Monday, August 29, 2016

Homework Due September 7/8

26(1) The Great War Begins (816-821). (double homework credit)
Identify  five of 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 Kaisar 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 or 3 bullet facts for each question.
Separate homework grade
26(2)A New Kind of War (822-827) 

Identify five of 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/or 3 bullet facts for each question

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

World History Grading Policy

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

Bring a good attitude, a three ring binder, and something to write with to class every day. 

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  65 for the  homework club.  I encourage all students to make use of the extra help and the Tuesday/Thursday late busses

World History Course Outline


Freshman World History will cover

Western World Religions  (Judaism, Christianity, Islam,)
Eastern World Religions(Hinduism, Buddism, Daoism)
and World History from the fall of Rome (476 CE) to today. World History topics include:
The Low Middle Ages aka the Dark Ages
Vikings
Feudalism/Manorialism
William the Conqueror
The Crusades
The growth of towns in the High Middle Ages
Romanesque vs Gothic Architecture
The Renaissance
The Scientific Revolution
The  Enlightenment
American and French Revolutions
The Industrial Revolution
New Imperialism
WWI
Interwar period
WWII
The end of colonialism
The Cold War
The World today

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Final Exam Week

Get your missing homework in.  I will  be accepting late work until Friday.
Final Exam Schedule for the week
Tuesday  A1 and A2 Final
Wednesday  B1 and B2 Final
Thursday A4 and A3 Final  1/2 Day
Friday B4 and B3 Final  1/2 Day
Next Monday:   make up day of any missed final exam.

Review sheets and books are due on the day of the final.   The books cost $93 each so make sure that you return it with your review sheets.

Good luck.  I will be after school every day this week at least until 3:00 if you have questions about the review or the final exam.

Sunday, June 5, 2016

Final exam 20th century review

WWI Allies vs.____________________
MAINS causes of WWI
Gavrilo Princip and Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Ultimatum from A-H to?
Mobilization
Von Schlieffen Plan
Trench warfare
Eastern Front
Western Front
Stalemate due to?
Lusitania  
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Zimmerman Note
Propaganda
Treaty of Versailles/Reparations

WWII   Allies vs.  __________________
blitzkrieg
Manhattan Project- which bomb was built?
Yalta Conference
Big 3 Allies
3 Axis leaders
D Day
Mein Kampf
Holocaust/Genocide
Death Camps
Aryan Race/Swastika
Totalitarianism
Neville Chamberlain/Appeasement
Anschluss (union)  of Germany and _______________
WWII begins with blitzkrieg of ___________________  
Japanese sneak attack here gets US involved
Kamikaze
Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Cold War: What 2 major countries involved?
Containment/Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
Korean and Vietnam conflicts

Cuban Missile Crisis