Thursday, July 22, 2021, World History: Day 24

First Hour Google Meeting 

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance

Presentations 20 minutes: Latin American Presentations

Reading like an Historian 35 minutes: Who Started the Cold War

Independent Work

Reading like an Historian 35 minutes: Who Started the Cold War

Research and Writing 60 minutes Pick one of the following presidents: Carter, Reagan, H. Bush, Clinton, W. Bush, Obama, Trump

1. Create a presentation covering the following topics
2. Domestic Action
3. Foreign Action
4. Economic Policy
1. For Each write facts, and what supporters and critics said
5. Analyze their legacy 

Make-Up 30 minutes: Complete and review any missing or incomplete work

Last Hour Google Meeting 

Final Review 20 minutes
Final

Last Hour 

Survey 

Tuesday, July 20, 2021, World History: Day 22

First Hour Meeting 

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance

Analyzing 30 minutes:Israeli and Palestinian Dispute

1. Summarize the following sections
1. Zionism
2. UN Partition Plan
3. 1947-1949 War
4. 1967 War and USS Liberty
5. Current Conflict
6. U.S. Invovlement
2. Whose perspective is this website favor? 

Reading 25 minutes: Marxism 

• Please summarize in your own words.

Reading 20 minutes: Iranian Revolution

1. Who is the Shah?
2. Why was he overthrown?
3. Who did the United States Support?

Independent Work

Research 25 minutes: FBI Website

1. Explore Major Cases and Incidents of Terrorism
2. Who is the FBI most wanted Terrorist? 
3. What did they do? 
4. Where are they from?
5. What is the definition of terrorism according to the FBI?

Political Quiz 30 minutes: 

Quiz 

1. Take quiz
2. Are you surprised with your results?
3. How did this quiz better inform you?.

Reading like an historian 40 minutes: Chinese Cultural Revolution

Map 20 minutes: Latin America Practice

Last Hour Meeting 

Reading like an historian 40 minutes: Castro and the United States

Last Hour Independent Work

Project or Study Guide 40 minutes: work time

Thursday, July 15, 2021, World History: Day 20

 First Hour Meeting 

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance
Standards: 10.9.1, 10.10, 10.10.2, 10.10.3
Objectives: SWBAT

• Describe the Mexican Revolution
• Analyze the importance of the Cuban Revolution
• Describe changes in Central America.
• Understand the importance of a strong economy in building strong nations in Latin America.
• Consider the impact of population growth on Latin American politics and Society.

Map Quiz 10 minutes: Map of Asia Quiz

Lecture 20 minutes: Ch. 14.1

Reading 20 minutes: Cuban Revolution
Video 5 minutes: Cuban Revolution
Activity 15 minutes: Writing

1. What was the Cuban Revolution about?
2. Why is it important?
3. How does it factor into the Cold War?
4. How does it play into American relations with Cuba?

Independent Work

Research 25 minutes: The Castro Brothers

1. Who are the Castro Brothers?
2. What did they do?
3. Where did they impact?
4. Why did they do it?

Latin America includes South America, Caribbean, and Central America

Reading 15 minutes: Cuba

1. What was the article about?
2. Do you think this article tells you enough to understand what it is like in places in Latin America?
3. How do you know that? Evidence

Research 20 minutes:

• Summarize Panama, El Salvador, and Nicaragua 
• Make a movie poster for one including: Title, Actors, Plot line, Catch phrase. 

Vocabulary 20 minutes:

1. Great Leap Forward  
2. Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
3. Little Red Book
4. Red Guard 
5. Deng Xiaoping 
6. Tiananmen Square 
7. One Child Policy

Reading 25 minutes:

• Fukushima Power Plant Disaster 
• Fukushima Spread 

1. What caused the Fukushima Power Plant disaster?
2. When did it happen?
3. Why did it happen?
4. How can this disaster effect us in the future? 

