Essential Question:
-How did the French and Indian War help inspired a sense of unity and shared identity among the colonist?
-Were the colonist justified in resisting British policies after the French-Indian War?
-Was the American War for Independence inevitable?
-Would you have been a revolutionary in 1776?
-Were the colonist justified in resisting British policies after the French-Indian War?
-Was the American War for Independence inevitable?
-Would you have been a revolutionary in 1776?
Themes: Settlements on the East Coast and Southwest, Colonial life and struggles, Mercantilism, Colony-building, economic relationships
1. Period 6 needs to finish their Quiz. All other classes have finished and will be graded this week.
2. The Boston Massacre + Boston Massacre looking at multiple perspectives activity + A different viewpoint from Alonzo Chappel
Boston Massacre Resources:
-Paul Revere's Engraving Explained
-The Boston Massacre Trials - An Account, 2001 by Doug Linder, Professor at UMKC School of Law as an alternative perspective
-Massachusetts Historical Society's perspective
-Two Bullets recovered
-An 1856 perspective by a painter
-Notes by John Adams - Primary Source
3. Videos for Monday:
Tar and Feathering from John Adams mini-series
Homework:
1. Please complete the rest of the Boston Massacre looking at multiple perspectives activity packet for homework.
2. DUE WEDNESDAY - Please complete the Major American Petitions for Independence (pages 105-112 in your textbook) packet for tomorrow's class. You must work independently on this packet in class and what you do not finish you should finish for homework. This packet will cover the Olive Branch Petition, Common Sense, and The American Declaration of Independence.
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U.S. HISTORY II - Period 1:
Essential Questions:
-Was American expansion overseas justified?
-Did the press cause the Spanish-American War?
-Was the acquisition of the Panama Canal Zone and act of justifiable imperialism?
-Does the need for self-defense give the US the right to interfere in the affairs of Latin America? (Think about the Roosevelt Corollary, "Dollar Diplomacy," and "Watchful Waiting")
Themes: Historical thinking methods, evaluating sources, Thinking like an historian, PEGS (Political, Economic, Geographic, Social), The Beginning of the Progressive Era
1. Test on American Imperialism at the beginning of the 20th Century.
2. Spanish-American War Resources/Open Door Policy:
Causes of the War
Library of Congress - General information on the Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War Slideshow
PBS Special on All Events surrounding America's Quest for Imperialism
A Price for Freedom in the Spanish-American War
Headlines from the Spanish-American War
Cartoons from the Spanish-American War
Political Cartoon from the Spanish-American War
Spanish-American War DBQ'S (Document-Based Questions)
A Price for Freedom in the Spanish-American War
Headlines from the Spanish-American War
Cartoons from the Spanish-American War
Political Cartoon from the Spanish-American War
Defeating Spain in the Philippines
Cartoons on Filipinos from the Spanish American War
Article on Open Door Policy in relationship to the Spanish-American War
3. The Panama Canal Resources:
Video on the construction of the Panama Canal
-The Panama Canal in your textbook on pages 566 through 567. Then read "A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Panama" and then finally read "How did the US Obtain the Panama Canal" and then be able to answer the following 2 questions:
A. Explain the advantages to the United States of having a canal that connected both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans under US control and the reasons the US was in a far better position to than any other country to build it?
Homework:
1. Please read Chapter 19 - Section 1 - World War I begins - pages 578-581. Please OUTLINE the following in a 2-column chart.
Major Causes and how?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand's role?
Where and how does the fighting start?
2. When you are done outlining, please watch The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Why is this "the spark" of the war?
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International Studies - Period 7
Essential Questions:
1. Does the world need the United Nations? Why or why not?
2. Should we enforce the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in countries not our own? If so, how? If not, why?
3. Is the world safer today with the United Nations than it was in 1945?
4. Is the United Nations an effective peace-keeping organization?
5. What should be done to improve the effectiveness of the United Nations?
Rwanda Genocide Essential Questions:
1. How did the character of Paul Ruseabagina, as the hotel manager in "Hotel Rwanda" display courage?
2. How does a society recover from a genocide?
3. Does Rwanda have a future?
Themes: Humanitarianism, World Peace, War vs. Peace, Sustainable Change, Non-Government Organizations
2. A primary Source from Rwanda's Genocide:
3. An impressive viewing of MANY UN Peacekeeping videos - Nearly 5 hours worth of short clips from many Peacekeeping Operations.
5. United Nation Resources:
United Nations History
United Nations Multimedia Room
United Nations School bus Virtual Field Trip
United Nations Research Guide A-Z on EVERYTHING you can imagine!
United Nations Peacekeeping Missions
University of California organized a UN resources guide - Honestly, the BEST and more ORGANIZED I have seen yet on how to research issues concerning the United Nations.
Homework:
1. Please use the shared Google Folder titled "Rwandan Genocide" to access the checklist/project and use it to make your own student files so that we can all access your work. This is on GOOGLE CLASSROOM AS WELL!!!
-Student Rwandan Genocide Project - Please complete by Tuesday on WHAT YOU WANT TO do as an authentic learning experience. Due Date is next Tuesday, October 20th - You now have 1 day left to complete this!
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