Week of November 30,2009

Accelerated History has the FDR reading by Doris Kearns Goodwin due Tuesday
20 facts, 10 on foreign policy (WWII) 10 on domestic policy (what went on at home)
List 5 questions and answers from the reading and 1 ah-hah or 1 thing you did not understand.
Also, comment on Doris Kearns Goodwin and her view of FDR. Did she admire him? Explain.

Homework this week:
Due Tuesday: Finish the DBQ questions on Stalin. Also, list on a "T" the good and bad points of Stalin's rule.

Due Thursday:
27(4) Upheavals in China (p.869-873)
Identify the terms, people, and places in split page notes.
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
Also, answer the Who should lead the New China question at the top of page 871 and map skills questions #2+3 on page 872.

27(5) Conflicting Forces in Japan (p.874-877)
Identify the terms, people, and places in split page notes. Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences. Also answer the focus question at the top of page 874, answer Map skills questions #2+3 on page 876, and the biography question on Emperor Hirohito on page 877.

Be ready for a quiz on Friday

Due next Tuesday:
29(1) From Appeasement to War (p.924-929)
Identify the terms,people, and places in split page notes.Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
Also,answer the focus question with the picture of Neville Chamberlain on page 924, the Hitler Remilitarizes Germany question with the picture on page 925, and Map Skills questions #2+3 on page 928.

Week of November 16,2009

26-5 assigned last week is due on Tuesday

Due by Friday
28-3, Fascism in Italy (898-902)
Put all of the terms, people and places in split page notes
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences
Also, answer the two Thinking critically questions on 901.

28-4, The Soviet Union under Stalin p. 904-911
Identify the terms, people and places in split page notes
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due next Monday:
28-5, Hitler and the Rise of Nazi Germany p. 912-917
Identify the terms, people, and places in split page notes. Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
Answer the biography question of Hitler on page 914.
Also, answer the Chart skills question in the box on page 917.

Week of November 9,2009

Today is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the beginning of the collapse of the Soviet Union (11/9/89)

We will watch a short video: The Berlin Wall was a Monster.
Why was the Wall built? Why did it signal the failure of the Soviet system?

On Tuesday 28(1) and 28(2) are due.

Wednesday is Veterans day (11/11), formally called Armistice Day

Friday 26(5) Revolution and Civil War in Russia is due.
Identify the terms, people, and places in split page notes.
Answer the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
Read the caption with the picture of Rasputin (page 840) Answer the question in a complete sentence.
Also, read the biography of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Answer the question at the bottom of his biography (page 841)
Finally, answer the two Thinking Critically questions on page 843.

Week of November 2, 2009

Due this week

Finish the Document Based Assement questions for the causes of WWI.
Identify the top four causes of WWI and assess each countries blame.
Be ready for a WWI quiz on Friday on book material and classroom review.

Due next Monday-
Book work: 28(1) Post War Social Changes, p. 884-889 . Identify the terms, people, and places in split page notes. Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.
Also-Read the biography on page 888, and answer the question on Marie Curie.
Look at the Abstract art on page 889. Answer the analyzing art question with the picture

28(2) The Western Democries Stumble, p.891-897. Identify the terms, people, and places in split page notes. Answer the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.