Daily Homework for Global Studies
Fourth Quarter 2001-2002
Below you will find outlines for each class meeting and assignment descriptions. Please see me with any questions.


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Date: April 10, 2002
Objectives Understand the four main events that led to the start of WWII (GO on board).
Words to Know See WWII Vocabulary Intro sheet (orange)
Schedule of Events Handout:  Vocabulary Introduction
Handout:  Events leading to World War Two
Introduction lecture on how WWII started (5 minutes)
Timeline activity in groups of two
Homework Due None
Homework Assigned Free-write:  What do you already know or think you know about Adolf Hitler?
Finish your note card for timeline if not completed during class
Date: April 11, 2002
Objectives Explain how Hitler was able to rise to power and establish his Third Reich
Words to Know Fuhrer, genocide, Nazi, Holocaust, Fascism, Third Reich
Schedule of Events Finish timeline activity
Lecture on Hitler
Nazi Propaganda group activity
Video on Hitler (30 minutes)
Homework Due Free-write on Hitler
Homework Assigned During the Holocaust Americans, British, and others doubted the rumors of systematic killing of Jews, and many chose not to believe that it was possible. 
What do you think are the responsibilities of the United States when faced with strong evidence of genocide in another country?  Write 5 objectives/policies that the U.S. should use.

 
Date: April 12, 2002
Objectives Introduce the Holocaust
Words to Know Auschwitz
Concentration Camp
Genocide
Crematorium
Schedule of Events Quiz
Finish the video on Hitler
Reading: Treblinka Concentration Camp
Homework Due Genocide writing piece
Homework Assigned None

 
Date: April 15, 2002
Objectives Understand the vast destruction of the Holocaust and visually identify the 6 million deaths with actual images of the Holocaust. 
Students will be able to identify and write about the Holocaust from an imaginative perspective and identify the historical significance of the Holocaust on their CIM assessment. 
Words to Know Auschwitz
Schedule of Events Auschwitz Notes
Holocaust Discussion Questions
Video:  In Memory of the Camps
Homework Due None
Homework Assigned 1-page Reaction piece on the film

 
Date: April 16, 2002
Objectives Identify what is happening with the Eastern Front.  What happens when Hitler turns on Stalin?
Words to Know Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Stalingrad
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Schedule of Events Holocaust questions
CIM Assignment
Lecture on the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact and Soviet Relations
Group Research Activity- Soviet-Nazi events of WWII
Homework Due 1-page Reaction piece on the film
Homework Assigned CIM Holocaust Imaginative writing piece:  Write an imaginative piece from the view point of someone or thing located at Auschwitz, Treblinka, Dachau, or one of the other concentration camps during WWII.   For example:  A camp guard, operator, child, mother separated from her children, rock, crematorium, prison gate, etc.  Draw from things that you saw in the film or your class notes. 

 
Date: April 17, 2002
Objectives Students can give two reasons why Japan invaded China in the 1930s
Students will explore the atrocities and inhuman acts also cared out in Asia during WWII
Words to Know Protocol
The Rape of Nanking
Schedule of Events Quiz
Finish D-Day Reading
Video: Unit 731:  Nightmare in Manchuria
Warfare Protocol Group Activity
Handout Study Guide for the test
Homework Due CIM writing piece if completed
Homework Assigned Finish CIM writing piece.
Begin studying for the test on Friday

 
Date: April 18, 2002
Objectives Evaluate whether the U.S. should have dropped atomic bombs on Japan.
Words to Know Atomic Bomb
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Schedule of Events Finish Warfare Protocol group activity
Atomic Bomb handout
Review Baseball Game
Homework Due None
Homework Assigned NOTE:  This writing assignment is a take home test and will be part of your score for the test on Friday.  You are President of the United States and are faced with the decision of using the atomic bomb on Japan.  In 3 paragraphs or one page:  (A) Explain to me whether you agree with the dropping of the atomic bombs (little boy) Hiroshima and (Fat Man) Nagasaki.  (B) Explain to me if you would do anything different than President Truman.  Why or why not?  C) As President what would you do and why? Can you justify dropping both bombs?  Are their other methods that the United States could use in attacking Japan?  Write the pros and cons for using the bomb and justify using the bomb or explain why other methods are more favorable.  Think about why the U.S. dropped the bomb.

