SWBAT Identify the main causes of the Russian Revolution and its outcomes and impact on Russia, Europe, and the World

SWBAT Identify the main causes of the Russian Revolution and its outcomes and impact on Russia, Europe, and the World

1. Go over homework 
2. Quick lecture 
3. Rasputin biography (3 minutes) 
4. Video: Whatever happened to the Romanovs
5. Start: Overview of the Russian Revolution

HW: Finish "Overview of the Russian Revolution" (print out a copy of the original to bring to class) and complete Chapter 12 section2

SWBAT identify the links between WWI and the Russian Revolution

SWBAT identify the links between WWI and the Russian Revolution

1. Collect hw (workbook pages for guided reading) 
2. Take Test
3. Start HW

HW:
Study guide for  Chapter 12 Lesson 1
Chapter 12 Textbook

SWBAT identify main causes, events, and results of WWI

SWBAT identify main causes, events, and results of WWI

1. History Chronology Warmup in small groups 
2. Documentary: The Influenza Epidemic

HW: Bring the guided reading workbook pages to turn in on Wednesday - day of the test

SWBAT: identify reasons and events in the outbreak, fighting, and outcomes of WWI

SWBAT: identify reasons and events in the outbreak, fighting, and outcomes of WWI

1. Go over tests 
2. Quizlet Live 
3. Finish and turn in projects
4. DBI (scanned copy here in case you forgot yours) pages 56-59 (turn in)
5. Start homework (Scanned copy of the pages here, in case you didn't bring yours)

Homework:
Guided Reading workbook pages 138, 141, 144, and 147

SWBAT describe key events leading to the outbreak of WWI, important turning points within the war, and its outcomes for the nations involved

SWBAT describe key events leading to the outbreak of WWI, important turning points within the war, and its outcomes for the nations involved

1. Collect homework (Two Facing History readings (questions and S.I.T.) "Disillusionment on the Battlefield" and "Negotiating Peace")
2. Go over tests
3. Work on projects 

HW: Two Facing History readings (The League of Nations and Self Determination) Finish project and study for test (Test moved to week after break - Wednesday 02/26)
      
Be sure to bring the following two books to class on Friday:
The Document Based Investigation workbook and the Guided Reading Workbook

SWBAT explain the causes, main events, and outcomes of WWI in a partner project

SWBAT explain the causes, main events, and outcomes of WWI in a partner project

1. Collect Versailles Treaty and Wilson's 14 Points primary document homework assignment 
2. With a partner, choose one of the tasks (a board game, a newpaper, or - if you work alond - a three page essay to be turned in to Turnitin.com) in the project choices sheet (Unit Project) (Board Game instructions)
3. Work on your project 

HW:    keep working on your project (Due Friday)
           Two Facing History readings (questions and S.I.T.) "Disillusionment on the Battlefield" and
           "Negotiating Peace"
           
Test - Wednesday 02/26 on WWI

SWBAT identify the flaws in the Versailles Peace Treaty and how that led to future problems in Europe and the rest of the world

SWBAT identify the flaws in the Versailles Peace Treaty and how that led to future problems in Europe and the rest of the world

1. Think about why countries might feel the need to commemorate a war: What does it mean to commemorate? What are some examples of war memorials or commemorations you are familiar with in the US? Whose perspective should be taken into account when a country commemorates a war? How might a victorious nation's commemoration be different from that of a nation that lost the war? Do you know anything about the Confederate Statues controversy and if so what's your opinion?
2. Analyze a painting about the war: Commemorating the War 
3. Commemorative Painting
4. Compare to painting "The Blind Leading the Blind" (By Pieter Bruegel - 1568) and the wall relief in Munich's Kriegerdenkmal im Hofgarten war memorial   
5. Questions to Consider
6. Watch "Christmas Truce" clip and "All Quiet on the Western Front" clip 
7. Go over homework
8. Lecture: The Versailles Treaty
9. Video: Paris 1919 
10. Answer questions for documentary Paris 1919

Homework:
Finish the documentary and answer questions (Paris 1919) Complete the " The Treaty of Versailles and Wilson's 14 points (Must be handwritten) 

SWBAT identify important turning points in WWI, what events led to US involvement, and the outcomes of the war for the various parties involved

SWBAT identify important turning points in WWI, what events led to US involvement, and the outcomes of the war for the various parties involved

1. Go over homework (Lesson 3) 
2. Review the reasons/causes for the war: MANIA (Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination): provide an example for each.
3. Lecture: Important turning points: The Lusitania, U-boats, the Zimmerman Telegram, Russia drops out, the US jumps in
4. Woodrow Wilson's vision: Reasons for staying out and why the US finally agreed to go in
5. The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century Video and answer questions

HW: Study Guide Lesson 4

SWBAT describe the causes, main events, and outcomes of WWI

SWBAT describe the causes, main events, and outcomes of WWI

1. Go over homework 
2. Collect map assignments/readings 
3. If WWI were a bar fight
4. Chart - WWI 

HW:
finish WWI chart and questions (Use textbook and the websites used for the map activities on Friday) - must be handwritten