Today in History:  1) Japanese Navy retires from Midway after losing 4 aircraft carriers. - (1942)

                             2) D-Day invasion of Normandy is launched. - (1944)

 

Quote: "Rules are not necessarily sacred, but principles are." -  Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd U.S. President) 

 

Objective: Prepare for Finals

 

1) Film

2) Period 6 final on Wednesday.

3) Period 4 final Today

4) Period 2 Tomorrow - Bring World History textbooks to turn in to school.

Today in History: Japan launches a diversionary invasion of the Aleutian Islands - (1942)

 

Quote: "In carrying out the task assigned, you will be governed by the principle of calculated risk." - Adm. Chester Nimitz (Message to RAdm. Fletcher - Battle of Midway)

 

Objective: Prepare for Final

 

1) Bring textbooks and Chrome Books to class every day.

2) Study for the Final (Topic 5-9)

3) Period 3 Final is Today.

Today in History: Japanese invasion force is located by reconnaissance aircraft flying from Midway Island.

 

Quote: "Strawberry 5 to base... Have spotted main body." - Lt. Howard Andy (PBY-4 Pilot - Battle of Midway)  

 

Today in History: USS Yorktown, Enterprise and Hornet rendezvous at Point Luck northeast of Midway Island. - (1942)

 

Quote: "If the Japanese target is Midway... I'll bushwhack them." - RAdm Raymond A. Spruance (Battle of Midway)

 

Objective: Prepare for Final

 

1) Bring textbooks and chrome books to class every day this week.

2) Study Topic 5-9 for final.

3) Period 1 Final Today.  

Today in History: Tulsa, Oklahoma race massacre begins. - (1921)

 

Quote: "The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people." - Martin Luther King Jr. (Civil Rights leader)

 

Objective: Study for Final

 

1) Review Text - Bring Textbooks every day to class with charged chrome books.

2) Finals Start on Wednesday (Tomorrow per. 1)

No Work - Memorial Day Holiday - ENJOY!

Today in History: British navy sinks German battleship KMS Bismarck. - (1941)

 

Quote: "In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I have no expectation of success." - Isokura Yamamoto (Japanese admiral) 

 

Today in History: Evacuation of Dunkirk begins. - (1940)

 

Quote: "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat." - Winston Churchill (British Prime Minister) 

 

Today in History: Georg Floyd is killed by police, triggering the Black Lives Matter movement. - (2020)

 

Quote: "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - Dr. Martin Luthor King Jr. (Civil Rights leader)

 

Objective: Finish Work

 

1) Video - Conflicts in Israel and Palestine

2) Answer Video Question on the board.

3) Finish reading p. 577-583

4) Answer questions on p. 583 - Add to Video Questions.

Today in History: First use of the telegraph - (1944)

 

Quote: "Communication is the key to personal and career success." - Paul J. Meyer (author) 

 

Objective: Finish Work

 

1) Video - Conflicts in Israel and Palestine

2) Answer Video Question on the board.

3) Finish reading p. 577-583

4) Answer questions on p. 583 - Add to Video Questions.

Today in History: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary. - (1915)

 

Quote: "The stories from World War I are worse than anything I have ever heard." - Kerry Greenwood (Australian author) 

 

Objective: Finish Assignments

 

1) Read p. 574-576 in class. (Topic 9.3)

2) Finish Key Terms (Topic 9.1 and 9.2)

3) Finish Reading Check and Assessment questions p. 567 & 568.

4) Homework: Read text p. 577-583 (Topic 9.4) 

Today in History: Lindbergh takes-off for Paris. - (1927)

 

Quote: "Time is no longer endless or the horizon destitute of hope." - Charles Lindbergh (American aviator) 

 

Objective: Finish Work

 

1) Finish Reading check and Assessment questions p. 567-568

2) Finish reading text p. 569-574

Today in History: The Spanish Armada sets sail for England - (1588)

 

Quote: "Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway." - John Wayne (American actor) 

 

Objective: Compare how the conflicts in Darfur and Rwanda were alike. 

 

1) Finish Key Terms list.

2) In Class - Read Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah p. 567-568 of text.

3) Answer the Reading Check Questions (4) and Assessment Questions (3) on p. 567 & 568.  Write answers in Schoology

4) Homework - Finish Questions and Read text p. 569-574 (Topic 9 Lesson 3)

 

Today in History: Mount St. Helens erupts. - (1980)

 

Quote: "All civilization has from time to time become a thin crust over a volcano of revolution." - Havelock Ellis (English physician) 

 

Objective: Summarize how African nations won independence.

