A Day: Colony Travel Brochure

Hello everyone!  Today we analyzed the Dutch, English, French, and Spanish colonies within the Americas.  For homework, please continue your research for the debate.  Also, you have to create a travel brochure for a specific colony in the Americas of a European power that we have discussed.  This will be on October 28.  A rubric has provided to you within class.

Here is the schedule for the next few classes with some deadlines:

10/20-  Discussion of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
             Homework (APA only)- Read Chapter 20 Section 4 and complete worksheet on the reading.

10/22-  Finish research for debate and create formal arguments.  I will also hand out the study guide
             Homework (APA)-  Continue research for the debate and finish the travel brochure
             Homework (UC Tech)-  Continue research for the debate

10/24-  APA Field Trips/UC Tech class will read Chapter 20 Section 4 and complete the worksheet
            Homework (UC Tech Only)-  Continue research for debate and finish travel brochure

10/28-  Travel brochures due
             Formal debate within class (extra credit if you dress professionally)
             Homework-  Complete study guide and study for the test

10/30-  Age of Exploration and Colonization Test
            I will also collect your notebooks for this Marking Period's Notebook Check (quiz grade).  I will provide you with more information very soon.

Please email me back if you have any questions or concerns.  Have a great day!

~Mr. Mazur

B Day: Explorers Day Research

Hello everyone!  Yesterday we began our research for our big debate on October 29.  The next time we research in class will be on next Tuesday.  However, I would like you to take 30 minutes of your time to research for your specific topic.  Please come into class tomorrow with proof that you have researched (i.e., written notes, sites visited, etc.).  Please email me if you have any questions or concerns.  Have a great day.

~Mr. Mazur

P.S.-  Remember that you can only use reliable sites (for example, no Wikipedia or ask.com).  Please also be aware of the bias of some of these sites.

A Day: Explorers Day Debate

Hello everyone!  Yesterday we finished our Portuguese explorers' journals.  We also began to research for our debate on whether we should celebrate an Explorers Day instead of a Columbus Day.  We will have one more day to finish research and start writing our arguments within our groups.  Your only homework over the weekend is to keep thinking of your research and, if possible, to continue researching.  The debate will be the day before the test (debate will either be October 22 or 24).  Please email me if you have any questions.  Have a great day!

~Mr. Mazur

B Day: Europeans Explore the East

Hello everyone!  Today we discussed the Ming Dynasty and the voyages of Zheng He.  We also evaluated evidence that Zheng He may have ventured to the Americas before Christopher Columbus.  For homework, please read Chapter 19 Section 1 and complete the worksheet that I have provided for you.  You must also complete Part B.  Email me if you have any questions.  Have a great day!

~Mr. Mazur

A Day: Europeans Explore the East

Hello everyone.  Today we evaluated the motivations of European explorers during the Age of Discovery and analyzed how they were able to venture away from the coast during this time.  We also analyzed the conditions on the ships and began to write our journal entries from a Portuguese sailor.  For homework, please continue brainstorming ideas for the journal (you will have 20-25 minutes of next class to complete it).  Please also remember that you will have an open-notebook quiz next class on the Age of Exploration.

For homework, please read Chapter 19 Section 1 and complete the worksheet that I have provided you.  You must also complete Part B.  Email me if you have any questions.  Have a great day!

~Mr. Mazur

B Day: Mughal and Ottoman Empires

Hello everyone!  Please read the summary of the Mughal and Ottoman Empires.  As you are reading, practice the skills of a close-read (taking notes in margins, underlining main ideas of each paragraph, circling key people or terms, etc.).  When you finish, complete the chart that I showed you relating to how the Mughal and Ottoman Empires used cultural or religious tolerance towards those that were not Muslim.  Please email me if you have any questions.  Have a great day!

~Mr. Mazur

A Day: Voyages of Zheng He

Hello everyone.  Yesterday we watched a short clip on the voyages of Zheng He.  As I mentioned within the class, some historians believe that Zheng He traveled to the Americas BEFORE Christopher Columbus.  For homework, you are going to analyze this evidence.  Please read the news story that I provided you and highlight any evidence that may prove that this explore arrived in the Americas.  During next class, we will discuss the evidence and debate whether it proves that the Ming Dynasty arrived in the Americas before European explorers.  Please email me if you have any questions.  Have a great weekend!

~Mr. Mazur