COLD WAR METAPHORS WERE SHARED, DISCUSSED AND TURNED IN TODAY...THEY LOOK PRETTY DARN GOOD!
WE FINISHED THE CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS...IN 3RD HOUR...THERE WAS A NUCLEAR ATTACK...AND IN 6TH HOUR...THE U.S. GAVE UP WEST BERLIN!!!
ON MONDAY WE START THE LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL WATCHING "THE 60'S" ...YOUR LAST HURRAH!
GET ORGANIZED...ALL 2ND SEMESTER ASSIGNMENTS, AND TESTS, ETC. ORGANIZED FOR THE 50 POINT 2ND SEMESTER ASSIGNMENT PORTFOLIO...WILL COLLECT THEM ON THURSDAY...JULY 5.
2ND SEMESTER FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE WILL BE AVAILABLE TUESDAY NEXT WEEK!
Friday, May 30, 2014
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
UPDATE: Due to the fact your teacher doesn't know what Month it is ... your Cold War Metaphor Assignment will be collected this Friday, May 30th...If you are going to be gone for any reason...you need to get it on my desk before you leave.
THERE IS A QUIZ TOMORROW...COLD WAR TERMS...MATCHING...20 POINTS... 10 ITEMS/2 PTS. EACH...
KOREAN WAR CRISIS...RIGHT INTO CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS...AS OF THIS MOMENT THE COMMUNISTS ARE WINNING!!!!!! UNCLE SAM IS TOO "SOFT ON COMMUNIST AGGRESSION"
THERE IS A QUIZ TOMORROW...COLD WAR TERMS...MATCHING...20 POINTS... 10 ITEMS/2 PTS. EACH...
KOREAN WAR CRISIS...RIGHT INTO CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS...AS OF THIS MOMENT THE COMMUNISTS ARE WINNING!!!!!! UNCLE SAM IS TOO "SOFT ON COMMUNIST AGGRESSION"
Thursday, May 22, 2014
COLD WAR METAPHOR ASSIGNMENT
50 POINTS
DUE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2...at the start of the period.
NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED!
Assignment was introduced on Thursday, May 23. Samples in classroom.
Directions: Select a Metaphor depicting the competition between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War (1945-1989). Create a central image and then you must label and describe 10 Items from your Cold War materials. This should be colorful/interactive and with plenty of cowbell. Then provide 3 specific explanations relating the metaphor to the actual Cold War. Then...provide specific explanations praising the U.S. Foreign Policy efforts for each decade the Cold War lasted.
Sources to be used: Class materials/terms, charts, reading materials. Chapters 38-40, Ch. 51-53, and Ch. 54 and Ch. 57.
50 POINTS
DUE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2...at the start of the period.
NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED!
Assignment was introduced on Thursday, May 23. Samples in classroom.
Directions: Select a Metaphor depicting the competition between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War (1945-1989). Create a central image and then you must label and describe 10 Items from your Cold War materials. This should be colorful/interactive and with plenty of cowbell. Then provide 3 specific explanations relating the metaphor to the actual Cold War. Then...provide specific explanations praising the U.S. Foreign Policy efforts for each decade the Cold War lasted.
Sources to be used: Class materials/terms, charts, reading materials. Chapters 38-40, Ch. 51-53, and Ch. 54 and Ch. 57.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
ATOMIC CAFE TODAY...WE FINISH IT TOMORROW!
CONGRATS TO 3RD HOUR...ALL YOUR CONFIRMATIONS ARE IN!!! THE COMMUNISTS HAVE SPOKEN!!!
6TH HOUR...IF YOU ARE A DOT...YOU HAVE UNTIL THE START OF THE PERIOD TOMORROW TO GET YOUR CONFIRMATIONS IN TO ME...I MEAN IT!
HOMEWORK TONIGHT:
MAKE A COLD WAR TITLE PAGE IN YOUR INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS...THE TWO ITEMS WE HANDED OUT IN CLASS TODAY MUST BE GLUED IN YOUR NOTEBOOKS TONIGHT. STUDY THE VOCAB TERMS...I WILL POP QUIZ YOU AT ANY TIME!
