Thursday, December 18, 2014

In class: Night and Fog free write

Date assigned
Thursday, Dec. 18


Assignment
Watch "Night and Fog" - http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/185403/Night_and_Fog_1955/

Free write for 5-10 minutes on your choice of the following questions:

1) What image shocked you the most in this film?

2) How do people do things like this to each other?

3) What is evil?  Was everyone involved in the Holocaust evil?

4) How is this film different from other movies and books about the Holocaust that you've studied?  How is it different?

5) Can this happen again?  Why or why not?


Due date
Thursday, Dec. 18, end of class

Monday, December 15, 2014

In class: Fog of War free write

Date assigned
Monday, Dec. 15


Assignment
Watch the clip from Fog of War: http://www.solarmovie.ws/watch-the-fog-of-war-eleven-lessons-from-the-life-of-robert-s-mcnamara-2003-online.html


We started at 30:05 and stopped at 43:05.


Then write a response to the following two questions that McNamara himself asks during the film:


1) "In order to win a war, should you kill 100,000 civilians in a single night?"


2) "What makes it immoral if you lose, but not immoral if you win?"


Due dateMonday, Dec. 15, end of class

Friday, December 12, 2014

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

In class: Veterans Day, 95 Years On

Date started
Tuesday, Nov. 25


Assignment
In-class reading work sample.  Read an article about WWI and Veteran's Day, take margin notes, and answer 6 questions.

If you don't finish in class, come in during tutorial on Thursday to finish.


Date finished
Monday, Dec. 1

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Homework: Russian Revolution

Date assigned
Thursday, November 20


Assignment
Read two articles on the Russian Revolution of 1917:

http://academic.mu.edu/meissnerd/russian-rev.htm

http://www.history.com/topics/russian-revolution


Answer the following questions:

1) Why were the Russian people so upset with the Tsar?

2) What were the immediate effects of the February Revolution?

3) What were the immediate effects of the October Revolution?

4) Why were Tsar Nicholas II and his family killed?


Minimum 400 words.  Post on the Google Group.


Due date
Monday, November 24

In class: World War I slide notes

The Why the U.S. Entered World War I slide notes from Thursday, Nov. 20 are located here.

The End of World War I slide notes from Thursday, Nov. 20 are located here.

Monday, November 17, 2014

Causes of World War I slide presentation

The Causes of World War I slide notes from Tuesday, Nov. 12 are located here.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

1st quarter final exam study guide

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IMJjlNt3PqyLkCcrPu_T3-yNeA7SVxQomO0ywbHjF9Q/pub

You are allowed to write an outline for the essay question.  You may use the outline during the essay portion of the exam, but you are not allowed to use any other notes during the exam.

Thursday, October 23, 2014

1% infraction list

1% for each infraction:

  • There/their/they’re
  • You’re/your
  • To/too
  • Not capitalizing a proper noun like Nigeria or Belgium or Shell Oil or The Holocaust
  • Not capitalizing the first word in a sentence
  • Not putting a period at the end of a sentence
  • “loose” instead of “lose”
  • “defiantly” instead of “definitely”
  • “alot” instead of “a lot”
  • “barley” instead of “barely”
  • Misspelling the name of a country or a people – “the Belgiums” is totally unacceptable
  • Things that spell check would have caught, like “rtes” instead of “rates”
  • “King Leopard” instead of “King Leopold” – sometimes spell check is wrong, guys
  • “of” instead of “off”
  • “I” instead of “if” or “in”
  • “f” instead of “if” or “of”
  • “board” instead of “bored”
  • “go” instead of “got”

Homework: Problems and solutions in the Congo

Date assigned
Thursday, Oct. 23


Assignment
Read "Independence Day: Fifth Year after Lumumba Speech, DRC's Riches Still Not Benefiting her Children" and take margin notes - https://www.carnegiecouncil.org/publications/ethics_online/0046.html/:pf_printable

Post a response to the Google Group (minimum 500 words) answering the following questions:

1) What are the worst problems facing the Congo today?

2) How should the Congo try to start dealing with those problems?


Due date
Margin notes and response due on Monday, Oct. 27

In class/homework: Vice Guide to Congo

Date assigned
Thursday, Oct. 23


Assignment
Watch Vice Guide to Congo - http://www.vice.com/vice-news/the-vice-guide-to-congo-full-length

Period 1 left off at 13:13
Period 3 did not start it
Period 4 left off at 18:50

Write 10 questions that occur to you while watching this documentary.


Due date
Monday, Oct. 27

In class: Lumumba's speech

Date assigned
Tuesday, Oct. 21


Assignment
Read Patrice Lumumba's speech from the ceremony where Belgium granted independence to the Congo.  Answer the following questions:

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

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

3) How do you think the government of Belgium reacted to Lumumba's speech?  Use examples from the text.

