Week of June 9, 2014

We're in the homestretch before finals.

The Final exam review sheet will be passed out this week and is due on the day of the finals.

Homework due  Tuesday (tomorrow)

29(3) The Allies Turn the Tide (939-945)

Identify the terms, people, and places.

Read Witness history (939) why did WWII become a total war for the US? 

Read the infographic (941) identify three new WWII technologies and explain how they were used to win the war.

Read the three biographies on page 944, identify each of the 3 Allied leaders, their country and two facts about the leaders from each reading.

Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences: be sure to restate the question in your own words.

Separate homework grade:

Read D-Day 946-7, answer the three thinking critically questions on page 947

Homework due Wednesday

29(4) Victory in Europe and the Pacific (948-951)

 Identify the terms, people, and places.

Answer map skills question #3 on page 949.

Draw the shape of the nuclear cloud on page 950.

Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Homework due Thursday

29(5) The End of WWII (952-956)

Identify the terms, people, and places.

Look at the picture on page 952, what happened on V-J Day?

Look at chart on page 953, which nation suffered over 22 million deaths and 14 million

     wounded?

What does the Soviet poster pictured on page 954 warn against?

Read about the Berlin Airlift (955) How were Germany and Berlin divided?

What threat to America does the Red Menace (956) warn against?

Answer three of the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due Friday

30(1) The Cold War Unfolds (966-974) ( 10 point  quiz grade)

Identify the terms, people and places.

Read Witness History (966) what metaphor did Churchill use to describe the area sealed off by Soviet domination?

*Look at the picture on 967, when is the major Soviet holiday? Why did they show their nuclear might?

*Look at the chart on 968, what type of weapon was limited by arms control agreements?

*Look at the Cold War World , 1977, on page 969. Where is the Soviet soldier pictured? List 10 Cold War conflicts. Why do you think the US and USSR did not want to fight each other directly?

* Read the Infographic on page 971. Answer Thinking Critical questions #1+#2.

*Look at the picture of the supermarkets on page 972. How do the two types of stores differ?

* What are children practicing for in the picture on page 973?

* What is pictured on page 974?

*Answer three of the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.