Contemporary Issues
June 3-6
Take final exam.
Take final exam.
Final Exam Study Guide | |
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May 28-31
Assignment: Country Profile Presentations and worksheet listing 3 issues affecting development for each presentation. The worksheet was distributed in class and will be submitted at end of class on May 30/31.
Assignment: Country Profile Presentations and worksheet listing 3 issues affecting development for each presentation. The worksheet was distributed in class and will be submitted at end of class on May 30/31.
May 23 and 24
In the Middle East during the Arab Spring in 2011, social media was used to uncover government corruption, informing citizens of government actions that were censored by the government controlled media. But in the United States during the 2016 election, social media was used as a tool to spread false information about candidates.
Journal #41
Do you think social media is more beneficial or harmful for politics? Why? Explain.
In the Middle East during the Arab Spring in 2011, social media was used to uncover government corruption, informing citizens of government actions that were censored by the government controlled media. But in the United States during the 2016 election, social media was used as a tool to spread false information about candidates.
Journal #41
Do you think social media is more beneficial or harmful for politics? Why? Explain.
May 21 and 22
Watch and read the presentation on the Israel/Palestine Conflict
Journal #40
Do you agree with the United Nations' 1948 decision to split up Palestine and create the nation of Israel? Why or why not?
Watch and read the presentation on the Israel/Palestine Conflict
Journal #40
Do you agree with the United Nations' 1948 decision to split up Palestine and create the nation of Israel? Why or why not?
Creation of Israel Presentation | |
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Final Exam Study Guide | |
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May 17 and 20
Look at this Timeline of the Earth's Average Temperature since the last ice age. When the earth's temperature was just 4°C cooler, most of the planet was covered in a thick layer of ice. The earth's temperature had been within a 1°C range 11,500 years in a row until about the year 2000. In the past 19 years, the Earth has heated up about 1°C. At the current pace, the average temperature is accelerating and on pace to be about 4 °C warmer by the year 2100.
Journal #39
What changes do you think we should expect as the earth rapidly warms? What should the world do about global warming?
Look at this Timeline of the Earth's Average Temperature since the last ice age. When the earth's temperature was just 4°C cooler, most of the planet was covered in a thick layer of ice. The earth's temperature had been within a 1°C range 11,500 years in a row until about the year 2000. In the past 19 years, the Earth has heated up about 1°C. At the current pace, the average temperature is accelerating and on pace to be about 4 °C warmer by the year 2100.
Journal #39
What changes do you think we should expect as the earth rapidly warms? What should the world do about global warming?
May 15 and 16
Journal #38
How has globalization affected work in the United States? Has it changed the types of jobs that are available? Why? Explain?
Assignment: Complete Ch. 30 Reading Response Qs Worksheet. Portfolio #6 submitted next class. (Journals #36-39, Ch. 30 vocab squares, Ch. 30 Reading Response Qs)
Journal #38
How has globalization affected work in the United States? Has it changed the types of jobs that are available? Why? Explain?
Assignment: Complete Ch. 30 Reading Response Qs Worksheet. Portfolio #6 submitted next class. (Journals #36-39, Ch. 30 vocab squares, Ch. 30 Reading Response Qs)
Chapter 30 Reading Response Questions | |
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May 13 and 14
Journal #37
Government funding for space exploration has declined significantly from its Cold War era peak. Do you think that the United States should increase or decrease spending on its space program? Why? Explain.
Journal #37
Government funding for space exploration has declined significantly from its Cold War era peak. Do you think that the United States should increase or decrease spending on its space program? Why? Explain.
Assignment: Finish Vocab Squares and choose country for Country Presentation Project
A-Day Country Profile Project Directions | |
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B-Day Country Profile Project Directions | |
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Presentation Rubric | |
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May 9 and 10
Journal #36 Why do you think there is a dramatic difference in the birthrate depending upon the wealth of the nation? Why do you think women in wealthier nations have far fewer children on average than women in developing nations? The graph illustrates the Malthusian growth model, first described in the 1798 article An Essay on the Principle of Population. It predicts that human population grows exponentially (i.e., doubling with each cycle) while food production grows at an arithmetic rate (i.e. by the repeated addition of a uniform increment in each uniform interval of time), leading to a point of crisis in which there isn't enough resources such as food for everyone. However, this theory is now very controversial.
Assignment: Complete vocab squares for 16 of the vocab terms of Chapter 30 (pg 455-473). Write the term, definition, and draw a simple picture that depicts the meaning of each term.
Malthusian Theory
Fertility rate by country
The global population growth rate peaked in the 1960s and has been slowing down, although the population is still increasing fast.
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Thanos is an extreme Malthusian, evidenced by his quote "The universe is finite, its resources finite, if life is left unchecked, life will cease to exist," Thanos said in the film, echoing countless villains before him. "It needs correction... I am the only one who knows that. At least I'm the only one with the will to act on it."
