In class: Fog of War free write

Date assigned

Wednesday, Dec. 16

Assignment

Watch the clip from Fog of War: https://freedocumentaries.org/documentary/the-fog-of-war#watch-film


We started at 30:48 and stopped at 43:15.


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 date
Wednesday, Dec. 16, end of class

Homework: Chapter 16.3 outline

Date assigned

Thursday, December 10

Assignment

Read chapter 16.3 in the textbook.  For each subsection, each section, and the chapter as a whole, write a one sentence summary (9 total sentences).

Due date

Friday, December 18, beginning of class

Propaganda slide notes

The propaganda slide notes from Monday, Nov. 30 are located here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-bW74EPN82mY-ivaxETdk034FIxNg-VpfbRYEmzGwcg/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Propaganda project instructions

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BoFxfNceowEip77Z6A7amL2HOiN_u5diWEFhCX5WNEM/pub

Homework: Chapter 15.3 outline

Date assigned

Wednesday, December 2

Assignment

Read chapter 15.3 in the textbook.  For each subsection, each section, and the chapter as a whole, write a one sentence summary (9 total sentences).

Due date

Friday, December 4, beginning of class

Homework: Chapter 15.2 outline

Date assigned

Tuesday, November 24

Assignment

Read chapter 15.2 in the textbook.  For each subsection, each section, and the chapter as a whole, write a one sentence summary (17 total sentences).

Due date

Monday, November 30, beginning of class

Homework: Chapter 14.2 outline

Date assigned

Friday, November 20

Assignment

Read chapter 14.2 in the textbook.  For each subsection, each section, and the chapter as a whole, write a one sentence summary (16 total sentences).

Due date

Tuesday, November 24, beginning of class

Homework: Chapter 14.1 outline

Date assigned

Monday, November 16

Assignment

Read chapter 14.1 in the textbook.  For each subsection, each section, and the chapter as a whole, write a one sentence summary (19 total sentences).

Due date

Friday, November 20, beginning of class

Homework: Chapter 13.4 outline

Date assigned

Thursday, November 12

Assignment

Read chapter 13.4 in the textbook.  For each subsection, each section, and the chapter as a whole, write a one sentence summary (7 total sentences).

Due date

Monday, November 16, beginning of class

Homework: Chapter 13.2 and 13.3 outline

Date assigned

Thursday, November 5

Assignment

Read the following in chapter 13.2 in the textbook:

- Setting the Stage

- section "The Great War Begins" (including subsection "Nations Take Sides")

- subsection "War in the Trenches"

- subsection "Russia Struggles"

Read the following in chapter 13.3 in the textbook:

- Setting the Stage

- subsection "America Joins the Fight"

- section "War Affects the Home Front" (including subsections "Governments Wage Total War" and "Women and the War")

- section "The Allies Win the War" (including subsections "Russia Withdraws" and "The Central Powers Collapse")

- section "The Legacy of the War"

For each subsection, each section, and the reading as a whole, write a one sentence summary (12 total sentences).

Due date

Monday, November 9, beginning of class

In class: Causes of World War I slide presentation

The Causes of World War I slide presentation can be found here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Zi8wV_7PZ-EfAeWKRt2zvqOhHS3ulp7xhPjjvj7-2Ao/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Homework: Chapter 13.1 outline

Date assigned

Tuesday, November 3

Assignment

Read chapter 13.1 in the textbook.  For each subsection, each section, and the chapter as a whole, write a one sentence summary (10 total sentences).

Due date

Thursday, November 5, beginning of class

2nd quarter study guide

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12pbZQbCfX4hIBfiQS_d_2aLiH2ldUj-hOfe7vRhsxpA/pub

In class: Africa slide presentations

The Nigeria slide notes from 1st quarter are located here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/160_NnVPTz0gOQAn62W2YjIdWIdJRcIQP7i6KcSrHIsg/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

and here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1X1vJFVT3BvMnEmRivl9Rqt5xYNBWB2yzxOdJ3aZZGtA/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

The Congo slide notes from 1st quarter are located here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sn9-ZNLbbbh106s7NGGwUDCNhNDqQWcqhytCQE0LGms/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

1st quarter final exam study guide

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jrSkXM0Gbk7kftykJjNF8G7sAHuBvpScqXtX565P0jc/pub

In class: Vice Guide to Congo

Date assigned
Tuesday, Oct. 19


Assignment
Watch "Vice Guide to Congo" on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYqrflGpTRE

While watching, write 10 questions that you have about what you're seeing.

