The Renaissance: Politics & The Medici

Objective

• Describe the politics of the Renaissance
• Analyze how the Medici influenced the politics of Florence and the Catholic Church

Agenda

1. Announcements
2. Warm-Up #6:  If you are trying to lead a group of people, is it better for them to fear you or love you?  Explain why.
3. Notes:  The Renaissance
1. Politics
4. Medici:  Godfathers of the Renaissance

The Renaissance: Using Primary Sources

Objective

• Describe the politics of the Renaissance
• Evaluate how artistic styles changed during the Renaissance

Agenda

1. Announcements
2. Warm-Up #5:  What is a primary source?
1. Hint:  If you can't recall the term from a previous class, google it!
3. Primary Sources
1. Advantages
2. Disadvantages
3. Video Clip: Monty Python - Four Yorkshiremen
4. Reading:  The Book of the Courtier  (type & print responses to these questions)
1. Who wrote this book?
2. What was his audience?  (Who would read this kind of book
3. Find at least 3 words that are difficult or you don’t understand, look them up, and write a definition.
4. Describe at least 5 traits or skills a courtier should have, according to the author.
5. What vocabulary term from your first reading assignment would best describe someone with all these different skills?
5. Video: Medici:  Godfathers of the Renaissance  
6. Seven Questions (if time)

The Renaissance: Origins & Art

Objective

• Describe the major causes of the Renaissance
• Evaluate how artistic styles changed during the Renaissance

Agenda

1. Announcements
2. Warm-Up #4:  Describe at least three ways in which these two pieces of artwork are different.
1. List three words that describe the second piece of music
3. Notes:  The Renaissance
1. Origins
2. Artistic Style & Major Works
4. Reading:  The Renaissance 
5. Medici:  Godfathers of the Renaissance
6. Seven Questions (if time)

The End of the Middle Ages

Objective

• Describe the major tenets of world religions

Agenda

1. Announcements
2. Warm-Up #3: Wait for Mr. M to play two pieces of music.
1. List three words that describe the first piece of music
2. List three words that describe the second piece of music
3. Which song did you prefer and why?
3. Notes:  The Middle Ages
4. Reading:  The Renaissance 
5. CNN Student News
6. Seven Questions (if time)

World Religions (2)

Objective

• Describe the major tenets of world religions
  

Agenda

1. Announcements
2. Warm-Up #2: What religion, if any, do you belong to?  Is it the same as your parents?
3. Notes:  World Religions
4. World Religions Artifacts & Worksheet
5. CNN Student News
6. Seven Questions (if time)

World Religions

Objective

• Evaluate prior knowledge of world religions and empires before 1400
• Describe the major tenets of world religions

Agenda

1. Announcements / Attendance
2. Log In and Setup
1. Create a word document named LastnameWarmups
1. Save it in H:\\My Documents
2. Change your password
1. Hit control + alt + delete
2. New password must have:  a number, a letter, and a symbol
3. Hand in Info Sheet
4. Warm-Up #1: Name as many different world religions as you can.  
5. Discussion:  World Religions
1. Names
2. Major beliefs
6. Middle School Review Test
7. CNN Student News
8. World Religions Artifacts & Worksheet
9. Seven Questions

Introduction to Modern World History

Objective

• Explain classroom procedures and expectations
• Analyze the purpose of studying history

Agenda

1. Attendance 
2. Syllabus 
3. Old Photos
4. Introductions
1. Student Introductions
2. Questions for Mr. M 
5. Materials
1. Books
2. Blue Cards 
3. Info Sheets 
6. Computers
1. Login
2. Website
3. Journal 
7. CNN Student News
8. Seven Questions

Stop Online Piracy Act & Last Day

Objective

• Describe the elements of the SOPA / PIPA bills
• Analyze the causes and effects of the Rwandan Genocide

Agenda

• Textbooks!
• Warm-Up (Discussion) - Why was Wikipedia down on Wednesday?
• Is This Copyright Infringement?  "10 cutest cat moments" 
• SOPA Explanation:  Khan Academy Clip (10 min)
• Discussion:  What do you think about SOPA
• More Information from Colbert
• Colbert - SOPA
• Colbert - SOPA with Goldberg & Zittrain
• Effects of Protest
• Online Protest Upends Traditional Lobbying
• Google Gets 7 Million Signatures
• Closing Remarks
• Don't forget textbooks!!!!

