Holocaust Guest Speaker

Students attended a guest lecture from Holocaust survivor Alter Weiner.

UN Responses to Events in the Middle East

Student worked in groups, evaluating different options facing the UN regarding events in the Middle East. After, they began watching, Blood and Tears, a documentary about the Arab-Israeli conflict.

HOMEWORK:
MWH 18.4 - DUE Friday 5/28

Mercy Corps Survey Link

All students need to fill out this survey before our field trip to Mercy Corps. Thanks!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/preevaluationactioncenteredition3

Creating Maps of the Middle East

Students finished their maps of the Middle East and critiqued the other groups' maps.

HOMEWORK:
MWH 18.4 Worksheet DUE Friday 5/24

Creating Maps of the Middle East

Students worked in groups designing maps of the Middle East. They simulated the decisions and choices of the major powers after the fall of the Ottoman Empire after the end of WWI.

Israel-Palestine Maps

Students finished their Israel-Palestine maps and viewed a slideshow featuring the locations on their maps. Keep them in your logbook!

Arab-Israeli Conflict Documents

Students interpreted several documents dealing with the roots of the Arab-Israeli conflict. They used this worksheet. The additional documents can be picked up in class.

Religions of the Middle East

For the past two days, students have been reading about the three major religions of the Middle East: Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Using these readings, they took notes. Lastly, they used a three-circle Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the religions.

Pads (Arabs) and Jeds (Israelis)

Students participated in a simulation of the Arab-Israeli conflict. They read this article using a t-chart to comparing historical events with phases of the simulation.

Grades

Progress reports by ID number and class.

Middle East

Today students finished writing their letters for the Daughter From Da Nang assignment. After, they began working on political maps of the Middle East.

HOMEWORK:
Middle East Maps and Daughter From Da Nang Letters - DUE Monday 5/17

Daughter from Da Nang

Agenda:

1. Students finished watching the film Daughter From Da Nang.
2. Quiz
3. Students began the follow up, letter writing, activity from the Daughter From Da Nang assignment.
   

Quarter 4 Progress Report

Grades - Locate by period and ID number

Daughter from Da Nang

Students began watching the documentary, Daughter from Da Nang. The completed section one on this worksheet in their logbooks and continued taking notes about US and Vietnamese culture on the reverse side.

American and Vietnamese Culture

Agenda:

1. Finished the Vietnam Timelines.
2. Students read article, Living in Two Cultures, taking notes using this graphic organizer. Students will complete the other steps on the worksheet on Monday.

HOMEWORK:
M.W.H. 17.3 #2,4,5,8 on page 547. Complete in your logbook.
QUIZ Next Wed/Thurs - China, Vietnam, Vocabulary

Vietnam War Timeline

Students reviewed the tea party from the previous lesson made connections between the people in the tea party. After, students began working in pairs on timelines of the Vietnam War.

Vietnam War

Today students participated in a tea party about individuals involved in the Vietnam war. They read about one person then talked their classmates. They took notes using this worksheet.

HOMEWORK:
Finish Tea Party Worksheet - DUE Tomorrow

Vietnam War

Vietnam Background

Students viewed a slideshow narrated by a photographer of the Vietnam war. They then looked at a series of photographs from the war. Students also wrote questions based on the photographs and took a pre-test about the war.

HOMEWORK:
Checkpoint #8 - DUE Tomorrow
Vietnam: Background Article and Questions - DUE Tomorrow

Vocabulary and Vietnam

Yesterday students added vocabulary to their lists (Cultural Revolution, Mandate from Heaven, Collectivization, Modernization, Red Guard, Little Red Book, Mao Zedong). Afterwards, I showed students pictures of Vietnam.


HOMEWORK:
China Political Cartoon - DUE Monday 5/3