20th Century Decades project

Name_______________________________  STUDENT MUST FILL IN SHEET
              Decade outlined: _____________________________________
Subject interviewed: ___________________________________________
Subject's age during decade:___________________
What is the biggest difference between that time and now? Explain._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Fashions/Fads/Trends_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
New inventions/technology ______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________
Status Symbols of the era ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Slang common to time ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Common pass times (what did they do for fun?) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Music/Media icons: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Heroes and villains of the era, explain why __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Identify major trends to influence the era as a whole, not necessarily their family alone
Changes in Family size (extended, nuclear, blended...)  ______________________________________________________________
Religion:  Did most families go to Church/service/ synagogue ______________________________________________________________
Education: When did MCAS emerge? Why? ______________________________________________________________
Government: Did people trust it? Who were the presidents? ______________________________________________________________
Military: were we at war?________________________________________ Where?_______________________________________________________
Major source of information: Where did they get their news? ______________________________________________________________
Major news headlines of the decade _____________________________________________________________

Their strongest memories of that time ____________________________________________________________

-----------To be answered after the interview by the student----------------------

Does the subject have a positive or a negative view of this decade? Why? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What types of factors influence your subject’s memories? (e.g. too busy raising kids to remember clearly….) __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Do you notice any trends or major changes to American society in SPRITE E in this decade?
Social _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Political ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Religious _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Intellectual (science...) _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Technology ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Economic ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Environmental ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

Mr. Stanton’s Decade Project Rules:
1. Interview at least three people. Subjects must be at least 5 years old at beginning of decade. (i.e. the person must be born by 1955 to discuss the 1960’s)

2. STUDENT MUST FILL IN SHEET.

 Do Not pass this off to Grandma to fill out. This will not be accepted.

3. Due Date: January 8, 2013
1960’s, 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s, 2000’s. Only one decade is covered 2X.
This must be by people in different generations (20 years apart)
Interview your parents and grandparents (if possible) on the decade your parents graduated from high school.

Extra Credit... Other decades (1940’s, 1950’s…) can be completed for extra credit.

Week of December 17, 2012

Homework club meets in room 218 on Tuesday after school.
Late busses leave at 4:15 on Tuesday and Thursday.

Due Wednesday
26(3) Winning the War(829-833)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read And American War Song (829) When did the US declare war on Germany? 
How is the war poster on 830 connected to the picture on 830?
Who was Edith Cavell (biography 831) Why was she shot by the Germans? What do you think the Germans should have done with her?
Who is pictured on the recruitment poster on page 832?
Why are the French cheering on page 833?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Separate hw grade:  Draw two propaganda posters
One poster supporting the Allies
One poster supporting the Central Powers

Due Thursday :
26(4) Making the Peace (834-838)Identify the terms, people and places.
Who is pictured on page 834? Are they the leaders of the Allies or the Central Powers?
Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 835.
Answer question #3 on page 837.
Answer questions #1+2 on Analyzing Political Cartoons on page 838.

Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due  Thursday after vacation

26(5) Revolution and Civil War in Russia (839-845)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Who is speaking in the letter, voices of the front, on page 839? Who do they write to, and what do they want?
Draw a quick illustration of Rasputin (840). Who was Rasputin an advisor to? What type of egg is pictured on page 840?
Answer the biography question on V.I. Lenin on page 841.
Answer thinking critically question #1 on page 843.
What caused the mass starvation pictured on page 845?
Answer the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Separate Homework Grade: Answer Chapter Assessment questions #1-6, and
# 11 and #17 on page 848

Week of December 10, 2012

Homework club meets in room 218 on Tuesday after school.
Late busses leave at 4:15 on Tuesday and Thursday.
Position paper due Tuesday.

What is the best way to (choose one) coach a team, teach a class, raise a family, babysit young children (any relationship where a power difference exists):Confucianism, Daoism, or Legalism. Be able to explain whether these would work better in the short or the long term. You have to show me that you understand Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism.

Use MoBaThBlue in the opening paragraph.
Body should include three paragraphs: why two philosophies do not work and one philosophy works.
Conclusion. Restate thesis statement and sum up argument

Current Event Week 4 due next week. Make sure you complete the map portion.

We will be wrapping up Chinese civilization and discussing the impact of the Mongols on Monday. We will jump back to the 20^th century and study the causes and effects of WWI the rest of the week.

