Week of October 27, 2014

This is the last week of the term.  Do your work.

Tuesday: DBQ Essay:  What is the best way to deal with aggression, collective security or appeasement?   Be sure to use MoBaTh (motivator/hook, Background, Thesis statement) in the opening paragraph.

Due Wednesday
30(1) The Cold War Unfolds (966-974) 

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 three of the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences

Due Thursday:
.27(3) India Seeks Self Rule (865-867) 

Identify the terms, people and places 
What is pictured on page 865? 
Who led the Great Salt March (picture 866)? Identify the terms, people, and places. 
Answer the three checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Separate home work grade.Read Primary Source: Mohandas Gandhi, page 868. Answer question 1+2 on page 868 in complete sentences 

Week of October 20, 2014

There are only two weeks left in the term.  Make sure you turn in your current events. 

The quiz this Friday will be based around a key issue which caused WWII, should you appease a dictator or use collective security to stop him?  The quiz will include an essay which deals with this issue.  This essay can be completed at home before Friday's quiz.

The honors class reading was moved from last Thursday to Monday.

Due Wednesday:  DBQ (Document Based Questions) passed out in class on Monday 

Due Thursday;  assigned last 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.

Due by Friday:  5 paragraph essay discussed this week in class as well as multiple choice/short answer quiz on WWII.  The essay can be written before the quiz. 

Due next Tuesday.
30(1) The Cold War Unfolds (966-974) 

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 three of the five checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Week of October 13

Our Aquarium trip is Wednesday
We will have a quiz on Friday on material covered this week
Honors class reading on FDR is due on Thursday.

Past Due

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. 

Due Tuesday 

Read D-Day 946-7, answer the three thinking critically questions on page 947

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.

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 three of the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences. 

Week of October 6, 2014

This week we will be broken into groups to recreate the 1932 Weimar election that allowed the Nazis to come to power in Germany.  They would not release their hold on Germany until they were defeated in WWII.

Past due:

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 Wednesday

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.

Due Friday

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: Due next Tuesday, October 14th 
Read D-Day 946-7, answer the three thinking critically questions on page 947