Today in History: KMS Bismarck sinks HMS Hood. - (1941)

 

Quote: "Batter to fight for something than live for nothing." - George S. Patton 

 

Objectives: Understand why the Soviet Union declined.

 

1) Make-up Tests!

2) Work on Journals - Due Tuesday, May 28th.

3) Homework: Work on Journals.  Bring Book on Tuesday!

Today in History: Police ambush outlaws Bonnie and Clyde. - (1934)

 

Quote: "When in doubt, tell the truth." - Mark Twain 

 

Objectives: Understand why the Soviet Union declined.

 

1) Make-up Tests Chapter 8

2) Work on Journals - Due Tuesday, May 28th.

3) Homework: Work on Journals

          45 Agendas with quotes, anecdotes and dates March 18th-May 24th.

          20 pages of notes (10 pieces of paper, using both sides.)

          09 Biographies

           -- Vocabulary from p. 351-543

           -- All returned work between March 18th and May 24th.

Today in History: The War of the Roses begins. - (1455)

 

Quote: "Fear is the mother of foresight." - Lao Tzu 

 

Objectives: Understand why the Soviet Union declined.

 

1) Chapter 8 Test.

2) Review and collect tests.

3) Work on Journals.

4) Homework: Journals - Due May 28th (Tuesday)

Today in History: Amelia Earhart duplicates Lindbergh's flight - (1932)

 

Quote: "Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done." - Amelia Earhart 

 

Objective: Understand why the Soviet Union declined.

 

1) Video - Vietnam War.  Take Notes.

2) Work on Journals.

3) Chapter 8 Test tomorrow.

5) Homework: Journals.  Journals due May 28th.

 

Today in History: Lindbergh flies the Atlantic, solo. - (1927)

 

Quote: In time of war, truth is always replaced with propaganda." - Charles Lindbergh 

 

Objective: Understand why the Soviet Union declined. 

 

1) Work on Journals.

2) Read p. 535 and 536.  Take notes.

3) Review Vocabulary Chapter 8

4) Chapter 08 Test Wednesday - Open Book

5) Homework: Work on Journals - Journals due on Tuesday May 28th.

Today in History: Brown vs. the Board of Education. - (1954)

 

Quote: "The whole world opened to me when I learned to read." - Mary McCloud Bethune

 

Objectives: Understand why the Soviet Union declined.

 

1) Vocabulary review.

2) Read p. 529-534.  Take notes.

3) Video - Crash Course #39.

4) Journals due Tuesday, May 28th.

5) Homework: Work on Journals - Notes, Vocabulary and Biographies.

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

 

Quote: "Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire 

 

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

 

1) Review handouts - Collect.

2) Vocabulary Review.

3) Read p. 524-528.  Take notes.

4) Journals due Tuesday, May 28th.

5) Homework: Journals and Reading.

Today in History: Soviet Union withdraws from Afghanistan. - (1988)

 

Quote: "The war on terror is the war in Afghanistan." - Nancy Pelosi 

 

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

 

1) Finish work on Handouts.

2) Review vocabulary from p. 502 and 511.

3) Read p. 519-523.  Take notes.

4) Journals are due on May 28th.

5) Homework: Journals, Handouts and Reading.

Today in History: America's first space station, Skylab, is launched. - (1973)

 

Quote: "We need a space program because we need explorers.  It's in our souls." - Corbin Bernsen 

 

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

 

1) Continue work on Handouts.

2) Review key terms p. 502 and 511.                                                                                        3) Finish reading p. 511-518.  Take notes.

4) Homework: Work on Journals.

5) Journals due on May 28th.                                             

Today in History: President Polk declares war on Mexico - (1846)

 

Quote: "That most unfortunate war, which I deeply deplore." - Emperor Hirohito 

 

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

 

1) Introduction to the Cold War.

2) Read p. 511-518.  Take Notes.

3) Work on Handouts.

4) Continue work on Journals.  Journals due on May 28th. - Homework

Today in History: Nelson Mandela becomes president of South Africa. (1994)

 

Quote: "In war, heroes always outnumber soldiers 10 to 1." - H. L. Menkin 

 

Explain how the decision was made for the United States to use the Atomic bomb.

 

1) Chapter 7 Test - Open book.

2) Review and collect tests.

3) Read p. 502-510.  Take notes.

4) Homework: Work on Journals and reading.

          a) Notes

          b) Biographies

          c) Vocabulary

5) Journals will be due May 28th.

