doesn't tell us about the economy. Also include the reasons why it doesn't grow at a steady rate but rather speeds up and slows down, and why it might be an imperfect measure of our standard of living..
Create a T-chart comparing and contrasting real income to nominal income. Underneath the T-chart, write a paragraph answering the question: Should people typically pay more attention to their real income or their nominal income? If you choose the latter, why would that make sense in today's world? Would your answer be the same for the 1970s?
Sit down with your parent(s) and ask if you can help create the budget for the family. If not, ask them if they would explain their budget to you. Then write a paragraph that describes what suprised you about the budget, what you expected, and whether or not you feel it's an adequate representation of the income coming in and the expenses going out.
The first Economic Proposition states, "People choose, and individual choices are th source of social outcomes. Scarcity necessitates choices, not all of our desires can be satisfied. People make these choices based on their perceptions of the expected costs and benefits of the alternatives." How does this proposition explain the hoarding of goods like toilet paper we've been hearing about in the news? Write out your answer in the form of a social media post.
Talk to the person in your household who usually does the shopping for the family. Ask them what goods have been hard to find since the Shelter in Place (Social Distancing) order. Create a list of ten of those goods that could include things like disinfectant, toilet paper, anti-bacterial soap, medicines, meat, etc. Then reserach the prices of each of these items at five different area stores. Create a chart that shows the varying prices of the goods. Underneath the chart, create a graph showing the high and low values of each item. Explain your findings to a household member.
Think about the many businesses and people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The government recently passed a bill to help the economy because of the pandemic. In that bill, people who have lost their jobs,and some small and large business owners will receive some help.Some people will receive $1200, others less depending upon what they earn currently. Small businesses may borrow money to help keep them afloat with low interest rates. However, large corporations are also being assisted. For instance, the airline industry will receive more than $60 billion, $29 billion in grants to pay their employees but where the other $31 billion goes is not known.Write a one page opinion paper about whether or not you agree that the government should bail out the large corporations? Be sure to give your reasons for supporting or opposing the measure.
"Trade wars are good and easy to win." President Donald Trump
"Wars make not a person great.: Jedi Master Yoda
Have you ever traded baseball cards or lunch items with a friend? What made you trade? If your friend has done something to irrate you, and you decide to punish him or her by saying, "This is war. I am not trading with you anymore!" Is your friend the only one who will lose? In a war, there are winners, and there are losers. We refer to that as a ZERO SUM GAME. However when two individuals voluntarily trade, then both individuals are winning, or the trade would not have taken place. We refer to that as a POSITIVE SUM GAME. So if trade is a positive sum game, and war is a zero sum game, what is a trade war? Answer the question in a complete paragraph. Give some real life examples.
As Seniors, many of you voted for the first time this year in the primary election. Thinking about the issues that were important to you, how important was the state of the economy? Write a tweet about your experience voting and whether or not economics played a part in your choices, and add at least two emojis. Then add a comment that answers how the actual experience different than what you originally thought. Then add another comment about your thoughts voting in the Fall Presidential election.
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