Cold War (Day 4)

Objective

• Analyze Cold War policies including MAD and Containment
  
• Explain the major events of the Cold War 1949-1954
  

Agenda

Music: 1940s/1950s Playlist

1. PowerPoint: Quick Notes
2. Cold War Game: Round 3
1. Events
2. Budget

Cold War (Day 4)

Objective

• Analyze Cold War policies including MAD and Containment
  
• Explain the major events of the Cold War 1949-1954
  

Agenda

Music: 1940s/1950s Playlist

1. PowerPoint: Quick Notes
2. Cold War Game: Round 3
1. Events
2. Budget

Cold War (Day 3)

Objective

• Analyze Cold War policies including MAD and Containment
  
• Explain the major events of the Cold War 1945-1949
  

Agenda

Music: 1940s/1950s Playlist

1. Cold War Packet
2. Cold War Game: Round 2
1. Events
2. Budget

Cold War: Concepts

Objective

• Analyze Cold War policies including MAD and Containment
  
• Explain the major events of the Cold War 1945-1949
  

Agenda

Music: 1940s/1950s Playlist

1. Cold War Packet
2. Notes
3. "Duck And Cover"
4. Cold War Game: Round 1
   
1. Look at Posts
   
2. Resolve Events
3. Determine Budget
5. CNN Student News (if time)
   

Cold War: 1945-1947

Objective

• Analyze Cold War policies including MAD and Containment
  
• Explain the major events of the Cold War 1945-1947
  

Agenda

Music: 1940s/1950s Playlist

1. Setup
1. Get in Cold War Groups
2. Log in to your account
3. Read objectives (in folder)
   
2. Cold War Game: Round 1 (1945-1947)
   
3. (If Time) Work on Cold War Packet
   

World Wars Test

Objective

• Explain the major events, people, and ideas of WW1 & WWII
• Introduce the main themes of the Cold War
  

Agenda

1. New Seats - Cold War Groups
2. Log in as your faction / make bookmarks
   
1. To blogger
2. To gmail
3. Find "Profile" options
   
4. World Wars Test
   
6. Post-Test
1. Set up country profile
2. Look at project docs
3. Research events (1945-1947)
   
1. Creation of Israel
2. Marshall Plan
3. Molotov Plan
4. Greek Civil War
5. Chinese Civil War
7. PowerPoint
1. Cold War Intro
   
8. Cold War Game Explanation
   

World Wars Review Day

Objective

• Review the major events, people, and ideas of WW1 & WWII

Agenda

1. Work on World Wars Review Packet
2. Group Review
   

US Enters the War - May 18, 2011

Objective

• Explain the causes and effects of the US entering WWII
• Evaluate the use of bombings against civilians targets in WWII
  

Agenda

Audio: "A Date That Will Live in Infamy" - FDR

1. Warm-up #35: As you listen to this speech, imagine you're alive as this event occured:
1. How would you feel?
2. What event in more recent history does this resemble?
   
2. Notes - US Enters the War
3. Discussion: Attacks on Civilians
4. Fog of War (20 minutes)
   
5. Review Packets
   

World Wars Review Packet

Note: HSA Biology - Missing 10 students

Objective

• Review the major events, people, and ideas of WW1 & WWII

Agenda

1. Work on World Wars Review Packet

The Great Dictator - May 16, 2011

Note: HSA English - Missing 6 students

Objective

• Analyze satire from WW
  
• Review the major people, events, and ideas of the World Wars
  

Agenda

1. CNN Student News
   
2. Charlie Chaplin - The Great Dictator" (Clips)
3. United Nations & Human Rights

Eastern Front - May 13, 2011

Objective

• Explain the major events of the Eastern Front in WWII
  
• Analyze propaganda in WWII
  

Agenda

1. CNN Student News
2. Warm-up #34:
   
1. What was Napoleon's biggest mistake?
   
2. Why was it such a mistake?
   
3. Who should have taken MWH to learn that and not repeat it?
3. Eastern Front (Notes)
4. Propaganda & Satire
   
1. Posters (PowerPoint)
   
2. Disney - "Der Fuhrer's Face"
   
3. Charlie Chaplin - "The Great Dictator"
   

The Holocaust - May 12, 2011

Objective

• Analyze the causes of the Holocaust
  
• Evaluate the role of individual responsibility in the Holocaust
  

Agenda

1. No Warm-up: "Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world he is responsible for everything he does." - John Paul Sartre
   
2. Niemoller Poem
3. Facts & Propaganda
4. Readings
   
1. Poems & Writings from Terezin
2. The Confession
3. Himmler's Speech at Posen
5. Video: One Survivor Remembers
   

World War 2 - Origins of WWII

bjective

• Explain the major events in the early years of WWII
  
• Analyze the speeches of Winston Churchill during WWII
  

Agenda

1. Warm-up #33: "Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who
   
1. Lyrics
   
1. What political statement does this song make about revolutions?
2. How does this song relate to the "Anatomy of a Revolution" theory about the results of the French and Russian revolutions?
   
