3/31/14

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Warm-Up: Looking at the posters above, how is Stalin depicted in the first one with Lenin in the background and the second one with the children? If you were living in the S.U. would you see these as positive or negative and explain why.

Lesson: Totalitarian Leaders "Rise of Dictators"

What does a Totalitarian Nation look like?

Life under Stalin

HW: Stalinist Russia reading quiz

3/27/14

Warm-Up: Skip

Finish 20s / 30s

Intro to Russian Revolution

HW: Finish Russian Revolution Reading

3/26/14

Warm-Up: What characteristics of your generation make you guys unique; unlike your parents or grandparents? What events, trends, movements helped shape your generation? And, what would you name your generation.

Lesson: Post WWI mindset

Reading 20's discussion

30's

HW: Next reading and quiz

3/25/14

Warm-Up: Armenian Genocide, reading and write reaction.

Lesson: Ending of the War and the Changes

Video Clip Genocide

Spanish Influenza

-Treaty of Versailles

Check Grades

HW: Artists after WWI Reading and Quiz

3/23/14

Warm-Up: Read Armistice - The End of World War I, how do you think the Allies and the Central Powers, primarily the Germans,  feel about the agreement to end the war?

Lesson: How did the War change Europe?

Activity:

1. Mapping Assignment with Questions

2. Video Clip on the Treaty of Versailles and an analysis worksheet.

HW: Skip Reading (Europe after WWI) and Begin reading Postwar Disillusionment Europe and Quiz

3/18/14

Warm-Up: Pick a story - U-Boats, Gas Attack or Tank and read one story and write your reaction.

Lesson: War Footage

Film War Horse

HW: Next Reading and Quiz.

3/17/14

Warm-Up: Read Life in Trenches, and write your reaction.

Lesson: Fronts of WWI

Activity:

Reading together

Propaganda

War Horse Reading

HW: Human Cost of War Reading / Quiz

3/14/14

Warm-Up: Read Christmas Truce an write down your reaction to the story.

Lesson: Total War

Looking at Propaganda

HW: Reading #4 and Quiz

3/13/14

Warm-Up: Timeline Activity - using the handout place the following events in order from 1st to last. After you have place the events in order, on your warm-up sheet explain how the tangled web of alliances drove the world into war.

Lesson Question-How did the world fight in WWI?

Activity:

Discussion w/Clips

Reading Christmas Truce and Song

Life in Trenches

HW: Next Reading and Quiz

3/12/14

Warm-Up: Hook, then pick one to explain why you agree or disagree.

Lesson: WWI Intro

-Intro to WWI Discussion

-Reading Archduke

- Map Alliances

HW: Next Reading and Quiz.

3/11/14

Finish Nationalism

Intro to WWI-

Map

Kaiser Wilhelm Reading

HW: 1st Reading and Quiz (not on the computer)

3/10/14

Warm-Up: Why is having school spirit important? Provide examples of school spirit.

Lesson: Nationalism

What is Nationalism / Create a Nation

HW: Freebie

3/7/14

No Warm-Up-

Peer Review Essay Outline / Questions

Begin Typing - Test Taking Environment

HW: Finish Essay, bring in Printed Copy Monday

Format- MLA Heading, 1 inch margins, 12 font, Times New Roman, no length or word stipulation; just answer the question. 

3/6/14

NO WARM-UP

DBQ:

Bucket docs

Thesis

Outline

HW: Finish Outline

*Class work and Homework Packet Due Tomorrow

3/5/14

Lesson: Finish National Geo graphics - Blood Diamonds

Finish Documents / Bucket

Put Unit 2 Packet together.

HW: Catch up make sure you are ready for tomorrow. 

3/4/14

Warm-Up:    Russia has"supposedly" been asked by the recently resigned Ukrainian government to intervene in the Ukrainian revolution; therefore, Russia has sent in 16,000 troops into Crimea. Do you think this is an act of imperialism, explain your answer?

Lesson: DBQ

Document Analysis

Finish Film

HW: Next 3 Documents

*HW packet and Class work packet due Friday.

3/3/14

Warm-Up: Class Reading

DBQ Unit Assessment #2

Film

HW: Finish Annotating DBQ background essay.