I can see clearly now the rain is gone

Ah, finally, we can rest momentarily since our quiz over Unit 5B: Imperialism is over. Hopefully in our short and quick unit you were able to take away the following things:

• Western powers competed for colonies, creating a sense of nationalism among imperializing and imperialized countries, which in turn created some unresolved tensions
• Imperialism led to the gradual industrialization of other parts of the globe
• Industrialization will be equated with modernization, which in turn will be equated with westernization
• Basically, Europe and the United States have lots of colonies and lots of weapons they'll use to defend those interests. Oh, and Japan too, but we won't worry about them for a little while...

No need to cry...in front of everyone.

The next few days we're going to be continuing to look at Things Fall Apart and will get into some AP writing.  9th graders, you'll be introduced to the LEQ (Long Essay Question) this Friday, so if you're out (I'm looking at you, Band Clinic folks), please touch base with your teacher to get this instruction at some other time. 10th graders, we'll begin looking at the expectations of the CCOT (Change and Continuity over Time) essay on Monday.  No need to panic - our goal will be to have everyone comfortable with their respective style of writing for next Wednesday's essay. 

Don't forget, we have a Current Event tomorrow (it's already been posted)...a shout out to the people of Flint, Michigan :/ and we'll also be introducing your six-weeks project (the instructions are already online in the TFA folder).

And to help you unwind after a major-grade quiz, here are some Internet funnies.

Happy Wednesday! We're more than halfway through the week! Is anyone else craving a milkshake? It's because Mrs. Berends shared this with me. I cry. Should've been the CE. 

- Warrior Princess Siddiqui