 Homework due  Wednesday.
26(1) The Great War Begins (816-821). (double homework credit)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Draw the three images on page 815 and explain their significance.
What was the spark of WWI (picture 816).
Answer question 2+3 on map skills page 817.
Why are the people picture on 818 so happy?
Read the biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II (819) who were his two cousins and his grandmother
Read the reasons of entering the war (820), what two powers were most responsible for starting the war? Explain your answer.
How did people show their war enthusiasm (picture 821)?
Answer the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Homework due Thursday
26(2)A New Kind of War (822-827)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Read a soldier on the Western Front (822) what does the soldier hear that makes him happy? Read Map Skills on page 823, answer questions 2+3.
Read the infographic (824-5), illustrate three of the changes to warfare in the Great War. Read Map Skills on page 826, who fought against the Ottoman Empire in Egypt and on the Saudi peninsula?
Who is pictured on page 827?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences

Separate homework grade:
Read Erich Maria Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front (828)
Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2

Week of December 3, 2012

For a quiz grade, you are assigned a short position paper due next Tuesday.

What is the best way to (choose one) coach a team, teach a class, raise a family, babysit young children (any relationship where a power difference exists):Confucianism, Daoism, or Legalism. Be able to explain whether these would work better in the short or the long term. You have to show me that you understand Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism.

Use MoBaThBlue in the opening paragraph.
Body should include three paragraphs: why two philosophies do not work and one philosophy works.
Conclusion. Restate thesis statement and sum up argument

Current Event Week 3 due next week. Make sure you complete the map portion.
We will be discussing Confucianism, Daoism and Legalism this week.
Book work on this material covered has already been assigned.

Homework due next Tuesday.
26(1) The Great War Begins (816-821). (double homework credit)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Draw the three images on page 815 and explain their significance.
What was the spark of WWI (picture 816). 
Answer question 2+3 on map skills page 817. 
Why are the people picture on 818 so happy?
Read the biography of Kaisar Wilhelm II (819) who were his two cousins and his grandmother
Read the reasons of entering the war (820), what two powers were most responsible for starting the war? Explain your answer.
How did people show their war enthusiasm (picture 821)?
Answer the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Homework due next Wednesday
26(2)A New Kind of War (822-827)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Read a soldier on the Western Front (822) what does the soldier hear that makes him happy? Read Map Skills on page 823, answer questions 2+3.
Read the infographic (824-5), illustrate three of the changes to warfare in the Great War. Read Map Skills on page 826, who fought against the Ottoman Empire in Egypt and on the Saudi peninsula?
Who is pictured on page 827?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences

Separate hw grade.
Read Erich Maria Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front (828)
Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2

Week of November 26,2012

Good news, late busses are now on Tuesday/Thursday and will leave at 4:15.
Homework club meets in room 218 after school on Tuesday.

Current Event Week #2 due next Monday.

With all of the short weeks we will be catching up on the homework already assigned.

We will be wrapping up the life of Buddha this week.
Your 6-8 panel cartoon of Buddha's life is due on Friday.
 There must be at least 18 statements/facts about Buddha's life included in the panels.

We will also be discussing Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism in China.  Book work on China has already been assigned.

For a quiz on you are assigned a short position paper due next Friday.


What is the best way to (choose one) coach a team, teach a class, raise a family, babysit young children (any relationship where a power difference exists):Confucianism, Daoism, or Legalism. Be able to explain whether these would work better in the short or the long term. You have to show me that you understand Confucianism, Daoism, and Legalism.

Use MoBaThBlue in the opening paragraph. 
Body should include three paragraphs:  why two philosophies do not work and one philosophy works.
Conclusion.  Restate thesis statement and sum up argument.

Honors London sewer reading due this Thursday.

Week of November 19, 2012

Homework club:  Tuesday after school in room 218
Don't forget canned goods for Turkey basket.

Week 1 current event due.
6 Panels of the Buddha's life due Wednesday  Quiz grade

The Buddha’s Life in 6  panels  (5 points each-30 points)

1)    Birth- born Siddhartha Gautama (flower?)                                        _____
2)    Life before 29.  What did he want for?  What was his quest?        _____
3)    Ascetic life 29-35. What did it lead to?                                                _____ 
4)    Journey to enlightenment. 
       a.     What did the musician say to his student?                                  _____

5)    The Dark Lord Mara’s temptations                                                      _____

  (pride, greed, fear, ignorance, and desire)                                                               

6)     Teachings of the path to enlightenment: Where did he sit?

       4 Noble Truths  (8 fold path)                                                          _____  

Book work due Monday after Thanksgiving vacation

Honors Reading on 19th century sewers due Tuesday after vacation

 

 

Week of November 13, 2012

Due Thursday:

Gandhi  titled his autobiography  The Story of My Experiments with Truth.

Identify and write about  two events in Gandhi’s life that led to his growth as a person. 

