cpmwhreflections0708

Unravel the enigma of Mr. Gnass's Mind: Read His Reflections! Reflections page. (also includes homework assignments)

Assigned map of Middle East. I will no longer update this website. We'll be reviewing for the final for the rest of the week. Cheers! It has been a wonderful year. Homework: 1. notebook due for the last time tomorrow. 2. Textbooks need to be returned by Wednesday.
 * Monday May 19**

Cold War test
 * Friday May 16**

I was out today. Students reviewed for test.
 * Thursday May 15**

Finished film; reviewed for Cold War test
 * Wednesday May 14**

Continued film
 * Tuesday May 13**

Continued Goodbye Lenin. Passed out Cold War unit study guide. Also, I'm posting the SEMESTER TWO FINAL STUDY GUIDE. START WORKING ON IT NOW!
 * Monday May 12**

I was out. Students worked on chapter 35.4
 * Friday May 9**

Began Goodbye Lenin
 * Thursday May 8**

finished last project
 * Wednesday May 7**

Quiz on homework. Quick lecture on Gorbachev reforms. Assigned last project, skit on Soviet independence movements. HW: Chapter 35 section 3 (due Thursday) Define/explain the details and significance of the following: 1. Politburo 2. Gorbachev. His background and policies 3. Glastnost; responses/effects 4. Perestroika; responses/effects 5. Democratization of the Pol. System 6. New Foreign policy 7. Solidarity 8. Lech Walesa 9. Fall of communism in Poland; how did it happen? 10. changes in Hungary; a first? 11. Hungary allowed East Germans to do what? 12. Erich Honeker; his downfall. 13. Egon Krenz and the Berlin Wall: Nov. 9, 1989. 14. downfall of the Communist in East Germany. 15. Oct. 3, `1990 16. list a few challenges that the new Germany faced.
 * Tuesday May 6**

From the Arms race to detente. Simulation of the arms race. HW: (Two Parts) • 1. How did today’s Kibbles and Bits activity explain the rationale behind the arms build up? 2. Chapter 33 section 5 (quiz tomorrow) 1. Nikita Krushchev 2. Destalinization 3. what did krushchev call for? 4. Imre Nagy; what happened to him? What did he want? 5. Leonid Breshnev: how did he differ from Kruschev 6. Prague Spring 7. Causes for Soviet split with China; soviet punishment of china 8. détente and Nixon; how was this a change? 9. Failure of SALT II. Why?
 * Monday May 5**

Watched parts of Romero (beginning and end) HW: Romero Review
 * Thursday and Friday May 1 and 2**

Quiz. Finished Doc on CIA and Cold War. HW: Romero reading and questions
 * Wednesday April 30, 2008**

Quiz. Reviewed homework. Doc on CIA in the Cold War. HW: Chapter 33 section 4 part B Explain/list the significance of each of the following: 1. Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi: why did Iranians dislike him? 2. Mossaddeq: why did Americans dislike him? 3. Ayatollah Khomeini and revolution of 1978-79; causes and effects 4. Seizure of American embassy in 1979 and hostage crisis 5. Resurgence of Islam in Iran 6. Iran-Iraqi war 1980 7. Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 8. mujahideen—goals and support 9. US boycott of 1980 Olympics Quiz tomorrow on the above reading and on the Cold War events in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Cuba.
 * Tuesday April 29, 2008**

Reviewed weekend's homework. Focused on Cold War in three Latin American countries. HW: 2. Chapter 33 section 4 part A (quiz tomorrow) Explain/list the significance of each of the following: 1. Three worlds: who was in each? 2. Causes for poverty in the Third World 3. what strategies did the US and the Soviet Union use to gain influence in the Third World. 4. Bandung Conference and nonaligned nations 5. What type of leaders did the US back in Latin America? Why? Why didn’t the people in Latin America like this? 6. Batista 7. Castro 8. Bay of Pigs 9. Cuban Missile Crisis. What happened? 10. Cuba in Angola 11. Castro and the Soviets 12. trade embargo 13. Somoza 14. Daniel Ortega 15. contras 16. elections in 1990
 * Monday April 28, 2008**

Wrapped up Cold War map, took a Cold War quiz. HW: 1 read pages 726-727 of your text. Define these terms: Monroe Doctrine and Roosevelt's Corollary and "Big Stick" Policy
 * Thursday April 24, 2008**


 * Wednesday April 23, 2008

Tuesday April 22, 2008** Worked on a map of the Cold War in Europe. Then I passed back WWII papers. HW: 1. Rank the cold war terms we covered in class last week in order of importance to you. The 4 terms you should rank are individualism, equality, capitalism, and communism/socialism. Explain why you think each term is more important than those below it (ie explain your reasons for ranking.)

We're on an odd STAR test schedule this week. Classes don't meet every day. We did a reading on the Cold War. HW: study for the Holocaust Quiz and complete the assignment on the Stages of Genocide: Get the attachments here:
 * Tuesday through Thursday April 15-April 17**

Collected Essays, lectured on the End of WWII and the beginning of the Cold War. Handed out an assignment on the 8-stages of genocide and reminded the class of our Holocaust/End of WWII quiz on Friday. HW: 1. Finish the assignment on the stages of genocide 2. Review for Holocaust quiz.
 * Monday April 14, 2008**

Finished film. Reflected. HW: Schindler's response and WWII paper due on Monday.
 * Friday April 11, 2008**

Continued film. HW: 1. work on paper; see below. 2. Work on Schindler's List assignment that I passed out in class on Monday.
 * Thursday April 10, 2008**

Continued film HW: 1. work on paper; see below. 2. Work on Schindler's List assignment that I passed out in class on Monday.
 * Wednesday April 9, 2008**

Continued film. HW: 1. work on paper; see below. 2. Work on Schindler's List assignment that I passed out in class on Monday.
 * Tuesday April 8, 2008**

Began film Schindler's List HW: 1. Work on your paper this week. It will be due on Monday.
 * Monday April 7, 2008**

Workshop time for WWII paper.
 * Friday April 4, 2008**

Finished presentations; wrapped up documentary on the Holocaust
 * Thursday April 3, 2008**

Students presented today. HW: Chapter 32 section 3 Explain/define each of the following: 1. Aryans 2. Holocaust 3. Nuremberg Laws 4. Kristallnacht 5. Other countries’ responses to Jewish emigration. 6. Ghettos 7. Final Solution 8. Genocide 9. Final Stage 10. Auschwitz 11. number of Jews killed 12. Warsaw uprising (you can find this in the box called “spotlight ON” on page 834. 13. Other examples of resistance (in the survivors section); good for your essay. 14. Look at chart on top of page 834. Which country had the highest percentage of Jews killed?
 * Wednesday April 2, 2008**

Students continued working on the Holocaust project and we watched a brief documentary on the subject.
 * Tuesday April 1, 2008**

Students worked on stages of the Holocaust project
 * Monday March 31, 2008**

Assigned WWII essay. Get the details here:
 * Friday March 21**

Took WWII quiz
 * Thursday March 20, 2008**

Reviewed for WWII quiz
 * Wednesday March 19, 2008**

Wrapped up Japanese expansion in Asia, and began an overview of WWII in Asia.
 * Tuesday March 18, 2008**

HW: 1. Review for test..

