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TEST TOPICS for WWII

German's reaction to WWI Treaty of Versailles
Great Depression
1939, 1941, 1945
Fascism, Nazi
Hitler, Tojo, Stalin, Mussolini, Churchill, Roosevelt,
Nuremberg, Nuremberg Laws, “Triumph of the Will”
Holocaust, Final Solution, concentration camps,
Genocide
Axis and Allied powers
Hitler's Goals: Master race, unite Germans
Anti-semitism
Pearl Harbor
Discrimination in the military
Rationing, Japanese Internment, Holocaust survivor stories
Women and the War
D Day
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, V-J day

Power point presentation: Monday or essay

8-12 slides with pictures/limited text
1.General background or chronology/history 2
2.Describe the Event and its impact on history, the war, individuals—teach 3 key words; 6
3.Conclusion: What can be learned….about human capacity for love and hate, prejudice,
preventing the reoccurence of such events. 3

First Latina on Supreme Court---probably!! Essay.

Barack Obama announces federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor as his nominee for the Supreme Court on Tuesday at the White House!! First Latina on Supreme Ct

Prompt will be added soon!!!!!!!!!!!!11

info on the Holocaust to consider; see other post

lWhen considering historical significance, students find it easiest to use the criterion of resulting in change. In this case, the death of six million is quite a clear example. However, how the Holocaust is revealing of the past and of contemporary issues, the second criterion, is more challenging.

l5. a. we are obliged to keep alive the memory of the Holocaust and fight against all forms of racism today
lb. we can learn lessons from the Holocaust perhaps about the dangers of racism or about the importance of standing up to a bully

ld. the events of the Holocaust can help us understand today, for example, how social pressure can lead ordinary people to do horrible things to other ethnic groups,

Letter to a Survivor

lhttp://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/orphans/english/

lYour assignment is to write a letter of appreciation to one Holocaust survivor whose testimony you have encountered on the Open Hearts, Closed Door web site . It is also an opportunity to reflect on why the survivors’ experience is historically significant.

lAs you listen to their stories, you should consider what they might reveal to us about the time: the persecution, the struggle to survive. You must take notes on each section of their testimony. Secondly, consider how their stories might reveal to us some issues in today’s world. Moreover, genocides, persecution, propaganda, refugees, and rescuers are with us today and how the Holocaust can help us understand these.
lYour letter should contain five paragraphs:
1.an introduction identifying yourself and expressing appreciation for sharing their experience,
2.a second paragraph on what the testimony reveals about the “phases” of the Holocaust,
3.a third about the concentration camps,
4. a fourth on what might be relevant to us today as a concluding paragraph.
5.Fifth. conclusion

Wed and Thursday HW: Japanese Internment

lRead: Internment of Japanese Americans: 594 take notes; answer q 4

lHW: Read Story about Korematsu vs. US
p. 597 question #1; What other cases were unfair to minorities and were brought to court? Have you heard of these? Explain one.

Prepare for essay: Read and answer questions in packet about Discrimination in WWII

Complete packet questions
We will begin work on the essay in class on Monday.

Happy Mothers Day...

Thursday HW: WWII continued

HW> Read 564-68 Describe each in 3-4 sentences. …and Explain how each of the following helped the war effort: Women, the president FDR; Hollywood; children; food rationing

America at Home; preparing for war

REad p 562-564

Summarize the 2 'personal voices'

Describe the significance of each picture; what does it show about preparation for war?

Explain the Selective Service, Women in the Military, and Racial Discrimination in detail.

the Final Solution; reading and note taking...

lHW: The Holocaust 544-46
lThe Final solution-
lList the groups sent to camps
lComplete skillbuilder
lDefine and give an example of this event:
l genocide, final solution, ghettos, concentration camps

Nuremberg was only the beginning.......

HW: Read 542-544; answer Main ideas as you read.
1.What did the Germans do to the Jews?
2.Why was it hard to escape?
3.Explain Holocaust, Kristallnacht, Jewish Refugees, tell about the plight of the St. Louis

War poster analysis...due Wednesday

Use the handout and analyze a NAZI war poster. Bring analysis and poster to class

to present and post. Thank you.

Thurs HW on Rise of Hitler

lDefine – Nationalism, totalitarianism
lRead p. 529 How did the Treaty of Versailles humiliate Germany?
lP. 530 answer 1,2
lP. 531 Read answer main idea…ideas and goals of Hitler and the Nazis.

