California State Standards
10.5 Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War.
1. Analyze the arguments for entering into war presented by leaders from all sides of the Great War and the role of political and economic rivalries, ethnic and ideological conflicts, domestic discontent and disorder, and propaganda and nationalism in mobilizing the civilian population in support of "total war."
2. Examine the principal theaters of battle, major turning points, and the importance of geographic factors in military decisions and outcomes (e.g., topography, waterways, distance, climate).
3. Explain how the Russian Revolution and the entry of the United States affected the course and outcome of the war.
4. Understand the nature of the war and its human costs (military and civilian) on all sides of the conflict, including how colonial peoples contributed to the war effort.
5. Discuss human rights violations and genocide, including the Ottoman government's actions against Armenian citizens.
In Class this Week:
Tuesday- Welcome Back Charades, All Quiet Documentary, Introduce WWI Poster Assignment, WWI Unit Student Learning Guide
Wednesday- Schliefen Plan and Stalemate Mini-Lesson
Thursday- Trench Warfare Lesson and Activity
Friday- Quiz and Trench Warfare Simulation/Debrief
Homework this Week:
"A New Kind of Conflict (Chapter 14 Section 3- Student Learning Guide) Due Friday
Work on Poster Assignment- WWI, Image vs. Reality (Due Friday, January 6th)
Moodle Post- Read about the new weapons on page 386. Which weapon do you think is the most important to the war effort? (Due Sunday)
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10.4 Students analyze patterns of global change in the era of New Imperialism in at least two of the following regions or countries: Africa, Southeast Asia, China, India, Latin America, and the Philippines.
10.5 Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War.
1. Analyze the arguments for entering into war presented by leaders from all sides of the Great War and the role of political and economic rivalries, ethnic and ideological conflicts, domestic discontent and disorder, and propaganda and nationalism in mobilizing the civilian population in support of "total war."
In class this Week:
Monday- Finish Mini-Lesson Comparing Imperialism in Africa and India
Tuesday- Imperiopoly (Imperialism Review Game)
Wednesday- Imperiopoly (Imperialism Review Game) and Imperialism Quiz
Thursday- M.A.I.N. Causes of WWI and begin Final Review
Friday- M.A.I.N. Causes of WWI and Final Review
Homework this Week:
WWI Text Frontload- Due Thursday
Moodle Post- Is war ever justified?
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World History Classes
10.5 Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War.
1. Analyze the arguments for entering into war presented by leaders from all sides of the Great War and the role of political and economic rivalries, ethnic and ideological conflicts, domestic discontent and disorder, and propaganda and nationalism in mobilizing the civilian population in support of "total war."
In class this Week:
Monday- Causes of World War I and Final Review (Study Guide and PowerPoints on Web Site
Tuesday- All Quiet on the Western Front and Final Review
Wednesday- All Quiet on the Western Front and Final Review
Thursday- World History Final
Friday- Return Final and finish All Quiet on the Western Front
Homework this Week:
Final Study Guide- Due Thursday at the beginning of class.
Moodle Post- What is the most important thing you have learned in World History this semester? It may be academic, or it may be something else. Also thank someone for their contribution(s) to the class. This could be someone who generally makes the class better, or it could be someone who has helped you to better understand World History. This could be a friend, the teacher, or any other person in your class.
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California State Standards
10.5 Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War.
1. Analyze the arguments for entering into war presented by leaders from all sides of the Great War and the role of political and economic rivalries, ethnic and ideological conflicts, domestic discontent and disorder, and propaganda and nationalism in mobilizing the civilian population in support of "total war."
2. Examine the principal theaters of battle, major turning points, and the importance of geographic factors in military decisions and outcomes (e.g., topography, waterways, distance, climate).
3. Explain how the Russian Revolution and the entry of the United States affected the course and outcome of the war.
4. Understand the nature of the war and its human costs (military and civilian) on all sides of the conflict, including how colonial peoples contributed to the war effort.