Checked homework. Finished activity on Japanese expansion in Asia. If you need to wrap things up at home, you can get the readings here: HW: 1. work on study guide 2. Chapter 32 section 4 B (Start on page 839) Define/explain the significance of each of the following: 1. Roosevelt’s death 2. MacArthur and Battle of Leyte Gulf 3. Kamikaze 4. Iwo Jima and Okinawa 5. Manhattan Project 6. J. Robert Oppenheimer 7. Truman’s warning 8.Hiroshima and Nagasaki 9. Japanese surrender
 * Monday March 17, 2008**

Checked homework. Passed out study guide for the WWII quiz/test on Thursday of next week. Then wrapped WWII in Europe. Began an activity on WWII in Asia. HW: Chapter 32 section 2 Define/explain the significance of each: 1. Japanese expansion; 1931 and 1937 2. Roosevelt’s response to Japanese invasion of Indochina (Vietnam, etc) 3. Pearl Harbor: reason for attack; details of event; US response 4. Japanese victories after Pearl Harbor: Philippines, Hong Kong; Maylaya 5. “Asia for Asians” 6. Bataan Death March 7. Doolittle Raid 8. Battle of Coral Sea 9. Battle of Midway 10. Island-hopping 11. MacArthur 12. Battle of Guadalcanal
 * Friday March 14, 2008**

Wrapped up the appeasement game. Then covered the rest of the events in Europe during WWII, almost. HW: 1. “Reflecting on War in Europe” Part I: Complete the following simile with a good explanation and concrete historical examples: Hitler’s expansion in Europe was like a kid in a candy store because…. Part II: Grade the Allies’ response to the 4 events related to Hitler that we covered in our game. A=good; F=bad. Do this for each event, and then be sure to offer a one or two sentence explanation for why you came up with this.
 * Thursday March 13, 2008**

2. Chapter 32 section 4 (stop at page 839): Define/explain the significance of each: 1. What did Stalin want the Allies to do? How did he disagree with Churchill? 2. Rommel and Montgomery and the Battle of El Alamein 3. Eisenhower 4. Battle of Stalingrad; importance of winter; cost in lives 5. Invasion of Italy. Fate of Mussolini 6. examples of mobilizing for Total war 7. Internment of Japanese Americans; reasons; problems 8. D-Day 9. Liberation of Paris 10. Battle of the Bulge 11. Hitler’s end and VE Day 12. Roosevelt’s death

Collected charts and finished the appeasement game. HW: Two parts (Reflecting on War in Europe is due tomorrow; chapter 32.1 will be due tomorrow). __2. Chapter 32 section 1__ Define/explain the significance of each: 1. Hitler’s demand for the Polish corridor 2. Nonagression Pact (public and secret) 3. Invasion of Poland and world’s response 4. blitzkgrieg 5. Soviet invasion of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia 6. phony war 7. Getting past the Maginot Line 8. Dunkirk 9. Fall of france 10. division of france: vichy and german 11. Charles de Gaulle 12. Winston Churchill 13. Operation Sea Lion and the Battle of Britain and RAF response 14. Italian and German invasion of Africa 15. Rommel the Desert Fox 16. Invasion of the Balkans 17. Operation Barbarossa 18. Battle of Leningrad 19. Lend-Lease Act 20. Atlantic Charter
 * Wednesday March 12, 2008**

Began with our first WW2 quiz. It was on the Rise of Fascism and Nazism. I then passed out an assignment called the Axis Powers Chart. Students must complete it by tomorrow. We then began our game on appeasement.
 * Tuesday March 11, 2008**

HW: 1.complete Axis Powers Chart 2. Chapter 31 section 4B Define/explain the significance of each: 1. Goals of isolationists in the US 2. Third Reich 3. Anschluss 4. Sudenland 5. Munich Conference 6. Violation of the Munich Pact 7. Italy and Albania 8. Nonaggression pact

Began with a quick lecture on Hitler's violations of the Treaty of Versailles. Then began a game on Hitler's expansion and appeasement. We will finish it up tomorrow. HW: (Two parts--there will be a quiz tomorrow; see below.) 1. Chapter 31 section 4 Part A Define/explain the significance of each: 1. Military’s independence in Japan. 2. What allowed the military gain control in Japan? 3. goals of the Japanese military (expansion, etc.) 4. Japanese invasion of Manchuria 5. League of Nations response to Manchuria 6. Japanese invasion of China (Nanjing, etc) 7. Mussolini’s invasion of Ethiopia. purpose. British/French response 8. Hitler’s violation of the Versailles Treaty’s army limitations 9. Hitler’s occupation of the Rhineland; how was it a turning point? 10. Appeasement 11. Axis Powers 12. Spanish Civil War 13. Francisco Franco 14. Do “analyzing visuals” on the top of page 814 Quiz tomorrow.
 * Monday March 10, 2008**

2. **Review for tomorrow's quiz**: Everything prior to last night's homework. (Weimar Germany, hyper-inflation, all the details about the rise of Hitler. Review last week's homework and classwork.)

Reviewed yesterday's assignment. Then watched a captivating video on the mind and life of Hitler.
 * Friday March 7, 2008**

I was out today. Students analyzed documents on fascism and Nazism, as well as other primary sources.
 * Thursday March 6, 2008**

Went over a lecture on the Rise of Hitler and viewed primary source video footage. Get the lecture here: HW: Chapter 31 section 3 (Due Friday) Define/explain the significance of the following: 1. fascism; definition and basic ideas 2. similarities and differences with communism 3. Mussolini; background; how did he gain support of middle class. 4. Victor Emmanuel III and Mussolini 5. Il Duce 6. Hitler; background; native country 7. Nazism 8. der Fuhrer 9. arrest in munich 10. Mein Kampf 11. lebenbsraum 12. economic conditions in Germany in the early 1930s 13. Hindenburg names Hitler Chancellor. Why? 14. Ludendorff’s prediction 15. Reichstag fire and communists 16. Enabling Act 17. Schutzstaffel 18. Gestapo 19. Nazi command of the economy; unemployment rates. 20. Hitler’s control of the media, books, etc. How was this totalitarian? 21. anti-Semitism; laws passed; Kristallnacht 22. other examples of dictatorship in Europe.
 * Wednesday March 5, 2008**

Had a candy sale to simulate hyperinflation in Weimar Germany. Analyzed graphs to understand the details. HW: 1. Finish “From Hyperinflation to Economic Depression” if you didn't in class. 2. Chapter 31 section 2 Define/explain the significance of each of the following: 1. WWI’s effect on Europe vs. Japan and the US 2. Coalition governments; difficulties (france stats) 3. Weaknesses of the Weimar Republic 4. Whom did Germans blame for their problems? 4. Inflation problems. Why wheelbarrows? 5. Dawes Plan; explain how this temporarily solved the economic crisis in the early 1920s 6. “spirit of Locarno” 7. Kellogg-Briand Pact 8. Impact of the US's refusal to join the League of Nations 9. Read the rest of the section, but don't get bogged down by the details. Just be able to explain what the Great Depression was and read page 806 to explain the New Deal. Take notes on these two things.
 * Tuesday March 4, 2008**

Discussed art between the wars (Dadaism and Surrealism). Check out the power point of slides here: HW: Chapter 31 section 1 (read only pages 796-800). Answer the following questions: 1. When TS Eliot said the world after WWI was a “Wasteland,” what did he mean? Would he say the same thing about our current society? Would you? Explain. 2. Nieztsche urged a return to what things? Why? How do you think his ideas may have influenced Hitler? Does he influence you? 3. Read about Cubism, Dadaism and Surrealism. Quickly describe. Which appeals most to you? Why? 4. Check the Dali painting on page 797 (yes, it adorns the walls of many a college dorm room every year): what do you think about? Describe it. 5. Where was jazz from? How is it similar to rap today? 6. How did women’s dress change after WWI? 7. What did Margaret Sanger and Emma Goldman want? 8. What did Charles Lindbergh do? (where did he go to the bathroom?) Amelia Earhart? 9. Stop here.
 * Monday March 3, 2008**

Don't worry about the Dada art assignment.

