Reflection:

Write a 5-paragraph reflective essay that describes your year. Consider the following questions as you formulate your essay.

Work you did this year…
o What are you most proud of from this class?
o What did you work the hardest on?
o What was the most interesting?
o What were the biggest challenges?

Lessons/concepts covered this year…
o What specifically did you learn about US History this year?
o How have you changed as a student from the start of the year to now?
o How has your view of US History changed?
o What can you teach others about US History that you couldn’t before?

Looking ahead…
o What will you take away from this class?
o What questions do you still have?

You are going to Make a PowerPoint in pairs and present them too the class. Dowload the instructions HERE.

Events:

German Occupation of the Rhineland, 1936

Rape of Nanking, 1937/38

German seizure of the Sudetenland, 1938

German Seizure of Czechoslovakia, 1939

German invasion of Poland, 1939

Attack in Pearl Harbor, 1941

Battle of Midway, 1944

Battle of Okinawa, 1945

Battle of Iwo Jima, 1945

Battle of the Bulge, 1945

I had to split the video in two pieces so download the embed codes and place BOTH on your website.

Click HERE to download the file.

You can download the Term 3 Housing Instructions HERE

You are going to begin the process of writing a 6-8 page research paper for American History II. For a complete set of instructions, please click:

HERE

Remember that you can write on anything you please as long as it relates to the American History II curriculum.

Important Due Dates:

1) Two paragraph research proposal submitted for approval- Monday, March 24

2) Bibliography- Friday, March 28

3) Full Outline- Monday April 7

4) Four Page Rough Draft- Monday, April 14

5) Final Draft- Friday, May 9

Helpful Links:

How to write an A+ Research Paper

10 Commandements of Good Historical Writing

Primary Sources by Category

More Search Engines than Google

Bibliography Generator

Great Collection of Online History Websites

History Explained

Greetings all. First, let me say, nice work yesterday. I know it was frustrating that not everything happened the way it was planned, but to be honest, I thought there would be ZERO filming yesterday. Plus, I really enjoyed watching a great deal of you pitch in and help with the backdrop.

So, given that today is a no-filming day, I would like you to accomplish the following:

1) Finish the backdrop for the bar scene, finish cue cards (they are behind my file cabinet).

2) Finish ALL scripts, print them, and hand them in to Mr. Goddess. I am checking for historical information in each of these. This includes the hosts of the show (you need to ask around to make sure you have everything mentioned in your dialogue). Do this even if you have already submitted something to me.

3) Write down everything you have done SO FAR and plan to do for this project. Then, print and submit it to Mr. Goddess.

4) REHEARSE! Practice your dance moves, your lines, or anything else that could be improved.

Monday we will start filming again. Feel free to email me with questions you may have, or ask Mr. Goddess, or Ms. Pisano if you need help “punching up” your scripts.

Enjoy!

Please use the following website to help with your research on the Harlem Renaissance and the Roaring Twenties:

Art 

clothing styles

http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/20TH/1920s.html

http://64.207.181.50/solutions/sol112400.htm

http://64.207.181.50/solutions/sol112300.htm

http://64.207.181.50/solutions/sol112200.htm

http://64.207.181.50/solutions/sol112100.htm

http://64.207.181.50/solutions/sol112000.htm

http://eyewitnesstohistory.com/ac.htm

http://eyewitnesstohistory.com/lindbergh.htm

http://eyewitnesstohistory.com/prohibition.htm

http://bestwebs.com/roaring1920/index.shtml

http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/Roaring_20s.htm

http://www.cswnet.com/~menamc/langston.htm

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/fvdveer/p-hughes.htm#11

http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm

http://www.2multiples.com/hotdance/pages/recordings.html

The year is 1929, before the stock market crash; you and the rest of class are going to put together an entertainment news (info-tainment) program that highlights some of the decade’s more interesting people, events, and ideas (i.e. music poetry, painting, writing etc.). This program might be similar to Entertainment tonight or Access Hollywood. The class will need to work closely together and fulfill individual roles to make the project work. This program will be videotaped in order to put together a DVD that ties all of the pieces together. Following is an outline concerning the show’s format.

Student Roles*:

- 2 Hosts

- Interviewers

- Reporters

- Producers and Editors

*Students may do more than one role…

Topics to cover:

- Writers

- Painters

- Musicians

- Movies

- “Current” Events

o A review of news events of the last decade

- Sports

- Your choice, e.g.:

o Act out a scene from, Their Eyes Were Watching God

o A game show that uses slang from the 1920’s

o Fashion

HERE you will find the full set of instructions for this project.

Here are some helpful websites to get you started:

· http://www.international.ucla.edu/africa/mgpp/

· http://nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html

· http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/exploring/harlem/

· http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/harlem/harlem.html

Please read the following sections in the History Alive! textbooks:

Section 22.2

Section 22.3

Section 22.4

(pp. 284-291)

Once completed, answer the following questions on p. 42 of your Interactive Notebooks:

Section 22.2
1. Why did President Wilson’s decision to stay out of
World War I in 1914 please many Americans?
2. What was the status of combat in Europe in 1914?
What was the status of diplomatic efforts to end the
war at that time?

Section 22.3
1. How did the attack on the Lusitania bring the United
States closer to declaring war in 1915?
2. Why might the Sussex pledge have helped the United
States stay neutral in 1916?

Section 22.4
1. What events in early 1917 caused President Wilson to
ask Congress to declare war?
2. President Wilson said the United States would be
going to war to make the world “safe for democracy.”
How did his critics respond to this reasoning?

This is a brief experiment in using Movie Maker to tell the story of the Spanish American War. Key footage downloaded from the Library of Congress.