Today, we’re going to wrap up our Civilizations presentations and start a mini-unit based off of Jared Diamond’s book “Gun, Germs and Steel.” Watch the video below and answer the questions on the worksheet!

The BGHS Social Studies department has decided that we are generally covering world history from about 1500 C.E. to the present. Of course, it is my opinion that students need a refresher in the history that came before 1500 C.E. so as to better understand how the world came to be. In this vein, we’ve spent […]

Yesterday and Today we’ve been working on our Pre-Renaissance timeline project.  We’re starting with ancient history, as far back as we can possibly go, right up to the end of the Renaissance. The spreadsheet template for organizing your timeline has been shared with you via google drive.  You can plug your template’s web address into […]

Welcome back to school! I’m very glad to have you as a part of mY World Studies class this year!  You will have the opportunity to explore the development of the modern world from the end of the renaissance up to modern day.  We will do our best to connect what has happened in the past to […]

Have a safe and fun summer!  Check Skyward for your final grades and feel free to contact me if you have any questions

Almost done! Today in class we wrapped up the last little bits of the cold war by talking about the Star Wars Missile Defense system and watching a couple of videos on the fall of the Berlin Wall.  You’ll want to check out the last couple of slides of the presentation below for those videos. […]

Today, we’re going to finish up the presentation and notes from yesterday. Then, you’ll have a guided reading on the Thaw of the Cold war.