5. Discuss human rights violations and genocide, including the Ottoman government's actions against Armenian citizens.
In Class this Week:
Monday- WWI Primary Source Analysis- Cooperative Learning Activity
Tuesday- WWI Primary Source Analysis- Cooperative Learning Activity
Wednesday- Multimedia Lesson- The U.S. enters the war
Thursday- Unit Test Study guide and Catch Up day- mini-lesson, posters or learning guide
Friday- Computer Lab
Homework this Week:
"Winning the War" Chapter 14, Section 4 (Pg. 388-391) (Student Learning Guide) Due Wednesday!!!!
Work on Poster Assignment- WWI, Image vs. Reality (Due Friday)
Moodle Post- Was America justified in entering World War I? Explain. (Due Sunday)
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California State Standards
10.6 Students analyze the effects of the First World War.
1. Analyze the aims and negotiating roles of world leaders, the terms and influence of the Treaty of Versailles and Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, and the causes and effects of the United States's rejection of the League of Nations on world politics.
2. Describe the effects of the war and resulting peace treaties on population movement, the international economy, and shifts in the geographic and political borders of Europe and the Middle East.
3. Understand the widespread disillusionment with prewar institutions, authorities, and values that resulted in a void that was later filled by totalitarians.
4. Discuss the influence of World War I on literature, art, and intellectual life in the West (e.g., Pablo Picasso, the "lost generation" of Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway).
In Class this Week:
Monday- MLK Jr. Holiday
Tuesday- Multi-Media Presentation- End of the War and Treaty of Versailles
Wednesday- Review for the Test
Thursday- Review for the Test
Friday- WWI Unit Test
Homework this Week:
"Making the Peace" Chapter 14, Section 5 (Pg. 392-395) (Student Learning Guide) Due Tuesday
WWI Test Study Guide (extra credit) Due Friday at time of test.
All late, missing, and incomplete work for the unit is due on Friday at the time of the test.
No Moodle Post- Test Week
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Russian Revolution and Totalitarian Governments
California State Standards- What you will learn by the end of the unit:
10.7 Students analyze the rise of totalitarian governments after World War I.
1. Understand the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution, including Lenin's use of totalitarian means to seize and maintain control (e.g., the Gulag).
2. Trace Stalin's rise to power in the Soviet Union and the connection between economic policies, political policies, the absence of a free press, and systematic violations of human rights (e.g., the Terror Famine in Ukraine).
3. Analyze the rise, aggression, and human costs of totalitarian regimes (Fascist and Communist) in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union, noting especially their common and dissimilar traits.
In Class this Week:
Monday- Debrief WWI and Return Tests- Frontload Russian Revolution and hand out Learning Guides
Tuesday- Multi-Media Presentation- Russian Revolution (Causes)
Wednesday- Multi-Media Presentation- Russian Revolution (Abdication of the czar and Rasputin)
Thursday- Simulation- Feudal Russia
Friday- Russian Revolution Quiz and Moodle (Computer Lab)
Homework this Week:
Two Revolutions in Russia (Pgs. 400-404) (Student Learning Guide) Due Thursday
Moodle Post- (Due Sunday at midnight)- Compare the Russian Revolution to one of the other revolutions we studied earlier. Discuss at least two similarities and one difference. Explain each similarity and difference.
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World History
Week of January 30 , 2012
Russian Revolution and Totalitarian Governments
California State Standards- What you will learn by the end of the unit:
10.7 Students analyze the rise of totalitarian governments after World War I.
1. Understand the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution, including Lenin's use of totalitarian means to seize and maintain control (e.g., the Gulag).
2. Trace Stalin's rise to power in the Soviet Union and the connection between economic policies, political policies, the absence of a free press, and systematic violations of human rights (e.g., the Terror Famine in Ukraine).
3. Analyze the rise, aggression, and human costs of totalitarian regimes (Fascist and Communist) in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union, noting especially their common and dissimilar traits.
