Hello World History,
I hope this finds you well and recharged after Memorial Day weekend! We are over halfway done with online learning and you are doing a great job, keep it up! Here is this week’s schedule and some announcements.
The schedule for this week (5/25 – 5/29):
TUE. (5/26) – Today is a “catch up” / work day. Use the history “class” time to finish up “DBQs Belgian Congo” (due today), complete & submit any late/missing work, or check out the optional video posted in this week’s channel (not required). **There is no new content or assignments today.
WED. (5/27) – I will have Office Hours from 10:00 – 11:00 AM on Wednesdays where I will be available for immediate email responses to questions and for video calls (the “Meet” feature within Microsoft Teams). Please let me know if you would like to schedule a video call. I will also do my best to be available for Office Hours on my prep periods (2nd and 5th periods on the At-Home Learning schedule sent out prior to spring break---subject to change in the future).
FRI. (5/29) – go to the “May 25 – May 29” Channel in Teams. Watch today’s video PPT file and then head over to the Assignment “DBQ Causes of Imperialism” in Teams. (This will be the summative task of our Imperialism unit, as we will begin our study of World War I next week.) Everything you need for this activity is in the attached Word doc. This assignment is due on Tue., 6/2 (B).
Other announcements / reminders:
- To use Microsoft Teams, go to Office.com and sign in with:
Username: school ‘email’ (username@issaquah.wednet.edu). Username should be first 4 letters of last name, first 3 letters of first name, and grad year [ex: MatzChr23]
Password: school computer password
- If you CAN'T access Office/Teams, PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP!
**The deadline for all late/missing work will be FRIDAY, 6/12.**
- MISSING WORK: if you have any missing work since April 20 (the start of At-Home Learning) OR assignments from before the closure, remember that you can still earn points by completing and turning these in via email or Teams. For pre-closure work, go to our class website (https://matzencisd.wixsite.com/worldhistory) on the “Files” page for your course. Please refer to Principal Martin’s email about Semester 2 grading and/or email me with any questions.
- Previously recorded lessons (and the PPT slides they’re based on) can be found under the “Files” tab in the channel for that week.
As always, please reach out via email (or public post in Teams) if/when you have a question, need help with an assignment, etc.! Keep on pushing through these last few weeks, you’ve got this! Cheers and talk to you soon,
- Mr. Matzen