Supplemental challenge: Reading list

Africa
What is the What, by Dave Eggers
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda, by Philip Gourevitch
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa, by Adam Hochschild

World War I
Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo
The Guns of August, by Barbara Tuchman
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, by Siegfried Sassoon
A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway

World War II
The Pacific War: 1931-1945, by Saburo Ienaga
The Rape of Nanking, by Iris Chang
Band of Brothers, by Stephen Ambrose
Hiroshima, by John Hersey
D-Day, by Stephen Ambrose
Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb, by Ronald Takaki

The Holocaust
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945, by Wladyslaw Szpilman
The Complete Maus, by Art Spiegelman
Survival in Auschwitz, by Primo Levi
The Painted Bird, by Jerzy Kosinski

Cold War
The Cold War: A New History, by John Lewis Gaddis

Colonialism/Imperialism/Neo-colonialism
Overthrow: America's Century of Regime Change, by Stephen Kinzer
Confessions of an Economic Hitman, by John Perkins

Homework/in class: "Night and Fog"

Date assigned
Thursday, Dec. 13


Assignment
Watch "Night and Fog" (found here).  Type a response to the film - at least 1 page, double-spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font.  If you have a difficult time thinking of something to write about, here are some possible topics:

- What is evil?

- What image in this film shocked you the most?

- How is this film different from other Holocaust films you've seen or books you've read?  How is it similar?

- Is the narrator biased?  Should he be?

- Can this happen again?  If yes, how?  If no, why not?


Due date
Email it to me sometime before midnight on Friday, Dec. 14 at jreinhol@pps.net

Project: Propaganda

The propaganda project instructions can be found here.

Homework: Soviet purges under Stalin

Date assigned
Tuesday, Dec. 4


Assignment
Read Soviet purges under Stalin (found here).  Highlight/underline and annotate the document.


Due date
Thursday, Dec. 6

In class: Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips

The World War II era cartoon Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips is located here.

Homework: Russian Revolution reading and questions

Date assigned
Thursday, November 29


Assignment
Read, highlight/underline, and annotate two articles about the Russian Revolution.  Answer the attached questions on a separate piece of paper in your own words.  Underline and write the definition for at least 5 words you don't understand.  Articles and questions can be found here.


Due date
Highlighting/annotating - Monday, December 3
Questions - Tuesday, December 4

In class: Propaganda slide presentation

The Propaganda slide presentation from Thursday, November 29 is located here.

In class: End of World War I slide presentation

The End of World War I slide presentation from Tuesday, November 27 is located here.

In class: Reasons why the US entered WWI slide presentation

The Reasons Why The US Entered WWI slide presentation from Monday, November 26 is located here.

Homework: WWI alliance diagram and map

Date assigned
Thursday, November 15


Assignment
Color the entangling alliances diagram on the front of the WWI handout (7 colors).  Link here.
Color the map on the back of the WWI handout (3 colors).  Link here.


Due date
Monday, November 26, beginning of class.

In class: How WWI Was Fought slide presentation

The How World War I Was Fought slide presentation from Thursday, November 15 is located here.

In class: Causes of WWI slide presentation

The Causes of World War I slide presentation from Tuesday, November 13 is located here.

In class: Rwanda slide presentation

The Rwanda slide presentation from Tuesday, November 6 is located here.

In class: South Africa slide presentation

The South Africa slide presentation from Tuesday, November 6 is located here.

In class: Neocolonialism slide presentation

The neocolonialism slide presentation from Monday, October 29 is located here.

Don't forget to read the introduction to Confessions of an Economic Hitman, which is located here.

ANNOUNCEMENT: 1% infractions updated

The list of 1% infractions has been expanded.  From now on, I will be taking 1% off from your assignments every time I see one of the infractions listed here.

You have been warned.

If you need help with proofreading prior to turning an assignment in, ask me, your senior mentors, or your parents to help you.

In class: Sudan slide presentation

The Sudan slide presentation from Thursday, November 1 is located here.

In class: Congo slide presentation

The Congo slide notes from Tuesday, October 16 and Thursday, October 25 are located here.

Test: 1st quarter final exam study guide

Your 1st quarter final exam study guide can be found here.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Names on papers

From now on, I will be taking 10% off of any and all assignments that are turned in without a name written on them.

You have been warned.

In class: Film - "Chinatown, Africa"

Date assigned
Tuesday, Oct. 30


Assignment
Watch "Chinatown, Africa" (link here).  Write 10 questions you have while watching the movie.


