World History B (Period per. 4) Assignments
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Today in History: Battle of Jutland. - (1916)
Quote: "There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today." - Vice Admiral David Beatty
1) Late Journals due today.
2) Work on Reading Objectives for Finals
3) Homework: Study for Finals
a) Friday per. 1&4 Finals
b) Monday per. 3&5 Finals
c) Tuesday per. 2&6 Finals
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Today in History: USS Enterprise and Hornet set sail for Point Luck. - (1942)
Quote: "If the Japanese carriers are there, I'll bushwhack them." - RAdm. Raymond A. Spruance
1) Late Journals due today.
2) Work on Reading Objectives for Finals
3) Homework: Study for Finals
a) Friday per. 1&4 Finals
b) Monday per. 3&5 Finals
c) Tuesday per. 2&6 Finals
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Today in History: Hillary and Tensing reach summit of Mt. Everest. - (1953)
Quote: "It's not the mountain we conquer, it's ourselves." - Edmund Hillary
1) Journals due today.
2) Work on Reading Objectives for Finals
3) Homework: Study for Finals
a) Friday per. 1&4 Finals
b) Monday per. 3&5 Finals
c) Tuesday per. 2&6 Finals
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Memorial Day Holiday - No School
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Today in History: Star Wars opens in theatres. - (1977)
Quote: "May the force be with you." - Obie Wan Kanobie
1) Journals due on Tuesday.
2) Chapter 12 Make-up tests.
3) Work on Reading Objectives for Final.
4) Work on Journals.
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Today in History: KMS Bismarck sinks the HMS Hood. - (1941)
Quote: "War is mainly a catalogue of blunders." - Winston Churchill
1) Journals due on Tuesday.
2) Chapter 12 test. - Open Book
3) Review and collect test.
4) Work on Reading Objectives for Final Exam.
5) Homework: Work on Journals.
a) Agendas - 44 days (Dated March 19th to May 25th.)
b) Notes - 26 pages. (2 pages per Section)
c) Vocabulary - 13 sections (Chapter 9.3 to 12.3)
d) Biographies - 9 (10 sentences each)
e) Corrected Work
f) Reading Objectives - 52 (Chapter 6 through 12) - Final is open Journal
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Today in History: Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary. - (1915)
Quote: "When in doubt, tell the truth." - Mark Twain
1) Journals due on Tuesday.
2) Review for Chapter 12 test tomorrow. - Open Book
3) Video - Mindjogger: Chapter 12.
4) Work on Reading Objectives for Final Exam.
5) Homework: Work on Journals.
a) Agendas - 44 days (Dated March 19th to May 25th.)
b) Notes - 26 pages. (2 pages per Section)
c) Vocabulary - 13 sections (Chapter 9.3 to 12.3)
d) Biographies - 9 (10 sentences each)
e) Corrected Work
f) Reading Objectives - 52 (Chapter 6 through 12) - Final is open Journal
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Today in History: War of the Roses begins. - (1455)
Quote: "The lion and the unicorn were fighting for the crown." - Old English Nursery Rhyme
1) Journals due Tuesday, May 29th.
2) Chapter 12 test Thursday.
3) Finish p. 591-605 work. Review and correct.
4) Review reading p. 592-596.
5) Homework: Work on Journals and Reading Objectives.
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Today in History: Lindbergh arrives in Paris. - (1927)
Quote: "It is almost as easy to stand-up as to sit-down." - Charles Lindbergh
1) Journals due on Tuesday, May 29th.
2) Return work for Journals.
3) Work on quest. p. 591-605. Due Tomorrow.
4) Review reading p. 592-596.
5) Homework: Work on Journals and on Reading Objectives for final.
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Today in History: Mount St. Helens erupts. - (1980)
Quote: "Nothing can be done except little by little." - Charles Baudelaire
1) Journals due on Tuesday, May 29th.
2) Video - The Cold War - pt. V. - Take notes.
3) Answer quest. 1&2 p. 591, quest. 4&5 p. 596, quest. 1 p. 600 and quest. 4&5 p. 605.
4) Homework: Read p. 597-605. Take notes. Work on Journals (Vocabulary, Biographies, Notes and Reading Objectives Chapter 6-12)
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Today in History: Brown vs. Board of Education decision. - (1954)
Quote: "Learning never exhausts the mind." - Leonardo Da Vinci
1) Journals due May, 29th.
2) Video - The Cold War - part IV
3) Review p. 590-591 - Ans. quest. 1&2 in class (Music)
4) Discuss reading p. 592-596. Take notes.
5) Homework: Work on Journals and Reading Objectives for final.
