World+History

=WORLD HISTORY DAILY SYLLABUS=

= "Who does not know that the first law of historical writing is the truth?" = = Cicero = = "Clio, the muse of history, is as thoroughly infected with lies as a street prostitute with syphilis." = = Schopenhauer =

= "If I had one wish in this God-forsaken world, kids = = It'd be your mistakes to be your own = = Yeah, your sins would be your own." Springsteen =

=Welcome to World History, where we will examine various truths, fictions, sins and implausibilities. In case you misplaced your copy, here are the Class Expectations.=





= HW: Work on Final Project and Semester Review Guide. =

= 5/1 (Tuesday) INTRODUCTION TO TOTALITARIANISM =

=Target: Examine the factors that lead to the rise of totalitarianism in Europe and Asia= = = =I. Assign homework= =II. PowerPoint discussion introducing the totalitarians.=

= HW: Read your assigned section on the rise of totalitarianism: Japan pp. 874-877, Italy pp. 898-902, Soviet Union 904-911, Germany 912-917. Answer questions on "The Rise Of Totalitarianism." (If you weren't assigned a section, read about Germany.) =



= 5/2 (Wednesday) TOTALITARIAN PRESENTATIONS =

=Target: Compare and contrast the major totalitarian leaders that came to power before WW II.= = = =I. Group work preparing presentations= =II. Presentations and note-taking.=



= HW: Read Txt. pp. 924-929. Forecast is 60% chance of reading quiz. = = Reading Questions: =
 * 1) = What acts of aggression did Japan, Italy and Germany take in the 1930s? Why did they do it? =
 * 2) = How did the Spanish Civil War involve combatants from other countries? Why didn't the Spanish conflict lead to a general war (the way the Serbian conflict did in 1914)? =
 * 3) = Why did Hitler feel justified in re-militarizing Germany, then taking over Austria and the Sudetenland? =
 * 4) = What is "appeasement?" Why did the Britain and France appease Hitler instead of confronting him sooner? =
 * 5) = What convinced Britain and France to end their policy of appeasement? Why did they do it?. =

= 5/3 (Thursday) APPEASEMENT & THE ROAD TO WAR =

=Target: Trace the events of the 30s through appeasement to the edge of the War. Why did the Allies appease Hitler?= = = =I. Conclude totalitarian presentations= =II. Discuss Final Project status= =III. PowerPoint discussion of appeasement and the road to war.=
 * =Citation form USE THIS! MLA Citation Form =
 * =The difference between bias and reliability=
 * =Real work=
 * =Lesson target/thesis=



= HW: Work on Final Project and Review Guide. Pages 1-3 of the Review Guide due on Tuesday, 5/8. =

= 5/4 (Friday) THE STORM BREAKS: THE WAR THROUGH 1941 =

=Target: Connect the events of World War I and the Thirties with the run up to and early days of World War II.=

=I. Review early run-up and rise of totalitarians= =II. PowerPoint discussion of appeasement and the early war=

= HW: Work on Final Project and Review Guide. Three more sources are due on Monday, 5/7. Pages 1-3 of the Review Guide due on Tuesday, 5/8. = = =

= 5/7 (Monday) THE BLOODLANDS, PART 1 = = = = FINAL PROJECT: SECOND THREE SOURCES DUE TODAY =

=Target: Address the big question, how was so much killing possible?=

=I. Collect Sources= =II. Introduction to the Holocaust and the Bloodlands= =III. Stalin= =IV. Hitler=



= HW: One of the hard things to do when confronted by the impossible numbers is to think of the dead as individuals rather than just statistics. Try to overcome that. Read one of the biographies from the "Children Of The Holocaust" website of a child who died then post a paragraph about that person. Say something about who they were and something about what they never got to do. Please do not post about someone who has already been posted about. There are so many dead and they all deserve to be remembered. =

=Children Of The Holocaust= = = = 5/8 (Tuesday) THE BLOODLANDS, PART 2 = = = = REVIEW PACKET PP. 1-3 DUE TODAY =

=Target: Address the big question, how was so much killing possible?= = = =I. Check Review Packets= =II. Remembering individuals= =III. How was this possible?=

= HW: Reading Txt. pp. 939-945, focusing on the question "Why did the Allies win the war?" Forecast is 50% chance of reading quiz. Also, remember that test corrections for the WWI test are due Wednesday. = = Reading Questions: = = =
 * 1) = What is "total war?" What did the Allies do to achieve it? =
 * 2) = According to the textbook, what were the four fronts that the Allies won victories on in 1942-43? The book seems to suggest they were roughly equal in importance. Do you agree? =
 * 3) = What was D-Day? How many Allied troops were involved in D-Day? Was it a big deal? Why? =
 * 4) = On pp. 944-945, the Text describes Allied bombing of Germany. Based on what the text say, was the bombing a reasonable and moral action? =
 * 5) = Who were Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin? What agreements did they come to at Yalta? =

= 5/9 (Wednesday) THE WAR, 1941-1945 = = =

=Target: Address the big question, why did the Allies win the war?= = = =I. Explain next Final Project due date: outline and draft lesson plan= =II. Discussion: why did the Allies win?= =III. The chart of the dead= = =



= HW: Work on Final Project and Semester Review Guide. = = =

= 5/10 (Thursday) THE COST OF THE WAR = = = =Target: Address the big question, is it ever moral to take innocent life?= = = =I. Finish discussion of chart and why the Allies won the war=

= HW: Work on Final Project and Semester Review Guide. =

= 5/11 (Friday) STRATEGIC BOMBING =

=Target: Address the big question, is it ever moral to take innocent life?= = = =I. Distribute study guide= =II. "Fog Of War" video= =III. Discussion of strategic bombing=



