December 17, 2011

Complete homework assigned last week

Interview anlaysis started in class on Monday should be completed for Tuesday.

Monday's quiz has been moved to Tuesday.

Essay question due Thursday:  What are the biggest changes to American society over the past 50 years?  Focus on three of the PERSIA EMT in your answer.

Week of December 12, 2011

The interview projects are due tommorrow.
We will be comparing the Civil Rights movement in the US led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to the Indian independence movement led by Mondahas K. Gandhi.  Both used civil disobedience and peaceful non violence as a force more powerful than violence.

Homework due Wednesday
3(1) Early Civilizations of India and Pakistan (68-74)
Identify the terms, people, and places
Read Witness History (68)  How have scholars learned about early Indian Civilizations?
Read Map Skills (69) Answer questions 2+3.
Read the biography on page 70. What did Wheeler contribute to archaeology?
Read Remnants of Indus Civ. (71) Draw one of the carved animals.
What is the woman on page 73 practicing? Why do you think this has lasted so long?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

27(3) India Seeks Self-Rule (865-867)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness History (865)  Why were many Indians frustrated?  With whom?
Read The Salt March (866) How do you think Americans would have viewed the British if they
       violently reacted to the Salt March?
Answer the 3 checkpoint questions in complete sentences.


Due Thursday
Read The Mahabharata (75) Answer Thinking Critically question #1.

The first half of 3(2) just the Hinduism part.
3(2) Hinduism and Buddhism (76-78)
Identify the terms, people, and places.
Read Witness history(76) in what ways were religion and society intertwined in ancient India?
Identify and draw the 3 major Hindu gods pictured on page 77.
Answer the two checkpoint questions in complete sentences.

Week of December 5, 2011

30(1) and 30(2) assigned last week are due this week.
Groups will present on these sections on Wednesday.
Remember the research project is due next Tuesday.

Homework due Friday
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.

30(4) War in Southeast Asia  (992-997)
Identify the terms, people and places
Look at the Ho biography on page 993. How did his communist view differ from the Soviet model?
Look at the picture of the calandar on page 994. What is the soldier's name? Why all the "x's"?
Read the infographic on page 994-995.  Answer questions #1+2 on pge 995.
What does the picture on page 996 show?
What are the boat people fleeing on page 997?
Answer the three checkpoint questions in the section.

Week of November 28, 2011

Remember, your interview project is due in two weeks.

There will be a major WWII and post war quiz on Friday.  We will be reviewing the material for most of the week. I am after school every day, please see me if you have any questions.

Homework due this  Wednesday.
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.

Homework due next Tuesday:
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. 

20th Century Interview Project

I hope you have an enjoyable and restful Winter break.  While your family gathers for celebration you can start on an interview project due in 3 weeks.
It is important to collect primary sources as we study the rest of the 20th Century.


I will pass out a 6 decade interview sheets.  Both sides of the sheet must be finished by  1/8/12.
The sheet is listed below.   Questions include but are not limited to:
Decade outlined: ___________________________________________________
Subject interviewed:  _____________________________________________
Subject's age during decade:___________________
What is the biggest difference between that time and now?  Explain._________________________________________________________________________
Fashions/Fads/Trends____________________________________________________________
New inventions/technology_______________________________________________________
Status Symbols of the era________________________________________________________
Slang common to time_____________________________________________________
Common pass times (what did they do for fun?) _______________________________________________________________________
Music/Media icons:________________________________________________________
Heroes and villains of the era, explain why________________________________________________________________________
Identify major trends to influence the era as a whole, not necessarily their family
  Family size (extended, nuclear, blended...)____________________________________________
  Religion: Did most families go to service/mass..._______________________________________
  Education: When did MCAS emerge?  Why?__________________________________________
  Government: Did people trust it? Who were the presidents? _____________________________
  Military:  where we at war?  Where?_______________________________________________

Major source of information: _____________________________________________________
News headlines _______________________________________________________________
Strongest memories ____________________________________________________________


Back of Sheet.

-----------To be answered after the interview by the student-------------------------------------------

Does the subject have a positive or a negative view of this decade?  Why?  ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What types of factors influence your subject’s memories?  (e.g. too busy raising kids to remember clearly….)  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Do you notice any trends or major changes to American society in SPRITE E in this decade?
Social ___________________________________________________________________
Political __________________________________________________________________
Religious _________________________________________________________________
Intellectual (science...)_______________________________________________________
Technology _______________________________________________________________
Economic ________________________________________________________________
Environmental ____________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________

Mr. Stanton’s Decade Project Rules:

1.      Interview at least three people. Subjects must be at least 5 years old at beginning of decade.  (i.e. the  person must be born by 1955 to discuss the 1960’s)

2.      STUDENT MUST FILL IN SHEET.  Do Not  pass this off to Grandma to fill out.

3.      Due Date:  January 8, 2013

1960’s, 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s, 2000’s.  Only one decade is covered 2X. This must be by people in different generations (20 years apart)

Interview your parents and grandparents (if possible) on the decade your parents graduated from high school. 

5.      Other decades (1940’s, 1950’s…) can be completed for extra credit.

Week of November 14, 2011

29(5) assigned last week is due on Tuesday
Be ready for a short quiz on Tuesday on the notes covered on Monday.

Due Wednesday:  WWII DBQ which will be passed out on Monday

Due Thursday:  Chapter Assessment (960)
Answer questions #1-5 in complete sentences.  Also, answer #15, 16, 17

Be ready for a quiz on Friday on WWII

Honors Class:  quiz will be on Thursday, reading on FDR is due on Friday

November 7, 2011

29(2) and 29(3) assigned last week are due on Tuesday.
Friday is Veterans' Day, why is it celebrated on 11/11?

This week we will look at the causes of the Great Depression and what was done in the US.
Also, we will be looking at WWII

Homework due on 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 Monday:
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? R

Read the Berlin Airlift (955) how were Germany and Berlin divided?

 What does the Red Menace (956) warn against?

Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.