Bishop - Modern Age-Friday Assignments

1. Today in class we will discuss the chapters from last week's reading, chapters 39 and 40.


2. The homework assignment for this week is to read chapters 41 and 42.


3.  Please let me know if you would like the maps and timelines.


Thanks, have a great week!

1. Today in class we will discuss the chapters from last week's reading, chapters 37 and 38.


2. The homework assignment for this week is to read chapter 39 and 40.


3.  Please let me know if you would like the maps and timelines.


Thanks, have a great week!

Read chapters 33 and 34, take 4 -5 notes for each chapter.


Let me know if you would like the timelines and maps for this class.


Thank you,
Mrs. Bishop

Read chapter 32 and write 5 -6 notes about the chapter.


Please let me know if you would like the maps and timelines for this class.


Thank you,
Mrs. Bishop

Hello Everyone, this week we will just have a reading assignment to keep it easy for Spring Break! You will have two weeks for this assignment, until Friday, April 2nd.

Many of you will be returning in person so we will go over the reading for this week in class, if you are remaining online assignments will continue in the same way. In person students remember to bring your book and binder to class.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Spring Break and I look forward to seeing you after break!

Mrs. Bishop

This week's assignment:
1. Read chapter 31, Western Bullies and American Money.
2. Take 4 or 5 notes on the chapter.
3. Answer this week's question.

Type a sentence or two to answer the question and click turn in.

Type a short answer and click turn in.

Hello Everyone! This week is all about The Second World War, you probably already know some facts about this war, but there is a lot to know. Here are this week's activities:

1. Watch this week's video.

2. Add to your timeline: 1941 - Japan Bombs Pearl Harbor. 1944 - D-Day at Normandy. 1945 - The Atomic Bomb is dropped and the
War Ends. (Timelines and Review cards are below).

3. Share your notes from chapter 28 and 29.

4. Complete the map activity for Chapter 29, The End of the War.

5. Answer this week's question, located above in Weekly Questions.

6. Homework: read chapter 30, Partitioned Countries.

Optional Activities:
Brain Pop: WWII
Brain Pop: Pearl Harbor

Hello everyone, we will read two chapters this week, you may want to spread out the reading a little bit (we have to double some chapters so we can get through all of the chapters). There are some big topics this week including The Wall Street Crash, Black Tuesday, The Great Depression, Hitler's rise to power and civil war in Spain. Here are this weeks activities:

1. Watch this week's video.

2. Add to your timeline: 1933- Nazi party comes to power in Germany and 1934 - Franklin D. Roosevelt introduces the "New Deal". (This timeline is in your binder).

3. Share your notes from chapter 26 and 27. **Notetaking Tip** (There is a lot of information in these chapters, to help you take notes write a sentence or two about the event you want to remember, so you don't have to write as much).

4. Complete the map activity for chapter 26 Black Tuesday and a New Deal. (Directions in the video).

5. Answer this week's question, located above in the Weekly Question Section.

6. Homework: read chapters 28, Second World War and 29, the End of the Second World War.

Optional Activites:
Brain Pop Videos:
* The New Deal
* Adolf Hitler

Have a great week!
Mrs. Bishop

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Hello, I hope you had a great week! This week we are reading about the different armies in China and the Long March, here are this week's activities:

1. Watch this week's video.

2. Add to your timeline: 1921 - CCP is Founded and 1934 - The Long March. (The 1920's timeline is located below).

3. Share your notes with me that you took on chapter 25.

4. Complete the map activity for Armies in China, chapter 25. (Map located below and directions in the video).

5. Answer this week's question, located in the Weekly Question Section above.

6. Homework: Read chapters 26 and 27 The Great Crash and Civil War/Invasion.

Thanks for the great work you have been doing!
Mrs. Bishop

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Hello everyone, I am so glad you are back, I still haven't got Brain Pop to cooperate with me, when I do I will post the ones from last week! This week we are discussing Egypt becoming independent and Mussolini's leadership in Italy, here are this week's activities:

1. Watch this week's video.

2. Add to your timeline: 1922 - Egypt Gains Independence from Great Britain, Fu'ad becomes King, also in 1922 Mussolini's Fascists
March on Rome.

