Today...Wednesday 2/24...we finished the Battle of Waterloo video...this was meant to be an introduction to the American Civil War and 19th Century military strategy and tactic...evident in the Battle of Gettysburg...our next focus!

We then started our Civil War entry in the NB...coloring, etc. 

Tomorrow I am gone to attend a funeral.  Mr. Wright will come in as a guest speaker and try and explain how the South will never die...and that the South never lost the Battle of Gettysburg!!!!

Friday...2/19...we took the Saratoga Quizzam...80 Points...

HOMEWORK FOR MONDAY:  You must have your Selfie, and NB Saratoga One-Pager turned in Monday...

Those who were absent Friday...Please have everything ready to turn in...and be prepared to take the Quizzam first thing during class!

NEXT TOPIC:

Napoleonic Warfare (vonClauzewitz)...The Fog of War...a prelude to THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG

Have a GREAT weekend!

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Today, Wednesday, 2/17, Block schedule...passed back Saratoga Interactive Map questions.  Watching short 10 minute excerpt from The Story of Us: depicting the battle as a turning point, weapons, and the death of Simon Fraser.  We then took notes on results and significance of the battle.

We also have your photos blown up to 11x17 size...if you do not have one...it is your responsibility to have everything ready by Friday!!!

Homework for tomorrow and Thursday:  Study your notes and maps...be ready to draw arrows, and label and describe the A. Overall objective of the the British during the 3 phases of the Revolutionary War B. Understand the Saratoga Campaign, and C. The Battle Freeman's Farm and The Battle of Bemis Heights.

THURSDAY:  I have Crome books ready...you are in your Red vs. Blue teams...we will have at it:  Goal...determine the course of events of A. Freeman's Farm and B. Bemis Heights...you can use your Interactive Maps...and we can have at it on the board!!!

FRIDAY:  QUIZZAM DAY...100 POINTS

20 Points = One-Pager for the battle in your NB's.
30 Points = Battle scene Selfie...with dialogue box...with specific/cool hashtag...as well as name and date of the battle...don't forget your rockin' face!!!  Color is key to the "coolness" of the poster.

50 Points = Quizzam

Matching...facts, people, strategies...I will have faces to recognize.
Maps: A.) 13 Colonies...strategies and phases  B.) The Saratoga Campaign  C.) The two battles that we discussed in clas.

Today...Tuesday, 2/9...Armstrong Power-Lecture introducing The Battle of Saratoga...you are responsible for this information.  For the last 10 minutes of class you were given the reading material covering the Historical Setting...The Battle itself...and then results...Have it read for tomorrow.

Tomorrow: In library Interactive Battle Map exercise/assignment !!!  

Today...Monday, 2/8...we introduced The American Revolutionary War...13 Colonies Map...discussed 3 Phases and simple objectives and strategies of both the British and the Americans.

Tomorrow we will start with a slide lecture and reading assignment on the Battle of Saratoga

Wednesday: Interactive Battle Map Exercise= 30 Points

CHECK POWER SCHOOL...GRADES SHOULD BE UPDATED!

Monday, 2/8

"On average, people in France eat 200 million frogs per year!"

 

American Revolution: The Battle of Yorktown

Today we watched the Sun Tzu : Art of War video...if you were gone...you can watch it at home...just locate the link on this blog.  It is 23 minutes.  We handed out a reading to accompany the video...those present today will have a 20 Point Reading Quiz tomorrow ... better read!  Specific to the content directly from the article. 

Tomorrow we Quiz...and then start with The Battle of Saratoga!

Today teams shared their "Battle Plans" for The Battle of Bunker Hill...pretty sound strategies!  We then introduced the "Animated Map" and watched the actual battle unfold. 

No Homework...

Tomorrow you will watch...and take notes on Sun Tzu's "The Art of War!"...there is a reading that accompanies the video...we will read it...and apply it to the battles ahead!

Wednesday...Historical Setting for The Battle of Saratoga...1777 "The Turning Point of the American Revolutionary War!"