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Today in History: U.S.-Soviet Summit meeting collapses. - (1960)
Quote: "We will bury you." - Nikita Khrushchev
1) Journals are due Tuesday, May, 29th.
2) Video - The Cold War pt. III
3) Review reading p. 586-591.
4) Review and collect work p. 586-589.
5) Homework: a) Read p. 592-582.
b) Work on Journals.
c) Work on Reading Objectives for Final.
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Today in History: Last Mercury Spacecraft is launched. - (1963)
Quote: "Off we go into the wild blue yonder." - L. Gordon Cooper
1) Journals due on May, 29th.
2) Video - The Cold War part II
3) Review reading p. 586-591.
4) Answer quest. 1&2 p. 587, quest. 2 p. 588 and quest. 4-6 p. 589. Work on in class.
5) Homework: a) Finish p. 587-589.
b) Work on Journals.
c) Work on Objectives.
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Today in History: Warsaw Pact is formed. - (1955)
Quote: "If you are among wolves, you have to act like a wolf." - Nikita Khrushchev
1) Journals are due Tuesday, May 29th.
2) Video - Origins of the Cold War. - pt. I
3) Review reading p. 582-586.
4) Homework:
a) Read p. 586-591. Take notes.
b) Work on Journals
c) Work on Objectives for Final
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Today in History: Jackie Cochran becomes first woman to break the sound barrier. - (1953)
Quote: "There is no such thing as a natural-born pilot." - Chuck Yeager
1) Late work due today.
2) Journal is due on May 29th.
3) Chapter 11 Test.
4) Review and correct test.
5) Homework: a) Read p. 582-586. Take notes.
b) Work on Journals.
c) Work on Reading Objectives Chapter 6-12 in preparation for final exam.
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Today in History: Germany launches blitzkrieg in the west. - (1940)
Quote: "This is no time for ease and comfort. This is time to dare and endure." - Winston Churchill
1) Late work due by Friday.
2) Journals due on Tuesday, May 29th.
3) Chapter II Test on Friday. Bring books.
4) Work on Reading Objectives; Chapter 6-12. Write objective and response. Work with other students to get help. (Objectives found on introduction page for each Chapter section.)
5) Homework: Study for test. Work on Journals.
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Today in History: Byrd flies over the North Pole? - (1926)
Quote: " A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion." - Richard E. Byrd
1) Late work due by Friday
2) Journals are due May 29th.
3) Chapter 11 Test on Friday.
4) Review Reading p. 558-561
5) Homework: Read p. 566-567. Take notes.
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Today in History: Germany Surrenders! V.E. Day. - (1945)
Quote: "In the final choice, a soldier's pack is not so heavy as a prisoner's chain." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
1) Late work due by Friday
2) Journals are due May 29th.
3) Personal view of WWII.
4) Review Reading p. 558-561
5) Homework: Read p. 562-565. Take notes.
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Today in History: RMS Lusitania is sunk. - (1915)
Quote: The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation." - Woodrow Wilson
1) Late work due by Friday.
2) Journals due on May, 29th.
3) Finish film - Liberation
4) Review and collect p. 546-557 work.
5) Homework: Read p. 558-561. Work on Journals.
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Today in History: HIJMS Shoho is sunk by American aircraft. - (1942)
Quote: "Scratch one flattop." - Robert Dixon
1) Film: Liberation - part II. Take notes.
2) Add quest. 1&2 p. 554 and quest. 4&5 p. 557 to work from p. 546-550.
3) Finish as Homework. Due Monday.
4) Journals are due Tuesday, May 29th.
5) Work on Journals.
a) Biographies
b) Notes
c) Vocabulary
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Today in History: Battle of the Coral Sea begins. - (1942)
Quote: "It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light." - Aristotle
1) Film: Liberation - part I. Take notes.
2) Add questions 1&2 p. 554 and quest. 4&5 p. 557 to work from p. 546, 548 and 550.
3) Finish as homework.
4) Journals due on May 29th.
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Today in History: Madrid revolts against French rule. - (1808)
Quote: "There is no such thing as an accident; it is fate mismanaged." - Napoleon Bonaparte
1) Same as May 1st agenda.
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Today in History: Japanese and American carriers enter the Coral Sea. - (1942)
Quote: "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." - Adm. Yamamoto
1) Journal due Tuesday, May 29th.
2) Late work - 2 weeks left to complete
3) Review reading p. 546-550. Take notes.
4) Ans. quest. 1&2 p. 546, quest. #1 p. 548 and quest. 4&5 p. 550.
5) Homework: Read p. 551-557. Take notes.
