Saturday, October 17, 2020

Yellow Book 28(2), 28(3), 28(5)

 


28(2) The Western Democracies Stumble (891-897)
1. Identify Maginot Line, overproduction, Great Depression, New Deal
2. Look at the picture on 891. What is a soup kitchen?
3. Look at the picture on page 892. What were the Irish Republican Army trying to resist?
4. Look at the political cartoon on 893. What point is the cartoonist trying to make?
5. Read the infographic (894-5). In which country did the Great Depression begin?
6. What country had the highest unemployment (line graph on 895)
7. Use 3 adjectives to describe the woman pictured on page 896.
8. Look at the Economic Theory bloc on page 897. What does John Maynard Keynes think the government should do during depressions?
9. Bullet 5 facts from the section
Separate HW grade
Read Pablo Picasso (p.890) . How do you think cubism got its name?
28(3) Fascism in Italy
1. Identify Black Shirts, March on Rome, totalitarian state
2. Use 3 adjectives to describe how is Mussolini pictured on page 898 and 899?
3. Look at the infographic (900-901) What is a cult of personality?
4. What happened to Osip Mandelstam (900)? Why?
5. Look at the picture on 902, what were children required to carry?
6. Bullet 5 facts from the section.
28(5) Hitler and the Rise of Nazi Germany (912-917)
1. Identify Chancellor, Third Reich, Gestapo, Nuremburg Laws
2. Look at the picture on 912, how did Hitler give hope to the Germans? Who did he blame?
3. Look at the picture on 913, what is inflation and how did it impact prices?
4. Read the biography of Hitler on 914. List three adjectives to describe his personality.
5. Look at the picture on 915. What happened on Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)?
6. Look at the picture on page 916. Why were books like All Quiet on the Western Front burned?
7. 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?
8. Bullet 5 facts from the section.

Monday, October 12, 2020

Stormy weather, The Century America's time

 Name_______________________________           Class ________


DVD Questions: Stormy Weather: 1929-1936


https://youtu.be/zSfzFWU5LbY 


Directions: Answer the questions in the space provided as you watch the video from Peter Jennings’ The Century: America’s Time.


  1. What was the Bonus Army? Why did they march to Washington, D.C?



  1. What did President Hoover order the U.S. Army to do to the Bonus Army’s camp in 1932?



  1. How did the Great Depression affect the powerful U.S. Steel corporation? 



  1. Within one year of the stock market crash, ____________ (number) banks failed and ____________ (number) savings accounts were lost forever. 



  1. True or False: In 1930, the government had little effect on people’s daily lives.



  1. Where did many Americans go to escape their problems in the 1930s?



  1. What new type of jazz music developed in the 1930s amidst the Depression?



  1. The _______________ was the most important appliance in the American home in the 1930s.



  1. What natural disaster hit America’s farmlands during the 1930s?





  1. Many farm families (Okies and Arkies) fled to ____________ to look for jobs.



  1. True or False:  During the Depression in 1932 more people emigrated from America than immigrated to the US.



  1. _______________, still suffering from the harsh conditions of the Treaty of Versailles, was hit especially hard by the Depression.



  1. _______________ appeared as a powerful leader who promised to lead Germany out of the Great Depression.



  1.  Why did so many Germans follow Hitler?  What did Hitler promise?





  1. Who did the American people blame for the Depression? What were the homeless camps called? 



  1. What did Franklin D. Roosevelt  promise to the American people in 1932?



  1. ____________ percent of the American people, 16 million in all, were unemployed in 1933.


  1. .  What disease rendered F.D.R. partially paralyzed? 



  1.  How did FDR reform the banks? 



  1. What California city saw a massive, violent strike by dock workers in 1934? Do you think revolution was possible in America?



  1. In 1934, there were over _______________ (number) strikes in the U.S.





  1. The most famous and dangerous opponent of F.D.R. was _______________ of Louisiana.



  1. Why were Long’s message and plans so potentially dangerous? What would happen to wealth in the US if it were redistributed by the government? 



  1. True or False: By 1937, F.D.R.’s New Deal programs had eliminated the Great Depression.



  1. True or False: By 1937,  many believed Hitler’s Germany had overcome its Depression. 



  1.  How did FDR differ from Hitler in leading their nations.

List 3 ways.







cp1 28(1)-28(3)

 28(1) Two Revolutions in Russia (703-707)

  1. Identify proletariat, soviet, commissar

  2. Read Geography and History (702)  Why are the Russians a minority in their own land?

  3. Read did you know (703)  In what three ways did assassins try to kill Rasputin?  Why is it amazing that the cause of death was drowning?

  4. Read the biography of Lenin (704)  What two deaths had an impact on Lenin's life? How do you think his brother's death impacted his view of the Russian Czar?

  5. Read the primary source on page 706.  Who were the Whites and the Reds?  Who would a property owner be more afraid of?  Why?