Second Hour Google Meet 

Unit Test 30 minutes
Study Guide 2

Last Hour Independent Work

Create 30 minutes: Google Presentation
Pick a country in Asia and create one slide and share with me including

1. Title it the name of your country.
2. Provide a picture of your country. 
3. Religion
4. Food
5. Ethnicity
6. Music
7. Landmarks
8. Age
9. Language
10. Holidays
11. Sports 

Project Latin America 30 minutes

Closing 5 minutes

Tuesday, July 13, 2021, World History: Day 18

 First Hour Meeting 

Chernobyl

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance
Standards: 10.10.1, 10.10.2, 10.10.3, 10.11
Objectives: SWBAT

• Understand how the population growth can lead to environmental and political problems.
• Understand that population growth, environmental problems, and global economy present challenges for less developed nations.
• Analyze how the global economy has developed and how advances in global communication contribute to it.

Reading 20 minutes: The Environmental Crisis

1. What would Rachel Carson say about the current state of the environment and environmental awareness in the United States?

Video 20 minutes:

• Population Growth 

1. Should Overpopulation be feared? What should we do about it?

Vocabulary 20 minutes:

1. Ecology
2. Rachel Carson
3. deforestation
4. ozone layer
5. greenhouse effect
6. acid rain
7. Chernobyl 
8. Kyoto Protocol 
9. World Trade Organization

Independent Work 

Analyzing 20 minutes: Chernobyl

1. Read through the document.
2. Compare and Contrast the differences between Chernobyl and Fukushima

Critical Thinking 15 minutes: How has Technology made the world seem smaller?
Map 15 minutes: Asia Map
Video 20 minutes: http://io9.com/this-animated-data-visualization-of-world-war-ii-fatali-1709065880
Research 25 minutes: United Nations

1. Why was the United Nations created?
2. What does it do? 
3. Who is included in the United Nations?
4. Do you think the United Nations is effective?

Reading 20 minutes: Analyze and summarize each point of the Declaration of Human Rights  

Last Hour Meeting 

Groups 25 minutes: WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, and WHY

1. UNESCO
2. WHO
3. UNICEF
4. IMF
5. NGOs

Questions 10 minutes:

• Please define terrorism. 
• What are some reasons for terrorism? 
• What are terrorist organizations goals? 

Last Hour Work 

Research 20 minutes: Using the link please describe al-Qaeda  role in world terrorism.
Timeline 20 minutes: Using the timeline, pick a terrorist attack against the United States occurring after 2000 and find an article related to it. Read it and analyze the impact of the attack.
Closing 5 minutes

Monday & Wednesday, July 12 & 14, 2021, World History: Day 17 & 19

 Do this for both Monday and Wednesday

1. Collect three current events for the same topic from different news sources. Current Events
2. Analyze the three different articles and sources. Which do you find more trustworthy and balanced? why?  
3. For each gather the who, what, when, where, and why. 
4. Why is this topic important to you, the United States, and the World? 
5. What does it say about possible outcomes for the future?

Films 

1. Find one film for each for the following topics: Cold War and Cultural Film. (These films can be documentaries or historical fiction (your choice). 
2. Cite the film using MLA format and make sure it is appropriate. 
3. Based off of your current knowledge or knowledge gained through reading the text, is this film accurate and informative? 

Field Trips 

1. Choose a museum to visit. 
2. Create a Snapchat like story with at least twenty pictures/videos
3. Story should provide things you learned during your visit. 

Reading 

1. Ch. 20 p. 558-578
2. Epilogue p. 584-606

Assessments

1. Ch. 20 p. 582 #1-20 
2. Epilogue p. 610 #1-20  

Thursday, July 8, 2021, World History: Day 16

 First Hour Google Meeting

People take turns helping tear down the Berlin Wall

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance
Standards: 10.9.7
Objectives: SWBAT

• Explain upheavals of the Soviet Union which led to its disintegration.
• Identify weaknesses in the Soviet Economy.
• Describe resistance to Soviet Rule and its role in Soviet Collapse.

Reading 15 minutes: p. 614 "Tear Down This Wall."