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Today in History: Adolf Hitler commits suicide. - (1945)
Quote: "How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think." - Adolf Hitler
1) Pass back work
2) Work on film review - discuss in groups. Collect work.
3) Review reading p. 546-550.
4) Two weeks left to complete late work.
5) Journals due on Tuesday, May 29th.
6) Homework: Work on Journals.
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Today in History: German forces capture Athens, Greece. - (1941)
Quote: "No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris." - Orville Wright
1) Turn in late work p. 538, 540 & 545.
2) Film: Victory through Airpower - pt. II.
3) Write a 2 paragraph (No less than 10 sentence) review of the film. - Due Monday.
4) Homework: Read p. 548-550. Work on Journals (Vocabulary, Biographies & Notes.)
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Today in History: Nazis test Luftwaffe in Spanish Civil War. - (1938)
Quote: "Nothing can stop the attack of aircraft except other aircraft." - Billy Mitchell
1) Collect late work p. 538, 540 & 545.
2) Film - Victory Through Airpower - part I.
3) Pass back work.
4) Homework: a) Finish reading p. 546-548.
b) Journals - Work on vocabulary.
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Today in History: Hubble Space Telescope goes into orbit. - (1980)
Quote: "Equipped with his 5 senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure science." - Edwin Hubble
1) Review reading p. 544-545.
2) Review and collect p. 538, 540 and 545.
3) Review Vocabulary
4) Homework: Read p. 546-548 (Including insets). Take notes.
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Today in History: Easter Rebellion begins. - (1916)
Quote: "Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." - Charles R. Swindell
1) Review reading p. 541-544.
2) Add quest. 1&2 p. 545 to work from p. 538 and 540.
3) Homework: Read p. 544-545. Take notes.
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Today in History: William Shakespeare is born. - (1564)
Quote: "What is past is prologue." - William Shakespeare
1) Review and discuss how the quote applies to history. (5 min.)
2) Continue Film: Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer - part II. Students ake notes
Film can be found on youtube - access through Firefox. Start at 24:40 and run to end
3) Finish quest. 1&2 p. 538 and quest. 4&5 p. 540. Work on in class.
3) Homework: Work on Journals (Vocabulary List, Notes and Biographies)
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Today in History: Columbine High School shootings. - (1999)
Quote: "A people free to choose will always choose peace." - Ronald Reagan
1) Film: Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer - part I. Take notes
2) Answer quest. 1&2 p. 538 and quest. 4&5 p. 540. Work on in class.
3) Homework: Read p. 541- 544. Take notes.
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Today in History: Warsaw ghetto uprising is crushed by Nazis. - (1943)
Quote: "Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes." - Oscar Wilde
1) Film - Banzai in Asia - Take notes
2) Review and discuss reading p. 538-539.
3) Homework: Work on Journals and make-up work from Schoology.
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Today in History: Doolittle Raid on Tokyo. - (1942)
Quote: "Gentlemen, I can now tell you that the aircraft that bombed Japan were launched from our new secret base at Shangra-La." - Franklin Roosevelt
1) Finish Video
2) Review reading p. 534- 538. Take notes.
3) Homework: Read p. 538-539. Take notes.
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Today in History: Apollo 13 safely returns to Earth. - (1970)
Quote: "Disaster? No gentlemen, I believe this will be our greatest success." - Gene Krantz
1) Review and collect p. 504-513 (per. 6)
2) Film A New Germany - part I
3) Homework: Finish p. 534-538. Take notes. Work on Journal.
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Today in History: Charlie Chaplin is born. - (1889)
Quote: "Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles." - Charlie Chaplin
1) Review and collect p. 504-513.
2) Read p. 534 in class. Discuss.
3) Review vocabulary p. 535.
4) Homework: Read o, 536-538. Work on Journals. - 4 weeks left to do any make-up work.
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Today in History: Apollo 13 oxygen tank explodes. - (1970)
Quote: "Houston... We have a problem." - James Lovell
1) Review Chapter 10.2 - Finish.
2) Film: Rise of Militarism in Japan
3) Add question #1 p. 512 and quest. 4&5 p. 513 to work from p. 404, 406 and 409.
4) Homework: Read p. 520-524. Take notes. Work on Journal.
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Today in History: First man in space, Yuri Gagarin. - (1961)
Quote: "I could have gone on flying through space forever." - Yuri Gagarin
1) Turn in late essays
2) Work on p. 504 and 506. Add quest. 1&2 p. 509.
3) Review Chapter 10.2 in class
4) Homework: Read p. 514-519. Take notes.
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Today in History: Napoleon is banished to Elba. - (1814)
Quote: "Able was I ere I saw Elba." - Napoleon Bonaparte
1) Finish review of Chapter 10.1.