 
Date: April 19, 2002
Objectives Provide a fair and efficient assessment of the material presented during the unit
Words to Know See review sheet for the exam
Schedule of Events Assessment
Homework Due 3 paragraph/one page writing on what you would do if you were President and were forced with the decision of dropping the bomb.
Homework Assigned Have a good weekend

 
Date: April 22, 2002
Objectives Students will be able to explain the differences between a job and a career. 
Students will begin thinking about their abilities and aptitudes in terms of possible career options. 
Students will “read” their transcripts to determine credit/graduation information.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events Open Mind Worksheet 
Job vs. Career 
Transcripts 
Transcripts: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly 
Transcript Quiz 
Career Interview Assignment
Homework Due None
Homework Assigned Career Interviews Due 5/1

 
Date: April 23, 2002
Objectives Students will assess their career aptitudes and possible career fields.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events Introduction to COPS 
COPS Test 
Scoring of COPS 
Self Evaluation
Homework Due CIM Holocaust Imaginative writing piece
Homework Assigned Career Interviews Due 5/1
CIM Speech Due 4/30
Give a two minute speech on one of the following topics:
1. A career that is particularly attractive to you.  Explain why and support your reasoning.
2. Tell the class about a college/vocational school or training facility that you would like to attend after high school? Explain why and support your reasoning.

 
Date: April 24, 2002
Objectives Students will be able to list the 5 CAMs offered at North Eugene High School and explain how to earn a CAM.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events CAM Lecture 
CAM Video 
CAM Discussion 
Course Catalogues
Homework Due None
Homework Assigned Career Interviews Due 5/1

 
Date: April 25, 2002
Objectives Students will complete their tentative four year plan for graduation.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events High School Graduation Requirements 
College Entrance Requirements 
Sample Transcripts 
Four Year Plan-Subject by Subject
CAM Areas 
Work on Four Year Plan
Homework Due None
Homework Assigned Career Interviews Due 5/1 
Rough Draft of Four Year Plan

 
Date: April 26, 2002
Objectives Students will be familiar with different forms of higher education and explore options other than a 4-year university.
Words to Know B.S., B.A., Masters, PhD., major, minor
Schedule of Events Progress Reports
Group Activity on career decision making questions
1.Options after high school
2.Vocational or trade schools
3. Questions about college
College Catalogs/Internet
Homework Due Rough Draft of Four Year Plan
Homework Assigned Career Interviews Due 5/1

 
Date: April 29, 2002
Objectives Students will narrow their career choices and examine personal interests and attributes.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events CIS Computer Activity
Homework Due Missing Assignments
Homework Assigned Finish Orange sheet if not completed during class
Have CIM Speech Prepared

 
Date: April 30, 2002
Objectives Schedules
Students will begin creating a working resume
Words to Know
Schedule of Events Scheduling
Résumé writing
CIM Speeches
Homework Due CIM Speeches
Homework Assigned Finish final copy of Résume Template

 
Date: May 1, 2002
Objectives o Students will get a realistic idea of just how much college will cost and how they will pay for post-high school education.
o Career Interviews will provide an informative source for inquisitive questions that were not answered during the CIS activity.
o Students will be informed about decisions and planning that must occur before their senior year rolls around and they are trying to go to college.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events Handback resumes
CIM Speeches
Financial Aid
Activity:  Budgeting for college
Homework Due Career Interviews (blue packet)
Homework Assigned None

 
Date: May 2, 2002
Objectives Students will be informed about decisions and planning that must occur before their senior year rolls around and they are trying to go to college.
Students will become aquianted with the Career Center
Students will gain knowledge of how to prepare for job interviews.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events Quiz
CIM Speeches
Pair-share Career Interviews
Career Center Research (Scholarships)
How to write a cover letter
Homework Due Resume
Homework Assigned Cover Letter
4-Year Plan
Green Schedule Sheet for Mrs. Vaughn

 
Date: May 3, 2002
Objectives Students will finalize a working resume in order to maintain and record a list of activities and important experiences from high school
Students will begin forming a professional cover letter that highlights their skills.
Words to Know Success
Schedule of Events Post updated grades
Pass back papers
Progress Reports
While Mrs. Vaughn is conferencing with individual students, students will work on finalizing their      Resume and cover letter. 
Scheduling with Mrs. Vaughn
Homework Due Final draft of Resume and Cover Letter
Homework Assigned Complete late work
Finish final draft and editing of your resume and cover letter

