Tuesday, April 29, 2014

12-3 terms

Make sure you're done w/ 12-3, 12-4, and the Environmental Project below.

12-3
What is the Main Idea of 12-3
Rosie the Riveter
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Bracero
Sunbelt
Housing
Detroit Riots
Zoot Suit Riots
Japanese-American Relocation
Korematsu v. US
Japanese – American Troops
Wage and Inflation Issues
Rationing
Victory Gardens
E bonds

Thursday, April 24, 2014

12-4 terms

12-4
Main idea
Casablanca Conference
Strategic bombing
Dwight D. Eisenhower
DUKW
Cassino
Anzio
Tehran
Overlord
Pas de Calais
Why did they choose D-Day.
Omaha beech
Plan in the Pacific
Island Hopping
Tarawa
LVT
Guadalcanal
Leyte Gulf

Kamikaze

US History

Earth Day.
You watched the video on the history of the Environmental movement. 
HERE IS THE LINK

Assignment:
Part 1.  10 points
"Watch Film: A Fierce Green Fire." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
Use that as your bibliographic citation.  Summarize the video in a paragraph.

Part 2:  20 points
Cite 2 more sources about some aspect of the Environmental movement that 'speaks to you.'  This could be managing fisheries for recreation, saving the whales, etc., clean air, clean water, solar power, nuclear power, clean coal.  I don't really care, but don't be contrarian for contrarians sake.  Look for something good about the Planet,  and dig in.

Cite the sources, and summarize.

Write a brief statement of purpose about what we should do to fix the issue that you are concerned with.

Monday, April 21, 2014

Book Report! Book Report!

Find a book!
Go to library catalog on left, click 'resource lists'
on the right click 'public lists' tab
choose US History Reading List.
Linked HERE

http://library.bend.k12.or.us/cataloging/servlet/presentbooklistform.do?listID=7741884

OR come up with one of your own!

Make a blog post about it of 400-500 words with summary.
Be sure to include some discussion about the historical context!
Due tomorrow!  JK.  Due in 5 weeks.  Just find your book today.

Thursday, April 17, 2014

12-2



Nimitz
MacArthur
Bataan
Doolittle raid
Coral Sea
Midway
Afrika Korps
Erwin Rommel
El Alamein
Patton
Casablanca
Kassarine Pass
Convoy System
Stalingrad

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Assignment for 4/15/14

1) Take care of your forecasting

2) Make sure your WW2 Blog post is complete.

3)
Then, answer these questions from Chapter 12, Section One.
Answer these questions.
Cost Plus Contract
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
What kind of factories did we use to make our tanks?
B-24 Liberator
What's a liberty ship?
What was the problem with training for the troops -- find a quotation that is descriptive of the problems with training.
What was the 'Double V' Campaign
What was the role of African Americans in the War?
What was the role of Women in the war?


Monday, April 14, 2014

Progress Report material.

A lot of you are behind:  These assignments will be on the progress report.  Are you done?  If you finish all of them,  then finish your WW2 Blog.
 
50 pts) Your Depression outline; make sure that you Add a brief Intro, and Conclusion, just as if you were writing an essay.
 
20 pts) Radio Hour; Either full script on your page, or link to wherever it is.  I need to be able to read it. RADIO HOUR -- finish your script,

20 pts) Have you finished your 1920's timeline Piece?  Make sure yours is good.  Here is the assignment link.

PRIMARY SOURCE CHECK --  Have you finished all three of these?

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

ww2 assignment

Assignment Topics. If you come up with your own, you may do it, but you must check with me first.

GO HERE AND LINK TO YOUR UNFINISHED PAGE SO THAT I CAN BUILD THE TIMELINE

requirements 300-450 words
2 pics.
2-3 sources
title

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Chapter 11-1

Chapter 11-1


Write each term. Skip 2 lines.
What is it?
Why is it important?

What is the main idea
Mussolini
Fascism
Blackshirts
Lenin
USSR
Stalin
Hitler
Mein Kampf
*Beer Hall Putsch
Reichstag fire
Fuhrer
Japanese Militarists
Manchuria
Neutrality Act
Spanish Civil War
Francisco Franco
Isolationism

Internationalism