Friday, May 31, 2013

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Wednesday 5/29 & Thursday 5/30

No Starter
Starters Due: 6 Starters X 5 Points Each = 30/30 Possible (Self-grade)
No Test!!!

Video: World War II 1931-1938 & World War II 1939-1945

All Late Work, Make-up Work and Courtesy Passes (for extra credit) Due Friday 5/31

Friday, May 24, 2013

Friday 5/24 & Tuesday 5/28

Starter #6. Map P. 797
What kind of government did Czechoslovakia have in the 1930s?
What kind of government did Italy have?
Why do you think Czechoslovakia’s location was a problem for maintaining its freedoms?

Discuss Chapter 24 Sections 2 & 3 Assignment

Video: World War II, 1931-1941

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Wednesday 5/22 & Thursday 5/23

Starter #5
Chapter Review: Do questions #1-14 on P. 785-786
You do not need to copy down the questions.

Chapter 23 Section 3 & 4 Assignment Due

Clips from: The 1920s
Prohibition, Women's Suffrage, Mussolini, Death of Lenin, etc.

Read Chapter 24 Sections 2 & 3, do assignment
Rise of Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler and others in the 1920s & 1930s

Monday 5/20 & Tuesday 5/21

Starter # 4
Maps P. 779
1. What happened to the Ottoman Empire?
2. What happened to Austria-Hungary?
3. What was the new name of "Russia"?

Chapter 23 Section 3 & 4 Assignment

Video Clip: Russia Land of the Tsars
No assignment on video

Friday, May 17, 2013

Thursday 5/16 & Friday 5/17

Starter #3 Technology and the Horror of War
P. 770-771
1. Why do you think armies began to use “earth tones” in their uniforms?
2. How was barbed wire used in this war?
3. What protection did soldiers have against chlorine gas and other chemical weapons?

Video Clip: All Quiet on the Western Front

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Tuesday 5/14 & Wednesday 5/15

Starter #2 Map P. 763
1. What does the orange on the map represent?
2. What does the green on the map represent?
3. What does the dark blue shading around the British Isles represent?

Video on WWI by the BBC:
The First World War, 1914: A Call to Arms
Video Note-taking assignment

Discuss Chapter 23 Sec 1 & 2 Assignment, Due

Friday, May 10, 2013

Friday 5/10 & Monday 5/13

NEW STARTER! Starter #1. Timeline P. 756-766
1. In what year did the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand spark WWI?
2. When did the United States enter WWI?
3. Which US president helped to found the League of Nations after WWI?

Time in class to work on Chapter 23 Section 1 & 2 Assignment

Video on the early 20th Century:
Days That Shook The World- 1900-1910
No Assignment, just watch!

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Wednesday 5/8 & Thursday 5/9

No Starter
Class Officer Elections
Pass Back Papers
Ch 18, 19 & 21 Test
Starters Due: 6 Starters X 5 Points Each = 30/30 Possible (Self-grade)
New Assignment:
Read Ch 23 Section 1 & 2, Do Assignment

Monday, May 6, 2013

Monday 5/6 & Tuesday 5/7

Starter #6 Political Cartoon P. 701
1. What does the cake represent?
2. Who is carving up the “cake”?
3. Who is watching him do this?

Chapter 21 Due, Discuss
Video on New Imperialism: The Four Feathers
No Assignment

Chapter 18, 19 & 21 Test NEXT TIME 5/8, 5/9!!!

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Thursday 5/2 & Friday 5/3

Starter #5 Timeline P. 684-685
1. When did explorer David Livingstone arrive in Africa?
2. When did Great Britain annex the west coastal states of Africa?
3. When did Gandhi revive India’s movement for independence?

Read Chapter 21* (All of it) & do the assignment (P. 686)
Individual work
This assignment will be due NEXT class meeting
Chapter 18, 19 & 21 Test NEXT WEEK 5/8, 5/9!!!
We are skipping Chapter 20