This is a combination of all study & unit guides from the year. Good luck!
USII Final Guide
Monday, June 13, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
Essay Tips
Today's New York Times has some GREAT essay writing tips for college-bound juniors.
Check it out!
Check it out!
WWII Unit Guide
We will review Day 1 of next week, and the test will be Day 2.
7= Tuesday////3= Wednesday
WWII Unit Guide
7= Tuesday////3= Wednesday
WWII Unit Guide
Sunday, May 15, 2011
EXTRA CREDIT: Would you risk your life to help others to be free?
It was to finish that small reading on Miltarism & Japan in WWII.
Here is our next extra credit opportunity. There is a film airing on Monday evening that is getting quite a lot of buzz. The film, is about the inter-racial "Freedom Rides" during the summer of 1961. I know that we are getting ahead of ourselves, BUT we will be studying civil rights very soon.
PBS is airing the film this MONDAY, MAY 16th at 9pm. For extra credit, please watch the film. While you are watching, you may want to jot down some notes. In the class this week, let me know that you watched the movie, and I will give you the actual assignment.
PBS has a fabulous companion website for the film--check it out!
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Quarter 4, Week 5
| | Period 3 | Period 7 |
| Monday 5/16 23456 | Dropping the Bomb? Preparation for simulation HW: 1. Watch FREEDOM RIDERS 2. Prepare for simulation/formalize arguments. Remember your performance tomorrow is for a QUIZ grade! | CLASS DOES NOT MEET |
| Tuesday 5/17 71234 | The Simulation: What to do? HW: Nuremberg Reading | Dropping the Bomb? Preparation for simulation HW: Prepare for simulation/formalize arguments. Remember your performance tomorrow is for a QUIZ grade! |
| Wednesday 5/18 26715 | CLASS DOES NOT MEET | The Simulation: What to do? HW: Nuremberg Reading |
| Thursday 5/19 34567 | Terms for Peace: Conferences, Tribunals and the UN HW: Fill out study guide | Terms for Peace: Conferences, Tribunals and the UN HW: Fill out study guide Test is Tuesday |
| Friday 5/20 12345 | Review: Test is MONDAY HW: Study! | CLASS DOES NOT MEET |
FREEDOM RIDERS airs on Monday, May 16th at 9pm on PBS. This is an extra credit opportunity. After you watch it, please see me for the corresponding assignment.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Bingo
1. The transfer from wartime to peacetime production levels. This process caused social and economic strain (demobilization)
2. This city was the place where the entire police force formed a union to seek better pay and working conditions. Many union members were fired, and they went on strike. The strike turned violent. (boston)
3. During the steel strike, the steel companies brought in these workers to replace the strikers (Mexican & African American).
4. This Russian Bolshevik led the Russian Revolution (VI Lenin)
5. This perennial presidential candidate wished to see a peaceful transition to socialism by democratic means (Eugene Debs).
6. The Name of the attorney general whose house was damaged by an anarchist bomb in 1919 (A. Mitchell Palmer).
7. Republican candidate in the election if 1920.
8. This man was the secretary of the treasury in the 1920’s (Andrew Mellon)
9. Republican candidate in the 1920 election who people feared was not as smart as Wilson (Harding)
10. AA moved to this city in droves, hoping for jobs in manufacturing/auto industry (Detroit)
11. Type of management aimed at increasing productivity (Scientific Management)
12. Prosecuting attorney in the Scopes Trial (Jennings Bryan)
13. This strike happened without a single incident of violence but newspapers blamed union members for the strike (Seattle)
14. This act raised tariff rates on manufactured goods, and helped US keep prices high to increase profits (Fordney McCumber Act)
15. Riots happened in this city after a white mob killed an AA boy for swimming in Lake Michigan (Chicago)
16. First low cost automobile by the Ford Company (Model T)
17. Defense attorney in the Scopes Trial (Clarence Darrow)
18. New method of production created by the Ford Motor Company to maximize profits and efficiency (assembly line)
19. Term for combining businesses as a way to take advantage of Republican tax incentives (mergers)
20. William Joseph Simmons revamped this group in 1915, which was responsible for numerous hate crimes throughout the US in the 20th century (KKK)
21. This prohibited the sale & manufacturing of alcoholic beverages (Volstead)
22. Fear that a Bolshevik revolution would erupt in the united states (Red Scare)
23. This movement failed to win support for fear that it was unconstitutional
(ERA)
24. This magazine, founded by WEB Dubois, was situated in Harlem was was responsible for a mass antilynching campaign (the crisis)
25. Chicago gangster famous for using violence rival gangs who impeded on his rum running
26. Leader of the Marxist inspired socialist party (Debs)
27. This Catholic NYer failed at his run for President in 1928
28. A popular job for African Americans on the railroad, but they failed to have their union memorized
29. Special agent in charge of prohibition
30. Bomb by anarchist damaged home of this attorney general, setting off sweeping attacks on radicals
31. This governor of Massachusetts was pro business and passed tax cuts for the wealthy when he was elected president
32. The Universal Negro Improvement Association was founded by this man
33. This filmmaker created a new genre, specializing in sweeping epics requiring many actors, muscians, fashions, etc
34. The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti focused on ___________ instead of their supposed murder charge
35. Investigator discovered corruption in the executive branch, when it was made clear politicans were controlling government oil supplies in exchange for bribes, etc. (teapot dome scandal)
36. This act in 1924 limited immigration of ethnic groups based on 1890 census (Imm act of 1924)
37. Music form started by AA that is rooted in slave music and religious spirituals. Memphis and Chicago become centers of this type of Music (blues)
38. “Why should I want to be white?, I am negro and beautiful”
39. Leader of the lost generation of writers (ernest hemingway)
40. Author from St. Paul Minn, who often wrote about wealth and achieving social status
41. City is the birthplace of Jazz and the jazz great Louis Armstrong
42. This is the place where many Black traveled after WWI, and gained notoriety in the arts.
43. This book highlighted the pursuit of social status and was a best seller in the 1920s.
44. This artist was compared to Russian revolutionaries and was married to artist Frieda Kaldho
45. This pianist was responsible for popularizing jazz (Ellington or Bierderle)
46. Critically successful Black actor
47. This artist painted a mural of a detriot auto facto in 1932.
48. This was the leader of the United Mine Worker Strike
49. This criminals’ alibi was that he was delivering fish in Plymouth. MA
Monday, March 14, 2011
Quarter 3, Week 5 and Japan Updates
Here are some good websites that have compiled information about the earthquake in Japan.
The Atlantic
Google Crisis Response
If the calendar is not embedding correctly, please follow the link to the scribd page.
USII 3-14
The Atlantic
Google Crisis Response
If the calendar is not embedding correctly, please follow the link to the scribd page.
USII 3-14
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Progress Reports
Progress reports for all students are out! Parents, please sign the report and have your student return it to me or you may acknowledge the receipt of the report by emailing me.
As always, let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks!
Friday, March 4, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Primary Sources Available Online
The University of California at Berkeley's Links
Primary Sources on the Web's Links
Internet Primary Source Archive at Fordham
Remember, this is just a start! There is SO much out there.
Primary Sources on the Web's Links
Internet Primary Source Archive at Fordham
Remember, this is just a start! There is SO much out there.
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