Notes

End of the Cold War
Decolonization 

Homework 6/9

Read section 34.2 about Decolonization in Africa!

Cold War Class Notes

Cold War Divisions 
Cold War Around the World 

Class Notes

Between World Wars
Aggressors invade Nations
 32.1 Hitler's Lightening War 
WWII in Japan

WWII in the Pacific

With a partner, create a Museum/Memorial Proposal for an event that occurred in the Pacific Theater of WWII. Your project must be creative to influence and sway the Memorial Committee into voting for you.

Some events might include:

- Civilian Suicides at Saipan

- Battle of Okinawa

- Battle of Iwo Jima

- Surrender of the Japanese

- Baatan Death March

In your proposal, you must include:

• Important Chronological information - start/end dates, length of event, context of event (start, middle, end of conflict in the Pacific)
• Who was there - commanders, combatants (armies), civilian populations
• Where was this?
• Why is this important or crucial to the overall picture of WWII? What significant events happened here, what changed because of this event?
• What should the memorial include/look like?

You can produce your proposal on a large sheet of paper or a 'creative' app (like Educreations, Showme, Notability, Haikudeck, etc)

You will present your proposal to the class (informal - no set length). You have Thursday and Friday in class (as well as anything done at home) to complete the assignment - worth 25pts

This site is helpful! http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/pacific-major-battles/ YOU MUST HAVE TWO SOURCES CITED WITH TURABIAN FORMAT! NO WIKIPEDIA

Homework 5/1

Rape of Nanjing

Read the part of the reading you have been assigned.  As you read, take brief notes!  Once all the members of your group has read their part, share out what your section says (you should be taking notes on their explanations).

Economy in Between World Wars

31.2 A Global Depression 

Homework 4/11

Your rough draft is due on MONDAY, APRIL 14th.  

You should have a paper copy of your rough draft AND submit it into turnitin.com 

The class ID for Period 5 is 7930541.  The password is FISHELWH5.  

Post WWI Timeline

In a small group (2-3 students), generate a list of the important events of the Russian Revolution, collapse of China, and independence of India.  Also consider this presentation on the new countries that emerged in the Middle East.  Middle East After WWI

Using your list, create a timeline of these events, color coding by 'category'.  Then, connect ideas that share a 'cause and effect' relationship.

Finally, on your blog, post a response to the following prompt:

Compare the global post-war period - what similarities and what differences can you see develop as the world began to recover from WWI?  

Homework 4/7

Read Section 30.4 about India

Imperial China Collapses
Indian Independence 

Russian Revolution Notes

Russian Revolution Notes
Life in the Soviet Union

Homework 4/1

One of the most challenging parts of teaching World History is the idea of communism vs. capitalism!  One way to consider the concepts is to think about them not as economic systems, but of ways to live your life.  Think about the prompt below and connect them to your understanding of capitalism/communism:

Refresher: capitalism encourages competition and results in economic/social inequality.  Communism encourages equality by providing essential needs to the people (access to water, food, housing, a job).  

Think about a time you have been part of a competitive group (a club, a sports team, etc.).   What style of play is better for a group/team - to play like 'capitalists' or like 'communists'?  How could the availability of resources make a difference (personal lessons/training etc) - does everyone have access to this? 

Consider the prompt from different perspectives - from a player/participant's POV? a coach? a team owner?  a fan/observer?

Post your thoughtful response on your blog! 


If you have 5 minutes to spare - Podcast from NPR that supports this idea of a 'communist team'
NPR Report - NBA's Steve Nash is a selfless socialist?  (podcast is from 2006 - kind of outdated (Steve Nash isn't on the Suns anymore, but its an interesting idea)

Homework 3/31

Read Section 30.1 about the Russian Revolution

In Class and Homework 3/24

Today in class: Ending WWI - finishing up the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations

Homework:  Work on STUDY GUIDE WWI Test.   Worth pts on your test if completed and passed in Thursday.

Notes on WWI:
Causes of WWI
WWI is a Global War
Technology of WWI
Ending WWI
(Treaty of Versailles handout from class activity)

Tuesday in class - Creating an outline for your paper (due March 31st). No other paper due dates this week UNLESS  YOU ARE MISSING STEPS!!! Use this week to catch up! 

Test will be on THURSDAY, March 26.  Review in class on Wednesday.  