4) How do you think the government of the United States reacted to Lumumba's speech?  Use examples from the text.


Due date
Tuesday, Oct. 21

In class: Belgian reparations free write

Date assigned
Monday, Oct. 20


Assignment
Write half a page on the following question: "Does Belgium owe anything to the Congo today?  If so, why?  If not, why not?"


Due date
Monday, Oct. 20

Monday, October 20, 2014

Homework: The Reckoning

Date assigned
Thursday, Oct. 16


Assignment
Read the "The Reckoning" excerpt from King Leopold's Ghost.  Be prepared to discuss it in class on Monday.  Take margin notes by Monday and answer the questions by Tuesday.


Due date
Read and take margin notes by the beginning of class on Monday, Oct. 20
Questions by the beginning of class on Tuesday, Oct. 21

Homework: The Wood That Weeps

Date assigned
Thursday, Oct. 9


Assignment
Read the "The Wood That Weeps" excerpt from King Leopold's Ghost.  Be prepared to discuss it in class on Monday.  Take margin notes by Monday and answer the questions by Tuesday.


Due date
Read and take margin notes by the beginning of class on Monday, Oct. 13
Questions by the beginning of class on Tuesday, Oct. 14

Monday, October 13, 2014

Project: African film assignment

Date assigned
Monday, October 13


Assignment
The African film assignment can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c00UP7urUs5b5rxdT_rhQO0jO-Yfm9uNELJO-RHBU9A/pub


Due date
Tuesday, November 4

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Crazy Thursday schedule (10/9)

1st period - 8:15-9:37
8:15-8:39 - 1st period
8:44-9:08 - 3rd period
9:13-9:37 - 4th period

2nd period - 9:42-11:04

Lunch - 11:04-11:34

11:39-12:32 - 3rd period

12:37-1:30 - 4th period

1:35-2:28 - 1st period

Tutorial - 2:28-3:15

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Keeping up with the news

Alternative
Democracy Now - http://www.democracynow.org/

Al Jazeera - http://america.aljazeera.com/

Slate - http://www.slate.com/

The Young Turks - http://www.tytnetwork.com/

ProPublica - http://www.propublica.org/

Mother Jones - http://www.motherjones.com/

The Nation - http://www.thenation.com/

TomDispatch - http://www.tomdispatch.com/

Vice - http://www.vice.com/en_us

Informed Comment - http://www.juancole.com/

Truthout - http://www.truth-out.org/

TruthDig - http://www.truthdig.com/

The Guardian - http://www.theguardian.com/us


Traditional
New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/

Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/

National Public Radio - http://www.npr.org/

Wall Street Journal - http://online.wsj.com/home-page

BBC - http://www.bbc.com/news/


Partisan
MSNBC - http://www.msnbc.com/

Fox News - http://www.foxnews.com/

Nigeria slide presentations and photo essay

In class/homework: Wiwa v. Shell

Date assigned
Tuesday, October 7


Assignment
Watch the YouTube video Wiwa v. Shell: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9NAzoj7h9o&safe=active

1st period - Already watched in class
3rd period - Watch at home
4th period - Watch at home

Be prepared to discuss in class.


Due date
Thursday, October 9

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Homework: Nigerian independence

Date assigned
Thursday, October 2


Assignment
You're going to create a new Nigeria.  In 1960, Nigeria finally got independence from Britain.  Taking on the role of your ethnic group (Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, or Igbo), how should an independent Nigeria look and operate?

You're going to create a map with:
-Regional borders and names
-Star symbol for national capital
-1000 miles of road (note: Ibadan to Enugu is 250 miles)
-Type of government, their symbol, and their motto
-Relationship with the British?

You're also going to create:
-Nigerian flag
-Nigerian pledge of allegiance

Rough draft of map on handout, then final draft on blank paper.


Due date
Monday, October 6

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Homework: Colonialism documents

Date assigned
Thursday, September 24


Assignment
Read three primary source documents from the era of colonialism, located here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q34AUof_BnAcSFDPyAvyQE3pUIne7ZNT4YOBeoM9aGk/pub

Answer the following questions:

British Contract with an African King
1) What were the terms of the contract?  What did the king get, and what did the British mining company get?

2) Do you think the terms of the contract favored the king or the British mining company?  Explain your answer.


Letter Opposing the English
1) Summarize the author's complaints about how the English were treating Hindus and Muslims in India.

2) What did the author want Hindus and Muslims in India to do in response?


In Favor of Imperialism
1) Summarize Beverage's views on American colonialism/imperialism.

2) What do you think Beverage is trying to accomplish with this speech?  Explain your answer.


Post your answers on the Google Group.  Minimum 500 words (total, not for each answer).