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Cold War
May 7 and 8
Journal #35
Who do you blame more for the Cuban Missile Crisis, the USA or the USSR? Why?
Journal #35
Who do you blame more for the Cuban Missile Crisis, the USA or the USSR? Why?
Assignment: Complete Gallery Walk Worksheet and Submit Portfolio #5
1. Journals #31-35
2. Cold War Timelines
3. Gallery Walk- Cold War Timeline Worksheet
1. Journals #31-35
2. Cold War Timelines
3. Gallery Walk- Cold War Timeline Worksheet
Gallery Walk Worksheet- Cold War Timeline | |
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May 3 and 6
Journal #34 Do you think that the Cold War was inevitable, or could it have been avoided? Explain!
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May 1 and 2
Journal #33
How do you think that the threat or fear of a nuclear attack would affect you? Would it change your life? Why or why not?
Assignment: Continue working on Cold War Timelines. Project Due May 7th/8th.
How do you think that the threat or fear of a nuclear attack would affect you? Would it change your life? Why or why not?
Assignment: Continue working on Cold War Timelines. Project Due May 7th/8th.
This is the English version of the 1983 German song "99 Luftballoons" by the band Nena. In the song, a computer system misidentifies 99 red balloons, thinking it is an incoming missile. The computerized defense system triggers a nuclear response that destroys the singer's city. During the Cold War, audiences identified with the song. The German language version reached #2 on the American Billboard charts, followed by the English version reaching #1.
April 29 and 30
Read this article about treatment in North Korean prisons, this article about the torture and death of American college student Otto Warmbier after being accused of stealing a poster, and watch the video about the recent meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Journal #32
Keep in mind the atrocities the North Korean regime is responsible for. Do you think that South Korea and the United States should seek a peace deal with North Korea that allows Kim Jong Un to stay in power? Why or why not?
Read this article about treatment in North Korean prisons, this article about the torture and death of American college student Otto Warmbier after being accused of stealing a poster, and watch the video about the recent meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Journal #32
Keep in mind the atrocities the North Korean regime is responsible for. Do you think that South Korea and the United States should seek a peace deal with North Korea that allows Kim Jong Un to stay in power? Why or why not?
April 25 and 26
Journal #31
What does this political cartoon suggest about the way the Cold War was fought? Why? Explain.
Journal #31
What does this political cartoon suggest about the way the Cold War was fought? Why? Explain.
Assignment: Watch this presentation on the Korean War, and work on Cold War Timeline Project
April 23 and 24
Journal #30
Why do you think the Cold War is called "cold"? Explain!
Assignment: Submit Journals #29-30 and Cold War Guided Notes
Begin work on Hot/Cold Timeline Project
Journal #30
Why do you think the Cold War is called "cold"? Explain!
Assignment: Submit Journals #29-30 and Cold War Guided Notes
Begin work on Hot/Cold Timeline Project
Cold War Hot/Cold Timeline Project Directions | |
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Cold War Timeline Project Rubric | |
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Thermometers | |
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Group Accountability Forms | |
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April 19 and 22
On August 6th, 1945, the nuclear bomb "Little Boy" was dropped from a Boeing B-29 Superfortress plane piloted by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets. On August 9th 1945, the bomb "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki. These events unleashed a nuclear arms race between countries that continues to this day. Only a few years later, both the United States and the Soviet Union had built and stored enough nuclear weapons to destroy the planet many times. Between 1946 and 1991, they repeatedly threatened each other with annihilation during the Cold War. Today, the United States, Russia, China, Great Britain, France, India, Pakistan, Israel, and most recently North Korea all possess nuclear bombs way more powerful than the nukes dropped on Japan in August of 1945.
Journal #29
If a nation wishes to develop a nuclear weapon, should they be allowed to? How should the world decide which countries' governments are allowed to possess nukes?
On August 6th, 1945, the nuclear bomb "Little Boy" was dropped from a Boeing B-29 Superfortress plane piloted by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets. On August 9th 1945, the bomb "Fat Man" was dropped on Nagasaki. These events unleashed a nuclear arms race between countries that continues to this day. Only a few years later, both the United States and the Soviet Union had built and stored enough nuclear weapons to destroy the planet many times. Between 1946 and 1991, they repeatedly threatened each other with annihilation during the Cold War. Today, the United States, Russia, China, Great Britain, France, India, Pakistan, Israel, and most recently North Korea all possess nuclear bombs way more powerful than the nukes dropped on Japan in August of 1945.
Journal #29
If a nation wishes to develop a nuclear weapon, should they be allowed to? How should the world decide which countries' governments are allowed to possess nukes?
