WWI, Russian Revolution, Mexican Revolution

Monday 3/21/16
Homework:
Finish 1st rough draft
Start reading Hitler Reading Packet

• This does not have to be critically read, or have notes. But I do want you to take some notes and figure out who this guy was and what he was about. 
• Due Friday 3/25/16

​Daily Activities:
Unit 6 Exam
Due today -

• Homework Packet
• Journal Entries

Journal:
None

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Friday 3/18/16
Homework:
Study for Exam

Daily Activities:
Reviewed for Exam
Mussolini

​Journal:

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Thursday 3/17/16
Homework:

• Finish Russian Revolution research
• Read and summarize Spielvogel 797-803 
  • Start at The Impact of World War I, end at European States and the World: The Colonial Empires
• Critically Read Mussolini's Fascist Doctrine
• Print out Mussolini View Guide
• NOTE: This homework is part of the next unit, do not turn it in with your homework packet on Monday

Daily Activities:
Finish Russian Revolution Research

Journal:
None

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Wednesday 3/16/16
Homework:
Finish Works cited, study for exam.
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Daily Activities:
Peer review 2nd outline. 
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Journal Entry:

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Tuesday 3/15/16
Homework:

Daily Activities:

• Russian Revolution research

Journal Entry:

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Monday 3/14/16
Homework:

Daily Activities:

• Peer review of 2nd thesis
  
• Russian Rev.
• Russian Revolution Research

Journal Entry:
​What do you know about the Russian Revolution?

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Friday 3/11/16
Homework:
Critically Read or take notes on Keylor 83-85 (Civil War and Allied Intervention in Russia)
Due Monday 3/14/16
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Daily Activities:

• 3 level outline due
  • Peer edit in class

Russian Revolution

Journal Entry:
Describe what life was like in Russia during the reign of the tsars. 

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Thursday 3/10/16
Homework:
Work on 1st outline

Daily Activities:
Film

​Journal Entry:
None

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Wednesday 3/9/16
Homework:
None
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Daily Activities:

• Thesis Check
  • Peer edit in class
• Film

​Journal Entry:
None

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Tuesday 3/8/16
Homework:
None
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Daily Activities:
Library Research Day
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Journal Entry:
None

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Monday 3/7/16
Homework:
Soph Project
Daily Activities:
Film
​Journal Entry:
​None

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Friday 3/4/16
Homework:
Work on sophomore project
Daily Activities:

• First 1/2 of soph. project research due

Russia Background
Outlining (See resources page)
Russia Film
​Journal Entry:
​None

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Thursday 3/3/16
Homework:
None
Daily Activities:
Finished Mexican Revolution (Mexican Const. of 1917)
Introduced Russia
​Journal Entry:
​None

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Wednesday 3/2/16
Homework:
Read and take notes from Spielvogel 781-787
Due Friday 3/4/16

Print off Russia Land of the Tsars viewing guide
Due Thursday 3/3/16

Daily Activities:
Finish Mexican Revolutions, specifically discussed Mexican Const. of 1917

Journal Entry:
To what extent does the Zimmerman Telegram impact US/Mexican relations?

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Tuesday 3/1/16
Homework:
Work on soph project research 

Daily Activities:
Mexican Revolution
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Daily Journal:
Define the Mexican Revolution in one word?

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Monday 2/29/16
Homework:
Critically read the following articles...

• Working thesis for sophomore project
  • Due Tuesday 3/1/16
• Marx comes to Russia
• Excerpts from the Communist Manifesto
  • Due Wednesday 3/2/16

Daily Activities:
Library workday on research

Daily Journal:
None

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Friday 2/26/16
Homework:
Finish pamphlet and work on research for sophomore project.

Daily Activities:
Mexican Rev. film, and pamphlets

Daily Journal:

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Thursday 2/25/16
Homework:
Critically Read Constitution of 1917 Excerpts
Daily Activities:
Worked on pamphlet, and watched part of film. 

Daily Journal:
​What could Madero have done differently to avoid being executed?

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Wednesday 2/24/16
Homework:
Read Keylor pages 194-198

• Read the section titled U.S. Military Intervention and Financial Supervision, you do not have to take notes. 
  • This shouldn't take more than about 15 minutes
  • Due 2/25/16

Daily Activities:

• Finished background and discussed revolution
• Worked on revolutionary pamphlet

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Daily ​Journal:
•Why is Diaz like a Neo-Caudillo?

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Tuesday 2/23/16
Homework:

• Read and answer the questions on activelylearn about Madero
• Print out one of the following articles, it doesn't matter which one, just pick. - Zapata, Villa, Carranza
  
• Bring colored pencils, markers, crayons, or something to draw/color with if you don't want to use the markers in class tomorrow. 
  
  • Due Wednesday 2/24/16

Daily Activities:
Discussed Mexico up to the rise of Madero. 

​Daily Journal:
Based on what you remember about the Caudillos and how they ran Mexico, what do you think the response of the Mexican people was?

• If you need to go back and check your notes go for it!

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Monday 2/22/16 
Homework:

• Finish topic selection
  • Remember to select a topic and write three research questions pertaining to that topic. 
• Print of Mexican Revolution Viewing Guide (we might not use this in class tomorrow, but we will this week)
  • Due Tuesday 2/23/16

Daily Activities:
Finished WWI, Treaty of Versailles. 

