THE FINAL POST

Greetings Everyone!

This will be the FINAL post on this blogspot. I am moving everything over to ning.com and back to mrcaro.com. Details will be posted THIS summer.

Tuesday (6/1)
World War II: Propaganda Posters!
HW: Study for exam!

Wednesday (6/2)
WWII: ID Exam
HW: Project Work

Thursday (6/3)
The Holocaust: Readings
HW: Continue Readings

Friday (6/4)
Socratic Seminar Preparation
HW: Projects

Monday (6/7)
Project Presentations
Holocaust Socratic Seminar
HW: Reading/TBA

Tuesday (6/8)
D-Day to Berlin
Lecture/Videos
HW: Reading/TBA

Wednesday (6/9)
The Pacific: 1944-1945: VIDEO
HW: Reading: the Atomic Bomb

Thursday (6/10)
The Pacific: 1944-1945: VIDEO
HW: Reading: the Atomic Bomb

Friday (6/11)
WWII: The End
Current Events

HW: Reading: The Middle East

The Week Ahead

Monday (5/24)

1. Library/Research Time

HW: Continue work on projects

Tuesday (5/25)

1. The Battle of Britain and the Blitz!

--Video

2. Debate: what should the U.S. do?

HW: Continue work on projects

Wednesday (5/26)

1. Operation Barbarossa!

--Notes

--Video clips

HW: Continue work on projects

Thursday (5/27)

1. The Pacific: 1941 - 1942

--Notes

--Videos

HW: Continue work on projects

Friday (5/28)

1. WWII: Exam I

2. Propaganda and the Home Front

3. Current Events

HW: Study for WWII Exam I

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WWII: At the movies

The Great Black Wave: The Road to War

Monday (5/17)

1. Munich Crisis: September, 1938

--Debate

2. Video/Notes: Post Munich

3. Summer, 1939: My Enemies are Little Worms -- Reading

HW: Projects

Tuesday (5/18)

1. 5:30AM: Sept. 1st, 1939: The Beginning of World War II -- Poland is no more.

2. The Fall of France: Notes/Video

HW: Bring ALL research to class

Wednesday (5/19)

Library time to work on projects

HW: Work on projects

Thursday (5/20)

1. The Fall of France -- video/notes

2. The Battle of Britain -- video/audio/notes

HW: Project work

Friday (5/21)

1. The Blitz!

2. Current Events!

HW: Projects!

World War I: The Week Ahead

Monday (5/3)

World War I

1.) Causes of WWI: DBQ & video clip

2.) Trench Warfare

--Notes

--Video

HW: Selection of 3 main point and evidence per point for essay

Tuesday (5/4)

World War I

1.) Stalemate and New Weapons

--Interview a Picture

2.) Russia's Collapse

HW: Work on Essay: Outline

Wednesday (5/5)

1917: The End of the Stalemate

--Debate: Should the U.S. join the war?

--Notes

HW: Work on Essay: DRAFT

Thursday (5/6)

1918: The end of the war

--Notes

--Conclusions

1918 - 1919: Lasting Peace?

HW: Essay Due

Friday (5/7)

Essay II due

Review WWI -- Assessment of the attempt at lasting peace

Current Events!

HW: Study for WWI Exam: MONDAY!

The Week Ahead: 4/26 - 4/30

Monday (4/26)

Imperialism Exams DUE

--Presentations?

A 100 Year History of Mexico

--Presentations

HW: NONE!

Tuesday (4/27)

A 100 Year History of Mexico

--Presentations

WORLD WAR I: An Introduction

--Notes

HW: Reading w/Questions

Wednesday (4/28)

World War I

1) Discuss HW

2) Notes

3) Video clips

HW: NONE!

Thursday (4/29)

World War I

1) Notes

2) Video Clips

3) Interview a Picture

HW: TBA

Friday (4/30)

World War I

1) Notes

Current Events!

HW: TBA: How the war ends

Imperialism NEWS

Assignments Due Tuesday:

1.) Scramble for Africa: pp 339-344 + questions

2.) Imperialism in the Middle East: pp. 352-356 + questions

3.) Imperialism in India: pp. 357-361 + questions

4.) India DBQ + Attachment document -- from class

Monday (4/19)

1.) Conclude Imperialism in India

2.) Japanese Imperialism -- Notes

3.) Introduce Imperialism Assessment -- DUE THURSDAY

HW: Imperialism Assessment

Tuesday (4/20)

1.) Mexico: Independence through 1900

-- NOTES

--Activity

--Video Clip

HW: TBA

Wednesday (4/21)

1.) Conclude Mexico in the 1800s

2.) Introduction to WWI -- Reading

3.) Discussion

HW: Imperialism Assessment DUE

Thursday (4/22)

World War I

-- Notes

-- Video Clip

-- Class Reading

HW: TBA

Friday (4/23)

World War I

-- Activity

-- Current Events

-- GOODBYE MS. HAMILTON -- YOU ROCK STAR!!!!!!!!!!

HW: NONE -- IN HONOR OF THE HAMILTON

The Week Ahead: 4/12-4/16

Monday (4/12)

IMPERIALISM!

1.) European Imperialism in Africa

--Discuss HW

--Notes

2.) Political Cartoon!

HW: Textbook reading - TBA

Tuesday (4/13)

1.) Imperialism in the Middle East

--Discuss HW

2.) Analysis of causes and justifications of imperialism -- workshops

3.) Notes

HW: Textbook reading - TBA

Wednesday (4/14)

1.) Imperialism in India

--Discuss HW

2.) DBQ

3.) CHART: imperialism comparisons

HW: Textbook reading - TBA

Thursday

1.) Imperialism: Japan!

-- Discuss HW

2.) Video: Japan's Empire

3.) Current Events!

HW: NONE!

END OF QUARTER THREE!