Week of February 24, 2013

Welcome back from vacation.  We will wrap up the 20th century in the next three weeks.
Current event due this week 3-2

Due Tuesday
30(1) The Cold War Unfolds (966-974) (Double homework 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 the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due Wednesday
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.

Due Thursday
30(3) Communism spreads to East Asia (985-991)
Identify the terms, people, and places
Look at the pictures on 985, what does the Little Red Book contain?
Look at the Mao biography (986) how did he treat critics?
Look at the picture on page 987, what did the littlr red books urge?
Answer questions 1,2, 3 on page 989.
Look at the pictue on page 990. Describe the weather conditions.
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Week of February 11, 2013

Due Wednesday:
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 the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences

Due Thursday
Chapter Assessment : Complete  questions #1-6 on the Chapter Assessment (p. 960)

Be ready for a quiz on Friday on WWII

Due Tuesday after vacation
30(1) The Cold War Unfolds (966-974) (Double homework 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 the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Week of February 4, 2013

Current event term 3 week 2  will be due this week.

Homework due  Tuesday
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 Thursday

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 next Tuesday:
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 the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.