How many bones have you broken?
August 25, 2025
Learn how to navigate and annotate our Digital Textbook
Stamps?
Student IDs
Join McGraw-Hill Class
Review expectations for annotations
Finish UK and Europe Map for Stamp
Due Dates
If something is due tomorrow, it must be submitted by 8:00a.m.the next day. Not 8:01
For example: Syllabus Due Thursday means it is due at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday.
All digital assignments are timed stamped (even the Bitmoji Project)
Late Work Issues
Always come in at lunch. Never email.
When can I email?
Email me when you have a question about an upcoming assignment. (before 9:00 pm)
If you email about a missing assignment I will not respond, but I will be in my room at lunch.
What should I do if I have late work? Send an email?
Do not send an email about late work. Email if for upcoming assignments that you don’t understand.
You have to physically come in at lunch, we will look at your assignment, your planner, the website, the work itself and we will make a plan to get partial credit.
United Kingdom
England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Great Britain
United Kingdom without Northern Ireland
UK and Europe Map
Use this code to join the class:�Per. 1: viVqCsUD
Per 2: dilhN7fP
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Period #6: ScBLIVGl
Period 7: pWoiZT1p
Go to McGraw Hill in your Waffle (you might need to open a new tab in Chrome)
Go to page 16
As you read, highlight text using the following color code:
Yellow: Important words, names, facts
Green: Things you agree with
Pink: Things you disagree with
Blue: Things that are just plain weird
New Ideas, New Nations
Try to make 5 comments (annotations)
This is not annotating. This is parroting the text to make it look like you are annotating, but it adds no value or insight to the text
This is not annotating. This is asking a question that should be answered with research.
This is annotating! You were confused about something, you looked it up and found the information you needed.
This is annotating! You were confused about something, you looked it up and found the information you needed.
This is annotating! You had an opinion about something you read and you put that in writing..
Age of Exploration
Crusades 1100-1300 increased trade between Europe and Middle East
Result: 1. Demand for goods (spices, silk, scents stones, sugar)
2. exposure to technology (compass, astrolabe)
Also: Marco Polo’s book “Travels of Marco Polo” (1300)
Other Factors
Silk Road was dominated by Muslim and Italian Merchants
Prince Henry the Navigator (Portugal) began exploring sea routes to Asia by going around Africa.. Used Caravels (faster cargo ships) discovered islands and started the African Slave Trade
Died in 1506
Ferdinand Magellan (Spain) circumnavigated the world in 1522 + Francis Drake (England) in 1580
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Price of a Candy Bar at Costco
Profit Margin
$1
$5
Amount you can sell that candy bar at school*
500%
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Price of 10 pounds of nutmeg in the spice islands (Philippines)
Profit Margin
$1
$600
Amount you can sell that for in England
60,000%
A Portuguese Caravel could carry 120 tons of cargo, or 240,000 pounds
$24,000 invested could bring in $14,400,000
*This is against school rules btw, but you get the point.