Week of October 31, 2016

Honors class has FDR reading due Wednesday

We will wrap up Swing Kids this week as well as discuss the Weimar election simulation that   led to Hitler eventually being  chosen as Chancellor of Germany.



Book work due next week.
 30(1) The Cold War Unfolds (966-974) (Double homework grade)

Identify 5 of  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?

 Identify 4 Cold War conflicts. Why do you think the US and USSR did not want to fight each other directly in a hot war? 
* 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 four of the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences or list 3 bullets from each section.

30(2) The Industrialized Democracies (976-984)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
*Read the Marshall Plan (976) Why do you think the US built up Western Europe after WWII? Who were we afraid of taking over the region?
*What is pictured on page 977? What is a suburb and why did people move there?
*Look at the picture on 978. Why did long gas lines appear in the 1970's?
*Read biography on MLK (979) What issue is MLK most associated with?
*What is picture on page 981? Why rebuild Germany after WWII?
*What is pictured on page 981?
*Why are doves, small farmersand workers pictured on 983+984? What nation was rebuilding?
Answer the 4 checkpoint questions in complete sentences. 

Week of October 24, 2016

There are two weeks left in the term.  Catch up on missing homework and don't forget current events.

Due next week
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 OR list 3 bullets for each term. 

Explain these WWII terms or answer the WWII questions:

Anschluss

Appeasement

Totalitarian vs. Democracy

The (London) Blitz/Operation Sea lion   

Operation Barbarossa

Blitzkrieg

Pearl Harbor 

Date of Infamy  December 7,1941

In what 2 parts of the world (theaters )did the US fight World War II?

Arsenal of Democracy

Battle of Midway

Battle of Stalingrad

Battle of El Alamein

Battle of Midway

Allies vs. Axis Countries

D-Day

The Battle of the Bulge

Island Hopping

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Big Three at Allied Conferences-

Winston Churchill

FDR

Harry Truman

Joseph Stalin

Adolf Hitler

Benito Mussolini

Tojo Hideki and Emperor Hirohito

Final Solution  /Genocide

Holocaust

Kristallnacht

Auschwitz

Week of October 17, 2016

Field Trip to the Museum of Science Wednesday.

Have your permission slips and $10 in ASAP.  Talk to Mr. Loranger privately if money is a concern.

Work will be left for those students who choose not to go.

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 or 3 bullets for each section.

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 or three bullet facts per section.

Colombian Exchange

Week of October 11

This is a short week with the Columbus Day holiday.  What was the Columbian Exchange?

We will focus on Fascism, Socialism, Capitalism and Communism this week and see if we can  understand how Hitler came to power in Germany in a democratic election.

Quiz grade for the week will include preparation and presentation in class  of Weimar simulation roles assigned this week.. 

Homework due next week.
27(5) Conflicting Forces in Japan (874-877) 
Identify 5 of the terms, people, and places.

Answer Map Skills  question #3 on page 876.
Answer  the biography question on Hirohito on page 877.
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences or 3 bullets from each section.

29(2) The Axis Advances (930-938)

Identify the terms, people, and places.
Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 933.
Answer Thinking Critically #1 on page 935. 
Read the picture caption on 936, how did the Japanese treat the Chinese?
Read the caption to the picture on 938, answer the question. 
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences: or 3 bullets for each section.

Week of October 3, 2016

This week we will recreate the 1932 Weimar election which led to the Nazi take-over of Germany.
A quiz grade will be given based upon your participation in the simulation.
You will have to understand the basic political positions of the Nazis, Socialists, Communists, and Center Party to complete the quiz.

Honors reading on the Treaty of Versailles is due this Friday.

Next Monday is Columbus day: homework due next Tuesday/Wednesday:

28(5) Hitler and the Rise of Nazi Germany (912-917)

Identify the terms, people and places.
Look at the picture on 912, how did Hitler give hope to the Germans? Who did he blame?
Look at the picture on 913, what is inflation and how did it impact prices?
Read the biography of Hitler on 914. List three adjectives to describe his personality.
Look at the picture on 915. What happened on Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)?
Look at the picture on page 916. Why were books like All Quiet on the Western Front burned?
Look at the chart on page 917. Why were Jewish books also burned? What Jewish scientist exiled from Germany came to the US to teach at Princeton University?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences OR 3 bullets for each checkpoint section.

29(1) From Appeasement to War (924-929)
Identify the terms, people and places
Look at the picture on page 925. What did Neville Chamberlain think he had brought Britain in September 1938 with his agreement with Hitler?
Look at the picture on 925, what treaty did Germany break by rearmament?
Look at the picture on page 926. List the four fascist leaders and their countries.
Why is the woman crying on page 927?
Look at the map on page 928. Answer questions #1+2.
Look at the chart on page 929. Identify what you think are the top two reasons to appease (give into) Hitler.
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences OR 3 bullets for each section 

25(1) Japan Modernizes (784-790)
Identify five of the terms, people, and places.
 Answer Travelers's Tales 786-7 Thinking Critically (787) questions 1+2. 
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences  or 3 bullets from each section.

27(5) Conflicting Forces in Japan (874-877) 
Identify five of the terms, people, and places. 
Answer Map Skillsquestion #3 on page 876.
Answer  the biography question on Hirohito on page 877.
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences or 3 bullets from each section.

Don't forget current events.  Three current event sheets are due this term.