Vacation

1) Read Unbroken and work on quote journal due after 1/14

Extra Credit: OMSI Racism Exhibit

Dec. 13, 2012 and winter vacation

1. Grade and comment on Practice Paper 1.
2. Bring USG for Chapter 5 to class.

Reading for winter vacation in Unbroken
Complete quote journal.

Dec. 12, 2012

1) Complete practice test for Paper 1.  Answer all 4 questions and time yourself.
Bring completed test to class.

2) Continue working on USG Ch. 5 for Thursday

December 10, 2012- January 2, 2013

Homework:

1. Finish all questions on League of Nations practice paper 1: 12/10
2. Finish USG Ch. 5 for Thursday: 12/13
• Turn in bio with your USG; timelines will not be due until after winter break
3. Study guide and quote journal for Unbroken: due date tbd but not before 1/14

Dec. 6

1. Write compare and contrast for sources C & D
2. Finish Causes and Effects chart for Great Depression

Other:

• Start reading Unbroken
• Finish USG for Ch. 5 with bios due 12/13

12/3

1. Finish first parst of USG for Ch 4 and all links; bring notes to class for check or quiz.
2. Write response comments to your WWI paper.

Nov. 26 - Nov. 29

Due 11/27.  Work in-class 11/26

1. Prepare to represent your assigned country at the Paris Peace Talks for the Treaty of Versailles.

China
p2 Kyle A, Shaina ZS, Catherine B
p3: Henry B, Lizzy W
France
p2: Marty B, Kiley Y, Liam B, Graham V, Brendan C
p3: Kai W, Danny B, Ramin T
Germany
p2: Jacob B, Andy T, John C, Shervin S, Alex D
p3: Ethan T, Kyle M
Great Britain
p2: Matthew D, Lily R, Julia E, Izzy O, Michael F
p3: Hannah C, Trevor S, Oriana M
Italy
p2: Becca O, MacLean F, Angie M, Natina G
p3: Siobhan S, Riley M, Will C
Japan
p1: Nikhil G, Lizz M, Daniel H, Duncan M
p3: Vicki N, Alana R
United States
p2: Liz K, Emily H, Robin J, Katie K
p3 Cade R, , Molly P, McKinley R

Here are the Versailles Options your country must consider.  Come to class tomorrow ready to present recommendations for the conference.  

Due on 11/29

1. Completion of page 4 of the options sheet above.
2. Completed chart from the USG for the Paris Peace Treaties on 11/29

Nov 26, 2012

Cher Ami fans check out the
 NY Times: WWII Carrier pigeon found with a message that baffles codebreakers

Homework for 11/26

• Read Maps & Introduction to “Paris, 1919” by Margaret Macmillan
• Read and take notes on the Aims of the Participants at Versailles
• Also, be sure to have read at least pages 68-73 from Chapter 4 below

Homework 12/3

• Peacemaking and Peacekeeping Reading: Ch. 4  due before 12/3
• USG Peacemaking, Peacekeeping and International Relations 1918- 1936
• Relevant Key terms and Key Questions 1-3 due 12/3, Paris Treaties chart also due 12/3

Long Term

• If you want to get ahead over break, this USG covers 2 chapters.  Ch.5 links from the USG.
• Binders, USG, Timeline, Biography etc. will be due on 12/14

November 7, 2012

Homework: Finish questions in Armenia Packet.

• Bring USG to class
• Bring Timeline to class

Preparing for Paper 2
WWI Test Questions - 
1914-19 Chronology - teacher notes

UNIT EXAM 11/13
WWI Binder due 11/13
(binder cover sheet under binders tab)

November 5, 2012

1) Readings on Armenians in the Ottoman Empire
Read the ENTIRE packet; it doesn't take that long.  Be prepared to do a mini-fishbowl on your section.


2) BBC Article: 5 minute read that puts Armenian Genocide in context.

October 29, 2012

Homework:

1) All Quiet Paragraph due 11/1

2) USG Questions due 11/1 Seminar Day- Graded Class Discussion

3) Remember to be working on your WWI Biography and Timeline.  Tuesday's lesson will help you with some aspects of the timeline, so you may want to work on your biography first.

Binders for WWI will be due on exam day 11/13.

Next Week:
Reading for Class 11/5
Armenia
BBC Article- Armenian Questions 

October 25, 2012

1) For class today please read and take notes on
The Greatness and Continuing Significance of All Quiet on the Western Front
by Andrew Kelly

2) Finish Propaganda assignment from 10/22/12

10/22/12

In class today.
Complete Propaganda Investigation WWI

Key Terms Quiz Tomorrow

October 18

In class today:
Dolce et decorum est
Poems, songs, primary accounts
Paintings

Use the sources above to complete the hand-out

Homework for 10/22:
Create a text collage of quotes from the sources.  Due 10/22.
Continue working on the USG

Key Terms Quiz 10/23

15 de octubre

IF YOU HAVE EASY ACCESS TO A LAPTOP, please bring it with you to class on Monday!

Homework:
Finish your OPVL source analysis.
Make a chart and categorize each source according to cause.  Your chart should include:

Social
Political
Economic
Religious
Military
causes of WWI.  What is missing?

