Today in History: Truman sends aid to Turkey and Greece. - (1947)

 

Quote: "A man who carries a cat by the tail will learn something he can learn in no other way." - Mark Twain    

 

Objective: Discuss the effect Vietnam had on the United States.

 

1) Handouts: Final Project

2) Read p. 529-536 End of the Cold War

3) Complete work on p. 510 and 523.

4) Final Project

          a) pick three person work groups

          b) review and select topics

5) Film (if time) - The Right Stuff

Today in History: First bombing raid on Hanoi. - (1967)

 

Quote: " Strategic planning is worthless - unless there is first a strategic vision." - John Niasbitt 

 

Objective: Discuss the effect Vietnam had on the United States.

 

1) Collect p. 510 work and p. 523 work.

2) Read p. 524-528 of text.

Today in History: Charles Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic. - (1927)

 

Quote: "I've had enough publicity for fifteen lives." - Charles A. Lindbergh  

 

Objective: Examine the Origins of the Cold War.

 

1) Collect text p. 510 work (5 questions)

2) Video - Cold War in Asia

3) Read Text p. 519-523

4) Review Key Terms p. 519

5) Answer Questions 1-5 p. 523 (Due Tomorrow)

Today in History: U.S. spy plane is shot down over Russia. - (1960)

 

Quote: "If it had not been for the Cold War, neither Russia nor America would be sending people into space." - Zbigniew Brzezinski 

 

Objective: Examine the origins of the Cold War

 

1) Finish and collect essays

2) Read p. 508-510 

3) Answer questions 1-5 p. 510 - Complete sentences

4) Read p. 511-514

Today in History: The Berlin blockade is ended. - (1949)

 

Quote: "As a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner.'" - John F. Kennedy (35th U.S. President)

 

Objective: Examine the origins of the Cold War

 

1) Finish Essays and Collect

2) Review p. 502-506

3) Key Terms p. 502

4) Read p. 506-508

       A) Nuclear Arms Race

       B) Cold War Around the World

Today in History: The Siege of Khe Sanh ends with a U.S. victory. - (1968)

 

Quote: "The Vietnam War soured President Johnson's legacy." - Gene Green (American politician)

 

Objective: Examine the origins of the Cold War.

 

1) Work on 3 paragraph essay about Propaganda.  (15 sentences total)

2) Collect work.

3) Read text p. 502-506 Origins of the Cold War.

Today in History: Germany invades the Low Countries - (1940)

 

Quote: "There is nothing impossible to him who will try." - Alexander the Great 

 

Objective: Explain the origins of the Cold War

 

1) Propaganda Exercise (Review Two films)  What is the Message?  What images, ideas and symbols are used?  Is it effective?

2) Read about the Cold War - Text p. 502-506 (Round Robin)

3) Do the Reading Checks p. 503, 505 and 506.

Today in History: Russian Army captures Berlin. - (1945)

 

Quote: "Only the dead have seen the end of war." - George Santayana 

 

Objective: Examine the turning point and Allied advance.

 

1) Finish Film - Discuss

2) Review key terms.

 

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

 

Quote: "Scratch one flattop." - Naval aviator after sinking the Japanese carrier Shoho.

 

Objective: Examine the turning points and Allied Advances of World War II

 

1) Continue Film - Victory through Airpower

2) Allies Advance

     a) North Africa to Italy

     b) Kursk 

     c) Tehran Conference

     d) Operation Overlord

3) Review key terms p. 477

Today in History: Henri Petain arrested for leading the Vichy French government under the Germans. - (1945)

 

Quote: "There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with." - Admiral William F. Halsey 

 

Objective: Describe how the Nazis carried out a program of genocide.

 

1) Review Key Terms p. 468

2) Finish and collect maps

3) Videos

     A) Survivor's Story

     B) Liberating the Camps

4) Review reading (Take notes)

Today in History: U.S. and Soviet troops meet at the Elbe River. - (1945)

 

Quote: "I shall return!" - General Douglas MacArthur 

 

Objective: Describe how the Nazis carried out a program of genocide.

