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

April						May						June
8	9	10 Late Start	11	12				1 Late Start	2	3		3	4	5 Late Start	6	7
15	16	17 Late Start	18	19		6	7	8 Late  Start	9	10		10	11 Finals	12 Finals	13	14
22	23	24 Late Start	25	26		13	14	15 Late Start	16	17
29	30					20	21	22 Late Start	23	24
						27 No School	28	29 Late  Start	30	31

 

Date: April 9, 2002

Objectives
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Test on WWI
Homework Due
Homework Assigned

 

Date: April 10, 2002

Objectives	Students will explain the beliefs of the Nazi party. Students will list and explain the effects of the Treaty of Versailles on life in Germany and the rise of the Nazi party.
Words to Know	Aryan- What the Nazis considered the “supermen” race. People of this race were white-skinned, light-haired, and light-eyed. They also had a certain skull size, height, ancestral religion, energy and strength. They were said to be the true decedents of the ancient Greeks and Romans.  Inflation- An increase in the amount of money in circulation, resulting in a relatively sharp and sudden fall of its value and rise in prices. Fascism-  A political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism, a denial of individual rights, and a one-party dictatorship.
Schedule of Events	Results of the Treaty of Versailles Discussion on the Results of the Treaty of Versailles Group Work: The Beliefs of the Nazi Party Group Reports Tests on WWI returned.
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	1 Page Newspaper Article: Interview with Hitler.

Date:April 11, 2002

Objectives	Students will be able to define the term “final solution.” Students will be able to describe the events that occurred on Kristallnacht.
Words to Know	First Solution Remove Jews from the economy and to isolate them within Germany. Second Solution To expel Jews from Germany. Final Solution The annihilation of Jews began with the start of WWII in 1939. Kristallnacht “Night of Broken Glass”. Shops, synagogues and homes were broken into and burned. Members of the SS and the police arrested 30,000 Jews, this was the first mass arrest of Jews.
Schedule of Events	Nazi Posters Nazi Propaganda Lecture on the First, Second and Final Solutions Film Clip: Kristallnacht
Homework Due	1 Page Newspaper Article: Interview with Hitler.
Homework Assigned	Read Holocaust Revisionist Article. Write 1 paragraph: should this professor be dismissed? Why or why not?

 

Date:April 12, 2002

Objectives	Students will gain a sense of the forms life and death assumed in concentration camps under the Nazi regime.
Words to Know	holocaust- An offering, the whole of which is burnt. Great or total destruction of life, especially by fire.  Holocaust- A mass slaughter of Jews and other civilians, carried out by the Nazi government of Germany before and during World War II.
Schedule of Events	Reading from Night 5 Minute Write Watch Memory of the Camps 5 Minute Write Discussion
Homework Due	Read Holocaust Revisionist Article. Write 1 paragraph: should this professor be dismissed? Why or why not?
Homework Assigned	No Assignment

 

Date:April 15, 2002

Objectives	Students will be able to explain the impetus behind the invention of the atom bomb. Students will debate the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	D-Day Reading Discussion of D-Day National Security Council: The Use of the Atomic Bomb
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	Atomic Bomb Assignment Rough Draft of Pen Pal Letter

 

Date:April 16, 2002

Objectives	Students will be able to explain the impetus behind the invention of the atom bomb. Students will debate the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Tests Questions Saving National Security Council: The Use of the Atomic Bomb
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	Atomic Bomb Assignment Final Draft of Pen Pal Letter

 

Date: April 17, 2002

Objectives	Students will be able to explain the impetus behind the invention of the atom bomb. Students will debate the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Presentations &  Questions Debate Inclass Writing: Truman’s Decision
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	Revise Truman's Decision

 

Date:April 18, 2002

Objectives	Students will be able to explain the impetus behind the invention of the atom bomb.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Fat Man, Little Boy MAD
Homework Due	Truman's Decision
Homework Assigned	None

 

