Friday, March 27, 2009

Highlighting Guide

Pink- social or religious information
Blue- Laws and Bills and Treaties (and wars.)
Green- $ (tariffs or panics or recessions
Orange- People and 
Names
Yellow- general highlig
hting, extra info about another color


... never more than a few words at a time!

Remembering, highlighting a review book  is different than normal reading.  In a review book everything is important and you may be tempted to color whole sections.  Don't! Think about highlighting as making flash 
cards.  

I also like to write short notes or summaries in the margins.

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Monday, March 23, 2009

Homework due Tuesday 3/24

None! Remember in class on Friday we discussed the upcoming lessons? We said that on Tuesday we'd cover the conservative revival in the 1980's in class. Test Thursday (on the 4th grading period) and review books or proof of order MUST be brought to class on Thursday in order to start review.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Homework due 3/20

Read 40 up until page 960.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Homework due Monday 3/16

NONE.
Remember, Science FCAT is Monday.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Upcoming Events

Dates and Chapters Covered
January 30 (23/24/25)
February 9 (26/27/28)
February 18 (29/30/31)
February 26 (32/33/34)
March 6 (35/36)
March 12 (37/38)(this will be a take home test due the 12th)

March 24 (39/40/41)

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Homework due Thursday 3/12

Please stop by on Monday if you haven't picked up your take home test.  A few of you went missing on Friday afternoon and couldn't be found in your class.  

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

In class Wednesday 3/4

Today we talked about the homefront during WWII and the bombing of Japan.
We took notes and analyzed primary documents (accounts, political cartoons, and propaganda posters).
For additionally check out the following links:

http://www.hiroshima-remembered.com/photos/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harry_Truman_Announcing_Surrender_Of_Japan.ogg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Imperial_Rescript_on_the_Termination_of_the_War.ogg

Monday, March 2, 2009

Homework due Wednesday 3/4

Read 35 up to 849.
Optional Assignment:
Why did American adopt the ABC-1 agreement?
List the problems facing America at the start of the war and explain how WWII was a different task as compared to WWI.
Describe the experience of European immigrants during WWII. Compare to Japanese immigrants.
Why did the New Deal end?
Describe the efforts of the following agencies: The War Production Board
The Office of Price Administration
The War Labor Board
How did the US meet the shortage of labor?
Know the various migrations and the problems the migrating groups faced.
How was the war funded? and what did the massive spending end?
LIst the AMerican/Allied interests taken over by the Japanese at the start of the war.
Describe the experience at Bataan
WHat was significant about the abttle in the Coral Sea? Midway?
Describe and understand the benefit of leapfrog fighting.
Know the Battle of the Atlantic.
Who wanted a second front and why?  Who did not and why? What ended up happening?
Know DDay.
Who ran in the election of 1944?  Why was there so much attention on the vice president?  Who was selected and why?
Know V-E day.