Intro To Cold War Presentation | |
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Intro to Cold War Guided Notes | |
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World War II
April 17 and 18
No Journal
Take WWII Test
Submit Portfolio #3 (B-Day, A-Day tomorrow)
No Journal
Take WWII Test
Submit Portfolio #3 (B-Day, A-Day tomorrow)
April 16 (B-Day)
No Journal
Assignment: Write the final draft of the academic paragraph. Study for the WWII Test next period.
Review Study Guide for WWII Test
No Journal
Assignment: Write the final draft of the academic paragraph. Study for the WWII Test next period.
Review Study Guide for WWII Test
April 12 (B-Day) and April 15 (A-Day)
Journal #28
What were your thoughts while seeing the explosion? What words go through your mind? Why?
Assignment: Read and use the documents in the atomic bomb packet to complete the academic paragraph outline.
Receive Study Guide for WWII Test
Journal #28
What were your thoughts while seeing the explosion? What words go through your mind? Why?
Assignment: Read and use the documents in the atomic bomb packet to complete the academic paragraph outline.
Receive Study Guide for WWII Test
The Japanese city of Hiroshima before and after the bomb "Little Boy" unleashed a nuclear explosion that destroyed about 70% of the city, killing around 70,000 people instantly and causing radiation that would lead to the deaths of thousands of others. Disturbing images of damage inflicted on the bodies of survivor's.
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Development of Atomic Bombs | |
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Atomic Bomb Documents and Paragraph Outline | |
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Academic Paragraph Rubric | |
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April 11 (A-Day Only)
No Class Periods 1 and 2 (PSAT Testing) Period 4 watched a film.
No Class Periods 1 and 2 (PSAT Testing) Period 4 watched a film.
April 9 and 10
No Journal
Assignment: Watch "World Wars Part III - Never Surrender" and complete the film worksheet using complete sentence responses.
No Journal
Assignment: Watch "World Wars Part III - Never Surrender" and complete the film worksheet using complete sentence responses.
World Wars Part III Worksheet | |
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April 5 and 8
Journal #27
Do you agree with economic sanctions such as embargoes on certain commodities or products? Is it acceptable to punish the citizens of a country for its government's actions?
Journal #27
Do you agree with economic sanctions such as embargoes on certain commodities or products? Is it acceptable to punish the citizens of a country for its government's actions?
Assignment: In groups of 4, create a WWII Ch. 24 Timeline. Research the events in the file below (pg 2-6 of the file) using Ch. 24 (pg. 349-371). Fill in the blanks with the correct terms and write down the date which they occurred. Then cut and paste the events into chronological order on a piece of cardboard paper.
WWII Timeline Events | |
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April 3 and 4
Journal #26
In Part 2 of the World Wars film, Pritish Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain tried to appease Adolf Hitler by allowing him to take Czechoslovakia, avoiding war between Britain and Germany. What do you think about the appeasement policy? If you were Chamberlain, would you have done the same? Why or why not?
Assignment: Finish World Wars Part 2 and film worksheet. Submit Portfolio #2 (Journals #25-26 and World Wars Part 2)
Complete vocab squares for Chapter 24 (pgs 349-371). Write the term, definition, and a simple picture that depicts the meaning of each term. (Skip the terms ghetto and Holocaust, we have spent plenty of time with these terms already, but they WILL appear on your test!)
Sixteen vocab terms are: 1. Aggression 2. Militarism 3. Sanction 4. Axis Powers 5. Appeasement 6. Munich Pact 7. Embargo 8. Isolationism 9. Blitzkrieg 10. Puppet Government 11. Atlantic Charter 12. Counterattack 13. D-Day 14. War Crime 15. Nuremberg Trials 16. Sovereignty
Journal #26
In Part 2 of the World Wars film, Pritish Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain tried to appease Adolf Hitler by allowing him to take Czechoslovakia, avoiding war between Britain and Germany. What do you think about the appeasement policy? If you were Chamberlain, would you have done the same? Why or why not?
Assignment: Finish World Wars Part 2 and film worksheet. Submit Portfolio #2 (Journals #25-26 and World Wars Part 2)
Complete vocab squares for Chapter 24 (pgs 349-371). Write the term, definition, and a simple picture that depicts the meaning of each term. (Skip the terms ghetto and Holocaust, we have spent plenty of time with these terms already, but they WILL appear on your test!)
Sixteen vocab terms are: 1. Aggression 2. Militarism 3. Sanction 4. Axis Powers 5. Appeasement 6. Munich Pact 7. Embargo 8. Isolationism 9. Blitzkrieg 10. Puppet Government 11. Atlantic Charter 12. Counterattack 13. D-Day 14. War Crime 15. Nuremberg Trials 16. Sovereignty
April 1 and 2
Journal #25 Tell me something good! What is something good that you did or that happened to you during Spring Break? Explain! Assignment: Watch Part 2 of the World Wars Film and complete the film's worksheet
Submit Portfolio #1 from before Spring Break 1. Journals #20-24 2. Samurai Packet 3. Japanese Imperialism DBQ Announcement: For the semester 2 grade, I will either average the Quarter 3 and Quarter 4 grades together, or give the mark of Quarter 4 as your semester grade, whichever is higher. So if you didn't do as well as you can last quarter, it won't punish you if you do better this quarter!
