Mr. Chickering's Freshman World History: March 2019

Friday, March 29, 2019

Friday March 29, 2019 & Monday April 1, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know how African Colonization started and the lasting affects it had on the continent. Students will know the similarities and differences between Apartheid and Jim Crow America.

Circle: When a decision has to be made, do you prefer to step up and make the decision, or do you prefer to be told what to do? What is one thing you are looking forward to this weekend?

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Apartheid Research:
https://searchblackandeducation.com/stories/2017/2/5/selected-laws-from-apartheid
http://scnc.ukzn.ac.za/doc/HIST/Apartheid%20Legislation%20in%20South%20Africa.htm
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html

Jim Crow Laws: We will be watching this short video that talks about a specific family and the way they were affected by racism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSaq5d_2TEs

Jim Crow Pictures: You will be going on Google to find pictures that show what Jim Crow laws were.

NY Times Population Maps: We will be looking at these population maps to show how housing segregation is still an issue in America today.

Comparing Apartheid and Jim Crow
Group Areas Act (1950) vs Fair Housing Act (1968)
Separate Representation of Voters Act (1951) vs Voting Rights Act 1965
Reservation of Separate Amenities Act (1953) vs Plessy v Ferguson (1896)

Exit Ticket: What is one way Apartheid and Jim Crow were similar?

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Wednesday March 27, 2019 & Thursday March 28, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know how African Colonization started and the lasting affects it had on the continent. Students will know the similarities and differences between Apartheid and Jim Crow America.

Circle: Would you rather have a runny nose or dry eyes?

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Apartheid vs Jim Crow: For the next couple of classes we will be comparing the laws and norms of Apartheid and Jim Crow to find the similarities and differences.

Apartheid Research: You will spend some time in class today in your groups putting together a list of restrictions that Africans had to deal with under Apartheid law. We will then be making a list on the board as a class.
https://searchblackandeducation.com/stories/2017/2/5/selected-laws-from-apartheid
http://scnc.ukzn.ac.za/doc/HIST/Apartheid%20Legislation%20in%20South%20Africa.htm
http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~cale/cs201/apartheid.hist.html

Jim Crow Laws: https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/jim-crow-laws
We will be talking about the Jim Crow laws and what rights African Americans were denied during this time.

Comparing Apartheid and Jim Crow
Group Areas Act (1950) vs Fair Housing Act (1968)
Separate Representation of Voters Act (1951) vs Voting Rights Act 1965
Reservation of Separate Amenities Act (1953) vs Plessy v Ferguson (1896)

Exit Ticket: What is one way Apartheid and Jim Crow were similar?

Monday, March 25, 2019

Monday March 25, 2019 & Tuesday March 26, 2019

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Wednesday March 13, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know how and why African Colonization started and the lasting affects it had on the continent. Students will know what Apartheid was and will be able to compare it the American racism of the 20th century.

Circle: If you could become famous for anything, what would it be? What is the one thing you've accomplished in my class that you are most proud of?

World Issues Project: You should work on your World Issues Projects until 1:00pm.

Triangular Trade Explained and Simulation: I will be putting a map on the board to illustrate the aspects of Triangular Trade and we will also be doing a quick simulation.

Lasting Affects: We will quickly be going over the lasting affects that the Transatlantic Slave Trade had on Africa.

Types of Colonization: We will quickly be going over the difference between economic and settler colonization.

Apartheid: We will be taking time in class to introduce the idea of Apartheid and how it worked. We will be talking about the White minority having power over the Black minority as well as looking at the separation of different black tribes within South Africa.

Trevor Noah: We will be reading some chapters out of the book Born a Crime.

Sunday, March 10, 2019

Monday March 11, 2019 & Tuesday March 12, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know how African Colonization started and the lasting affects it had on the continent.

Circle: No circle today.

World Issues Project: You should work on your World Issues Projects until 1:00pm.

Transatlantic Slave Trade Article: You will be reading this article about the transatlantic slave trade in class. While you are reading, you should be completing the assignment on Google Classroom called "Transatlantic Slave Trade Questions." Please note that these questions are asked in the order that you will read about them.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/transatlantic-slave-trade

If you finish this with class time still remaining, you should go back to working on your World Issues Projects or any assignments you are currently missing. If you do not finish this in class, you should complete this assignment for homework.

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Thursday March 7, 2019 & Friday March 8, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know how African Colonization started and the lasting affects it had on the continent.

Circle: If you could have any kind of pet in the whole world, what would you have?

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Atlantic Slave Trade: We will be watching this video as a class.

Slave Trade Simulation: We will be doing a simulation to demonstrate how the Atlantic Slave Trade worked.

Timeline: We will be working together as a class to construct a timeline of European Colonization, starting with the Atlantic Slave Trade and ending with complete European Imperialism after the Berlin Conference. I will be explaining key vocab along the way.

Video on Colonialism: We will be watching a video that supports the idea we read about in the Newsela articles. You will be learning about how a why Europe took over Africa in this video.

Colonialism Simulation: We will be doing a simulation in class that will allow you to see how colonialism happened. We will be looking at the differences between Settler Colonialism and Economic Colonialism.

Africa vs America: We will start looking at the similarities between the colonization of Africa and of America.

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

Tuesday March 5, 2019 & Wednesday March 6, 2019

Learning Target: Students will know how African Colonization started and the lasting affects it had on the continent.

Circle: What is your favorite fruit? What did you do with your snow day?

World Issues Project: You will have 20 minutes to work on your World Issues Projects.

Newsela Articles: The class will be breaking up into two sides. One half will become experts on one article, while the other half will become experts on the other. After about 10 minutes of silent reading time, students will share what they learned in the article they read with students who read the other article. You will be doing this in pairs.

Atlantic Slave Trade: We will be watching this video as a class.

Timeline: We will be working together as a class to construct a timeline of European Colonization, starting with the Atlantic Slave Trade and ending with complete European Imperialism after the Berlin Conference. I will be explaining key vocab along the way.