Tuesday, April 29, 2014

  1. Scholar Start:Connect the following quote to Germany’s feelings after WWI: “There can be no liberty unless there is economic liberty.” -Margaret Thatcher
  2. Mood Meter: Russia and Ukraine
  3. Objectives and Agenda
Table: European Economic Hardships utilizing Website on Edmodo/Blog

Monday, April 28, 2014

Europe 1914
Europe 1919
World 1914
World 1919

  1. Scholar Start:Germany was not included in the Treaty of Versailles negotiations. How would this make you feel if you were Germany? Predict the impacts of this on future global events.
  2. Objectives and Agenda
  3. Treaty of Versailles Close Reading
  4. German and Hitler’s Response to Treaty

Thursday, April 24, 2014


  1. Scholar Start:If you were President Wilson, what provisions would you have for the end of WWI?
  2. Mood Meter:Patience Test
  3. Objectives and Agenda
  4. Negotiate Terms Activity

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

  1. Scholar Start: What are the benefits of war? Consequences?
  2. Objectives and Agenda
  3. Picture Analysis : Each group gets a visual image from the aftermath of WWI
  4. Quick Write: Based on the photos you just analyzed, predict the economic consequences of the aftermath of World War One.  
  5. 100 Years since beginning of WWI/Twitter #costofwar?

Tuesday, April 22, 2014


  1. Scholar Start:List 5 things in your life that are super important.  Rank these “necessities”.
  2. Objectives and Agenda
  3. Task Deconstruction: Is it All About the Benjamins?

Thursday, April 17, 2014

1.  Scholar Start: How do you feel about the IA you took in March in comparison to the IA you took before winter break? Are the reading passages easier to understand?
2. Enthusiasm Meter: Hot Kool-Aid
3. Vlog: Peer and Self Assessment Rubric
4. Students will reflect on the Do good fences make good neighbors project:  Survey: Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? Project

5.  IA Reteach Lesson Activity

Wednesday, April 16, 2014


  1. Scholar Start: What was the most memorable part of the Do good fences make good neighbors project?
  2. Mood Meter: U-Move
  3. Objectives and Agenda
  4. Students will assess their peers Vlogs’s: Do good fences make good neighbors.
  5. Make a copy of Rubric and title it Vlog: Peer and Self assessment. Make a key at the bottom with the color each group member uses to assess your video.
  6. Make sure Rubric is located in your World History folder!!

Tuesday, April 15, 2014


  1. Scholar Start:What are two things you  have learned from the Wevideo editing process? Any new information you would like to share to help your peers?
  2. Mood Meter:Dog Shame
  3. Objectives and Agenda
  4. Finish videos
  5. Edit or add finishing touches
  6. How to upload videos to youtube. (other source depending on accessibility)

Monday, April 14, 2014


  1. Scholar Start: What different effects or props can help you communicate your message for your video more effectively?
  2. Mood Meter: Music Therapy
  3. Objectives and Agenda
  4. Editing Workshop

Friday, April 11, 2014


  1. Scholar Start:What criteria of the rubric must you and your peers meet to achieve mastery for the vlog portion of the project?
  2. Objectives and Agenda
  3. Vlog Production Sessions: For more information, click on This week's presentation.

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Teacher Model: Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? 

  1. Scholar Start: What are qualities of effective e-communication (using media such as video and the internet). What distinguishes effective e-communication from ineffective e-communication?
  2. Mood Meter: Inspiration!
  3. Objectives and Agenda
  4. Finishing touches on Editorial/Self Assessment
  5. Vlog Production Session

Tuesday, April 8, 2014


  1. Scholar Start:Why do journalists use video to present their opinions on current events?
  2. Objectives and Agenda
  3. Editorial Workshop
  4. Rubric Assessment: Copy Rubric and put in World History folder. Highlight your self assessment on the copy in your folder.

Monday, April 7, 2014


  1. Scholar Start:What makes a good editorial? What goals must be met to have successfully written a good editorial?
  2. Objectives and Agenda
  3. Classroom Cultural Expectations
  4. Editorial Workshop
  5. Self-Assess Work up to this point with Rubric