SWBAT explain how the Cold War affected the "Third World" (Latin America, the Middle East, Africa)

SWBAT explain how the Cold War affected the "Third World" (Latin America, the Middle East, Africa)

1. Watch The Cold War recap
2. Watch the "Cuban Missile Crisis"
3. Watch "The Iranian Revolution" Jon Green Crash Course 
4. Watch the "Cold War in Latin America" segment of the CNN documentary
5. Read Module 15 Lesson 3 and Lesson 4 
6. Complete "Key Terms and People' (pages 578 and 586)
7. Complete Lesson Assessments on pages 585 and 593

SWBAT explain the origins of China and Communism and the Cold War in Asia (Korea and Vietnam)

SWBAT explain the origins of China and Communism and the Cold War in Asia (Korea and Vietnam)

1. Watch the following "Crash Courses" (in World and US History): "The Cold War," "Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolutions," and "The Cold War in Asia"
2. Take notes summarizing each 
3. Read Module 15 lessons 2 and 3. 
4. Identify the key terms and people (pages 572 and 578)
5. Study the graph on page 573 (Chinese Political Opponents, 1945) and answer the two "Interpret charts" questions
6. Answer the "Reading Check" questions on pages 573, 574, 577, 580, 581, 584
7. Complete the "Lesson Assessments" on page 577 and 585

 

SWBAT explain the origins and nature of the Cold War

SWBAT explain the origins and nature of the Cold War

1. Go over homework 
2. The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb worksheet: Debating the options and whether the US was justified in dropping the A-bomb 
3. Watch The Manhattan Project and Atomic Bomb test and  Hiroshima and Nagasaki
4. Start Homework 

HW:
Read Module 15
Identify the key terms and people on page 562
Complete the "Reading Checks" on pages 563, 564, 566, 567,568, and 569
"The Space Race" page 570 and answer questions
Complete "Lesson 1 Assessment" on page 571

SWBAT identify the key turning points bringing about the end of WWII and the aftermath of the war

SWBAT identify the key turning points bringing about the end of WWII and the aftermath of the war

1. Discuss: Key turning points and the aftermath of the war  (Wartime propaganda and challenges, the role of Walt Disney and the Good Neighbor Policy, Key battles in the Pacific, D-Day,  V-E Day, the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb, Japan surrenders, etc.)
2. Go over point point The Final Stages of WWII and its aftermath 
3. Take notes with note-taking guide
4. On your own, download and watch the following short video clips: The Bataan Death March, Kamikaze Pilots, Walt Disney's Donald Duck Der Fuehrer's Face, Disney helps with Good Neighbor Policy: Donal goes to Brazil, makes a new friend, falls in love, and dances the Samba  
5. Start homework 

Homework:
Read Module 14 lesson 4 and 5
Identify the key terms on pages 542 and 552
Complete the reading check questions (pages 545, 546,548, 551, 554, and 556)
Complete the "Lesson Assessment questions" on pages 551 and 557

SWBAT understand the origins and nature of the Holocaust

SWBAT understand the origins and nature of the Holocaust

1. Finish going over the power point
2. Go over homework 
3. Read "Targeting the Sinti and the Roma" (answer questions and do the S.I.T.) 
4. Complete "Overview of the Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism" and share answers 
5. Start tonight's homework (Facing History readings about the Holocaust - answer questions and do the S.I.T.) 

HW: Anti Judaism Before the Enlightenment and from Religious Prejudice to Antisemitism, and Isolating Homosexuals 

Answer the questions and do the "S.I.T." annotations for each 

SWBAT understand the origins and the nature of the Holocaust

SWBAT understand the origins and the nature of the Holocaust

1. Go over homework 
2. Discuss the roots of anti-semitism in Christian Europe and in the Roman Empire (the Jewish Revolt, the Medieval blood libel, Pope Innoent III, King Luther's antisemitism, etc.)
3. Go over the Holocaust power point (The Final Solution) - take notes of what stood out and write down any questions you have
4. Understanding the Nazi Party Platform (True/False worksheet) 
5. Primary Source packet - answer questions and then fill in a time line with events from an "event bank"
6. Watch short documentary on the Holocaust (The Path to Nazi Genocide) from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and write a brief summary, highlighting what stood out to you (S.I.T.) 

HW:  Finish the "Primary Source Packet" activities, Watch the Documentary (The Path to Nazi Genocide) and watch Schindler's List or one of the movies I recommended for the Holocaust

SWBAT write a thesis and support it with relevant information in a history essay analyzing the causes of WWII

SWBAT write a thesis and support it with relevant information in a history essay analyzing the causes of WWII

1. Go over writing a complex thesis and an introductory paragraph 
2. Power Point on writing an essay in history class 
3. Context, complex thesis (start it with an "although" statement and then provide three  supportive points or subtopics you'll be covering in your essay - not a simple "laudry list." make sure you add a "because/which/such as" statement for each of your subtopics), supportive paragraphs (Topic Sentence - one of your subpoints from your thesis -  followed by one or more items of evidence, and then analysis)

HW:
Work on your introduction paragraph and email to me
Read Module 14 Lesson 3 (The Holocaust) and define key terms and people, do reading checks on pages 536 and 541, "Critical Thinking" questions on page 539, map question on page 538, and "Assessment" questions on page 541

Begin watching a film or documentary on the Holocaust. Recommendations (be sure to ask parent's for permission for rated R films):

Schindler's List (Rated R, but all of you brought me a permission slip)

The Zookeeper's Wife  (PG-13)

Judgement at Nuremberg

Defiance (Rated R)

Life is Beautiful (PG-13)

The Pianist  (Rated R)

DOCUMENTARY:

Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'

SWBAT state and support, using primary and secondary sources, a thesis statement about the inevitability of war prior to the outbreak of WWII

SWBAT state and support, using primary and secondary sources, a thesis statement about the inevitability of war prior to the outbreak of WWII

1. Complete the DBI worksheets - pages 66-69 together and discuss
2. Write a thesis and share with the class: WWII was avoidable/ WWII was not avoidable 
3. Start writing assignment as instructed on page 65 of DBI
4. When finished, upload to Turnitin.com 

HW:
Email me with your "thesis statement" (only the thesis statement)
Finish writing assignment (elaborate on your thesis statement in a paper consisting of an introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion). Submit it to Turnitin.com

SWBAT evaluate the importance of events leading to the entry of the United States in WWII as a result of conflict with Japan, and how this set the stage for the establishment of the US as a major world power

SWBAT evaluate the importance of events leading to the entry of the United States in WWII as a result of conflict with Japan, and how this set the stage for the establishment of the US as a major world power

1. Watch "Examine why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor causing the United States to join Allied forces in World War II"
2.  Read Module 14 lesson 2: Japan's Pacific Campaign 
3. Identify Key terms and people (page 528) 
4. Complete "Reading Checks" on pages 530, 532, and 534
5. Complete "Interpret Maps" questions on page 531
6. Complete Lesson 2 Assessment on page 534