3. Share your notes on chapter 24.

4. Complete the map activity for The First King of Egypt. (Directions in the video.)

5. Answer this week's question, located in the Weekly Question section above.

6. Homework: read and take notes on chapter 25.


I hope you have a wonderful week, I look forward to reading your notes and answer to this week's question!
Mrs. Bishop

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I hope you had a wonderful week and found some interesting facts in this week's chapters looking at events that occurred after World War I. Here are this week's activities:

1. Watch this week's video. (Located below).
2. Add to your timeline: 1919 Woodrow Wilson Proposes the League of Nations
1930 Gandhi Leads the Salt March (Timeline and date cards located below).
3. Read and take notes on chapters 22 and 23. (Share your notes with me).
4. Complete the map activity for chapter 22. (Directions located in the video).
5. Answer this week's question, located in the Weekly Question section above.
6. Watch the Brain Pop videos on: The League of Nations and Gandhi. (THESE ARE COMING SOON- THE DOWNLOAD IS HAVING ISSUES!)
7. Homework: Read and take notes on chapter 24.

Have a great week!
Mrs. Bishop

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This week we are back to read about The Qing Dynasty, Vietnam and France. Here are this week's activities:

1. Watch this week's video. (Located below).
2. Add to your timeline: 1896 - Phan Boi Chau and 1912 - End of the Qing Dynasty.(Timeline and review cards located below).
3. Read and notes on chapter 19. (Share your notes with me).
4. Complete the map for chapter 19. (Located below, directions in the video).
5. Answer this week's question, located above in Weekly Question.
6. Homework: read and take notes on chapters 20 and 21.

Optional activities:
Watch the water puppetry video. (Located below).
Make a puppet, templates located below. Directions are shown in the video.

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Hello, welcome back to Modern History! This week we will read about the Balkan Wars, here are the activities for this week:

1. Watch this week's video. (Located below).
2. Add 1912 - The First Balkan War and 1914 - The Second Balkan War to your timeline with the timeline cards.(Timeline and
timeline cards located below).
3. Read and take notes on chapter 18. (Share your notes with me).
4. Complete map 18- The Balkan Mess. (Located below, directions in the video).
5. Answer this week's question, What was the Outcome of the 2nd Balkan War? (Located in google classroom, don't forget to click
turn in).
6. Homework: Read chapter 19 and take notes.

Have a great week,
Mrs. Bishop

Answer the questions with at least 1 -2 sentences, more if you like, click turn in when your answer is complete.

Thank you!

Welcome Back, I hope you had a wonderful break, I am so glad to see you back in Modern History! Here are the activities for this week:

1. Watch this week's videos. (Located below).

2. Add these dates to your timeline: 1900 - The Boxer Rebellion in China
1904 - 1905 The Russo-Japanese War

3. In the videos this week I read chapter 17, you can listen, follow along or read it on your own.

4. Homework: Read and take notes on chapter 18, Europe and the Countries Just East.

Have a great week!

Hello everyone, I do not have a new assignment for you this week, as I would like you to use this time to finish anything you haven't completed yet so you can have a relaxing break! Watch this week's video and add to your timeline, then you will be all set.

1. Watch this week's video.
2. Add 1876, General George Custer Dies and 1886, Geronimo surrenders to your timeline.
3. Make sure you have read chapter 15.

I look forward to seeing you in January, I hope you get to relax and have some fun!

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Welcome back everyone, last week you read about Brazil's Republic, the Ottoman Empire, Russia and Ethiopia (wow that was a lot!) This week we will only read one chapter. This week we will read about China and Japan as well as The United States and Spain. Here are the activities for this week:

1. Watch this week's video. (Located below.)
2. Add 1894-1895 - The Sino-Japanese War (you have this review card and timeline from last week.)
1898 The Spanish-American War to your timeline. (review card located below.)
3. Read chapter 15 and take 5 - 6 notes on the the chapter.(share your notes with me.)
4. Complete map, The Spanish-American War, directions is the video. (Map located below.)
5. Answer the weekly question in google classroom, using at least one or two sentences.
6. Homework: read and take notes on chapter 16, The Expanding United States.

Optional: If you would like to read about the Korean Flag I included a short article and flag below, you can color the flag if you like.

Have a great week!