In Class this Week:
Monday- Return and Review Russian Revolution Quizzes- Multi-Media Presentation- Russian Revolution (Rise of Lenin)
Tuesday- Multi-Media Presentation- Russian Revolution (Rise of Stalin)
Wednesday- Simulation- Communism vs. Capitalism
Thursday- Introduce Document Based Question - Stalin
Friday- Russian Revolution Quiz and Moodle (Computer Lab)
Homework this Week:
From Lenin to Stalin (pgs. 405-410) Due Thursday Feb. 2, 2012
Moodle Post- (Due Sunday at midnight)- How did the Soviet Command economy under Stalin differ from a capitalist economy like the U.S.?
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Russian Revolution and Totalitarian Governments
California State Standards- What you will learn by the end of the unit:
10.7 Students analyze the rise of totalitarian governments after World War I.
1. Understand the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution, including Lenin's use of totalitarian means to seize and maintain control (e.g., the Gulag).
2. Trace Stalin's rise to power in the Soviet Union and the connection between economic policies, political policies, the absence of a free press, and systematic violations of human rights (e.g., the Terror Famine in Ukraine).
3. Analyze the rise, aggression, and human costs of totalitarian regimes (Fascist and Communist) in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union, noting especially their common and dissimilar traits.
In Class this Week:
Monday- Animal Farm Analysis, DBQ Rubric, DBQ Intro Paragraph and Thesis
Tuesday- Animal Farm Analysis and DBQ Body Paragraph 1
Wednesday- Animal Farm Analysis and DBQ Body Paragraph 2
Thursday- Animal Farm Analysis and DBQ Body Paragraph 3
Friday- Animal Farm Analysis and DBQ Rough Draft Complete
Homework this Week:
Life in a Totalitarian State 411-415 (Read to Support DBQ)
No Moodle Post This Week (Work on your DBQ)
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Russian Revolution and Totalitarian Governments
California State Standards- What you will learn by the end of the unit:
10.7 Students analyze the rise of totalitarian governments after World War I.
1. Understand the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution, including Lenin's use of totalitarian means to seize and maintain control (e.g., the Gulag).
2. Trace Stalin's rise to power in the Soviet Union and the connection between economic policies, political policies, the absence of a free press, and systematic violations of human rights (e.g., the Terror Famine in Ukraine).
3. Analyze the rise, aggression, and human costs of totalitarian regimes (Fascist and Communist) in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union, noting especially their common and dissimilar traits.
In Class this Week:
Monday- Finish Russian Rev. Multimedia and Introduce Totalitarian Graphic Organizer
Tuesday- Computer Lab- Research Totalitarian Rulers and/or Word Process DBQ
Wednesday- Computer Lab- Research Totalitarian Rulers and/or Word Process DBQ
Thursday- Review Totalitarian Rulers/Video/Russian Rev. Totalitarianism Quiz
Friday- President's Day
Homework this Week:
Word Process DBQ Final Draft- Due Friday
Moodle Post- Which totalitarian ruler of the 20th century do you think was the worst? Justify using the 6 characteristics of totalitarianism.
All late, missing and incomplete work for the unit is due on Friday.
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World History
Week of February 20 , 2012
10.8 Students analyze the causes and consequences of World War II.
1. Compare the German, Italian, and Japanese drives for empire in the 1930s, including the 1937 Rape of Nanking, other atrocities in China, and the Stalin-Hitler Pact of 1939.
2. Understand the role of appeasement, nonintervention (isolationism), and the domestic distractions in Europe and the United States prior to the outbreak of World War II.
3. Identify and locate the Allied and Axis powers on a map and discuss the major turning points of the war, the principal theaters of conflict, key strategic decisions, and the resulting war conferences and political resolutions, with emphasis on the importance of geographic factors.
4. Describe the political, diplomatic, and military leaders during the war (e.g., Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Emperor Hirohito, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower).
5. Analyze the Nazi policy of pursuing racial purity, especially against the European Jews; its transformation into the Final Solution; and the Holocaust that resulted in the murder of six million Jewish civilians.
6. Discuss the human costs of the war, with particular attention to the civilian and military losses in Russia, Germany, Britain, the United States, China, and Japan.