2) Collect Essays.
3) Answer quest. 1&2 p. 504 and quest. 4-6 p. 506 in class.
4) Homework: Read p. 511-513 of text. Take notes.
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Today in History: John Paul Jones attacks British shipping off English coast. - (1778)
Quote: "Give me a fast ship; for I intend to go in harm's way." - John Paul Jones
1) Finish and collect essays. (20 min.)
2) Review and discuss reading Chapter 10.1 - Take notes.
3) Homework: Work on Journals. (Notes and chapter 10.1 vocabulary)
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Today in History: Germany invades Denmark and Norway - (1940)
Quote: "Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential." - Winston Churchill
1) Group work - Edit and proofread essays - Peer review.
2) Re-Write essay into a final draft - work on in class.
3) Homework: Finish essay - Due tomorrow with planning organizer completed.
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Today in History: First Olympic games of the modern age. - (1896)
Quote: "It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out, it's the pebble in your shoe." - Mohammad Ali
1) Period 2&3 Film Festival - Chancellor Hall.
2) Work on rough draft of essay. Double space the work. Finish it over the week-end.
3) Homework: Read p. 507-511 of text. Take notes.
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Today in History: Darwin sends first chapters of Origin of the Species to the publisher. - (1959)
Quote: "A man who wastes one hour of time has not discovered the value of life." - Charles Darwin
1) Make-up tests - Chapter 9.
2) Continue group work on Handout 8 & 9 in class.
3) Finish working of Graphic Organizer.
4) Start writing Rough Draft of essay. - Get group input.
5) Homework: Vocabulary Chapter 10.1 - Work on Journals.
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Today in History: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated. - (1968)
Quote: "The time is always right to do what is right." - Martin Luther King Jr.
1) Make-up tests.
2) Group work - Student Handouts 8 and 9. Work on in class.
3) Homework: Read text p. 504-506. Take notes
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Today in History: Truman signs the Marshall Plan. - (1946)
Quote: "The only things worth learning are the things you learn after you know it all." - Harry S. Truman
1) Chapter 9 Test.
2) Review and collect tests.
3) Homework: Read p. 500-504. Take notes.
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Today in History: Mussolini founds the Fascist Party - (1919)
Quote: "Fascism is a religious concept." - Benito Mussolini
1) Study for Chapter 9 test on Tuesday, April 3rd.
2) Enjoy the Holiday.
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Today in History: Parliament passes the Stamp Act - (1765)
Quote: "You may delay, but time will not." - Benjamin Franklin
1) Collect Journals
2) Collect p. 482-485
3) Handouts - Aggression and Propaganda Poster Worksheet
4) Poster Analysis
5) Video - Mindjogger: Chapter 9
6) Homework: Study Chapter 9 and work on new Journals
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Today in History: Napoleonic Code approved in France. - (1804)
Quote: "Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte
1) Collect Journals
2) Finish and Review work p. 482-485. - Collect
3) Handouts - Documents 1&2 - Review and discuss
4) Chapter 9 test on Tuesday, April 3rd. - Open Book
5) Homework: Work on New Journals. Study for test.
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Today in History: The Black Death begins to spread throughout Europe. - (1345 CE)
Quote: "Fortune favors the prepared mind." - Louis Pasteur
1) Collect Journals
2) Finish p. 482-485 work - Collect tomorrow
3) Review vocabulary Chapter 9.4
4) Chapter 9 Test Tuesday, April 3rd (After Break) - Open Book
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Today in History: U.S. invades Iraq. - (2003)
Quote: The Iraq War fueled distrust of the press from both sides." - Bill Dedman (Journalist)
1) Journals - Due Monday - Work on in class today.
a) 10 Biographies.
b) 14 Vocabulary Lists.
c) 28 Pages of Notes (Not counting Handouts).
d) Returned Work
e) 50 Agendas (or the number you have from day you checked in.)
2) Work on p. 482 quest. 1&2, p. 483 quest. 4-6 and p. 485 quest. 1-3
3) Collect Journals
4) Read Text Chapter 9.4, p. 486-491. Take notes.
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Today in History: Goddard tests first liquid-fueled rocket. - (1926)
Quote: "The dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow." - Robert H. Goddard
1) Journals - Due Monday - Work on in class today.
a) 10 Biographies.
b) 14 Vocabulary Lists.
c) 28 Pages of Notes (Not counting Handouts).
d) Returned Work
e) 50 Agendas (or the number you have from day you checked in.)
2) Work on p. 482 quest. 1&2, p. 483 quest. 4-6 and p. 485 quest. 1-3
3) Homework: Finish journal. Work on p. 482-485.