 
Date: May 6, 2002
Objectives Introduce Cold War and determine how much prior knowledge students have about communism, nuclear weapons, and 
Words to Know Cold War
Schedule of Events Cold War pretest
Interview Assignment
Handout:  The Lasting Impact of the Atomic Bomb
      Go over questions
Handout:  Analyzing Motives - Soviet and U.S. post war ambitions (orange)
Homework Due Late work, resume and cover letter corrections
Homework Assigned 1/2 page reaction on the reading: The Nuclear Age
Cold War Interview:  Due Friday, May 10, 2002

 
Date: May 7, 2002
Objectives Students will understand the realist threat of nuclear war during the post WWII area
Words to Know Fallout shelter
Arms Race
Schedule of Events Quiz over The Nuclear Age reading from last night
Go over Analyzing Motives (orange sheet)
Arms race activity
Atomic Cafe Questions 
15 minute clip of Atomic Cafe
Homework Due 1/2 page reaction on the reading: The Nuclear Age
Homework Assigned

 
Date: May 8, 2002
Objectives Students will be introduced to the post-WWII policies and actions by the Soviets and Americans that help form the foundation of the Cold War.
Words to Know Yalta Conference
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin
Iron Curtain
Truman Doctrine
Marshall Plan
Berlin Airlift
Schedule of Events Go over Atomic Cafe Questions
Definitions
Lecture: How were Eastern European countries controled after WWII was over?
Homework Due Atomic Cafe Questions
Homework Assigned Cuban History article and Questions (1-7)

 
Date: May 9, 2002
Objectives Students will understand why the Cuban Missile Crisis was the height of the Cold War.
Students will see just how close the U.S. and U.S.S.R. came to starting a nuclear war.
Words to Know Cuban Missile Crisis
Schedule of Events Go over Cuban History Handout
Film: 13 Days
PowerPoint Simulation on the Cuban Missile Crisis
Homework Due Cuban History reading and questions 1-7
Homework Assigned None
Date: May 10, 2002
Objectives Students will get a feel for what it would have been like to have been on President Kennedy's advisory team at this moment in time.
Words to Know Blockade
Quarantine
Khrushchev
Schedule of Events PowerPoint Simulation on the Cuban Missile Crisis
Homework Due None
Homework Assigned 1/2 page creative/speculative writing:  What would have happened if Kennedy and/or Khrushchev had made a drastic mistake during the Cuban Missile Crisis and WWIII occurred?  Think about what the mistakes that your group may have made during the simulation.
Date: May 13, 2002
Objectives Students will brainstorm characters, words, and terms used to describe the Cold War .
Students will create a final definition of the Cold War.
Words to Know Cold War
Schedule of Events Finish notes on the Cuban Missile Crisis
Group Activity:  Pass the Pen
African Independence Map assignment
Homework Due 1/2 page creative/speculative writing:  What would have happened if Kennedy and/or Khrushchev had made a drastic mistake during the Cuban Missile Crisis and WWIII occurred?  Think about what the mistakes that your group may have made during the simulation.
Homework Assigned 1/2 page finalized definition of the Cold War
Date: May 14, 2002
Objectives Students will creat a map of present day Africa
Students will compare and contrast the differences between their map, a Pre-European Colonization map of Africa, and a Colonial Era map of Africa.
Words to Know Subsistence Farming
Schedule of Events Map work
Decisions, Decisions: Building a Nation
Homework Due 1/2 page finalized definition of the Cold War
Homework Assigned African Independence Map
Date: May 15, 2002
Objectives Students will begin making decisions and discussing how to reach their class goal established in the Decisions activity.  First period:  Equality               Second period:  The economy
Words to Know De-colonization
Schedule of Events Decisions, Decisions
Case study: Algeria (page 519 in the text)
Homework Due African Independence Map
Homework Assigned Nationhood and Culture reading and questions 1-8
Date: May 16, 2002
Objectives Students will continue discussing the questions in the Decisions Decisions activity
Words to Know Independence
Schedule of Events Decisions, Decisions
Homework Due Nationhood and Culture reading and questions 1-8
Homework Assigned Prepare and complete items 1-6 in your spiral notebook 
Date: May 17, 2002
Objectives Students will complete the Decisions activity and discuss choices that were important for gaining independence for Lusamba.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events Collect spiral notebooks
Decisions Decisions
Homework Due Spiral Notebooks
Homework Assigned None
Date: May 20, 2002
Objectives Students will define Apartheid and discuss the characteristic of Apartheid in South Africa.
Students will create a flag and explain the characteristics of their personal flag or a flag of Lusamba
Students will begin background reading on Gandhi in preparation for the film.
Words to Know Apartheid "apartness"
Hegemony
Afrikaner (Dutch South African)
Schedule of Events South Africa Study Guide Activity
Flag activity
Gandhi handout
Homework Due None
Homework Assigned Gandhi handout and questions
Create your own flag and discuss three symbols, colors, or other characteristics of your flag.  The flag will be: 1) a personal representation of you or 2) a flag of Lusamba (Due on Wednesday)
Date: May 21, 2002
Objectives Students will 
Words to Know Pacifist – A person opposed to using violence in order to settle disputes.
Civil Disobedience – The refusal to obey laws that are considered unjust.
Satyagraha – “the truth force” A term used by Gandhi to describe his nonviolent protests.
Schedule of Events Gandhi quote of the day:  “Nonviolent resistance is superior to the force of arms… One who is free from hatred requires no sword.”  Assignment:  In your spiral, (1) explain what this quote means.  Next, (2) explain to me whether or not you agree with the quote.
Class notes
Film:  Gandhi
Reflection in your spiral
Homework Due Gandhi reading "Hind Swaraj" and study guide questions
Homework Assigned Finish your flag
Date: May 22, 2002
Objectives Students will examine the caste system in India and formulate reasons why Gandhi opposed this hierarchal system. 
Words to Know Brahmins - Priests and philosophers
Kshatriyas – Nobles, vassals, and warriors
Vaishyas - Land owners
Shudras- laborers and artisans
“The Untouchables”  - Servants and peasants

