The Airborne Toxic Event

The Airborne Toxic Event is an American rock band from Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California comprising Mikel Jollett (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steven Chen (guitar, keyboards), Noah Harmon (bass), Daren Taylor (drums) and Anna Bulbrook (viola, keyboards, tambourine, backing vocals). Named after a section of the book White Noise, by Don DeLillo, the group incorporates string…

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Lessons Learned

Lezione Uno: Give Thanks Ahhhhh….yes, it’s that time of year once again. The trees have lost their leafs, the weather is cooling off, and football season is coming to it’s climax…..it’s time for the great American Holiday of Thanksgiving. Friday will be our last day before we break for Thanksgiving, and we will return to…

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Creating Your Own Lessons Learned

Students, you listen to my lessons learned each week but today it’s your turn to tell me your lessons learned so far this school year. Your assignment for today is to create a blog post using our social network reflecting back on your school year to this point. In your post make sure that you…

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Analyzing Political Cartoons

Political cartoons communicate powerful ideas often in a humorous, enlightening manner, by incorporating the events of the period into an easily understandable format most people could relate to even with limited reading abilities. Symbols, caricature, drawings and exaggerations used by the cartoonist point out themes and problems of any given time period. Political cartoons play…

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Timeline Dates – Second Set

Today we will be adding four dates to our already existing TimeToast timelines. Students, please add the Protestant Reformation dates below to your timeline. Remember to use links, photos, and descriptions. The Posting of The 95 Theses Battle of The Peasants Martin Luther’s First Translations of The Bible Mr. McClung

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Social Studies Video Lesson

Students, as I told you yesterday I will not be at school for part of the day today due to a dentist appointment. Please watch the video and follow the instructions. Mr. McClung

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The Protestant Reformation

On Wednesday, we will be taking a look at the Protestant Reformation. The Reformation was a great time of change and this change would be one that would change the same of our culture as we know it. In this video, we will see how Martin Luther and his “95 Thesis” created an awakening of…

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REPSI

With time running low on the semester (4 weeks), our social studies class is looking to wrap up our talks about world history (1200 – 1800). Because of the fact that we do not have a large amount of time to study this massive chuck of history, my students and I are using mini-lessons to…

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Muse

Muse are a multi award-winning English alternative rock band that formed in Teignmouth, Devon in 1994. Since their inception, the band has comprised Matthew Bellamy (vocals, guitar, piano), Christopher Wolstenholme (bass, backing vocals), and Dominic Howard (drums). Muse are known for their energetic and extravagant live performances and their fusion of many music genres, including…

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