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Lessons 10th Grade Global Studies

Date

Topic

Lesson

Fri
6/8

No Classes

Mr. Moloney will be attending a tech conference today. But Quiz on monday! Quiz is on review notes 21 - 30.

Thur
6/7

No School

No School: Brooklyn/Queens day.

Wed
6/6

- Karl Marx and Communism
- Meiji Japan
- European Imperialism

Notes and sample questions from review notes #'s 28 - 30.
Quiz Monday 6/11

Tue
6/5

-Scientific Revolution
- Enlightenment
- French and Latin Am. Revs.
- Industrial Rev.

Notes and sample questions from review notes #'s 24 - 27.
Quiz Monday 6/11

Mon
6/4

- Mercantilism
- Absolutism
- Responses to Absolutism

Notes and sample questions from review notes #'s 21 - 23.
Quiz Monday 6/11

Fri
6/1

Thematic Essay - Turning Points in History

Students will have one class period to write a thematic essay.

Thur
5/31

Thematic Essay - Turning Points in History

Students will conduct research on Thematic essay that they will write on Friday.

Wed
5/30

Document Practice - Review Quiz - Begin Thematic research

Students will use state produced rubrics to grade their own short answers on documents. Students will review quizzes from last Friday and then begin research on Thematic Essay.

Tue
5/29

Document Practice

Students will answer short answer questions based on 8 Geography documents.

Fri
5/25

Regents Review Quiz: Notes 11-20.

40-question multiple choice quiz on review notes 11 - 20.

Thur
5/24

- MesoAmerica
- Age of Exploration
- Slave Trade

Notes and sample questions from review notes #'s 18 - 20.

Wed
5/23

- The Mongols
- The Plague
- The Renaissance
- The Reformation

Notes and sample questions from review notes #'s 14 - 17.

Tue
5/22

- Medieval Times
- Crusades
- Early Japan

Notes and sample questions from review notes #'s 11 - 13.

Mon
5/21

Malcolm X's B-day. Review Quiz from Friday.

Students will discuss Malcolm X's birthday and watch the Eulogy of Malcolm X from Spike Lee's film. Then will review quiz from last Friday.

Fri
5/18

Quiz: Review Notes 1-10

Students take a 40 question multiple-choice quiz on review notes 1-10.

Thur
5/17

-Hammarabi
-Greece and Rome
-Religions

Notes and sample questions from review notes #'s 8-10.

Wed
5/16

-Geography
-Cultural Diffusion
-Neolithic Revolution

Notes and sample questions from review notes #'s 5-7.

Tue
5/15

-Primary Sources
-Fact vs. Opinion ?'s
-Chronology
-Time Line's

Notes and sample questions from review notes #'s 1-4.

Mon
5/14

Review Quiz
Begin Regents Review

Students will review quizzes from Friday. Then will put together a matching puzzle of 9th grade global material.

Fri
5/11

Quiz

Quiz: 20 questions, multiple choice - see topics below. Last day of 2nd Marking Period.

Thur
5/10

Preview Fridays Quiz. Blogs will be graded today starting at 6 pm.
Blog grade will go on 3rd marking period! But quiz is 2nd marking period.

Preview for Fridays quiz, following are quiz topics and # of questions for each topic:

African Independence	9
Creation of Pakistan	1
OPEC	3
Creation of Israel	2
Collapse of Communism and USSR	5

Wed
5/9

Fall of Soviet Union

Text reading and questions about the fall of the soviet union.

Tue
5/8

Collapse of Communism

Mini-lecture and blogs about the collapse of communism.

Mon
5/7

Creation of Israel

Students will read about and discuss (using accountable talk) the creation of Israel in an otherwise Islamic Middle East.

Fri
5/4

OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.)

Students will read about, and analyze documents about OPEC and its importance on the US economy. The staggering amount of oil and gas used in the US will be discussed using SUV's as an example of excesses.

Thur
5/3

Creation of Pakistan

Discussion of Creation of Pakistan along with film clips from Gandhi that show creation of Pakistan (separation of Hindus and Muslims).

Wed
5/2

Nelson Mandela and South Africa

Students will do an in-class blog about Apartheid and Nelson Mandela.

Tue
5/1

Nelson Mandela and South Africa

Students will view and discuss various documents and readings about South Africa, Apartheid and Nelson Mandela.

Mon
4/30

African Independence

Students will view powerpoint and do reading about African Independence.

Fri
4/27

Review Quiz - then Begin African Independence

Students will review their quizzes; then will do a blog posting on African Independence.

Thur
4/26

Quiz: Cold War, etc.

Students will see 2 brainpops: Cold War and Communism. Then take quiz.

Wed
4/25

Review for Thursday's Quiz - All 5 blogs due today at 6 pm (see blogpage or homework page for info)

Students will review for Thursday's quiz. Quiz topics followed by # of questions for each topic below:

Cold War	10
Mao and Chinese Communist Revolution	6
Neolithic Revolution (9th Grade Review)	3
European Union	1

Tue
4/24

European Union + Thematic Essays

Readings and documents about the European Union. Students will get back their Cold War Thematic Essays.

Mon
4/23

Chinese Communist Revolution

Students will present their powerpoints from last week.

Fri
4/20

Chinese Communist Revolution

Students will complete 3-day lesson where they make power point presentations on The Chinese Communist Revolution.

Thur
4/19

Chinese Communist Revolution

Students will continue 3-day lesson where they make power point presentations on The Chinese Communist Revolution.

