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