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    SOCIAL STUDIES 8M

    May 31

    Discussion of current events: Canada’s Genocide Discovery of mass burial site at Kamloops Residential School Global News Clip (youtube) Complete viewing of “The Mission” Assignment: Legacies of Colonialism

    HISTORY 12

    May 31, June 2, June 4 (Off-week sessions)

    Assignment 3 – Ethical Dimensions: WWII

    Discussion of current events: Canada’s Genocide Discovery of mass burial site at Kamloops Residential School Global News Clip (youtube) Finish viewing “Savage Christmas” Canadian POWs in Japan Geneva Convention Trinity Project “Little Boy & Fat Man” vs “Island Hopping – justified […]

    HISTORY 12

    May 25-28 (“On” week)

    WWII

    Assignment 3 – WWII: Ethical Dimensions in War (Due week of May 31) Relationships: Nation to nation Some key points/ideas: Autarky Jingoism Germany, Italy, Japan (background read Chapter 6 in GF) Lebensraum Anschluss & Austria Diplomacy Appeasement Sudetenland Munich Pact & Czechoslovakia Propaganda Non-Aggression Pact (Germany-USSR) & Poland Relationships: Nation […]

    SOCIAL STUDIES 8M

    May 25-28 (Off-Week Sessions – M,Tu,Wed,Thu,Fri)

    *Day in the Life – Then vs Now due week of May 24

    Share anachronisms

    The Renaissance

    BLOG ENTRY: Innovations – Describe what you consider to be one of the most important innovations of the Renaissance era, including its impact and longevity; what would you say is the […]

    HISTORY 12

    May 25-28 (“On” week)

    Transition to WWII

    Assignment 3 – WWII: Ethics in War (Due week of May 31) Relationships: Nation to nation Some key points/ideas: Autarky Jingoism Germany, Italy, Japan (background read Chapter 6 in GF) Lebensraum Anschluss & Austria Diplomacy Appeasement Sudetenland Munich Pact & Czechoslovakia Propaganda Non-Aggression Pact (Germany-USSR) & Poland Relationships: […]

    HISTORY 12

    May 21 (Off-Week Sessions – Monday/Wednesday/Friday)

    Interwar Years 1919-1939 Unit

    Assignment 2 – “Continuity vs. Change” USA Russia Italy Germany Video notes: “Life Under Adolf Hitler” Some key topic terms: Socialists November Criminals Paul Von Hindenburg Reichstag Social Democrats/Independent Socialists/Spartacists/Friekorps (Free Corps) Kapp Putsch Rathenau Murder Invasion of the Ruhr (by France) 1923 Passive […]

    SOCIAL STUDIES 8M

    May 21

    *Roman-Vikings Comparison now due

    *Day in the Life – Then vs Now due week of May 24

    Share anachronisms

    The Middle Ages in Western Europe

    Comprehension/Reading check

    The Renaissance

    Assignment: Innovations BLOG ENTRY: Describe what you consider to be one of the most important innovations of the Renaissance era, including its […]

    SOCIAL STUDIES 8M

    May 20

    *Roman-Vikings Comparison now due this week

    *Share some anachronisms

    The Middle Ages in Western Europe

    Assignment: A Day in the Life – Then (There) vs Now (Here) Video: “Medieval Times” (finish viewing) Identifying possible perspectives for assignment Work on assignments

    Homework Readings:

    Chapter 2 Pathways (see MOODLE PDF) by Wednesday morning Chapter 5 […]

    HISTORY 12

    May 19 (Off-Week Sessions – Monday/Wednesday/Friday)

    Interwar Years 1919-1939 Unit

    Assignment 2 – “Continuity vs. Change” USA Russia Italy Germany Video notes: “Weimar Germany” Some key topic terms: Socialists November Criminals Paul Von Hindenburg Reichstag Social Democrats/Independent Socialists/Spartacists/Friekorps (Free Corps) Kapp Putsch Rathenau Murder Invasion of the Ruhr (by France) 1923 Passive resistance Brown […]

    SOCIAL STUDIES 8M

    May 19

    *Roman-Vikings Comparison now due this week

    *Share some anachronisms

    The Middle Ages in Western Europe

    Assignment: A Day in the Life – Then (There) vs Now (Here) Video: “Medieval Times” Identifying perspectives Work on assignments

    Homework Readings:

    Chapter 2 Pathways (see MOODLE PDF) by Wednesday morning Chapter 5 Pathways (see MOODLE PDF) by […]