Week of September 29,2014

In English class you will work on a narrative, descriptive letter home from the trenches of the Great War.  Focus on a sensory description: what do you see, feel, hear, touch and taste?  How has war changed your view about the government that sent you for a “great adventure” that was to only last until Christmas?  You will be graded in both classes.
Honor's Class annotated reading on Influenza due on Thursday.

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. We will also have an in class essay and a quiz based upon the simulation.
You will have to understand the basic political positions of the Nazis, Socialists, Communists, and Center Party to complete the quiz.

 Due Tuesday

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.

Due Friday:
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

Due next Tuesday:

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: be sure to restate the question in your own words.

Week of September 22, 2014

Don't forget current events.  Forms are in the WB Mason box next to the wall.
Be ready for a quiz Friday on material covered this week
This Wednesday we will watch All Quiet on the Western Front backstage.  Report to your 3rd period class as usual.

Due Tuesday
26(5) Revolution and Civil War and the postwar period in Russia (839-845)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Who is speaking in the letter, voices of the front, on page 839? Who do they write to, and what do they want? 
Draw a quick illustration of Rasputin (840). Who was Rasputin an advisor to? What type of egg is pictured on page 840?
Answer the biography question on V.I. Lenin on page 841.
Answer thinking critically question #1 on page 843.
What caused the mass starvation pictured on page 845?
Answer four of the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due Wednesday

28(2) The Western Democracies Stumble (891-897) Identify the terms, people, and places
Look at the picture on 891. What is a soup kitchen?
Look at the picture on page 892. What were the Irish Republican Army trying to resist?
Look at the political cartoon on 893. What point is the cartoonist trying to make?
Read the infographic (894-5). In which country did the Great Depression begin?
What country had the highest unemployment (line graph on 895)
Describe the woman pictured on page 896.
Look at the Economic Theory bloc on page 897. What does John Maynard Keynes think the government should do during depressions?
Answer four of the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Separate HW grade
Read Pablo Picasso (p.890) . How do you think cubism got its name?

Due Thursday
28(3) Fascism in Italy
Identify the terms, people, and places
How is Mussolini pictured on page 898 and 899?
Look at the infographic (900-901) What is a cult of personality?
What happened to Osip Mandelstam (900)?
Look at the picture on 902, what were children required to carry?
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due next Tuesday (September 30, 2014)
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

Week of September 15, 2014

Propaganda posters due by Tuesday

Identify the type of propaganda used.
This is Current Events week 3.
Tuesday:  Honors Summer Reading Due
       WWI  quiz on Tuesday For CP1 and CP2 classes

Due by Wednesday

26(4) Making the Peace (834-838)

Identify the terms, people and places.

Who is pictured on page 834? Are they the leaders of the Allies or the Central Powers?

Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 835.

Answer question #3 on page 837.

Answer questions #1+2 on Analyzing Political Cartoons on page 838.

Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences

Due Thursday
.28(1) Postwar Social Changes. (884-889) Identify the terms people and places. 

Who is pictured on age 884?

 What type of music did he play?

Look at the picture on 885, what is a speakeasy? 

Read about the Jazz Age (886-7) How did flappers shock their elders?

 Illustrate three changes in technology pictured. Read Marie Curie (888) what was she best known for?

Read abstract art, why is Kadinsky's art (889) and Picasso's art (890) called Cubist?

 Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences. 

Quiz Friday on WWI material covered this week.

Due next Tuesday:

26(5) Revolution and Civil War and the postwar period in Russia (839-845)

Identify the terms, people and places.
Who is speaking in the letter, voices of the front, on page 839? Who do they write to, and what do they want? 
Draw a quick illustration of Rasputin (840). Who was Rasputin an advisor to? What type of egg is pictured on page 840?
Answer the biography question on V.I. Lenin on page 841.
Answer thinking critically question #1 on page 843.
What caused the mass starvation pictured on page 845?
Answer the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Week of September 8

Be ready this Friday for a quiz on WWI material
Don't forget your weekly current event is due this week.  
The Late bus runs Tuesdays and Thursdays. 
The homework club meets Thursday after school in room 218

Due last week
Separate hw grade.
Read Erich Maria Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front (828)
Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2

Due  Wednesday

26(3) Winning the War(829-833) 
Identify the terms, people, and places. 
Read And American War Song (829) When did the US declare war on Germany? 
How is the war poster on 830 connected to the picture on 830?
Who was Edith Cavell (biography 831) Why was she shot by the Germans? What do you think the Germans should have done with her?
Who is pictured on the recruitment poster on page 832?
Why are the French cheering on page 833? 
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Due Friday:
2 Separate hw grades:  Draw two propaganda posters using emotional appeal. 
One poster supporting the Allies
One poster supporting the Central Powers Due Thursday :

Due Next Tuesday

26(4) Making the Peace (834-838)

Identify the terms, people and places.

Who is pictured on page 834? Are they the leaders of the Allies or the Central Powers?

Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2 on page 835.

Answer question #3 on page 837.

Answer questions #1+2 on Analyzing Political Cartoons on page 838.

Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Mr. Stanton's Class grading and extra help

Grading policy:
   Homework:   15%
   Classwork:    25%
  Tests and Quizzes:  60%

Outside extra credit reading can add up to 5% each quarter to your final average.
Nonfiction and historical fiction will be worth more points. 
The book must be discussed with me and a short writing assignment must be completed before points are added to your grade.   The book and discussion must be completed before the last week of the term to get credit for that term. 

Book Theme:  Power, Conflict/Compromise, Change, and Connection/Relevance to today.

Extra help day:  I will be available for help every day.  Just let me know you are coming.
Thursday's I will be in room 218 for homework club.  I encourage all students to make use of the extra help and the Tuesday/Thursday late busses.