World Civilization PLC 12/13

Attendance: Gray and Johnson

Discussed possible ideas for Final Exam

Discussed the use of a comparative essay for my final in AP World History and the use of extra credit for all students that upload their essay to their backpacks.

Discussed review for content students have struggled with in the last unit (Enlightenment and American/French Revolutions)

World Civilization PLC 11/16

Attendance: Johnson and Gray

Discussed 2nd six weeks grades and if we needed to recommend anyone for intervention. Discussed how to get makeup work for students that have missed instruction and how we can implement Google Classroom more.

Discussed using quizlet or another app for formative assessment.


Worked on including more writing in our exploration project by including the use of journal entries from the explorers perspective.

11/5 PBL Brainstorming PLC

PBL "Cost of War"

PLC Meeting 11/2

Attendance: Johnson, Gray, and Roy

Exploration Exam -
The exchange of food, products, diseases, etc in the new world.
How did horses become important to the Native Americans?
The slave trade and what drove the slave trade.
Selling cotton to England in order to sell cotton to the North.

Backward planning has helped teachers with the writing prompts and designing the instruction with the evidence in mind.

Students will be asked to do a Biography of 2 explorers and map out their route.

Common student misconceptions to address- That explorers sailed for their native countries.
The embellishment of the new world by the explorers.  The three Gs of exploration - God, Gold and Glory.  Religion played a major part in exploration. 

PLC 10/26

Attendance: Darin Gray and Nick Johnson

• Discussed classroom sizes and balance of students
• Discussed Renaissance and Reformation unit to check how backwards planning affected student outcomes.
• Started planning projects for the upcoming unit on Exploration
• Discussed potential ideas for the Exploration Exam and backwards planning.

PLC 10/08

Attendance: Johnson and Gray

Summary: We worked on identifying Backpack skills that we could utilize in our upcoming units. Discussed how we could incorporate more digital copies of student work for easy access to use as backpack evidence.

PLC 09/13 and 09/20

Attendance: Johnson and Gray

Summary: 09/13 continued working on new assignments to increase the rigor of the Renaissance and Reformation unit. More focus has been placed on writing and using evidence to support their claims.

Summary: 09/20 Began finalizing our Renaissance and Reformation writing prompts for the unit exam. Brainstorming for ways to talk about cultural competency within the Reformation section and trying to help students become more culturally aware in regards to world religions.

PLC 09/07

Attendance Johnson, Gray, and Winters 

• Classroom issues, concerns, and achievements
• Feedback on mapping and religion activities 
• Ideas for assignments for Renaissance and Reformation units
• Complete growth plans and student progress 
• Discuss backwards planning for Renaissance unit

PLC 8/24

Attendance:  Johnson, D. Gray, Roy (Braun, K. Gray)
Learned about Valley Harbor
Added Authors to the pages
Discuss embedded PD next week
Class size concerns were discussed.