 

Today in History: Captain Blood steals English Crown Jewels. (1671)

 

Quote: "A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend." - Lana Turner 

 

Objective: Explain how the dropping of the atomic bomb ended the war.

 

1) Social Darwinism

          a) 10 min. Introduction

          b) Video

2) Collect handouts from Friday

3) Keep Propaganda worksheets with notes in Journal

4) Homework: Chapter 7 test tomorrow. - Open book

 

Today in History: V-E Day. (1945)

 

Quote: "All great achievements require time." - Maya Angelou 

 

Objective: Explain how the allies began to push back the axis powers in Europe and the Pacific.

 

1) Propaganda - Multi-Media in WWII - Do Worksheets

2) Collect Handouts from Friday

3) Collect Late work from Friday

4) Homework: Work on Journals, reading and SLP

5) Homework: Journals and study for Chapter 7 test on Friday.

Today in History: German U-boat sinks Lusitania. (1915)

 

Quote: "Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory." - George S. Patton 

 

Objectives: Explain how the allies began to push back the axis powers in Europe and the Pacific.

 

1) Continue Propaganda Multi-Media forms.

2) Collect Handouts from Friday.

3) Collect late work from Friday.

4) Fill out worksheets from Propaganda examples.

5) Homework: Work on Journals and study for Chapter 7 Test Friday.

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

 

Quote: "Age is not important unless you are a cheese." - Helen Hayes 

 

Objectives: Explain how the allies began to push back the Axis powers in Europe and the Pacific.

 

1) Propaganda

2) Collect Handouts from Friday

3) Compare and contrast themes and ideas from posters.

4) Chapter 7 test on Friday.

Today in History: First airplane lands at North Pole. - (1957)

 

Quote: "Success can be as ice-cold and lonely as the North Pole." - Vicki Baum 

 

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

 

1) Handouts - Work in Groups of Four

2) Collect work on Monday

3) Chapter 7 test Friday

4) Homework: Work on Journals

 

Today in History: Ironman opens in theaters. - (2008)

 

Quote: "I am Ironman." - Robert Downey Jr. 

 

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

 

1) Finish and collect handouts.

2) Review p. 476-481 w/Vocabulary

3) Read p. 482-488.  Take notes

4) Homework: Finish reading and work on Journals          

Today in History: Battle of Manila Bay - (1898)

 

Quote: "You may fire when ready, Gridley." - Commodore George Dewey 

 

Objective: Same as yesterday

 

1) Continue Group Work - Handout

2) Review and correct work

3) Read p. 476-481 of text.  Take notes.

4) Work on Journals.

 

Today in History: Hitler dies by suicide. - (1945)

 

Quote: "He alone, that owns the youth, controls the future." - Adolf Hitler 

              (Syntax clue: Hitler's choice of the word, owns instead of helps, nurtures or encourages, gives away is intent as a totalitarian dictator to rules the lives of Germany's children.)

 

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

 

1) Group - Review Reading p. 468-472

2) Work on Holocaust Handout

3) Homework: Read p. 474-475 - Primary Source.  

 

Today in History: Los Angeles riots. - (1992)

 

Quote: "America cannot function if we are a society fueled by riots." - Meghan McCain 

 

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

 

1) Group work - Discuss and report on five ways in which Airpower made World War II different from any previous war in History. 

2) Review Vocabulary.

3) Finish Reading p. 468-473.  Take notes on reading.

4) Homework: Work on Journals (Vocabulary, Notes and Biographies)

Today in History: Disaster at Chernobyl - (1986)

 

Quote: "I have become death, the destroyer of worlds." - Robert Oppenheimer 

 

Objective: Discuss how Japanese imperialism led to the attack on Pearl Harbor and American involvement in the war.

 

1) Continue Film - Victory through Airpower.

2) Review Vocabulary

3) Homework: Work on Journals

          a) Vocabulary

          b) Notes

          c) Biography

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

 

Quote: "The history of astronomy is a history of receding horizons." - Edwin Hubble 

 

Objective: Explain how Japanese imperialism and the attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into the war.

 

1) Discuss: (Take notes) - 20 min.

          a) Invasion of Russia.

          b) Pearl Harbor.

2) Film: Victory through Airpower - part I

3) Review vocabulary

2) Homework: Work on Journals (Vocabulary, Notes & Biographies)

Today in History: Easter Uprising in Dublin. - (1916)

 

Quote: "Some people dream of success while others people get up every morning and make it happen." - Wayne Huizenga 

 

Objective: Students will discuss the Western response to aggression.