CONGRATS TO 3RD HOUR...ALL YOUR CONFIRMATIONS ARE IN!!! THE COMMUNISTS HAVE SPOKEN!!!
6TH HOUR...IF YOU ARE A DOT...YOU HAVE UNTIL THE START OF THE PERIOD TOMORROW TO GET YOUR CONFIRMATIONS IN TO ME...I MEAN IT!
HOMEWORK TONIGHT:
MAKE A COLD WAR TITLE PAGE IN YOUR INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS...THE TWO ITEMS WE HANDED OUT IN CLASS TODAY MUST BE GLUED IN YOUR NOTEBOOKS TONIGHT. STUDY THE VOCAB TERMS...I WILL POP QUIZ YOU AT ANY TIME!
Monday, May 19, 2014
Today we discussed the Decision to drop the Atomic Bombs. WWII Take Home Essays...were due Friday. If you did not turn them in on Friday, without prior communication with your teacher...it will not be accepted. Check previous post that verifies this point. Last Wed/Thurs you were instructed as such. We are moving forward. Professional Deadlines are important...you were given this assignment on Wed.May7.
On Friday you watched 10 Minutes of Atomic Cafe, and did a primary source exercise on the A-Bomb Decision...that was collected and worth 10 Points...and enter in Power School. WWII Notebooks were also collected...and will be entered tomorrow am...as we start a Cold War unit.
Today we introduced the "Dot" activity for extra-credit...you must be here to participate.
Better work harder than ever these last 3 weeks. More serious assignments to come!
DO NOT FORGET...THERE IS BIC AND ASSIGNMENT PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENTS AND A SEMESTER FINAL EXAM COMING!
On Friday you watched 10 Minutes of Atomic Cafe, and did a primary source exercise on the A-Bomb Decision...that was collected and worth 10 Points...and enter in Power School. WWII Notebooks were also collected...and will be entered tomorrow am...as we start a Cold War unit.
Today we introduced the "Dot" activity for extra-credit...you must be here to participate.
Better work harder than ever these last 3 weeks. More serious assignments to come!
DO NOT FORGET...THERE IS BIC AND ASSIGNMENT PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENTS AND A SEMESTER FINAL EXAM COMING!
Thursday, May 15, 2014
BIG DAY TOMORROW: FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2014
DUE FIRST OF THE HOUR:
NOTEBOOKS: WWII: Interactive, organized, colorful: Ch. 34-35-36 = 20 POINTS
WWII TAKEHOME ESSAYS - TITLE PAGE...STAPLED TO ESSAY = 120 POINTS
WE COLLECT IMMEDIATELY... YOU WILL WATCH THE FIRST PART OF A MOVIE ENTITLED "THE ATOMIC CAFE!"...STOP WITH SCENES OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI...THEN GIVE YOU A PRIMARY SOURCE PACKET...READ AND ANSWER QUESTIONS: WRITE AN INFORMAL POSITION PAPER ON WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD HAVE DROPPED THE BOMB IN 1945?
CHECK PREVIOUS POSTS FOR INSTRUCTIONS AND DETAIL!
DUE FIRST OF THE HOUR:
NOTEBOOKS: WWII: Interactive, organized, colorful: Ch. 34-35-36 = 20 POINTS
WWII TAKEHOME ESSAYS - TITLE PAGE...STAPLED TO ESSAY = 120 POINTS
WE COLLECT IMMEDIATELY... YOU WILL WATCH THE FIRST PART OF A MOVIE ENTITLED "THE ATOMIC CAFE!"...STOP WITH SCENES OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI...THEN GIVE YOU A PRIMARY SOURCE PACKET...READ AND ANSWER QUESTIONS: WRITE AN INFORMAL POSITION PAPER ON WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD HAVE DROPPED THE BOMB IN 1945?
CHECK PREVIOUS POSTS FOR INSTRUCTIONS AND DETAIL!