= HW: Work on Final Project and study for test. =

= 5/14 (Monday) REVIEW DAY =

= FINAL PROJECT: OUTLINE AND DRAFT LESSON PLAN DUE TODAY =

=Target: Review WWII material. Prepare for awesome.=

=I. Collect Final Project materials= =II. Answer questions regarding WWII= =III. Review exercise.=



= HW: Study for test =

= 5/15 (Tuesday) WORLD WAR II TEST =

=Target: Demonstrate awesome= = = =I. Take test, enjoy mints= =II. Relax= =III. Prepare for final push to the end of the semester.=

= HW: Work on Final Project. Review Packet pp. 4-6 due Wednesday. =

= 5/16 (Wednesday) INTRODUCTION TO THE COLD WAR = = = = REVIEW PACKET PP. 4-6 DUE TODAY =

=Target: Examine the geographic impact of the Cold War=

=I. Check Review Packets= =II. Discuss Final Projects= =III. Cold War map exercise=
 * =Lesson plans need to be complete and detailed=
 * =Argument section needs to say what to take out and why=
 * =Resist simple PowerPoint lessons=

= HW: Work on Final Project. =

= 5/17 (Thursday) THE COLD WAR, PART 1: GROUP WORK =

=Target: Investigate the general picture of the Cold War as well as a specific aspect= = = =I. Introduce Cold War= =II. Individual reading= =III. Prepare for group presentations.=

= HW: Work on Final Project. =

= 5/18 (Friday) THE COLD WAR, PART 2: GROUP PRESENTATIONS = = = =Target: Investigate specific aspects of the Cold War=

=I. Group presentations=

= HW: Work on Final Project. = = For PowerPoints, videos and other things you want me to see, create a Google Document and share it with mr.khannigan@gmail.com. =

= 5/21 (Monday) WRAPPING UP THE COLD WAR =

= FINAL PROJECT: ESSAY, LESSON PLAN AND TEACHING SUPPORTS ALL DUE TODAY =

=Target: Investigate specific aspects of the Cold War and put them in the context of the overall progression and conclusion of the period=

=I. Collect Projects= =II. Finish Cold War presentations= =III. PowerPoint on Cold War Overview=



** HW: Work on Review Packet. Pages 7-9 due on Friday 5/24. **

= 5/22 (Tuesday) THE CREATION OF ISRAEL, PART 1 =

=Target: Examine and assess the roots of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians=

=I. Read and assess conflicting claims to land= =II. Read and discuss capsule history of Israeli-Palestinian conflict= = =

= HW: Read Worksheet 3 on Palestinian refugees and post a paragraph as described in the directions: "You are a historian. Read the following excerpts from varying points of view about the origins of the Palestinian refugee problem. Then imagine you are writing a history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Your sources are what appear in these excerpts. You have just one well-developed paragraph to explain why there is a Palestinian refugee problem." You MUST complete this assignment on time and __bring a printed copy into class tomorrow.__ We will be working with this paragraphs in class tomorrow so you will be letting everyone down if you do not complete it. __I will not accept any late paragraphs for credit.__ If you don't do this, you take a zero. =

= 5/23 (Wednesday) THE CREATION OF ISRAEL, PART 2 = = = =Target: Compare analyses of the responsibility for the crisis of the Palestinian refugees.=

=I. Group work: in pods, read you refugee essay aloud. Decide which essay in your group most clearly and fairly answers the question "why is there a Palestinian refugee problem?"= =II. Class reading of the selected essays= =III. Class discussion of the differing interpretations and essays.=

= HW: Read Worksheet 4 about the U.S.-Israeli relationship. Then write down 3-5 questions that, if answered well, would help you to reach your own conclusion about what that relationship should be. =

= 5/24 (Thursday) THE UNITED STATES AND ISRAEL =

= WORLD WAR II TEST CORRECTIONS DUE TODAY =

=Target: Assess the relationship between Israel and the US. On what basis, and upon what information, can you decide what that relationship should be?=

=I. Introduction to the relationship between the US and Israel= =II. Group work generating questions= =III. Class evaluation of questions.=



= HW: Read and annotate handout on Global Economy. Forecast is for 75% chance of reading quiz and/or annotation check. = = Reading Questions: =
 * 1) = What was the dominant economic news of the 1990s? Why? =
 * 2) = Give three examples of how globalization is not a new phenomenon. =
 * 3) = What happened between the World Wars that limited globalization? How did that change after World War II? =
 * 4) = On p. 4, the article describes the controversy over whether globalization is a good thing. Summarize the arguments of each side. What information would you need to decide that question for yourself? =

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= 5/25 (Friday) THE GLOBAL WORLD =

=Target: Step back and examine the big picture of our modern world=

=I. Reading quiz and/or reading check?= =II. Small group work on big modern questions= =III. Presentations and discussions.=

** HW: Work on Review Packet. Pages 7-10 due on Tuesday 5/29. **

= 5/29 (Tuesday) REVIEW, PART I =

=Target: Prepare for awesome=

= = =I. Review Packet check= =II. Questions?= =III. Review speed-dating!= = = ** HW: Study for Final. ** = = = 5/30 (Wednesday) REVIEW PICTIONARY =

** HW: Study for Final. **

= 5/31 (Thursday) WHO WANTS A BUNCH OF EXTRA CREDIT? =

** HW: Study for Final. **

= 6/1 (Friday) GEOGRAPHY REVIEW =

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=AP Summer Reading=

** HW: Study for Final. Remember to bring completed Review Packet to Final. It will be collected and graded. ** = = = = = 6/4 (Monday) FINALS =

= Monday Morning Optional Review, 7:30 am, Room 7046 =

** Remember to bring completed Review Packet to Final. It will be collected and graded. **