WEEK OF MAY 31 - JUNE 3

This week is a little crazy. We have MCAS testing

Tuesday A-2  will be looking at Sunni vs Shiite Muslims



A little clip that shows sometimes why there are splits in religion

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Then we will be looking at the problems of the Middle East and Sharia.  Notes can be found here

     

Lastly we will look at Islamic Art.


Wednesday B-2 will be going with the flow since we have MCAs. Hopefully we have a few minutes to go over homework packet for a quiz on Friday.

Thursday A-2 will have a quiz on Islam an the Middle East. Then we will be looking at India. We will be working on a map of India. Students will get their last homework packet of the year.



Friday B-2 will be doing the same as A-2.

WEEK OF MAY 23 - 27

Monday B-2 will be going over this video on WWII and being introduced to the Cold War.  We are then going to start the Middle East. We will be getting a homework packet. Here it is. It will be due on Friday.
Students will be given an introductory pre-quiz on Islam and share vocabulary word. Students will be given some notes on Islam and the 5 pillars. Here



Tuesday A-2 will be doing the same as B-2.  Packet is due next Monday.

Wednesday B-1 will have the story of Muhammad and the beginning of Islam. We will be do a little reading on him. We will review the 5 pillars of Islam.
Then we will be looking at the importance of  Arabic and the Quran. Students will be getting two homework sheets.
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Thursday A-2 will be dong the same.

Friday B-2 we might be looking at the divide of Islam with Sunni and Shiites.
Not sure what will happen with Pretty Day and Prom this day.



Then we will be looking at Sharia or Islamic Law. I will be collecting homework packet.

WEEK OF MAY 16 - 20

Monday will find B-2 watching a European overview of the war. They will then be working on a basic outline for the pacific war. Students will then watch an overview of the Pacific Theater of War.






Tuesday will find A-2 looking at the European Theater of War. They will then start looking at the  pacific theater of war in WWII. We will be looking a Kamikaze, Island Hopping, Aircraft Carriers, the Bataan Death March and the brutal fighting in brutal conditions.
Here is some of the helpful video we will watch
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This one simplifies the Bataan Death March






Wednesday is a half day. B-2 will be going over the Pacific Theater. A-2 will be looking at the end of the war.

Thursday B-2 will be looking at the Atomic Bomb and the feelings on both sides. We will see how they have change the world today and look at Nuclear Bombs.  Students will receive a take home test on WWII.




Great site to see the destructive power of a nuclear bomb.
http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/



Friday A-2 will be working on the same as Thursday B-2. They will also get a take home test.

WEEK OF MAY 9 - 13

Monday A-2 will go over the homework packet on WWII and dictators for a quiz on Wednesday.  Then we will be starting the trial of Adolf Hitler.

Tuesday B-2 will have a quiz on beginning of WWII and dictators. Then we will start the trial of Adolf Hitler.

Wednesday A-2 will have a quiz and then finish up the trial.

I guess the ultimate take away from this activity is to discuss the age old question of " is following orders and excuse to commit heinous acts?"

Here is the Milgram Experiment about obedience and underneath a new study that adds to it.




LINK TO ARTICLE ON UPDATE TO MILGRAM EXPERIMENT.

Thursday B-2  will be finishing the trial.

Friday A-2 will be going over the European Theater of War and the major battles and starting the Pacific Theater of War.

WEEK OF MAY 1 - 5

Monday B-2 will be getting a quick beginning  of Hitler's take over of Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland plus an over view of WWII. Then students will be  working on the trial. Students will be looking up information on their characters.  I will be collecting the homework packet.






Tuesday A-2 will be getting their overview of the Hitler and the start of WWII. Then they will be finishing their research on their characters. I will be collecting the homework packet.

Wednesday B-2 will be taking depositions from witnesses and also working on their WWII newspaper.

Thursday A-2 will do the same.




Friday B-2 will be starting their Hitler Trial.