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March 14 and 15
Journal #24
From Ideo Stories:
In 1853, four huge black ships, two of them pouring forth steam from thunderous engines, sailed into Tokyo Bay. Japanese leaders were stunned. Commanded by Commodore Matthew C. Perry, the ships had been sent to open up trade with a nation that had been closed to outsiders for 200 years. Though officials of the Tokugawa Shogunate were aware of broad trends in Western technology, they had never seen the like of these hulking vessels, and were disinclined to change their time-honored policies.
The Americans, however, were prepared to be persuasive. They’d brought along one of the most powerful weapons of that time — Paixhans guns, capable of firing explosive shells at high velocities — to help make their point. They promptly did so, using the guns to blow to pieces a number of wooden buildings along the shore before cordially delivering a letter from President Millard Fillmore, inviting the Japanese to negotiate a trade agreement, then sailing away.
Journal #24
If you were living in Japan in 1853 saw US warships sail into Tokyo's harbor for the first time, what would your first thoughts be? How would you react?
Journal #24
From Ideo Stories:
In 1853, four huge black ships, two of them pouring forth steam from thunderous engines, sailed into Tokyo Bay. Japanese leaders were stunned. Commanded by Commodore Matthew C. Perry, the ships had been sent to open up trade with a nation that had been closed to outsiders for 200 years. Though officials of the Tokugawa Shogunate were aware of broad trends in Western technology, they had never seen the like of these hulking vessels, and were disinclined to change their time-honored policies.
The Americans, however, were prepared to be persuasive. They’d brought along one of the most powerful weapons of that time — Paixhans guns, capable of firing explosive shells at high velocities — to help make their point. They promptly did so, using the guns to blow to pieces a number of wooden buildings along the shore before cordially delivering a letter from President Millard Fillmore, inviting the Japanese to negotiate a trade agreement, then sailing away.
Journal #24
If you were living in Japan in 1853 saw US warships sail into Tokyo's harbor for the first time, what would your first thoughts be? How would you react?
Imperialist Japan Presentation | |
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Japanese Imperialism DBQ | |
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March 12 and 13
Journal #23 Anthony Acevedo is the only Mexican-American among 225,000 registered Holocaust survivors in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's database. His lived a remarkable life. He was born in San Bernadino, California to undocumented parents. In 1937 at the age of 13, his parents were deported to Mexico. Acevedo was 17 years old when on December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He was moved by the attack to travel from back to the United States to enlist in the Army. In the early stages of the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, Acevedo was working as a medic when he was captured by the Nazis. He was forced to work in the Berga subcamp of the infamous Buchenwald Concentration Camp. As Nazi Germany became increasingly desperate in the final days of World War II, Acevedo endured increasingly harsh labor. He risked his life to document the deaths and murder of about half of the 350 American soldiers at Berga in a secret diary. He described his decision to document his experiences as a "moral obligation." The U.S. Army directed Berga survivors to keep their stories secret. In 2008, Acevedo publicly shared his story with CNN and the news that American soldiers had been used for slave labor at Berga went viral for the first time. Lawmakers recognized Acevedo at a ceremony in Orlando in 2010, but he decided to boycott the ceremony. He passed away last year at age 93. Please read his obituary by CNN. Anthony Acevedo risked his life in order to keep a diary that documented the atrocities he witnessed as a POW. Would you have done the same, why or why not? What is the importance of primary sources like Anthony Acevedo's in establishing the truth about the Holocaust? OR Why do you think that the U.S. Government made Prisoners of War like Anthony Acevedo keep their experiences in Nazi slave labor camps secret? Explain. Do you agree with this decision? Assignment: View Japan Modernization Presentation and work on Samurai Packet (due next class)
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Anthony Acevedo from CNN
Acevedo's diary
American soldiers at the Nazi camp Berga
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March 8 and 11
Journal #22 In 2016, President Obama's Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced a plan to replace President Andrew Jackson's image on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman's. At the time, Donald Trump disagreed with the plan, saying it was "pure political correctness." It was supposed to take effect in 2020, but the Trump Administration has delayed the implementation of the new currency and its future is unclear. (Andrew Jackson is a controversial figure, as President he ordered the Trail of Tears, the forced relocation of Native Americans from the Southeast to Oklahoma). Do you agree with this plan? Why or why not? If you could put any American who is not currently on currency on it, who would it be and why? |
Holocaust
March 6 and 7
Journal #21 Assignment: Present the Holocaust Resistance Project and submit bibliographies, group accountability forms, and outlines "Our democracy relies upon voters having access to accurate information and believing it when they make decisions at the voting booth." -(that's me quoting me) Do you agree with this statement? What damage might be caused by the spread of misinformation among the electorate (voters)? or In this lecture, Deborah Lipstadt uses the example of David Irving and Holocaust deniers to say that truth and facts are "under assault." Do you think that the internet and social media are contributing to the spread of misinformation intended to deceive? How so? What can be done to stop the spread of falsehoods and misinformation such as Holocaust denial? Assignment: Submit Group Accountability Form and Bibliography, and present your Resisting the Holocaust Presentation
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Photograph of Harriet Tubman taken in 1885
David Irving has been described as one of the most dangerous authors that denies the Holocaust. In 1993, the American author Deborah Lipstadt published the book Denying the Holocaust, the Growing Assault on Truth and Memory in which she discredited Irving's books, showing how he cherry-picked and twisted historical sources in order to create his argument that the Holocaust never occurred. Irving responded by suing Lipstadt for libel in British courts. Irving claimed Lipstadt damaged his reputation by lying about him in her book. This set up a trial known as Irving vs Penguin Books Ltd that Lipstadt documented in her 2006 book History on Trial. The case took 4 years of preparation and 4 weeks of deliberation. In the end, Lipstadt won and was cleared of all accusations against her. The judge wrote that Irving was an anti-Semite who "for his own ideological reasons persistently and deliberately misrepresented and manipulated historical evidence."
