Monday October 10, 2023
Seating Chart
Bring Charged Laptop on Tuesday!
Reminder about incentives! 100 on a quiz grade!
Vocabulary for Friday: bias, republic, democracy, sophist, theme
Circle: One thing you would change about this HS to make it a better place?
Learning target: I can move quickly and quietly from one activity to the next.
Reading your self-selected book: SSR
Learning target: I understand the impact of bias in media and make connections to our understanding of history.
Learning Target: I can explain the connections between historical events and the present.
1. Why do we study history? Think, turn and talk and be prepared to report out. Adolph Eichman
2. What do you already know about the Fall of Rome?
3. Weird facts about Rome-At your table make a brief list of the strangest things you found to report out
4. Is there a connection between what America is going through and what Rome experienced?
You will be taking notes figuring out what the 8 reasons.
Video: Eight reasons Rome fell
5. Create list of the 8 reasons
6. At your table, think, share and be ready to report out any connections between what happened to Rome and what might be happening to the USA.
7. Read this
8. Writing-What do you think? Are there similarities between what happened in Rome and what is going on the in USA
Re-teach Activity: Bias
Preparation for Fall of Rome DBQ
You will be examining various news sites to see how bias effects what the write and report. Each group will be given a news site to examine.
1. Go to site
2. Divide up the top stories depending on how many in your group.
3. Read story
4. Be prepared to present out the website, title of story, and summary of the story.
5. Determine which story is most interesting at your table and be ready to present out.
6. Do you believe the news site is liberal, conservative or non-partisan? Why?
7. If this website was all that survived for history books, what would the world in 2023 look like to sophomores 100 years from now? Would it be accurate?
8. What is the takeaway? What should we keep in mind as we study history like the fall of Rome?
1. Answer on your own.
2. Pair up
3. Pair-share
4. Rotate in pairs
5. Report out
6. Rotate...
Unit: Fall of Rome
Learning Target: I can explain the connections between historical events and the present.
1. Take our survey we filled out Friday about issues in the USA.
2. Look over survey and with the person across from you make a judgement about whether America is on the wrong track, right track or is this just another bump in the history of the USA? Civil War, Civil Rights, Vietnam...etc.
3. Open google classroom and click on Fall of Rome/USA assignment.
4. Identify your 3 biggest concerns and write them down in the document.
5. Rotate with you computer and share and defend your top reason. This is a chance to modify if you choose.
6. Rotate again and repeat.
7. Divide the room by how you feel America is doing. Decline, Same, or getting better? Put into perspective the Civil War, Civil Rights, Vietnam...etc.
8. At table, discuss how we could know if we should be worried? Ye- Anti-semiticism?
9. Is there a connection between what America is going through and what Rome experienced?
You will be taking notes figuring out what the 8 reasons.
Video: Eight reasons Rome fell
10. Create list of the 8 reasons
11. At your table, think, share and be ready to report out any connections between what happened to Rome and what might be happening to the USA.
12. Hand out first document on background. What are the important dates? Do you see any similarities to the situation in the USA?
13.Create timeline on board.
14. Pass out Doc A. Who wrote it? When was it written? Who is the audience? Determine bias. Do they seem credible?
15. What is the evidence and how would it make you feel if it was happening in the USA and do you think it was a major reason Rome fell? Thesis- I can understand why Rome fell because if (Evidence, Evidence Evidence) happened here in the USA I could see why the Roman Empire eventually fell.
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