Sunday, October 4, 2015

Week of October 5, 2015

DON'T FORGET FIELD TRIP FORMS FOR NEXT WEEK.

Next Monday is Columbus Day.  Did he discover or encounter America?  Should we celebrate this day?  Why did the founding fathers consider him a hero?

This week we study the Weimar election of 1932 that eventually led to Hitler becoming Fuhrer of Germany.  A quiz grade will be assigned to your performance in the simulation and explanation of the causes of Hitler's coming to power.

Homework due next week:

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

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.


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