Classwork and Homework 3/19

Hello everyone!  Sorry not there today, but in the meantime, please work on the following -

1)  Finish your battle infographic in your small groups!  Everyone stay in the room please (plenty of floor space and pushed together desks for everyone - put desks back!)

2)  Map worksheet (work independently)

3)  Begin Homework (if in class, wear your headphones)

Homework:  Watch 'Crash Course' WWI linked below - (OR CLICK THE LINK HERE)

On your blog, post your reflections to both of the following questions...

• Was World War I worth it?  Who won?  Who lost? (think more than just battlefield victories) Explain why you think what you think!
  
• Comment on the statement made by John Greene in his video, "People both make history and are made by it" (so deep).  Do you agree/disagree?  Why do you think?

Thesis Statement

Please use THIS form to submit your thesis statement.

Any revisions can be resubmitted on that link as well.

DUE THURSDAY:  10 Topic Sentences.  These will be the 'mini-intros' into each body paragraph you will write.  Topic sentences must align to your thesis statement.

Reminder!!!
MCAS SCHEDULE

Research Paper Assignments

I'm officially switching the due dates for the next two steps of the research paper:

Monday, March 17 - Thesis Statement Due
Thursday, March 20 - Topic Sentences Due (10 sentences - these will be what your paragraphs will be about)

Guides for writing a research thesis
Purdue University's OWL Writing Guide
UNC Writing Center - Thesis 

UPDATE - Bibliography How-To

As I am grading your latest updates to your bibliographies, I have the following points to reiterate.  Apologizing in advance for the lengthy post.

1)  DO NOT RELY SOLEY ON THE CITATION MACHINES.  I know I showed you some of them.  I know I told you to use them, but what I didn't realize is that people would not go back through their sources and double check information.  Most (particularly websites) of the citations are incorrect.  Books are fine for citation machines.  I am fixing so many mistakes that for future years, I may not even allow these citations machines because they seem to be causing a lot of problems.

2)  DO check out the Turabian Style Guide.  If you are citing articles and books etc. this has examples that you can use as a guide to cite your own sources.  I have linked it before, but here it is again.  Turabian Style Guide

3)  Other Citation Guides - Bibme's is pretty good.  It breaks down the types of citations by categories and then gives you different scenarios to help you correctly cite your paper (ex/ how to cite a website page with an author, with no author, or with no publisher, etc)

WHEN IN DOUBT - Google 'how to cite (a book, website, journal article) in turabian'.

4)  The MINIMUM sources is eight, but you are not limited to eight (you should probably have more). You may be using a website for several different sources.  Each source must have its OWN citation.  Each page, each article, etc.  It's not okay just to cite the website's 'home' page and then use different parts of the website.

5)  When citing a journal article that you found in an online database, the citation machines won't work like they are supposed to.  You will need to do a bit of research.  'Journals' are published by different organizations and are full of research papers written by professional historians (or other fields) about specific topics.

I'm going to use one of Ashley's sources as an example.  She found a journal article called 'Geisha, Harlot, Strangler, Star..." on the World History in Context database.

If you have a similar situation, and you are using a JOURNAL from a database, you need to look up where the article was originally published.  It should say this in the database entry, or you can try to google it.  I found Ashley's article HERE and I can see the publishing information about this particular article in this particular journal.

Mr Milton created this example for how to cite a online journal from a database:

Blair, James. “The Depression Breadline.” Social Policy: Essential Primary Sources: 186-189. Detroit: Gale, 2006. World History In Context. http://bit.ly/OTqPoF (accessed March 2, 2014).

In this example, 'Social Policy: Essential Primary Sources' is the name of the Journal, '186-189' are the pages I would find this article on if I were to look at a paper copy of this journal (along with some of the other publishing info)..finally, you would give a shout out to the Database at the very end 'World History in Context' with a shortened version of the link and the access date.   

6)  CoNsIsTaNcY Is KeY.  In your titles, I see A LOT of inconsistencies..I'm going to assume that is a victim of the copying/pasting of the citation machines and your oversight of not double checking!  Make sure that in a proper title of a book or article, Each Important Word is Capitalized.


You will have to have a properly cited bibliography attached to your final paper (does not count towards page total) in order to earn full points for your final paper.  MAKE SURE YOU ARE MAKING THE CORRECTIONS I HAVE HIGHLIGHTED!  It takes time to go through everything, don't keep passing in the same uncorrected versions!