 

1) Finish Quest. 1-5 p. 556 (Topic 9, Lesson 1)

2) Finish reading text p. 559-566 (Topic 9, Lesson 2)

3) Work on Extra Credit Key Terms p. 548 and 559

4) Video - Crash Course World History - Decolonization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_sGTspaF4Y 

 

 

Today in History: Voltaire is imprisoned in the Bastille. - (1717)

 

Quote: "To hold a pen is to be at war." - Voltaire (French philosophe)

 

Objective: Explain how independence led to the partition of India. 

 

1) Finish reading text p. 548-556 (Topic 9, Lesson 1)

2) Study Key Terms p. 548 (Beginning of Topic 9, Lesson 1)

Today in History: U.S. declares war on Mexico - (1846)

 

Quote: "The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government." - James K. Polk (11th U.S. President)

 

Objective: Explain how independence led to the partition of India.

 

1) Write a 3 paragraph film response to Animal Farm - Collect work.

2) Read text p. 548-556. (Topic 9, Lesson 1).

3) Study key terms p. 548 of text.

 

 

Today in History: Soviet Union ends Berlin blockade. - (1949)

 

Quote: "People who don't understand the issues between the free and communist world; Let them come to Berlin." - John F. Kennedy (35th U.S. President) 

 

Objective: Understand revolution through literature/video

 

1) Finish video - Animal Farm pt. II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu4S1V3K_Sc 

Today in History: President Kennedy sends troops to Vietnam. - (1962)

 

Quote: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - George Orwell (British author) 

 

Objective: Understand revolution through literature/video.

 

1) Video - Animal Farm pt. I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu4S1V3K_Sc  

Today in History: Winston Churchill becomes British Prime Minister. - (1940)

 

Quote: "Difficulties mastered are opportunities won." - Winston Churchill 

 

Objective: Prepare for Final 

 

1) Provide examples of the reasons listed on the board for the end of the Soviet Union and the Cold War. (Work in Schoology)

2) Make-up Tests.

Today in History: Japanese-American internment begins. - (1942)

 

Quote: "I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps." - George Takei (American actor/activist) 

 

Objective: Understand how the Cold War ended.

 

1) Topic 8 Test (Open book)  Use textbooks and chrome books.

2) Review the end of the Cold War.

Today in History: The Hindenburg disaster - (1937)

 

Quote: "Remember that failure is an event, not a person." - Zig Zigler (American Author)

 

Objective: Understand why the soviet Union declined.

 

1) Video - The Cold War and the Space Race 

2) Finish work from last week and this week.

3) Review Key Terms p. 524 and 529 (Topic 8, Lesson 4 & 5)

4) Homework: Study for test on Topic 8 on Monday.

 

 

Today in History: Battle of Puebla (1862)

 

Quote: "Cinco de Mayo is an important day.... but it isn't Mexican Independence Day." - Kuno Becker (Mexican actor)

 

Objective: Understand why the Soviet Union declined.

 

1) Video - Decline of the Soviet Union. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w60uvrj8PtQ&t=564s

2) Finish Questions 1-5 p. 523 and p. 528 (Topic 8, Lesson 3 & 4)

3) Homework: Read text p. 533-538 (Topic 8, Lesson 5)

4) Review Key Terms p. 524 and 529

Today in History: Margaret Thatcher becomes first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. - (1979)

 

Quote: "May the 4th be with you." - British MP (Member of Parliament) 

 

Objective: Explain how the U.S. became involved in Vietnam.

 

1) Finish questions 1-5 p. 523 and 528 of text. (Topic 8, Lessons 3 & 4)

2) Video - The Vietnam War - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exVKd-x5QVc 

Today in History: Joseph Fletcher lands the first aircraft at the North Pole. - (1952)

 

Quote: "A dream becomes a goal when action is taken towards its achievement." - Bo Bennett (Author) 

 

Objective: Describe events in Indochina after World War II.

 

1) Collect video question work.

2) Review Korean and Vietnam Wars.

3) Answer question 1-5 p. 523 and p. 528 of text. (Topic 5, Lesson 3 and 4)

4) Review key terms on p. 524.  

Today in History: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins. - (1942)

 

Quote: "The two most powerful warriors are patience and time." - Leo Tolstoy (Russian author) 

 

Objective: Examine propaganda during the Cold War.  

 

1) Collect chart and key terms work from Friday.

2) Finish the questions from the video - Make Mine Freedom 

3) Homework: Read p. 524-528 in text. (Topic 8 Lesson 4)

Today in History: Los Angeles riots after Rodney King acquittal. - (1992)

 

Quote: "I think riots happen when communities are under pressure for long periods of time.  That's not a mistake." - Ta-Nehisi Coates (American author and journalist)

 

Objective: Examine American propaganda during the Cold War.

 

     Period 2 & 6

1) Finish NATO/Warsaw Pact/Neutral nations chart and key terms.

