Essential Questions:
-What do we want from Government?
-Does our state government or federal government have more of an impact in our lives?
-Does the system of checks and balances provide us with an effective and efficient government?
-Is a strong federal system the most effective government for the United States? Which level of government, federal or state, can best solve our nation's problems?
Themes: Federalism, State Rights vs. Federal Government, Liberty vs. Hierarchy, U.S. Constitution, State Rights vs. Federal Rights, Bill or Rights, Checks and Balances, Amendments 11-27
1. We will finish our Presentations on Selling the Bill of Rights Advertisement you made in the library last week. Be sure to check out the Rubric in the class folder.
2. U.S. Constitution Resources:
Map of the US Population in 1790Massachusetts Vote on Ratification
United States Government Brief Slideshow
Current U.S. Government Slideshow
1. Please continue to chip away at conducting research on your U.S. Constitution Article or Amendment. You should have created a Google Doc titled with your Topic and put it in our Classroom Project Folder. Remember the Due Date is Thursday, December 11th at 7:00am
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U.S. HISTORY II - Period 4:
Essential Questions:
-Who was Herbert Hoover and how did his leadership affect the American people during the Great Depression?
-How did the Great Depression affect the lives of millions of Americans?
-What affect did the Dust Bowl have on Americans during the Great Depression?-What was the New Deal and how did it affect the American people during the Great Depression?
-What affect did the Stock Market Crash of 1929 have on the American people during the Great Depression?
-What were the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), The Works Progress Administration (WPA), and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and how did the affect the American people during the Great Depression?
-Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt and how did his leadership affect the American people during the Great Depression?
1. Order of the Digital Story Telling on the Great Depression Era:
Monday's Presentations
A. The Common Man - Logan and Shalin
B. Racism during the Great Depression - Peter and Ryan Morey
C. FDR and his policies - Benny
D. Economics of the Great Depression - Devanshu and Nihal
Tuesday's Presentations
E. Children and the Great Depression - Reagan and Ryan O'Connor
F. The Dust Bowl - Nevin and Anthony
G. Music and Fashion - Dalena, Tiffany, and Leah
H. Crime during the Great Depression - Anna and Will
Homework:
1. Be ready to present your Digital Story Telling Project. Look above for the order of presentations. -Please remember to review the DST Rubric and remember you need to hit some minimums of 8+ Primary Sources, 25 facts regarding your topic and subject (these could be connections you built based on causes and effects on your topic), and 3-4 minute movie that syncs your voice recording with the images/primary sources you are showing, and the presentation of your project._____________________________________________________
International Studies - Period 2
Essential Questions:
1. How do we think about POWER in the 21st Century?
2. How should we deal with extremist?
3. Do you think ordinary people can create change or movement for a cause?
Themes: War vs. Peace, Sustainability Change, Hard Power, Soft Power, Smart Power, The Taliban, Islamic State in Syria (ISIS), Malala Yousafzai
1. Global Security Resources:
Department of Defense - 21st Century Security for Americans
Wikipedia - U.S. Commission on National Security
Council on Foreign Relations - National Security in the 21st Century - Hart-Rudman Commission
Wikipedia - Major U.S. Intelligence Reforms/Laws
2. American Foreign Policy in the 1990's - Have we learned from our mistakes?
3. Black Hawk Down
4. Primary Source from Jeff Struecker - Black Hawk Down
5. Afghanistan Slideshow - A brief history. Afghanistan - Where, Who, What, Why analysis study before we begin exploring the Taliban and U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. In-depth study of Afghanistan War
6. Casualties in Afghanistan
7. U.S. News Political Cartoons on Afghanistan
8. U.S. News and World Report: "Bring on the Zero Option"
Homework:
1. What are your feelings on America's Foreign Policy Agenda in the 1990's? One lengthy paragraph - 6-10 sentences and an informed and original thinking on your part. This will be on Google Classroom.2. There is NO Youtube clip on this, so I will show it in class on Monday-Wednesday next week. Due Thursday, December 11th - After watching the movie titled "The Road to 9/11: A Brief History of Conflict in the Middle East" (PBS, 2006). Please answer the following questions below from the movie and previously studied material from our case study/debate on the Taliban/Al Qaeda.
Obama's War Questions
1. Are we winning or losing this war?
2. Can this war be won?
3. Is there a competition for hearts and minds? If so, who is winning the hearts and minds of Afghans? Who is winning the hearts and minds of Americans?
4. What progress have we made in Afghanistan? What progress have we made in Pakistan?
5. What is President Obama's new strategy for this war?
6. Does the film have an agenda? What perspective and tone does it give to Americans? Cite specific evidence.
Essential Questions on Taliban Rule in Afghanistan:
• What is the relationship between Islam and the Taliban?
• How does the Taliban try to control Afghan women?
• How has the experience of Afghan women changed with the Taliban’s emergence?
• What was the United States’ role in the Taliban coming to power?
• How is clothing used as a means of oppression in Afghanistan?
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