REad Essay: Moved by Art

1-2. How much is
Obama spending on the arts and why?
3.In what ways can art help people during a depression?
4-6. What kind of art appealed to people during the depression? Why?
7. What kind of music was appealing? Why?>
8.What evidence is there that art is important today during the recession?
9. What are the general benefits of the Arts?

Your 2 Nights of HW...except for Melody...only 1

lWorks Progress Administration 498
lSocial Security 501
lNational Industrial Recovery Act
lCivilian conservation corps
lFireside Chat
lAAA
lNational Youth Administration
lWrite
a summary of the benefits of this program
and the costs.

HW: p. 501 Complete all of the assesssment.

Explain each program:
Works Progress Administration 498
Social Security 501
National Industrial Recovery Act
Civilian conservation corps
Wagner Act 499
Fireside Chat
AAA 491
Federal Securities Act 490
Glass Steagal Act 490

Great Depression Essay Outline for Thursday!!!

Thesis for essay: The Great Depression did/did not bring people together?
lUse the information from these documents to write a four paragraph essay. Be specific about examples.
Outline due tomorrow: write in class/first draft
1.Intro w/ theme and thesis
2.Charities
3 supporting facts/evidence
3.Minorities
3 supporting facts/evidence
4. Conclusion; refer back to thesis/themes

GRAPES of WRATH Questions...

Complete worksheets/questions on GRAPES OF WRATH

Quiz Friday on 20's Notes from presentations allowed

Share/complete notes for quiz

weekend hw on fads of the 20s

p. 444-445 CW and HW:
List and describe the fads and fashions of today and the 20's. Match them with fads and fasions or problems for youth in the 1920’s. Do teens always have conflicts with society? Why? What is your conflict at home, school, the culture?

Have a good weekend....on SUPERBOWl SUNDAY!!

The Twenties: Culminating Tasks

Culminating Tasks:
lDJ/Radio show
lMagazine/news
lTV Newsreel
lFashion: Show and tell; criticize and compare to pix of 2009
lPoetry Contest: recite poems of the 20’s; Harlem Renaissance
lDebate: Creationism vs. Evolution
lSports Newsreel; assemble and present
lLindbergs Flight
lHarlem Renaissance Art Collection Power Point
lHarlem Jazz Artists: Radio Program from the Cotton Club (Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Paul Robeson, Bessie Smith)

HW Thurs for the Roaring Twenties!

Summarize the events and people of: Prohibition and Organized Crime!!

HW Assessment Q. 2 p. 396 THATS ALL!!

LAST CHANCE to complete Ch 11, sec 2

lLAST CHANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!11HOLIDAY HW: Read ch. 11 sec. 2
lAmerican Mobilizes-describe the Selective Service; what is a conscientious objector?
lAmerica Turns the Tide: describe the convoy system
lList and explain new weapons
lWhat was a ‘doughboy’? Trenchfoot?
lHW: P. 387: Do assessment q#2 and q#3

lPrinciples of the Just War

HW: Rank order the Principles of War in order of importance….
Is the Iraq War a “just war?” Explain.
Was World War I a “just war”? Explain.
lA just war can only be waged as a last resort. All non-violent options must be exhausted before the use of force can be justified.
lA war is just only if it is waged by a legitimate authority. Even just causes cannot be served by actions taken by individuals or groups who do not constitute an authority or country.
lA just war can only be fought to redress a wrong suffered. For example, self-defense against an armed attack is always considered to be a just cause (although the justice of the cause is not sufficient--see point #4). Further, a just war can only be fought with "right" intentions: the only permissible objective of a just war is to redress the injury.
lA war can only be just if it is fought with a reasonable chance of success. Deaths and injury incurred in a hopeless cause are not morally justifiable.
lThe ultimate goal of a just war is to re-establish peace. More specifically, the peace established after the war must be preferable to the peace that would have prevailed if the war had not been fought.
lThe violence used in the war must be proportional to the injury suffered. States are prohibited from using force not necessary to attain the limited objective of addressing the injury suffered.
lThe weapons used in war must discriminate between combatants and non-combatants. Civilians are never permissible targets of war, and every effort must be taken to avoid killing civilians. The deaths of civilians are justified only if they are unavoidable victims of a deliberate attack on a military target.