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Take Home Essays will be collected on FRIDAY now! Look at the earlier post regarding page numbers for your maps. Read the corresponding pages and do a thorough job in notebook with key battles, etc. Make certain you have a CEAL paragraph for each WWII chapter focus question in your NB's.
Title Page ... Google images...and quotes...make up your own title for your paper. You will staple it together first thing on Friday.
Tomorrow: Wed. Early Out...3rd Hour...sit in teams...work on maps...and look through Armstrong's stuff!
6th Hour Line Anderson will talk/present to us about her country...Denmark and WWII.
Thursday: Browse through room...look at flip cards...
Friday: Collect NB's...Ch. 34-35-36...Interactive/color...title pages...graphic organizers...
Collect WWII Essays = 120 Points ...NO LATE PAPERS ACCEPTED.
IF YOU HAVE NOT COMMUNICATED WITH YOUR TEACHER BEFORE YOU LEAVE FOR A SCHOOL-SPONSORED EVENT ON FRIDAY...SO SORRY ...SO SAD!
Title Page ... Google images...and quotes...make up your own title for your paper. You will staple it together first thing on Friday.
Tomorrow: Wed. Early Out...3rd Hour...sit in teams...work on maps...and look through Armstrong's stuff!
6th Hour Line Anderson will talk/present to us about her country...Denmark and WWII.
Thursday: Browse through room...look at flip cards...
Friday: Collect NB's...Ch. 34-35-36...Interactive/color...title pages...graphic organizers...
Collect WWII Essays = 120 Points ...NO LATE PAPERS ACCEPTED.
IF YOU HAVE NOT COMMUNICATED WITH YOUR TEACHER BEFORE YOU LEAVE FOR A SCHOOL-SPONSORED EVENT ON FRIDAY...SO SORRY ...SO SAD!
Friday, May 9, 2014
TO WHAT EXTENT IS WWII AMERICA's LAST GOOD WAR?
Takehome Essay was assigned today. Due next Wednesday! We are watching WWII From Space by the History Channel. You were given maps for WWII Battle Fronts. INSTRUCTIONS: Make a title page for Ch. 36...with focus question. Cut and paste the maps in your notebook. For each map...color, draw arrows...label the three (3) capitols...Berlin, Rome, Tokyo. Put Dates, Key Battles, etc. on the map and take notes from the corresponding section of the chapters.
Map 1: Identify U.S., Pacific Front, North African Front, and European Front. Place Key dates from lecture notes in box. Label the following capitols: Washington, D.C., London, Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Rome, Tokyo
Map 2: p. 444, p. 468 - Hitler's Western Expansion -1939-40
Map 3: p. 468 - North Africa 1942-43 Italy - 1943-44
Map 4: p. 468 - Eastern Front...1942-45 - Color extent of Axis power...and arrows leading to Berlin
Map 5: p. 468 -Allied Offensive in Europe: D-Day to V-E Day - 1944-45
Map 6: p. 474 - War in Pacific - 1942045 - Draw arrows of the two pronged offensive...ending with
2 atomic bombs.
Takehome Essay was assigned today. Due next Wednesday! We are watching WWII From Space by the History Channel. You were given maps for WWII Battle Fronts. INSTRUCTIONS: Make a title page for Ch. 36...with focus question. Cut and paste the maps in your notebook. For each map...color, draw arrows...label the three (3) capitols...Berlin, Rome, Tokyo. Put Dates, Key Battles, etc. on the map and take notes from the corresponding section of the chapters.
Map 1: Identify U.S., Pacific Front, North African Front, and European Front. Place Key dates from lecture notes in box. Label the following capitols: Washington, D.C., London, Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Rome, Tokyo
Map 2: p. 444, p. 468 - Hitler's Western Expansion -1939-40
Map 3: p. 468 - North Africa 1942-43 Italy - 1943-44
Map 4: p. 468 - Eastern Front...1942-45 - Color extent of Axis power...and arrows leading to Berlin
Map 5: p. 468 -Allied Offensive in Europe: D-Day to V-E Day - 1944-45
Map 6: p. 474 - War in Pacific - 1942045 - Draw arrows of the two pronged offensive...ending with
2 atomic bombs.
