Class Agenda 12/20

1.  Bellringer:  Review pg. 19b.
2.  On a separate sheet of paper, take "Active Listening Notes" (like you do in ELA) on the Christmas Truce of 1914 (create a bulleted list:  What happened during the first Christmas of World War I?)  Listen to story below:

2.  Compare Active Listening Notes to the movie clip

HW - Enjoy your vacation!

Class Agenda 12/19

1.  Bellringer:  Do pg. 12a-12b...do questions on 12b

2.  Review bellringer...watch movie clip on sinking of the Lusitania

3.  Review pgs. 13 and 18

4.  Do pg. 19b

HW - none

Class Agenda 12/18

1.  Bellringer:  What does it mean to be impartial when someone is in a fight?  Connect American policy during the beginning of World War I (pg. 11a)
2.  Pg. 11b
3.  Do pg. 13, 16, 17, 18

HW - finish anything not done in class...

Class Agenda 12/17

1.  Bellringer:  Review the vocabulary on the poetry sheet.
2.  Poetry Analysis:  Dulce et decorum est
3.  Discuss

HW - pg. 10-11a

Class Agenda 12/16

1.  Bellringer:  If you had 2 projects due on Friday, would you...work on 1 project at a time...OR...work on both at the same time?  Why?  What are the advantages and disadvantages of each strategy?  Bridge discussion into the German Schliffen Plan for WWI

2.  Powerpoint on Trench Warfare (view slides 14 thru the end...finish notes pg. 6)

3.  Movie clip on Trench Warfare.  How did trench warfare affect soldiers?

HW - Review Source Analysis

Class Agenda 12/13

1.  Bellringer:  Read the last page of your packet:  "Wartime."

2.  Watch:  Movie.  Why was the war so terrifying/demanding for the soldiers?
3.  World War I Source Analysis.

HW - 

Class Agenda 12/12

1.  Bellringer:  Without looking at your notes....What were the long-term causes for World War I?  Hint....M.A.I.N.

2.  "The Spark" that starts the war (pg. 7-8).  Do questions....Discuss.  Which letter in M.A.I.N. applies to this story?  Discuss Pan-Slavism...and "The Balkan Powder Keg"

3.  Geography of World War I (pg. 9...map on pg. 8B may help you.  You can skip question 5 on pg. 9)

HW - finish map