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Welcome back this week to Modern History! YOU WILL HAVE TWO WEEKS TO COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT, I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving week! I don't have a video for you this week so just follow the written directions below.

1. Add 1851- Brazil Becomes a Republic - to your timeline. Color the Brazilian flag. (The flag has a blue circle, a yellow diamond and a green rectangle.). This card is located on last week's paper. (You have this timeline.)

2. Add 1896 - Italy Recognizes Ethiopian Independence - to your timeline. Color the Ethiopian flag. (The flag has a green stripe on the top, a yellow stripe in the middle and a red stripe on the bottom. (This card is located below.)

3. Read chapters 13 and 14 and take 4 - 5 notes from each chapter. Share your notes with me.

4. Complete the chapter 13 map, Brazil's Republic. Directions listed below:
* Label the countries of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and Chile.
* While Pedro I was ruling, riots broke out in the capital city of Brazil, draw a dot and label that city.(Look at page 134 for help.)
* Label the two oceans on either side of South America.

5. Answer the weekly question in the question section of google classroom.

6. Homework: read and take notes on chapter 15, Small Countries with Large Invaders.

Hello everyone, I hope you had a great week! This week we are reading about trouble in Ireland and South Africa. Watch this week's to guide you through this week's activities:

1. Watch this week's video. (Located below.)

2. Add 1845, Potato Famine Begins in Ireland and 1899 the Boer War to your timelines, with the timeline cards. (Located below.)

3. Read chapter 12 and take notes, write 4 - 6 sentences about the important/interesting events in the chapter.(Share your notes with me.)

4. Complete chapter 12 map, Ireland's Troubles, directions are in the video.(Map is located below.)

5. Answer the weekly question, located in the question section.

6. Homework: read chapters 13 and 14, The Old - Fashioned Emperor and the Red Sultan as well asTwo Czar's and Two Emperors.
Take notes, 3 or 4 sentences from each chapter.

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This week we are going to read about Australia and Africa, there was a lot going on in both of these places at the time. Here are this week's activities:

1. Watch this week's video. (Located below)

2. Add 1880 - Police Arrest Ned Kelly, the Iron Outlaw, to your timeline. (You have this one.)
1901 - Australia becomes a Commonwealth, to your timeline. (Located below.)

3. Read chapter 11 and take notes, write 4 - 6 sentences about important or interesting events. (Share your notes with me.)

4. Complete chapter 11 map, Carving Up Africa, directions in the video. (Map located below.)

5. Homework: Read chapter 12 Unhappy Unions.

Optional: Create a wanted poster for Ned Kelly or yourself! What would you look like on a wanted poster?? (If you make one I would love to see it!)

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Hello Everyone, I hope you had a good week, there is a little more reading this week but I have to combine some chapters for us to be able to finish! Watch this week's video, it will take you through these activities:

1. Add to your timeline: 1869 - The Suez Canal Opens
1877 - Russia defeats the Ottoman Empire (timeline and review cards located below.)

2. Read chapters 9 and 10, take a few notes from each chapter. (Send me an email or picture of your notes.)

3. Complete the chapter 10 map, The Suez Canal, directions in the video. (Map located below.)

4. No extra items this week (I know the reading was a lot.)

5. Homework: For next week read chapter 11, The Far Parts of the World.

Have a nice weekend!

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Welcome back to Modern History, watch this week's video, it will guide you through these activities:

1. Add these dates and review cards to your timeline: (Timelines located below.)
1869 - 1st Transcontinental Railroad in the United States.
1879 - Thomas Edison invents the electric light.
1883 - The United States Adopts Time Zones.

2. Read chapter 8 if you haven't yet and take notes. (Post or send me a picture of your notes.)

3. Complete chapter 8 map; Zones, Rails and Bulbs, as directed in the video. (Map located below.)

4. Watch the Railroad History Brain Pop, it some great information in it.

5. Homework: read and take notes on chapters 9 and 10; Two More Empires, Two Rebellions and A Canal to the East and a Very Dry Desert.

Optional project: Learn about the Japanese Noh theatre:

*Watch the short video of an actual performance.
*Look at photos of some real masks.
*Draw or create a mask that would reflect your personality.

I hope you enjoy this week's activities!

