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.