1. Fabulous Friday August 19, 2016
The Medicis kept a pair of lions and some giraffes in one of Florence’s major squares. Apparently, the giraffes would occasionally escape and go wandering through the streets of Florence.
Today’s Agenda:
3 Gratitude's
Warm-Up
The Intellectual Renaissance through documents
Home Fun:
Have access to your journal entries for The Prince
Read over your journals and have two entries selected for group discussion
Warm Up:
How were art and architecture connected to the rise of Lorenzo de Medici?
5+ complete sentences
Periods
3 & 4

2. The Intellectual Renaissance
As a group make a list of “characteristics” that you believe describe the renaissance.
For each document identify AND agree as a group with characteristic(s) of the renaissance that document falls into.
What can you learn about the renaissance from these documents?
How do these documents reflect the significance of humanism, Greco-Roman culture and individualism?

3. Fabulous Friday August 19, 2016
Today’s Agenda:
3 Gratitude's
Terms Quiz
Working with documents
The Intellectual Renaissance
Home Fun:
Read, mark and annotate the prince handout
Bring in your journal entries and the book the princve
Warm Up:
3 minutes to review your terms
Terms Quiz
Periods
3 & 4

4. Motivational Monday August 11, 2016
Today’s Agenda:
Warm-Up – TED Talk – Grit
Historical Thinking Skills Intro.
Home Fun:
Finish Historical Thinking Skills handout
Bring Evidence that you can use to support your claim for any ONE of the skills.
Start Terms – Due Friday
Warm Up:
What is grit and why should we be teaching it to students in school. How should we view stress? Why?
5+ complete sentences
Periods
3 & 4

5. Fabulous Friday August 11, 2016
Today’s Agenda:
Warm Up – Healthy note
Pull Card Set-Up
Interactions and highlighting
The Happy Secret to Better Work
Home Fun:
Add your interactions and highlighting
Show me your work please, you must get a stamp.
Warm Up:
Why is drinking water so important to your health? How much water should you drink a day?
Answer in 3-5 complete sentences.
Your Warm-Ups are due today – please put them in the basket before you leave.
Periods
3 & 4

6. First name Last name BLANK SIDE Pull Cards LINED SIDE 1.Cumulative GPA
2.Activities outside of school (Clubs, teams, organizations)
3. Plans for after high school
4.Academic strength or favorite subject and why?
5. Tell me about you as a person and anything I should know about your story.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
LINED SIDE

7. The Happy Secret to Better Work
Questions to think about while you watch:
What is positive psychology?
How does being happy affect our success in life and school?

8. Terrific Thursday August 11, 2016
Today’s Agenda:
Warm Up
Intro Quiz
Tackling the Text
Home Fun:
Finish Outline pages
Warm Up:
Based off our discussion yesterday explain the concept of Perspective/point of view.
Answer in 3-5 complete sentences
Give an example of something that may affect your point of view.
1-2 complete sentences
Periods
3 & 4

9. Answer in 3-5 complete sentences.
Wise Wednesday August 10, 2016
Today’s Agenda:
Warm Up
Textbook Check out
Historical Thinking Skills
Home Fun:
Bring textbook tomorrow
Finish Historical Thinking Skills handout
Bring evidence for Historical Skills activity
Warm Up:
What are three important things you learned about AP Euro while reading your syllabus?
Answer in 3-5 complete sentences.
Periods
3 & 4

10. Trivia Tuesday August 9, 2016 Warm Up: Today’s Agenda:
Warm Up – Why History Matters Video
Why AP Euro?
AP Letters
Course Syllabus
Home Fun:
Get syllabus signed, it is due tomorrow.
Draw a diagram of the classroom with as much detail as you can from memory. No pictures
Warm Up:
Why does history matter?
Answer in 3-5 complete sentences.
Periods
3 & 4