Today...Monday, April 28...you were assigned a WWII Notecard/Topic...it is to be turned in no later than this Friday...no exceptions...20 Points. Do this simple computer/research at home. You may use your book...most likely not enough Cowbell!

Today we watched the ending of "Tora, Tora, Tora." Tomorrow we "debrief" and sing a song!!!! 

      BRING TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS

Ch. 34 - Causes
Ch. 35 - Homefront
Ch. 36 - Battlefronts
Ch. 37 - Effects

You are responsible for reading each chapter...in your Interactive Notebooks...make a Title Page with Focus Question at the top...a solid paragraph with your answer...along with 5 specific facts to support your claim...list the facts as a "thesis proof."  This information must come from text. 

DISCUSSED CAUSE/REASONS OF WWII...MOST OF YOU SAID IT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED...IF ONLY WE WOULD HAVE DONE THINGS DIFFERENTLY AT THE END OF WWI...A LITTLE LESSON FROM HISTORY!
 

                            CH. 35 - THE HUMAN IMPACT ON WWII 
Focus Question: What kinds of opportunities and hardships did the war create for Americans at home and abroad?

                                CH. 36 - FIGHTING WWII
Focus Question: What military strategies did the U.S. and its allies pursue to defeat the Axis powers in WWII?

3RD HOUR IS FINISHING UP WITH "BLITZKRIEG TO THE BOMB"...6TH HOUR IS TAKING BASIC NOTES ON WWII...

TOMORROW I WILL PICK NAMES OUT OF THE HAT AND HAVE YOU READ AND EXPLAIN YOUR CH. 34 FOCUS QUESTION...PRETTY NEAT CONSEQUENCE FOR NOT HAVING THIS DONE...CHECK PREVIOUS POSTS FOR DETAILS!

I WAS GONE AGAIN TODAY...ACCORDING TO PREVIOUS POSTS AND THE NOTES THE SUB LEFT ME...YOU HAVE A TITLE PAGE FOR CH. 34 WITH TITLE, FOCUS QUESTION...AND YOU ARE NOW PREPARING AN CEAL PARAGRAPH THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION...YOU MUST HAVE A LIST OF FIVE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES...EVENTS, ETC. THAT BACK UP YOUR ANSWER...

BLITZKRIEG TO THE BOMB WAS YOUR PREVIEW...I HAVE SPECIFIC QUIZ QUESTIONS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T SHOW UP OR PAY ATTENTION....PREPARE FOR YOUR DOOM...IT IS A CLASSIC PRIMARY SOURCE!

I WAS GONE TODAY...YOU TOOK CH. 33 NEW DEAL AND MONTANA TEST...IF YOU WERE GONE...YOU TAKE IT TUESDAY...NO EXCEPTIONS!

HOPEFULLY THE SUB TOLD YOU TO GO TO CH. 34..."ORIGINS OF WORLD WAR 2"

Instructions:

A. Read the chapter and answer the focus questions: "Could WWII have been prevented?"

B. In your notebooks...make a title page for the chapter with Focus Question...and have a CEAL paragraph for your answer...

C. You must provide 5 specific facts, details, events, with explanations to support your answer...use the textbook for your answers. Focus on the time period 1938-1941.

TUESDAY: You will watch "Blitzkrieg To The Bomb" and fill out a viewing guide as you go... This is an old documentary with rockin' footage...it goes very quickly and will be our introduction to our unit. 

WED: ACT Testing...

THURSDAY: Be ready to be randomly selected and provide an answer with evidence to the focus question...this will be for points!!

DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES...

NEW DEAL TEST BUMPED TO MONDAY...

WE WILL WATCH FT. PECK DOC TODAY...CHECK PREVIOUS POST FOR DETAILS FOR THE TEST!

HAVE A HAPPY EASTER!

TEST IS ON TOMORROW...CHECK YESTERDAY's BLOG POST FOR DETAILS!!!!

STUDY/READ CH. 33.  MEMORIZE...KNOW WHAT THE FOLLOWING NEW DEAL AGENCIES STAND FOR:

AAA
CCC
WPA 
TVA
FDIC
REA
SSA

STUDY THE MONTANA/NEW DEAL HANDOUT FROM TODAY'S DISCUSSION!

TOMORROW:  CCC/FT. PECK....

FRIDAY: QUIZZAM

CH. 33 = 5 M-C QUESTIONS = 4 POINTS EACH = 20 POINTS
FILL-INS - 30 POINTS
ESSAY - 50 POINTS --- NEW DEAL PROGRAM AND 5 IDEALS!

READ AND REVIEW YOUR NEW DEAL CHART...THREE R'S...CH. 33 IS DONE!

WEDNESDAY - Short Schedule...will discuss The New Deal in Montana...even a "stupid human trick".
THURSDAY - Ft. Peck...a continuation of Wednesday's topic.
FRIDAY - Quizzam - Ch. 33. 5 Multiple-Choice..Fill-ins...New Deal Alphabet Soup...MT stuff....and an Essay on a New Deal Program! 

3rd Quarter Grades are posted...pay attention to your attendance...BIC is alive and well...remember we also have an "Assignment Portfolio" for 2nd Semester Assessments.

WE ARE GOING TO DO A GROUP ACTIVITY ON WWII!!!! FINALLY!!!

NEW  DEAL PROGRAM...POSTERS DUE TOMORROW...TUESDAY...YOU ARE TOTALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MATERIAL IN CH. 33.

Today we watched the 1930's Decade Video...We will finish that up on Monday...

Homework:  Ch. 33 has been read thoroughly...I will assign you a New Program and you will do a quick search in the textbook and the internet to get an image and some information for your New Deal Poster....you will be randomly assigned a partner.  This will be due on Monday...  Mmm Good...Mmm Good...that's what FDR's New Deal Soup is Mmm Good!

Today was ACT sign up day...gotta love the bubble!  HOMEWORK: Read Ch. 33...and bring your textbook to class.  So...What's the big deal about the New Deal anyway?  

Bonus Opportunities still are available ...deadline Thursday...Beverly Hill Billies Talking Blues and/or the Selfies downtown!

Welcome Back!!! Homework tonight is to read very carefully Ch. 33 - "The New Deal and Its Legacy"

Tomorrow Mr. Weeks will be in talking to all juniors signing you up for the mandatory ACT!

Bonus: "Talking Blues" and pics from New Deal stuff downtown is still available ...deadline is Thursday!