In Class this Week:
Monday- No School
Tuesday- Russian Revolution Unit Evaluation/Debrief- Return Quizzes and DBQ Essay
Wednesday- WWII Introduction (KWL)- Learning Guide
Thursday- WWII Multi-Media Presentation "Between the Wars"
Friday- Rape of Nanking and Introduce Map Activity
Homework this Week:
Learning Guide "Aggression, Appeasement, and War" Chapter 18, Section 1 (Pg. 468-472) Due 2-23
Moodle Post- What would you like to learn about WWII that you don't already know?
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World History
Week of February 27 , 2012
10.8 Students analyze the causes and consequences of World War II.
1. Identify and locate the Allied and Axis powers on a map and discuss the major turning points of the war, the principal theaters of conflict, key strategic decisions, and the resulting war conferences and political resolutions, with emphasis on the importance of geographic factors.
2. Describe the political, diplomatic, and military leaders during the war (e.g., Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Emperor Hirohito, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower).
3. Discuss the human costs of the war, with particular attention to the civilian and military losses in Russia, Germany, Britain, the United States, China, and Japan.
In Class this Week:
Monday- Complete Mapping Activity/Frontload Blitzkrieg Ch. 18 Section 2
Tuesday- WWII Multi-media Presentation- Blitzkrieg
Wednesday- Simulation- Miracle at Dunkirk
Thursday- Multi-Media Presentation "Battle of Britain"
Friday- Quiz- Operation Barabarossa
Homework this Week:
"The Global Conflict: Blitzkrieg!" Chapter 18, Section 2a (Pg. 473-476) Due 2-28
"Russian Front" Chapter 18, Section 2b, 3, 4 (Pg. 476-484) Due 3-2
Moodle Post- Discuss one of the strategic errors made by Hitler: Allowing Allies out of France, Battle of Britain (Operation Sea Lion), or Barbarossa. Which one do you think was the worst mistake? Explain.
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10.8 Students analyze the causes and consequences of World War II.
1. Identify and locate the Allied and Axis powers on a map and discuss the major turning points of the war, the principal theaters of conflict, key strategic decisions, and the resulting war conferences and political resolutions, with emphasis on the importance of geographic factors.
2. Describe the political, diplomatic, and military leaders during the war (e.g., Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Emperor Hirohito, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower).
3. Discuss the human costs of the war, with particular attention to the civilian and military losses in Russia, Germany, Britain, the United States, China, and Japan.
In Class this Week:
Monday- Return Quizzes/Review/Preview and "Allied Successes" assignment (due Tuesday)
Tuesday- 2012-2013 class scheduling with counselors
Wednesday- Simulation- D-Day Invasion- Individual Time with Counselors
Thursday- Simulation- D-Day Invasion- Schedule Classes with computers
Friday- Simulation- D-Day Invasion Presentations
Homework this Week:
"Allied Successes" Chapter 18 Section 2b, Section 3 and Section 4 (pgs. 476-486) Due Tuesday, March 6th.
Moodle Post- Watch a D-day video, write a one paragraph summary of it and post the link to Moodle.
Do you have "A" aspirations? Remember that you need to run your semester project by me for approval. The projects are due the Tuesday after spring break.
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10.8 Students analyze the causes and consequences of World War II.
1. Identify and locate the Allied and Axis powers on a map and discuss the major turning points of the war, the principal theaters of conflict, key strategic decisions, and the resulting war conferences and political resolutions, with emphasis on the importance of geographic factors.
2. Describe the political, diplomatic, and military leaders during the war (e.g., Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Emperor Hirohito, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower).
3. Discuss the human costs of the war, with particular attention to the civilian and military losses in Russia, Germany, Britain, the United States, China, and Japan.
In Class this Week:
Monday- Return Quizzes/Review/Preview and "War in the Pacific" assignment (due Tuesday)
Tuesday- Multi-media Presentation "WWII"
Wednesday- Pearl Harbor Activity
Thursday- Pearl Harbor Activity
Friday- Quiz (War in the Pacific) and Video
Homework this Week:
"War the Pacific selections" Chapter 18, Section 2, 3, 4 (Pg. 477-488)
Moodle Post- Which leader do you think did the most to influence WWII (Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Emperor Hirohito, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower)? Explain why in a paragraph or two and add a picture of him to your post.