The Amritsar Massacre 
Rowlett Act 
Schedule of Events Quote of the day activity:  "Whenever in despair, I remember that the way of truth and love has always won. There may be tyrants and murderers, and for a time they may seem invincible, but in the end they always fail. Think of it: always."
Film
Homework Due Flag
Homework Assigned None
Date: May 23, 2002
Objectives Students will contemplate whether or not Gandhi's methods of "fighting" could have worked duirng WWII.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events Gandhi quote of the day:  "If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake."
Film: Gandhi
Homework Due None
Homework Assigned 1/2 page:  Do you think that Gandhi's pacifist tactics of "fighting" could have worked against Nazi Germany during WWII
Date: May 24, 2002
Objectives Students will creat their definition of "faith."
Words to Know Faith
Schedule of Events Gandhi Quote(s) of the day: Gandhi on Faith:
“Faith gains in strength only when people are willing to lay down their lives for it.”
“Faith is not like a delicate flower which would wither away.”
“A living faith cannot be manufactured by the rule of [the] majority.” 
“Nonviolence succeeds only when we have a real living faith in God.”
“My effort should never be to undermine another's faith but to make him a better follower of his own faith.”
“My faith is brightest in the midst of impenetrable darkness.”
“Even as a tree has a single trunk but many branches and leaves, there is one religion-- human religion--but any number of faiths.” 