Due date
2nd and 3rd period - Tuesday, Oct. 30, end of class
4th period - Thursday, Nov. 1, end of class

In class: Confessions of an Economic Hitman

Date assigned
Monday, Oct. 29


Assignment
Look up the definition of "neocolonialism."  Read the prologue of Confessions of an Economic Hitman, but John Perkins (link here).  Be prepared to discuss the reading in class on Thursday, Nov. 1.  If you missed class on Monday the 29th, Tuesday the 30th, or Thursday the 1st, print out and highlight and annotate the reading.


Due date
Thursday, Nov. 1, beginning of class.

In class: Hoop Dreams 15 years later

Date assigned
Thursday, Oct. 18


Assignment
Read three articles about Hoop Dreams:

1) Hoop Dreams, 15 years later - link

2) The Great American Documentary - link

3) The death of Arthur's father - link


Then answer the following questions:

1) What is Hoop Dreams about?  How many different things is it about?

2) What issues does Hoop Dreams raise about American society?

3) How did Hoop Dreams change your perspective?  What did it make you think about that you haven’t considered before?  How did it change your thinking?

4) Of all the films we could have chosen to show you yesterday, why did we choose Hoop Dreams?

5) How could the lives of William, Arthur, and all of the other people in the film have been improved? 

6) Can poverty be eliminated?  If so, how?  If not, why not?

7) Discuss the idea of athletes as role models.  Why are athletes idolized?  Should athletes be idolized?  Why don’t teenagers have posters of scientists or writers or journalists on the walls of their bedrooms?

Due date
Thursday, Oct. 18, end of class

 

In class: Film - "Vice Guide to Congo"

Date assigned
Thursday, Oct. 25


Assignment
Watch "The Vice Guide to Congo" (link here).  Write 10 questions you have about what you see in the movie.

More info about the film can be found on the Vice website: http://www.vice.com/vice-news/the-vice-guide-to-congo-1


Due date
Thursday, Oct. 25, end of class

ANNOUNCEMENT: 1% infractions

From now on, I will be taking 1% off from your assignments every time I see one of the infractions listed here.

You have been warned.

If you need help with proofreading prior to turning an assignment in, ask me or your parents to help you.

Homework: The Congo - resources, war, and elections

Date assigned
Tuesday, October 23


Assignment
Read this article on the Congo 50 years after Lumumba's speech.  Highlight/underline and annotate the article.


Due date
Thursday, October 25

In class: Lumumba's speech

Date assigned
Tuesday, October 23


Assignment
Read Patrice Lumumba's speech (link here) from the day the Congo got independence from Belgium.  Answer the following questions:

1) What are the themes of Lumumba's speech?  Use examples from the text.

2) How do you think the people of the Congo reacted to the speech?  Use examples from the text.

3) How do you think the Belgian government reacted to the speech?  Use examples from the text.

4) 1960 was the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.  Belgium was an ally of the United States, and sold many of the resources they harvested in the Congo to the United States.  How do you think the United States government reacted to the speech?  Use examples from the text.


Finally, read this editorial from the New York Times in 2011 to see how Belgium and the United States actually reacted to Lumumba's speech.


Due date
Tuesday, October 23, end of class

Homework: The Reckoning

Date assigned
Tuesday, October 16


Assignment
Read, highlight/underline, and annotate a section from King Leopold's Ghost entitled "The Reckoning."  Answer the 12 questions attached to the reading about Belgian imperialism in the Congo.


Due date
Highlighting & annotating - Monday, October 22
Questions - Tuesday, October 23

Homework: The Wood That Weeps

Date assigned
Tuesday, October 16


Assignment
Read, highlight/underline, and annotate a section from King Leopold's Ghost entitled "The Wood That Weeps."  Answer the 12 questions attached to the reading about Belgian imperialism in the Congo.


Due date
Highlighting & annotating - Thursday, October 18
Questions - Tuesday, October 23

Homework: Shell oil in Nigeria

Date assigned
Thursday, October 11


Assignment
Read the handouts about Shell's involvement with the oil industry in the Ogoni region of Nigeria (links here and here).  Write at least 1.5 pages on the following opinion questions:

1) Should Shell have been punished for their actions in Nigeria?  Why or why not?

2) What should Shell’s punishment have been?  Explain your answer.

3) What was the worst thing Shell did?  Explain your answer.

4) What responsibilities do international corporations have when they harvest natural resources in places like Nigeria?  Explain your answer.

5) What responsibilities do national governments have when they allow international corporations like Shell to harvest natural resources in their country?  Explain your answer.

