"Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today." Malcolm X

THE END OF THE 5TH WEEK IS FRIDAY 

PLEASE HAVE ALL ASSIGNMENTS COMPLETE 

Wednesday 3/7/18 OBJECTIVES

• All students who have castle learning are to make sure the assignments are complete before due date
• All students who have June Regent exams and are repeating exams for the second time are to spend some time working on exams

http://www.nysedregents.org/

Seniors are to continue their Guns, Germs, and Steel research unit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaTKkAM4Jbk (audio link)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i885hopsw6E (video part 1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCBod2jFFyQ (video part 2)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ9espgY-Po (video part 3)

• watch video
• read/listen to text
• answer comprehension questions
• quick writes

1. Please make sure quick write #1 for Guns, Germs, and Steel is complete
2. Make sure you have read/listened to Chapter 3: Collision an Cajamarca 
3. Make sure you have copied and began to study the vocabulary words

Directions: Before viewing the film, read each question below so you know what information and ideas you should be looking for as you watch Episode 2. Record your answers to each question by providing as many facts, details, and examples as possible to answer each question. Be prepared to discuss your answers with the class. (Answer 3 of 4, all 4 for extra-credit)
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1. At the time that the Spanish conquistadors invaded the Inca Empire, they were armed with state of the art weaponry. Describe this weaponry.
2. What is Jared Diamond’s explanation for why the Spanish had advanced to steel swords while Inca’s were still making tools and weapons from bronze?
3. How did the battle tactics used by the Spanish conquistadors help the small army defeat the Inca army that outnumbered it by the thousands?
4. According to Jared Diamond, what made the Europeans “accidental conquerors”?

Juniors are to continue Letters to Birmingham unit and complete any Algebra and Global Studies HW 

1.            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5Y-64GJT8E (link to video)

• Answer comprehension questions 
• finish quick write 
• re-read

2.  Complete any absolute value homework/classwork 

3.  Finish Global 

Sophomores are to complete the independent question #8 from Lacks unit 

• Finish independent question
• Finish Algebra coursework (exponential growth A=Principle(1+Rate)^time
• Global Studies graphic organizer on Russian Revolution