2) Video - Make Mine Freedom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw9uaMuG6U4 

     a) What is the message being sent?

     b) Who is the film aimed at?

     c) What part of American society is missing from the film?

     d) Is this considered propaganda?  Why or why not?

     Period 3, 4 & 5 

1) Geography Test (Europe)

2) Continue work on SHEG activity.

Today in History: U.S. troops land in Dominican Republic - (1965)

 

Quote: "Stalin's policies pushed the world into the Cold War.  Putin has the potential to be equally as dangerous. - Bob Ainsworth (British politician) 

 

Objective: Identify developments in American society and government.

 

1) Continue p. 511-518 review.

2) Video - The Cold War in Asia 

3) Work on Extra Credit Chart (p. 505 map) and Key Terms p. 511 and 519.

4) Read text p. 519-523. (Topic 8, Lesson 3) 

Today in History: Magellan is killed in the Philippines. - (1521)

 

Quote: "Humor is just another defense against the universe." - Mel Brooks (American film maker)

 

Objective: Analyze the post war American economy.

 

1) Review reading p. 511-518 - Discuss

2) Extra Credit: Use the map on p. 505 to create a chart showing / NATO countries/ Warsaw Pact countries/ Neutral countries. Also, define  key terms on

            p. 511 and p. 519.

3) Video - Post War Japan 

4) Homework: Finish reading p. 519-523 of text (Topic 8.3)

Today in History: Test triggers a nuclear disaster at Chernobyl - (1986)

 

Quote: "Pride and excess bring disaster for man." - Xun Kuang (Chinese Philosopher) 

 

Objective: Understand the importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

 

1) Finish video - Cuban Missile Crisis: At the Brink pt. II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZcRqkObP2U 

Today in History: Hubble Space Telescope is placed in orbit. - (1990)

 

Quote: "Hubble is the most important telescope in history after Galileo's first telescope. - Sandra Faber (American astrophysicist)

 

Objective: Understand the importance of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

 

1) COVID Testing today.

2) Cuban Missile Crisis: At the Brink pt. II Video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZcRqkObP2U 

Today in History: McCarthy begins anti-communist hearings against the U.S. Army. - (1954)

 

Quote: "Thinking will not overcome fear but action will." - W. Clement Stone (American businessman) 

 

Objective: Analyze how the Cold War became a global conflict.

 

1) Review reading p. 506-510. (Topic 8.1)

2) Video: Cuban Missile Crisis - At the Brink pt. I (25 min.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZcRqkObP2U

Today in History: The Red Baron is shot down. - (1918)

 

Quote: "Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines." - Robert H. Schuller (American pastor) 

 

Objective: Summarize how the outcome of World War II contributed to the development of the Cold War.

 

1) Review reading p. 502-506 (Topic 8.1) - Take notes.

2) Video - Origins of the Cold War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlFjNf4f0mE 

 

 

Today in History: President McKinley askes for a declaration of war against Spain. - (1898)

 

Quote: "You may fire when ready, Gridley." - Commodore George Dewey (Battle of Manila Bay) 

 

Objective: Understand what the "Iron Curtain" was. 

 

1) Topic 7 test in Schoology. - Complete in class.  Use Textbook.

2) Read Text p. 502-506 (Topic 8, Lesson I up to The Nuclear Arms Race)

3) Review Key Terms on p. 502 - Finish as Homework.

Today in History: Battle of Lexington (Beginning of the American Revolution) - (1775)

 

Quote: "Liberty, when it takes root, is a plant of rapid growth." - George Washington (American general, 1st President of the United States) 

 

Objective: Understand why the United Nations were formed.

 

1) Finish work on p. 488 (Questions 1-5) Topic 7, Lesson 5)

2) Bring Textbooks and Chrome Books for class on Wednesday. - Topic 7 Test moved to Wednesday.

3) Study for test.

 

Today in History: Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. - (1942)

 

Quote: "You can't lose a war if you have command of the air, and you can't win a war if you haven't." - Jimmy Doolittle (American aviator)

 

Objective: Understand why the United Nations was created.

 

1) Short Video - The Doolittle Raid

2) Review reading p. 482-487 (Topic 7 Lesson 5)

3) Answer Questions 1-5 p. 487 (Assessment) - Finish as Homework

4) Test Tomorrow - Bring Chrome Books AND Textbooks. (Open Book)

Today in History: Russians attack Germans in a drive to expel them from Crimea. - (1941)

 

Quote: "The history of mankind is a history of war." - Mike Love (Singer) 

 

Objective: Describe the aftermath of World War II and the founding of the United Nations.

 

1) Write final draft of essay into Schoology - Submit NLT 11:30 pm

2) Collect Planning Sheet and Rough Draft

3) Video - Der Furher's Face (propaganda cartoon)

4) Have a relaxing Spring Break - See you on April 18th.