• Three Facts
• Two Questions
• One Summary 

Video 15 minutes: Reagan Tear Down This Wall Speech

• Why does Reagan say president's visit Berlin?
• How does Reagan say it is to live behind the Iron Curtain under Soviet control?
• What might the Brandenburg Gate Symbolize?

Video 15 minutes:
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Fall of the Berlin Wall #2

• What did the Fall of the Berlin Wall Represent?
• How did people feel in Berlin during this time? 
• What does Freedom mean to you?

Lecture 15 minutes: Ch. 13.1 Decline of the Soviet Union

Independent Work 

Pictures 20 minutes: Time Magazine Photos of the Berlin Wall

1. Look
2. Read captions.

Research 25 minutes: The United States/Mexico Border

• Look At Stories 2-5, and 12
• What are similarities between the U.S./Mexico Border and the Berlin Wall?
• What are differences between the U.S./Mexico Border and the Berlin Wall?
• Why do nations put up walls/fences/ or borders?
• How would life be different in the United States if there wasn't a fence?
• What do fences represent other than keeping people in or out of a country?
• Are fences necessary?

Research 20 minutes: Chechnya Rebellion

1. What was the Chechen Rebellion?
2. Was the Suppression of its people worth the loss?

Posters 30 minutes: Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, German Reunification, Calls for Independence, The War in Bosnia, War in Kosovo

1.  Title
2. Picture 
3. Five Points relating to objective.
4. Map

Second Google Meeting 

Reading 20 minutes: What do you know about Saddam Hussein?

Lecture 20 minutes: Ch. 13.3-4, Ch. 13.2 Disintegration of Soviet Union.

Last Hour of Independent Work

Video 20 minutes:

1. Iran Revolution 1979
2. What was Operation Desert Storm?

Research 20 minutes: 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

1. Watch Video and read page
2. Who was responsible for 9/11?
3. How many planes were hijacked? 
4. What happened to those planes? 
1. Flight Path
5. What were the results of 9/11?
6. How has 9/11 changed your life?
1. Patriot Act 
2. Afghanistan War

Test 30 minutes 

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Study Guide Unit Test

Tuesday, July 6, 2021, World History: Day 14

First Hour Meeting  

Japanese American were interned by Exec. Order 9066

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance
Standards: 10.8.3, 10.8.4, 10.9.1
Objectives: SWBAT

• Discuss key decisions that led to the end of the war.
• explain the significance of the atomic bomb.
• explain outcomes of Yalta and Tehran conference.
• describe tensions between the United States and Soviet Union
• Explain how the Political map changed.
• Explain New Struggle caused by the Cold War.

Critical thinking 10 minutes:The United States

1. Why did Japanese Americans remain loyal to U.S. even though they were interned?

Research 20 minutes: Britain, Germany, Japan

1. What was the effect of bombing these cities?
2. Was the decision to use the atomic bomb different from Allied decisions to bomb civilian population centers in Europe? Why or Why not?

Geography Skills 15 minutes: Please identify the spheres of influence of the West and the USSR.
Independent Work 

Analysis 35 minutes: Tehran Conference, Yalta Conference, and Potsdam Conference

1. Where was the general location of each meeting?
2. Who was present at these conferences?
3. What was the main purpose of these discussions?
4. How did the meetings lead to distrust between the United States and the Soviet Union?

Video 15 minutes:  Cold War Video

1. In your own words, what was the Cold War and why did the U.S. have an advantage? 

Assessment 40 mintues: Ch. 19 p. 556 #1-20
Listening 10 minutes: Bob Dylan Times are a Changin 

1. How might have the times been Changing After World War II?

Listening 10 minutes: Vysotsky

1. What kind of emotions do you hear in Vysotsky's voice?
2. What is the political importance of music?

Key Terms 30 minutes: Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, New Military Alliances, Cuban Missile Crisis, and Domino Theory

• Explain the significance of each.

