History: Mea Culpa

Okay..... I've been a little lame in my latest posting efforts. So, I've decided to turn the page and start fresh. Basically the academy students have been working on the Animal Farm/Totalitarianism project for the last few weeks. At this point students should have some sort of finished product that meets some of the project objectives.

Today, March 31, we'll be doing a timeline that explains events that led up to WWII.

Animal Farm Faces

Students wrapped up chapter 10 questions and started their Animal Farm Faces projects. Faces projects are due Friday.

Eng

Today we finished chapters 6 & 7 and the discussion questions.

Eng: Animal Farm

Today we finished chapter 6 aloud and then continued with chapter 7 silently. Some students started chapter 6 & 7 questions.

History: Mar. 11, 12, 13, & 14

March 11: We discussed the situation in the Soviet Union after Lenin died. We discussed the differences between Stalin and Trotsky. Students drew faces for each and explained their differences in writing.

March 12, 13 and 14:
We watched the film Swing Kids. Students will write an essay next week in class about the film. On 3/13 we took notes on the rise of the Nazi party.

Eng: Piggy Propaganda

Today we looked at the pigs' use of propaganda in the first half of the book. There was an assignment collected.

Eng: Chapter 5

Today we read, took notes on, and discussed chapter 5 of Animal Farm.

Eng: Chapter 3 & 4

Today we finished, and I collected, the chapter 3 & 4 questions.

Eng: Animal Farm Chapters 3 &4

Today we continued reading and taking notes on Animal Farm. We read chapters 3 & 4 and started some questions (available in class).

History: March 5,6,7 and 10

March 5: We worked on illustrating the Communist Theory of Karl Marx.
March 6: I lectured about Vladmir Lenin and then students finished the Communist Theory drawing, and also finished the maps and the grid about the former Soviet Union.
March 7: We went to the park.
March 10: Students registered with the counselors for next year.

Eng: Into the Allegory

Today we started Orwell's Animal Farm, reading most of chapter 1 and taking notes.

Eng: Propaganda Intro

Today we finished our intro to propaganda. We start Animal Farm tomorrow.

History Feb. 27 - Mar. 4

Over the course of the last 5 classes we have:
1. Watched (and answered questions) a video about "Russia's Last Tsar."
2. Worked on the Russia/Break Away Republics grid.
3. Discussed the Communist Manifesto of Karl Marx.
4. Did a reading guide about the Russian Revolution.