Today in History: Japanese battleship Yamato is sunk by Allies. - (1945)

 

Quote: "If the ship is sinking, you need help getting off that ship." - Richard Quest (British journalist) 

 

Objective: Understand the reasons for the final defeat of the Nazis.

 

Today in History: Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece. - (1941)

 

Quote: "For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner." - Robert Capa (photographer) 

 

Objective: Explain how the Allies began to push back the Axis powers in Europe and the Pacific.

 

Today in History: Japanese carrier raid on Ceylon. - (1942)

 

Quote: "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." - Sun Tzu (Author: The Art of War.)  

 

Objective: Explain how the Allies began to push back the Axis powers in Europe and the Pacific.

 

Today in History: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated. - (1968)

 

Quote: "The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Civil Rights leader) 

 

Objective: Understand how nations committed all of their resources to fighting World War II

 

1) Pass back film worksheets.

2) Essay prompt: Why is it important to learn about the Holocaust? - Write a 5 paragraph essay.  Use planning chart.

Today in History: U.S. Troops land on Okinawa. - (1945)

 

Quote: "If I can just see the European war out, I think I might be justified in quitting the war." - Ernie Pyle (War correspondent) 

 

Today in History: Eiffel Tower is opened. - (1889)

 

Quote: "When you look at it is really is an Eye-full." - Anon.

 

Objective: Describe the various acts of Jewish resistance. 

 

1) Finish Video: The Path to Genocide

2) Work on Handouts - Collect tomorrow.  

 

Today in History: President Reagan is shot. - (1981)

 

Quote: "I forgot to duck." - Ronald Reagan (40th U.S. President)

 

Objective: Describe the various acts of Jewish resistance. 

 

1) Review reading p. 470-473 (Topic 7, lesson 3)

2) Video: The Path to Nazi Genocide part I and II

3) Fill out worksheet from class

4) Homework: Read p. 476-477

Today in History: U.S. withdraws from Vietnam. - (1973)

 

Quote: "Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude." - Ralph Marston (writer) 

 

Objective: Identify the roots of Nazi persecution of the Jews.

 

1) Review reading p. 468-470. (Topic 7 lesson 3) - Outline and Objective

2) Key Terms p. 468.  Answer Reading Check question on p. 470 and Map question on p. 469 in Schoology

3) Read p. 470-473 in class.

Today in History: Yugoslavia joins the Axis powers. - (1941)

 

Quote: "I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member." - Groucho Marx (Comedian) 

 

Objective: Identify the roots of Nazi persecution of the Jews.

 

1) Review and collect p. 462 and 467 work

2) Discuss reading p. 468-470 (Topic 7, Lesson 3)

3) Review key terms p. 468 of text.

Today in History: Exxon Valdez runs aground causing massive oil spill in Alaska. - (1989)

 

Quote: "It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to" (that's important) - W. C. Fields (Comedian) 

 

Objective: Describe the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.

 

1) Review reading p. 462-467. (Topic 7, Lesson 2)

2) Define Key Terms p. 462.  Write it on a piece of paper.

3) Answer Questions -5 p. 467 of text.  Put it on same paper as the Key Terms.

4) Homework: Read Text p. 468-470 (Topic 7, Lesson 3)

Today in History: German SS troops kill 335 Italian civilians in Rome. - (1944)

 

Quote: "With self-discipline most anything is possible." - Theodore Roosevelt (26th U.S. President) 

 

Objective: Trace the course of German aggression and British resistance in Europe.

 

1) Video - Why We Fight - The Nazis Strike pt. 2 - 25 min.

2) Review reading p. 462-464 (Topic 7, Lesson 2)

3) Homework: Read Text p. 464-466.  

Today in History: The Arab League is formed. - (1945)

 

Quote: "If you're going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill (British Prime Minister) 

 

Objective: Trace the course of German aggression and British resistance in Europe.

 

1) Video - Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike - 30 min.

2) Continue reading p. 462-464. (Topic 7, Lesson 2)

 

Today in History: Germany begins major offensive on the Western Front. - (1918)

 

Quote: "You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way." - Will Rogers (humorist) 

 

Objective: Trace the course of German aggression and British resistance in Europe.

 

1) Review Questions 1-5 p. 461 of text

2) Video: Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike

3) Read p. 462-464 of Text. (Topic 7 Lesson 2)

Today in History: Parliament repeals the Stamp Act. - (1766)

 

Quote: "Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." - Arthur Ashe (Tennis player) 

 

Objective: Understand how German aggression led Europe into World War II.

 

1) Review Key Terms p. 456.

2) Aggression, Appeasement and War.