Cold War Test

• Course Promotions
• National & Global Issues
• Computer Science
• Cold War Grade Breakdown by Group
• Study / Review Cold War
• Lunch
• Cold War Test

Rwandan Genocide (Day 2)

Objective

• Describe the major events of the Rwandan Genocide
• Analyze the causes and effects of the Rwandan Genocide

Agenda

• Warm-Up #12: What are the two major ethnic groups in Rwanda, and which one was the majority that was responsible for the genocide of the minority?
• Finish Hotel Rwanda  (~50 minutes)
• Frontline World - After The Genocide
• At the top are a series of images with dates next to the word "email."  Click on the first one (7/3/03) to get started.
• Answer the following questions as you progress through the journal entries.  
• Welcome To Kigali
1. About how big is Rwanda?
2. How many people were killed in the genocide, out of a population of how many?
3. In what three different ways might every Rwandan have been affected by the genocide?
• Frustration
1. Why was it important for Jean Pierre to tell his story about what happened to him in the genocide?
2. Why don't they teach much Rwandan history in schools?
3. After the genocide, Rwanda is led by Paul Kagame, a former RPF Rebel.  As a result, what ethnic group is effectively in charge of Rwanda today?
• A Roadside Trial
1. What was Leonard Kagabo's argument in his own defense?
2. Why does the author think that this process is so ambitious and difficult?
• In The Countryside
1. What did the sign in the countryside Church say about it?
2. Why do you think the Church is still in use?
• A Devastated Village
1. What percentage of Tutsis in the village were killed in 1994?
2. In Rwanda, denying the genocide occurred is a crime.  This seems to be at odds with individuals free speech.  Why do you think this was important to make a law?

US Enters the War

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 #11: 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

The Holocaust

Objective

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

Agenda

1. Discuss Quote: "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: The Nuremberg Trials

Eastern Front & Propaganda

Objective

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

Agenda

1. Warm-up #10:
1. What was Napoleon's biggest mistake?
2. Why was it such a mistake?
2. Eastern Front (Notes)
3. Satire & Propaganda
1. Charlie Chaplin - "The Great Dictator"
2. Posters (PowerPoint)
3. Disney - "Der Fuhrer's Face"

World War 2 - Origins of WWII

Objective

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

Agenda

1. Warm-up #9: "Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who
1. Lyrics
2. This is a song about political revolution.  What point does it make about how sometimes revolutions turn out?
3. What two revolutions that we've studied in class could this argument apply to?
2. Start of WW2
1. Early Aggression
2. Poland
3. France
4. Britain
3. Churchill's Speeches
1. "Fight on the beaches"
2. "Their finest hour"
3. "Never have so many"
4. Satire
1. Charlie Chaplain:  The Great Dictator

Rise of Totalitarianism (2)

Objective

• Explain how totalitarian regimes rose to power

Agenda

1. Warm-Up #8:  What are three things that fascists support or value?
2. WW2 - Rise of Totalitarianism Notes
1. Stalin / USSR
3. USSR Jokes
4. Propaganda

Rise of Totalitarianism

Objective

• Explain how totalitarian regimes rose to power

Agenda

1. Warm-Up #7:  Describe two things that happened to Germany at the end of or after World War 1 that might have helped encourage extremist beliefs and the rise of Hitler?
2. Mussolini on Fascism
1. Find it under Public / Malafarina / Modern World History
3. WW2 - Rise of Totalitarianism Notes
1. Hitler / Germany
2. Stalin / USSR
4. USSR Jokes

WW1 Test / Rise of Totalitarianism

Objective

• Describe major political ideologies
• Explain how totalitarian regimes rose to power

Agenda

1. Handout:  Vote
2. World War 1 Test
3. Handout - Political Ideologies
1. World's Smallest Political Quiz
4. Results of the Vote
5. WW2 - Rise of Totalitarianism

Russian Revolution

Objective

• Describe what life was like for soldiers in the trenches during WW1.
• Analyze the causes and effects of the Russian Revolution

Agenda

1. Warm-Up #6.    See Projector For Warm-Up
1. Is this picture propaganda?  If so, how do you know?  If not, why not?
2. Notes - Russian Revolution
3. All Quiet on the Western Front

Propaganda & Poetry

Objective

• Describe what life was like for soldiers in the trenches during WW1.
• Analyze the poems of Gibson, Owen, and Sassoon.

Agenda

1. Warm-Up #5.  Imagine you are an 18-year old soldier who has been fighting in the trenches on the Western Front for a year. 
1. What kind of sounds do you hear around you?
2. What kind of smells are there in the trenches?
3. What kinds of emotions do you feel?
4. What do you think of your commanders back at base?
5. What do you wish for?
2. World War 1 - Propaganda
3. War Poets
4. All Quiet on the Western Front

Trench Warfare

Objective

• Explain the causes of World War I
• Analyze the impact of the Industrial Revolution on World War I

Agenda

• Reading Quiz - Origins of World War 1 (16.1-16.2)
• Trench Warfare
• Play Warfare 1917
• Complete the game guide as you work
• Due at the end of class
• Watch: All Quiet on The Western Front  (if extra time)