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Monday, March 31, 2014

Day 126 - Monday

U.S. History II  - Period 1: 
Essential Questions:
- How does volunteerism demonstrate civic responsibility?
-How did America utilize it's home-front during World War II?
-How important was the home-front to the United States's victory in World War II? 
-How did World War II serve as catalyst for social change in America?

1. The War for Europe - World War II American Joined Forces - Please read the textbook (pages 780-783 and a trustworthy research using Google/BHS Library Database sources to complete the last 4 subjects with the questions below the subjects(Invasion of France/Operation Overlord, Battle of the Bulge, The Yalta Conference, and The Race to Berlin). Please do NOT leave anything blank, if you cannot find it in the textbook, then you must use a reliable and trustworthy Google search/BHS Library Database source.

2. Please watch the Crash Course Video with John Green on World War II - Then complete the questions below:

3. Questions from the John Green video:
A. What major fighting took place in 1942-1943 in the Pacific Theater?
B. What happened in Northern Africa?
C. What happened on June 6, 1944?
D. In the last 5 minutes of the video, what did you find most interesting?

4. Textbook/Chapter/Sections you will need for the rest of World War II -
-Chapter 24 - Section 2 - Yes, again!
-Chapter 24 - Section 3 - The Holocaust
-Chapter 25 - Section 2 - The War for Europe and North Africa
-Chapter 25 - Section 3 - The War in the Pacific

5. U.S. in World War II resources:
World War II Slideshow "The Road to War"
World War II - American at Home - PBS special
U.S. Home-front During World War II
The National WWII museum - lots of images, primary sources, outline of WWII, and WWII by the numbers!
Library of Congress - World War II Primary Sources
American Women in World War II
America's WWII in Color - PBS special
America's Homefront in World War II
World War II - Poster's on the American Homefront
World War II and America's Civil Responsibilities

Homework:
1. Please complete the last 4 subjects on The War for Europe - World War II American Joined Forces - Use the textbook (pages 780-783 and a trustworthy research using Google/BHS Database sources to complete the last 4 subjects with the questions below the subjects(Invasion of France/Operation Overlord, Battle of the Bulge, The Yalta Conference, and The Race to Berlin). Please do NOT leave anything blank, if you cannot find it in the textbook, then you must use a reliable and trustworthy Google search/BHS Library Database source.
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U.S. HISTORY I - Periods 4, 5, and 6:
Essential Questions:

-Does the United States have a mission in the mid-19th century? If so, was it expansion of freedom, economics, imperialism, etc? Why?
-Which reformer or individual played the biggest role leading up to America's Civil War?
-Can legislative compromises solve moral issues?
-Was slavery a humane or evil institution?

Themes: Industrial Revolution, Transportation Revolution, Economic Revolution, Immigration, Regional Specialization, and Nationalism

1. Please use your textbook to read pages 318-321 on "The Birth of the Republican Party" complete pages 8 & 9 on "The Birth of the Republican Party" from your Causes of the American Civil War Packet.

2. Please watch The Crash Course Video with John Green on "The Election of 1860 and Disunion" + Question "What is the turning point leading up to the American Civil War? (based off the video)"

Homework:
1. Please use your textbook to read pages 324-329 on "Slavery and Secession" and complete page 10 on your Causes of the American Civil War Packet AND ANY CLASS WORK YOU DID NOT FINISH!
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International Studies - Period 2 
Essential Questions:
1. How do we think about POWER in the 21st Century?

2. How do we define our interest as a country?

3. What does "hard power" and "soft power" capability and how does it impact foreign policy?

4. How is power distributed?

Themes: PEGS (Political, Economic, Geographic, Social)

1. Please watch Joseph Nye's video below on "Hard Power Skills" and then please answer the following questions:
A. What examples does Joseph Nye make?
B. Who does Joseph Nye think did a good job using hard power?
C. What are the characteristics of good Hard Power Policies?



2. Please watch "Soft Power and Joseph Nye" and answer the questions below in an essay format: What is the attractiveness of soft power? What did you like most about what Soft Power presents to the Global World? What power works better Hard Power or Soft Power?

Essay Question: If you were a world leader, which concept would you use more often to provide security to your people Hard Power or Soft Power? (One page pager, 12 point font, times new roman - Due Wednesday!!)


3. Students will have a jigsaw activity where one member of the group becomes the "Captain" and the Captain will travel to other groups to explain their findings and then the remaining group members teach the "Captain" about their own topic on:

I. Group 1: Please read the Research Institute for European and American Studies (RIEAS) article "Being Hard on Soft Power" and answer the following questions:
A. Compare and contrast how this article views soft power and hard power? Which is it more critical of and why?
B. Summarize this articles' viewpoints on the United States Army in Iraq?

II. Group 2: Please read Hillary Clinton's perspective on Power
A. What is America's Role in the World?
B. What is critical for America, Europe and the World in the 21st Century?
C. Summarize this articles' viewpoints on global power, which countries are emerging?

III. Group 3: Please read Harvard Kennedy School and Joseph Nye article "Lesson's Learned Since 9/11: Narratives Matter"
A. How should we challenge terrorism according to Joseph Nye?
B. How did 9/11 change America's foreign policy approach?

"Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercise over himself." 
                                                                   Elie Wiesel, prisoner at Buchenwald. 

"Simply put, power is the ability to effect the outcomes you want, and if necessary, to change the behavior of others to make this happen.
                                                       Joseph S. Nye Jr., 2002

4. Video on Joseph Nye:


A portrait of Hillary Clinton at her desk

6. Hard Power and Soft Power Readings and Rsources:
Homework:
1. Your essay is due by Wednesday on Hard Power vs. Soft Power.

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