Passed back tests, reviewed. Did a mini-lesson on Kosovo and the Balkans today--connections to WWI.
 * Friday February 29, 2008**

Took the WWI test
 * Thursday February 28, 2008**

Review game for test. HW: study for WWI test. See below for guide.
 * Wednesday February 27, 2008**

Interpreted poetry of WWI. HW: STudy for Thursday's test. Get your study guide below.
 * Tuesday February 26, 2008**

Went over the details of the Treaty of Versailles
 * Monday February 25, 2008**

We conducted a simulation on the Treat of Versailles Conference. Most students got into it and enjoyed it. It does depend on your group, I suppose. HW: 1. Finish Chapter 29.4 (29.4B) Follow these guiding points (sorry they're probably not in order):
 * Friday February 22, 2008**

1) What new nations were created from the Austrian-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires. 2) What was Article 231, the War Guilt clause? 3) Why wasn’t Russia at the Versailles Conference? 4) Why were some Americans against the Treaty and the League? 5) Who were the Big Four? 6) What land did Russia lose? Which countries received their independence from this? 7) What did people in Africa and Asia think? 8) How was the mandate system like European colonialism?

2. Start reviewing the study guide.

Reviewed the end of the war. Began an activity on the Treaty of Versailles. We'll wrap this up tomorrow. HW: 1. finish Versailles activity, including map. 2. chapter 29.4A (pp. 760-61). Do the skillbuilder on page 761. Get your WWI test study guide here: It's extra credit! :) Quiz, then wrapped up events of WWI (didn't finish this in all classes yesterday). Also, reviewed our map of Europe during WWI. HW: finish map; relax.
 * Thursday February 21, 2008**
 * Wednesday February 20, 2008**

Quiz, then finished lecture on WWI. HW: 1. label map I handed out in class. 2. Chapter 29 section 3B. Finish the section. Take good notes.
 * Tuesday February 19, 2008**

Debriefed yesterday's war game. Took a quiz in periods 6 and 7. Then began an interactive lecture on WWI. HW: 1. Chapter 29 section 3A. Read and take notes up to the section "War Affects the Home Front" on page 755.
 * Friday February 15, 2008**

Finished the War Game, after a quick quiz. HW: War Game Reflection (new entry in notebook) 1. Did you obtain your vital interests? If so, was it because your allies helped you? 2. What would you do differently if we were to play this game again? 3. How has this game helped you better understand the way that alliances played a part in determining the events of WWI? 4. How has this game helped you better understand the way that geography played a part in determining the events of WWI?
 * Thursday February 14, 2008**

You can find out your [|vital interest] here!

Began our World War I game of epic proportions. HW: 1. "War Game Update" (see the sheet I gave you for details.) 2. Finish Chapter 29 section 2 Part B (Take detailed notes on your own.) Quiz tomorrow. :)
 * Wednesday February 13, 2008**

Collected notebooks in periods 5 and 6. We then began our war game simulation. HW: 1. “Information on my War Game Country”: Be sure to list your country’s vital interests and its enemies and allies. Be prepared to strategize tomorrow. 2. Chapter 29 section 2 part A (Take detailed notes on your own up to the bottom of page 748. If you want to go ahead and finish the entire section, you can. You'll have to do it tomorrow anyway. :))
 * Tuesday February 12, 2008**

Began with a homework quiz, then watched a video on the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Discussed. HW: perfect notebook; due tomorrow.
 * Monday February 11, 2008**

Reviewed last night's homework. Then did a quick power point on the MAIN causes of WWI. HW: 1. Respond to question on sheet from class: Which of the four causes do you think was the greatest of the group? 2.Chapter 29 section 1 Define/state the significance of each of the following: 1. Rise of Nationalism 2. Rise of Militarism 3. Militarism 4. Triple Alliance 5. Kaiser Wilhelm II: his new policies; challenge with Great Britain. Ship building program, etc. Attitude toward Bismarck. 6. Triple Entente 7. Goals of Serbian leaders in the Balkans 8. Bosnia and Herzegovina 9. Assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Who, where, why? 10. Austriaπs ultimatum to Serbia. 11. July 28, 1914
 * Friday February, 2008**

Reviewed last night's homework. Then began a discussion of the MAIN causes of WWI. HW: finish last night's homework! Chapter 24 section 3 Define/write the significance of each (quiz tomorrow) 1. nationalists in the 1800s were loyal to whom? 2. How was nationalism a divider of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Explain in general terms. 3. Ottoman empire; Armenian massacre 4. Mazzini; goals 5. piedmont-sardinia 6. Count Cavour: his goals. Why was Mazzini suspicious? 7. Garibaldi and the Red Shirts 8. problems in Italy after unification 9. Goals of Wilhelm I 10. Junkers (pronounced Yunkers) 11. Otto von Bismarck and realpolitik 12. Seven Weeksπ war of 1866 13. Franco-Prussian War
 * Thursday February 7, 2008**

Started this unit with a discussion of nationalism. Looked at case studies of Germany and Italy for nationalism as a unifier. HW: 1. complete activity/handouts I distributed in class (Germany and Italy; Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire).
 * Wednesday February 6, 2008**

Began our WWI unit with a little anticipatory activity, in which students explained why they agreed or disagreed with several statements related to war and conflict. We also began a nationalism self-discovery activity.
 * Tuesday February 5, 2008**

HW: Answer the following questions in your notebook--one paragraph for each: 1. When is war ever justified? 2. After a war, how should the peace treaty be resolved? 3. If a country started a war, an then lost, should the people of that country be punished? Why or why not?

Also, finish your paper on the environment in China today. Good luck on the CAHSEE tomorrow!!!

Took the China Unit test today. HW: Work on your essay, which will now be due on Wednesday (giving you a break): China and the environment today. If you lost the directions, they went with our video. You can get them again here:
 * Monday February 4, 2008**

Passed back papers. Reviewed for test on Monday HW: Review for test. Write essay on the environment of China--due Tuesday.
 * Friday February 1, 2008**

I was out. Students did a reading on current Chinese-US Relations
 * Thursday January 31, 2008**

Collected China Magazines today and reviewed for the unit test. It will now be on Monday. HW: 1. Review for test. 2. write essay on the environment of China and you today; due Tuesday.
 * Wednesday January 30, 2008**

Collected a few China Magazines in each class. Then began a review of China's environment today. Students have to write an essay on the topic by Monday of next week.
 * Tuesday January 29, 2008**

HW: 1. China Magazine due tomorrow 2. China test on Friday. Do study guide. 3. Essay on you and the environmental crisis in China due on Monday.

