Wednesday, March 12, 2014

WWII Unit - APUSH

World War II – Unit – Independent Study

For our World War II Unit, APUSHers will work through a series of learning activities.  The goal will be to get through the unit quickly but efficiently. 

This unit will be an independent study.  Students will have to complete the tasks in whatever order suits them best.  The list of work below is classwork and homework for the week of Friday, March 14 – Sunday, March 23. 

1. Read Ch. 34 “Franklin D Roosevelt and the Shadow of War”
            Pages 800-820
2. Read Ch. 35 “America in WWII”
            Pages 821-849
3. Complete Hippocampus:
* Attempts at Collective Security
* Diplomacy of 1930
* The Rise of Fascism & Militarism
* American Isolationism
* The Military Harbingers
* The Diplomatic Response
* Outbreak of WWII
* The US Enters WWII
* Military & Economic Mobilization
* Women & Minorities
* Wartime Propaganda
* Japanese Internment
* The Grand Alliance
* The Yalta Conference
* The Allied Victory
* The Aftermath of WWII

4. Watch The Century “Homefront” (45 Minutes – loops 2 times)

Watch The Century “Civilians at War” (68 Minutes – loops 4 times)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njLPltxkmhE&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223

5. Take the Key Terms Quiz - (M-F, you choose)

6. Complete T/F, Multiple Choice, Identification, Matching, Putting Things in Order, Matching Cause and Effect for Chapters 34 & 35.  (Due Monday, March 24).  These questions correspond with American Pageant.

7. Complete 30 Question Test on WWII (Sunday, March 23 at Home / Honor Code / 20 minutes)


Monday, March 10, 2014

SS8 - If you missed class on Thursday 3/6

Watch these 2 videos on WWI.  List 15 important events, people or historical happenings that happened during the video.  Each video is 15 minutes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxZMwv5vqAc&list=UUHPMi54159nLcYKw1uOCs6g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxV9aXA9EJM&list=UUHPMi54159nLcYKw1uOCs6g


APUSH Extra Credit & Weekly Schedule:

Here is the 40-45 minute video on the second half of the Great Depression.  It is called "Over the Edge."  Watch the video and LIST 20 key events from the video for extra credit.  It will also help you with your presentations on Wed/Thurs.  +2 points on any assignment is the extra credit.  This must be handed in by Wednesday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYbu0CdJ87k&list=PLC8D9DC28C3EC5223
(45 minutes - to will loop 2 times)

Our Schedule for the Week:

Monday - Video "Stormy Weather"
Tuesday - Prepare for presentations
Wednesday - Presentations
Thursday - Presentations / Key Terms Quiz
Friday - Test - Unit IX

APUSH Monday

We watched the ABC News video on the Great Depression.  Student in class should watch PART III only (from the 5 minute mark on)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wil1ePlT1xs
This is part 1 - 15 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOZitneQ1TA
This is part II - 15 minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJa4NSMjsek
This is part III - 15 minutes
(Students in class should watch from the 5 minute point to complete the video

Sunday, March 9, 2014

APUSH Unit Summary

APUSH Unit IX
Great Depression & New Deal
Chapters 31-33 in Pageant


                                               Chapter 31 “American Life in the Roaring Twenties”
Read pages 720-725
Hippocampus “Red Scare” & “Nativism & Racism”
Read Ch. 31 pages 725-737
Hippocampus “Religion” and “Prohibition
Ch. 31 pages 737-745  
Hippocampus “New Culture” and “America’s Economy Roar”
Chapter 32 “The Politics of Boom and Bust”
                                                            Pages 746-752 – Hippocampus “America’s Economy Roars”
-   Hippocampus “Harding”
                                                            Read Pages 753-757    -- Hippocampus “Coolidge”
                                                            Read Pages 757-768    -- Hippocampus “Hoover”
                                               Ch. 33 “The Great Depression & New Deal” pages 770-778
Hippocampus “The Depression,” “Roosevelt Election,” and “New Deal Programs”
                                               Ch. 33 pages 778-787 Hippocampus “Critics & Challenges”
                                               Ch. 33 pages 788-798 Hippocampus “New Deal Programs”
                                               
 
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Thursday, March 6, 2014

Thursday, March 6th

Social Studies 8 - Read Section II of Chapter 24 as we start our study of WWI.

APUSH - Tonight's HW:

Ch. 33 pages 788-798 
Hippocampus “New Deal Programs”

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Wednesday, March 5th

APUSH HW:

HW-    Ch. 33 pages 778-787 
            Hippocampus “Critics & Challenges”