Thursday, June 8, 2017
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Friday, June 2, 2017
In class: Tank Man questions
Date assigned
Friday, June 2
Assignment
Watch "Tank Man" in class: http://www.pbs.org/video/1146923141/
Write down 10 questions you think of while watching.
Due date
Friday, June 2, end of class
Friday, June 2
Assignment
Watch "Tank Man" in class: http://www.pbs.org/video/1146923141/
Write down 10 questions you think of while watching.
Due date
Friday, June 2, end of class
Thursday, June 1, 2017
FINALS SCHEDULE
FINALS SCHEDULE
Tuesday, June 13th
Period 1 8:15-9:45
Period 2 9:50-11:20
Lunch 11:20-12:05
Period 4 12:10-1:40
Flex 1:45-3:15
Wednesday, June 14th
Period 5 8:15-9:45
Period 6 9:50-11:20
Lunch 11:20-12:05
Period 8 12:10-1:40
Flex 1:45-3:15
Thursday, June 15th
Period 3 8:15-9:45
Period 7 9:50-11:20
Lunch 11:20-12:05
Flex 12:10-3:15
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
In class: Chapter 17.2 outline
Date assigned
Friday, May 26
Assignment
Friday, May 26
Assignment
Read chapter 17.2 in the textbook. For each subsection, each section, and the chapter as a whole, write a one sentence summary (13 total sentences).
Due date
Friday, May 26, end of class
In class: Chapter 14.3 outline
Date assigned
Friday, May 26
Assignment
Friday, May 26
Assignment
Read chapter 14.3 in the textbook. For each subsection, each section, and the chapter as a whole, write a one sentence summary (11 total sentences).
Due date
Friday, May 26, end of class
Thursday, May 25, 2017
In class: Opium Wars
Date assigned
Wednesday, May 24
Assignment
Read and answer questions about the Opium Wars between Britain and China: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17gs4XVEqXX8frIrPx-KOIQhW2aNiRFmhV-xCG1nBBzE/pub
Due date
Wednesday, May 24, end of class
Wednesday, May 24
Assignment
Read and answer questions about the Opium Wars between Britain and China: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17gs4XVEqXX8frIrPx-KOIQhW2aNiRFmhV-xCG1nBBzE/pub
Due date
Wednesday, May 24, end of class
In class: Chapter 12.1 outline
Date assigned
Wednesday, May 24
Assignment
Wednesday, May 24
Assignment
Read chapter 12.1 in the textbook. For each subsection, each section, and the chapter as a whole, write a one sentence summary (11 total sentences).
Due dateWednesday, May 24, end of class
Due dateWednesday, May 24, end of class
Monday, May 22, 2017
Country Driving reading schedule
Monday, May 22 - 123-133
Tuesday, May 23 - 134-144
QUIZ #1 - Wednesday, May 24
Wednesday, May 24 - 145-155
Thursday, May 25 - 156-166
QUIZ #2 - Friday, May 26
Friday, May 26 - 167-177
Saturday, May 27 - 178-188
Sunday, May 28 - 189-199
Monday, May 29 - 200-210
Tuesday, May 30 - 211-221
QUIZ #3 - Wednesday, May 31
Wednesday, May 31 - 222-232
Thursday, June 1 - 233-243
QUIZ #4 - Friday, June 2
Friday, June 2 - 244-254
Saturday, June 3 - 255-265
Sunday, June 4 - 266-276
QUIZ #5 - Tuesday, June 6
4th quarter final project
Date assigned
Monday, May 22
Assignment
Pick one of the final projects we've already done this year - either the propaganda project or the country research paper. If you do a propaganda project, it needs to be on something that we've studied during 2nd semester (Middle East, Latin America, or China). If you do a research paper, you have to clear your choice of country with me first.
Propaganda project instructions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BoFxfNceowEip77Z6A7amL2HOiN_u5diWEFhCX5WNEM/pub
Propaganda examples: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-bW74EPN82mY-ivaxETdk034FIxNg-VpfbRYEmzGwcg/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
Country research paper instructions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E8kASIVAV2DQMT0AUc-O8uYvdKfpHvkKdm1o5HvvJvM/pub
Due date
Monday, June 12
Monday, May 22
Assignment
Pick one of the final projects we've already done this year - either the propaganda project or the country research paper. If you do a propaganda project, it needs to be on something that we've studied during 2nd semester (Middle East, Latin America, or China). If you do a research paper, you have to clear your choice of country with me first.