Homework 3/7

HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEKEND - 29.3 WWI AS A GLOBAL WAR (READ)


Today we're going to be taking a closer look at individual battles of WWI.

The most battles we will be looking at today are:

The Battle of Verdun (pronounced - ver-done)
The Battle of the Somme (pronounced Saw-mm)
The Battle of Ypres (pronounced Ee-pris)

You will work in small groups, 2-4 people (numbers and group dynamics will be a factor) to create an 'infographic' of the battle.

What is an infographic?  Infographics are factual, informative ways to show data and facts that also incorporate graphics (charts, maps, images and symbols)

Where will you get your information?
We will be using PBS - The Great War and some of the additional sites listed below. You can also do independent research. 

Verdun
Site ONE ; TWO ; THREE ; FOUR

Somme
Site ONE ; TWO ; THREE ; FOUR ; FIVE

Ypres
Site ONE ; TWO ; THREE 

WHAT NEEDS TO BE ON YOUR INFOGRAPHIC? 

• where the battle occurred,
• what led to its occurrence,
• battle conditions, such as the weather.
• who (countries) was involved
• how many casualties, (wounded vs. dead if you can find it) 
• types of weapons used,
• the end result of the war (who "won" the battle and its effect on everything around it, including civilians).

Homework 3/6

Taking on the role of an military journalist, write a one letter to your boss at the newspaper describing the conditions of soldiers living in the trenches.  

Be descriptive to the sights, sounds, and smells you might hear during the stalemate on the Western front.  

Your letter should be the equivalent to one pg double spaced and be posted on your blog (or, write it in a googledoc and post the shared link on your blog).

Technologies of WWI

Technology of WWI Powerpoint (from class)

The above video shows trench warfare as depicted in the 1974 film adaption of All Quiet on the Western Front (a novel written in 1929 - 10 years after the end of the war).

YouTube video of the Schlieffen Plan in action  (it wouldn't let me embed this video - start at 00:25)
^This is important if you were not in class today!!

HOMEWORK: Read Section 29.2 (Europe Plunges Into War) 

Bibliography Information

Next due date: 5 Sources in your Bibliography- Wednesday, March 5th

What is a bibliography?

A bibliography is a place at the end of your paper where you list the sources you have used for your paper.  This is to show that 1) you have done research on your topic, 2) respectfully acknowledges that other people have helped you create your paper, and 3) give your reader a place to get more information if they would like to read about something further.  

What is due on Wednesday? 
A typed bibliography of five sources is due.  Sources must be formatted in Turabian Style and be listed in alphabetical order.  At least two of these sources must be a book (Googlebooks are okay). Printed out.

How should I write my bibliography?
1) Find your sources. Keep track of your sources by emailing yourself sites you are using, printing them out, or creating a GoogleDoc that you use to keep track of them. If you are using a book, check it out of the library (or make copies if it is a small section of the book).
2) Use either the Turabian Style Guide or Bibme.org to enter in the required information about your source.

What if I can't find the required information? (author, publisher, etc)
If the source you are attempting to use does not list an author etc. it probably is not a very good source. 

How do I format my bibliography page? 
1) Alphabetical Order 
2) Your bibliography is NOT a list of links that you used. You will receive no credit for this.
2) Use THIS youtube documentary made by John in the HelpDesk to correctly indent your bibliography.
3) Bibliographies are a crucial part in writing and will never go away. For a template/example, HERE is a bibliography for a paper I wrote over the summer.

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Homework for the Weekend

1)  Complete THIS googleform about your final research topics.  I forgot to collect them in class!

2)  Watch (at least part II) the episode from 'Days that Shook the World' about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.  I've linked both parts here, in case you're interested!