 

1) Finish questions on p, 461 and 467.

2) Review and collect work.

3) Review vocabulary.

4) Homework: a) Read p. 468-473.  Take notes

                       b) Work on Journals (Vocabulary and Notes)

Today in History: King Brian of Ireland is assassinated by Vikings. - (1014 A.D.)

 

Quote: "All kinds of Lunacy happens in Ireland." - Angelica Houston 

 

Objective: Students will discuss the Western response to aggression.

 

1) Examine map p. 463.

2) Preview p. 462-467.  Discuss and read.

3) Add quest. 1-5 p. 467 to work from p. 461.

4) Review Vocabulary p. 462.

5) Homework: Add vocabulary and notes to Journals.

Today in History: First Earth Day is celebrated - (1970)

 

Quote: "How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains." - John Muir 

 

Objectives: Describe how the Western Democracies responded to aggression.

 

1) Aggression, Appeasement and War.

2) Review reading p. 456-461.  Take notes.

3) Answer quest. 1-5 p. 461.

4) Collect make-up work.

5) Homework: Work on vocabulary in Journals.

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

 

Quote: "Houston, we've had a problem." - Jack Swigert and Jim Lovell 

 

Objective: Describe how the Western Democracies responded to aggression.

 

1) Chapter 6 test.

2) Review and Collect tests.

3) Read p. 456-461.  Take notes.

4) Collect late work.

5) Homework: Journal and finish reading.

Today in History: FDR creates the Civilian Conservation Corps. - (1933)

 

Quote: "When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on." - Franklin D. Roosevelt 

 

Objective: Describe how Hitler gained power in Germany.       

 

1) Chapter 6 test tomorrow.  

2) Review Mindjogger Videos.

3) Bring Books for test tomorrow.

4) Homework: Work on Journals and Study for test.                               

Today in History: NASA introduces first American astronauts. - (1959)

 

Quote: "We have lift-off and the clock is operating." - Alan Shepard 

 

Objective: Same

 

1) Students work on missing assignments: Turn in work

         A) p. 415 and 426

         B) Handout - Totalitarian Dictatorships

2) Extra Credit posters - Students put name and period on back of posters.

3) Make-up Tests for Chapter 10-11 tomorrow - Study

4) Homework - Work on Journals (Notes, Vocabulary and Biographies)

Today in History: Germany invades Norway. - (1940)

 

Quote: "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." - Winston Churchill 

 

Objective: Describe how Hitler gained power in Germany.

 

1) Collect Handouts.

2) Review p. 439-444.

3) Chapter test on Thursday.

4) Turn in late work.

5) Work on Journals.

Today in History: Anti-war protests break out across the U.S. - (1969)

 

Quote: "Civil rights and anti-war movements taught Americans to question authority." - Adam Cohen 

 

Objective: Describe how Hitler gained power in Germany

 

1) Work on Handouts - Review and collect work.

2) Collect late work

3) Read p. 439-444.  Take notes

4) Review Vocabulary

5) Homework:    A) Work on Journals (Biographies, Notes, Vocabulary)

                          

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

 

Quote: "The time is always right to do what is right." - Martin Luther King 

 

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

 

1) Review and collect p. 415 and 426.

2) Discuss handouts (per. 3 has document.)

3) Review Reading p. 430-438 with vocabulary.

4) Collect late work.

5) Work on Handouts.

6) Homework: Work on Journals.

 

Today in History: Richmond is captured. - (1865)

 

Quote: "It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it." - Robert E. Lee 

 

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

 

1) Review and collect p. 415 and 426

2) Handouts

3) Read p. 434 - 438

4) Rise of Stalin

5) Work on Journals.

Today in History: Jeannette Rankin becomes first woman in U.S. Congress. - (1917)

 

Quote: "I want to stand by my country, but I cannot vote for war." - Jeanette Rankin  

 

Objective - Summarize Mussolini's policies as leader of Italy.

 

1) Video - The Rise of Fascism.

2) Students work on p. 415 and 426 quest. 1-5. 

3) Turn in Late Work.

4) Do Reading p. 431-434.  Take notes.

5) Journals - Work on Notes, Vocabulary and Biographies.