 

1) Read p. 470-475 of Text

2) Work on Map exercise (Finish tomorrow)

Today in History: The Red army enters the outskirts of Berlin. - (1945)

 

Quote: "History shows there are no invincible armies." - Joseph Stalin 

 

Objective: Trace the course of Axis aggression in the Pacific.

 

1) Pacific War to Pearl Harbor

2) Read text p. 468-471 (Topic 7.3)

3) Key Terms p. 468

Today in History: Adolf Hitler is born. - (1889)

 

Quote: "We think too much and we feel too little." - Charlie Chaplin (The Great Dictator) 

 

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

 

1) Quiz - Topic 7.1 and 7.2

2) Pacific Theatre and Pearl Harbor

3) Read text p. 468-471 (Topic 7.3)

 

Today in History: German troops capture Belgrade, Yugoslavia. - (1941)

 

Quote: "The truth is found when men are free to pursue it." - Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd U.S. President)

 

Objective: Describe how the Western Democracies responded to aggression.

 

1) Continue reading review p. 458-461 (Topic 7.1)

2) Answer the 4 Reading Check Questions on p. 458, 459 and 461 (x2).  

3) Answer the Assessment Questions on p. 461 #1-5

4) Complete sentences - Work is due tomorrow.

Today in History: Apollo 13 is launched to the moon. - (1970)

 

Quote: "Houston, we have a problem." - James Lovell 

 

Objective: Analyze Hitler's rise to power.

 

1) Collect Student Handout #3

2) Quiz Topic 6.6-6.8 Key Terms

3) Aggression, Appeasement and War - Read Topic 7.1 p. 456-458

Today in History: Anschluss is approved in Austria. - (1938)

 

Quote: "Germany will either be a world power, or not be at all." - Adolf Hitler 

 

Objective: Analyze Hitler's rise to power.

 

1) Collect Student Handout #3

2) How did each dictator rise to power?

3) Quiz tomorrow - Key Terms Topic 6, Lessons 6, 7, and 8.

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

 

Quote: "The future doesn't belong to the faint-hearted.  It belongs to the brave." - Ronald Reagan (40th U.S. President)

 

Objective: Analyze Hitler's rise to power.

 

1) Key Terms p. 427, 431 and 439.  Study and record in notes.

2) Collect Totalitarian Worksheets

3) Read Text p. 439-444 - The Rise of Nazi Germany.

4) Use Document 2 & 3 along with textbook to Complete Student Handout #3 - Due by Monday, April 10th.

 

Quote: "America lost face with the debacle of the Vietnam War." - Tiny Tim (comedian, singer)

 

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

 

1) Key Terms p. 427 & 431

2) Finish Totalitarian Worksheets - Collect

3) Finish reading p. 431-438.

Today in History: Three-Mile Island nuclear disaster. - (1979)

 

Quote: "A nuclear-power reactor is just a fancy way of boiling water." - Leslie Dewan (nuclear engineer)

 

Objective: Describe the Rise of both Mussolini and Stalin

 

1) Key Terms p. 427 and 431.

2) Collect Totalitarian Handouts in class today - 25 pts.

3) Geography Test - Europe

4) Handout - Document 2 and 3 Rise of Dictatorships in Europe

5) Read text p. 431-438 - The Soviet Union Under Stalin

                                  

 

Today in History: British evacuate Boston - (1776)

 

Quote: "Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals." - George Washington

 

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

 

1) Key Terms Test (Open Notebook)

2) Totalitarianism Handout

3) Read text p. 427-430 Rise of Fascism in Italy

Today in History: First liquid-fueled rocket is launched. - (1926)

 

Quote: "Fear connotes something that interferes with what you are doing." - John Glenn (astronaut)

 

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

 

1) Key Terms - p. 390, 396, 403, 409, and 416.

       a) Review and define terms.

       b) Record definitions in notebooks

       c) Test Tomorrow (open notes)

2) Read Text p. 427-430 Fascism in Italy

3) Collect Reading Check Questions

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

 

Quote: "Et tu Brute?  Then fall Caesar." - William Shakespeare 

 

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

 

1) Review reading p. 416-426.

