Tuesday, September 13, 2011

9/11 - Why Was the US Attacked?

Today we continued our discussion of 9/11. Students shared observations and comments from things they saw last Sunday, the 10 year anniversary. Students looked at a series of documents, including a speech given by then president Bush the evening of the attacks (below). For each of the documents, students wrote down a possible hypothesis of the author and evidence from the reading that supported their hypothesis. At the end of the period students wrote from their own perspective on the question of, "Why was the United States attacked on 9/11/01?"

At the end of the period, students listened to a radio story about a the effects of 9/11 on a Muslim-American girl:



HOMEWORK:
9/11 Oral History Interviews - DUE Thursday 9/15

Friday, September 9, 2011

Remembering 9/11

Students continued studying the events of 9/11/01. They watched several clips from the documentary 9/11, which follows a groups of firefighters on the morning of the terrorist attacks. Students shared new knowledge about the event and asked questions. After, students listened to a selection of interviews from the Story Corps websites.

 

HOMEWORK:
Composition book - DUE Tuesday 9/13
9/11 Oral History Interviews - DUE Thursday 9/15

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Album Covers

Today students learned the names of their classmates.

HOMEWORK:
Album Covers - DUE Friday 9/9
Composition Book (one only) - DUE Tuesday 9/13

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Modern World History 2011-2012


Welcome back! This site will be a helpful tool for you as we go through the year. Here, you can find information about daily agendas, homework, and interesting links. Bookmark it.

Click here for this year's syllabus.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Mr. Elder

Today students were given a logbook checkpoint due on Wed/Thur. Also, my student intern, Mr. Elder will be taking over all the Modern World History classes beginning today. He has set up a blog that can be found at the address below. Thanks students!

Mr. Elder's blog: