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WWI, Russian Revolution, Mexican Revolution

1/29/2016

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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

Friday 3/18/16
Homework:
Study for Exam

Daily Activities:
Reviewed for Exam
Mussolini

​Journal:

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

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:

Tuesday 3/15/16
Homework:

Daily Activities:
  • Russian Revolution research
Journal Entry:

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?

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. 

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

Daily Activities:
Film

​Journal Entry:
None

Wednesday 3/9/16
Homework:
None
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Daily Activities:
  • Thesis Check
    • Peer edit in class
  • Film

​Journal Entry:
None

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

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

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

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

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?

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?

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

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

Daily Activities:
Mexican Rev. film, and pamphlets

Daily Journal:

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?

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?

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!

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.

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?

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

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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

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?

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?

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
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