3) Answer Questions 1-5 on p. 461 (Last page of Topic 7, Lesson 1) - Work in Schoology

Today in History: Lithuania rejects Soviet demand to renounce independence. - (1990)

 

Quote: "Putin wants to restore the Russian empire.  That's his ambition, he's stated it many times." - John McCain (U.S. Senator) 

 

Objective: Understand how German aggression led Europe into World War II.

 

1) Continue Film: Why We Fight - Prelude to War.

2) Review and discuss the film - Use notes.

3) Key Terms p. 456 - (Topic 7, Lesson 1) 

Today in History: Julius Caesar is assassinated. - (44 BCE)

 

Quote: "Ave, Caesar!  Beware the Ides of March." - William Shakespeare (English playwright) 

 

Objective: Describe the Western democracies' response to aggression.

 

1) Last chance to finish essays.

          a) Graphic Organizer

          b) Rough Draft (proofread and edited)

          c) Final Essay in Schoology

2) Finish reading p. 456-461 (Topic 7, Lesson 1)

3) Per. 3-5: Verb/Subject Agreement review.

Today in History: Mikhail Gorbachev elected president of the Soviet Union. - (1990)

 

Quote: "The soviet people want full-blooded, unconditional democracy." - Mikhail Gorbachev (Last Soviet president) 

 

Objective: Reflect on the rise of totalitarian dictatorships.

 

1) Use your rough draft to type a final essay into Schoology. - Use Chromebooks.

2) Check student rough drafts for points.

3) Homework: Finish reading text p. 456-461. (Topic 7. Lesson 1)

 

Today in History: Fukushima nuclear disaster - (2011)

 

Quote: "We need nuclear energy now, and we will needed it in the future." - Conor Lamb (U. S. Congressman from Pennsylvania)

 

Objective: Writing an essay

 

Today in History: First 911 call is made. - (1876)

 

Quote: "Mr. Watson, come here.  I want you." - Alexander Graham Bell (Inventor of the telephone) (Quoted after he spilled acid on himself during his experiments.)

 

Objective: Writing an Essay

 

1) Use outline to write a double-spaced rough draft essay.

2) Bring in work, documents 1-3 and textbook tomorrow.

 

Today in History: Battle of Hampton Roads (USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia) - (1862)

 

Quote: "The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts." - Omar N. Bradley (American general)

 

Objective: Plan out a 5 paragraph essay.

 

1) Work on Transparency #7 Planning Sheet.  Use Documents 1-3, textbook and Document #8.

2) Video - Why We Fight - Part 1.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcAsIWfk_z4&list=PLugwVCjzrJsXwAiWBipTE9mTlFQC7H2rU 

Today in History: February Revolution in Russia begins. - (1917)

 

Quote: "I don't try to describe the future.  I try to prevent it." - Ray Bradbury (American author)

 

Objective: Understand the path towards war.

 

1) Handouts:

          a) Project Goals

          b) Planning Sheets

2) Homework: Read p. 456-458 (Topic 7, Lesson 1)

 

Teacher Absent.

 

Agenda:   

     1) Students go to COVID testing.

     2) Work on current assignments in class.  Turn in either through Schoology or paper assignment. (Handout 1&2, Handout 3&4, Reading Check questions on p. 440, 441, 443, 444 and Assessment question #3 p. 444 (Topic 6, Lesson 8)

Today in History: First case of the 1918 flu pandemic reported. - (1818)

 

Quote: "War is not an adventure, it is a disease." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery (French writer)

 

Objective: Analyze Hitler's rise to power.

 

1) Collect late handouts 1&2 and current handouts 3&4.

2) Answer Reading Check questions p. 440, 441, 443, 444 and Assessment question #3 p. 444 (Topic 6, Lesson 8)

3) Collect work

4) Start Essay on Monday.  

Today in History: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is concluded. - (1918)

 

Quote: "Trust dies, but mistrust blooms." - Sophocles (Greek poet)

 

Objective: Analyze Hitler's rise to power.

 

1) Collect Handout 3 and 4.

2) Video: How the Nazi Party Began. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIu3k1hmfGc

Today in History: Puerto Ricans become U.S. citizens. - (1917)

 

Quote: "You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahatma Gandhi (Indian leader)

 

Objective: Analyze Hitler's rise to power.

 

1) Pop quiz - 15 points.  Answer questions in Schoology.

2) Continue work on Handout 3 & 4.  (Use Documents 2 & 3) - Collect work.

3) Review and discuss reading p. 431-437. (Topic 6, Lesson 7)

4) Homework: Read text p. 438-441.  (Topic 6, Lesson 8)

Today in History: The chemical structure of DNA is discovered. - (1953)

 

Quote: "Genes are like the story, and DNA is the language that the story is written in." - Sam Kean (author)

 

Objective: Describe how Stalin used terror to build a totalitarian state. 

