Thursday, February 29, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Who was the leader of the independence movement in South Asia?
    2. What two new countries emerged out of #1?
    3. What country did the Soviet Union invade in 1979?

  2. Cold War Crisis Simulation
    In each group, use the documents in your folder to answer the questions

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What nation controlled Vietnam before and after World War II?
    2. What nation controlled Vietnam during World War II?
    3. Which Vietnam would win the war?

  2. Finish The Cold War - OverSimplified (Part 1) Video

  3. Cold War Around the World
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Which country controlled Korea during World War II?
    2. What international organization both divided Korea after World War II and came to the aid of the South when the war started?
    3. How did the Korean War come to an end?

  2. Clip from Crash Course: Samurai, Daimyo, Matthew Perry, and Nationalism Video

  3. 10th Grade World History Benchmark #1

Monday, February 26, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were the two sides of the Chinese Civil War?
    2. Who was the leader of the winning side?
    3. What was #2’s disastrous plan to industrialize the countryside?

  2. The Korean and Vietnam Wars Video
    Answer Questions

  3. Korean War Textbooks Document Analysis
    Use the documents (Canvas) to answer the questions

Friday, February 23, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were the military alliances created by the United States and the Soviet Union?
    2. Who became the Soviet leader after Stalin’s death?
    3. What was Nixon’s policy of easing Cold War tensions?

  2. Review Unit 8: Essential Question #1

  3. Chinese Communist Revolution
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

  4. Unit 8 Essential Questions (Homework--Due the day of the unit test)

Thursday, February 22, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the United States’ successful recovery plan for Western Europe?
    2. What was the Soviet Union’s unsuccessful recovery plan for Eastern Europe?
    3. Over what city was the first conflict of the Cold War?

  2. Clip from The Cold War - OverSimplified (Part 1) Video

  3. Cold War Cools and Thaws
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What part of the United Nations allows all member nations to have a vote?
    2. What part of the United Nations makes decisions such as deploying the peacekeeping forces?

  2. Finish Discussing the Origins of the Cold War
    Take Notes

  3. Who Was Responsible? Document Analysis
    Use the documents (Canvas) to answer the questions

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

  1. Finish Sharing Unit 7 Projects
    For each presentation in your group, you will write down their name, which project they did, and two interesting items from their project, and answer the similar questions for your own project

  2. Unit 8 Overview Video

  3. Discuss the Origins of the Cold War
    Take Notes

Friday, February 16, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. At what conference did the Allies decide Korea would become independent after the war?
    2. At what conference did the Allies decide to divide Germany after the war?
    3. At what conference did Stalin go back on his promise of free elections in eastern Europe

  2. What is Not Allowed in War? Video

  3. What Happened at the Nuremberg Trials? Video

  4. The Tokyo Trials Video

  5. Share Unit 7 Projects
    For each presentation in your group, you will write down their name, which project they did, and two interesting items from their project, and answer the similar questions for your own project

Thursday, February 15, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What city saw the Japanese kill 200,00 civilians in China?
    2. What was the name of the Japanese group which experimented on Allied POWs?
    3. Who were the young girls the Japanese forced into sexual slavery?

  2. Review Unit 7: Essential Question #4

  3. Work on Unit 7 Project (Due Tomorrow)

  4. Finish Unit 7 Project (Homework--Due Tomorrow)

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the name of the Conventions which established the rules of war?
    2. What German city was firebombed by the Allies?
    3. Who was the Nazi doctor who performed experiments on twins?

  2. World War II Conferences
    Use the information on the worksheet to answer the questions

  3. Work Unit 7 Project (Due Friday)

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Where were the Nazi war crimes trials held?
    2. Where were the Japanese war crimes trials held?
    3. What was done with Emperor Hirohito at the end of the war?

  2. Discuss Wartime Atrocities
    Take Notes

  3. Work Unit 7 Project (Due Thursday)

Monday, February 12, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Who was the head of the SS?
    2. Who was second in command of the SS, who led the Wannsee Conference?
    3. What poison gas was used in the death camps?

  2. Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

  3. Work on Unit 7 Project (Due Thursday)

Friday, February 9, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the name of the conference which came up with Hitler’s “Final Solution”?
    2. What was the most infamous of the death camps?
    3. About how many people died during the Holocaust?

  2. Finish Night and Fog Video
    Answer Questions

  3. Holocaust Primary Source Analysis
    Use the embedded videos and readings to answer the questions (Canvas)

  4. Work Unit 7 Project (Due Thursday, February 15th)

Thursday, February 8, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Following the success of Germany’s blitzkrieg, what did the United States increase production of?
    2. What was the name of the American project to develop an atomic bomb?
    3. What was the device used by Germany to send encrypted messages?

  2. Review Unit 7: Essential Question #3

  3. Discuss the Holocaust
    Take Notes

  4. Night and Fog Video
    Answer Questions

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What battle was Japan’s last “all or nothing” gamble in Asia?
    2. On what two cities did the United States drop atomic bombs?
    3. On what date did Japan surrender, finally ending World War II?

  2. Finish WW2 - OverSimplified (Part 2) Video

  3. World War II Technology
    Use the linked articles and videos to answer the questions (Canvas)

  4. Work Unit 7 Project (Due Thursday, February 15th)

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. On what date was D-Day in France?
    2. What battle was Hitler’s last “all or nothing” gamble in Western Europe?
    3. On what date did Franklin Roosevelt die?

  2. Finish Discussing Victory in Europe
    Take Notes

  3. Victory in the Pacific
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

  4. Work Unit 7 Project (Due Thursday, February 15th)

Monday, February 5, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the codename for the invasion of North Africa?
    2. What was the codename for the invasion of Italy?
    3. What was the codename for the invasion of France?

  2. Finish Discussing Allied Advances in Europe
    Take Notes

  3. Scene from Saving Private Ryan Movie
    (Edited) D-Day scene

  4. Discuss Victory in Europe
    Take Notes

Friday, February 2, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. On what date did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor?
    2. What is considered the turning point battle in the Pacific?
    3. What was the first Japanese defeat on land?

  2. Review Unit 7: Essential Question #2

  3. Discuss Allied Advances in Europe
    Take Notes

Thursday, February 1, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the name given to the seven months following the fall of Poland, where nothing happened?
    2. What was the name of Hitler’s nightly bombings of cities during the Battle of Britain?
    3. What was the codename of Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union?

  2. Finish WW2 - OverSimplified (Part 1) Video

  3. Clip from WW2 - OverSimplified (Part 2) Video

  4. Japanese Aggression
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

  5. Work Unit 7 Project (Due Thursday, February 15th)