Stories from WWI

Agenda 12/16:

1. I showed students pictures from a trip I'd taken to the Balkans.
2. Students reviewed the WWI documents from the previous lesson.
3. Students listened to an interview with author Adam Hochschild regarding his new book about WWI. They then viewed a series of photographs from the war. Finally, they listened an excerpt (start at 55:00) about a Christmas truce between British and German troops. Students took notes and drew on this worksheet while they viewed and listened to the presentations.
4. To end, they played a review game about WWI.

HOMEWORK:

MWH Chapter 13 - Wilhelm II and Vocabulary - DUE - Wednesday 1/4/12

WWI Documents

Students took the map quiz of Southern Europe. Afterwards they began looking at a series of documents from WWI. They answered the follow-up questions in their logbooks.

Causes of WWI

Agenda:

1. Students finished the lecture on the Causes of WWI. 
2. Students listened to several songs about WWI. One from the time period, another (One by Metallica) based on the book and film, Johnny Got His Gun.
3. Students turned in their logbooks.

HOMEWORK:

MAP QUIZ - Southern Europe - DUE Wednesday 12/14

I collected the worksheet for Chapter 9.1.

Students finished taking notes on the Industrial Revolution and began looking into the causes of World War I (Powerpoint below) using this worksheet.

HOMEWORK:

Map Quiz - NORTHERN EUROPE (Make a line linking Spain, France, Germany, Poland, and Ukraine. You need to know all of the countries north of this line). DUE - Thursday 12/8

Causes of WWI

The Legacy of Colonialism and the Industrial Revolution

Agendas 11/30-12/2:

1. Students turned in Europe maps.
2. Students took notes about the legacy of colonialism (see below).
3. Students made two timelines, European and African, with major events from the past 250 years.
4. Students participated in a simulation illustrating the cottage industry and then compared it to the factory system.
5. Students began taking notes about the Industrial Revolution (see below).

HOMEWORK:

Europe Maps - PAST DUE - Wednesday 11/30

Modern World History Chapter 9.1 pgs.280-288, Worksheet - DUE Tuesday 12/6

Legacy of Colonialism

Industrial Revolution