 

1) Handouts 1 & 2 are due.

2) Review Document #2.

3) Students examine and work on Handouts 3-5.

4) Key Terms p. 427 of Text (Topic 6 Lesson 6)

5) Homework: Read text p. 431-438  (Topic 6 Lesson 7)

Today in History: First African-American congressman, Hiram Rhodes, sworn in. - (1870)

 

Quote: "They can conquer who believe they can." - Virgil (Roman poet)

 

Objective: Describe the rise of Mussolini.

 

1) Finish, review and collect Handouts 1 & 2.

2) Review Document #2

3) Students examine and work on Handouts 3, 4, and 5.

4) Finish reading p. 427-430 (Topic 6, Lesson 6)

5) Review Key Terms p. 427 (Topic 6, Lesson 6)

Today in History: John Quincy Adams argues Amistad cast before the Supreme Court. - (1841)

 

Quote: "Who we are, is who we were." - John Quincy Adams (6th U.S. President)

 

Objective: Describe the rise of Mussolini

 

1) Video presentation - 6 min. (Amistad)

2) Examine the criteria for Totalitarian Regimes.

3) Work on Student Handouts 1 & 2 in class.

4) Homework: Reading p. 427-430.  (Topic 6, Lesson 6)

Today in History: U. S. Flag is raised on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi. - (1945)

 

Quote: "Uncommon valor was a common virtue." - Chester W. Nimitz (American admiral)

 

Objective: Analyze how Western society and culture changed after World War I.

 

1) Work on questions 1-5 p. 415 in Schoology. (Topic 6, Lesson 4) - 15 min.

2) Video Post World War I Recovery.

3) Homework: Read p. 420-426 (Topic 6, Lesson 5)

 

Today in History: Roosevelt orders MacArthur out of the Philippines. - (1942)

 

Quote: "It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it." - Douglas MacArthur (American general) 

 

Objective: Describe the rise of extreme nationalism and militarism in Japan.

 

1) Review the reading p. 409-415 of text.

2) Answer questions 1-5 on p. 415 in Schoology.

3) Read p. 416-420 as Homework.

Today in History: Pluto is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh - (1930)

 

Quote: "The history of Astronomy is a history of receding horizons." - Edwin Hubble (American astronomer and mule skinner)

 

Objective: Analyze the effect of political, economic and cultural nationalism. 

 

1) Continue film.

2) Complete p. 392, 394 and 395 Schoology chart questions and synthesis question.

3) Read text p. 409-415.  (Topic 6, Lesson 4)

 

Today in History: Fidel Castro sworn in as Cuban prime minister. - (1959)

 

Quote: "Men do not shape destiny.  Destiny produces the man for the hour." -  Fidel Castro (Revolutionary leader) 

 

Objective: Identify causes and effects of the Mexican Revolution of 1910.

 

1) Read p. 390-393 of Text.  (Topic 6, Lesson 1) in Chrome Books - Use Audio Book (15 min.)

2) Film: The Storm that Swept Mexico (40 min.)

3) Review p. 390 Key Terms as Homework 

Today in History: USS Maine explodes in Havana harbor. - (1898)

 

Quote: "The first casualty when war comes is truth." - Hiram Johnson (22nd Governor of California)

 

Objective: Understand the rise of Lenin and the Bolsheviks.

 

1) Video - Rise of Lenin and the Bolsheviks - Take notes.

2) Answer the Reading Check questions on p. 373-378 (5 questions) - Enter answers into Schoology

3) Finish Handouts.

4) Read text p. 409-412 - China after World War I.

Today in History: Captain James Cook is killed in Hawaii (The Sandwich Islands) - (1779)

 

Quote: "A captain is as good as his team." - Gautam Gambhir (Indian politician and retired cricketer)

 

Objective: Explain the causes of the February (March) Revolution.

 

1) Reading Review (Topic 5, Lesson 4) p. 374.

2) Interactive Map and Chart

3) Video - Lenin and the Bolsheviks

4) Work on Handout in Class - Collect.

5) Finish reading p. 373-378.

Today in History: Voltaire returns to Paris from exile. - (1778)

 

Quote: "No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking." - Voltaire (French author/philosophe)

 

Objective: Explain the causes of the February Revolution of 1917.

 

1) Extra Credit Timeline exercise. (25 min.)

2) Discuss causes of the Russian Revolution.

3) Review Key Terms p. 374.

4) Finish Reading p. 374-380 of text.

Today in History: The French and Indian War ends. - (1763)

 

Quote: " Be faithful to that which exists within yourself." -  Andre Gide (French author)

 

Objective: Explain the causes of the February Revolution of 1917.