Propaganda project instructions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BoFxfNceowEip77Z6A7amL2HOiN_u5diWEFhCX5WNEM/pub
Propaganda examples: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-bW74EPN82mY-ivaxETdk034FIxNg-VpfbRYEmzGwcg/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
Country research paper instructions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E8kASIVAV2DQMT0AUc-O8uYvdKfpHvkKdm1o5HvvJvM/pub
Due date
Monday, June 12
Friday, May 12, 2017
Homework: Your Princess is in Another Castle
Date assigned
Friday, May 12
Assignment
Read "Your Princess is in Another Castle: Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds" http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/27/your-princess-is-in-another-castle-misogyny-entitlement-and-nerds.html
Write a one-page response and be ready to discuss in class on Tuesday.
Due date
Tuesday, May 16, beginning of class
Friday, May 12
Assignment
Read "Your Princess is in Another Castle: Misogyny, Entitlement, and Nerds" http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/27/your-princess-is-in-another-castle-misogyny-entitlement-and-nerds.html
Write a one-page response and be ready to discuss in class on Tuesday.
Due date
Tuesday, May 16, beginning of class
Thursday, May 11, 2017
In class/homework: Career clusters interest survey
Date assigned
Friday, May 12
Assignment
Take the career clusters interest survey: https://www.careerwise.mnscu.edu/iseek/static/clustersurvey.pdf
After adding up all the points, write your top 3 careers at the end. These are the career areas that you will talk to during the career fair next week.
Due date
Tuesday, May 16
Friday, May 12
Assignment
Take the career clusters interest survey: https://www.careerwise.mnscu.edu/iseek/static/clustersurvey.pdf
After adding up all the points, write your top 3 careers at the end. These are the career areas that you will talk to during the career fair next week.
Due date
Tuesday, May 16
In class: Cuban slide presentations
Thursday, May 4
Spanish-American War: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/126-Kl0CNNLRoxFeaQG9hIAZjJJiguSEqczz_OFvPNrU/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
Neocolonialism: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ABn1ZTdU_KlWBnTugydwT0pAnf2R3Y3mqjqBQpKbtWY/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
Monday, May 8
Revolution: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dUQiCidQ5HUu427xAGENbPcHeKa3ftQysYOIDVl-j-4/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
Wednesday, May 10 and Friday, May 12
Embargo: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16A9ueIsxnD168zjNFk8OSXsaMsG22KyOsFUfMTUheVU/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
Spanish-American War: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/126-Kl0CNNLRoxFeaQG9hIAZjJJiguSEqczz_OFvPNrU/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
Neocolonialism: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ABn1ZTdU_KlWBnTugydwT0pAnf2R3Y3mqjqBQpKbtWY/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
Monday, May 8
Revolution: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dUQiCidQ5HUu427xAGENbPcHeKa3ftQysYOIDVl-j-4/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
Wednesday, May 10 and Friday, May 12
Embargo: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16A9ueIsxnD168zjNFk8OSXsaMsG22KyOsFUfMTUheVU/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
In class: Cascadia embargo
Date assigned
Wednesday, May 10
Assignment
Instructions here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vpMuSNSeJjyoIH3mOLQ8x9yP9azHSufNRar_EyU1Xt0/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
Due date
Wednesday, May 10, end of class
Wednesday, May 10
Assignment
Instructions here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vpMuSNSeJjyoIH3mOLQ8x9yP9azHSufNRar_EyU1Xt0/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
Due date
Wednesday, May 10, end of class
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
In class/homework: Bound for Goo-Goo Land
Date assigned
Tuesday, May 2
Assignment
Read "Bound for Goo-Goo Land" in small groups. Answer the following questions on your own piece of paper:
1) Describe at least 3 reasons the United States was interested in Cuba during the second half of the 1890s.
2) What was the Teller Amendment? Why was it enacted?
3) What role did the media play in the Spanish-American War? What modern event does this remind you of?
4) Why did the United States refuse to follow the Teller Amendment?
5) What was the Platt Amendment? Why was it enacted?
6) In your opinion, did the United States treat Cuba worse than it treated countries like Iran, Guatemala, and Chile during the Cold War? Why?
Due date
Thursday, May 4
Tuesday, May 2
Assignment
Read "Bound for Goo-Goo Land" in small groups. Answer the following questions on your own piece of paper:
1) Describe at least 3 reasons the United States was interested in Cuba during the second half of the 1890s.
2) What was the Teller Amendment? Why was it enacted?
3) What role did the media play in the Spanish-American War? What modern event does this remind you of?
