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Regents exam: We 6/18 12:30PM

• Brendon, Peter, Mark in RR
• JP, Evan, Chris, Leandra, Sophia in rm 229 (Mr. Smith's)

Today, Monday 6/16, is the last day for all back missing assignments.

Links to regentsprep.org

• Multiple Choice questions
• Essay review
• Topical Review
• Vocabulary lookup

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Fr 5/2: Cold War

• 8:15-8:45 lecture / Google maps
• 8:45-8:50 Break
• 8:50-9:20 video

7 weeks to go!

Mo 4/28: Review for Test on We 4/30; Nuremberg Trials

• Go through regents prep questions.
• Identify one question from three differernt topics that you think will stump the others.
• The person with the most number of stumps gets 3 EC points on the test.

Due Th 4/17: Reading and writing assignment

• Read handout pp. 842-845 "The Devastation of Europe and Japan"
• Complete Study Guide sheet Chapter 32-Section 5 (pp. 317-318)
• Complete Workbook sheet p. 126.

Tu 4/15: Major events in WWII (continued)

• 8:20-8:25 Holocaust
• 8:25-8:45 video "Civilians at War"
• 8:45-8:50 break
• 8:50-9:15 video "Civilians at War"
• 9:15-9:40 Holocaust and Genocide

Fr 4/11: Major events in World War II

• 8:20-8:45 lecture on major events during the war (notes sheet here)
• 8:45-8:50 break
• 8:50-9:15 finish lecture
• 9:15-9:40 video "Civilians at War"

Due Fr 4/11: Reading and writing assignment

• Read pp. 811-815 "Agressors on the March" in your textbook.
• Complete workbook p. 121 and studyguide p. 305

We 4/9: HASP Field Trip

Mo 4/7: video Saving Private Ryan

Tu 4/1, Th 4/3: Nazi Rise to Power and the Start of the War

We 3/26, Fr 3/28: The Interwar Period in Europe

• 8:20-8:45 Lecture about Europe in the Interwar period. (File here)
  • Notes sheet here
• 8:45-8:50 Break
• 8:50-9:10 Continue lecture
• 9:10-9:40 Video: Hitler in Color

Th 3/20: Soviet Propaganda / Josef Stalin

• Examine Soviet propaganda posters.
• Watch a video about Josef Stalin.

Tu 3/18: From Lenin to Stalin in the Soviet Union

• 8:20-8:45 Lecture on the Transition from Lenin to Stalin in the Soviet Union (notes sheet here)
• 8:45-8:50 Break
• 8:50-9:10 Continue lecture.
• 9:10-9:40 video on Stalin

Due Th 3/20: Study Guide - Case Study: Stalinist Russia

• Read pp. 874-879 in the textbook about Josef Stalin.
• Complete the Study Guide handout (pp. 291-292)

Fr 3/14 : From Russia to the Soviet Union

• 8:20-8:45 continue Lecture on Russia and the Russian Revolution
• 8:45-8:50 Break
• 8:50-9:20 video
• 9:20-9:40 Activity

Due Fr 3/14: Reading and writing assignment

• Read handout "Revolutions in Russia" (pp. 769-774)
• Complete Study Guide sheet p. 289.

We 3/12: From Russia to the Soviet Union

• 8:20-8:45 Lecture on Russia and the Russian Revolution
• 8:45-8:50 Break
• 8:50-9:10 continue lecture
• 9:10-9:40 Community Meeting

Due Mo 3/10: Reading and writing assignment

• Read handout "A Flawed Peace" (textbook pp. 760-763)
• Complete Workbook p. 113 "A Flawed Peace" (parts A and B)

Th 3/6: Effects of the Great War

• lecture on the outcome of the Great War
• video on Treaty of Versailles

Due Th 3/6: Reading and writing assignment

• Read handout "War affects the world" (textbook pp. 753-757)
• Complete Workbook p. 112 "A Global "Conflict" (parts A AND B)

Tu 3/4: Fighting of the Great War

• Lecture on the fighting of the Great War (Smartboard file here)
• Notes sheet here.
• video: World War I Technology

Fr 2/29: Causes of the Great War (World War I)

• Quiz on Japan
• Activity lecture: Causes of the Great War

Due Fr 2/29: "Modernization in Japan"

• Workbook p. 106, Section A & B
  • Complete Section A
  • Write your short one-paragraph essay on "Enlightened Rule" (Meiji) on the back of the page.
• Regents Prep
  • Go online to RegentsPrep.org; complete the Multiple Choice section on Japan's Modernization (click here for the direct link).

We 2/27: HASP Field Trip - Liberty Science Center in Jersey City

 

Mo 2/25: Japan and the Meiji Era

• 8:20-8:45 Lecture on Meiji Era
• 8:45-8:50 Break
• 8:50-9:20 Continue lecture
• 9:20-9:40 Video

Th 2/14: Test

• 8:20-8:30 Go to cafeteria and bathroom NOW.
• 8:30-9:40 Test
  • You MUST use the outline you developed in class.

Tu 2/12: In-class Review

• 8:20-8:45 Outlines on Scramble for Africa and China (work in teams of 2)
  • Introduction to Imperialism
  • Africa
  • China
• 8:45-8:50 Break
• 8:50-9:20 Complete Regents Prep sections for Social Economic Theorists, Africa, and China (work individually)
  • Click here for multiple choice section on Imperialism
    • Do the following questions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12
  • Click here for multiple choice section on Industrial Revolution
    • Do the following questions: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10
• 9:20-9:40 Jeopardy

Due Tu 2/12: Homework - Reading and Writing Assignment (10 points)

• Read the handout "China Resists Outside Pressure"
• Complete workbook assignment p. 106, parts A and B.

Fr 2/8: China in the 19th Century

• 8:20-8:45 lecture on China (with video)
• 8:45-8:50 Break
• 8:50-9:20 lecture on China continued

[We 2/6: Class not held]

 

Due We 2/6: Homework - Reading and Writing Assignment (10 points)

• Read the handout "Imperialism Case Study: Nigeria"
• Complete workbook assignment p. 102, parts A and B.
  • For part B, you must write at least a paragraphy of five sentences to get full credit

Mo 2/4: Scramble for Africa

• 8:20-8:45 Finish up video on Great Britain's role in imperialism in Africa
• 8:45-8:50 Break
• 8:50-9:15 video on Great Britain's role in imperialism in Africa (continued)
• 9:15-9:42 In-class Study Guide: Chapter 27, Section 2 "Imperialism Case Study: Nigeria"

Th 1/31: Social and Economic Theories in the 19th Century; Scramble for Africa

• 8:20-8:30 Finish up Social and Economic Theories lecture
• 8:35-8:40 Break
• 8:40-9:40 video on Great Britain's role in imperialism in Africa

 

Due 1/31: Homework - Reading and Writing Assignment (10 points)

• Read the handout "An Age of Reforms."
• Complete workbook assignment p. 96, parts A and B.
  • For part B, you must write at least a paragraphy of five sentences to get full credit.

Tu 1/29: Social and Economic Theories in the 19th Century

• 8:20-8:25 Pass back tests and assignments from 2nd Quarter.
• 8:25-8:45 Mini-lecture on Social and Economic Theories in 19th Century
• 8:45-8:50 Break
• 8:50-9:00 Continue mini-lecture; start on homework due Th Jan 1/31.