Monday Content A. Absolute Rulers- Age of Absolutism 1. Video- Peter the Great Procedures Return tests and go over answers Video on Peter the Great Students will take notes. Then work on handout with short reading, and vocabulary, if time. Objectives The students will: 1). recall what they know about Peter the Great and Absolutism.. 2). listen quietly, and take notes on the video, using the intro, and ask questions as necessary. 3). complete vocabulary with any time after video. 4). define terms such as: absolutism, czar, Kremlin, Mongols, Tatars, monarchy, aristocracy, boyars, etc. 5). identifypeople such as: Peter, Ivan, Sophia, Prince Galitzen, etc. Materials: Video, VCR, Notes on Video, notebooks,: Russia under Peter the Great, Reading/vocabulary handouts. Read: handout on Russia. Complete reading/vocabulary on Russia. Remember to write a journal entry .

Tuesday Content Video: Peter the Great- cont. from Monday. A.. Relationship with family. B.. Treachery in the Kremlin. C.. Travels to the West. Objectives The students will: 1). explain why Russian civilizations, was so backward. 2). listen quietly, take notes on video, and ask questions as necessary regarding Video. 3). complete vocabulary /crossword puzzle with any time after video. 4). discussterms such as: assassination, Window on the West, St. Petersburg, etc. Procedures: Watch video, and take notes. Continue with voc/reading from Monday. With any extra time, or as homework, read handouts on Russia, and complete vocabulary list. Materials: Video:Russia/ notebooks, handout for Russia. Read pages:NA Homework: Complete Rusaia handout. Remember to write a journal entry

Wednesday Content A.Continue with video from Monday. With any extra time, or as homework, read handouts on Russian civilization, and complete vocabulary list. B.Russian history Objectives The students will: 1). Explain why Russia was trying to catch up , with the West. 2). listen quietly, take notes on video, and ask questions as necessary. 3). complete vocabulary /crossword puzzle with any time after video. 4). define terms such as: peasants, Duma, regent, etc. Procedures: Continue with video from Monday. With any extra time, or as homework, read handouts on Russian history, and complete vocabulary list. Materials: reports/ visuals/ bibliographies/ notebooks, handout for Russian history. Read pages:NA Homework: read Ch 6-French Revolution. Remember to write a journal entry

Thursday CONTENT Finish video as classes complete it, Play Absolute Hangman with any remaining time. Objectives The students will: 1). continue from yesterday. Procedures: Cont from yesterday. Materials: Video, VCR, Absolute Hangman site. Read pages:French Revolution. Homework:section review, sect 1. Remember to write a journal entry

Friday Content CURRENT EVENTS Discuss current events for the past week in class. All students should participate, by introducing an event, or contributing to one already presented for discussion. Events may involve international, national, state, local, or school news. Events should be "current"..ie. have happened recently. Objectives The students will: 1.) introduce a current event for discusion. 2). ask, or answer a question, or add to a recent event. 3). read articles of their chosing silently in class from the newspaper. )4. if time permits, write a brief summary of a current event which appeared in this weeks' newspaper. Procedures Discuss events from the past week which students volunteer. Then hand out newspapers and do SSR. 3 minutes before the class ends, fold papers neatly, pick up and stack at back of room. Materials Tribune Review Read pages:NA Homework:NA Remember to write a journal entry

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Tests All tests will be given on dates assigned by the administration. Tests are usually scantron type tests. That is, Multiple Choice, True/False, Matching, and/or Short Answer. All "make up" tests are essay type. Make up day is, in class on Friday, unless other arrangements are made. All tests MUST be made up NO LATER than 2 weeks prior to the end of the grading period.

Notebooks Notebooks are required for this class and must be brought to class every day. A grade is given each 9 weeks for the notebook. Be sure yours is up-to-date and all work is in it. Notebook checks are unannounced, so be sure you have yours with you EACH day for class. No locker visits are permitted to go get it.

Homework LATE HOMEWORK IS NOT ACCEPTED. If you are legally absent from school, for each day of school that you miss, you will have that same number of days to make up homework. For example, if you are absent from school for 3 days, homework must be turned in NO LATER than 3 days AFTER the due date. All homework MUST have a heading: your first name and your last name, the name of the class, and period, and the date. This is the heading: YOUR NAME: First AND Last WI-(your class period) Date Failure to use the complete heading, as indicated here, will result in loss of points.