WHaG with Mr. Harrison

We continued with the Scramble for Africa activity. Students worked on their maps, as well as completed the Devilfish cartoon and the Rhodes Colossus cartoon.

The Ch. 27 sec. 1-2 Questions were checked at the start of the hour. We then began the guided notes associated with the Scramble for Africa activity. Students also completed the handouts over Social Darwinism and the Berlin Conference.

We discussed (and watched a clip on) the basic history of Canada, and the students read and completed questions on the Irish Potato Famine. The Ch. 26 sec. 1-3 Textbook Questions were passed back and discussed, also.

The Ch. 26 sec. 1-3 Questions were collected at the start of the hour. Students completed the Introduction to the British Empire, then we watched a quick clip on the labels UK, GB, England, etc.. Students also answered questions over a quick clip on Australia.

We discussed the suffrage movement in Britain, and then watched a clip on the Militant Suffragettes. Students were then given time to work on the CH. 26 sec. 1-3 Textbook Questions — due tomorrow.

We reviewed the basics of the Civil War and then students answered questions on a video over the Civil War.

We discussed Thomas Edison’s inventions and watched some of the earliest motion pictures ever created. Students were then given time to work on the Ch. 26 sec. 4 Chart — due tomorrow.

Students took the Ch. 25 Test.

We finished discussing the CH. 25 sec. 4 Chart and the Ch. 25 sec. 4 Textbook Questions were passed back and discussed. *Ch. 25 Test tomorrow!*

The Ch. 25 sec. 4 Textbook Questions were collected at the start of the hour. We reviewed the Luddites, as well as child labor, and then began to get into the reform movements of the 1800s. As a group, we began to complete the Ch. 25 sec. 4 Chart, along with the “-ISMS” Chart. Students also received the CH. 25 Study Guide.

*CH. 25 Test on Tuesday*