  6. Bullet 5 facts from the section


  28(2)  From Lenin to Stalin  (707-710)

  1. Identify command economy, collective, kulak

  2. Draw a hammer and sickle (707)  What does it symbolize? Why was it placed above the world?

  3. Read the biography of Stalin (708)   List 3 adjectives to describe his personality.

  4. Look at the map of the USSR (709)  What was the biggest Soviet state?

  5. Look at the fact finder (710) What two resources did the 5 year plans focus on producing?

  6. Read Collectivization on page (711)  Answer questions 1+2.

  7. Bullet 5 facts from the section


 28(3) Life in a Totalitarian State  (713-717)

  1. Identify totalitarian state, atheism, socialist realism

  2. Read Forced Labor Camp (713)  How long was the trial of Getman?  Why was he sent to a labor camp?

  3. Read the Russian Orthodox Church (714) Why is it the most respected institution in Russia today?

  4. Look at the picture on page 718.  What did socialist realism represent?

  5. Read a revolution in film making (716)  Identify one way Eisenstein changed directing?  Why did Eisenstein's last film not get shown in the USSR until after Stalin's death?

  6. Bullet 5 facts from the section


Honors and CP2 book work for October 13



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

Identify: Proletariat, soviet, Checka, commissar

1. Who is speaking in the letter, voices of the front, on page 839? Who do they write to, and what do they want? 
2. Draw a quick illustration of Rasputin (840). Who was Rasputin an adviser to? 
3. What type of egg is pictured on page 840?
4. Read the biography on V.I. Lenin on page 841. What happened to Lenin's older brother? Why do you think Lenin hated the Tsar's government so much?
5. Read Thinking Critically on page 843. Describe Russia's performance in WW1. 
6. What caused the mass starvation pictured on page 845?
7. Bullet 5 facts from this section.


28(3) Fascism in Italy

1. Identify: Benito Mussolini, Black Shirts, March on Rome
2. How is Mussolini pictured on page 898 and 899?  Strong or weak? List 3 adjectives
3. Look at the infographic (900-901) What is a cult of personality?
4. What happened to Stalin critic Osip Mandelstam (photo 900)?
5. Look at the pictures (901) how were children dressed? What were they required to carry (902)?
6. What was the role of the individual to the state in Mussolini's Fascist Italy?  (900)
Bullet 4 facts from the section. 


Read the Infographic on page 900-901
Complete the 6 features of a Totalitarian State (900) shared by Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and Communist USSR. 
       Single party ________________ with _________ obedience to a single leader.
  _________________ control of the economy.
Use of ____________ spies and ____________ to enforce the will of the state.
       Government control of the ______________ to indoctrinate and mobilize citizens 
       through_______________________
 Use of ____________________ and youth organizations to spread __________________ to children
 Strict ____________________ of the artists and ______________________ with dissenting opinions.

Read 28(4) The Soviet Union under Stalin (904-911)
1. Identify :  command economy, collectives, kulaks, Gulag, atheism
2. Read Witness History (904) How is Stalin portrayed in the picture?
3. Look at the picture (905). What did Stalin see as the key to success of the USSR? 
4. Why are the people pictured on page 906 starving? What happened to their crops?
5. Look at the map on 907? How did Stalin use Gulags?
6. What tools are being raised by the factory worker and the farmer on page 908? 
7. Look at the picture (909) What happened to the Russian Orthodox Church? 
8. Look at the picture (910) Why were Soviet cities so crowded? 
9. Bullet  5 facts  from the section.

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

CP1 27-1 and 27-2

 Name________________________________    Class___________

Read 27(1)  The Stage is Set (676-681)

  1. Look at the map on 677.  Why was WWI a world war?

  2. Identify: pacifism, militarism, and entente

  3. Answer the Skills assessment questions 1+2 on page 679.

  4. When, if ever,  would it be justified for the US to fight North Korea?  Can a preemptive strike ever be viewed as a defensive war?

  5. Look at the map on page 680:  Identify 5 Allies and 4 Central Powers

  6. Read the Biography of Kaiser Wilhem II (681)  Who did he blame for the war? Who did he say would not have allowed it? 

  7. Bullet 4 facts from the section and one question or insight you have from the reading.


Read 27(2)  The Guns of August (682-684)

  1. Identify:  Ultimatum, mobilize, neutrality

  2. Read A New Balkan Power keg (682)  identify what religions and ethnic groups and nationalities live in the Balkan Peninsula

  3. Look at Who Killed the Peace of Europe;  What countries are pointing fingers? What country is not?

  4. Look at the picture on page 684.  Why did the soldiers write "next stop, Paris" on the train?

  5. Bullet 4 facts from the section and one question or insight you have from the reading.



Thursday, September 24, 2020

26 (1+2)Honors and CP2



26(1) The Great War Begins (816-821).  
1.Draw the three images on page 815 and explain their significance. 
2.What was the spark of WWI (picture 816).  
3.Answer question 2+3 on map skills page 817.  
4. Why are the people picture on 818 so happy? 
5. Read the biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II (819) who were his two cousins and his grandmother 
6. Read the reasons of entering the war (820), what two powers were most responsible for starting the war? Explain your answer. 
7. How did people show their war enthusiasm (picture 821)? 
8.   Bullet 4 facts and write 1 question you still have or 1 insight that you learned from the section
Separate hw grade.
Read Erich Maria Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front (828)
Answer Thinking Critically questions #1+2  


26(2)A New Kind of War (822-827) 
1. Read a soldier on the Western Front (822) what does the soldier hear that makes him happy? 2. Read Map Skills on page 823, answer questions 2+3. 
3. Read the infographic (824-5), illustrate three of the changes to warfare in the Great War. 4. Read Map Skills on page 826, who fought against the Ottoman Empire in Egypt and on the Saudi peninsula? 
5. Who is pictured on page 827? 
6 Bullet 4 facts and write 1 question you still have or 1 insight that you learned from the section