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Today in History: Julius Caesar is assassinated. - (44 B.C.E.)
Quote: "Ave Caesar. Beware the ides of March." - Shakespeare
1) Journals due Monday, March 19th.
2) Video - per. 2 pt. III, per. 4 pt. III, per. 5 pt. II & III, per. 6 pt. I-III Rise of Hitler
3) Review and collect p. 472-480 (per. 2 and 6).
4) Work on Journals in class.
5) Work on Vocabulary.
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Today in History: Albert Einstein is born. - (1879) Happy Pi Day.
Quote: Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change." - Stephen Hawking
1) Journals due Monday March 19th. (5 days)
2) Review and collect p. 274-280 work.
3) Video - Rise of Hitler.
4) Homework - Work on Journals.
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Today in History: Czar Alexander II is assassinated. - (1881)
Quote: "Assassination is the extreme form of censorship." - George Bernard Shaw
1) Journals due Monday, March 19th. - (6 days)
2) Continue work on p. 472-477. Add inset question p. 480 to the work.
3) Review and discuss reading: Rise of Joseph Stalin.
4) Homework: Read p. 481-485. Take notes for Journal.
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Today in History: Hitler announces the Anschluss with Austria. - (1938)
Quote: "Difficulties mastered are opportunities won." - Winston Churchill
1) Journals due March 19th. (7 days)
2) Review and collect Student Handouts 5&6.
3) Characteristics of Totalitarian Regimes.
4) Review Vocabulary.
5) Answer Quest. #1 p. 472, Quest. #1 p. 475 and Quest #4-6 p. 477.
6) Homework: Read p. 478-481. Take notes.
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Today in History: USS Monitor vs. CSS Virginia. - (1862)
Quote: "Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other." - Abraham Lincoln
1) Journals due March 19th. (10 days)
2) Pass back work.
3) Video - Treaty of Versailles and its Consequences. - Take notes.
4) Review and collect Student Handouts 5&6.
5) Review and discuss reading p. 470-472.
6) Homework: Work on Journals. Read p. 472-477.
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Today in History: Egypt re-opens Suez Canal. - (1957)
Quote: "With self-discipline, most anything is possible." - Theodore Roosevelt
1) Review and collect p. 468-469.
2) In class - Work on student handouts 5&6. Finish as homework.
3) Journal due Monday, March 19th. (11 days)
4) Video - Treaty of Versailles and its Consequences - Take notes.
4) Video - Treaty of Versailles and its Consequences - Take notes.
5) Homework: Read p. 470-472. Take notes. Work on Journals.
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Today in History: Hitler reoccupies the Rhineland. - (1936)
Quote: "The key lesson of the 1930s is that appeasement leads directly to war." - Mark Kirk
1) Handout - The Treaty of Versailles - Discuss.
2) Review 2 previous handouts.
3) Finish p. 468 and 469. Review and collect work.
4) Video - Wilson's 14 Points and League of Nations.
5) Homework: Work on Journals - Due Monday March 19th (12 days)
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Today in History: Bayer Company invents aspirin. - (1899)
Quote: "No one can figure out your worth but you." - Pearl Bailey
1) Pass back work - put in Journals.
2) Journals due Monday, March 19th.
3) Review reading p. 464-469 - Discuss.
4) Handout - The Armistice
5) Answer quest. #1 p. 468 and quest. 4-6 p. 469.
6) Homework: Work on Journals.
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Today in History: Joseph Stalin dies. - (1953)
Quote: "Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem." - Joseph Stalin
1) Collect extra credit work. (p. 456 or paragraph.)
2) Make-up tests chapter 8.
3) Handouts - The Fourteen Points - Work on in class. (20 min)
4) Journals due on Monday, March 19th. (2 weeks)
5) Homework: Read p. 466-469. Take notes.
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Today in History: Battle of the Bismarck Sea. - (1943)
Quote: "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." - Sun Tzu
1) Handouts and/or p. 156 questions due Monday.
2) Journals due Monday, March 19th.
3) Chapter 8 Test - Open book.
4) Review and correct tests in class.
5) Homework: Read p. 462-466. Take notes. Work on Biography #8.
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Today in History: Lindbergh baby is kidnapped. - (1932)
Quote: "I've had enough publicity for fifteen lives." - Charles Lindbergh
1) In Class - Do the Review the Main Ideas exercise on p. 456. Ans. quest. #25-32.
- Students must write complete sentences
- Students can work together
- No cell phones except as needed for language translation.
- Due on Monday. Worth 15 points extra credit.