 

1) Video - Russian Revolution and Civil War (1917-1923)

2) Review Key Terms, Topic 4, Lesson 4.

3) Late work (Essay on Treaty of Versailles) - GET IT DONE!!!!!!

4) Finish reading p. 374-380.  

Today in History: Daylight Savings Time is instituted. - (1942) 

 

Quote: "Words are but the signs of ideas." - Samuel Johnson (British essayist)

 

Objective: Continue work on Essay (Treaty of Versailles)

 

1) Use outline from Handout #9 to write two paragraph essay.

          a) Paragraph 1: Summary of Treaty of Versailles and Thesis Statement (3-4 sentences)

          b) Paragraph 2: (5-6 sentences)

                    1) Topic Sentence containing the main idea. (Chosen country's Perspective: Either the U.S., Britain, France or Germany)

                    2) Supporting Detail - National Aims

                    3) Supporting Detail - Actual Outcomes

                    4) Analysis - Evaluation of Treaty (How it was received by the country discussed)

                    5) Concluding Sentence

2) Type work in Chrome-Book then submit to Schoology. - Due Today 

3) Homework: Read text p. 380-382

 

Today in History: The Russo-Japanese War begins. - (1904)

 

Quote: "The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity." - Leo Tolstoy (Russian author)

 

Objective: Work on Essays

 

1) Continue work on essay.

2) Change minimum requirement from four to one paragraph plus introduction.

3) Read text p. 378-380

Today in History: First untethered space walk. - (1984)

 

Quote: "There are no passengers on spaceship Earth.  We are all crew." - Marshall McLuhan (Canadian Philosopher)

 

Objective: Complete graphic organizer for 4 paragraph essay.

 

1) Check Handouts and Documents.

2) Work on Graphic Organizer for the Essay (Handout #9)

3) Homework:

          a) Check Handout #9 (Revise as needed)

          b) Read p. 376-378 in Textbook (Topic 5, Lesson 4)

 

Today in History: The Yalta Conference meets. - (1945)

 

Quote: "You may delay, but time will not." - Benjamin Franklin (American philosophe) 

 

Objective: Complete Handouts and Documents for essay.

 

1) Work on Handouts 5, 6 and 8.

2) Review and revise handouts.

3) Use the graphic organizer (Student Handout #9) to start an outline for writing an essay.

4) Read Text p. 374-375 as Homework over the week-end.

Today in History: The day the music died. - (1959)

 

Quote: "Death is often referred to as a good career move." - Buddy Holly (musician) 

 

Objective: Understand the aims of the Allied powers and Germany.

 

1) Finish Handout #7 

2) Review Handouts #7 and #6

3) Video: The Treaty of Versailles Explained - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PFZ1cO01PQ 

          a) Take Notes

          b) Work on Handout #8

4) Homework: Complete Handout #8 using Handouts #2, #4, #5, and #6

Today in History: Russia establishes Fort Ross in Northern California - (1812)

 

Quote: "Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it." - Winston Churchill (British Prime Minister)

 

Objective: Create data for use in Essay

 

1) Work on Document #8 and Handout #5 (Column 2 and 3)

2) Review work - Correct data for essay.

3) Continue working on Handout #6

4) Homework: Answer the questions on Handout #7 for discussion tomorrow.

Today in History: Japanese forces begin withdrawal from Guadalcanal. - (1943)

 

Quote: "The Battle of Guadalcanal marked a 'Turning Point' in World War II." - Anon.

 

Objective: Summarize the terms and impact of the Treaty of Versailles.

 

1) Finish Document #5, Column 1.

2) Check for Work on Document #9 - Annotation.

3) Review Student Handout #6 - Complete work. (Use Document #9)

4) Homework: Read Document #8 - Fill in details in pencil.  

Today in History: Germany renews its U-boat attacks on neutral shipping in World War I - (1917)

 

Quote: "The sweetest of all sounds is praise." - Xenophon (Athenian philosopher)

 

Objective: Describe the impact of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points at the Treaty of Versailles talks.

 

1) Finish Document #7 - Review

2) Complete Handout #5, Column 1 only.  Use data from Document #7.

3) Read and fill out Document #8 - Review in class.

4) Homework: Read Document #9 at least twice.  Read the first time for understanding.  Read the second time for annotation.

 

 

Today in History: Space shuttle Challenger disaster. - (1986)

 

Quote: "Clothes make the man.  Naked people have little or no influence on society." - Mark Twain (American author)

 

Objective: Describe the issues at the Paris peace conference.

 

1) Work on Handout #4 - Write a sentence for each of the 11 words on the Handout.

2) Review Document #7 - Fill in the key terms for each proposal.