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

 

Quote: "I carry the memories of the ghosts of a place called Vietnam - the people of Vietnam, my fellow soldiers." - Tim O'Brien 

 

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

 

1) Review Vocabulary.

2) Answer quest. 1-5 p. 415 and 426.  (10 questions total)

3) Read p. 427-430. - Notes

5) Homework: Journals - Vocabulary, Notes and Biographies 

1) Video - Militarism in Japan

2) Review and discuss reading vocabulary p. 312-327

3) Work on Vocabulary.

4) Read p. 417-426.  Take notes.

5) Homework: Journals - Work on vocabulary and notes

Today in History: Khrushchev becomes Soviet premier. - (1958)

 

Quote: "The more bombers, the less room for doves of peace." - Nikita Khrushchev 

 

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

 

1) Review and discuss reading vocabulary p. 403-406

2) Collect p. 361&370 work

3) Collect Journals and other late work

4) Read p. 410-415 - Take notes

5) Homework: Journals - work on vocabulary and notes

Today in History: Jonas Salk announces polio vaccine. - (1953)

 

Quote: "Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next." - Jonus Salk 

 

Objectives: Understand how the mandate system contributed to Arab nationalism.

 

1) Collect p. 361-370

2) Review reading p. 96-402 - Take notes

3) Collect late work and late Journals

4) Read p. 403-406. Notes.

5) Homework: Finish reading.  Work on Journals

Today in History: Triangle Shirtwaist fire - (1911)

 

Quote: "People have to be reminded that unions played a very historic role in our country." - Hilda Solis 

 

Objective: Understand how the mandate system contributed to Arab nationalism and the conflict between Jews and Arabs.

 

1) Chapter 5 Test

2) Review and correct tests

3) Collect p. 361 and 370

4) Collect Late Work

5) Read p. 396-402 - Take notes

6) Homework: Reading and Journals

Today in History: Equal Rights Amendment passed by Congress - (1972)

 

Quote: "Success is the sum of small effort - repeated day in and day out."  - Robert Collier 

 

Objective: Describe the goals of Lenin and the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution.

 

1) Mindjogger - Video review

2) Collect and Review p. 361 & 370

3) Collect late Journals and Handouts

4) Chapter 5 Test on Monday - Bring Books

5) Homework: Journals (Biography, Vocabulary & Notes) and Study for test

Today in History: Second Battle of the Somme begins - (1918)

 

Quote: "A pint of sweat saves a gallon of blood." - George S. Patton

 

Objectives: Describe the goals of Lenin and the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution.

 

1) Chapter 5 Test on Monday

2) Questions 1-5 p. 361 and 370 due tomorrow

3) Late Journals due

4) Late Handout (A New Kind of War) due

5) Video - Russian Revolution

6) Homework: Study for test and work on New Journal.

Today in History: Louis XVI meets with American ambassadors - (1778)

 

Quote: "If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins." - Benjamin Franklin 

 

Objective: Describe the goals of Lenin and the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution.

 

1) Review p. 362-371.  Take notes.

2) Work on quest. 1-5 p. 370.  Add to p. 361 questions.

3) Read p. 373-378.  Take notes.

4) Homework: Work on Journal vocabulary.

5) Chapter 5 Test on Monday.

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

 

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

 

Objective: Explain how militarism, imperialism and nationalism created tensions leading to war.

 

1) Collect Journals

2) Collect Handout - A New Kind of War

3) Review Vocabulary

4) Answer quest. 1-5 p. 361

5) Homework: Start 2nd Journal

 

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

 

Quote: "Hail Caesar!  Beware the ides of March." - William Shakespeare 

 

Objective: Explain how militarism, imperialism and nationalism created tensions leading to war.

 

1) Finish Handout

2) Review and Collect work

3) Pass back work for Journal

4) Journals due Monday

5) Review p. 356-362 - Take notes

6) Read p. 362-366

7) Homework: Work on Journals

Today in History: Happy Pi Day

 

Quote: "One thought fills immensity." - William Blake 

 

Objectives: Explain how militarism, imperialism and nationalism created tensions leading to war.

 

1) Continue work on handout

2) Read p. 356-361 - Take notes

3) Video - World War I in Color: Tactics and Strategy

4) Journals due on Monday

5) Homework: Work on Journals

Today in History: William Hershel discovers Uranus. - (1781)

 

Quote: "The undevout astronomer must be mad!" - William Hershel   

 

Objective: Explain how militarism, imperialism and nationalism created tensions leading to war in Europe.