Watch this week's video and we will go through these activities:
1. Add to your timeline:
1851- 2nd Republic Ends, Empire Begins in France
1871 - 1918 - Second Reich in Prussia
Date cards and 1871 timeline located below.

2. Read chapter 7 and take notes. (Post here, send me a picture or bring notes to office hours.)

3. Complete this week's map, Second Reich in Prussia, as directed in the video. (The map is located below.)

4. Homework: read chapter 8, Becoming Modern.

Optional Project: We read about Germany, where the Grimm Brothers are from. The Grimm brothers wrote such Fairy Tales as Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots and many more. Think of a Fairy Tale that you could write about your family, a pet or a friend and write a short fairy tale!

Type your answer to the question and return it. Thanks.

Hello welcome to week 7, I am adding a new feature this week, I am going to send a question for you to answer, I will post the question on google classroom (here) all you have to do is type your answer in and send it. The question will have you think about a topic in the chapter and you will give your perspective (view) on it.

Watch this week's video and it will guide you through this week's activities:
1. Add: 1865 - Lincoln is Assassinated to your timelines. (You have this timeline from last week.)
1864 - 1870 The War of the Triple Alliance (Timeline cards are located below.)
1867 - Canada Gains Independence
2. Read chapter 6 and take notes on important or interesting facts from the chapter. (Post here, send me a picture or bring your notes to office hours.)
3. Complete this week's map, guided in the video, and when complete place it in your binder. (The map is located below.)
4. Homework for next week: read and take notes on chapter 7, Two Empires, Three Republics and One Kingdom.

Don't forget to answer this week's question:)

Optional Project:

Make a Canadian flag, use a red background piece of paper and a rectangle of white paper. Collect a maple leaf outside and make a leaf rubbing of it on the white rectangle white a red crayon or pencil. Glue the white rectangle (leaf rubbing) in the middle of the red rectangle.

OR
I included a template of the flag below you could color or fill in with torn red paper etc. If you make one, send me a picture!

We are in the United States this week, reading about the Civil War, watch this week's video it will go through these activities:

1. Timeline - 1861, add The American Civil War begins. (you have this timeline from last week).
1865, add The American Civil War Ends. (this timeline is located below).
2. Read chapter 5 The American Civil War and write some notes on the important points from the chapter. (Post, email me a picture
or show me your notes at office hours.)
3. Complete the chapter 5 map- states that were Confederate, Neutral and Union, as directed in the video. Add the map to your
binder, (Map is located below).
4. Watch the Civil War Brain Pop. (Located below).
5. Homework: Read and take notes on chapter 6, 2 Tries for Freedom

Have a great week, I look forward to seeing what points in the chapter you thought were most important and hear your thoughts.

Watch this week's video and it will guide you through these activities:
1. 1850 - The Taipings Rebel Against the Qing Dynasty
1861 - Italy Becomes a Kingdom Under Victor Emmanuel II
2. Review your notes and send me a picture, post or show them to me at office hours.
3. Complete the map for chapter 4, Italy's" Resurrection".
4. Homework: Read chapter 5 and take notes.

Optional project: Make a Taiping coin. Trace a circle and write the symbols for Heavenly Kingdom and Holy Coin that appear on the front of the coin, as shown in the video. The template is below with some pictures of real coins.

Watch this week's video and we will do these activities:
1. Add review cards to the 1850 timeline.
2. Review important points and go through notes. Take a picture, post or show me your notes at office hours.
3. Fill out the Japan Re-opens map. Take a picture, post or show me your notes at office hours.
4. Optional activity: make a Japanese flag, you can color it, fill in with torn paper or maybe draw your own. If you make one, I would love to see it!
5. Homework: read and take notes on chapter 4.

Have a great week!

This week we will go over chapters 1 and 3 and practice taking notes. Please print out the timeline, review cards and map if you can. In this week's video I will guide you through the first timeline and map, then we will add these items to your binder. Post, send a picture, email or bring the timeline and map to office hours, thanks!

Watch this week's video and read chapters 1 and 3, we will go back to chapter 2 in the next assignment. Both of these chapters are about Great Britain.

Watch this week's video and read chapters 1 and 3, we will go back to chapter 2 in the next assignment. Both of these chapters are about Great Britain.