Homework and the week ahead

For tonight, read pages 1095-1106.

You will be writing a DBQ during your long block

Originally we were having a test on Friday on chapters 35-40.  However, due to the mandatory prom assembly, the test will be on Thursday, and will be on chapters 35-39.  There will be 50 questions instead of 70.

u can haz videos for homework

The good thing about being in the 20th Century, is there are lots of video sources about the topics we are studying.

Over the weekend, you should read the rest of the chapter (chapter 38).  Then choose one of the following videos linked below to go deeper into the material. We will focus on the so-called "Communist" rulers, who killed lots of their own people once they were in power.  You should be ready to talk about whether or not these communists were really Marxists in their approach to economic systems.

1) Biography: Mao.  This is 45 minutes long and covers the way Mao came to power and what he did once he got there.  Bodycount: somewhere between 40 and 60 million Chinese were killed as a direct result of his policies.

2) Stalin Man of Steel.  This is longer (an hour and a half) from the History Channel, and we will have watched some of it in class today. You want to see up through the detonation of the Soviet's nuclear bomb.  Bodycount: Over 60 million Soviet citizens were killed as a direct result of Stalin's policies.

3) Cold War: Cuba.  45 minutes long. This CNN documentary tracks through the rise of Fidel Castro, the Bay of Pigs invasion, and the Cuban Missile Crisis (which is the major focus of the episode.) Bodycount: less than half a million. Castro doesn't play with the big boys.

4) Cold War: Korea. 45 minutes long. This CNN documentary covers the partition of Korea after World War II through the cessation of hostilities and establishment of the state of emergency that continues to this day. Bodycount: Hard to know with the Hermit Kingdom, but it looks like the Kim family has killed around 10 million since the war ended through famine and prison camps and executions.  Around 3 million North Koreans were killed in the war. So Kim Jong-un has potential.

You are, of course, welcome to watch more than just one!

We will be having our last test on Friday, May 3rd.  It will cover chapters 35-40 (though really not much on Chapter 35...) and follow the standard format of 70 multiple choice questions.

Homework April 25

For tonight, read pages 1064-1077 in the textbook.  Bring headphones for your iPads tomorrow...you have been warned...

homework for April 24

For tonight read pages 1050-1059, the end of World War II.

On your blog post: Does the conclusion of the war address the causes you identified in your activity today?  Please list what the causes were that you identified (or feel free to just post your work from class) and then discuss whether or not the conclusion of the war resolved things or if it left items hanging for later resolution.

The score guides for the essays are linked up below!

Change Over Time

Compare and Contrast

Cause and effect WWII activity

Come up with a way to show the cause and effect system/chain of events/sequence that led to World War II, and then show it!

There is not one, lone event, in one singular location that leads to this conflagration; rather, there are several events and places that come together, so you will need to have a couple of starting points, and several in a series of events to adequately complete this task.

You need to show (Not tell! There is a difference here, right?) the cause and then somehow explain how it led to the beginning of World War II.

You may start your sequence at any point in World History and from any location on the globe.

You may not use printed words in this.  No headlines, or images of newspapers, either.

You may use any app you like, you may use images from any source to get your point across, and you may record your voice or let the images speak for themselves.

You must work alone, and you may use the textbook.

You must be historically accurate.

You will have 20 minutes to think and prepare, and then I will come around to see what you have created.  

Nationalism Post WWI Powerpoint

Homework for April 23

For tonight, you should read and skim pages 1031-1047.  Read the parts about Asia (since you may not have seen much about that before) and skim the parts about the war in Europe, as likely you have discussed that before.

Your in class essay will be Thursday.  It will be either a Change Over Time or a Compare and Contrast format, so be sure to review what goes into scoring points on those essays.  The topic will be nationalism and imperialism in Africa, Asia, India and Japan.