2) Key Terms

3) Finish Reading Check Questions in schoology (Nine total)

4) Geography Text on Tuesday - Europe

 

Today in History: Czar Alexander II is assassinated in St. Petersburg. - (1881)

 

Quote: "Assassination is the extreme form of censorship." - George Bernard Shaw (author)

 

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

 

1) Read text p. 420-414

       a) Modern Art

       b) Post War Politics

       c) International Relations

       d) Economics

2) Take notes

3) Do the reading check questions in Schoology p. 417-424 (7 questions today - 2 questions tomorrow.)

 

Today in History: Turkish troops evacuate Bagdad. - (1917)

 

Quote: "Battle is a cacophony of disorder." - George S. Patton.

 

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

 

1) The Roaring Twenties - Between the Wars (Video)

2) Read text p. 416-420.

3) Review Key Terms p. 416.

Today in History: USS Monitor vs CSS Virginia - (1862)

 

Quote: "War is a series of catastrophes which result in victory." -  Albert Pike 

 

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

 

1) Review Conflicting Forces in Japan - p. 412-414.

2) Pop Quiz Chapter 6.4 of Text

3) Read text p. 416-420 as Homework (Chapter 6.5)

Today in History: Suez Canal is reopened by Egypt. - (1957)

 

Quote: "Live life to the fullest and focus on the positive." - Matt Cameron 

 

Objective: Explain key challenges faced by the Chinese republic in the 1900s.

 

1) Review reading p. 409-412.

2) Check use of Key Terms.

3) Read text p. 412-414 Tonight as HW.

Today in History: Hitler reoccupies the Rhineland - (1936)

 

Quote: "What good fortune for governments that the people do not think." - Adolf Hitler

 

Objective: Describe the rise of nationalism in India

 

1) Geography Test - Asia

2) Start reading text p. 409-412.  Stop at Conflicting Forces in Japan

3) Study key terms p. 409

Today in History: Stalin is replaced 1 day after death by Malenkov. - (1953)

 

Quote: "Death solves all problems.  No man... no problem." - Joseph Stalin

 

Objective: Describe the Rise of Nationalism in India

 

1) Geography Test tomorrow

2) Read Primary Sources p. 407 & 408

3) Answer the 4 Reading Check questions p. 407 & 408

4) Collect work

Today in History: Charlie Chaplin's body is stolen. - (1978)

 

Quote: "In the end, everything is a gag." - Charlie Chaplin 

 

Objective: Describe the Rise of Nationalism in the Middle East. 

 

1) Answer Reading Check Questions on p. 398, 400 & 402.  Also answer questions 1-5 p. 402 (Complete Sentences) 

      Work on in class - Collect.

2) Read text p. 403-406

3) Review Key Terms pl 403.

 

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

 

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

 

Objective: Describe the rise of Nationalism in Africa

 

1) Geography Test (Middle East)

2) In Class - Read text p. 396-398 (take notes)

3) Review Key terms p. 396

Today in History: Russia invades Ukraine - (2022)

 

Quote: "Ukraine must once again be revered and respected by its citizens as well as the East and the West." - Viktor Yushchenko - 3rd President of Ukraine 

 

Objective: Examine Mexican Nationalism from 1910- 1940

 

1) Study for Geography Test on Tuesday - Middle East

2) Film

Today in History: Russia invades Ukraine - (2022)

 

Quote: "The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon." - George Washington (First U.S. President)

 

Objective: Examine Mexican nationalism from 1910-1940.

 

1) Collect late paragraphs

2) Read text p. 390-395

       A) Take notes

       B) Review key terms p. 390

3) Answer questions 1-5 p. 394 - (Write complete sentences) (work due at the end of the period.)  

