Monday, December 19, 2011

December 17, 2011


Complete homework assigned last week

Interview anlaysis started in class on Monday should be completed for Tuesday.

Monday's quiz has been moved to Tuesday.

Essay question due Thursday:  What are the biggest changes to American society over the past 50 years?  Focus on three of the PERSIA EMT in your answer.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Week of December 12, 2011

The interview projects are due tommorrow.
We will be comparing the Civil Rights movement in the US led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to the Indian independence movement led by Mondahas K. Gandhi.  Both used civil disobedience and peaceful non violence as a force more powerful than violence.

Homework due Wednesday
3(1) Early Civilizations of India and Pakistan (68-74)
Identify the terms, people, and places
Read Witness History (68)  How have scholars learned about early Indian Civilizations?
Read Map Skills (69) Answer questions 2+3.
Read the biography on page 70. What did Wheeler contribute to archaeology?
Read Remnants of Indus Civ. (71) Draw one of the carved animals.
What is the woman on page 73 practicing? Why do you think this has lasted so long?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

27(3) India Seeks Self-Rule (865-867)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness History (865)  Why were many Indians frustrated?  With whom?
Read The Salt March (866) How do you think Americans would have viewed the British if they
       violently reacted to the Salt March?
Answer the 3 checkpoint questions in complete sentences.


Due Thursday
Read The Mahabharata (75) Answer Thinking Critically question #1.

The first half of 3(2) just the Hinduism part.
3(2) Hinduism and Buddhism (76-78)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness history(76) in what ways were religion and society intertwined in ancient India?
Identify and draw the 3 major Hindu gods pictured on page 77.
Answer the two checkpoint questions in complete sentences.


Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Week of December 5, 2011

30(1) and 30(2) assigned last week are due this week.
Groups will present on these sections on Wednesday.
Remember the research project is due next Tuesday.

Homework due Friday
30(3)  Communism spreads to East Asia (985-991)
Identify the terms, people, and places
Look at the pictures on 985, what does the Little Red Book contain?
Look at the Mao biography (986) how did he treat critics?
Look at the picture on page 987, what did the littlr red books urge?
Answer questions 1,2, 3 on page 989.
Look at the pictue on page 990. Describe the weather conditions.
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

30(4) War in Southeast Asia  (992-997)
Identify the terms, people and places
Look at the Ho biography on page 993. How did his communist view differ from the Soviet model?
Look at the picture of the calandar on page 994. What is the soldier's name? Why all the "x's"?
Read the infographic on page 994-995.  Answer questions #1+2 on pge 995.
What does the picture on page 996 show?
What are the boat people fleeing on page 997?
Answer the three checkpoint questions in the section.