Wed
4/18

Chinese Communist Revolution

Students will begin 3-day lesson where they make power point presentations on The Chinese Communist Revolution.

Tue
4/17

Cold War

Thematic Essay on The Cold War. Students have one 42-minute class period to write a five paragraph Thematic Essay about the Cold War. Students were given the question last Wednesday.

Mon
4/16

Cold War

Blog catch up day. Students have one class period to work on their three Cold War blogs.

Fri
4/13

Cold War

Film: "The Right Stuff". Students will see more scenes from the film, followed by a review of Regents questions based on the Cold War.

Thur
4/12

Cold War

Film: "The Right Stuff". Students will see selected scenes from this Cold War drama.

Wed
4/11

Cold War

Students will get mini lecture relating Muhammad Ali to the Cold War (because Mr. Moloney has Adidas Muhammad Ali sneakers - and he is Mr. Moloney's hero). Then students will be introduced to Regents Style Thematic Essays. Students will be assigned a Cold War Thematic Essay that they will write in class on Monday 4/16.

Fri
3/30

Cold War

Readings and documents about Cold War.

Thur
3/29

Cold War

Students will do text reading and questions as a warm-up to The Cold War.

Wed
3/28

Re-take quiz!!

Students will review and re-take quiz from Tue. because grades were so low.

Tue
3/27

Quiz: WW II + Holocaust

Students will view 2 Brainpop flash cartoons about WW II and The Holocaust before taking quiz.

Mon
3/26

Preview Quiz:
WW II + Holocaust

Preview Quiz on WW II and Holocaust. Students will view notes and sample Regents Questions.
Blogs (4) graded today beginning at 6 pm!!!

Fri
3/23

No Global Classes

Half-day for parent teacher conferences - no global classes periods 5 - 7 - 8 today.

Thur
3/22

The Holocaust

Two Holocaust film blogs assigned today. Students will get class time to work on blog pages.
Blogs (4) will be graded on Monday 3/26 @ 6pm!

Wed
3/21

The Holocaust

Film: Night and Fog. Students will get back and review their Hiroshima/Nagasaki DBQ essays; then will watch this 32 minute documentary about Auschwitz.

Tue
3/20

The Holocaust

Film: Schindlers List. Students will view and discuss selected scenes from the film.

Mon
3/19

The Holocaust

Film: Schindlers List. Students will view and discuss selected scenes from the film.

Fri
3/16

The Holocaust

Selected readings and documents about the Holocaust.

Thur
3/15

The Holocaust

Textbook worksheet about Holocaust.

Wed
3/14

DBQ - Atomic Bombing of Japan

Students will complete their DBQ essay on the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Tue
3/13

DBQ - Atomic Bombing of Japan

Students will begin a two-day, seven document, DBQ essay on the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Mon
3/12

Atomic Bombs and DBQ Review

Students will view documents and photographs of the bombings at Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima/Nagasaki. A review on proper DBQ essay writing will follow.

Fri
3/9

WW II

Students will review more WW II powerpoints - then write a WW II blog entry.

Thur
3/8

WW II

Briefly review quiz from Wed. - then students will view WW II powerpoints.

Wed
3/7

Quiz: Gandhi + etc.
(see below)

Students will view a "Brainpop" cartoon about the causes of WW II before taking quiz.

Tue
3/6

Review for Quiz.
I would suggest you look at the
Global Notes-
(Brief Version), on my homepage.
Notes #'s 34 - 39. Also look at related
questions from regentsprep.org

Quiz: 20 questions multiple choice. This quiz covers many topics. Following are the topics and the number of questions on each topic:

Gandhi and the end of Imperialism in India	7
Nationalism	1
Treaty of Versailles	4
Appeasement	2
Totalitarianism and Fascism	2
Mustafa Kemal (Ataturk) and modern Turkey	2
Japanese Imperialism before WW II	2

Mon
3/5

Causes of WW II

Last day to make podcasts about the Causes of WW II.
Podcast Text Here. Podcast Images Here.

Fri
3/2

Causes of WW II

Last day to make podcasts about the Causes of WW II.

Thur
3/1

Causes of WW II

Students will continue making podcasts about the Causes of WW II.

Wed
2/28

Causes of WW II

Students will continue making podcasts about the Causes of WW II.
Student Blogs (3) due at 6 pm today.

Tue
2/27

Causes of WW II

Introduction to Podcasting. Students will begin making podcasts about the Causes of WW II.
Podcast Text Here. Podcast Images Here.

Mon
2/26

Appeasement and Japanese Imperialism

Students will read and analyze documents about the Appeasement of Hitler and the rise of Japanese Imperialism in the Pacific.

Fri
2/16

Rise of Fascism and the road to WW II

Students will see selected scenes from "The Great Dictator", which is Charlie Chaplan's comical take on the relationship between Hitler and Mussolini. Will also view documentary footage about the making of this controversial film. Student Blog entry about film.

Thur
2/15

Rise of Fascism

Text reading and questions about the rise of Hitler and the road to WW II.

Wed
2/14

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Mr. Moloney absent today.

Tue
2/13

Treaty of Versailles

Reading and blog entry on the Treaty of Versailles.

Mon
2/12

Mustafa Kemal and Modern Turkey

Brief lecture on the post-WW I demise of the Ottoman Empire and the rise of modern Turkey. Then a blog entry on Mustafa Kemal and modern Turkey.

Fri
2/9