Started with a quiz. Wrapped up Tiananmen documentary, then watched a brief clip from the doc. Tank Man, in which Chinese students couldn't ID the tank man. It is a good example of Chinese Media censorship. Check out the entire documentary here, if you'd like. Click on the image.
 * Monday January 28, 2008**

HW: 1. China magazine due tomorrow...in all its beautiful entirety! I'll be nice and take it Wednesday if you don't have it tomorrow. 2. Test on China Unit on Friday. Study guide here.

Finished economic reforms of Deng Xiaoping. Discussed reading on Tiananmen; then began a short documentary on the event.
 * Thursday January 24, 2008**

HW: Finish chapter 35 section 5A by Monday. Quiz on Monday; closed note. Study for China unit test, which will be on Friday. China magazine due Tuesday. Have rough drafts more parts 3 and 4 by Monday.

Reviewed more of the Little Red Book. Wrapped up Mao and transitioned into Deng Xiaoping. HW: 1. Legacy of Tiananmen. Read the handout provided in class and answer the question. 2. Chapter 35 section 5A; due Monday Define/state the significance of each of the following: 1. Mao believed what was important to improve Chinaπs economy? 2. Zhou Enlai and his approach. Compare with Mao. 3. Table Tennis (Ping-Pong) 4. Deng Xiaoping and the 4 modernizations 5. Dengπs land policy with farmers. 6. food production changes 7. Tiananmen Square: Causes; events; effects 8. June 4, 1989
 * Wednesday January 23, 2008**

HW quiz; then reviewed the Little Red book. Those against the revolution were revealed. Watched a clip on the Cultural Revolution.
 * Tuesday January 22, 2008**

HW: Rough draft of part 3 of the China magazine.

Friday January 18, 2008 Lesson of the Cultural Revolution. Assigned the Little Red Book.

HW: Chapter 33 Section 2 Part B 1. Chinese Communists 2. Agrarian Reform Law of 1950 3. collective farms 4. 5-year plan 5. Great Leap Forward and life in the Communes 6. failure of the Great Leap Forward 7. split with Russia 8. Red Guards 9. Cultural Revolution (1966-1976): causes, events and effects

Work on Little Red Book

Thursday January 17, 2008 Started with a HW quiz. Then continued our discussion of China under Mao. Went over Mao’s 5-year plan and the Great Leap Forward. Read primary sources on life in communes. Discussed pros and cons. Fun stuff.

HW: Chapter 33 Section 2 Part A Define/state the significance of each of the following:

1. Mao Zedong and Jiang Jieshi 2. US support of Nationalists, corruption 3. Nationalists advantage against Communists 4. Why the Communists triumphed. 5. Taiwan 6. Two Chinas: US and Soviet Support 7. Chinese Invasion of Tibet 8. Dalai Lama

Wednesday January 16, 2008 Checked HW; then began a discussion on the Rise of Mao with a documentary video has a guiding part.

HW: Finish Chapter 30 section 3; quiz tomorrow.

Tuesday January 15, 2008 Checked hw, then took an Asia map quiz. Looked at the practice of foot binding. Finally, students read about two Chinese leaders and discussed which one they preferred.

HW: Finish two leaders activity. Do part 2 of China magazine (early 20th century peasant life). Begin chapter 30 section 3, which will be due on Thursday. Possible quiz. Take your own notes.

Monday January 14, 2008 Did a quick simulation on land distribution in early 20th-century China. Then read an eyewitness account in a Chinese village. Handed out and explained China magazine assignment

HW: 1. study for map quiz. 2. Do rough draft for part 1 of the China Magazine.

Friday January 11, 2008 Took and quiz. Then finished reviewing the three philosophies of China.

HW: be sure to copy these final notes on Confucianism if you didn’t get them in class. Confucianism: 1. Filial piety: must pay honor and respect to your family. 2. Emphasized Li, which are virtues or good habits. Examples are respect, loyalty, honesty, hard work. We should all behave according Li. 3. If everyone does his/her part, then we will have a harmonious, society. Rulers set an example for people to follow, etc. 4. I explained a lot more about Confucianism in class. Hopefully you got it.

Thursday January 10. 2008 Finished lecture on China; then began an activity on the three major philosophies/religions of China. HW: Finish Chapter 28 section 1; quiz tomorrow. Map quiz on Tuesday.

Wednesday January 9, 2008 Reviewed Asia map. Took a quick survey on China to see what students know. Did a quick lecture on China’s history.

HW: Chapter 28 section 1: China Responds to Pressure from the West. Complete the following questions; this will be due on Friday 1. In what ways were the Chinese people “essentially self-sufficient” during the Qing Dynasty? 2. Describe the balance of trade between China and Britain in the early 1800s? How is this similar to China’s balance of trade toward the US today? 3. What was the main cause of the Opium War? What were the results? 4. What type of problems began to develop during the end of the Qing Dynasty (after the Opium War)? 5. Who was Hong Xiuquan? What were his goals in the Taiping Rebellion? 6. What were the goals of the Dowager Empress (Cixi)? 7. Look at the map on mage 28, which countries had a “sphere of influence” on China in the late 1800s? 8. What was the purpose of America’s Open Door Policy? How is this an example of free trade?

Also

Define and explain the significance of each of the following: 1. Guangxu and his Hundred Days of Reform 2. Boxer Rebellion: causes, events, results 3. Beginnings of Reform: give examples

Tuesday January 8, 2008 Welcome back to the second semester! Students reflected on their performance last semester and gave me some helpful feedback. We then started work on our Asia map assignment, which will be due tomorrow. Quiz on Friday.

HW: Complete and review your Asia Map.

Tuesday December 11, 2007 Reviewed Indian/Pakistani history after Gandhi. Began our last assignment: A Glimpse into the Culture of India today. HW: Study for Final

I will not update this page again until next semester. We will be reviewing for the final from here on out. Cheers!!!!!

Monday December 10, 2007 Finished Gandhi HW: 1. Gandhi film response 2. Review for final. Find a study guide here, if for some reason you have not downloaded one yet (or asked me for one in class).

Friday December 7 Continued Gandhi

Thursday December 6, 2007 Continued Gandhi HW: 1. Review for final. See study guide below. 2. Work on your Gandhi film response as much as you can.

Wednesday December 5, 2007 Quiz on homework; continued Gandhi. HW: 1. Review for final. See study guide below. 2. Work on your Gandhi film response as much as you can.