After watching, free write for 7-10 minutes on the following questions:

1) Does Belgium owe anything to the Congo today?  If yes, why and what?  If no, why not?

2) Does the United States owe anything to the Congo today?  If yes, why and what?  If no, why not?


Due date
Tuesday, Oct. 19, end of class

Free world travel opportunities!

More info on Thursday, Nov. 5, 6:30-8:30pm: http://worldoregon.org/events/education/no-boundaries-high-school-travel-and-study-abroad-fair

Homework: The Reckoning

Date assigned

Wednesday, Oct. 14

Assignment

Read "The Reckoning" by the beginning of class on Friday, Oct. 16.  Answer the following questions by the beginning of class on Tuesday, Oct. 20:

1) Why does the author argue that the killings in the Congo were NOT considered to be genocide?

2) Why is it difficult to determine exactly how many people died in the Congo under Belgian rule?

3) What were the four sources of death associated with the decrease in population in the Congo under Belgian rule?

4) What methods did Belgians use to kill people in the Congo?

5) There were many actions that could cause a Congolese person to be killed by Belgians during Belgian rule.  Describe them.

6) Why was malnutrition so widespread in the Congo during Belgian rule?

7) Why was disease such an effective killer in the Congo during Belgian rule?

8) Why did the birth rate decrease so much in the Congo during Belgian rule?

9) What percentage of the people of the Congo died during Belgian rule?  What was the total number of people who died?

10) The author compares the mass killing in the Congo to at least three other mass killings in the 1900s.  Pick one of these.  In your opinion, was it worse than the mass killing in the Congo?  Why or why not?

11) According to the author, why is it so difficult to stop a mass killing once it has begun?

12) In your opinion, what was the worst aspect of Belgian imperialism in the Congo?

Due date

Reading - Friday, Oct. 16

Questions - Tuesday, Oct. 20

In class: Lumumba's speech

Date assigned
Friday, Oct. 16


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
Friday, Oct. 16, end of class

Homework: The Wood That Weeps

Date assigned
Thursday, Oct. 8


Assignment
Read "The Wood That Weeps" and answer the following questions:

1) What fueled the demand for rubber during the boom that started in the 1890s?

2) Why was King Leopold so desperate to harvest rubber in the Congo as quickly as possible?

3) What was the effect of the rubber boom on the profits and stock prices of the concession companies bought and sold it?

4) Why was it so easy to make profits from harvesting wild rubber?

5) How was wild rubber collected?

6) How was rubber sap dried?

7) How did Belgian officials compel the Congolese to gather rubber?

8) What were the possible consequences for not gathering the required amount of rubber?

9) Describe the working conditions for Congolese rubber harvesters.

10) How was the population in the Congo “tightly controlled?”

11) What were the rubber gatherers paid for their harvests?

12) Why did Belgian soldiers in the Congo collect severed hands?


Due date
Read by Monday, Oct. 12 and answer questions by Wednesday, Oct. 14

Room assignment for PSAT day (Wednesday, Oct. 14)

Please meet in room 126 for Modern World History on Wednesday morning, Oct. 14.

PSAT day schedule:

8:15-8:30  Check in to 1st community class (1st period) and do a review of how to take Cornell notes

 

8:30-9:30  Guest speaker in Main Gym, take Cornell notes on his speech

 

9:35-10:20  1st community class (1st period)

10:25- 11:10  2nd community class (3rd period)

11:15- 12:00 3rd community class (4th period)

In class/homework: Designing an independent Nigeria

Date assigned
Monday, October 5


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
Wednesday, October 7, beginning of class

Homework: Chapter 11.2 outline

Date assigned

Tuesday, September 29

Assignment

Read chapter 11.2 in the textbook.  For each subsection, each section, and the chapter as a whole, write a one sentence summary (15 total sentences).

