Week of March 24th

Here's the plan for the week of March 24th:

3/24:  Quiz on European Theater WW2

3/25:  War in the Pacific - Readings and Notes on the Pacific Theater

3/26:  View episode from 'The Pacific'

3/27:  Japanese-American internment camps

3/28:  Decision to drop atom bomb, end of the war

Week of March 10

Activities for Week of March 10:

Monday 3/10 -  Compare and contrast readings on the Blackshirts of Italy with the Brownshirts of Germany; complete the handout.

Tuesday 3/11 - Read 'Rise of Fascism' handout, view selections from 'Triumph of the Will'

Wednesday 3/12 - Early Battles of the War reading, complete short analysis

Thursday 3/13 - PPT Information on Europe at War

Friday 3/14 - finish PPT above; short reading - Quiz on Monday on PPT info. and information from Monday & Tuesday

3rd Marking Period Interims Due March 10

Here's the current listing of assignments that are were due for 3rd Marking Period:

1)  Handout titled 'Sourcing the Textbooks' > classwork activity comparing the Chinese and Japanese versions of the invasion

2)  Handout titled 'Predicting Problems' > examine information on events prior to WW2 and then predict what would happen

3)  Quiz on the reading about the Japanese invasion of China

4)  Reading on 'Rise of Hitler' and complete the questions on back

5)  Writing assignment on the film 'Saving Private Ryan' > Due Wednesday March 12

6)  'Causes of WW2 Packet'>  Due Wednesday March 12

Week of 2/10 - 2/14

WW2 Unit


Here's what is going on this week:

Monday 2/10 - Q&A on film, Expectations for 3rd Marking Period

Tuesday 2/11 - Intro to WW2, Journal Activity, Overview of WW2

Wednesday 2/12 - Spanish Civil War & Rise of Fascism

Thursday 2/13 - Japan vs China, Weimar Germany

Friday 2/14 - Rise of Nazism in Germany

Japan invades China video:

Mid-Terms

1/31 - 2/5   Mid-Terms and half day schedule

2/6:  View film 'Red Tails' in auditorium for combined periods

2/7:  Introduction to WW2 Unit

FDR & the New Deal

Week of 1/13 - 1/17

1/13 - Dust Bowl clips - How was this a man-made environmental catastrophe?  HW: Readings & Worksheet

1/14 - PPT Information on FDR & the New Deal - what was the New Deal?  Did it work?

1/15 - Finish the PPT from above (keep notes),  effectiveness of the New Deal, reading

1/16 - Fireside Chat excerpt, complete handout, Social Security Act, Eleanor Roosevelt

1/17 - Group Assignment on New Deal Programs

View this video on the New Deal:

Week of 1/6 - 1/10

Here's the activities and assignments for this week:

1/6 - Finish with Stock Market Crash of 1929 information and video.  (see below for video link in case you were absent), Read the article below on the Crash

1/7 - PPT Information on 'Causes of the Great Depression' - fill out notesheet and keep it

1/8 - finish above PPT and do photo walk about Life During the Depression - hand in the analysis sheet

1/9 - Readings and handout on the Dust Bowl, view clip from Ken Burns' documentary on the Dust Bowl

1/10 - finish above & complete reading on FDR vs Hoover


Here's the documentary on the Great Crash of 1929:

Read this article on the Crash of 1929:

http://www.ushistory.org/us/48a.asp