May 28-29

Final Cuban Missile Crisis Reading/Notes

Also...as promised
Extra Credit...hurray

• 10 points total possible - reading quiz category.
• 170 or better
• Countries of the World Quiz or  Sporcle Countries
• You must do it on a computer in class to get credit. (No screen shots.) 
• If you are a slow typist, someone else may type for you.

May 15

Cuban Missile Crisis SWC (updated 5/17)

HW for Monday 5/19
Reading for Monday
Reading Notes

April 29

Due 4-29-30 IA Initial Research Question Investigation
SWC: Korea  Pearson 43-55
USG: Korea

April 21

4/21: Obama Doctrine Write Up
4/22: Period 4: Unit Exam/Binders
4/25: Periods : 6, 7 Unit Exam/Binders
4/29: HW ALL CLASSES: Historiographies IA

Cold War Origins Unit Exam and Binders 

• 50 multiple choice questions
• 1 paper 2 style essay question
• Binder cover sheet: Don't forget to include your graded research paper in the binder and complete the reflection questions.

Week of March 31

USG: Origins of the Cold War
SWC: Cold War 3/31-4/25

HW This week read Pearson Intro and Ch. 1.  Read Choices and country info for your country-assigned in class.

Interested in getting paid to make a short film about LHS?
See Project Application: Latinos at LHS

4/20-21

HW: Read your article (given in class) on Ukraine.  Be ready to explain your reading.

Other Sources on Ukraine:
Pro-Russian News Source Video
Ukrainian Source Kyiv Post:  Yanukovych's house/wealth has been controversial-love the salt grotto spa :)
US State Department: Ukraine
NY Times Timeline: good short videos of protests, toppling of Lenin statue etc.
BBC: good explanation of backstory from western POV

March 16

• Turnitin Class Codes

• Period 4 - 7827493
• Period 6 - 7827497
• Period 7 - 7827501

• Password for all classes: gocards

March 13-14

No Oral Exam Today!!
New Schedule:
In Class

• Thursday-Friday 3/13-14 
• John Rabe
• Monday 3/17  
• Work Period -Finish Binders
• RESEARCH PAPERS DUE TO Turnitin
• Tuesday-Wednesday3/18-19 
• Oral Exam
• Thursday-Friday 3/20-21 
• Ukraine

3/1/14

Works cited due Monday 3/3.  No. Seriously.

February 20-21

In Class:
Watch Documentary: A Century of Revolution; take notes

Homework:

1. Research:  Work on selection sources for your Research Paper.  Don't forget to skim, use the abstract to help narrow down sources.
• Come to class on Monday with at least 4 of your 5 sources (including Pearson) correctly formatted in an MLA style Works Cited page.  
•  This is a graded assignment, but more importantly, this is the bulk of the time you will spend on paper.  Good research takes time.  
2. Finish: pg 278 timeline and USG Geopolitical Features. (You should have already read Pearson 252-259.)

**Lecture from 2/18-19

February 13-14

WWII Unit Exam Today
Binders Due (See Binders Tab)

Begin Research Paper

Feb 6-7

Okinawa Battle Study
Okinawa Numbers
 As a result of the snow day, you will have to complete a shortened version of this lesson independently.  Please spend 30 minutes of time focusing on the sources.

WWII Unit Exam and Binders Due: 2/13-14

Unbroken Seminar

1/28-29: Come to class with your quote journal printed out as well as your copy of the text.  Quote journals are due following the seminar.

1/13- 1/17

War in the Pacific
SWC
USG - wwii Pacific

Homework this week: 
Pearson Ch 7.   p. 129-142
Finals review

January 6-10

Welcome Back and Happy New Year!

1. 1/6 Monday: The African Front in WWII
2. 1/7-8 Tuesday/Wednesday: Paper 2 Practice Quiz
• USG should be mostly complete. Study Key Ideas
• Binder for WWII in Europe is DUE THURSDAY/FRIDAY 1/9-10

Upcoming:
WWII in the Pacific begins 1/13
Final Exam 1/22-24 is 100 questions: multiple choice.  Material from entire semester with heavier emphasis on WWII in Europe.

Unbroken Seminar/Reading Journals due 1/28-29

Winter Vacation

Read Unbroken
Unbroken Journal Assignment (seminar after break)

Your USG for WWII in Europe should already be complete.  If you are behind, get caught up. 
USG quiz and practice paper 2 exam  1/7-8

Practices of War: proportionality and just war

Battle of  Britain - the Blitz
Barbarossa
Allied Invasion
Fall of Nazi's (Dresden and other)

12/12/13

Period 4
Complete the following assignment on Propaganda, Espionage & Resistance in class today.  Sit in groups of 4 because you will need to discuss your research for each of the 4 sections.  We will finish the just war assignment next week.

12/9

Unbroken Journal Assignment (due after winter break)
Read Pearson 160-166

December 2-6

1. In preparation for our movie...
• Saving Private Ryan and American Triumphalism
• Film Questions
2. By Friday 12/6 
• Read Pearson Ch. 6 & p. 153.  
• Complete key players and geopolitical section of USG
3. Next Unit
• SWC wwii
• USG wwii