Tuesday December 4, 2007 Quiz on the homework; reviewed yesterday’s class work. Began Gandhi. 1. HW: Chapter 34 section 1 part B (quiz tomorrow) Define/explain each of the following 1. Jawaharal Nehru 2. Conflict over Kashmir 3. Things that Nehru did to move India forward. 4. Indira Gandhi 5. Sikh tensions 6. Assassination of Indira Gandhi 7. Rajiv Gandhi 8. How old is this book? 9. challenges facing India 10. Division in Pakistan and the creation of Bangladesh 11. Tamils and problems with Sri Lanka

2. Review for final. See below.

Monday December 3, 2007 Read several sources on British Imperialism in India. Discussed essay that will be due tomorrow (see below). Discussed the semester final study guide; see below.

HW: 1. Start reviewing for the final. Get your study guide here.

2. Chapter 34 section 1 part A Define and explain the significance of each of the following:

1. WWII and the Quit India campaign 2. Asia for Asians 3. Mahatma 4. Congress Party: Muslims and Hindus 5. Concerns of Jinnah. What did Hindus have in common with Muslims? 6. British encouragement of religious division 7. Gandhi’s view of division of India 8. Mountbatten and the Partition 9. 1947 movement of Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs. How many died? 10. Why was Gandhi shot?

Friday November 30, 2007 Attorneys made closing statements, and then the jury deliberated and voted in each class. I then debriefed with the entire class.

HW: Work on your position paper on British Imperialism in India. This will be due on Tuesday.

Thursday November 29, 2007 British imperialism in India was on trial today. Attorneys did well, most of the time, and the open jury asked good questions. We will deliberate tomorrow.

Wednesday November 28, 2007 Prepared students for format of trial. HW and map quiz.

HW: work on imperialism project. See below.

Tuesday November 27, 2007 Reviewed Imperialism assignment; then conducted a lecture on British Imperialism in India: part II.

HW (four things):

1. Chapter 27 section 4 Part B (start on page 703 at the second to last paragraph, which begins: Some historians have called…) Define/ explain the significance of each of the following: 1. Hindu/Muslim split 2. Sikhs 3. racist attitudes 4. Ram Mohun Roy. what did he want? Why would British people like him? Why was he the father of modern India? 6. Sati or suttee 7. Examples of Indians as second class citizens 8. Indian National Congress 9. Muslim League 10. partition of Bengal

and

2. Chapter 30 section 4 (don’t read past 787)

Define and explain the significance of each of the following: 1. Indian National Congress and the Muslim League 2. Why did Indians help Britain in WWI? 3. Rowlatt Act and response 4. Amritstar Massacre and response 5. Mohandas Gandhi; his strategy. 6. satyagraha and civil disobedience 7. give examples of Gandhi’s s civil disobedience 8. Salt March 9. Government of India Act

3. and review for map quiz

4. and work on your Imperialism assignment

Monday November 26, 2007 Welcome back for the holiday season! We went to the library to research our topics on Imperialism. See below.

HW: 1. Continue working on your project. Jurors, remember, you need to find information about your country only under colonialism/imperialism. Most of this can be found, at first, in an encyclopedia. The paper will be due on Thursday. Attorneys, you should have a rough outline (like the examples I showed you) by tomorrow. The final packet will be due on Wednesday. The trial will be on Thursday.

2. Study for your India map test, which will be on Wednesday.

Wednesday November 21, 2007 Debriefed Elizabeth Eckford’s speech. Passed back papers, reviewed the India map and that was about it.

Enjoy the weekend! J

HW: Work on India Trial assignments. See below.

Tuesday November 20, 2007 Passed back notebooks to period 6, collected them from period 5. Reviewed trial/debate stuff quickly. Reviewed info about Elizabeth Eckford for tomorrow’s assembly. See below for more details. We then had a discussion on the Caste system in India.

HW: Finish the notes on the caste system in India. (click here if you need to do that.)

Then answer the following prompt: Caste system value question:

Did the British have a right or responsibility to abolish the discriminatory aspects of the caste system - a system deeply rooted in Hinduism? In other words, should one nation impose their "better" values on another society if that first nation believes they are "improving" the other society? Should be at least a half page (but more is better). Should represent deep thought not just surface skimming banter. Be prepared to share your thoughts with the class

Monday November 19, 2007 Passed back notebooks to period 7, collected them from period 6. I’ll collect them from period 5 tomorrow. I assigned the trial/debate on British Imperialism in India. Students are either jurors or attorneys. If you don’t know what you are, you are a juror. Get to work on this: paper for jurors; trial preparation for attorneys.

HW: Attorneys: Remember you need to break down your info. According to the following subtopics: 1. Politics/government 2. Social/cultural/religious 3. economics/transportation.

Get some more information from this site.

Jurors: start researching for your country of choice.

Label your map of India and its surrounding countries.

Friday November 16, 2007 Collected homework; some students shared; began our subunit on India with a video clip and a brief powerpoint. Collected the notebooks from period 7; I will collect period 6 tomorrow.

HW: Chapter 27 section 4 part A

Define/ explain the significance of each of the following:

1. East India Company 2. Battle of Plassey 3. Sepoys 4. “jewel in the crown” 5. British restrictions 6. railroad in India 7. types of raw materials 8. positives and negatives of colonialism. Make a T-chart 9. causes of famines 10. hands off towards religion and culture? 11. Resentment toward the English 12. cause and effects of the Sepoy Rebellion (mutiny) 13. raj 14. racist attitudes 15. stop here.

Thursday November 15, 2007 Map quiz; reading on the Congo HW: finish European imperialism in the cong task-rotation. Choose two of the four options.

Wednesday November 14, 2007 Reviewed last night’s homework, began case study of European Imperialism in the Congo. HW: study for map test, tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! J (to boost your self-esteem)

Tuesday November 13, 2007 Took a HW quiz, then reviewed the Africa Map. We did a comparative analysis of two maps of Africa in order to grasp the stages of European colonialism in Africa.

HW: 1. read and answer questions to the paper on the Berlin Conference. 2. Read “Gentlemen of the Jungle” and answer the questions below:

1. In general terms, how is this an allegory ( a story in which people/characters are direct symbols for something else) for European Imperialism in Africa? 2. Who does the “man” in the hut represent, symbolically? 3. Who do the different animals, or “gentlemen” of the jungle represent? 4. How is the Commission of Enquiry similar to the Berlin Conference? 5. What arguments do the animals use for talking the man’s hut? 6. How did man finally resolve things? How could this be a prediction for how things would end up in Africa? (High level think required here J)

Did you not get the reading on Gentlemen of the Jungle? Get it here. http://africawithin.com/kenyatta/imperialism.htm

3. label your Africa map, and study for Thursday’s test.

Friday November 9, 2007 Went over the 5 motives of the Second Phase of Modern European Imperialism. After that we analyzed different examples of these motives.

Chapter 27 section 1: take notes on the entire section; there will be a quiz on Tuesday.

Thursday November 8, 2007 We began our unit on imperialism.

HW: (period 1 only): When is it justifiable for one country to intervene in the affairs of another? Half to full page response; be thoughtful.

Wednesday November 7, 2007 Students too their test on the Russian Revolution. HW: relax

Tuesday November 5, 2007 I was out sick today. Students reviewed for tomorrow’s test.

HW: There will be a test tomorrow, so please study for it. See study guide below. Other terms to know: gulag; Peter Stolypin; Proleteriat, etc.

