First Hour Google Meeting
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| Bolshevik Revolution 1917 |
Objectives: SWBAT
- Describe the Russian Revolution.
Lecture 20 minutes: World War I.
Reading 20 minutes: Wilson's Fourteen Points, Fourteen Points
- Summarize Wilson's Fourteen Points
- What is the Fourteenth point?
- Are they realistic?
Independent Work
Video 15 minutes: Crash Course World War I
- According to Crash Course what were the causes of World War I for the United States?
- What were the effects of the American involvement in World War I?
- How did the war change the power of the government?
Time Line 30 minutes: Create a World War I annotated Timeline
- Pic Ten
- Pictures
- Background Information
Questions 10 minutes: At what point would you demand changes in the government and why?
Reading 30 minutes: Romanov Family
Reading: Background Orson Welles War of the Worlds
Listening: Orson Welles "War of the Worlds" 1938
Script:War of the Worlds Script
Questions:
Reading 30 minutes: Romanov Family
- Summarize
- Research Two Sources
- Opinion
- The Rise of Bolsheviks
- Civil War in Russia
- Triumph of the Communists
Second Google Meet
Lecture 20 minutes: Russian Revolution
Photo Analysis Activity 20 minutes:
Great Depression U.S.: Photo Essay
Crash Course the Great Depression
Define following Terms 20 minutes:
Great Depression U.S.: Photo Essay
- View Five Photo's
- Describe each photo in detail
- Analyze what each says about the Great Depression.
- Write a Paragraph describing the Great Depression in the United States based off of your analysis of the photos.
Last Hour Work
Video 15 minutes:Crash Course the Great Depression
- According to Crash course what were the causes of the Great Depression?
- What is the problem with deflation?
- What was the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?
- Did Hoover do enough? Why or why not?
- What did Hoover do to try and combat the Great Depression?
- How many people were out of work during the Great Depression?
Define following Terms 20 minutes:
- Dawes Plan, Treaty of Locarno
- Weimer Republic
- John Maynard Keynes
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- New Deal.
Extra Credit
Inquiry: If aliens came down from outer space how would they treat us? What would they want from us?Reading: Background Orson Welles War of the Worlds
Listening: Orson Welles "War of the Worlds" 1938
Script:War of the Worlds Script
Questions:
- How would you react if you were sitting at your home listening to this broadcast and not realize that this was a prank/radio program?
- How does the story of "War of the Worlds" relate to imperialism of the 19th century?
- Based on the reaction of people to this radio program, what does it say about the power of media on the public?
- What are your thoughts on Welles explanation to the radio broadcast?
- What are his reasons for thinking the reaction wouldn't be that strong?