Film: Gandhi
Homework Due 1/2 page:  Do you think that Gandhi's pacifist tactics of "fighting" could have worked against Nazi Germany during WWII
Homework Assigned Pretend that you were with Gandhi during a portion of his life.  Write a two page journal entry that explains what you saw during this time and highlight key experiences that changed your life.
Date: May 28, 2002
Objectives Students read the Vietnam section of the text in preparation for class discussion.
Words to Know Vietcong
Ho Chi Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Guerrilla Warfare
Schedule of Events KWL Activity
Handout
Homework Due None
Homework Assigned 2 page Gandhi Journal
Vietnam handout 1964-1975 (white)
Date: May 29, 2002
Objectives Students will examine and hypothesize about the meaning of selected photos and images of the Vietnam War
Words to Know Vienamization
Domino Theory
Schedule of Events Progress Reports
Domino Activity
PowerPoint Presentation: Images of Vietnam
Tonkin Gulf handout
Homework Due 2 page Gandhi Journal
Vietnam handout 1964-1975 (white)
Homework Assigned Get your progress reports signed and returned!!!
Select a research topic and write it on a blank sheet of paper
Date: May 30, 2002
Objectives Students will begin research on their PowerPoint Presentation topics
Words to Know Your research topic
Schedule of Events Finish PowerPoint
Research Introduction
Research in the computer lab
Homework Due Select a research topic
Progress Reports
Homework Assigned Continue preparing your research project
Date: May  31, 2002
Objectives Students will begin research on their PowerPoint Presentation topics
Words to Know Your research topic
Schedule of Events Lecture:  Research Tips and strategies
Research in the computer lab
Homework Due Finish your research in preparation for working on your PowerPoint on Monday
Research Guide at the end of the period.
Homework Assigned Research Project- Stay caught up on your research
Date: June 3, 2002
Objectives Students will begin making their PowerPoint Presentation
Words to Know Save Often!!!
Schedule of Events PowerPoint Introduction
Computer lab work
Homework Due Completed research on your topic
Homework Assigned If you are falling behind, you must schedule a time on the sign-up sheet to come in and work on your PPP.
I will gladly give assistance to those who need extra help.
Date: June 4, 2002
Objectives Students will continue finalizing their PowerPoint Presentation
Words to Know Save Often!!!
Schedule of Events PowerPoint tips and strategies
Computer lab work
Homework Due A rough copy of you outline (pink sheet) by the end of the period 
Homework Assigned If you are falling behind, you must schedule a time on the sign-up sheet to come in and work on your PPP.
I will gladly give assistance to those who need extra help.
Date: June 5, 2002
Objectives Students will complete peer-evaluations with the same scoring guide that I will use for grading their projects.
Students will continue finalizing their PowerPoint Presentations
Words to Know
Schedule of Events Peer-evaluations
Computer lab work (In class and in the Math Lab)
Homework Due
Homework Assigned PowerPoint Presentation must be ready to present on Thursday
Date: June 6, 2002
Objectives Students will present their PowerPoint projects and give peer-evaluations for their classmates.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events PowerPoint Presentations
Homework Due PowerPoint Presentation
Homework Assigned
Date: June 7, 2002
Objectives Students will present their PowerPoint projects and give peer-evaluations for their classmates.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events PowerPoint Presentations
Homework Due PowerPoint Presentation
Homework Assigned Review Guide (25 points)
Vietnam Interview (25 points)
Date: June 10, 2002
Objectives Students will prepare their group presentation or rough draft of their final assessment during the class period.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events Answer questions abou the final assessment
In class worktime
Meeting with gropu that chose option #3 for their final assessment.
Homework Due Review Guide (25 points)
Vietnam Interview (25 points)
Homework Assigned RETURN ALL BORROWED TEXTBOOKS AND MATERIALS
Final Exam:  Have final assessment option #1, option #2, or option #3 prepared for the final on Wednesday.
Date: June 11, 2002
Objectives Students will complete their examinations for Period 2 and 4
Words to Know Success
Schedule of Events NO CLASS: Go to your Period 2 and Period 4 finals
Homework Due
Homework Assigned Students choosing to do a class presentation (Option #3) must call group members in order to make preparations for their final presentation in class.
Date: June 12, 2002
Objectives Students will: 

Option #1: Write a final draft of a one page essay in class that explains a historical time period in which they would like to live or experience.  Students will also write a final draft of a one page essay in class that explains a historical time period in which they would NOT like to live or experience.  See Final Asessemnt handout for full details and scoring guidelines.

Option #2:  Write a final draft of a TWO page essay in class taht explains why they think a particular historical time period or event is the most important or memorable.  See Final Assessment handout for full details and scoring guidelines.

Option #3:  Preform a skit, musical, or creative presentation in groups.  See Final Assessment handout for full details and scoring guidelines.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events During the first 45 minutes of class students will silently work on Option #1 and #2 in class while students that chose option #3 run through their final rehearsals 
Option #3 presentations
Course Evaluations
Forrest Gump
Homework Due Final Assessment in class
Homework Assigned Have a great summer!!!