Complete DBQ 17

Due next Monday after Thanksgiving Vacation

3(4) Rise of Civilization in China (92-100)  Double homework credit.
Identify the terms, people, and places. Choose 5.
Draw the image of the Mandate of Heaven, listed as the Dynastic Cycle on page 95.
Read the Biography of Confucius on page 97. Why do you think Confucianism is still strong today in many Asian cultures?

Draw the yin-yang symbol pictured on page 98.

Read the secrets of making silk (99) Answer thinking critically question #1.

Answer four of the 6 checkpoint questions in complete sentences

Week 1 Current Event due on Monday

Due next Tuesday

12(1)Two Golden Ages in China 366-375)  
 Identify the terms, people and places.
Read the report on Kublai Khan's fleet (367). How did the Japanese stop a Mongol invasion of Japan in both 1274 and 1281?
Identify three Chinese inventions listed on page 370.
Describe the woman's shoes pictured on page 372.
Answer questions 4-6 on page 374 in complete sentences.

12(2) the Mongol and Ming Empires.(376-382)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Answer the biography question on page 377.
Answer Thinking Critically questions 1+2 on page 379.
Answer question #3 on page 380.  
Answer questions #3-5 on page 382.

Honor's class reading on the sewers of London will be due after Thanksgiving vacation.

Week of November 5, 2012

Tomorrow is election day.
What is your prediction in the Presidential race?
Circle winner:     Obama_____________ Romney______________      Electoral vote   (total of 538)  

Due Wednesday:
3(1) Early Civilizations of India and Pakistan (68-74)

Identify the terms, people, and places 
Read Witness History (68) What do archaeologists study? 
Read Map Skills (69) Answer question 2.
Read the biography on page 70. What ancient civilization did Wheeler study?
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 practice has lasted so long? 
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Separate hw grade: 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 first two checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Book work due this Friday 

3(2) Buddhism p.79-82 

Identify: Siddhartha Gautama, Eightfold Path, nirvana, sect

Answer thinking critically questions #1+2 on page 79.

List the 4 Noble Truths on page 80.

Look at the map on page 81.  Answer question #2.

Answer the last two checkpoint questions in complete sentences. 

Due next Wednesday (November 14)

3(4) Rise of Civilization in China  (92-100) Double homework credit.
Identify the terms, people, and places. Choose 5.
Draw the image of the Mandate of Heaven, listed as the Dynastic Cycle on page 95.
Read the Biography of Confucius on page 97. Why do you think Confucianism is still strong today  in many Asian cultures?

Draw the yin-yang symbol pictured on page 98. 

Read the secrets of making silk (99) Answer thinking critically question #1.

Answer four of the 6 checkpoint questions in complete sentences  

Week of October 29,2012

Homework club meets Tuesdays in Room 218 after school.

Due Tuesday

25(1) Japan Modernizes (784-790)
Identify 5 of the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness history (784) What did the emperor want to keep and want to get rid of?
Read the primary source (785) What two countries acted as a bridge to the outside world for the Japanese?
Read the eyewitness accounts of Fukuzawa Yukichi when he visited America (787-788). Why didn’t he laugh at the dancing Americans although he thought they looked funny?
Look at the chart on 788. What happened to Japanese trade, manufacturing, banking and railways between 1883 and 1893?
Look at the picture on page 789. Why was Russia threatened by Japanese aggression in Korea?
Look at the picture on page 790. How long did the Japanese control Korea?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences

Due next Tuesday

3(1) Early Civilizations of India and Pakistan (68-74)
Identify the terms, people, and places
Read Witness History (68) What do archaeologists study?
Read Map Skills (69) Answer question 2.
Read the biography on page 70. What ancient civilization did Wheeler study?
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 practice has lasted so long?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Separate hw grade: 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 first two checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Week of October 22, 2012

Homework club Tuesday after school, room 218. Senior tutors available for help.

Due Tuesday

24(3) European Claims in Muslim Regions (762-766)
Identify the terms, people, and places
Read Witness History (762) Why did Napoleon invade Egypt?
Look at the picture on 763. Who did General Pash fight for in the Crimean War?
Look at the infographic on page 765. What two bodies of water does the Suez Canal connect? What Asian colony did Britain more easily control because of the Suez Canal?
What Persian (Iranian) resource is pictured on page 766?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences

Due Wednesday:
27(3) India Seeks Self Rule (865-867)
Identify the terms, people and places
What is pictured on page 865?
Who led the Great Salt March (picture 866)? Identify the terms, people, and places.
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Separate home work grade.Read Primary Source: Mohandas Gandhi, page 868. Answer question 1+2 on page 868 in complete sentences

Due next Tuesday (October 30):
25(1)  Japan Modernizes (784-790)
Identify 5 of the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness history (784) What did the emperor want to keep and want to get rid of?
Read the primary source (785) What two countries acted as a bridge to the outside world for the Japanese?
Read the eyewitness accounts of Fukuzawa Yukichi when he visited America (787-788). Why didn’t he laugh at the dancing Americans although he thought they looked funny?
Look at the chart on 788.  What happened to Japanese trade, manufacturing, banking and railways between 1883 and 1893?
Look at the picture on page 789.  Why was Russia threatened by Japanese aggression in Korea?
Look at the picture on page 790. How long did the Japanese control Korea?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Be ready for a quiz on Friday on material covered this week.