Today in History: Malcolm X is assassinated. - (1965)

 

Quote: "The future belongs to those who prepare for it today." - Malcolm X (activist)

 

Objective: Examine Mexican Nationalism from 1910-1940

 

1) Make-up Tests

2) Collect paragraphs from Animal Farm

3) Video - The Mexican Revolution of 1910

Today in History: Michael Jordan is born. - (1963)

 

Quote: "The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proven otherwise." - Colin Powell

 

Objective: Examine the Russian Revolution

 

1) Geography Test - Central America

2) Finish Film (per. 2 & 4)

3) Three paragraph film discussion due Tuesday

4) Bring notebooks

5) Read Texts p. 390-393 - Mexican Revolution

Today in History: Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli and burns the USS Philadelphia. - (1804)

 

Quote: "It was the most daring act of the age." - Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson (British Admiral) 

 

Objective: Examine the Russian Revolution

 

1) Continue Film: Animal Farm 

2) Begin work on prompt - Three paragraph from film.

3) Bring notebooks to class

4) Read Text p. 390-393 The Mexican Revolution

Today in History: USS Maine is sunk starting the Spanish-American War. - (1898)

 

Quote: "You provide the stories, I'll provide the war." - William Randolph Hearst (newspaper publisher)

 

Objective: Examine the Russian Revolution

 

1) Bring notebooks.

2) Film - Animal Farm

       A) Take Notes

       B) Handouts

3) Late work finished by tonight.

Today in History: Captain Cook is killed in Hawaii. - (1779)

 

Quote: "Life is an adventure, not a package tour." - Eckhart Tolle (German teacher)

 

Objective: Examine the Russian Revolution.

 

1) Geography (Central America)

2) Review key events of the Russian Revolution.

3) Key Terms p. 373

4) Finish reading text p. 373-378.

Today in History: First all-Black professional basketball team formed - The New York Renaissance. - (1923)

 

Quote: "A people without the past knowledge of their history, origins and culture is like a tree without roots." - Marcus Garvey (activist)

 

Objective: Examine the Russian Revolution and Civil War.

 

1) Geography Test - Oceania

2) Review key events of the Russian Revolution

3) Key Terms p. 373

4) Finish reading p. 373-378 

Today in History: The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo is signed ending the Mexican-American War. - (1848)

 

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

 

Objective: Understand the effect of the Treaty of Versailles

 

1) Handouts:

     A) Transparency #3 (on board) and Handout #4

     B) Read Document #7 - Use word bank to complete ideas.

          1) What parts of the Fourteen Points might have influenced Germany to end the war?

     C) Work on Handout #7 (Column #1 only)     

 

Today in History: Germany launches 2nd Unrestricted submarine campaign against both allies and neutral countries. - (1917)

 

Quote: "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." - Lao Tzu (Chinese Philosopher)

 

Objective: Understand the effect of the Treaty of Versailles on World History.

 

1) Continue work with Handouts.

       A) Response to Speech (Use same paper as yesterday)

       B) Examine Document # 2, 3 and 4 - Answer questions on board  (Same paper as yesterday)

2) Collect work.

3) Read Text p. 362-365.  (Topic 5.3)

4) Examine Key Terms p. 362 of Text

Today in History: Germany unleashes unrestricted submarine warfare - (1917)

 

Quote: "We must make the world safe for democracy." - President Woodrow Wilson (28th U.S. President)

 

Objective: Review the Major events of World War I

 

1) Handout - The Fourteen Points and the Treaty of Versailles.

2) Work on late work (in Schoology)

       A) The Battle of the Somme.

       B) Letter Home from the Front

Today in History: Charles I of England is executed for treason. - (1649)

 

Quote: "Ouch!" - Charles I (King of England) (Former head of the country)

 

Objective: Review notes for major events of World War I

 

1) Review the main events of the war - Use teacher handout.

2) Read Text - Topic 5.3

3) Geography Quiz Friday

4) Finish the Homework assignments in Schoology.

Today in History: Franklin Roosevelt introduces the Lend-Lease program - (1940)

 

Quote: "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny." - Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd U.S. President)

 

Objective: Imperialism

 

1) Collect paragraphs from per. 5 & 6.

2) Causes of Imperialism

3) Song by Israel - "Hawaii '78 - Reflect on lyrics

4) Missionary Mission and Social Darwinism.  

5) Read Topic 4.1 p. 292-295.