WEEK OF FEBRUARY 28 - MARCH 4

On Monday through Wednesday, we will be playing a game that will show how alliances work. The students will become their own countries, forming alliances and seeing the dangers that these play in world politics. Eventually, they will declare war on each other, and the students will see exactly how and why WWI started.

Monday a homework packet on WWI will be assigned.

Thursday the students will be taking notes on the reasons for WWI.  The notes will be done on a handout. They can be found here on Thursday.

Friday, the students will be looking at new weapons of War. I will be calling up students to look at their research.

Friday, the honor level students will have chapters 4 and 5 due from All Quiet on the Western Front.

Here is newsreel footage of the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, the spark of WWI. It is silent. Sound for movies had not been invented yet.

FEBRUARY 14-18

On Monday and Tuesday, we will be in the library continuing our research on the Research Paper.

Wednesday will find us reviewing for the test on Industrial Revolution and Imperialism

Thursday will find us testing. Paragraph summary of chapter 1 ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT is due for the Honors class.

Friday will find us cleaning out notebooks and going over students' individual thesis.

HAPPY WINTER BREAK!

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 7 - 11

Monday will find us making up for lost time with the snow. Monday we will play a game that shows the problem with capitalism and communism. We will take a look at Adam Smith and Karl Marx afterward.

Tuesday will find us looking at Imperialism and maps of Africa. This will be leading into conflict and WWI. I will also be going over thesis ideas with students for research paper.

Wednesday will be finishing up Imperialism and explaining how the students should be conducting research and citing information. Honors class will get their book, All Quiet on the Western Front, to start reading.

Thursday and Friday will find us in the library researching our topic.

Hopefully no snow days and we will get back in gear.