Friday, January 30, 2009

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)

Thursday, January 29, 2009

HW Thurs for the Roaring Twenties!

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

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

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

Monday, January 12, 2009

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.