Monday November 5, 2007 Finished Stalin video and began reviewing for Russian Rev. test. See study guide below (last week). HW: review for test; finish crossword puzzle I passed out in class.

Friday Nov. 2, 2007 I was out; students tried to watch a video on Stalin.

Thursday November 1, 2007 We wrapped up our investigation into life in the Soviet Union under Stalin. HW: 1 finish propaganda project by Monday. 2. Work on study guide; see below. Test on Tuesday. Later.

Wednesday October 31, 2007 Took a homework quiz, passed out study guide for the Russian Revolution test (will be on Tuesday). Finally, students began research on different aspects of Soviet society. HW: 1. Propaganda project; due Monday. 2. Study for test; it will be Tuesday.

Tuesday October 30, 2007 Wrapped up the four major goals of Stalin. Assigned the Propaganda Project (due Monday). HW: finish chapter 30 section 2. Take notes. Quiz tomorrow. And, yes, there will be homework on Halloween. Sorry.

Monday October 29, 2007 We read a short summary of the Soviet Union’s transfer in leadership from Lenin to Stalin. We then went over the 4 major goals of Joseph Stalin. Finally, I passed back the Industrial Revolution tests for review.

HW: Chapter 30 Section 2 Part A. Take outline notes on your own. Stop at “Weapons of Totalitarianism” on page 777.

Friday October 26, 2007 Finished documentary. Passed back projects. HW: relax

Thursday October 25, 2007 Finished newscasts; began a documentary on Rasputin. HW: 1. Comparison of the French and Russian Revolutions. See below.

Wednesday October 24, 2007 Students presented their newscasts on various stages of the Russian Revolution. By and large, things went well in each period. We will finish up tomorrow.

HW: 1. Chapter 30 section 1 part C (see last night’s homework below) 2. On the notes provided (click here if you need more), be sure to state whether or not each stage of the Revolution was a positive change (progress) or not? Explain. 3. Comparing the French and Russian Revolutions: On a separate piece of paper, compare each of the 6 parts of the Russian Revolution that we discussed (and are going to discuss) with stages of the French Revolution. You will need to look back at your French Revolution notes for this. Each part should be a paragraph, thus this should be 6 paragraphs. It should be typed. It will be turned in on Friday. You can start it tonight! J

Tuesday October 23, 2007 Took a quiz on last night’s homework and then prepped for Russian Revolution newscasts. HW: work on newscast

Chapter 30 section 1 Part C (772-774)

Explain/define each of the following

1. Red Guard’s overthrow of the Provisional Government. 2. Lenin’s actions once he became the leader (peasant lands, etc.) 3. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 4. Leon Trotsky 5. Reds v. Whites in the Civil War 6. New Economic Policy as small-scale capitalism 7. USSR 8. power of the Communist Party

Monday October 22, 2007 We reviewed last night’s homework, and then I assigned our next project: a newscast on the Russian Revolution. Due Wednesday.

HW: 1. Work on newscast

2. Chapter 30 section 1 part B (770-772) Explain/define each of the following:

1. Russo-Japanese War 2. Bloody Sunday 3. Duma 4. WWI; its effect on Russia 5. Rasputin 6. March (also known as February) Revolution 7. Provisional Government 8. Lenin’s return

Friday October 19, 2007 We had four guest speakers from late 19th-century Russia come into class today to share their experiences. 5th period was all right. 6th and 7th were downright depressing. Yet another lesson that has lost its life at Burlingame.

HW: 1. 19th Century Russia response: What do you think will happen in the 20th century in Russian, in light of what you learned about its society in the late 19th-century? Explain.

2. Chapter 30 Section 1 Part A

Explain and define each of the following:

1. Alexander IIIπs methods of maintaining order and control 2. pogroms 3. Nicholas II 4. Industrialization and Sergey Wittπs programs 5. Trans-Siberian Railway 6. problems with industrialization 7. dreams of Marxists? What did they think would happen? 8. Bolsheviks and Mensheviks 9. Lenin 10. Russ0-Japanese War

Thursday October 18, 2007 Took the Industrial Revolution Test

Wednesday October 17, 2007 Collected some wonderful Industrial Revolution projects and reviewed for tomorrow’s test. HW: Review for test. Study guide is below. Part 2 of the study guide is here

Tuesday October 16, 2007 Examined examples of Neoclassical, Romantic and Realist Art to understand how the medium of painting changed during the Industrial Revolution. HW: 1. Project due tomorrow. 2. Test on Thursday; finish study guide by tomorrow for extra credit

Monday October 15, 2007 Played a simulation that illustrated the differences between capitalism, socialism and communism. HW: 1. project due on Wednesday 2. Test on Thursday. Master the study guide. I gave out an addendum in class on Friday. Ask me for it if you did not get it.

Friday October 12, 2007 Finished Smith and Marx activity, after a quiz HW: 1. work on project; now due on Tuesday. 2. Work on study guide. See way below.

Thursday October 11, 2007 Analyzed and compared the ideas of Adam Smith and Karl Marx as explanations of the Industrial Revolution HW: 1.Finish chapter 25 section 4; see below 2. Work on project; due Monday. See below. 3. work on study guide; see below.

Wednesday October 10, 2007

Wrapped up yesterday’s activity.

HW: 1. Begin Chapter 25 section 4 (due on Friday) Define/explain the significance of each of the following: 1. Laissez faire 2. beliefs of enlightenment philosophers 3. Adam Smith and Wealth of Nations 4. capitalism 5. Thomas Malthus 6. David Ricardo 7. Utilitarianism 8. Jeremy Bentham: goals 9. John Stuart Mills: goals 10. Socialism; definition and goals. Compare with capitalism. Role of government? 11. Karl Marx; communist manifesto; his predictions of the future 12. Proleteriat 13. Do the skill builder on page 650 14. unions and collective bargaining 15. goals of unions 16. combination acts 17. success of British unions by 1875 18. Reform Laws 19 Factory Act of 1833 20. Mines Act

Tuesday October 9, 2007 Began a document analysis of the positive and negative effects of the Industrial Rev (after our homework quiz). HW: 1. Work on your Enrichment project; see below.

2. Start your Industrial Revolution study guide. Get it here. (Test on Tuesday of next week)

Friday October 5, 2007 Watched and discussed a couple of clips on the Industrial Revolution. Then assigned the Industrial Revolution Enrichment Project. HW: finish chapter 25 section 2

Thursday October 4, 2007 We wrapped up our discussion of the Industrial Revolution. I then passed back tests HW:

Chapter 25 section 2 (quiz on numbers 1-8) tomorrow Define/explain the significance of each of the following:

1. urbanization: definition, causes and examples. 2. London 3. poor living conditions 4. effect on life span 5. working conditions/hours 6. rising middle class (who was in it?) 7. upper v. lower middle class 8. Luddites 9. Positive effects of the Industrial Rev. 10. other benefits 11. look at the chart on p. 640. Which social class benefited the most and which suffered the most from industrialization? 12. Read the case study on p. 641. Who benefited most from child labor? What are some other examples of the negative effects of the Industrial Revolution I this reading? 13. Look at the graph on p. 641 and answer the skill builder questions

Wednesday October 3, 2007 Started a powerpoint on the Industrial Revolution. We will finish it tomorrow.

