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