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Remember ladies and gentlemen we will taking our Chapter 21 Vocabulary and Important People Quiz on Monday February 9th so study hard and be ready! 

Friday-2/06/15:

• Bell Work-1. How did Ivan “The Terrible” deal with the boyars during his “bad period”? 2. What city did Peter build as the new capital of Russia? 3. Name two ways Peter tried to westernize Russia?
• Attendance- While Class is Doing Bell Work
• SSR-Britain’s Royal Family Should Cut Costs (February 6^th, 2014 NEWSELA)
• SSR One-Pager-Using 5 sentence stems to reflect on our article
• Vocabulary Match-up Review Activity-Chapter 21-Absolute Monarchs
• Notes-Chapter 21 Section 4-Absolute Rulers of Russia
• Thinking Maps Activity-Chapter 21 Section 1-4 Thinking Maps (Create one map to accompany each section)
• Daily Objective-

• Content Objective:
  • SWD evaluation of the financial strain of the British royal family’s extravagant spending on the English treasury through stating their opinion on a SSR article in SSR reflection log
  • SWD analysis of key terms associated with the unit covering Chapter 21 through the manipulating of vocabulary terms in a collaborative activity
  • SWD creation of the tyrannical reign of Ivan “The Terrible” and the push for Westernization by Peter “The Great” through compiling information in student centered guided notes
  • SWD creation of the reasons for the rise of absolutism and the massive shift to monarchies in Western Europe during the 1600-1700’s through organizing information in a thinking map
• Language Objective:
  • Students will read and respond to the financial strain of the British royal family’s extravagant spending on the English treasury by responding to an SSR article through a SSR One-pager
  • Students will read and orally match up important vocabulary terms pertaining to the unit covering Chapter 21 by using a vocabulary match-up activity
  • Students will read and record information regarding the tyrannical reign of Ivan “The Terrible” and the push for Westernization by Peter “The Great”  by creating student centered guided notes
  • Students will record the reasons for the rise of absolutism and the massive shift to monarchies in Western Europe during the 1600-1700’s by creating a different thinking map for each section that will help to organize their newly acquired knowledge

Supplemental Materials: SSR-Britain’s Royal Family Should Cut Costs (February 6^th, 2014 NEWSELA), Vocabulary Match-up Review Activity-Chapter 21-Absolute Monarchs and Notes-Chapter 21 Section 4-Absolute Rulers of Russia

SSR-Britain’s Royal Family Should Cut Costs (February 6^th, 2014 NEWSELA)

Britains Royal Family Should Cut Costs-SSR Article-High

Vocabulary Match-up Review Activity-Chapter 21-Absolute Monarchs

Chapter 21-Important People Match-up

Chapter 21-Vocabulary Match-up

Notes-Chapter 21 Section 4-Absolute Rulers of Russia

Chapter 21-Section 4-Guided Notes-High

Chapter 21-Section 4-Guided Notes

Homework: Due Monday February 9th, 2015

1.) Be sure you finish Chapter 21 Section 4 Notes

2.) Study for our quiz Monday (Feb 9th) on Chapter 21’s Vocabulary Terms and Important People

3.) Complete two thinking maps from Chapter 21.

-You have to two different maps on two different sections (choose two from sections 1-4)