2) Students who went on field trip work on handouts for 15 points extra credit. (due Monday)
3) Homework: Study for Chapter 8 test. - Bring your books
4) Journals are due on March 19th.
5) Video - Mindjogger Chapter 8 test review.
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Today in History: Watson and Crick discover chemical structure of DNA. - (1953)
Quote: "Life is a DNA software system." - Craig Venter
Today in History: Watson and Crick discover chemical structure of DNA. - (1953)
Quote: " Life is a DNA software system." - Craig Venter
1) In class - Do the 'Review the Main Ideas' exercise - quest. #25-32 p. 456 - Work with other students. Write complete sentences as you answer. Work will be collected tomorrow. - This is extra credit work.
2) Study for Chapter 8 test on Friday. Review class notes.
3) Journal is due March 19th.
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Today in History: USS Langley is sunk. - (1942)
Quote: "Time passes irrevocably." - Virgil
1) Review and collect p. 446-455 (per. 5).
2) Pass back work to put in Journals.
3) Review and discuss handouts/documents.
4) Journals due on March 19th.
5) Homework: Do make-up work. Work on Journals.
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Today in History: Adolf Hitler creates the Luftwaffe. - (1935)
Quote: "Nine g's is good if the pilot can stand it." - Adolf Galland
1) Review and collect p. 446-455.
2) Handouts and Worksheets.
3) Copy chart p. 456 into notes.
4) Journals due March 19th.
4) Homework: Work on Journals.
a) Vocabulary
b) Notes
c) Biographies
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Today in History: U.S. Marines take Mt. Suribachi. - (1945)
Quote: "Uncommon valor was a common virtue." - Chester W. Nimitz
1) Collect make-up work.
2) Answer quest. 4&5 p. 446, quest. 4-6 p. 453 and quest. 1&2 p. 455.
3) Finish reading p. 447-455. Take notes.
4) Homework: Work on Journals - Biographies and Vocabulary.
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Today in History: Spain sells Florida to the U.S.. - (1819)
Quote: "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." - Winston Churchill
1) Student's work on missing assignments and turn them in tomorrow for credit.
2) Video - World War I in Color - Episode 6. Take Notes.
3) Start reading Chapter 8 section 4 of text. Continue as Homework.
4) Homework: Reading and Journals
a) Vocabulary
b) Notes
c) Biographies.
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Today in History: Malcolm X is assassinated. - (1965)
Quote: "Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it." - Malcolm X
1) Review and collect p. 434-445 (per. 3 and 6)
2) Video - Mayhem in the East pt. II
3) Review reading p. 444-446.
4) Homework - Work on Journals.
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Today in History: John Glenn orbits the Earth. - (1962)
Quote: "Fear connotes something that interferes with what you're doing." - John Glenn
1) Review and collect p. 434-445 work.
2) Video - Mayhem on the Eastern Front pt. I
3) Homework: Read p. 444-446. Take notes.
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President's Day Holiday - No School.
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Today in History: King Tut's tomb is opened. - (1923)
Quote: "I really wanted to discover mummies like Indiana Jones." - Svante Paabo
(Swedish Biochemist)
1) Answer quest. #1 p. 445 Add to quest. #2 p. 434, quest. #4&5 p. 437 & quest. #1 p. 439.
2) Review and collect work
3) Homework: Work on Journal (Week 6)
a) Vocabulary (10)
b) Notes (20 pages)
c) Biographies (6 paragraphs of 10 sentences each... minimum)
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Today in History: USS Maine blows up in Havana harbor. - (1898)
Quote: "Horse sense is a thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people." - W.C. Fields
1) Video: World War I in Colour - Episode 4
2) Write five sentences about 5 things you learned from the video.
Add this to your current work p. 434-439.
3) Homework: Read p. 441-444. Take notes.
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Today in History: Captain Cook is killed in Hawaii. - (1779)
Quote: "It's insecurity that's always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams." - Vin Diesel
1) Review and discuss reading p. 434-437.
2) Answer quest. #2 p. 434 and quest. #4&5 p. 437.
3) Read p. 438-439 in class. Add quest. #1 p. 439 to questions above.
4) Homework: Journal - Do vocabulary p. 440.
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Today in History: William and Mary become sovereigns of England. - (1689)
Quote: "Keep your faith in God, but keep your powder dry." - Oliver Cromwell
1) Review and discuss reading p. 430-434. Take notes.
2) Continue film: Episode 3, part II.
3) Homework: Read text p. 434-437. Take notes. Work on Journal vocabulary.
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Today in History: Henry Pu-yi abdicates throne of China. - (1912)
Quote: "The key to success is action, and the essential [element] in action is perseverance." - Sun Yat-sen
1) Review and collect work p. 421-429.