Due date

Monday, October 5, beginning of class

In class/homework: Colonialism/Imperialism documents

Date assigned
Tuesday, September 29


Assignment
Read three primary source documents from the era of colonialism (and answer the questions at the end of each document), located here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1q34AUof_BnAcSFDPyAvyQE3pUIne7ZNT4YOBeoM9aGk/pub

British Contract with an African King
Answer questions 1, 2, and 3.

Letter Opposing the English
Answer questions 1 and 2. 

In Favor of Imperialism
Answer questions 1, 2, and 3.


Due date
Thursday, October 1

In class: Imperialism slide notes

The Imperialism slide notes from Friday, September 25 and Tuesday, September 29 are located here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LL9L27CHMsNLrTo4kBSOrbPygvsUNHLyUrhtMbrCLnM/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

In class: Colonialism slide notes

The Colonialism slide notes from Wednesday, Septemer 23 and Friday, September 25 can be found here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1GO5aVWVU-KvhJoBHYbcTYL5WOlexVrvd1vovwTz4t4I/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Homework: Chapter 11.1 outline

Date assigned
Wednesday, September 23


Assignment
Read chapter 11.1 in the textbook.  For each subsection, each section, and the chapter as a whole, write a one sentence summary (14 total sentences).


Due date
Tuesday, September 29, beginning of class

In class: September 17

Good morning, T Community!  I'm out sick today, so here's what you're be doing:

1) Get back into the pairs that we were working in on Tuesday, Sep 15.  If you weren't here, just join another pair to make a group of 3.

2) Get the reading packets off my desk that we were using on Tuesday.  Pingpong the reading and answer the questions for the two documents that we haven't done yet: Britain's Industrial Advantage and Child Worker Testimony.

3) When you're done with that, turn in both the reading packet and the answers to the questions to the substitute.

4) Spend the rest of class working on your chapter 9.4 outline homework, which is due next Wednesday at the beginning of class.  You can continue working in pairs or you can work alone - it's up to you.

5) If you're missing an assignment in my class, come to flex this afternoon to work on it.  Here's the list of flex invitations:

1st period

Callum Champ

Dawei Cunningham

Giovanni Cunningham

Daezha Fisher

Daynesha Harris

Jonah Herman

Zach Velasco

3rd period

Lexi Bergquist

Jacob Cushman

Ethan Mordhorst

Bethany Tamae

Solas Wall-Johnson

4th period

Piper Behny

Priya Boucher-Colbert

Naia Kenney

Mira Kulkarni

Marin Leonard

Riley McGraw

Aidan Morris

Kaia Robbins

Shea Van Butler

See you next Tuesday!

Homework: Chapter 9.4 outline

Date assigned
Tuesday, Sep 15


Assignment
Read chapter 9.4 in the textbook.  For each subsection, each section, and the chapter as a whole, write a one sentence summary (18 total sentences).


Due date
Wednesday, Sep 23, beginning of class

In class: Industrial Revolution documents

Date assigned
Tuesday, Sep 15


Assignment
There are two Industrial Revolution documents:

Prostitution in Victorian London: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tfS50ECn2q8MChHVM2l_4guiIYDcXSSt9fIOvriBjS4/pub

Women Miners in the English Coal Pits: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qWYwxLyllfkT5mnc_tY1nXNOkN-WV2gltgXnl2wgREw/pub

Working in pairs, read the prostitution document first.  Answer the questions on your own piece of paper.  When you're finished with the prostitution document, move on to the document about women coal miners - read it and answer the questions. 

Questions located here: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1tD7Z_j0UjWTKaG95UUq1PHZ2U6CThPLfRl5v7l3j9io 


Due date
Thursday, Sep 15, end of class

In class: Industrial Revolution slide notes

The Industrial Revolution slide presentation from Wednesday, Sep 9 and Friday, Sep 11 is located here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1fMI0aT5RPMibhL71A_7Dg1yh5AQ5qbujcBtEtQhX6Jk/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Homework: Chapter 9.2 outline

Date assigned
Friday, September 11


Assignment
Read chapter 9.2 in the textbook.  For each subsection, each section, and the chapter as a whole, write a one sentence summary (11 total sentences).