3) Complete Handout #5, column 1 only.  Use data from Document #7

4) Homework: Read text p. 373-374 (Topic 5, Lesson 4)

 

Today in History: Apollo One fire kills three astronauts. - (1967)

 

Quote: "There's always a possibility that you can have a catastrophic failure, of course.  This could happen on any flight." - Gus Grissom (American astronaut)

 

Objective: List the effects of World War I in terms of financial costs, high casualty rates and political impact.

 

1) Use Documents #2-4 to fill out Student Handouts #2&3.

2) Dispatch Question: Fair Treatment - Use Handout #1 to write response.

3) Examine Document #1 - Identify the speaker.

4) Collect Reading Like a Historian paragraphs.

5) Homework: Review the Key Terms in Topic 5.1-5.4 (Study and define terms)

Today in History: Britain establishes a penal colony at Botany Bay in Australia. - (1788)

 

Quote: "Older men declare war.  But it is the youth that must fight and die." - Herbert Hoover (31st American president) 

 

Objective: Explain how U.S. entry into the war led to an Allied victory.

 

1) Define the Key Terms on p. 362 and use each in a sentence.

2) Collect paragraph from Reading Like a Historian.

3) Review reading p. 362-370 of Text. (Topic 5, Lesson 3)

4) Homework: Read p. 371-372 - Primary Source - The Fourteen Points

 

Today in History: First Winter Olympic at Chamonix, France. - (1924)

 

Quote: "Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness." - Seneca (Roman poet)

 

Objective: Describe how World War I became a Total War.

 

1) Write a paragraph of 5-7 sentences answering the overarching question (Who won the first day of the Battle of the Somme?) - (25 minutes)

2) Collect work.

3) Review Key Terms p. 362 of text (Topic 5, Lesson 3)

4) Homework: Read text p. 366-369 (Topic 5, Lesson 3)

 

 

 

 

 

Today in History: Gold is discovered at Sutter's Creek in California. - (1848)

 

Quote: "You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine." - Flip Wilson (Comedian)

 

Objective: Explain how World War I was a global conflict.

 

1) Continue work on Reading Like a Historian. (Video, if time)

          a) Finish Document B & C.

          b) Finish Graphic Organizer.

          c) Write Paragraph.

2) Turn in Paragraph tomorrow (classwork)

3) Homework: Read p. 364-366. (Topic 5, Lesson 3)

Today in History: King Louis XVI of France is executed. - (1793)

 

Quote: "The king must die so the country can live." - Maximilien Robespierre (French revolutionary)

 

Objective: Outline the course of the war on multiple European fronts.

 

1) Collect map and key terms work

2) Review and discuss p. 356-361 reading (Topic 5.2). (Objective)

3) Do the Reading Like a Historian work in class - use handouts

4) Homework: Read p. 362-364 (Topic 5.3) 

Today in History: First air raid on Great Britain. - (1915)

 

Quote: "A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants." - Joseph Addison (English essayist)

 

Objective: Understand how trench warfare led to a stalemate on the Western Front.

 

1) Map exercise

2) Review reading p. 356-361 (Topic 5, Lesson 2)

3) Key Terms p. 356

4) Period 3-5: Near Pod Work.

5) Period 2&6: Finish questions 1-5 p. 355.

6) Finish reading p. 356-361.  

Today in History: Versailles Peace Talks start at the end of World War I. - (1919)

 

Quote: "The power to question is the basis of all human progress." - Indira Gandhi (Indian Prime Minister)

 

Objective: Trace how the alliance system drew nations into World War I.  

 

1) Write at least one good and one bad thing about making alliances with people and nations. - Turn in Composition Books.

2) Video: Alliances and Enemies.

3) Per. 3-5: Review the Alliance system and its consequence.

4) Per. 2&6: Finish the four Reading Check Questions on p. 351, 353 and 354.  

5) Answer questions 1-5 on p. 355 of Textbook (Topic 5, Lesson 1 on Chrome Book).  Work on this in Class.

6) Homework: Read p. 356-361 in Text. (Topic 5, Lesson 2) as Homework.  Finish before Wednesday.

Today in History: Congress ratifies the Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolution. - (1784)

 

Quote: "Whoever is happy will make others happy too." - Anne Frank (author)

 

Objective: Identify the key event that sparked World War I.

 

1) Review causes of World War I (Videos) - Discuss and take notes.

2) Review Key Terms p. 350 of text.

3) Finish reading p. 350-355.  (Classwork and Homework)

4) Period 3-5: Continue with Near-Pod work.

5) Period 2 & 6: Do the Reading Check Questions p. 351, 353 and 354. - Enter work in Schoology - Due Monday by 8:00 AM.  (4 Questions total)

6) All students should subscribe to the Agenda.  

7) Collect Composition books for all periods.