2) Film: Part I "Blood in the Sky" - World War I in Colour.
3) Take notes.
4) Homework: Work on Journals
a) notes
b) biographies
c) vocabulary (Chapter 8 section II)
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Today in History: Ukraine signs peace treaty with the Central Powers. - (1918)
Quote: "Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles." - Woodrow Wilson
1) Discuss von Schlieffen plan and trench warfare.
2) Finish chart p. 421, quest. 1&2 p. 423 and 5 sentences from the film. (What you learned.)
3) Add quest. 4&5 p. 425 and quest. #1 p. 429 to work - Due Monday.
4) Homework: Work on Journal - Notes, Vocabulary and Biographies.
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Today in History: Russo-Japanese War begins. - (1904)
Quote: "The art of communication is the language of leadership." - James Humes
1) Video - World War I in Colour - Episode 2: "Slaughter in the Trenches"
2) Write down 5 things you learned from the video: (Write 5 complete sentences.)
- Add these sentences to work from p. 421 and 423.
3) Homework: Read p. 430-434. Take notes.
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Today in History: Space X launches car towards Mars. - (2018)
Quote: "The only barrier to human development is ignorance." - Robert H. Goddard
1) Video - World War I in Colour (Catastrophe)
2) Pass back work
3) Finish reading p. 424-429
4) Homework: Review vocabulary p. 421. Enter it into your journals.
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Today in History: German submarine sinks S.S. California - (1917)
Quote: "I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow." - Woodrow Wilson
1) Review reading p. 420-423.
2) Make-up tests.
3) Do Reading Strategies chart on p. 421 and quest. 1&2 p. 423.
4) Homework: Read p. 424-429. Take notes.
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Today in History: United Artists film company is formed. - (1919)
Quote: "Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain." - Charlie Chaplin
1) Chapter 7 Test - open book.
2) Review and Collect tests.
3) Homework: Read p. 420-423 of text.
a) Study Vocabulary
b) Take Notes
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Today in History: The U.S. and Mexico sign the Treaty of Guadelupe-Hildalgo. - (1848)
Quote: "Patriotism is supporting the country all the time, and the government when it deserves it." - Mark Twain
1) Per. 4- Review and collect work p. 339-403.
2) Video - Mindjogger, Chapter 7
3) Examining Reading Objectives and Topics
4) Homework: Work on Journals (Biographies) and Study for Test Monday.
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Today in History: Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. - (2003)
Quote: "The universe is under no obligation to make sense to you." - Neil deGrasse Tyson
1) Finish p. 399-403 work (15 min.)
2) Review and collect answers.
3) Chapter 7 test on Monday. (Open Book)
4) Review reading objectives and Key Topics.
5) Homework: a) Journals (work on notes, vocabulary and biography #4)
b) Study for Chapter 7 test.
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Today in History: President Truman orders development of H-bomb. - (1950)
Quote: "Physics is, hopefully, simple. Physicists are not." - Edward Teller
1) Video - Meiji Restoration
2) Pass Back Work
3) Review reading p. 401-405
4) Finish quest. #1 p. 399, quest. 1&2 p.401. Add Inset quest. P. 402 and quest 4&5 p. 403
5) Chapter 7 Test Friday? Homework: Study
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Today in History: Mohandas K. Ghandi is assassinated. - (1948)
Quote: "It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver." - Ghandi
1) Review reading p. 396-401.
2) Review vocabulary
3) Work on quest. #1 p. 399 and quest. 1&2 p. 401.
4) Homework: Read p. 401-405 - Take notes.
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Today in History: Liliuokalani becomes Queen of Hawaii - (1891)
Quote:"American imperialism is always traced to the take-over of Cuba, Puerto Rico and Hawaii in 1898." - Noam Chamsky
1) Add quest. 4&5 p. 393 to other work (Quest. 1&2 p. 384, quest. 4&5 p. 386, and Inset quest. p. 389.
2) Review and collect work.
3) Homework:
a) Read p. 396-401. Take notes.
b) Review Vocabulary p. 396. Add to Journals.
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Today in History: Australia is founded as British Colony. - (1788)
Quote: "All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain
1) Video - Crash Course.
2) Review reading p. 387-390.
3) Add inset quest. p. 389 to work from p. 384 & 386.
4) Homework:
a) Read p. 391-395. Take Notes.
b) Work on Journals - Vocabulary and Biographies.
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Today in History: First Winter Olympics - (1924)
Quote: "Success is where preparation and opportunity meet." - Bobby Unser
1) Review reading p. 383-386.