Further resources:
Youtube video - http://youtu.be/N10wAPhDJAM
Photo essay - http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/06/nigeria-the-cost-of-oil/100082/

Further readings:
http://ccrjustice.org/ourcases/current-cases/wiwa-v.-royal-dutch-petroleum
http://www.umich.edu/~snre492/cases_03-04/Ogoni/Ogoni_case_study.htm
http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/ogoni-people-struggle-shell-oil-nigeria-1990-1995


Due date
Tuesday, October 16, beginning of class

In class: Nigeria slide presentations

Pre-colonial Nigeria (Tuesday, October 2nd) can be found here.

Colonial Nigeria (Thursday, October 4th) can be found here.

Nigerian independence (Tuesday, October 9th and Thursday, October 11th) can be found here.

Project: Africa film assignment

The culminating project for the Africa unit - due Tuesday, November 6 - can be found here.

In class: Nigerian spoke diagram

Date assigned
Tuesday, Oct. 2


Assignment
Read about life in Nigeria prior to the arrival of the British for 1 of 3 cultures: the Yoruba, the Igbo, or the Hausa-Fulani.  Create a spoke diagram about the 6 main aspects or their society: Location/Environment, Shelter/Food/Clothing, Political Organization, Family Structure, Religion/Belief System, and Economy.


Due date
Tuesday, Oct. 2, end of class

Homework: Imperialism documents

Date assigned
Thursday, September 27


Assignment
Read, highlight/underline, and annotate 4 primary source documents from the era of imperialism:

- British Contract with an African King (link)
- Letter Opposing the English (link)
- In Favor of Imperialism (link)
- The White Man's Burden (link)

Answer the questions attached to each of the first 3 documents (you will need pages 357-360 in your textbook to answer the 3rd question for Letter Opposing the English).

For The White Man's Burden, write a 1 page interpretation of the poem.  Is it meant seriously or sarcastically?  What does it show about the attitudes of Europeans and Americans in 1899?  Use evidence from the text, and reference discussions we've had in class.

Make sure to look up words you don't know and write their definitions in your annotation!


Due date
Monday, October 1, beginning of class

In class: Imperialism slide notes

The Imperialism slide notes from Tuesday, September 25 and Thursday, September 27 are located here.

In class: Colonialism slide notes

The Colonialism slide notes from Monday, September 24 are located here.

In class: Industrial Revolution slide notes

The Industrial Revolution slide notes from Tuesday, September 11, and Thursday, September 13, are located here.

Homework: Industrial Revolution reforms

Date assigned
Thursday, September 20


Assignment
Read pages 300-306 in your textbook.  Write a 1.5 page summary (typed, double spaced, 12 point font) of the reforms that came out of the Industrial Revolution and the people and groups that worked on those reforms.


Due date
Monday, September 24, beginning of class

In class: Industrial Revolution recommendations

Date assigned
Tuesday, September 18


Assignment
You are making recommendations to the British government about how the worst aspects of the Industrial Revolution could be improved.  Consider all of the negatives we discussed in class, and make three lists:

1. Things the government could have done to improve conditions
2. Things businesses and factories could have done to improve conditions
3. Things the working poor could have done to improve conditions

Due date
Tuesday, September 18, end of class

Homework: Engels and Marx

Date assigned
Tuesday, September 18


Assignment
Read, highlight/underline, and annotate the readings from Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx:

- The Conditions of the Working Class in England (no link)
- Excerpts from The Communist Manifesto:

• Part I and Part IV
• Part II (only read Part II of this link - don't read Part I or Part IV)

Due date
Thursday, September 20

Homework: Industrial Revolution document questions

Date assigned
Thursday, September 13


Assignment
Read, highlight/underline, and annotate 3 of the 4 documents from the Industrial Revolution packet (your choice which 3 documents to do):

- Britain's Industrial Advantage and the Factory System (no link)
- Women Miners in the English Coal Pits 
- Child worker testimony (read only Matthew Crabtree, Elizabeth Bentley, and Peter Smart)
- Prostitution in Victorian London (no link)

Answer 4 questions for each document.


Due date
Highlighting/underlining and annotation due Monday, September 17
Questions due Tuesday, September 18

In class: Enlightenment slide notes

The Enlightenment slide notes from Thursday, September 6 are located here.

In class: Video - "The United Kingdom Explained"

Homework: Tyranny

Date assigned
Monday, September 10


Assignment
Read John Locke's thoughts on tyranny - Chapter 18, Section 202, and Chapter 19, Sections 212, 222, and 225.  Highlight/underline and annotate the document, and then write a summary of Locke's belief in each of the 4 sections.


