Homework/In Class Assignments for Mr. Davey's

World History Class

World War II and Its Aftermath

Extra Credit movie format
Unit Powerpoints: WW2 in the European Theater (EuropeanWar.pdf)
WW2 in the Pacific Theater (WW2PacificTheater.pdf)

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Date

In Class Activity

Homework

Due Next Class

Mon

2/5
  • Lecture: Battle of Britain">Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain, the war in the Balkans and start discussion of Operation Barbarossa
  • Discuss MAP 11 in MMC first 15 minutes of period 2.
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  • Extra Credit Movie Options from today's lecture include : Dunkirk, and the Darkest Hour or for the rest of the unit: Das Boot (The Boat), A Bridge Too Far, the Great Escape, The Desert Rats, Patton
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  • If you didn't already do it print out and bring to class the Operation Barbarossa Lecture Notes/Political Cartoon Analysis.
  • I will collect your Battle of Britain Notes on Friday
  • We will have a 25-40 point quiz on this Totalitarianism on Friday. Here is a Study Guide
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    Wed

    2/7
  • Continue Lecture: Operation Barbarossa
    and discuss the WW2 : Turning Points--> Stalingrad & El Alamein
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  • Interactively Read and summarize only the first two pages of 8 key points of the Eastern Front.
  • Study for the quest (remember it is 30-45 questions and only up through 9/1/39)
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    Fri

    2/9
  • Totalitarianism Quest
    Work on Political Cartoons for Operation Barbarossa, turning points of 1942-1943 and Dresden Packet.
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  • Extra credit from today's lecture is to watch Defiance
  • Another Extra Credit movie on the French Resistance we saw today Army of Crime
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  • Finish close reading your Dresden packet if you didn't finish in class today.

    • Tues

    2/13
  • Continue WW2 in Europe: Italian Campaign, and D-Day. (film clip Saving Private Ryan)
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  • For WW2 extra credit you may watch the Lord of the Rings and do worksheet.
  • Other Extra Credit Movie Options Include the following. Click on them for the trailer: Sophie Scholl, Das Boot (The Boat), A Bridge Too Far, the Great Escape, Stalingrad, Patton, Defiance, Downfall, Band of Brothers: Any two episodes (2hrs),Enemy at the Gates

  • Read about Operation Market Garden. You do not need to print it out or read it interactively.
  • Don't forget to do your debrief if necessary.
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    Thu

    2/15
  • Lecture: End of the German Reich: (Discussion Dresden, Crossing the Rhine----> Remagen, end of Hitler and the 3rd Reich).

  • Discuss Genocide
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  • Read the wiki entry on my grandfather and have a great break.
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    Mon

    2/26
  • Watch 20 minutes of Lore

  • Start History of Anti-Semitism
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  • Interactively read the genocide packet (pages 5-12 & 16-17)
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    Wed

    2/28
  • Continue the History of Genocide - NAZIs in power and transition of the planning up to the Wannsee Conference,
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    		Continue reading in your packet (finish pages 14-15 & do pages 18-21 and the questions on page 27)

    Fri

    3/2
  • Continue the History of Genocide: Active Killing, response of Jews, Allies, Neutrals, Occupied: Film Clips, Night & Fog, Liberation, Milgram Experiment,
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  • We are skipping pages 22-23, but read Interactively read pages 24-26 in your packet and finish pages 42-47.
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    Tues

    3/6
  • Continue the History of Genocide: Film Clips, Nuremberg Trial, Holocaust Deniers: Queen's College Letter to Editor, Holocaust Legacy, Holocaust Perpetuation in Modern America
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  • Read pages 32-37 & 48 in your packet.
  • Write a 2 paragraph (About a 1/2 PAGE) letter to the editor of Queen's College to help the editorial board decide whether or not to accept the Holocaust denier's ad
  • Be ready to discuss your observations at Saratoga High School.
  • Print out and bring to class your War in the Pacific Notes
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    Thur

    3/8

    		 MAP Fishbowl
  • Life is Beautiful(1 hour)
  • Discussion: Editorial Yes or No?
  • Start War in Japan
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  • The entire Genocide packet should be complete by next Friday
  • You should have completed the first page of your War in the Pacific Notes
  • Interactively read pages 1-4 in your new Pacific War packet.
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    Mon

    3/12
  • NCAA Naviance Selection and homework description.

