Thursday, January 26, 2017

2nd quarter final exam study guide

1953 Iran coup

Date assigned
Wednesday, January 18


Assignment
Read "Despotism and Godless Terrorism" about the United States overthrowing the government of Iran in 1953 by class on Monday.  Then, after we've discussed the reading in class on Monday, answer the questions.  This assignment should be typed, because there is a minimum word count of 500 words.  Email me the assignment when you are finished.


Due date
Reading should be finished by the beginning of class on Friday, January 20
Questions should be emailed to me by the beginning of class on Tuesday, January 24

Thursday, January 5, 2017

Homework: Chapter outline 17.1

Date assigned
Thursday, January 5


Assignment
Read chapter 17.1 in the textbook.  For each subsection, each section, and the chapter as a whole, write a one sentence summary (16 total sentences).


Due date
Monday, January 9, beginning of class

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

In class: Fog of War free write

Date assigned
Tuesday, Jan. 3


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

Tuesday, Jan. 3, end of class

In class: Pearl Harbor slide notes

Propaganda project instructions

Japan WWII video assignment

Mr. Inahara gave you a handout in class.

Here is the link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EsW_uvnSao

Completing this assignment is optional.