Matthew Berrigan - 2016-17 Year Plan
September
ORIGINS OF THE RENAISSANCE
What is Worldview?
Medieval Worldview
A Thousand Years w/o a bath
Middle Ages
The Curse of the Rat (Black Death)
Medieval Europe Vocabulary
Origins of the Renaissance Quiz
October
ITALIAN CITY-STATES
Setting the Stage
Italian Trade Cities
- Florence, Genoa, Milan and Venice
Game of Crowns Renaissance Italy: City-States
City-state poster presentations - Group work!
International Trade quiz
HUMANISM
Investigazione Leonardo a Vinci
Da Vinci and Michelangelo
November
Mona Lisa Smile
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Painting the Sistine Chapel
Recognizing Renaissance Art
Creating art with Egg-Tempera
Creating art with linseed oil
IDEAS OF THE RENAISSANCE
Renaissance Humanists
Women in the Renaissance
Humanism Section Quiz
Bill, Meet Niccolo
Printing Press
December
Heliocentricity
Protestant Reformation
The Prince
Michel de Montaigne
Ideas of the Renaissance Quiz
THE AGE OF EXPLORATION
Over the edge of the earth
1991 – Gulf War
The Formation of Countries
Spanish come to New World
Worldview
January
Portugal
Spain
Columbus and Magellan
Expansionist Worldview
Reasons for Exploration
Deadliest Warrior - Cortes vs Viking
SPANISH WORLDVIEW
Spanish Worldview
Inquisition
Ferdinand and Isabella
Spain looks Westward
Reconquista
The Story of El Cid
February
AZTEC WORLDVIEW
Intro to Aztecs
Aztec Vocabulary
Aztec legend
Aztec timeline
Aztec life
Aztec Gods
Aztec Vocabulary II
Deadliest Warrior II - Jaguar Warrior
Human Sacrifice
Aztecs quiz
March
CONQUEST OF THE AZTECS
The Conquistadors
The Conquistador Formula
The Haciendas of the Mexica
CLASH OF WORLDVIEWS
The Haciendas of the Mexica
Clash of Worldviews – What can we learn?
April
INTRODUCTION TO JAPAN
KWL
What is Isolationism
The Coming of the Mongols
Kami-Kaze: Horrible Histories
Crash Course History
Intro to Japanese Culture
Vocabulary practice
Shinto I
Shinto II
Japanese Buddhism
Ainu
47 Ronin
May
FEUDAL JAPAN
Tokugawa Shogunate
Consolidation of Power
The Samurai
Deadliest Warrior III - The Samurai
EMERGING FROM ISOLATIONISM
Matthew Perry
Meiji Restoration
Crash Course Japan
FILM STUDY - Memoirs of a Geisha
June
MODERN JAPANESE CULTURE - The Importance of Legacy
Japanese Death Match – Environmental impacts on modern Japan
J-Pop
Anime: Spirited Away
Crash Course Japan
REVIEW
Cumulative Exam
September
FOCUS: DISCOVER AND EXPLORE - GO1
- Primary source shoebox
- The World We Created Project
- Reading with purpose
- Primary sources
- Create original text
- The Sniper, Liam O'Flaherty
FOCUS: PLANNING AND ORGANIZATION
- Oral History Project
- Using graphic organizers to plan non-fiction writing
October
FOCUS: RESPONDING TO TEXT
- Current Events Presentations
- Remembrance Day Essays
- Reading Comprehension
- The Second Mrs. Giaconda
FOCUS: ENHANCE COMMUNICATION
- Current events presentations
- Remembrance Day Essays
- Journaling
- Expressing through art
- Ozymandias
November
FOCUS: RESPONDING TO TEXT
- Reading comprehension, inferencing
- Genre study
FOCUS: ENHANCE COMMUNICATION
- Performance critique
- Reading fluency performance
- Rivers and Men
December
FOCUS: ENHANCE COMMUNICATION
FOCUS: WORK WITHIN A GROUP
- Relic Hunter
- Deadliest Thinker
- Epic Rap Battle
- Current Events Presentation II
January
FOCUS: ATTEND TO CONVENTIONS
- Basic writing mechanics
- Spelling, capitalization, punctuation
- Short stories
- Short stories - composition
- Modern Pangaea
- Groupwork – retell story from another point of view
Febraury
Focus: Present and Share
Focus: Work within a Group
- Current Events Presentation III
- Thinking w end in mind C&C
- Plan advertising campaigns
FOCUS: ENHANCE AND IMPROVE
- Current Events Presentation III
- Compare and contrast CE performances
March
Focus: Plan and Focus
Focus: Organize, record, evaluate
Focus: Select and Process
- Canadian history and culture: Alberta Heritage Fair
- Non-fiction research: sources and styles
Focus: Present and Share
- Canadian history and culture: Alberta Heritage Fair
- Effective presentation technique: TEDTalks
- Record and Share
April
Focus: Select and Process
Focus: Respond to text
- Current Events Presentation IV
- Shane Novel Study
- Character study: Wolf pack and Exiled
Focus: Use strategies and cues
- Current Events Presentation IV
- Shane Novel Study
May
Focus: Work Within a Group
- Isolationism versus Interventionism.
- The Great Debate
Focus: Understand forms
-
Poetry composition
-
My Heart Will Go On Assign
-
Dragonsong
June
Focus: Discover and Explore
Focus: Understand forms
- Current Events Presentation V
- Poetry Anthology
REVIEW
Cumulative Exam
DISCOVER MUSIC
Module Based.
- Use of Garageband to create original music
- Music Identification
- Create Radio Station
- Music Video Creation
- Respect and Appreciate
- Regional Music Influences,
- Make a Mash-up
- Genre understanding
CORPORATE CANADA
Management and Marketing
- Bay Street Survivor
- Domination is Sweet
- Mission statement and Website
- Performance Analysis
- Participation in Gazillionaire
- Review and reflection of business performance
- Propaganda and persuasion
- 1920s Advertisements
- Analyzing Commercials
- Aquasteam Commercial
- Food Product Sales Pitch
- Company Business Plan Analyses