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March 4 and 5
Journal #20
What was the most inspiring action you learned about while researching your resistance group? Tell me about this action. What happened? Explain.
Assignment: Show Mr. Cooper your completed outline of Holocaust Resistance Project. Create and practice your presentation
Journal #20
What was the most inspiring action you learned about while researching your resistance group? Tell me about this action. What happened? Explain.
Assignment: Show Mr. Cooper your completed outline of Holocaust Resistance Project. Create and practice your presentation
February 28 and March 1
Journal #19 Watch the opening airplane scene of the propaganda film "Triumph of the Will" and minutes 42-50. What film techniques do you notice that German director Leni Riefenstahl uses? Is it an effective piece of propaganda? Why or why not? Explain. Assignment: Submit Portfolio #5 (Journals #18-19 and Dachau vs Auschwitz Worksheet) Complete Outline for Holocaust Resistance Project |
With her directing career tarnished by her association with the Nazis, Riefenstahl rebuilt her career in the 1970s as a still photographer, earning some praises for her pictures of tribal life in Sudan, Africa. She passed away in 2003 at the age of 101.
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Riefenstahl and her film crew in front of Hitler's car during a parade in Nuremberg, Germany on September 1, 1934
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There Were Those
There were those who escaped to the forests who crawled through sewers who jumped from the backs of trains There were those who smuggled messages who smuggled dynamite inside breadloves inside matchboxes inside corpses There were those who were shoemakers who put nails into the boots of German soldiers There were those who wrote poetry who put on plays who taught the children There were those who fed each other -Susan Dambroff |
February 22 and 25
Journal #17
Watch at least 6 of the oral histories from the Holocaust from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Summarize at least one survivor's story that stood out to you. Why did you choose this story? What about it was moving?
Assignment: Finish the pamphlet "How to Survive Life in the Nazi's Ghettos" and submit Portfolio #4
Assignment: Compare and contrast the Nazi camps Dachau and Auschwitz. Read the handout and complete the worksheet.
Journal #17
Watch at least 6 of the oral histories from the Holocaust from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum. Summarize at least one survivor's story that stood out to you. Why did you choose this story? What about it was moving?
Assignment: Finish the pamphlet "How to Survive Life in the Nazi's Ghettos" and submit Portfolio #4
Assignment: Compare and contrast the Nazi camps Dachau and Auschwitz. Read the handout and complete the worksheet.
Dachau vs Auschwitz Reading | |
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Dachau vs Auschwitz Worksheet | |
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February 20 and 21
Journal #16
Do you think that the fables by Ernst Heimer were effective at spreading hatred against Jews? Which of the stories (The Poisonous Mushroom, How the Jews Came to Us, Why the Jews Let Themselves Be Baptized, How Jewish Traders Cheat, and The Experience of Hans and Else with a Strange Man) do you think was the most effective? What about the story made it convincing?
Assignment:
Read the handout about Life in the Nazi's Jewish ghettos. Create a three-fold underground secret pamphlet that is written by a Jewish group trying to warn others of what is happening in the ghettos of Poland.