You should be close to finishing your key terms reading.
KEY TERMS DUE IN CLASS 10/18
KEY TERMS QUIZ 10/23

october 8, 2012

Alliance Homework

PowerPoint: European Diplomatic Alliances Pre-WWI 
Keep working on Farmer Ch 2 & 3 and USG WWI

Key Terms Test 10/23

October 2 & 4, 2012

10/2 Read Colonialism in the Congo p. 1-11(Tuesday)
10/4 Read Colonialism in the Congo p. 12-23 (Thursday)
Read/Answer: South African War Questions (Thursday)

October 1, 2012

In class

WWI Pre-war country profiles
Pre-war couuntries TABLE

Homework: 

Read and take notes on Farmer Ch. 2 (35-67), Ch 3 p. (68-94)

Unit Study Guide WWI

Key Terms and Questions 1-5 Due Oct. 10 

Reading finished and all study questions Due Oct. 25

September 25

Unit Test Today:

• Study your Unit Study Guide, 
• Film Shorts on Heaven on Earth
• Bio/timeline/top events of the 20th century
• Review 

Bring your text to class.  If you finish your exam early, you may begin your WWI reading.

Homework: 

Read and take notes on Farmer Ch. 2, Ch 3 p. 68-94

Unit Study Guide WWI

Key Terms and Questions 1-5 Due Oct. 10 

Reading finished and all study questions Due Oct. 25

September 18, 2012

mini-biography blank form
Marx research assignment

• Mini-bios, timelines due Monday, September 24
• UNIT EXAM: MARX Tuesday, September 25
• UNIT 1 BINDERS with Marx Research Assignment due Thursday, September 27

Read 1-2 more articles on the anti-U.S. protests in the Middle East.  This time seek out a Western perspective: BBC, NY Times, PBS, Wall Street Journal, Fox News etc.  Add a sentence or two to the bottom of your original analysis.  How does this third perspective compare with your first two?  Be ready to share in class.

BRING A MULTCO LIBRARY CARD AND PIN number to class!

September 17

1. Current Event. The Value of Bias: Libyan Consulate Raid
2. Be absolutely certain you have a multnomah library card AND PIN number for class next week.  If you don't have this you will be at a distinct disadvantage.

September 13

ALL STUDENTS WILL NEED A MULTNOMAH COUNTY LIBRARY CARD AND PIN # for class on September 20.  Make sure you have or get one and check to see that it is working.  See me if you have trouble/questions.

Read all of Marx for Beginners
On the Marx Study Guide answer Guiding Questions and Key Questions.  Define and learn all Key Terms.  Be prepared for a graded class discussion on Thursday 9/13.  These notes will also be part of your in class binder.  You may work with other students on this assignment, and you will likely do best if answers are in your own words.

Don't forget to bring a 1" binder and dividers to leave in class sometime next week.

September 5, 2012

Homework for 9/6/12
10 from the 20th

Final Assignments and Final Exam

*periods 6 and 8: discussion of Russia reading moved to June 8 - questions will be available in class next week.

PLEASE NOTE: No prior late work accepted after Thursday, May 31st.  None.

May 31 - In class essay: The Cold War
June 4 - Graded Final Class Discussion: Course Themes
June 6 - Binders w/cover sheet and Flashcards/study lists due.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS BINDER CANNOT BE TURNED IN LATE, for more than 50% credit.  Flashcards will not be accepted late at all.
Flashcards/study lists must be unique to you to receive credit.

June 8 - in class we will discuss the final reading about the end of the Cold War and review for the final.

Final Exam is Cumulative: Key Terms and Multiple Choice; 100 questions.  Expect about 10 questions from each area: 5 key terms and 5 Stalin says Truman says type questions.

• Historiography/General Terms/Pre-War Europe
• WWI/Armenian Massacre
• Russian Revolution
• Spanish Civil War
• WWII and Holocaust
• Cold War Origins
• Korean War
• China under Mao
• China 1976-1989
• Cold War: USSR 

May 22
Finish Reading Ch 16/17 Packet:
Answer Key Terms Questions and complete charts
Come to class prepared to discuss all questions marked with * as well as charts


May 24
Communism in Crisis (Paper 1) Test
This will cover either China or the Soviet Union 1976-1989
Possible Topics (directly from the course guide)      

• the struggle for power following the death of Mao Zedong, Hua Guofeng, the re-emergence of Deng Xiaoping and the defeat of the Gang of 4
•    China under Deng Xiaoping: economic policies and the 4 Modernizations
• ·      China under Deng Xiaoping: political changes, and their limits, culminating in Tiananmen Square (1989)
• ·      domestic and foreign problems of the Brezhnev era: economic and political stagnation; Afghanistan
• ·      Gorbachev and his aims/policies (glasnost and perestroika) and consequences for the Soviet state
• ·      consequences of Gorbachev’s policies for Eastern European reform movements: Poland-the role of Solidarity; Czechoslovakia-the Velvet Revolution; fall of the Berlin Wall.

May 14, 16

May 14
Period 4 Korean War Speakers
All periods welcome in room 169 if you can be excused from your 4th period.  See me for permission slips.

