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October 4 PPT

What we did Wednesday October 4th

If you missed class, please open up the PowerPoint to see what you missed. This includes completing all the activities and working on the assignment. If you have an excused absence, you can make up the entry ticket.

Today we started with our "Wacky Wednesday" warm-up before taking brief notes on colonialism. After that we watched this crash course video. Then we took notes on the Berlin Conference and the Scramble for Africa. Then we did Part 1 of the Primary Source Analysis activity.

Agenda

Entry Ticket: Wacky Wednesday

Reminder about Imperialism and Colonialism

Crash Course Video

Notes: Scramble for Africa and the Berlin Conference

Primary Source Analysis Part 1

Notes: Congo Free State

Primary Source Analysis Part 2

Homework

Berlin Conference primary source analysis due by the END OF CLASS, Thursday 10/5

Reminders

No school Friday October 6th

October 5 PPT

If you missed class, please open up the PowerPoint to see what you missed. This includes completing all the activities and working on the assignment. If you have an excused absence, you can make up the entry ticket upon your return.

Today we started with a political cartoon analysis. In the next part of class, we took 2 slides of notes, watched this TedEd video about the Congo Free State, and looked at images from the Congo Free State. We ended class by re-examining the political cartoon from the beginning of class, and finishing the primary source analysis activity (Part 2).

Agenda

Entry Task: Political cartoon

1 slides notes

Ted Ed Video

1 slide of notes

Images of the Congo Free State

1 slide of notes

Revisiting the political cartoon

Primary Source Analysis Part 2

Homework

Berlin Conference primary source analysis due to the box Thursday at the end of class

Reminders

No school Friday October 3rd