You must include the following:
1. Title and picture in color, with your own name on the bottom or top right
2. Include an article with at least 3 paragraphs. The article needs to be based on facts, the outline is below.
3. A picture that depicts life in the ghetto or provides motivation to resist
4. A list of 10 tips to survive life in the ghetto
Outline for pamphlet article:
1st paragraph - Description of life inside the ghetto using facts from the reading
2nd paragraph - Tips and advice for how to be prepared mentally and physically to survive life inside the ghetto
3rd paragraph - Convincing the new arrival to join the underground resistance in the ghetto against the Nazis
Journal #16
Do you think that the fables by Ernst Heimer were effective at spreading hatred against Jews? Which of the stories (The Poisonous Mushroom, How the Jews Came to Us, Why the Jews Let Themselves Be Baptized, How Jewish Traders Cheat, and The Experience of Hans and Else with a Strange Man) do you think was the most effective? What about the story made it convincing?
Assignment:
Read the handout about Life in the Nazi's Jewish ghettos. Create a three-fold underground secret pamphlet that is written by a Jewish group trying to warn others of what is happening in the ghettos of Poland.
You must include the following:
1. Title and picture in color, with your own name on the bottom or top right
2. Include an article with at least 3 paragraphs. The article needs to be based on facts, the outline is below.
3. A picture that depicts life in the ghetto or provides motivation to resist
4. A list of 10 tips to survive life in the ghetto
Outline for pamphlet article:
1st paragraph - Description of life inside the ghetto using facts from the reading
2nd paragraph - Tips and advice for how to be prepared mentally and physically to survive life inside the ghetto
3rd paragraph - Convincing the new arrival to join the underground resistance in the ghetto against the Nazis
Nazi's Jewish Ghettos Reading | |
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February 15 and 19
Journal #15 Why do you think Hitler hated the Jews? Explain. Assignment 1: Read and analyze the Nazi fables The Poisonous Mushroom, How the Jews Came to Us, Why the Jews Let Themselves Be Baptized, How Jewish Traders Cheat, and The Experience of Hans and Else with a Strange Man by Nazi author Ernst Heimer and published by Julius Streicher. List the characters. Respond to other questions in complete sentences. Assignment 2: Kristallnacht Reading and Discussion Questions #1-3 answered in complete sentences on a separate piece of paper. Portfolio #4 due next class
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"The Poisonous Mushroom" was written by Nazi author Ernst Heimer and published by Julius Streicher (pictured above). Streicher was executed for crimes against humanity in 1946 for his role in the Holocaust. Heimer served three years in prison before being released.
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February 13 and 14
Today is the 1 year anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting in Parkland Florida. 17 students were murdered. Students that survived the shooting began (and continue) a protest movement called "March For Our Lives". They organized a student walkout on the 1 month anniversary of the shooting in protest of gun violence and in support of stricter gun control laws.
Journal #14
Did you participate in the protest? Why or why not? Would you participate in another walk-out in support of stricter gun control laws again this year? Explain.
Assignment: Finish Timeline Activity
Today is the 1 year anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting in Parkland Florida. 17 students were murdered. Students that survived the shooting began (and continue) a protest movement called "March For Our Lives". They organized a student walkout on the 1 month anniversary of the shooting in protest of gun violence and in support of stricter gun control laws.
Journal #14
Did you participate in the protest? Why or why not? Would you participate in another walk-out in support of stricter gun control laws again this year? Explain.
Assignment: Finish Timeline Activity
February 8 and 12
Journal #13
What do you already know about the Holocaust? What would you like to know? Be specific!
Assignment: Read "Why Did Adolf Hitler Hate the Jews" and complete the first two pages of the "Little Things in Life" worksheet packet
Journal #13
What do you already know about the Holocaust? What would you like to know? Be specific!
Assignment: Read "Why Did Adolf Hitler Hate the Jews" and complete the first two pages of the "Little Things in Life" worksheet packet
Handout "Why did Adolf Hitler Hate the Jews?" | |
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Little Things In Life - Nazi Discrimination Timeline Packet | |
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Totalitarianism
February 6 and 7
Journal #12
Are there similarities between the United States and the totalitarian states we have been studying? If so, explain these similarities. What are they and how is our government/leaders similar? If not, what do you think makes us different?
Assignment: Totalitarianism Unit Test
Journal #12
Are there similarities between the United States and the totalitarian states we have been studying? If so, explain these similarities. What are they and how is our government/leaders similar? If not, what do you think makes us different?
Assignment: Totalitarianism Unit Test
February 4 and 5
Journal #11
How would your Facebook Profile effectively convince citizens in your country to follow your leader? Explain.
Assignment: Complete and submit Totalitarian Facebook Profiles. Finish Portfolio #3 and study for Totalitarianism Test (next class)
Journal #11
How would your Facebook Profile effectively convince citizens in your country to follow your leader? Explain.
Assignment: Complete and submit Totalitarian Facebook Profiles. Finish Portfolio #3 and study for Totalitarianism Test (next class)
Study Guide - Totalitarianism Unit Test | |
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January 31 and February 1
Facebook Drops App That Paid Teens $20 for Full Access to Their Phones
Journal #10
Would you be willing to let Facebook (or another company) pay you $20 a month for complete access to everything you do on your phone? Or, vice versa, would you pay companies such as Google, Facebook, or Snap for privacy so that they wouldn't track anything that you do? Why or why not?