4) Why did the United States refuse to follow the Teller Amendment?
5) What was the Platt Amendment? Why was it enacted?
6) In your opinion, did the United States treat Cuba worse than it treated countries like Iran, Guatemala, and Chile during the Cold War? Why?
Due date
Thursday, May 4
Friday, April 28, 2017
In class: Sandinista policy dilemmas
Date assigned
Friday, April 28
Assignment
Read the handout "Sandinista Policy Dilemmas." In groups, discuss the policy dilemmas and write down your answers and explanations to what you think the Sandinistas should have done.
Due date
Friday, April 28, end of class
Friday, April 28
Assignment
Read the handout "Sandinista Policy Dilemmas." In groups, discuss the policy dilemmas and write down your answers and explanations to what you think the Sandinistas should have done.
Due date
Friday, April 28, end of class
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
In class/homework: Imagine You Were a Nicaraguan
Date assigned
Wednesday, April 26
Assignment
View the Nicaraguan slide notes, located here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-LC12Du7s19WsV92gYZUV4dfU-bVGs87b5s7c-sBjmM/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.p13
Read the handout "Imagine You Were a Nicaraguan..." located here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j8C5OhbF_iVKmix94BMhBvaBZ5wmXQQHDvkihcBBayA/pub
Answer the question at the end of the reading in at least one handwritten page. If you don't finish in class, it becomes homework.
Due date
Friday, April 28
Wednesday, April 26
Assignment
View the Nicaraguan slide notes, located here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-LC12Du7s19WsV92gYZUV4dfU-bVGs87b5s7c-sBjmM/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.p13
Read the handout "Imagine You Were a Nicaraguan..." located here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j8C5OhbF_iVKmix94BMhBvaBZ5wmXQQHDvkihcBBayA/pub
Answer the question at the end of the reading in at least one handwritten page. If you don't finish in class, it becomes homework.
Due date
Friday, April 28
In class: Immigration free write
Date assigned
Tuesday, April 18
Assignment
Watch "Crossing Mexico's Other Border" located here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzEUHF1KPY8
Free write for 4 minutes about the video. What surprised you about it? How did it change your perception of immigration?
Then watch "The Fruits of Mexico's Cheap Labor" located here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT6AvAhDx8Q
Free write for 4 more minutes about the second video. What surprised you about it? How did it change your perception?
Finally, watch "Immigrant America: The High Cost of Deporting Parents" located here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOEn0iBWWx0
Free write for 4 more minutes about the third video. What surprised you about it? How did it change your perception?
Due date
Tuesday, April 18, end of class
Tuesday, April 18
Assignment
Watch "Crossing Mexico's Other Border" located here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzEUHF1KPY8
Free write for 4 minutes about the video. What surprised you about it? How did it change your perception of immigration?
Then watch "The Fruits of Mexico's Cheap Labor" located here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT6AvAhDx8Q
Free write for 4 more minutes about the second video. What surprised you about it? How did it change your perception?
Finally, watch "Immigrant America: The High Cost of Deporting Parents" located here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOEn0iBWWx0
Free write for 4 more minutes about the third video. What surprised you about it? How did it change your perception?
Due date
Tuesday, April 18, end of class
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
In class/homework: We're Going To Smash Him
Date assigned
Monday, April 24
Assignment
Read "We're Going to Smash Him" about the 1973 coup in Chile. Answer the following questions. Turn in by the beginning of class on Wednesday, April 26.
1) Summarize the methods the United States used to remove Salvador Allende from office.
2) How were the methods the United States used to remove Allende from office similar to the methods the United States used to remove Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz from office? How were they different?
3) Why did the United States want to remove Allende from power?
4) Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said she considers former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to be an important foreign policy influence on her. Does this make you more likely to support Clinton or less likely to support Clinton? Why?
Due date
Wednesday, April 26, beginning of class
In class/homework: Get Rid Of This Stinker
Date assigned
Thursday, April 20
Assignment
Read "Get Rid of This Stinker" about the 1954 coup in Guatemala. Answer the following questions. Turn in by the beginning of class on Monday, April 24.
1) Summarize the methods the United States used to remove Jacobo Arbenz from office.
2) How were the methods the United States used to remove Arbenz from office similar to the methods the United States used to remove Iranian prime minister Mohammed Mossadegh from office? How were they different?
3) Why did the United States want to remove Arbenz from power?
4) Why do you think the Guatemalan people remember Arbenz so fondly that 100,000 of them turned out for his funeral 24 years after he died?
Due date
Monday, April 24, beginning of class
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