Essential Question:
-How did the Market Revolution of the 19th Century radically shift commerce (trade) and a way of life for millions of Americans?
-How revolutionary was the Market Revolution in the early 19th Century in American History?
-Why was Industrialization so complex and yet dynamic?
Themes: Market Revolution, Industrialization, Cotton Gin, Transportation Revolution, Immigration, Population shifts-How revolutionary was the Market Revolution in the early 19th Century in American History?
-Why was Industrialization so complex and yet dynamic?
1. American Politics 2016
-Super Tuesday Results
-Presidential Primary Schedule and results - NY Times
-Super Tuesday or SEC Primary - What you need to know? - An NPR Podcast
-MA Primary and how many delegates are at stake? - MAlive.com
-More Super Tuesday News
-Who's STILL IN and who is now OUT?
-The Polls - RealClearPolitics - Polls - Ughhhh so predictable?!
-Your guide to the 2016 presidential candidates - The Washington Examiner
2. You will complete your 2-day Test on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
A. CPI - Multiple Choice Test and DBQ's on American Government influence of the Industrial Revolution
B. Honor's Level will complete their essay today and part of tomorrow on the Lowell Girls DBQ. Everyone will have 60 minutes ONLY to complete the essay section.
2. Who won the Massachusetts Primary? Who comes out as the winners and losers on Super Tuesday? Watch the news, scour the web or twitter, and find out the answer to the questions above!!
-Super Tuesday Results
-Presidential Primary Schedule and results - NY Times
-Super Tuesday or SEC Primary - What you need to know? - An NPR Podcast
-MA Primary and how many delegates are at stake? - MAlive.com
-More Super Tuesday News
-Who's STILL IN and who is now OUT?
-The Polls - RealClearPolitics - Polls - Ughhhh so predictable?!
-Your guide to the 2016 presidential candidates - The Washington Examiner
2. You will complete your 2-day Test on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
A. CPI - Multiple Choice Test and DBQ's on American Government influence of the Industrial Revolution
B. Honor's Level will complete their essay today and part of tomorrow on the Lowell Girls DBQ. Everyone will have 60 minutes ONLY to complete the essay section.
3. A fantastic resource to HELP YOU STUDY FOR YOUR Multiple Choice section of your TEST is a slideshow on Transportation and Industrial Revolution
Homework:
1. Please prepare for your MULTIPLE CHOICE section of your TEST for tomorrow! You will have a multiple choice (50% & DBQ's/Essay 50% TEST) on the Market Revolution, America's First Industrial Revolution, Immigration, and the era of Urbanization from 1790-1850.2. Who won the Massachusetts Primary? Who comes out as the winners and losers on Super Tuesday? Watch the news, scour the web or twitter, and find out the answer to the questions above!!
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U.S. HISTORY II - Period 1:
Essential Questions:
-How did the United States respond to the attack at Pearl Harbor?
-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?
Themes: Pearl Harbor Attack reaction, The American Homefront, Citizen Soldiers, Social Change, Top-Down Control
1. We will continue to review the following slideshows and conduct whole-classroom discussions on the major themes/events that define these theaters of war in WWII.
World War II the European Theater
World War II the Pacific Theater
The Death of FDR
2. World War II home front resources:
American Troops in World War II
The Smithsonian - Home front Propaganda
Home front Documents - Photographs and Various Documents
A series of short video clips on various topics involving Women, Food, Investments, and other subject. Look at the title of the "Playlist" and click on the video that would apply to your subject.
World War II Photography Gallery from Time Magazine:
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
1. Read Chapter 25 - Section 3 "The War in the Pacific" and create a Top-Down Web under the following themes: You need to come up with the details and developments in different shapes and sizes that signify the importance of sub-topics/events/significant ideas. Please create a STRONG THESIS STATEMENT after completing your Top-Down Web on The Pacific Theater!!
A. Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz win with Island Hopping
B. Allies greatest successes in the Pacific
C. The Atomic Bombs Defeats the Japanese
D. Rebuilding was not easy
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International Studies - Period 7
Essential Questions:
1. Does NATO have a new role in the order of international relations in Europe and the World in the 21st Century?
2. Was NATO just or unjust in participating and executing their mission in your post-Cold War scenario?
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?
Themes: United Nations, Peacekeeping, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Globalization, Alliances, NATO
1. We are in the library for the rest of this week and PROJECTS WILL BE PRESENTED on MONDAY, MARCH 7TH.
2. UN Peacekeeping Resources:
-Peacekeeping Missions
-UN Peacekeeping Operations
-Check out the data/facts on current Peacekeeping Missions (please look at the tabs on the right hand side as well that share Troops, Fatalities, Gender, Reports, and the actual data-maps on the right hand side of this website.)
-United Nations Peacekeeping Missions
-University of California organized a UN resources guide - Honestly, the BEST and most ORGANIZED I have seen yet on how to research issues concerning the United Nations.
-An impressive viewing of MANY UN Peacekeeping videos - Nearly 5 hours worth of short clips from many Peacekeeping Operations.
3. NATO Resources:
-NATO
-U.S. State Dept - What is NATO?
-The Washington Treaty (aka The North Atlantic Treaty)
-Decisions NATO makes and why
-Current NATO missions
-Topics and more on Current NATO missions
-NATO GLOBE MAP
1. The NATO or Peacekeeping Mission Project should be used as a checklist to help guide you using the first 4 pages. You MUST CREATE A GOOGLE FOLDER (with your Mission's Name and your Name as the titled).
-PLEASE ensure you have used a NATO/UN Peacekeeping Mission from 1992 to current day. The sign-up sheet here on the Google Document so I know exactly what mission you have chosen.
2. You MUST have the following in your Google Folder:
-You must have a basic outline in your Google Folder
- A works cited page that is ongoing and will be finalized up to Chicago-Style Format standards
-Your final project (with a final link so that we can click on it and it will take us to your project (Prezi, Google Slides, You tube channels, and Digital Stories all have links!!!)
3. Your working outline should include the items below:
-Who is involved in your mission?
-How long have they been there?
-Why Peacekeepers or NATO troops are there?
-A DEBATABLE/CONTROVERSIAL thesis statement!
-Where and what did the situation look like that caused peacekeepers or NATO troops to be engaged in the situation?
-What does the current situation look like? In other words, how effective was the Peacekeeper or NATO situation?
-What challenges did/do Peacekeepers or NATO troops face?
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