Due date
Monday, September 28

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Homework: The birth of communism

Date assigned
Thursday, Sept. 18


Assignment
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels saw the misery of the working class during the Industrial Revolution, and came up with ideas about how government should change in order to make people's lives better.

Read Engels's description of life in the Industrial Revolution (found here) and an excerpt from Marx and Engel's most famous work, The Communist Manifesto (found here).  Post a 300-word summary of Marx and Engels's ideas on the Google Group, and be prepared to discuss in class on Monday.
 

Due date
Monday, Sept. 22

In class: Industrial Revolution reforms

Date assigned
Thursday, Sept. 18


Assignment
Rank the reforms from the Industrial Revolution from most important (#1) to least important (#11) based on your personal opinion.  List of reforms can be found here.


Due date
Thursday, Sept. 18

In class: Industrial Revolution slide notes

The Industrial Revolution slide notes from Sept. 10-19 are located here.

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Homework: Industrial Revolution round robin

Date assigned
Thursday, September 11


Assignment
Read one of the four Industrial Revolution readings:

Group 1 - Students by the windows, closest to Mr. Reinholt's desk.  You'll read Britain's Industrial Advantage and answer the questions about it: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15WPNHq2V13OR_6J0IclG-JkvvyLiduwbqnjKw-pYuWw/pub

Group 2 - Students by the windows, closest to the chalkboard.  You'll read testimony from child workers from an Industrial Revolution textile factory and answer the questions about it: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G0wx8xH-gqqzqnn0y9AG-O2teMqtUyXrNzasmLGhV1w/pub

Group 3 - Students by the white board, closest to the chalkboard.  You'll read testimony from women from an Industrial Revolution coal mine and answer the questions about it: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qWYwxLyllfkT5mnc_tY1nXNOkN-WV2gltgXnl2wgREw/pub

Group 4 - Students by the white board, closest to the door.  You'll read Prostitution in Victorian London and answer the questions about it: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tfS50ECn2q8MChHVM2l_4guiIYDcXSSt9fIOvriBjS4/pub

Be prepared to discuss your article in class on Monday.  Post the answers to your article's questions on the Google Group.


Due date
Monday, September 15

Monday, September 8, 2014

Enlightenment slide notes

The Enlightenment slide notes from Thursday, September 4 and Monday, September 8 are located here.

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Homework: Industrial Revolution summary

Date assigned
Thursday, September 4


Assignment
1) Read the Industrial Revolution summary - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fhVeMh_SELoOn5zTj0HEIWOHcpdi-2P9i-E2g7ivogk/pub

2) Take margin notes on the physical copy of the summary

3) On the Google Group, post 5 questions you have about the Industrial Revolution


Due date
Monday, September 8

Monday, September 1, 2014

Homework: Class syllabus

Date assigned
Tuesday, September 2


Assignment
Read the syllabus (found here) with your parents and/or guardians.  Sign it, have your parents and/or guardians sign it, and bring it back to class.


Due date
Monday, September 8

Homework: T Community Google Group

Date assigned
Tuesday, September 2


Assignment
1) If you don't have a Gmail account, create one.

2) Click the link for the T Community Google Group - https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!forum/t-community-mwh - and then request membership.


Date due
Thursday, September 4

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

4th quarter final exam review

Homework: The Tank Man

Date assigned
Tuesday, June 3


Assignment
Finish watching The Tank Man, located here.

Period 2 - 42:00
Period 3 - 19:45
Period 4 - 16:00

If you missed class, watch the whole thing.

Be prepared to discuss in class on Thursday.


Due date
Thursday, June 5

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Homework: Your Princess is in Another Castle

Date assigned
Thursday, May 29


Assignment
Read "Your Princess is in Another Castle: Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds" (located here).  Post a 300-word response on the Google group before class begins on Monday.


Due date
Monday, June 2

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

In class: China slide presentation

The China slide presentation from Thursday, May 22 and Tuesday, May 27 is located here.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Country Driving reading schedule

Thursday, May 15 - 123-134
Friday, May 16 - 135-146
Saturday, May 17 - 147-158
Sunday, May 18 - 159-170
QUIZ #1
Monday, May 19 - 171-182
Tuesday, May 20 - 183-194
Wednesday, May 21 - 195-206
QUIZ #2
Thursday, May 22 - 207-218
Friday, May 23 - 219-230
Saturday, May 24 - 231-242
Sunday, May 25 - 243-254
Monday, May 26 - 256-267
QUIZ #3
Tuesday, May 27 - 268-279
Wednesday, May 28 - 280-291
QUIZ #4
Thursday, May 29 - 292-303
Friday, May 30 - 304-315
Saturday, May 31 - 316-327
Sunday, June 1 - 328-339
QUIZ #5
Monday, June 2 - 340-351
Tuesday, June 3 - 352-363
Wednesday, June 4 - 364-375
QUIZ #6
Thursday, June 5 - 376-387
Friday, June 6 - 388-399
Saturday, June 7 - 400-411
Sunday, June 8 - 412-424
QUIZ #7

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

In class/homework: The Opium Wars

Date assigned
Tuesday, May 20


Assignment
Read an article (found here) and watch a short video (found here) about the Opium Wars between China and Britain.  Be prepared to discuss them in class on Thursday.