 

1) Handout p. 102 and 103

2) Review Reading

3) Journals due on Monday

4) Read p. 356-361 of text - Take notes

Homework: Work on Journals

Today in History: The World Wide Web is founded. - (1989)

 

Quote: "Things don't have to change the world to be important." - Steve Jobs  

 

Objective: Describe how imperialism, nationalism and militarism pushed Europe closer to war. 

 

1) Make up tests.

2) Pass back work.

3) Vocabulary p. 350-355.

4) World War I Starts in Europe.

5) Journals are due Monday, March 18th.

6) Homework: Work on Journals.

Today in History: Frankenstein is published. - (1818)

 

Quote: "What terrifies me will terrify others." - Mary Shelley  

 

Objective: Describe how imperialism, militarism and nationalism pushed Europe closer to war.  

 

1) Chapter 4 Test.

2) Review and collect tests.

3) Read p. 350-355. Take notes

4) Journals are due Monday, March 18th.

5) Homework: Work on Journals.

Today in History: Russian Revolution begins. - (1917)

 

Quote: "One man with a gun can control 100 without one." - Vladimir Lenin 

 

Objective: Analyze how Canada achieved self-rule.

 

1) Collect p. 342 Extra Credit work

2) Video - Mindjogger - Imperialism

3) Journals due March 18th

4) Chapter 4 test Monday - Bring textbooks

5) Homework: Work on Journals and Biographies

Today in History: Hitler occupies the Rhineland. - (1942)

 

Quote: "The great masses of the people will more easily fall victims to a big lie than to a small one." - Adolf Hitler 

 

Objective: Analyze how Canada achieved self-rule.

 

1) Collect handouts.

2) Review lesson summaries p. 340. - Copy Chart p. 341.

3) Work on questions 1-9 p. 342.

4) Chapter 4 test Monday.

5) Journals due March 18th.

6) Homework: Study for test.  Work on Journals.

Today in History: Dred Scott decision. - (1857)

 

Quote: "Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics." - Victor Pinchuk 

 

Objective: Explain how imperialism spread to the islands of the Pacific.

 

1) Finish work on Handout

2) Review and collect work

3) Discuss p. 332-339 of text

4) Copy chart p. 341 into notes

5) Chapter 4 test Monday

6) Homework: Study for test and work on Journals

Today in History: Americans capture Dorchester Heights. - (1776)

 

Quote: "Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty." - George Washington  

 

Objective: Explain how imperialism spread to the islands of the Pacific.

 

1) Collect late work p. 319 and 325.

2) Handouts p. 90-93.  Work on in class, finish as homework.

3) Read p. 332-339.

4) Journals due Monday, March 18th.

5) Homework: Finish reading and work on Journal.

 

Today in History: The Articles of Confederation are ratified. - (1781)

 

Quote: (We are creating) "a government of laws not men." - John Adams 

 

Objective: Describe how Europe and the United States built colonies in Southeast Asia.

 

1) Review p. 319 & 325.

2) Collect work.

3) Journals due March 18th.

4) Review and discuss p. 326-331.

5) Read p. 332-339. Take notes.

6) Homework: Finish reading and work on Journals.

Today in History: President Tyler escapes death on the USS Princeton. - (1844)

 

Quote: "The Constitution was not made for a day." - John Tyler 

 

Objective: Describe how Europe and the United States built colonies in Southeast Asia.

 

1) Work on quest. 1-5 p. 319 & 325.

2) Review and collect work.

3) Journals due on Monday, March 18th.

4) Finish reading p. 326-331.

5) Homework: Journals.

6) Period 6 - Continue Notes on Japan.

 

Today in History: New Orleans celebrates its first Mardi Gras. - (1927)

 

Quote: "If you have to ask what Jazz is, you'll never know." - Louis Armstrong 

 

Objective: Analyze the causes and effects of the Meiji Restoration.

 

1) Review p. 320-325.

2) Add questions 1-5 p. 325 to work from p. 319.

3) Read p. 326-331.  Take notes.

4) Journals due March 18th.

5) Homework: Finish reading and work on Journals.

Today in History: First non-stop round-the-world flight. - (1949)

 

Quote: "The future of our nation is indissolubly bound up in the development of air power." - Billy Mitchell 

 

Objective: Understand how the Qing Dynasty fell.