Daily Journal:
Explain the closing moments of WWI.

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Friday 2/12/16
Homework:
Pick three different topics that you are interested in researching over break. 

• This means you need to do a little research over break. 
• Even if you know what you want to do, I still want three different topics. 
• This is due Tuesday 2/23/16 after break. 

Daily Activities:
Reading debrief 
Introduced Sophomore Project.

Daily Journal:
What are your plans for second winter break?

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Thursday 2/11/16
Homework:
Read and take notes from Spielvogel pages 787-793

• Start at The Last Year of the War, finish the chapter
• Due Friday 2/11

Daily Activities:
WWI Presentations

Daily Journal:
​None

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Wednesday 2/10/16
Homework:
Practice for presentations tomorrow.
Remember you need to email me a copy of your final PowerPoint so I can have it ready for your presentations tomorrow. 

Daily Activities:
Homework debrief, compare Dulce and Pro Patria.
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Daily Journal:
Define (as a group) what National Self Determination is. If you need to use your phone, that's OK. Then explain how national self determination has either been violated or upheld during WWI.

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Tuesday 2/9/16
Homework:
Read and take notes from Keylor pages 58-62. Read the section titled Political and Economic Warfare

• Guiding questions
  • What is Keylor's argument and bias in this section?
  • How did the Allied powers and the Central powers combat each other behind enemy lines?

Finish Propaganda Assignment

Print off Dulce and Pro Patria. 
Due Wednesday 2/9/16

Daily Activities:
Discussed total war, and WWI propaganda.

Daily Journal:
Define propaganda, and explain how it impacts your daily life.

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Monday 2/8/16
Homework:
Read and take notes from Spielvogel 775-781

• Start at A New Kind of Warfare, end at War and Revolution
• Answer the following questions
  • What is Total War?
  • What is the impact of Total War on society? Be specific.

Due Tuesday 2/8/16
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Daily Activities:
Read (in class) the horrors of the trenches (if you want to print ahead of time please do so, we are going to read these on iPads)

• Trench Foot & Lice
• A Corpse to Stand On
• Chlorine Gas
• Self Inflicted Wounds

Discussed the articles, had a mini debate. 

Daily Journal:
Using your reading notes write a brief summary (at most 1 paragraph) of why the Triple Entente and Central Powers were stalemated? Also using your notes, write a brief summary about what the Great Slaughter was (at most 1 paragraph). You should have two paragraphs when you are done with your journal entry for today. 

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Friday 2/5/16
Homework:
Work on Battle Project over the weekend.

Daily Activities:
Finished first battle of Marne & Tannenberg Forest, worked on Battle Project in class.

• We are working on this in class, if you want to bring your own device to work on the project please do so. 
• Battle Project 
• Participation Sheet

​Daily Journal:
Explain what "Daily Life in the Trenches" was like during WWI.

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Thursday 2/4/16
Homework:
Read and take notes from Spielvogel pages 770-775

• Start at The Widening War, end at A New Kind of Warfare

Daily Activities:
​1st Battle of Marne & Tannenberg Forest
​Introduce mini-battles project

​Daily Journal:
None

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Wednesday 2/3/16
Homework:

• ​Read and take notes from Spielvogel pages 765-770
  • Start at The War, and end at The Widening of the War
• ​Take your evidence/analysis and put it into a formal paragraph it should include the following... 
  • BTS
  • Transitional Sentence (you can link it to anything you want, make something up that would apply to your thesis)
  • I am going to collect these tomorrow during class

Due Thursday 2/4/16

Daily Activities:
Discussed the prelude to war, and worked on skills (analysis) in class.

​Daily Journal:
Explain why the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife by Princip is the catalyst that started WWI?

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Tuesday 2/2/16
Homework:

• Read and take notes from Keylor pages 50-55
  • Start at The Alliances Kick In, end at the end of page 55
• Analyze the evidence that you found to prove your thesis from Monday's homework. Remember the following...
  • You need to set your quote up
  • You need to analyze the historical context of your quote (explain it)
  • You need to connect your quote to your thesis statement
  • Be prepared to discuss, and alter your analysis in class on Wednesday

Due Wednesday 2/3/16

Daily Activities:
Discussed the start of WWI including 

• Final causes
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• The Black Hand

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Daily Journal:
Based on what we have discussed over the last week, and prior unites, is there enough tension in Europe to spark WWI, or does there need to be more?

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Monday 2/1/16
Homework:

• Read and take notes from Spielvogel pages 761-765
  • Start at Road to WWI, and end at The War
• Read and take notes from Keylor 49-50
  • Start at An Occasion for Preventive War, and end at The Alliances Kick In
• Write a thesis statement that answers the following prompt
  • What was the cause of WWI?
  • Find at least 1 piece of evidence (it doesn't have to come from this reading, it can be from anything we have studied) to support your argument
  • Make sure you have a copy of the sophomore rubric
  • This should be on a separate piece of paper, I am going to collect this later this week and give you feedback on this and some other stuff.

All of this is due on Tuesday 2/2/16

Daily Activities:

• Mini unit quiz
• Causes of WWI

​Daily Journal:
Based on your reading summarize why Great Britain, Germany, and France wanted to expand?

• Minimum 1 paragraph for each