  • Continue the Pacific War: (Video clip from Rape of Nanking)
  • Extra Credit movies for this part of the unit include Empire of the Sun, or John Rabe.
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  • Interactively read pages 5&6 in your Pacific War packet
  • Print out, interactively read and bring to class the Japan's Textbooks and the Nanjing Massacre
  • If you didn't finish your first two pages of the War in the Pacific Notes from today. Do so.
  • Finish Genocide Convention packet by Friday. All of it should have been interactively read by now except page 22-23.
  • Print out and do your NCAA Naviance by next Wednesday.
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    Wed

    3/14
  • Continue the Pacific War: Pearl Harbor and video clips from (Victory in the Pacific)
  • Finish your genocide packet other than pages 22-23.
  • Continue to work on your NCAA Naviance assignment.
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    Fri

    3/16
  • Schindler's List
    		• A Righteous Person

    Christophe Meili, a Swiss business student moonlighting as a night-watchman at a large Swiss bank, recently won applause from Holocaust groups and the U.S. Senate for rescuing Nazi-era documents detailing bank holdings which were to be destroyed. Fired from his job as a result, Meili knew he had to act after watching Schindler's List. "A few months before, I had seen the movie, . . . and that is how, when I saw these documents, I realized I must take responsibility -- I must do something." Meili, who now receives death threats in his native Switzerland, has been hailed as a hero in many circles.

    Jessica Schwartz
  • Don't forget to do your NCAA Naviance Assignment by Wednesday
  • Number your entire Empire of the Sun Pacific War packet and interactively read pages 7-10 on Midway
  • Say Happy Birthday to Mr. Davey on Saturday and bring him lots of goodies on Wednesday.
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    Wed

    3/21
  • Continue the War in the Pacific: Video clips from (Victory in the Pacific)
  • Finish clips from Letters from Iwo Jima 54:30-1:11
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  • Interactively read packet pages 12-17 and bring it to class
  • Watch the Genocide Conventionand print out the (handout) and the Trial of the Average German. We will discuss it soon.
  • Print out the Parent Invite for the Genocide Convention/Trial and have your parents sign it (due Tuesday).
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    Fri

    3/23
  • Conclude WW2 in the Pacific: Battle of Okinawa, the Bombing campaigns and proportionality, Analysis/Discussion of Rules in War
  • Assign the Genocide Convention and the Trial of the Average German.
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  • Extra credit movie we watched some of today in class is Letters from Iwo Jima
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  • Finish interactively reading your packet except for the last question on page 23 and do not forget to bring it to class
  • Interactively read your Atomic Bomb Debate Prep Packet (Yellow or Blue) and do the questions for the debate.
  • Print out the Cold War Lecture Notes and bring to class.
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    Tues

    3/27
  • Hotseat: Japan's view of history. Should they apologize
  • Debate on the Atomic Bomb "
  • Start unit Cold War: Lecture & Yalta/ Berlin Airlift
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  • Start studying for WW2 and Genocide Quest: See Totalitarianism Study Guide, WW2 studyguide and Holocaust Study Guide.
  • Genocide groups need to print out and do peer evaluations for our convention (4/19)
  • Start preparing for Genocide Convention and the Trial of the Average German. Make sure to include how Gregory Stanton's Eight Stages of Genocide Applies to your Genocide case. Genocide Convention presentations will be 5-7 minutes.
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    Thu

    3/29

    		 Period 2: History: Everyone Meets in MAP Annex
  • Continue Cold War: Debate Who started the cold war? Documents C&D & Mini-Debate Class
  • Recalling America's Infamy in the Cold War Guatemala and the CIA
    Period 4: Media: Everyone Meets in MAP Annex: Guest Speaker - Jim Fitzgerald: Tips and Tricks in the Interview Process and short practice sessions
    Period 6: English: Vocab quizTrial students go to English to work on trial and Genocide Convention people go to Davey to work on convention.
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  • Print out and do this quick worksheet
  • Print out the Cold War Lecture Notes and bring to class!
  • Read and do pages 5-8 in the packet
  • Bring your binder completely organized to the test to be checked in class on the date of the test (4/4).
  • Continue Studying for WW2 Test and Genocide Quest: See Totalitarianism Study Guide, WW2 studyguide and Holocaust Study Guide. This fill in guide might be helpful too.

    • Mon

    4/2
  • Class reading: Indictment of the Cold War nations Video: Modern North Korea, the Vietnam Conflict & the Death of Stalin Sputnik 1950s-
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  • Bring your binder completely organized to the test to be checked in class on the date of the test.
  • Continue Studying for WW2 Test and Genocide Quest: See Totalitarianism Study Guide, WW2 studyguide and Holocaust Study Guide. This fill in guide might be helpful too.
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    Wed

    4/4
  • WW2 Test. Remember this HUGE test has a European map, multiple choice, matching, true-false, time occurrences etc.
  • Continue unit Cold War
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  • Print out and do this quick worksheet (due Monday)
  • Print out the Cold War Lecture Notes and bring to class!
  • Go to new website, the Cold War.
  • Go to new website, the Cold War.
    • Updated 3/21/18