Do you have "A" aspirations? Remember that you need to run your semester project by me for approval. The projects are due the Tuesday after spring break (April 10)
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10.8 Students analyze the causes and consequences of World War II.
1. Compare the German, Italian, and Japanese drives for empire in the 1930s, including the 1937 Rape of Nanking, other atrocities in China, and the Stalin-Hitler Pact of 1939.
2. Understand the role of appeasement, nonintervention (isolationism), and the domestic distractions in Europe and the United States prior to the outbreak of World War II.
3. Identify and locate the Allied and Axis powers on a map and discuss the major turning points of the war, the principal theaters of conflict, key strategic decisions, and the resulting war conferences and political resolutions, with emphasis on the importance of geographic factors.
4. Describe the political, diplomatic, and military leaders during the war (e.g., Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Emperor Hirohito, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower).
5. Analyze the Nazi policy of pursuing racial purity, especially against the European Jews; its transformation into the Final Solution; and the Holocaust that resulted in the murder of six million Jewish civilians.
6. Discuss the human costs of the war, with particular attention to the civilian and military losses in Russia, Germany, Britain, the United States, China, and Japan.
In Class this Week:
Monday- Return Quizzes/Review/Multi-Media- War Conferences and Bomb
Tuesday- Work on Study Guides
Wednesday- WWII Review Game
Thursday- WWII Final Test- Summative
Friday- WWII Unit Evaluation and Introduce Cold War
Homework this Week:
Study Guide- Due on Thursday (Extra Credit on the Test)
Moodle Post- No Moodle Post (Testing Week)
All late, missing and incomplete work for the unit is due on Thursday.
Do you have "A" aspirations? Remember that you need to run your semester project by me for approval. The projects are due the Tuesday after spring break (April 10)
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World History
Standards
10.9Students analyze the international developments in the post-World War II world.
1. Compare the economic and military power shifts caused by the war, including the Yalta Pact, the development of nuclear weapons, Soviet control over Eastern European nations, and the economic recoveries of Germany and Japan.
2. Analyze the causes of the Cold War, with the free world on one side and Soviet client states on the other, including competition for influence in such places as Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, and Chile.
3. Understand the importance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which established the pattern for America's postwar policy of supplying economic and military aid to prevent the spread of Communism and the resulting economic and political competition in arenas such as Southeast Asia (i.e., the Korean War, Vietnam War), Cuba, and Africa.
4. Analyze the Chinese Civil War, the rise of Mao Tse-tung, and the subsequent political and economic upheavals in China (e.g., the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and the Tiananmen Square uprising).
5. Describe the uprisings in Poland (1956), Hungary (1956), and Czechoslovakia (1968) and those countries' resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s as people in Soviet satellites sought freedom from Soviet control.
6. Understand how the forces of nationalism developed in the Middle East, how the Holocaust affected world opinion regarding the need for a Jewish state, and the significance and effects of the location and establishment of Israel on world affairs.
7. Analyze the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the weakness of the command economy, burdens of military commitments, and growing resistance to Soviet rule by dissidents in satellite states and the non-Russian Soviet republics.
8. Discuss the establishment and work of the United Nations and the purposes and functions of the Warsaw Pact, SEATO, NATO, and the Organization of American States.
In Class this Week:
Monday- Cold War Learning Guide and Introduce Cold War Unit
Tuesday- Cold War Multi-Media Lesson
Wednesday- Cold War Simulation
Thursday- Cold War Simulation
Friday- Cold War Quiz and Video
Homework this Week:
Assignment #1 "From World War to Cold War" Ch. 18 Section 5 (p 489-493)- AND "The Soviet Union: Rise and Fall of a Super Power" Ch. 20 Section 4 (p 541-546) Due Thurs. March 29
Moodle Post- How did the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan contribute to the beginning of the Cold War and what was the Soviet response? (Due Sunday April 8)
All late, missing and incomplete work semester two is due on Monday, April 30th.
