Animal Farm

Agenda 1/25:

1. Students reviewed a timeline of events surrounding the Russian Revolution.
2. Students reviewed key vocabulary about the Russian Revolution [below].
3. Students began reading Animal Farm,taking notes on one of the characters and thinking about how the story relates to the Russian Revolution.

Russian Revolution Vocabulary

HOMEWORK:

Study for the final!!!

Life in the Soviet Union Under Stalin

Today students continued investigating aspects of society under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin. After investigating, they wrote a short newspaper article comparing government propaganda to the realities of life for many living in 1930s Soviet Union.

I also played the Soviet national anthem and discussed the period of Stalin's rule known as the Great Terror when many alleged enemies of the government were imprisoned, tortured, "disappeared", or killed.

Students also completed a peer check and turned in their logbooks.

HOMEWORK:
Modern World History 14.2 - Totalitarianism and Stalin - DUE Wednesday 1/25
AFTERSCHOOL TUTORIAL THIS WEDNESDAY IN GRAHAM'S ROOM

End of the Romanovs and Life Under Jospeh Stalin

Agenda 1/17:

1. Finished watching film clips about the Russian Revolution. Students took notes using this worksheet.
2. I discussed Joseph Stalin's rise to power and his reforms as leader of the Soviet Union (above).
3. Students read an article, taking notes about life in one of Stalin's industrial towns. 

The Russian Revolution

Students continued learning about the Russian Revolution. I finished the lecture I'd started on Tuesday and students watched a series of film clips reviewing the major events and people of the revolution.

The Russian Revolution

Agenda 1/10:

1. Rock, Papers, Scissors game to illustrate a capitalist economy.
2. Students compared the game to Karl Marx's explanation of capitalism and the rise of communism.
3. Students watched a clip from the animated film Anastasia, looking for historical inaccuracies and identifying protagonists and antagonists.
4. Students took notes about Russia and the rule of Tsar Nicholas II prior to the Revolution of 1917. (see below)

Rock, Paper, Scissors, Communism

HOMEWORK: 
Worksheet - MWH 13.4 and 14.1 - DUE Thursday 1/12

The Treaty of Versailles

Agenda 1/6:

1. Students reviewed the 14 points, making sure to write them in their own words in their logbooks.
2. Students watched a short clip about the context to the Paris Peace Conference.
3. Students looked at excerpts from the Treaty of Versailles and discussed ways in which they might have effected Germany.
4. Students looked at maps of German territorial losses as a result of the Treaty, answering a series of follow-up questions.
5. Students began creating rough drafts of Metaphorical Drawings depicting some aspect of WWI.

HOMEWORK:

HONORS MEETING - Wednesday 1/11, 8:45am in Graham's room

WWI Metaphorical Drawing - Final Draft DUE Tuesday 1/10

Vocabulary and The 14 Points

Agenda 1/4:

1. Students added vocabulary to their logbooks (Industrial Revolution, Capitalism, Kaiser Wilhem II, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Trench Warfare, Chemical Weapons, Allies & Central Powers, 11/11/18 Armistice).
2. Students brainstormed lists of rules for keeping lasting peace between nations.
3. Students worked on translating the Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points into simpler language.