Date: April 19, 2002

Objectives
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Doctor Strangelove
Homework Due	No Assignment Due
Homework Assigned	No Assignment

 

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	No Assignment
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	No Assignment Due
Homework Assigned	Career Interviews Due 5/1

 

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	No Assignment Due
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	No Assignment Due
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 research specific institutions.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Building Blocks of Higher Education College Schedules 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 explore career options that match their aptitudes.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Introduction to CIS CIS Lab
Homework Due	No Assignment Due
Homework Assigned	Career Interviews Due 5/1

 

Date: April 30, 2002

Objectives	Students will begin their scheduling for next year. Students will complete a college application.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Scheduling with Ann Vaughn College Applications
Homework Due	Final Draft of Four Year Plan
Homework Assigned	Career Interviews Due 5/1 Rough Draft College Essay Due 5/2 Schedule Due 5/3

 

Date: May 1, 2002

Objectives	Students will be able to list the costs associated with attending colleges and way to help pay those costs.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Cost of College Finanial Aid
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	Work on college essay.

 

Date: May 2, 2002

Objectives	Students will be able to describe the services available in the Career Center.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Career Center Tour RG Article on College
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	Work on College Application.

 

Date: May 3, 2002

Objectives	Students will complete scheduling for next year.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Scheduling Slacker/Ambitious Poem Peer Review of College Essays
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	Slacker/Ambitious Poem College Essay

 

Date: May 6, 2002

Objectives	Students will be able to explain why the Soviet Union desired to have “satellite” nations on her Western border. Students will be able to explain the ideas behind the Cold War.
Words to Know	Cold War- A period of tension between the United States and the Soviet Union during which they competed in the creation of weapons and to influence developing government in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Schedule of Events	Group Work – Yalta Conference Dividing the Map of Europe The Question of Greece and Turkey The Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan  Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech Cold War Map
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	Slacker/Ambitious Poem College Essay

 

Date:May 7, 2002

Objectives	Students will prepare presentations on how one country was affected by the global race for hegemony between the US and the USSR.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Introduce Group Assignment Work on Group Assignment
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	Work on group Cold War assignment

 

Date:May 8, 2002

Objectives	Students will prepare presentations on how one country was affected by the global race for hegemony between the US and the USSR.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	Work on group Cold War assignment

 

Date:May 9, 2002

Objectives	Students will prepare presentations on how one country was affected by the global race for hegemony between the US and the USSR.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Work on Group Assignment
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	Work on group Cold War assignment

 

Date: May 10, 2002

Objectives	Students will present information on how one country was affected by the global race for hegemony between the US and the USSR.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Cold War Country Presentations
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	No Assignment

 

Date: May 13, 2002

Objectives	Students will present information on how one country was affected by the global race for hegemony between the US and the USSR.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Cold War Country Presentations
Homework Due	No Assignment
Homework Assigned	1paragraph definition of the Cold War. 1 paragraph humorous definiation of the Cold War.

 

Date: May 14, 2002

Objectives	Students will be able to explain the social castes in India. Students will be able to define the term Apartheid and explain how it affected people in South Africa.
Words to Know	Caste- Social class that one is born into in India. Consists of four major Castes: • Brahmans-Priests • Kshatriyas-Warriors • Vaisyas-Landowners and merchants • Sudras-Servants and Peasants Apartheid- An official policy of racial segregation practiced in South Africa from 1948-1994. In 1931 South Africa officially became an independent country, but the whites retained the political power in the country. In 1948 the National Party instituted Apartheid. Apartheid caused an almost complete separation of the races and banned social contact between whites and blacks. 13% of the land of South Africa was designated as “homelands” for the blacks who composed 75% of the population.
Schedule of Events	Introduction to Gandhi  Gandhi Quick Write
Homework Due	Paragraphs on the Cold War
Homework Assigned	No assignment.