Due date
Highlighting/annotating = Tuesday, September 11
Summary = Thursday, September 13

Homework: John Locke

Date assigned
Thursday, September 6


Assignment
Read the first 4 pages of this excerpt of John Locke's "Second Treatise on Government" (1690).  Highlight/underline and annotate the document as you read it.  Then, on a separate sheet of paper (or Word doc), summarize Locke's beliefs, section by section.  (For example: "In Chapter IX, Section 126, Locke is saying that...")  Your summary should be at least 1 page, typed, double-spaced, 12-point font.


Due date
Monday, September 10, beginning of class

Syllabus

The course syllabus can be found here.

Please show it to your parent/guardian and return a signed copy to class on Thursday, September 6.

Final review

World War I

Tension over colonies

Militarism

Nationalism

Entangling alliances

Triple Entente

Triple Alliance

The Balkans

The Ottoman Empire

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Allied Powers

Central Powers

Trench warfare

Weapons technology

No man’s land

Total war

The Allied blockade

US economic interests

The submarine issue

Lusitania

Zimmerman Telegram

Propaganda

Treaty of Versailles

Woodrow Wilson

14 Points

League of Nations

Reparations

Russian Revolution

Karl Marx

Czar Nicholas

Tsarina Alexandra

Russo-Japanese War

The Duma

Rasputin

Soviets

Communism

Vladimir Lenin

Bolsheviks

March Revolution

October Revolution

Russian Civil War

Red Army

White Army

Joseph Stalin

World War II

Weimar Republic

Great Depression

Fascism

Nazi Party

Adolf Hitler

Czechoslovakia Crisis

Sudetenland

Munich Pact

Appeasement

Nonaggression Pact

Invasion of Poland

Phony war

Battle of Britain

The Holocaust

Japanese expansion

Rape of Nanking

Pearl Harbor

Atomic Bomb

Hiroshima

Nagasaki

Middle East

Zionism

Balfour Declaration

1947 UN Partition

Israel

Palestine

Six-Day War

Yom Kippur War

West Bank

Gaza Strip

Golan Heights

Sinai Peninsula

Intifada

Iran

Mohammad Mossadeqh

Anglo-Iranian Oil Company

John Foster Dulles

1953 coup d’etat

Mohammad Reza Shah

Iranian Revolution

Ayatollah Khomeini

Iran Hostage Crisis

Iran-Contra scandal

Final project - propaganda

As you learned in class, propaganda is any kind of media that tries to manipulate or influence people to change their views on an issue.  Your task for the end of 2^nd semester is to create a piece of propaganda and write an accompanying explanation of your propaganda.  You have several steps to accomplish:

1)      Choose a topic that we have studied: Imperialism, Colonialism, Nigeria, the Congo, World War I, the Russian Revolution, World War II, the Middle East, etc.

2)      Decide who the author is: For example, if you decide to pick the Congo, is your propaganda written from the point of view of Belgium?  Or will it represent the views of the Congolese?

3)      Decide what your message is going to be: What are you trying to convince people of?  If you choose the Congo, your message might be that King Leopold should give the Congolese their independence.  Or it might be set in more recent times, with the message being that electronics companies shouldn’t buy coltan from mines controlled by warlords.

4)      Decide on a type of media: Do you want to make a poster?  A leaflet?  A brochure?  A comic book?  A political cartoon?  Write a speech?  Film a press conference?  Make a commercial? Example: http://youtu.be/jIWaxwyKRtI

5)      Decide what methods you will use to convey your message: Do you want to use negative propaganda (condemning your enemy) or positive propaganda (praising your own people)?  Do you want to use fear of imminent danger to your homeland?  Promote unity?  Dehumanization through animal characteristics?  Slogans?  Symbols?

 6)      Create your propaganda

 7)      Write an accompanying piece explaining your propaganda: This will be approximately 3 pages typed, double-spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font.  This is not a formal essay – you may use bullet points if you wish.  You must explain the following about your piece of propaganda:

a.       Which topic you chose (and the reasons why you chose it)

b.      Who the author is (and why you chose them)

c.      What your message is (what are you trying to convince the audience to think, and why you chose it)

d.      What methods you chose to use in your propaganda, and why you chose them

e.       How your chosen methods convey your message

f.       How your propaganda piece relates to what we studied in class

Your propaganda and accompanying explanation are due on Monday, June 11