Second Hour Meeting 

Lecture 20 minutes: Ch. 12.1, 12.2,  Ch. 12.3 Western Europe and North America
Last Hour Independent Work 

Primary Sources 30 minutes:
Lyndon B. Johnson War on Poverty 

1. In your opinion, will there every be an end to Poverty, why or why not?
2. What does LBJ say the solution is?
3. Do you have a responsibility to help end poverty?

I have a Dream Speech 

1. What are Martin Luther King Jr.'s Dreams?
2. If there was a similar issue you could take up what would it be

Kent State Ohio Shootings 

1. What was the conflict at Kent State?
2. What does it mean when the National Guard fires on its own citizens?
3. Could this happen again? 

Ch. 9-11 Study Guide 15 minutes

Closing

Monday & Wednesday, July 5 & 7, 2021, World History: Day 13 & 15

 Do this for both Monday and Wednesday

1. Collect three current events for the same topic from different news sources. Current Events
2. Analyze the three different articles and sources. Which do you find more trustworthy and balanced? why?  
3. For each gather the who, what, when, where, and why. 
4. Why is this topic important to you, the United States, and the World? 
5. What does it say about possible outcomes for the future?

Films 

1. Find one film for each for the following topics: Cold War. (These films can be documentaries or historical fiction (your choice). 
2. Cite the film using MLA format and make sure it is appropriate. 
3. Based off of your current knowledge or knowledge gained through reading the text, is this film accurate and informative? 

Field Trips 

1. Choose a museum to visit. 
2. Create a Snapchat like story with at least twenty pictures/videos
3. Story should provide things you learned during your visit. 

Reading 

1. Ch. 17 p. 472-496
2. Ch. 18 p. 502-524

Assessments

1. Ch. 17 p. 500 #1-20 Critical Thinking #1-4 
2. Ch. 18 p. 526 #1-20 Critical Thinking #1-4

Thursday, July 1, 2021, World History: Day 12

First Hour Meeting

 

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance
Standards: 10.6.3, 10.7.1, 10.7.2, 10.7.3
Objectives: SWBAT

• Identify economic, political, and social factors that led to the rise of totalitarianism.
• Distinguish between a dictatorship and totalitrianism
• Discuss how Mussolini, Stalin, Franco, and Hitler came to power.
• Describe the effects of totalitarian programs and policies on people's lives and individual freedom. 

Lecture 20 minutes: Ch. 9.2 Facism

Reading 20 minutes: Fascism 

1. What is Fascism?
2. How Did Fascism start?
3. Why did Fascism Start? 
4. Where did Fascism Start? 
5. When did Fascism Start?
6. What does NAZIS stand for?
7. What does Fuhrer mean?
8. How were Fascism in Italy and Germany similar or different?

Reading 20 minutes: Spanish Civil War

Soldiers during the Spanish Civil War

1. What was the Spanish Civil War?
2. When did it happen?
3. Why did it happen?
4. Where did it happen?
5. What was significant about it?

Independent Work

Video 20 minutes: Fascism

1. What is the root word of Fascism mean?
2. What is the symbol for Fascism?
3. What is the ideology of Fascism?
4. Who is Benito Mussolini?

Video 20 minutes: Benito Mussolini Speech

1. What made Benito Mussolini different than a president?
2. What emotions does he display in his tone of voice?
3. Does he use body language to express emotions?
4. Does the crowd seem to like what he is saying?

Video 15 minutes: Spanish Civil War

1. Please Summarize the different sides of the Civil War and who was involved.

Comic 25 minutes: p.473-476

1. Title 
2. Slide for Each Heading
3.  Two Dialog Boxes
4. Two Thought Bubbles
5. Description

Ch. 15 Assessment 30 minutes

Second Hour Meeting 

Lecture 20 minutes:Hitler and Nazis Germany
Video 15 minutes: Donald Duck and Fascism 

1. What perspective of this Cartoon?
2. Who is the audience?
3. What stereotypes do you notice?
4. Is it against Fascism or for it?
5. What does it show Fascism is like?

Lecture 10 minutes: Culture

Last Hour Work 

Final 45 minutes: Take World History Final