Assignment: Work on Totalitarian Leader Facebook Profiles. Study for test on Feb 6 and Feb 7.
Facebook Drops App That Paid Teens $20 for Full Access to Their Phones
Journal #10
Would you be willing to let Facebook (or another company) pay you $20 a month for complete access to everything you do on your phone? Or, vice versa, would you pay companies such as Google, Facebook, or Snap for privacy so that they wouldn't track anything that you do? Why or why not?
Assignment: Work on Totalitarian Leader Facebook Profiles. Study for test on Feb 6 and Feb 7.
January 29 and 30
Journal #9
Do you think social media will help or hurt your goals for the future? Why? Explain.
Assignment: Finish Ch. 23 vocab squares and Ch. 23 review questions. Complete Facebook Profile Rough Draft.
Journal #9
Do you think social media will help or hurt your goals for the future? Why? Explain.
Assignment: Finish Ch. 23 vocab squares and Ch. 23 review questions. Complete Facebook Profile Rough Draft.
Facebook Profile Directions/Rubric and Rough Draft | |
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January 25 and 28
“Victory over (the) Depression will be…by the resolution of our people to fight their own battles in their own communities” - President Herbert Hoover
"I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people." - President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Journal #8
In a time of economic crisis, is it the government's responsibility to borrow and spend money to try and help the economy, or not? If you controlled a part of Europe or the USA during the Great Depression of the 1930s, how would you try to fix the economic issues?
“Victory over (the) Depression will be…by the resolution of our people to fight their own battles in their own communities” - President Herbert Hoover
"I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people." - President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Journal #8
In a time of economic crisis, is it the government's responsibility to borrow and spend money to try and help the economy, or not? If you controlled a part of Europe or the USA during the Great Depression of the 1930s, how would you try to fix the economic issues?
Assignment: 1. Submit Portfolio #2
2. Finish Ch. 23 vocab squares
3. Work on Ch. 23 Reading Response Questions on separate piece of paper
2. Finish Ch. 23 vocab squares
3. Work on Ch. 23 Reading Response Questions on separate piece of paper
Ch. 23 Reading Response Questions | |
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January 23 and 24
Journal #7
Why do you think the fascist leaders consider the propaganda we looked at yesterday as good art? Why might totalitarian governments promote some forms of art while labeling other types of art "degenerate" and banning it?
Assignment: 1. Finish Totalitarian Art Exhibition Assignments. Due next class
2. Read Chapter 23 of the textbook pages 333-347, and complete vocab squares for the 10 blue words in the margins of Ch. 23. Draw a picture the depicts the meaning of each term and write its definition beneath the image.
Journal #7
Why do you think the fascist leaders consider the propaganda we looked at yesterday as good art? Why might totalitarian governments promote some forms of art while labeling other types of art "degenerate" and banning it?
Assignment: 1. Finish Totalitarian Art Exhibition Assignments. Due next class
2. Read Chapter 23 of the textbook pages 333-347, and complete vocab squares for the 10 blue words in the margins of Ch. 23. Draw a picture the depicts the meaning of each term and write its definition beneath the image.
January 18 and 22
Read this article from the Los Angeles Times about the difficulties a strike brings to families with students with special needs.
Journal #6
Should teachers be allowed to go on strike? Why or why not? Explain.
Assignment: Totalitarian Art Exhibition Assignment. Complete the worksheet and write a 5 paragraph newspaper article about your experience during the art exhibition. Due with Portfolio #2 (A-Day) Friday 1/25 and (B-Day) 1/28.
Research totalitarianism by viewing the propaganda art in the gallery walk. The propaganda poster may seem appealing, but you must speak to classmates and take notes about the "secret" information they have been given, using it to complete the worksheet. The secret information will inform you of the troubling aspects of totalitarianism that the government hopes to hide. Next, as a reporter, you must expose totalitarianism to readers of your newspaper in the United States. Write a 5 paragraph newspaper article. Expose totalitarianism to your readers. Explain the brutal actions totalitarian governments are taking and how they are building support for those actions using fear and propaganda.
Suggested guidelines for 5 paragraph newspaper article:
Introduction Paragraph: Provide a brief introduction to your experience attending the "International Fascist Art Exhibition"
Body Paragraph 1: Explain what totalitarian governments in Europe want their citizens and foreigners to believe about their leaders and policies, using examples from the propaganda posters as evidence.
Body Paragraph 2: Describe what life is really like under these totalitarian governments, using examples from the secret information as evidence.
Body Paragraph 3: Explain what you think accounted for the rise of totalitarian states after World War I, using the information from Chapter 23 in the textbook as evidence.
Conclusion Paragraph: Evaluate the rise of totalitarian states and predict the impact you think their existence will have on world affairs.