Part One: 

Part Two: 

This is just for fun, its produced by the BBC and its called 'Horrible Histories', this one focuses on the alliance system.  If you have two minutes to spare, give it a watch :)

Homework for 2/24

-Read 30.1 about the beginning of WWI 

-Word Web due on Wednesday

The World Before the Great War

The World Before the Great War

Where to find this information? THIS LINK or on pg 581 in the US history book

Great Britain

France

Spain

Portugal

Norway

Sweden

German Empire

Austria-Hungary

Switzerland

Italy

Ottoman Empire

Russia

Central Powers - Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire

Allied Powers - United States, France, Montenegro, Serbia, Russia

QUEST tomorrow

QUEST tomorrow on Global Transformations (Ch 28)

Study Guide 

General research topics due on Wednesday, February 12 (worth 10pts)

Homework for the Weekend 2/7

1)  Watch the Sochi Olympic Opening Ceremony (it will be on Friday night at 8pm - but you will also be able to stream it on youtube later)

• What symbols of nationalism do you see present? Why is nationalism important in an event like the Olympics? 
• What did you like about the Opening Ceremony? What didn't you like? 
• If you could ask the Opening Ceremony organizers one question, what would it be and why? 
• Do you think Russia showed a 'true' example of its history?  What did they leave out?  Why do you think they did? 

In a blog post on your blog, answer some/all of the questions above about the Sochi Opening Ceremonies.  

2)  Meetings about possible research topics on Wednesday.  You should have three ideas to be narrowed down.  

Homework 2/4

Global Transformation Chart

Read 28.4 - Mexican Revolution

Homework 2/3

For tonight, Read Section 28.3

ALSO - start to look into the research topic list and pull out ideas that you think would be interesting to you to do your research on.  Even narrowing it down to 'women issues', something about native groups being affected by imperialism, or 'China' will help you figure out where you ultimately want to go.

Homework 1/29

Please read section 28.2 about Japan!  Very different to the west than China

Homework 1/27

Keeping the idea of imperialism (what it is and why it happens) in mind, please read Chapter 28.1 in your textbooks tonight (pgs 805-809) 

Online link HERE

In Class 1/16

Hello all! Unfortunately, I will be out sick today January 16.  Use your class time wisely and work on the study guides that were handed out yesterday in class.  If you do not have a paper copy there is a link to the document in yesterday's post.

Tonight for homework - write 5 questions to ask tomorrow in class.  Make sure the questions will help clarify things you don't understand from the study guide!

Mid-Year Review

WHII Midyear Study Guide 

Categories:
The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment
Revolutions (French, American, Latin America)
Nationalism
Industrial Revolution
Imperialism

In your first group, go through the class notes/notes about your topic.  Decide on 7-10 NEED TO KNOW facts, events, ideas that would help someone understand your topic.  These don't have to be vocab words or specific details, but general statements that summarize can be okay too.

NEXT, you will get into a new group of one person per old group into a new group.  With your new group, check out your lists.  Try to find the connections, similarities, events from one group that lead to another group.  Draw out these connections in a web-type graphic organizer.

Finally, look at the major themes of the course (listed below).  As a group, write 2-4 sentences that describe how each theme has been revealed in our classroom so far.  Where, when, why are these things happening?

• The Evolution of Concepts of Personal Freedom - How have the concepts of personal freedom, individual responsibility, and respect for human dignity evolved over time?   
• Growth and Impact of Centralized State Power - What is the impact of a large centralized state on its people and the world around them?  Why do centralized states form?
• The Growth of Industry - How has economic trade spread ideas, customs, and practices?  What is the impact of industrialization on individual nations, as well as the world?  What happens to countries who struggle with industrialization?  
• Impact of Technology - How has the development of scientific reasoning, technology, and formal education affect people’s health, standard of living, religious beliefs, government, and the environment?  

In Class 1/10 and Homework & Imperialism Notes

In Class - Complete Imperialism Study Guide

Homework:  Study for quest (quiz/test) on Monday!

Tuesday-Friday = Review for Midyear Exam

Midyear Exam on Thursday, 1/23 @ 9:15

Notes: 
Intro & Imperialism in Africa 
Imperialism in India 
Imperialism in South East Asia 

In Class 1/7

Imperialism in India

Sepoy Marketing Campaign 

Homework:  Finish your marketing campaign.

In Class 1/6 and Homework

In Class:  Complete the map of imperial land held in Asia by Europeans.

On your map, label the following:

• British India 
• Dutch East Indies 
• Burma 
• China 
• Philippines 
• Siam
• French Indochina
• Japan
• Korea 
• Russia 

Use the map on page 792 (click for a link to the textbook) to help you (pay attention to the map key!) When you are finished with your map, take a picture of it and post it on your blog.  

Homework:  Finish your map if you do not finish it during class and post the picture of it to your blog.  Read Section 27.4 in your textbook (pgs 791-795 or use the link above).  DIRT quiz tomorrow!