Due date
Tuesday, September 15, beginning of class

In class: Enlightenment slide notes

The Enlightenment slide notes from Wednesday, September 2 are located here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hkwsUJ-65KkSfa33Ql5b-TvT1rhNvzwDnwm0PPjyCSs/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

In class: Enlightenment ideas cause revolution

Date assigned
Friday, September 4


Assignment
Look at the founding document of the American Revolution (the Declaration of Independence) and the founding document of the French Revolution (the Declaration of the Rights of Man).  For each, determine which Enlightenment thinkers influenced the ideas in the documents.

Work in small groups.  Turn in one paper per group.


Due date
Friday, September 4, end of class

Homework: Chapter 9.1 outline

Date assigned
Friday, September 4


Assignment
Read chapter 9.1 in the textbook.  For each subsection, each section, and the chapter as a whole, write a one sentence summary (15 total sentences).


Due date
Friday, September 11, beginning of class

1st quarter study guide

The 1st quarter study guide (all homework assignments, due dates, and key vocabulary) is located here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-h3W0nSUbo3NVJ9U-ygJHct-WOxdaFNGRrqAL9edxGM/pub

Homework: Chapter 6.2 outline

Date assigned
Monday, August 31


Assignment
Read chapter 6.2 in the textbook.  For each subsection, each section, and the chapter as a whole, write a one sentence summary (14 total sentences).


Due date
Friday, September 4, beginning of class

Homework: Class syllabus

Date assigned
Thursday, August 27


Assignment
Read the syllabus - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P4uOQyS0bZY5fTTbEPxdCeVLbuf-RmGig0aGtCzj2AA/pub - 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, August 31

4th quarter final exam review

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ba4d1g4zzL_Pmk8TzdZWKdpZWzLOdKlXC5O0b7uqhEo/pub

In class: Death penalty free write

Date assigned
Tuesday, May 19


Assignment
Write for 5-7 minutes about your opinions on the death penalty in America.  Should it be expanded to crimes other than murder (rape, kidnapping, etc.)?  Should it be abolished completely?  Is it just fine the way it is?  What are you reasons for thinking the way you do?


Due date
Tuesday, May 19, end of class

In class: China slide notes

China slide notes from Tuesday May 12, Thursday May 14, and Monday May 18 can be found here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1HDz5nr3XA3rty4pyxTnTlu0TbSv9osl5043iI9jsCyE/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000

Shanghai before/after photos: http://www.kachan.com/sites/default/files/Shanghai%20before%20and%20after.jpg

Country Driving reading and quiz schedule

Tuesday, May 12 - 123-133

Wednesday, May 13 - 134-144

QUIZ #1 - Thursday, May 14

Thursday, May 14 - 145-155

Friday, May 15 - 156-166

Saturday, May 16 - 167-177

Sunday, May 17 - 178-188

QUIZ #2 - Monday, May 18

Monday, May 18 - 189-199

Tuesday, May 19 - 200-210

Wednesday, May 20 - 211-221

QUIZ #3 - Thursday, May 21

Thursday, May 21 - 222-232

Friday, May 22 - 233-243

Saturday, May 23 - 244-254

Sunday, May 24 - 255-265

Monday, May 25 - 266-276

QUIZ #4 - Tuesday, May 26

Tuesday, May 26 - 277-287

Wednesday, May 27 - 288-298

QUIZ #5 - Thursday, May 28

Thursday, May 28 - 299-309

Friday, May 29 - 310-320

Saturday, May 30 - 321-331

Sunday, May 31 - 332-342

QUIZ #6 - Monday, June 1

Monday, June 1 - 343-353

Tuesday, June 2 - 354-364

Wednesday, June 3 - 365-376

QUIZ #7 - Thursday, June 4

Thursday, June 4 - 377-388

Friday, June 5 - 389-400

Saturday, June 6 - 401-412

Sunday, June 7 - 413-424

QUIZ #8 - Monday, June 8