Thursday, October 28, 2010

October 28

Fine Arts-Listening and analyzing Classical Music of Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn

Euro-Medival Witchcraft and superstition

US Hist-US entry into WWI

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

October 27

Fine Arts-Intro to classical music.  Mozart, HAydn, Beethoven.  Characteristics, symphony

AP Euro-Review Absolutism

Pre College US-Russian Revolution Video and LEcture

Monday, October 25, 2010

October 25

Fine Arts- Intro to Neoclassical period.  Jacques Louis Davis bookwork and lecture

AP Euro-Absolutism in various countries.  Will work on ID terms.  Test Wednesday Evening

Pre College US-Today students will work on ID cards and discuss start of WWI.  Quiz?

Friday, October 22, 2010

October 22

Fine Arts-Yesterday we took our Baroque test.  Today we will watch a film on Mozart to introduce the next unit on Neoclassicism

AP Euro-Today we will continue our discussion of Czarist Russia during the 17th and 18th Centuries

Pre College US-Today we will discuss the background of 19th Century Europe in setting up WWI. 

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

October 19

Fine Arts-Finish Review Sheet on the Baroque Period.  Test will be Thursday

AP EURO-The Rise of Prussia. We examined documents on Prussia, Austria, and Abosutism

PRE College US- Made flask cards for progressivism. Test Wednesday Night

Friday, October 15, 2010

October 15

Fine Arts-Watched performances of Brandenburg Concerto, Baroque Opera, Toccata and Fugue

AP Euro-Doc of Versailles

Pre College US-Discussed Progressive Era Documents. Worked on ID cards due monday: Roosevelt, trust busting, big stick, political corruption, Roosevelt Corollary, Bull Moose, Panama Canal, industrial capitalism

Thursday, October 14, 2010

October 14

Fine Arts
Baroque Music.  We tured in assignment from Wednesday.  We listed to examples from Bach, Vivaldi and Handel.  We also listened to some baroque examples played on electric guitar.
Test over the Baroque period next Wednesday.

AP European
We discussed primary documents dealing with Louis XIV and absolutism.  Each group shared. 
Next week you will be assigned a DBQ which will be due on Friday.

Pre AP US History
We discussed progressivism; this included Upton Sinclair, Teddy Roosevelt etc.  the class used primary documents and their own note cards for a lecture/discussion.
Next week you will be assigned a DBQ which will be due on Friday.