2) Answer quest. 1&2 p. 384 and quest. 4&5 p. 386
3) Homework: Read p. 387-390. Take notes.
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Today in History: Boy Scout movement is founded. - (1908)
Quote: "We never fail when we try to do our duty, we always fail when we neglect to do it." - Robert Baden-Powell
1) Make-up tests, Chapter 6.
2) Venn Diagram and picture analysis - Group Work.
3) Review reading p. 379-383. Discuss.
4) Vocabulary p. 379 of text.
5) Homework: Read p. 383-386 of Chapter 7. Take notes.
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Today in History: The USS Pueblo is captured by North Korea. - (1968)
Quote: "If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery." - John Paul Jones
1) Chapter 6 test - open book.
2) Review and collect tests.
3) Homework: Read p. 378-383. Take notes. Work on Vocabulary for Journal.
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Today in History: British colonists arrive in New Zealand - (1840)
Quote: "If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything." - Mark Twain
1) Review Chapter 6.4 p. 362-371
2) Video - Mindjogger Chapter 6 Review
3) Test tomorrow - Chapter 6
4) Homework: Study for test - Bring textbooks (open book)
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Today in History: Indira Gandhi becomes Indian Prime Minister - (1966)
Quote: "You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist." - Indira Gandhi
1) Add quest. 1-3 p. 366 and quest. 6 p. 369 to work from p. 353-359
2) Review and collect work
3) Video - Latin American Revolutions.
4) Chapter 5 Test on Tuesday
5) Homework: a) Read p. 370-371. Take notes.
b) Weekly Biographies
c) Work on Journals
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Today in History: Versailles peace conference begins. - (1919)
Quote: "Tell me what is right and I will fight for it." - Woodrow Wilson
1) Answer quest. #1 p. 353, inset quest. p. 356 and quest. 4-6 p. 359.
2) Review reading p. 354-359. Take notes.
3) Homework: Read p. 362-369. Take notes.
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Today in History: Captain Cook becomes first to cross the Antarctic Circle. - (1773)
Quote: "Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again." - Captain James Cook
1) Collect yesterday's work from period 4 and 5.(Questions Chapter 6.2)
2) Finish reading Chapter 6.3 of textbook
3) Work on Vocablary for Chapter 6 section 1-3 of text.
4) Finish taking notes on Reading. Copy Reading objectives for Chapter 6.2 & 6.3
5) Work on Journals
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Today in History: John Charles Fremont becomes governor of California. - (1947)
Quote: "The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our government." - James K. Polk
1) Work on p. 342-349 assignment in class.
2) Review and collect this work.
3) British and India - Review Vocabulary
4) Homework: Read p. 354-359. Take notes. Work on Journal.
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Holiday - Martin Luther King's Birthday - No School.
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Today in History: British-Zulu war begins. - (1879)
Quote: "So long as the Zulu people are here, clearly I will still have a role to play in this country." - Mangosuthu Buthelezi
1) Video - Imperialism (take notes)
2) Text Work: a) Do chart p. 342. (Use map p. 344 to help)
b) Ans. quest. 1&2 p. 344, quest. #1 pl 347, quest. 3-5 p. 349
3) Homework: Read p. 350-353. Take Notes. Work on Journal (Vocabulary and Biography)
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Today in History: President Roosevelt creates Grand Canyon National Monument. - (1908)
Quote: "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." - Theodore Roosevelt
1) Video Response: Describe what is happening, where it takes place, who is winning, why. Write a seven-ten sentence paragraph.
2) Review and correct p. 335-338.
3) Review Vocabulary
4) Homework: Read p. 346-349. Take notes.
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Today in History: First meeting of the United Nations. - (1946)
Quote: "The United Nations is designed to make possible lasting freedom and independence for all its members." - Harry S. Truman
1) Review reading p. 339-341
2) Add Reading Objectives p. 335 to work.
3) Collect and review work p. 335-338.
4) Homework: Read p. 342-345. - Take notes.
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Today in History: Thomas Paine publishes Common Sence - (1776)
Quote: "These are the times that try men's souls." - Thomas Paine
1) Review and discuss reading p. 334-339
2) Finish Chart p. 325. Add quest. 1&2 p. 337, quest. 1&2 p. 338
3) Homework: Read p. 339-341. Work on Journal (Vocabulary and notes)
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Today in History: Battle of New Orleans - (1815)
Quote: "Elevate those guns a little lower." - Andrew Jackson
1) Pass out Journal Requirements
2) Program Cards
3) Imperialism - Discuss and Define
4) Do the Chart on p. 335 (Use map on 337 to help)
5) Homework - Read p. 334-339. Take notes