Read this article from the Los Angeles Times about the difficulties a strike brings to families with students with special needs.
Journal #6
Should teachers be allowed to go on strike? Why or why not? Explain.
Assignment: Totalitarian Art Exhibition Assignment. Complete the worksheet and write a 5 paragraph newspaper article about your experience during the art exhibition. Due with Portfolio #2 (A-Day) Friday 1/25 and (B-Day) 1/28.
Research totalitarianism by viewing the propaganda art in the gallery walk. The propaganda poster may seem appealing, but you must speak to classmates and take notes about the "secret" information they have been given, using it to complete the worksheet. The secret information will inform you of the troubling aspects of totalitarianism that the government hopes to hide. Next, as a reporter, you must expose totalitarianism to readers of your newspaper in the United States. Write a 5 paragraph newspaper article. Expose totalitarianism to your readers. Explain the brutal actions totalitarian governments are taking and how they are building support for those actions using fear and propaganda.
Suggested guidelines for 5 paragraph newspaper article:
Introduction Paragraph: Provide a brief introduction to your experience attending the "International Fascist Art Exhibition"
Body Paragraph 1: Explain what totalitarian governments in Europe want their citizens and foreigners to believe about their leaders and policies, using examples from the propaganda posters as evidence.
Body Paragraph 2: Describe what life is really like under these totalitarian governments, using examples from the secret information as evidence.
Body Paragraph 3: Explain what you think accounted for the rise of totalitarian states after World War I, using the information from Chapter 23 in the textbook as evidence.
Conclusion Paragraph: Evaluate the rise of totalitarian states and predict the impact you think their existence will have on world affairs.
Worksheet- Rise of Totalitarianism Art Exhibition | |
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Totalitarian Art Exhibition Posters | |
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"Secret Information" About Totalitarian Art Handouts | |
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January 16 and 17
Journal #5
How do you resist oppressive rule- with violent or nonviolent action? Which strategy might prove more successful and bring more long-lasting consequences? Why?
Journal #5
How do you resist oppressive rule- with violent or nonviolent action? Which strategy might prove more successful and bring more long-lasting consequences? Why?
Assignment: Complete the Russian Revolution Packet. Submit with Portfolio #1 next class: 1/18 and 1/22.
January 14 and 15
On December 22nd, the budget expired without Congress and the President approving a new one. Each side blames the other for the federal government's inability to pass a new budget for this year. For the past 24 days about 380,000 federal employees aren't working and won't be getting paid, with other federal employees working without pay hoping that the government will pay them back in the future. Depending on where you get your news and its bias, you may have heard opposing narratives about who is to blame for the Federal Government Shutdown of 2019. So far, Senate Republicans and President Trump have refused to pass the budget that the Democrat controlled House of Representatives has passed because it does not include $5.7 billion dollars to fund a border wall. Take a look at this timeline of the government shutdown. Journal #4 How do you feel about the federal government shutdown? Is the lack of funds for a wall a just cause for Senate Republicans and President Trump to vote against or veto the budget and continue this shutdown? Explain. Assignment: Work on the Russian Revolution Packet |
Garbage piles up in Washington D.C. as federal workers aren't paid to collect it during the government shutdown.
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January 10 and 11
Journal #3
While watching World Wars, supposedly British soldier Henry Tandey had a chance to shoot Adolf Hitler on the battlefield. What were you thinking during this scene? If Hitler had died on the battlefield in World War I, do you think that Nazi ideology (their ideas, beliefs, and policies) would have developed? Why or why not? Explain.
Assignment: Begin working on Russian Revolution Packet, using the textbook Ch. 20 (pg. 281-293) and the images from the presentation below.
Journal #3
While watching World Wars, supposedly British soldier Henry Tandey had a chance to shoot Adolf Hitler on the battlefield. What were you thinking during this scene? If Hitler had died on the battlefield in World War I, do you think that Nazi ideology (their ideas, beliefs, and policies) would have developed? Why or why not? Explain.
Assignment: Begin working on Russian Revolution Packet, using the textbook Ch. 20 (pg. 281-293) and the images from the presentation below.
Russian Revolution Packet | |
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Russian Revolution Presentation | |
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January 8 and 9
Journal #2
What is one academic goal you have for this semester? What are three steps you should take in order to achieve it? Explain.
Assignment: Finish and submit the World Wars Night One worksheet
Journal #2
What is one academic goal you have for this semester? What are three steps you should take in order to achieve it? Explain.
Assignment: Finish and submit the World Wars Night One worksheet
January 7, 2019
Journal #1 What was your best day of the break? Tell me about it. What did you do, see, feel, and experience? (Responses should be a paragraph with at least 5 sentences to receive full credit. Journals are completed daily and turned in with our portfolios. All journals are graded out of 4 possible points.) Assignment: Begin watching the first episode of the World Wars film and complete the World Wars Night One worksheet.
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