 

Date: May 15, 2002

Objectives	Students will consider the words of Gandhi and decipher their meaning. Students will understand the nonviolent ways in which Gandhi “fought” the British.
Words to Know	Amritsar-1919 the British passed the Rowlatt Act. The law allowed the government to jail protestors without trial for as long as 2 years. To protest, people gathered for a huge festival for fasting, prayer and to listen to political speeches. The British government had banned public meetings, but most Indians were not aware of this. General Dyer of the British army thought the Indians were knowingly breaking the law so he ordered his troops to open fire. The shooting lasted 10 minutes and when the smoke cleared 400 people had been killed, 1200 had been injured. This event was a turning point in the Indian demand for independence.
Schedule of Events	Violence or Not? Words of Gandhi Amritsar Homespun
Homework Due	No Assignment
Homework Assigned	No Assignment

 

Date: May 16, 2002

Objectives	Students will be able to explain the conflict between Hindus and Muslims in India.
Words to Know	Salt March- In colonial India, the British government had a strict monopoly on salt. No one could sell salt without first obtaining a license and charging a tax that was paid to the British. Gandhi protested this monopoly by organizing a 200 mile walk from his home that ended at the ocean where his followers made salt. 50,000 people were arrested as a result of this salt march. Hindu/Muslim Separation
Schedule of Events	Salt March Reading: Hindu/Muslim Separation Gandhi
Homework Due	No Assignment
Homework Assigned	No Assignment

 

Date: May 17, 2002

Objectives	Students will be able to explain the conflict between Hindus and Muslims in India.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Finish Gandhi Work on Gandhi Journal
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	2 Page Gandhi Journal - Final and Rough Draft due Tuesday.

 

Date: May 21, 2002

Objectives	Students will reenact the Geneva Conference to establish control and influences over Vietnam. Students will prepare arguments in favor of their country’s position on the question of Vietnam.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Review Fighting the Cold war in SE Asia Prepare Presentations Geneva Convention Presentations Koosh Debate Introduction to Vietnam Project Search Engines Search Engine Practice
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	Read “America’s Deepening Commitment” and complete the study guide

 

Date: May 22, 2002

Objectives	Students will be able to explain what happened in the Tonkin Gulf. Students will be able to explain why and how the US deepened their commitment in Vietnam.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Chose Vietnam Topics/Groups Reading on the Incident at Tonkin Gulf Discussion on the Tonkin Gulf Incident Read Summer 1965 Discuss the Summer 1965
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	Read “US Choices” Complete study guide

 

Date: May 23, 2002

Objectives	Students will explore the options the US was faced with in Vietnam. Students will define and defend one foreign policy option for the US in Vietnam.
Words to Know	Vietcong- Guerilla forces fighting in South Vietnam for communism. Vietminh- Regular army forces fighting in South Vietnam for communism. ARVN- Regular army forces fighting in South Vietnam against communism. Trained and armed by the US.
Schedule of Events	Presentation Preparation US Choices in Vietnam Focusing Your Thoughts Kennedy and Stalin US Forces in Vietnam
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	Begin Vietnam Research

 

Date: May 24, 2002

Objectives	Students will be able to properly use Chicago style endnotes. Students will create a research planner to guide their research on Vietnam.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	US Forces in Vietnam E-Notes Works Cited Research Planners Lab Time
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	Research Planner

 

Date: May 28, 2002

Objectives	Students will conduct research on the Vietnam War.
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Thesis Lab Time
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	Thesis for Vietnam Article

 

Date: May 29, 2002

Objectives
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Introduction to My Lai 4 Four Hours in My Lai
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	Thesis for Vietnam Article

 

Date: May 30, 2002

Objectives
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Outlines Finish Four Hours in My Lai Discussion on My Lai Four
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	Outline due Monday

 

Date: May 31, 2002

Objectives
Words to Know
Schedule of Events	Computer Lab work on Vietnam Article
Homework Due
Homework Assigned	Outline of Vietnam Article due Monday

 

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