Do you have "A" aspirations? Remember that you need to run your semester project by me for approval. The projects are due the Tuesday after spring break (April 10)
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Standards
10.9Students analyze the international developments in the post-World War II world.
1. Compare the economic and military power shifts caused by the war, including the Yalta Pact, the development of nuclear weapons, Soviet control over Eastern European nations, and the economic recoveries of Germany and Japan.
2. Analyze the causes of the Cold War, with the free world on one side and Soviet client states on the other, including competition for influence in such places as Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, and Chile.
3. Understand the importance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which established the pattern for America's postwar policy of supplying economic and military aid to prevent the spread of Communism and the resulting economic and political competition in arenas such as Southeast Asia (i.e., the Korean War, Vietnam War), Cuba, and Africa.
4. Analyze the Chinese Civil War, the rise of Mao Tse-tung, and the subsequent political and economic upheavals in China (e.g., the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and the Tiananmen Square uprising).
5. Describe the uprisings in Poland (1956), Hungary (1956), and Czechoslovakia (1968) and those countries' resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s as people in Soviet satellites sought freedom from Soviet control.
6. Understand how the forces of nationalism developed in the Middle East, how the Holocaust affected world opinion regarding the need for a Jewish state, and the significance and effects of the location and establishment of Israel on world affairs.
7. Analyze the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the weakness of the command economy, burdens of military commitments, and growing resistance to Soviet rule by dissidents in satellite states and the non-Russian Soviet republics.
8. Discuss the establishment and work of the United Nations and the purposes and functions of the Warsaw Pact, SEATO, NATO, and the Organization of American States.
In Class this Week:
Monday- Frontload Cold War (Learning Guide- Assignment #2), return quizzes, review preview the week.
Tuesday- Cold War Multi-Media Lesson
Wednesday- Cold War Activity- Cold War Temperature Lesson
Thursday- Cold War Activity- Cold War Temperature Lesson/ SAT Review
Friday- Cold War Quiz/SAT Review
Homework this Week:
Assignment # "A New Era in Eastern Europe" Ch. 20 Section 5 (p 547-551 Due Thurs. April 12
Moodle Post- Read all of the posts before yours and post a unique history related question from any unit we have studied this year. For example, "Which philosopher believed that the best leader would be a philosopher king?" (Due Sunday April 15)
All late, missing and incomplete work semester two is due on Monday, April 30th.
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In Class this Week:
Monday- Return and Debrief Quiz, Cold War Music Analysis, STAR Review
Tuesday/Wednesday- STAR Review, Cold War Music Anlaysis
Thursday- STAR TEST- Social Science Part 1 (In class)
Friday- STAR TEST- Social Science Part 2 (In class)
Homework this Week:
Assignment # 3 "Upheavals in China" (Pg. 432-435) Due Thurs. April 19
"From Revolution to Reform in China" (pg. 560-563) Due Thurs. April 19
Moodle Post- NO MOODLE POST THIS WEEK- STAR TESTING
All late, missing and incomplete work semester two is due on Monday, April 30th.
STAR testing begins this week and the history tests are on Thursday (19th) and Friday.
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World History
10.9 Students analyze the international developments in the post-World War II world.
1. Compare the economic and military power shifts caused by the war, including the Yalta Pact, the development of nuclear weapons, Soviet control over Eastern European nations, and the economic recoveries of Germany and Japan.
2. Analyze the causes of the Cold War, with the free world on one side and Soviet client states on the other, including competition for influence in such places as Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, and Chile.
3. Understand the importance of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan, which established the pattern for America's postwar policy of supplying economic and military aid to prevent the spread of Communism and the resulting economic and political competition in arenas such as Southeast Asia (i.e., the Korean War, Vietnam War), Cuba, and Africa.
4. Analyze the Chinese Civil War, the rise of Mao Tse-tung, and the subsequent political and economic upheavals in China (e.g., the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and the Tiananmen Square uprising).