Thursday, May 8, 2014
NOTEBOOKS: Get your CEEEAL Paragraph ...answer to the chapter focus question .... for Ch. 35 written in your notebooks.
CH. 36 Fighting WWII: Focus Question: What military strategies did the U.S. and its allies use to defeat the Axis Powers in WWII. Make a Title-Page with Focus question.
I will give you two maps tomorrow to glue in your notebooks...and explain how you take notes for this chapter.
3rd Hour - You don't know this yet...but tomorrow you are watching WWII From Space (History Channel)
6th Hour started it today (I found it on line 4th period)
TAKEHOME ESSAY: 120 Points DUE: Wednesday, May 14.
20 Points - Title Page: 10 Images...2 Quotes...An original Title and storyline
100 Points - 5 Paragraph Essay - Typed, size 12 font...one page single-spaced.
I will give you a rubric tomorrow
"To what extent was WWII America's last "good" war?"
For outside information you must use Ch. 34,35, and 36.
The scope of your paper must cover 1940-1945
You must discuss the American Homefront
You must discuss the Battle Fronts: North Africa, Italy, Europe and The Pacific"
CH. 36 Fighting WWII: Focus Question: What military strategies did the U.S. and its allies use to defeat the Axis Powers in WWII. Make a Title-Page with Focus question.
I will give you two maps tomorrow to glue in your notebooks...and explain how you take notes for this chapter.
3rd Hour - You don't know this yet...but tomorrow you are watching WWII From Space (History Channel)
6th Hour started it today (I found it on line 4th period)
TAKEHOME ESSAY: 120 Points DUE: Wednesday, May 14.
20 Points - Title Page: 10 Images...2 Quotes...An original Title and storyline
100 Points - 5 Paragraph Essay - Typed, size 12 font...one page single-spaced.
I will give you a rubric tomorrow
"To what extent was WWII America's last "good" war?"
For outside information you must use Ch. 34,35, and 36.
The scope of your paper must cover 1940-1945
You must discuss the American Homefront
You must discuss the Battle Fronts: North Africa, Italy, Europe and The Pacific"
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Friday, May 2, 2014
Thursday, May 1, 2014
WWII NOTE (FLIP) CARDS
DUE TOMORROW...
5x8 Card and list were distributed this past Monday
Front: Google Image(s) covering the entire card...Title...Date...and Quote clearly on front
Back: Typed...two paragraphs...ID...Facts explained in your own words...plenty of Cowbell in the first paragraph...2nd Paragraph...starts "THE SIGNIFICANCE is...and write a thorough analysis of the topics importance in WWII history!
We will tape them to the wall first thing...and then put you into teams to work on Ch. 35...36 Interactive Notebook assignment..
BRING TEXT BOOKS
ON MONDAY you will write a one-page...2 paragraph ID on Pearl Harbor...this will be timed in 10 minutes and will be worth 20 Points...better study it hard...
WWII SING-A-LONG: "We Did It Before...And We Will Do It Again!"
DUE TOMORROW...
5x8 Card and list were distributed this past Monday
Front: Google Image(s) covering the entire card...Title...Date...and Quote clearly on front
Back: Typed...two paragraphs...ID...Facts explained in your own words...plenty of Cowbell in the first paragraph...2nd Paragraph...starts "THE SIGNIFICANCE is...and write a thorough analysis of the topics importance in WWII history!
We will tape them to the wall first thing...and then put you into teams to work on Ch. 35...36 Interactive Notebook assignment..
BRING TEXT BOOKS
ON MONDAY you will write a one-page...2 paragraph ID on Pearl Harbor...this will be timed in 10 minutes and will be worth 20 Points...better study it hard...
WWII SING-A-LONG: "We Did It Before...And We Will Do It Again!"
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