HW: Chapter 25 section 1 part B (pp. 635-637) Define/explain the significance of each of the following:

1. New Inventions in textiles: spinning jenny; water frame; power loom; 2. reasons for factories 3. factories by streams? Why? 4. cotton gin 5. Wattπs steam engine 6. canals 7. McAdamπs roads; turnpikes 8. Stephensonπs Rocket 9. four ways that railroads changed life in Britain.

Also, notebooks will be collected from periods 5 and 6

Tuesday October 2, 2007 We began the Industrial Revolution today.

HW: Chapter 25 section 1 part A (pp. 633-34)

Define/explain the significance of each of the following:

1. Agricultural Revolution 2. Enclosure Movement 3. Crop Rotation 4. British Advantages (population and natural resources) 5. Industrialization 6. economic strength and political stability 5. factors of production

Monday October 1, 2007 Took test HW: relax

Friday September 28, 2007 Collected the essays and reviewed for the test. HW: study for test on American and French Revolutions. See below for details. J

Thursday September 27, 2007 Took a quick homework quiz, had our Europe map quiz, and then finished map activity of French Rev.

HW: 1. Essay due tomorrow. See below. 2. Study for French Rev. test on Monday 3. study guide due tomorrow for EC.

Tuesday September 25, 2007 Took a homework quiz, checked the essay outlines and wrapped up France after Napoleon. Then worked on a map skill exercise related to the French Revolution. NEW CHANCE TO SCORE EXTRA POINTS: Turn in your essay to me on Wednesday or Thursday and I will give you an extra 5 points (if it is at least C quality). HW: 1. Chapter 23 section 5—take notes 2. Europe map quiz on Thursday—study 3. Essay due on Friday.

Monday September 24, 2007 Finished the video on Napoleon, went over his decline and then passed out American and French Revolution Study Guide.

HW: 1. Chapter 23 section 4 Define/Explain the significance of the following:

1. Napoleon’s three major mistakes: Continental System, Peninsular Campaign, Invasion of Russia. (there’s a lot here.) 2. Battle of Leipzig 3. Waterloo 4. What were Napoleon’s greatest achievements? 5. Take a look at the chart at the bottom of 585. Answer the two questions: 1. Which of the goals of the Revolution did Napoleon achieve? 2. If you had been a member of the bourgeoisie in Napoleon’s France, would you have been satisfied with the results of Napoleon’s actions? Why or why not?

2. Essay outline due tomorrow. See below. 3. Do not forget: you have a Europe map quiz on Thursday. 4. Do not forget, your essay will be due on Friday.

Friday September 21, 2007 Reviewed the homework, did part II of the French Rev. lecture and began a doc. On Napoleon.

HW: 1. Chapter 23 section 3 all; take notes. 2. essay 3. Europe map review

Thursday September 20, 2007 We discussed the map, finished the ppt. (Part I) of the French Rev, watched a short clip from a documentary, and then began our comparative analysis of the Declaration of the Rights of Man.

HW: 1. Finish your analysis of the Declaration of Rights of Man and the Declaration of Independence. Answer all questions completely! Get the reading here. Get the questions here. 2. Think about your essay. 3. Review your map. There will be a quiz on Wednesday of next week.

Wednesday September 19, 2007 Started off with a quiz. Began a ppt. lecture on the French Rev.

HW: 1. Chapter 23 section 2 B: finish the section, taking notes. 2. finish labeling map by tomorrow! 3. Think about your essay. See below.

Tuesday September 18, 2007 Took another homework quiz (take notes and study people!!!), reviewed the homework, finished our video on the Bastille, went over the French Revolution Essay assignment and began to fill out our map of Europe. Whew!

HW: 1. Chapter 23 section 2 part A pp. 577-579—take notes. 2. Label your Europe map by Thursday. 3. Start thinking about/working on your French Revolution Essay/outline.

Monday September 17, 2007

We took a homework quiz and then watched a documentary video on the Storming of the Bastille and the beginning of the French Revolution.

HW: 1. Chapter 23 section 1 Part B Finish the section by taking notes on key points and ideas. Outline format would be best.

Thursday September 13, 2007

We simulated life in pre-Revolutionary France. Students were introduced to the problems the country faced upon the eve of revolution.

HW: Chapter 23 section 1 part A (573-575) Explain the significance/define the following

1. Old Regime 2. 3 Estates and percentages of each; which had the most power and who was in each? 3. Third Estate: Bourgeosie, workers and peasants. Explain each. 4. Population of france 5. Explain the Three Forces of Change: Enlightenment Ideas; Economic Woes (crop failures), etc.; Annoying King Louis and his wife Marie Antoinette 6.Estates-General. Why did Louis call a meeting?

Wednesday September 12, 2007 First, we took a quiz on last night’s homework. We then read an excerpt of the Declaration of Independence and found John Locke’s fingerprints all over it. I then passed back Governing tests.

HW: Stages of the American Revolution.

Directions: Reflecting on the handout I gave you last week (structures of revolutions--you used this for your revolution story), you will give concrete examples of the American Revolution for each of the following stages: Numbers 1, 2,4,5,7 and 10. (Example: The Stamp Act Congress is a sign of protest, thus it fits under stage 2) Each part shouldn’t be more than a few sentences.

Tuesday September 11, 2007

One or two students shared their homework in each class. We then went over a quick lecture on the American Revolution, tracing its Enlightenment influences.

HW: Chapter 22 section 4 (quite a bit here)

Guiding points. Explain the significance of each:

1. New sense of colonistsπ identity. 2. Navigation Acts and colonistsπ response 3. Costs of French and Indian War 4. Stamp Act and colonistsπ response 5. Boston Tea Party and British Response 6. Declaration of Independence and John Lockeπs influence 7. Four reasons for American success against the British. 8. Articles of Confederation: Type of government. 9. Format of Articles of Confederation; how laws were passed; amendments 10. Shaysπs Rebellion and its impact 11. Format of the new Constitution. 12. montesquieuπs influences 13. federal system 14. Lockeπs and Rousseauπs influence on the Constitution 15. Bill of Rights (influences of Voltaire, Rousseau and Locke) 16. The Constitution and the Bill of Rights both put Enlightenment ideas into practice. What does this mean?

Monday September 10, 2007 Collected Notebooks in periods 6 and 7. We started our new unit on revolutions by discussing the common structure/stages of all revolutions..

HW: 1. Revolution Story. Write your own revolution story according to the ten stages we discussed in class. Get them here.

Friday September 7, 2007 Took the test HW: Relax; no homework for once. If you were absent you need to make up the test on the day of your return (probably Monday) after school. Plan on it. Thanks. J

September 6, 2007 Reviewed for test HW: 1. Study! Test tomorrow.

September 5, 2007 Wrapped up the Meeting of the Minds. Good discussion in each class.

HW: Review for test, which will be on Friday; go over all notes and homework. See below for the study guide.

September 4, 2007 Convened the Meeting of the Minds. We will wrap it up tomorrow.

HW: 1. Study for Friday’s test. Get your study guide here, if you do not have it yet.

