Unit 5 1930s Great Depression & WWII

Friday 2/26/16
Homework:
Research for junior project. 

Daily Activities:
Great Depression & WWII exam

Daily Journal:
None

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Thursday 2/25/16
Homework:
Study for exam and put together HW packet. 

Daily Activities:
2nd Period - Discussed WWII demobilization, intro to US post WWII continued.
5/6 - Finished up WWII content for exam. 

Daily Journal:

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Wednesday 2/24/16
Homework:

Daily Activities:
2nd Period - Finished up WWII. 
5/6 - Library Research Day​

​Daily Journal:

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Tuesday 2/23/16
Homework: 
None

Daily Activities:
Topic Selection  for JP both 2nd and 5/6.
Finished up WWII, should be the last day of content for the exam on Friday. 

​Daily Journal:

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Monday 2/22/16
Homework:
Read and answer the following guiding questions from TCI chapter 37 sections 2 & 4.

• Define what internationalism is. 
• How is NATO different from the League of Nations?
• Pick a word or a phrase that defines what NATO's goals/ambitions are.
• What is the Service Men's Readjustment Act, how does it impact soldiers?
• How were African American soldiers impacted after the war, list 2 positive things, and at least 1 negative thing.
• To what extent were women impacted by the end of WWII?
• THIS IS FOR THE NEXT UNIT DO NOT TURN THIS IN WITH YOUR HW PACKET ON FRIDAY
• DUE TUESDAY 2/23/16
  

Daily Activities:
Went over the island hopping campaign, discussed dropping of atomic bombs on Japan.

​Daily Journal:

• Read through Executive Order 9066, try and figure out what it means.
• Write down in your journal what you think this document means?

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Friday 2/12/16
Homework:
Start looking at your topics for junior project.

Daily Activities:
Introduced junior project.

Daily Journal:
What are your plans for 2nd winter break. 

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Thursday 2/11/16
Homework:
Critically Read - The Atomic Bomb
Due Friday 2/12/16

Daily Activities:
WWII Propaganda 

Daily Journal:
Why would anti-Japanese propaganda be stronger than anti-German propaganda. 

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Wednesday 2/10/16
Homework:
Critically Read - Leapfrogging to Tokyo
Due Thursday 2/11/16

Daily Activities:
WWII in the Pacific Theater
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Daily Journal:
What do you know about Pearl Harbor?

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Tuesday 2/9/16
Homework:
Critically read - Setbacks in the Pacific
Due Wednesday 2/10

Daily Activities:
WWII in the Pacific Theater

Daily Journal:
In your opinion what is the most interesting thing about WWII?

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Monday 2/8/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
WWII in Europe review

Daily Journal Entry:
What are some of the highlights from WWII in Europe?

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Friday 2/5/16
Homework:
Study for Unit exam on 1930s

Daily Activities:
Discussed neutrality, and America's entrance into WWII 

Daily Journal Entry:
Explain why WWII started to really turn the tide of the Great Depression in the United States.

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Thursday 2/4/16
Homework:
Finish reading and taking notes on Chapter 34 sections 4-5
Due Friday 2/5

Daily Activities:
Discussed appeasement.

• If You Give A Mouse A Cookie
• Dr. Seuss Photos PP

Daily Journal Entry:
Explain why you believe the dictators and fascists in Europe rose to power during the interwar period?

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Wednesday 2/3/16
Homework:
Read and take notes on chapter 34 sections 1-3
Finish Comic Book Project
Due Thursday 2/4

Daily Activities:
Comic books 
Super Man

Daily Journal Entry:
What is your favorite comic book super hero, or favorite movie based on comics?

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Tuesday 2/2/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:

• Fireside chats
• Escapism

Daily Journal Entry:

• 2nd 
  • What do you do when you are sad?
• 5/6
  
  • What was the impact of the new deal on Americans? Consider the following groups - White males, women, monorities

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Monday 2/1/16
Homework:
None

Daily Activities:
Reviewed New Deal, started culture in the 1930s. 
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Daily Journal Entry:
How was the weekend? Good stuff, bad stuff? Minimum 3 sentences.

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Friday 1/29/16
Homework:

• 2nd Period has the snapchat story due on Monday 2/1/16

Daily Activities:
Discussed the impacts of the New Deal.

Daily Journal Entry:
Write a thesis that answers the following prompt:

• Were the New Deal Programs FDR put forth successful?

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Thursday 1/28/16
Homework:

• 2nd 
  • Finish New Deal Research 
• 5/6
  • Finish reading & taking notes on Did the New Deal lift the United States out of the Depression?
  • Due Friday 1/29/16
  • Be prepared to use this in class tomorrow. 

Daily Activities:

• New Deal research 

Daily Journal Entry:
Answer the following question:
Based on your research thus far, which of the New Deal Programs do you like the most? Explain why using detail. 

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Wednesday 1/27/16
Homework:

Work on your New Deal Research. We are working on it during class tomorrow. 

• Due at the End of the period on 1/28 (tomorrow) - Amended to be due on Friday 1/29
• Research Materials
  • Tindall & Shi
  • America's History
  • United States History

Daily Activities:

• Debriefed the reading from chapter 32
• New Deal Background
• Started New Deal Research

Daily ​Journal Entry:

• Argue which of the following had the largest impact on the American people during the Great Depression.
  • Economic Distress
  • Starvation
  • Natural Disasters
• Be prepared to discuss your thesis statement, with evidence to defend your argument. 
• You are welcome to use the textbook if you need to, I would highly recommend using your notes from your homework. 

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Tuesday 1/26/16
Homework:
Read, take notes on chapter 32 from the tci text.

• Answer the following guiding questions from the chapter.
  • Who does the economic collapse of the late 1920s impact the most men or women? Explain why.
  • Hypothesize how farm foreclosures will impact the US? Exclude any food shortage discussion that you might think of, I am looking for less obvious impacts.
  • How does eviction and starvation go hand in hand?
  • How does weather negatively impact farms and the people of the US during the 1920s? Be detailed. 
• Due Wednesday 1/27/16

Daily Activities:
Reviewed the basic plans regarding how to fix the Great Depression. Also discussed what Hoover's plan to fix the problem was. 

​Daily Journal Entry:

• Write down the differences between the three plans we discussed (conservative, liberal, and radical) about how to fix the economic crisis (Great Depression) in class prior to finals week.

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Monday 1/25/16
No School

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