January 16th - Making a Project Timeline

Purpose for today's learning:

1. Know and be able to express the expectations for the history research project. 
2. Be confident in your ability to effectively and in a timely fashion complete the history research project. 
3. Have a completed timeline for planning. 

Homework: No homework

Resources:
Making a project timeline 

January 15th - DBQ: How did the Renaissance Change Man's View of Man?

Today students completed a Document Based Question activity (DBQ) on the Renaissance: How did the Renaissance Change Man's View of Man?
The Purpose and Agenda for the day was:

1. Review DBQ process
2. Evaluate primary sources to discover how the Renaissance changed man’s view of man
3. Draft a thesis and select evidence to answer the focus question

Materials for today that you will need to get from Mr Protz include: the DBQ handouts for understanding the question & planning to write and the primary sources for the DBQ. The primary source analysis sheet can be found here.

January 13th, 2014 - Start of the Renaissance

Today's purpose and agenda was:

1. Introduction to the Renaissance: Highlighting & Annotating

No Homework for today 

Materials for today:

• Highlighting & Annotating: Start of the Renaissance

January 12th, 2015: Course Introduction & Start of the Renaissance

Today was the first day of class - woot-woot!! Today's purpose and agenda was:

1. Understand course expectations
2. Review unit map - what are we studying and why?
3. Introduction to the Renaissance: Highlighting & Annotating
4. Housekeeping: Google accounts & research topics

Homework for today is Highlighting & Annotating: Start of the Renaissance, Step 1: Read the entire text through independently. Underline 7-10 key pieces of evidence. Due: Tuesday 1/13

Materials for today:

• Course Syllabus
• Unit Map - Renaissance and Reformation
• Highlighting & Annotating: Start of the Renaissance