2. Chapter 22 section 3 Define/explain each of the following: 1. Salons; importance. 2. Diderot; Encyclopedia (importance/impact) 3. neoclassical art and classical music 4. Mozart and Beethoven 5. enlightened despots 6. Frederick the Great: his reforms and his limitations; his idea of his role as king (serve the state) 7. Joseph II: his reforms. 8. Catherine the Great: failed reform attempts

Friday August 31,l 2007 Minimum day today. Students worked on visual aide for Tuesday’s Meeting of the Minds.

HW: 1 Prepare for conference on Tuesday. See below for details. 2. HW: Chapter 22 Section 2 part 2 (pp. 543-556) Define/Explain the follwoing

1. Rousseau; his fear of civilization 2. his favorite type of government 3. idea of general will 4. compare his social contract with that of Hobbes and Locke 5. Mary Wollstonecraft; A Vindication of the Rights of Womanãthesis 6. Salons and women 7. Three long-term effects of the Enlightenment

Thursday August 30, 2007 Took a quiz on last night’s homework, then discussed it. (Collected notebook from period 5) Groups prepped for the Meeting of the Minds (see below). I met with groups. HW (three parts) : 1. prep for Meeting of the Minds; if you are a philsopher you need to have your basic ideas typed up by tomorrow: What is your ideal form of government? Why? Who should make decisions? What is the nature of man (good or bad)? What other important ideas do you have? If you are the Press Agent you need to write down biographical info, and if you are the Investigative Reporter you need to have TWO questions for each person.

2. Chapter 22 section 2 part A (pp. 541-553) (Quiz tomorrow) Define and/or explain the following: 1. Enlightenment 2. Thomas Hobbes; Leviathan; reasons for his idea of government 3. Social contract 4. john Locke; his view of human nature. 5. three natural rights according to Locke; purpose of government 6. Two Treatises on Government 7. philosophes 8. Five important concepts of the philosophes. Which resonates most with you? Why? 9. Voltaire; his concerns. 10. Montesquieu; separation of powers; influences later. 11. Admiration for English government shared by Voltaire and Montesquieu

3. Get your notebook ready periods 6 and 7. Due tomorrow.

Wednesday August 29, 2007 Reviewed the Meeting of the Minds activity that will be taking place on Tuesday. Each student has a specific role. DO NOT BE ABSENT ON TUESDAY!!!! HW: 1. finishes Influences on Government (see below for the link. It is on yesterday’s homework link. 2. Today we started with a quiz on last night’s homework; we then reviewed for tomorrow’s conference. Note: Investigative Reporters, click here for a summary of each philosopher’s ideas. (Sorry, I don’t have anything for Queen Elizabeth. I’ll give you something tomorrow.) Come prepared!

Tuesday August 28, 2007 Took a quick quiz on the HW. Then discussed the Enlightenment. Followed up with a preview to figures of the Enlightenment with pictures and all. Finally, I assigned students to one Enlightenment figure.

HW: 1. Answers to questions About (your Enlightenment figure). Write the questions from the handout in class and write complete responses under each.

2. (Ignore what I said earlier; don’t do chapt. 22 section 2 A). Instead do Influences on Government. Click on this link for a quick review of historical events that have influenced present day ideas of government. Put this in your notebook.. It will be due on Friday. You may have a quiz! J Do you want the MS Word version? Click here.

Monday August 27, 2007 Reviewed textbook homework and conducted a quick lecture on the Scientific Revolution, then discussed different types of government (based on other homework). Finally, I posed a question to which students must write a half-page response: Can people be trusted to govern themselves? Yes, no? Maybe? Tell me why you think this.

HW: 1. Finish question posed in class. 2. Chapter 22 section 1 Part B Define/and or explain the following (you will have a quiz on this tomorrow.)

1. Scientific method 2. Francis Bacon and his criticism of past scholars. suggestions 3. Rene Descartes 4. “I think therefore I am” 5. Isaac Newton’s great discovery 6. Summarize differences between old and new science 7. Fahrenheit and Celsius 8. Jenner and inoculations 9. Robert Boyle and his accomplishments. 10. Answer number 3 on page 550.

Friday August 24, 2007 Passed back grades from yesterday’s presentation, discussed reflection homework, and then took a quiz. I then passed out textbooks and homework.

HW:

1. Complete the sheet Governing Terms.

2. Textbook Chapter 22 section 1 part A (pp. 545-547)

Define and/or explain the following:

1. Medieval View of the universe (geocentric) 2. Ptolemy 3. Scientific Revolution 4. Muslim influences on Scientific Revolution 5. Impact of Age of Exploration on scientific research 6. Copernicus and the heliocentric theory and his fears 7. Johannes Kepler 8. Galileo’s basic discoveries. 9. Galileo’s conflict with the church.

Thursday August 23, 2007 Groups presented today.

HW: 1. Study for tomorrow’s quiz on the topics discussed in the presentations.

2. Presentation Reflection: In about half a page answer the following question: How did at least two of the presentations help you to better understand the things that are going on in the present day? Give good examples.

Wednesday August 22, 2007 Groups prepared for tomorrow’s presentation. HW: 1. prep for presentation.

Tuesday August 21, 2007 We went to the library to continue researching articles for the project below. HW: 1. research

Monday August 20, 2007 Ms. W came in to discuss the school’s Code of Conduct. We then took our first world geography map quiz.

HW: 1. find a relevant article for our unit assignment, if you haven’t already. See below.

Friday August 17, 2007 Groups finished going over the historical topics; we then reviewed them as a class. Next, we went over the assignment, “Connecting Past Events to the Present.” Students were assigned groups, and they chose which of the 8 topics they want to focus on.

HW: 1. Find at least one article from the library’s search database. Focus on Newsbank. Be sure to print out the article and complete the article summary I provided. 2. Study for map quiz on Monday.

Thursday August 16, 2007 Went over the use of the notebook, reviewed/stamped the map (quiz Monday) and began reviewing summaries of historical topics as we prepare for our unit project. We are considering the following question: How can we better understand the present by studying the past? Students broke into groups and began reading overviews of 8 historical topics involving relations between groups. We will study these in greater depth this year.

HW: 1. Read and take notes on the THREE historical topics (click here for an overview of each of the topics) that your group agreed upon. Come to class tomorrow prepared to discuss in your group. You can do more if you’d like. 2. review your map.

Wednesday August 15, 2007 Finished arranging the seating chart, then reviewed our responses to last night’s homework. Next, we watched a music video in order to see how our own background/biases affect how we interpret things (an issue to think about in history). Finally, I passed out a map that students must label by tomorrow. There will be a map quiz on Monday.

HW: 1. bring a notebook 2. have parents sign syllabus if you haven’t already. 3. finish labeling map, and prepare for Monday’s map quiz. Memorize the map! J

Tuesday August 14, 2006 I greeted my enthusiastic students today. Students filled out an info sheet, and we went over the course syllabus together.

HW: 1. Answer the four questions that were at the bottom of your Student Info sheet. Bring your thoughtful, well-written responses tomorrow. Questions: 1. What is history, and why is it important? 2. What is more important, religion or economics (ie money matters)? Explain. 3. What is the role of the individual (you) in society? 4. What is our main purpose as human beings? 5. How does our own background/experience affect how we interpret history?