World History S. 2

Calendar

Week 18 (5/21 - 5/28)

Friday - Watch video on the Rise of Isis

Thursday - In-class essay on whether Snowden is a patriot or a traitor, or neither?

Wednesday - Watch Vice video on Edward Snowden

Tuesday - Europe Map

Friday - CL Quiz 11, last one!

Thursday - Middle East and European geography activity

Wednesday - Middle East map

Tuesday - Finish European Union ppt. Show crash course Bush 2 years and terrorism

Monday - Finish BBC film. Begin ppt on the European union.

Week 17 (5/14 - 5/21)

Friday- Begin showing film BBC: The Gulf War

Thursday- In-class current event on North Korea, Syria, or Iraq

Wednesday- Essay on: Should the United States have removed Saddam Hussein from power in 1991. Why or why not?

Tuesday- Finish Gulf War film

Monday- Begin Gulf War film

Week 16 (5/7 - 5/11)

Friday - Finish gulf war ppt

Thursday - Begin gulf war ppt

Wednesday - CL and Cold war quiz

Tuesday - Article on China and the Cultural Revolution

Monday - PPT on China under the communists

Week 15 (4/30 - 5/4)

Friday - Kahoot review of Cold War.

Thursday- Pep Rally. Continue notes on Fall of Soviet Union

Wednesday - Short day. Begin ppt on Decline of the Soviet Union

Tuesday - Begin ppt on decline on the decline of the Soviet Union. Crash course on end of the cold war. Kahoot cold war review, block schedule

Monday- Begin ppt on decline on the decline of the Soviet Union. Crash course on end of the cold war. Kahoot cold war review.

Week 14 (4/23 - 4/27)

Friday - Same as Thursday, block schedule

Thursday - Article on Russian intervention in Syria. Begin film on Soviet-Afghan war.

Wednesday- Crash course on the Cold War in Asia. Finish cold war ppt

Tuesday- Continue cold war ppt. Read article on Korean relations with Trump. Write article summary.

Monday- Cold War documentary on the Marshall Plan

Week 13 (4/16 - 4/20)

Friday - "Are you or have you ever been a communist?" game

Thursday - Cold War documentary on the Marshall Plan

Wednesday - Continue Cold War ppt. Space race and challenger explosion video.

Tuesday - Block day, continue cold war ppt.

Monday - Begin film 1946 best years. begin cold war ppt.

Week 12 (4/9 - 4/13)

Friday- Begin film 1946 Best years

Thursday - In-class essay on Conscientious Objectors and the draft.

Wednesday - Finish Hacksaw Ridge

Tuesday - Continue Hacksaw Ridge

Monday - Start Hacksaw Ridge

Week 11 (3/26 - 3/30)

Friday - In-class essay on the American response to communism.

Thursday - Watch Rise of the superpower

Wednesday - Take CL and WW2 Test

Tuesday - Kahoot review WW2

Monday - Crash Course Cold war USA vs USSR. Give Study guide for WWII Test

Week 10 (3/19 - 3/23)

Friday- Kahoot review Of WWII

Thursday - Finish European Theater and finish Civilians at War video

Wednesday - Continue European Theater PPT. Continue Civilians at war video

Tuesday - Continue European Theater PPT. Begin Civilians at War video

Monday- Continue European Theater ppt. Finish Americas Time: Homefront

Week 9 (3/12 - 3/16)

Friday- Continue European Theater PPT. Begin Showing Americas Time: Homefront

Thursday - Continue WWII European Theater ppt. Show WWII in color Battle of Britain

Wednesday- CL Quiz

Tuesday- Begin WWII European Theater ppt

Monday- Review and discuss Devil's Arithmetic

Week 8 (3/5 - 3/9)

Friday- Finish Film "Devil's Arithmetic"

Thursday- Begin showing film "Devil's Arithmetic"

Wednesday - Discuss school walkout. continue ppt on the holocaust.

Tuesday - Continue holocaust ppt.

Monday - Finish Americas time video begin ppt on the Holocaust

Week 7 (2/26 - 3/2)

Friday - Show America's time 1936-1941

Thursday - Crash course resources and WW2, continue lecture on WW2

Wednesday - Continue lecture on causes of WW2

Tuesday - CL Quiz! Begin Lecture on causes of WW2

Monday - Counseling office schedule day. Use free time afterward to either study for quiz or finish atomic bomb essay.