5. Describe the uprisings in Poland (1956), Hungary (1956), and Czechoslovakia (1968) and those countries' resurgence in the 1970s and 1980s as people in Soviet satellites sought freedom from Soviet control.
6. Understand how the forces of nationalism developed in the Middle East, how the Holocaust affected world opinion regarding the need for a Jewish state, and the significance and effects of the location and establishment of Israel on world affairs.
7. Analyze the reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the weakness of the command economy, burdens of military commitments, and growing resistance to Soviet rule by dissidents in satellite states and the non-Russian Soviet republics.
8. Discuss the establishment and work of the United Nations and the purposes and functions of the Warsaw Pact, SEATO, NATO, and the Organization of American States.
In Class this Week:
Monday- Vietnam War Veteran Guest Speaker
Tuesday- Cold War Music Analysis
Wednesday- Cold War Unit Test Review Game
Thursday- Cold War Unit Test
Friday- Return M/C Portion of Test and Debrief Unit- Computer Cart for Make-Up Moodles
Homework this Week:
Cold War Study Guide- Due Thursday at the time of the test
Moodle Post- NO MOODLE POST THIS WEEK- Unit Test
All late, missing and incomplete work semester two is due on Monday, April 30th.
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10.10 Students analyze instances of nation-building in the contemporary world in at least two of the following regions or countries: the Middle East, Africa, Mexico and other parts of Latin America, and China.
1. Understand the challenges in the regions, including their geopolitical, cultural, military, and economic significance and the international relationships in which they are involved.
2. Describe the recent history of the regions, including political divisions and systems, key leaders, religious issues, natural features, resources, and population patterns.
3. Discuss the important trends in the regions today and whether they appear to serve the cause of individual freedom and democracy.
In Class this Week:
Monday- Return/Debrief Cold War Test, Introduce "The World We Live In Unit", choose country and Start Semester Two Review Movie
Tuesday- Semester Two Review Movie
Wednesday- Computer Lab "The World We Live In"
Thursday- Semester Two Review Movie
Friday- Computer Lab "The World We Live In"
Homework this Week:
The World We Live In- Research Recording Sheet (2 pages)
1 Current Event Recorded on Recording Sheet and Link Posted to Moodle
Moodle Post- Country Current Event Link
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10.10 Students analyze instances of nation-building in the contemporary world in at least two of the following regions or countries: the Middle East, Africa, Mexico and other parts of Latin America, and China.
1. Understand the challenges in the regions, including their geopolitical, cultural, military, and economic significance and the international relationships in which they are involved.
2. Describe the recent history of the regions, including political divisions and systems, key leaders, religious issues, natural features, resources, and population patterns.
3. Discuss the important trends in the regions today and whether they appear to serve the cause of individual freedom and democracy.
In Class this Week:
Monday- Start Semester Two Review Movie- Contemporary World
Tuesday- Semester Two Review Movie- Contemporary World
Wednesday- Computer Lab "The World We Live In" Pg. 14
Thursday- Semester Two Review Movie- Contemporary World
Friday- Computer Lab "The World We Live In" Current Event and Presentation
Homework this Week:
The World We Live In- Research Recording Sheet (Pg. 14 and 3 Current Events Due Friday)
1 Current Event Recorded on Recording Sheet and Link Posted to Moodle
Moodle Post- Country Current Event Link #3
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10.10 Students analyze instances of nation-building in the contemporary world in at least two of the following regions or countries: the Middle East, Africa, Mexico and other parts of Latin America, and China.
1. Understand the challenges in the regions, including their geopolitical, cultural, military, and economic significance and the international relationships in which they are involved.
2. Describe the recent history of the regions, including political divisions and systems, key leaders, religious issues, natural features, resources, and population patterns.
3. Discuss the important trends in the regions today and whether they appear to serve the cause of individual freedom and democracy.
In Class this Week:
Monday- Country Presentations/Final Review Games
Tuesday- Country Presentations/Final Review Games
Wednesday- Final Test/Celebration
Thursday- Final Test/Celebration
Homework this Week:
Prepare to present your country to the class and study for final (Study Guide)
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