2. Life in the USSR
1. Worksheet
2. Primary Source: Jokes about the Soviet System by Russians
3. Discussion
3. Start of WW2
1. Early Aggression
2. Poland
3. France
4. Britain
   
4. Churchill's Speeches
1. "Fight on the beaches"
2. "Their finest hour"
   
3. "Never have so many"
   

Rise of Totalitarianism

Objective

• Describe how Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin rose to power
  
• Analyze the impact of totalitarian regimes on people's lives.
  

Agenda

1. Warm-up #32: Why did people in Germany support Hitler after WW1?
   
2. Notes
1. Totalitarianism
2. Mussolini
3. Hitler
4. Anatomy of a Revolution
5. Stalin
   
3. Life in the USSR
1. Worksheet
2. Primary Source: Jokes about the Soviet System by Russians
   
4. Seven Questions

Political Ideologies

Objective

• Describe the five major ideologies of the 20th century
  
• Evaluate their merits and impact on the world
  

Agenda

1. Warm-up #31
   
1. Should the government try to promote equality by redistributing wealth through public programs (Medicare, social security, public schools) and progressive taxation (wealthy get taxed a higher rate)? Why or why not?
   
2. Should the government restrict certain social or personal activities that do not directly harm others (same-sex marriage, access to abortions, drug use, prostitution) for the greater good or public morality? Why or why not?
2. Ideologies Introduction [At Computers]
   
3. Political Compass Test
4. Political Ideologies (PowerPoint & Notes) [In Middle]
   
5. Discussion: Which ideas are best?
   
6. Seven Questions

The End of the War - May 6, 2011

Objective

• Explain the events that led to an allied victory in WW1
• Analyze the impact of the Great Depression on Europe.
  

Agenda

1. After WW1, the Americas and Europe were plunged into a great depression, triggered by a stock market crash in New York. Different groups argued for different solutions to the problem. Look at the ballot Mr. M hands out, and vote for the party (circle their number) that you think would be best to represent your country in that situation.
   
2. Notes - The End of the War & Great Depression
   
3. Donald Trump
4. CNN Student News
   
5. Seven Questions

The Russian Revolution - May 5, 2011

Objective

• Explain the causes and major events of the Russian Revolution
  

Agenda

1. Warmup #30: Look at the image being projected.
1. This is a picture of Vladimir Lenin, a revolutionary who becomes the first leader of the Soviet Union after the Russian Revolution of 1917.
   
2. Is this picture propaganda? Why or why not?
   
2. Notes - Russian Revolution
   
3. All Quiet on the Western Front

The War Poets

Objective

• Examine what life was like in the trenches
• Analyze the poems of the Owen, Gibson, and Sassoon.

Agenda

1. Warmup #29: Imagine you're fighting in the trenches during WW1.
1. What sounds would you hear?
2. What things would you smell?
3. What emotions would you feel?
4. What would you wish for?
2. WW1 Propaganda
   
3. War Poets
   
4. All Quiet on the Western Front

Weapons & Battles of WW1

Short period (1 hour) due to two hour early dismissal

Objective

• Explain the military strategies and nature of warfare during the First World War
• Analyze how technology impacted the First World War
  

Agenda

1. Warm-up #28: Look at the image on the board
1. What is this a picture of?
1. Why are they in zig-zag patterns?
2. Weapons & Battles Notes
1. Clip: WW1 in Color - Planes at Sea
   
3. All Quiet on the Western Front

Weapons of Trench Warfare - May 2, 2011

Objective

• Explain the military strategies and nature of warfare during the First World War
• Analyze how technology impacted the First World War
  

Agenda

1. Reading: Weapons of Trench Warfare
   
2. Warm-up #27: Based on the reading, if you had to equip an army with only three types weapons for your army to use in WW1, which three would you pick and why?
   
3. Presidential Address (Bin Laden Killed) - 10 min
   
4. Activity
1. Warfare 1917
1. Link: http://armorgames.com/play/2267/warfare-1917
2. Game Guide Sheet