May 16
Write answers to Source based questions 1-4
Also, Read Ch. 16 from reading packet on the Soviet Union
Take notes and define key terms

May 3, 5 and 8

MAY 5
mini-reading check quiz on pages 144-157 and class notes
Key Terms: China
Read 144-157 in the Oxford 20th Century World History Course Companion
Communism in Crisis: China

MAY 8 (Tuesday)
Finish packet p. 158-169
You may highlight and take notes on the document itself.
Key Terms: China

If you were absent 5/2 and want to do the extra credit, the movie links are on the links page.

April 30

Finish Cold War/Korean War Evaluative Timeline

April 24 &26

April 24-ACT TESTING per. 2 &4


TUESDAY 4/24
Current Event: Korea
Find and read a current event about North Korea (or South Korea).
You might search "escape from camp 14", weapons, humanitarian conditions.
1) Write a brief summary of the article (2-4 sentences).
2) Make bullet points to answer the question: How does this current event stem from, relate to or show progress/change from the political situation in Korea during 1950-53?
Period 8 current events are due Tuesday April 24
Periods 2 and 4 should bring current events Thursday, 4/26

THURSDAY 4/26
Read and take notes or print and highlight the LaFeber reading on Korea.
You will be working on an evaluative timeline of the Korean War so be sure to bring all your notes/readings to class.

April 16 & 18

Monday April 16: Bring completed Truman Policy Paper to class

Wednesday April 18
Key Terms Quiz  (assigned for Mon but moved to Wednesday April 18)
Read Korean War Ch. & take notes/key terms

Wed./Friday HW
Begin Reading Walter LaFeber on Korean War for April 24

April 5

HW:
1) Read Three Conference Hand-Out p.11-17
2) Define and Memorize Key Terms
3) Binders Must Be Up to Date by 4/11 for quarter grade check
List of Binder Assignments

Notes on Cold War Historiography
prepared by Tryon Thompson,

Spring Break

Homework:
1) Current event: Iran due April 3 (link is missing background reading)
2) Read Farmer 270-302, take notes on issue boxes and list/define key terms

HW
Skim Chapter 5 of Causes, Practices and Effects of War.  Use the text to help you answer questions 1-3 for your your oral test.

Class tomorrow will meet in the language lab downstairs (71E).

Other Dates:
3/10/12 - Paper Abstracts & Thesis due electronically by midnight
3/15/12 - Paper 2 Rough Draft due in class
3/19/12 - Oral Test WWII (one 3x5 card allowed, have typed questions ready to turn in if needed)
3/21/12 - Paper 2 Due

3/1/12

Begin Working on your Paper

For Monday 3/5
Finish Reading/Preparing notes for "Hitler's Willing Executioners"
Read Farmer 245-255 take notes/key terms

2/24/12

Quiz:  WW II Causes and Events in the European Theatre

• Farmer Ch. 5-rise of Nazism
• Failure of Collective Security/Appeasement (packet)
• Events in Europe (packet)
• Zinn Reading

Quiz will be short answer/fill in.  No essay.

For 2/28 Tuesday read Wison Ward article.

For 3/1  Thursday finish pre-write Fog of War and Private Ryan

2/14/12

Homework:
1) Read Appeasement Packet and write a few bullet points about what the international implications are for each event/item.
2) Select 2-3 quotes from the Zinn reading that challenge the notion of WW II as a good war.  It may be helpful to choose quotes that can be compared to Saving Private Ryan
3) Read the packet on War in the Pacific for class on Thursday.  Take notes and make a list of key terms as needed.

February 8, 2012

Homework
1) Syria Current Event for class Wed. 2/8/12
2) Howard Zinn Reading: First Person Accounnts of WWII for class Fri: 2/10, prepare discussion questions informally and try to make connections to the reading

fyi: Vanguard (Nigerian News Source): Russia's interest in Syria

February 6,2012

Don't forget Farmer reading due Monday 2/6

If you want to get ahead...next reading assignment due Feb 10.
Voices of a People's History by Howard Zinn ch16

Key Terms Worth Knowing

Key Terms Worth Knowing

Jan 27, 2012-Feb 6, 2012

Binders due Friday.  No late work.
Flash Cards due with your final exam.
FRIDAY: Read Farmer 134- 143.  Take notes that answer Issue Boxes on p.135 and 141.
MONDAY:Finish the chapter and all Issue Box questions for class on 2/6/12.

We will discuss Saving Private Ryan on 2/10/12 (Friday after finals).
Don't forget that sleeping is good.

January 11, 2012

NY Times book review of Modern Times by Paul Johnson

Modern Times Chapter on the Spanish Civil War
by Paul Johnson

Read Modern Times for Tuesday, January 17
In class essay test on Spanish Civil War Thursday, January 19

1/10/12

Read pages 227-233 in Spanish Civil War Case Study
Answer Questions #1, 2 on page 233. (These are the same questions as #8 and #9 on your Key Terms for the Spanish Civil War.)

Expect an in-class essay for the Spanish Civil War January 17.

1/4/11

Spanish Civil War Propaganda Activity
finish for homework