Date |
In Class Activity |
Homework |
Due Next Class |
Mon
5/12 |
Post Imperial Africa: A Case Study Zimbawe: Watch Film: Mugabe and the White African |
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Read and interactively highlight page 3-8 of the Zimbabwe packet.
Extra Credit Films Last King of Scotland or Mugabe and the White African. |
Mon
5/13 |
Finish: Case Study Zimbabwe
United Nations simulation |
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Complete interactively highlighting the Zimbabwe packet for Wednesday (pages 9-11). It should have a 1/2 page summary.
Read this article on Zimbabwe and your UN country handout from today
Beginstudying for Finals |
Wed
5/15 |
Begin Lecture: Modern China America's Enemy? - Student posters(20 min prep followed by presentation) Lecture to Civil War (help Chiang Activity) Great Leap Forward |
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Begin reading China packet. Read pages 5-16 (no highlighting just give a half page summary on the back of the packet). |
Fri
5/17 |
Lecture: Modern China America's Enemy? (Video Clips): GLF, Cultural Revolution, (4 Corners Debate) 1970s |
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Continue China Packet: Read pages 20-22 and answer the following questions in the back of your packet 1. What was the campaign to Destroy the Four Olds? 2. What were the four olds? 3. How was the plan carried out? 4. Describe the propaganda poster on page 22. What is the figure destroying? How is it supposed to make you feel? |
Mon
5/20 |
Continue Lecture: China's Recovery from the Cultural Revolution to Tank Man  |
Extra Credit Movies for this unit include: Raise the Red Lantern, the Red Violin, Farewell My Concubine, the Blue Kite, and China Blue. |
Complete pages 23-25 of China #1 packet. Reflect on this in a paragraph at the end. Make sure you have answered all the questions on page 16, interactively highlighted 17-18, and 23-25. You should have also answered the questions from class on Mao and the Four Olds for homework. You will turn in the packet on Wednesday.
Print out and bring to class the tank man video guide.
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Wed
5/22 |
China continued: Film Tank Man (Remember Tiananemen 24 Years ago at this time). |
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Print out the video guide for our video Two Million Minutes.
Create a google doc for your group's letter to Cisco regarding selling their merchandise in China. Here is a link to a news article giving you more background information. You can send an email of your letter to John Earnhardt (jearnhar@cisco.com) if you'd like but you must print out a copy for me. Everyone in your group should be listed as an author.
Read the China Packet. We will conduct a Hot Seat on it next week. I will not collect it. |
Fri
5/24 |
Mr. Davey at Fishbowl. Watch Film Two Million Minutes |
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Finish your China Packet (highlighted and marked up) Read this to help prepare for our Senate Simulation HOT SEAT. Study the Finals Study Guide. Note since the final has been reduced in size it will cover only World War 2 to the present.
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Tues
5/28 |
Continue China Lecture |
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Final day to turn in extra credit is Friday. |
Wed
5/29 |
Conclude China Lecture |
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Final day to turn in extra credit is Friday. |
Fri
5/31 |
China: HOT SEAT: United States Senate Simulation . |
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Study the Finals Study Guide. Note since the final has been reduced in size it will cover only World War 2 & Genocide to the present
Go to SMASH'n
Turn in 1. Tank Man Study Guide, 2. Activity Forms 3. Binders, during the Final |
TBA
6/3-5 |
Final Exam |
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Have a great summer!
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