Week 6 (2/20 - 2/23)

Friday - Watch clips for and against the use of the atomic bomb. Write an in-class essay on the ethics of using atomic weapons. Show trolley problem video

Thursday - Finish WWII. Begin class discussion on the dropping of the atomic bomb

Wednesday - Continue WWII from space

Tuesday - Begin showing WWII from space

Week 5 (2/12 - 2/16)

Friday- No School

Thursday - Reading about the origins of WWII and the rise of fascism. Complete map of Asia and Middle East

Wednesday - Go over map of Middle East and Asia/ origins of Middle East conflict

Tuesday- Finish aftermath of WWI. Show crash course on WWII

Monday - Begin aftermath of WWI ppt. Show crash course on the great depression

Week 4 ( 2/5 - 2/9)

Friday- Pass out map of Europe. Fill in nation and nations capitals and color the map

Thursday - Show America's time Stormy Weather

Wednesday - Finish Russian Revolution ppt. Pep rally day short period.

Tuesday - CL Quiz

Monday- Continue PPT on Russian Revolution. Begin showing America's time film

Week 3 ( 1/29 - 2/2)

Friday- continue posters

Thursday- continue posters

Wednesday - Begin creating propaganda posters for WWI

Tuesday- In-class essay on whether or not The United States should have entered WW1
*Watch State of the Union Address tonight and write a one page summary for extra credit

Monday - Begin PPT on Russian Revolution. Show Crash Course on Russian Revolution

Week 2 (1/22 - 1/26)

Friday - Finish PPT on Trench Warfare. Show dogfights clip.

Thursday - Begin PPT on Trench Warfare. Show youtube video on aerial combat in WWI

Wednesday - class discussion on Shell Shock film, and the human cost of the war. Watch WWI Documentary

Tuesday- Finish Shell Shock film.

Monday - Continue WWI ppt. Begin film Shell Shock.

Week 1 (1/15 - 1/19)

Friday - Continue WWI ppt

Thursday - Crash Course on the start of World War I. Begin WWI powerpoint

Wednesday - Review the cause of imperialism on WWI. Begin title page/Vocab

Cultural Literacy Terms:

1. welfare state
2. deficit spending
3. devil's in the details
4. bite the bullet
5. e.g. (exampli gratia)
6. i.e. (id est)
7. A house divided against itself cannot stand
8. Rob Peter to pay Paul
9. pyromaniac
10. Blue chip stocks
11. peak oil
12. OPEC
13. draconian
14. expatriation
15. gulag
16. pacificist
17. acquittal
18. preemptive strike
19. zero-sum game
20. affirmative action

1. blood is thicker than water
2. concierge
3. the grim reaper
4. lexicon
5. sectarian
6. Altruism
7. sour grapes
8. expletive
9. schadenfreude
10. idiom
11. genre
12. jargon
13. rhetorical question
14. chip off the old block
15. elbow grease
16. in the doghouse
17. wolf in sheep's clothing
18. tip of the iceberg
19. tall tale
20. spread yourself thin

1. amnesty
2. golden parachute
3. mandela effect
4. whitewash
5. axe to grind
6. burden of proof
7. split hairs
8. lien
9. renaissance man
10. straw man
11. pink slip
12. probable cause
13. Virtue Signalling
14. secular
15. class-action lawsuit
16. zen
17. executive pardon
18. nuclear fallout
19. pot calling the kettle black
20. blood money

1. Dog and pony show
2. GMOs
3. Dog days of Summer
4. Lynch mob
5. Carpe diem
6. kid gloves
7. black market
8. widow maker
9. lunatic fringe
10. bottom line
11. the rosetta stone
12. smoke and mirrors
13. politically correct (PC)
14. discretion is the better part of valor
15. compound interest
16. third wheel
17. prodigal son
18. coup de grace
19. vis-á-vis
20. subpoena

1. Beat around the bush
2. Sunk Cost fallacy
3. Compare apples and oranges
4. Barking up the wrong tree
5. Pictures worth 1000 words
6. Speak of the devil
7. Cut corners
8. miss the boat
9. let off the hook
10. under the weather
11. break the ice
12. don't quit your day job
13. spill the beans
14. take it with a grain of salt
15. beat a dead horse
16. when it rains it pours
17. pie in the sky
18. freudian slip
19. peter principle
20. rank and file

1. Carte Blanche
2. Sacred cow
3. Skeletons in the closet
4. Face the music
5. Walking Papers
6. Elephant in the room
7. Murphy's Law
8. Dark Horse
9. Tongue-in-cheek
10. Non Sequitur
11. Contempt of Court
12. White collar crime
13. Pushing the envelope
14. Agnostic
15. Persona non grata
16. Russian Roulette
17. Wall street
18. New York Minute
19. Dime a dozen
20. Add insult to injury

World History Semester 2