 

1) Collect Vocabulary Sheets

2) Discuss p. 310-319

3) Read p. 320-325.  Take notes

4) Homework - Work on the Journals

Today in History: Communists seize power in Czechoslovakia - (1948)

 

Quote: "Peace and Justice are two sides of the same coin." - Dwight D. Eisenhower 

 

Objective: How did World War I affect the United States politically, economically and socially?

 

1) Collect Vocabulary Sheets

2) Reading p. 310-319.  Notes

3) Answer quest. 1-5 p. 319.

4) Homework: Work on Journals

Today in History: Montana passes law against sedition. - (1918)

 

Quote: Ideas shape the course of history. - John Maynard Keynes 

 

Objectives: Understand how the Qing Dynasty fell.

 

1) Vocabulary work sheets - collect.

2) Review reading - India and China.  p. 310-319. - Take Notes

3) Answer quest. 1-5 p. 319.

4) Homework: Work on Journals. - Biographies, Notes and Vocabulary

Today in History: John Quincy Adams dies in congress. - (1848)

 

Quote: "To believe all men honest world be folly.  To believe non so is something worse." - John Quincy Adams 

 

Objective: Explain the impact of British Rule on India.

 

1) Pass back work

2) Period 4&6 review work p. 309 and 314

3) Vocabulary review handouts

4) Continue reading p. 315-319 in class - Take notes

5) Homework: Work on Journals

Today in History: John Glenn orbits the earth. - (1962)

 

Quote: "Zero-Gee and I feel fine." - John Glenn 

 

Objective: Explain why European contact with Africa increased.

 

1) Finish questions 1-5 p. 309 and 314.

2) Review and collect p. 309 and 314..

3) Discuss Reading p. 310-314

4) Read p. 315-319.  Start work in class.

5) Homework: Work on Journals.

Today in History: Roosevelt signs Executive Order 9066. - (1942)

 

Quote: "War is a contagion." - Franklin D. Roosevelt 

 

Objective: Describe the forces that shaped Africa in the 1800s.

 

1) Review reading p. 305-309.

2) Read p. 310-314 in class.

3) Answer questions 1-5 p. 309 and 314.

4) Homework: Work on Journal.

          a) vocabulary

          b) notes

          c) biographies

Today in History: St. Valentine's Day massacre - (1929)

 

Quote: "I have built my organization on fear." - Al Capone 

 

Objectives: Same as Yesterday

 

1) Collect Handouts.

2) Review and collect  p. 297-304 of text.  Take notes.

3) Late Tests.

4) Review and discuss p. 305-309. 

5) Homework: Journals - Vocabulary and notes.

Today in History: William and Mary create diarchy in Great Britain. - (1689)

 

Quote: "If you can dream it, you can do it."

 

Objectives: Same as Monday.

 

1) Promise Assembly periods 2&4.

2) Finish Handouts and collect work.

3) Finish p. 297 and  304 quest. 1-5.

4) Discuss reading p. 305-309.  Take notes.

5) Homework: Work on Journals.

 

Today in History: Abraham Lincoln's 210th Birthday. - (1809)

 

Quote: "I will prepare, and someday my chance will come." - Abraham Lincoln 

 

Objectives: Same as yesterday

 

1) Collect work from Friday: Worksheets and questions.

2) Late Tests.

3) Finish questions 1-5 p. 297 & 304

4) Read p. 305-309.  Take notes.

5) Homework: Work on Journals.

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

 

Quote: "Prejudices are what fools use for reason." - Voltaire 

 

Objective: Describe the forces that shaped Africa in the early 1800s.

                 Explain why European contact with Africa increased.

                 Analyze how European nations carved up Africa.

                 Describe African resistance to imperialism.

 

1) Review Key Terms p. 294-297.  Direct vs Indirect Rule.

2) Students work in groups to prepare brief summaries of reading p. 298-304.

3) Present Summaries.

4) Homework: Work on Journals.  Answer quest 1-5 p. 297 & 304.

 

Today in History: Americans secure Guadalcanal. - (1943)

 

Quote: "And when he gets to heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell;  One more marine reporting, sir.  I've served my time in hell." - Tombstone marker on Guadalcanal.

 

Objectives:  Same as Yesterday.

 

1) Make-up tests.

2) Video - World History: Imperialism

3) Read p. 298-301 in class - Take notes.

4) Homework: Work on Journals.  Write Biography #4.