EXTRA: If you want to learn more about this subject, read this article.


Due date
Thursday, May 22

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

In class: Spending priorities

Homework: Crossing the Mexican border

Date assigned
Tuesday, May 13


Assignment
Watch "Illegal Border Crossing in Mexico" (located here).  Write a 300-word response about this documentary and the one we watched last weekend and post it at the Google Group.


Due date
Thursday, May 15

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

4th quarter project

You may choose one of the following three options for your 4th quarter project:

1) Read a book (approved by Mr. Reinholt) about the Middle East, Latin America, or China.  Write a paper similar to the one we wrote for the 1st quarter African film project.

2) Make a piece of propaganda (on an approved topic from 2nd semester) about the Middle East, Latin America, or China, and write a 2-page paper describing the methods you used (just like the 2nd quarter propaganda project).

3) Write a country research paper about a Latin American or Asian country (approved by Mr. Reinholt) of your choosing just like our 3rd quarter final project.


Deadlines for this project

#1 - Tuesday, May 13 - Tell me which option you're choosing and get your book/propaganda topic/country approved (if you need book suggestions, ask me)

#2 - Thursday, May 22 - Turn in an outline of your ideas for your project

#3 - Thursday, May 29 - Turn in a rough draft of your project

#4 - Thursday, June 5 - Final project is due

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

In class: Mexican Revolution propaganda poster

Date assigned
Tuesday, May 6


Assignment
After reading about the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920), make a propaganda poster about one of the 7 men discussed (Diaz, Madero, Villa, Zapata, Huerta, Carranza, or Obregon).  It can be a message that is either for or against.  After finishing the poster, write a paragraph describing the methods you used (example: dehumanization, religious symbolism, etc.) and the message you are trying to convey to the Mexican people based on the history of the revolution.


Due date
Tuesday, May 6

Monday, April 28, 2014

In class: Nicaragua slide notes

The Nicaragua slide notes from Monday, April 28 are located here.

Review: 4th quarter geography

The 4th quarter geography review can be found here.

Homework: Imagine you're a Nicaraguan

Date assigned
Thursday, April 24


Assignment
Read "Imagine You Were a Nicaraguan..." (located here) and write a 400-word response based on the prompting questions on the back of the reading.  Post your response to the Google Group (located here).


Due date
Monday, April 28

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

In class: Cascadia!

The instructions for the Cascadia assignment can be found here.

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Class on ACT day (Wednesday, April 23)

Spurlock - same room
Reinholt - 126 (Ms. Reid's room)
Pilgrim - 128 (Ms. Reimuller's room)

2nd period = 8:05-9:30
3rd period = 9:35-11:00
4th period = 11:05-12:30


Thursday, April 17, 2014

Homework: "Born in Blood and Fire" reading schedule

CANCELLED

Thursday, April 17 - 15-29
Friday, April 18 - 30-44
Saturday, April 19 - 45-59
Sunday, April 20 - 60-74
Monday, April 21 - 75-89
QUIZ #1
Tuesday, April 22 - 91-106
Wednesday, April 23 - 107-112, 119-128
QUIZ #2
Thursday, April 24 - 129-143
Friday, April 25 - 149-165
Saturday, April 26 - 166-178
Sunday, April 27 - 181-195
QUIZ #3
Monday, April 28 - 196-209
QUIZ #4
Tuesday, April 29 - 217-231
Wednesday, April 30 - 232-246
QUIZ #5
Thursday, May 1 - 249-261
Friday, May 2 - 262-273
Saturday, May 3 - 279-293
Sunday, May 4 - 294-309
QUIZ #6

In class: Cuba slide notes

The Spanish-American War slide notes from Monday, April 14 and Tuesday, April 15 are located here.

The Neocolonialism slide notes from Tuesday, April 15 and Thursday, April 17 are located here.

The Revolution slide notes from Thursday, April 17 and Tuesday, April 22 are located here.

The Propaganda slide notes from Tuesday, April 22 are located here.

The Embargo slide notes from Thursday, April 24 are located here.

Thursday, April 3, 2014

In class/homework: Dirty Wars

Date assigned
Thursday, April 3


Assignment
Finish watching Dirty Wars (located here).

Period 2 - 45:30
Period 3 - 37:50
Period 4 - 35:00

Be prepared to discuss in class on Tuesday.


Due date
Tuesday, April 8