 

 

African Imperialism in Victorian England

Imperialism in Victorian Era 2

Week of October 14, 2012

Due Thursday

24(4)   The British take over India  (767-771)
Identify the terms, people, and places
Read witness history (p.767) why did the Indians call British Imperialism the Knife of Sugar ?
Read the Sepoy Rebellion (768) Why did Muslim and Hindu Sepoys ,Indian soldiers in the British army, rebel?   What did they refuse to bite?  Why?
Look at the picture on page 170. Identify three benefits of British rule in India.
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences. 

24(5) China and New Imperialism (773-777)
Identify 5 of the terms, people, and places
Read Witness Hisoty (773)  Who was trading opium for tea in China in the 1800's?
Draw the British Union Jack pictured on page 773.
Read the infographic on the Taiping Rebellion (774)  What "radical" western ideas did Hon Xiuquan propose? 
Read the caption to  the picture on the Boxer Rebellion on page 776.  How many Boxers tried to drive the westerners out of China?  List three reasons Boxers revolted.
Read the biography of Sun Yixian (p.777) Where did Sun go to school?  Where was he living when he decided to join the revolt against the Chinese government? 
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due next Tuesday (October 22, 2012)
24(3) Europen Claims in Muslim Regions (762-766)
Identify the terms, people, and places
Read Witness History (762) Why did Napoleon invade Egypt? 
Look at the picture on 763.  Who did General Pash fight for in the Crimaean War?  
Look at the infographic on page 765.  What two bodies of water does the Suez Canal connect?  What Asian colony did Britian more easily control because of the Suez Canal?
What Persian (Iranian) resource is pictured on page 766?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Week of October 9, 2012

Bismarck/Unification of Italy quiz on Wednesday

Due Friday
24(1) The New Imperialism, Building Overseas Empires (749-753)
Identify the terms, people, places
Read Witness History (White Man's Burden) What do you think Kipling is saying in his poem?
List the 4 motives for New Imperialism listed in bold print on page 751.
Look at the picture on page 751, What are gold mines for tomorrow?
Look at the picture on page 752, what did Sir Hiram Maxim invent?  Draw it.
Read Chief Kabongo's account (opposing imperialism 752) Who do you think was the King of the Pink Cheek?
Look at the picture on page 753, who was playing polo? Is anyone missing (are all Indians allowed to play?)
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

24(2) The Partition of Africa (754-760)
Choose 5 terms, people, and places to identify
Read the letter from Chief Machemba (witness history) what does he offer to give to Herman von Wissman?
Read the caption to the picture on page 755?  How many men were in Cetshwayo's  Zulu army?
What is pictured on page 756?   What did missionaries bring to Africa?
Look at the two maps on 757?  What happened in Africa between 1850 and 1914?
Read the biography of Cecil Rhodes (758) How did Rhodes make his money? What is Rhodes holding in the picture?
Read the biography of Menelik II (759) How was Menelik able to defeat the Italians at Adowa?
Look at the picture on page 760.  Why do you think the man seated next to the king is dressed so well?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Honor's class:  Reading on the Potato Famine is due on Friday.

Week of October 1, 2012

Due Tuesday (assigned last week)

22(1) Building a German Nation (692-695)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Look at the picture on page 693, by what two things did Bismarck use to unify Germany?
Answer question #3 on page 693.
Read the primary source on page 694, why did Prussia go to war with Austria (6 Weeks War)?
Answer the three checkpoint questions complete sentences.

22(2) Germany Strengthens (696-699)

Identify the terms, people, and places.
Look at the pictures on page 696, 697,698, 699 and write a one sentence summary for each.

Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences

Due Thursday

22(3) Unifying Italy (700-704)

Identify the terms, people, and places

Read Witness History (700) What nationality did Mazzini identify with?

Read the caption to the picture (701) Who did the Italians fight in Venice?

Look at the map (703)  Identify the four men most responsible for Italian unification.  List one fact about each man.

Look at the picture of Italian emigration (704) What country did many Italians go to in the 1800’s and 1900’s? 

Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Read Concept Connector: Nationalism (709)

Identify the 3 countries and 3 ways nationalism has been used in history.  Explain how nationalism is both a positive and a negative force.