Today in History: Emile Zola is charged with libel. - (1898)

 

Quote: "There is need to provide for our ever growing population.  Colonies offer land for British settlers, jobs for British workers and markets for British goods." - Frederick Lugard - Colonial Administrator

 

Objectives: Explain the political, economic and social causes of European Imperialism.

                   Understand how technology and other factors helped spread of imperialism.

                   Describe the characteristics of imperial rule.

                   Summarize the cultural, political and social effects of imperialism.

 

1) Form into groups of 6 students.

2) Review old vs new imperialism.

3) Group work on poem and video - Respond and discuss. Work on Handouts as group.

4) Revisit standards and objectives

5) Homework: Read p. 292-297.  Work on Journals

Today in History: Queen Elizabeth II crowned. - (1952)

 

Quote: "The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be." - Queen Elizabeth II 

 

1) Chapter 3 Test.  Open Book.  No Cell phones except per. 6 (translation use only)

2) Students exchange tests.  Review and correct answers (Score out of twenty) and turn in materials to teacher.  Collect work.

3) Homework: Work on Journals.  

Today in History: Columbia disaster. - (2003)

 

Quote: "Nationalism has a way of oppressing others." - Noam Chomsky 

 

Objective: Explain how American Democracy grew in the 1800s.  

 

1) Review reading p. 261-265 - Discuss.

2) Read p. 266-270 in class.

3) Work on catch-up work in class.

4) Homework: Journals - Biographies and read p. 271-272 Primary Source 

Today in History: Germany resumes submarine warfare. - (1917)

 

Quote: "A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read." - Mark Twain 

 

Objective: Same as yesterday.

 

1) Finish p. 252 & 260 and collect work.

2) Reading review - Find the British Reforms

3) Read p. 261-265.  Take notes in class

4) Review Vocabulary

4) Homework: Journal

 

Today in History: Challenger disaster - (1986)

 

Quote: "Roger... Go at throttle-up." - Dick Scobee 

 

Objective: Same as Friday

 

1) Period 6 - Finish p. 241 and 248

2) Effects of Nationalism Chart p. 283

3) Video - Nationalism

4) Homework: Work on Journals

 

Today in History: World's largest diamond found. - (1905)

 

Quote: "Quality is not an act, it is a habit." - Aristotle 

 

Objective: Understand the motivation and early impacts of U.S. expansionism.

 

1) Finish work on p. 241 and 248: Quest. 1-5.  

2) Review and collect work.

3) Read text p. 249-252: Italian Unification.

4) Homework: Work on Journal:

          a) Vocabulary

          b) Biographies (#2 this weekend)

          c) Notes

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

 

Quote: "Set your goals high and don't stop till you get there.: - Bo Jackson 

 

Objectives: Students compare current events to events in the past.

 

1) Finish Essays - Collect.

2) Read p. 242-248 in class.  Take notes.

3) Finish questions 1-5 p. 241.  Add questions 1-5 p. 248 to work. 

4) Homework: Journals - Vocabulary, Notes and Biographies

 

Today in History: First meeting of the United Nations - (1946)

 

Quote: "Write it on your heart, that every day is the best day in the year." - Ralph Waldo Emerson 

 

Objectives: Same as Monday

 

1) Collect p. 230 Charts 

2) Answer quest. 1-5 p. 236

3) H.W. - Work on Journals 

Today in History: Steve Jobs introduces I-Phone. - (2007)

 

Quote: "The superior man blames himself, the inferior man blames others." - Don Shula 

 

Objectives: Same as Monday

 

1) Finish Charts (10 minutes) - Collect work

2) Read p. 231-234 of text in class

3) Pass out Journal handout - Discuss

4) Homework: Journals - Work on Vocabulary, Notes and Objectives.

oday in History: Battle of New Orleans - (1815)

 

Quote: "If youth knew; if age could." - Sigmund Freud 

 

Objectives: Same as yesterday

 

1) Read p. 228-231 of text

2) Copy the Chart p. 230.

3) Homework: Work on Journals - Vocabulary and Notes from reading.

Today in History: First Presidential election. - (1789)

 

Quote: "You must do the things you think you cannot do." - Eleanor Roosevelt 

 

Objective: Comp./Cont. the goals of conservatives and Liberals in 19th century Europe.

Standard to Learn: CST2: Students compare current events to events in the past.

 

1) Read p. 228-231 in class (Round Robin)

2) Copy chart p. 230 of text.

3) Homework: Work on Journals (Vocabulary p. 228)