Notecard/Journaling Causes of World War 1: The Powder Keg Watch this video and answer the question, "How did language play into the beginning of World War 1?" "A" is for Alliances -Review Notes -Create a map. Color in with colored pencils. -Fill in the "A" on your powder keg handout. "N" is for Nationalism -Complete the "Black Hand" Predictor with your table group. You'll need to read this primary source--the Black Hand Constitution--to complete the activity. -Make sure to answer the question at the end of the predictor handout, "How does the Black Hand show nationalism in action? -Create an 8.5x11 poster with your slogan and a "Black Hand" inspired image and send it to me so I can't print it out! Homework
Read Ch. 7 of All Quiet on the Western Front by Monday--it's 50 pages, so plan ahead.
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Today's a funky day because we have a lot of students taking PSATs. If you took the PSAT, don't worry--you didn't miss anything...except for a marshmellow. Notecard/Journaling Starter 4 1) In your own words, what is militarism? 2) Do you agree or disagree with the author of "Germany and the Next War"? Why? 3) Is the United States a militaristic country in your opinion? Why or why not? All Quiet on the Western Front: Reading Time, Ch. 5/6 Finish Chapter 6 by tonight, please. Alliances Simulation By the end of this activity, you will be able to explain the pre-WWI alliance system! Weee! Attendance/Journaling Today In College Prep: Get Organized "Being a college student can be quite hectic and overwhelming at times. It is easy to get lost in a sea of schoolwork, pages upon pages of reading, club meetings and a part-time job. A major part of maintaining a busy lifestyle is staying organized." Here's a great article if you'd like some further reading: Staying Organized In College: Tips and Tricks Take 5-10 minutes to organize your Humanities binder All Quiet on the Western Front: Small Group Discussion World War 1 Knowledge For the next week or so, we will spend time in class learning about the conditions that led to World War 1. These conditions can be remembered with the acronym MANIA. Today in class I will give you the Powder Keg Handout. Please write a definition for each letter of the acronym MANIA as we work our way through them throughout the next several days. Your brain will thank you later! POWDER KEG! Today's Letter: "M" is for Militarism
Militarism: Images, Stats, Quotes 1) Instructions 2) Images, Stats, Quotes Germany and the Next War 1) Instructions 2) Mild Reading 3) Spicy Reading Militarism is the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests.
Homework Please finish reading "Germany and the Next War" and please answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper. Notecard/Journaling R4P: Read for Pleasure Drop everything and read a book...for pleasure. Fill in and review notes from Hardcore History (up to minute 45!) -Review your notes within 24 hours of taking them. Studies show that you will forget 50% of what you learn during a lecture if you don't review your notes with 24 hours. - Fill any blanks you left and answer any questions you may have from lecture. -Use the left-hand margin to annotate your notes indicating key terms, concepts, dates, and any other important information that will help you to review for exams or write papers. -Use the bottom margin to write a summary of each pages of notes--or, if it makes more sense, summarize at the end of one set of lecture notes. Following these steps will you to store information in your long-term memory and better learn your course material the first time around-- a real timesaver when it comes to reviewing for quizzes, tests and exams. All Quiet on the Western Front Discussion Prep
First Thing's First Being able to talk about the way an author uses literary techniques is an important ingredient to having interesting and deep conversations about a piece of literature. Interesting and deep conversations are awesome! Take a look at the Literary Techniques list. 1) Star the techniques you know. 2) Put a question mark next to the techniques you don't know well. We'll make sure that this year you grow in your knowledge of these techniques and your ability to use them. Yessir! Discussion Prep At your table, please choose two chapters that you would like to hold a group discussion about. (If you were absent, please email your table members to ask which chapters were chosen.) The instructions on this document will help you come to your discussion prepared to talk about the author's use of literary techniques, clear up confusion for each other, and ask each other deep, open-ended questions. Please write your answers and responses in your journal. Use notebook paper if you don't have your journal. **IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION: On the document's instructions it it says to answer this set of questions for EACH Chapter. (1, 2, 3, and 4.)That's my bad. I realized in class that this way too much work for you to do today. That's why I had your table groups pick 2 chapters, instead. Notecard/Journaling I really enjoy looking at these notecards, y'all. Keep 'em comin'. Takeaways from your SLC Complete the short writing assignment. Circle back to the person you prepped with yesterday. How did it go for them? Hardocre History: Blueprint for Armageddon
Did you know? In 2012, Hardcore History was nominated for a Stitcher Award in the Best Educational & Learning Podcast category? Check out Dan Carlin's Wikipedia page. Who is this guy, anyway? Today, you're going to listen to the first 45 minutes of the podcast. CLICK HERE. I highly recommend re-listening to the first 20 minutes, then listening on to the minute 45 mark or so. Please continue taking notes. Princeton University and myself (ha!) both recommend the Cornell Method, but feel free to use what works for you. Try to let the podcast play through, but if you need to stop it, you can do this, of course! Notecard/Journaling -Start reading AQotWF if you get done before others. Starter 3 1) What stood out to you in this reading? 2) In life, it's easy to blame others for our problems. Take a good long hard look at yourself. How are you actively working to create an ethic of excellence in our Humanities classroom? What would you like to change? All Quiet on the Western Front 1) Reading Time! Get through at least Chapter 4 today. Today In College Prep... To Remember a Lecture Better, Take Notes by Hand "A new study--conducted by Mueller and Oppenheimer—finds that people remember lectures better when they’ve taken handwritten notes, rather than typed ones. " Here's some helpful information from Princeton University: Hardcore History: Blueprint For Armageddon We're going to listen to 20 minutes of an AMAZING podcast about WWI. It's called, "Blueprint For Armageddon." You can listen to it by clicking on this link and then clicking "DOWNLOAD." (It doesn't actually download--it streams). Homework
Read through chapter 4 in All Quiet on the Western Front! SLCs tomorrow! Dress casual--but stay within dress code. Notecard Self Portrait -- No Journaling Today! That's enough journaling for one week, I think... Read Chapters 1 and 2 of All Quiet on the Western Front
No annotations necessary! Just read it. Immerse yourself in it. How's this different than the movie? Let your mind paint the pictures.. Read for Pleasure Well, it is Friday, after all. Drop everything and take at least 15 minutes to read for pleasure... Project Proposal Of course, you're not required to do this, but some of you mentioned that you wanted to keep the momentum rolling with yesterday's project tune, and so I encourage you to go ahead and keep the discussion going by working on a project proposal rough draft. If you want, you can print it off and turn it into the basket. It's good to write things down. Independent Work Time HAVE YOU EMAILED ME YOUR DP UPDATE/REFLECTION? It's 30% off as of today. Work on something, anything. Keep reading All Quiet... or work on your Spanish vocab, or do some coding on your computer--you get the point. Do something worth your while. You never know how much time you have on this ol' planet of ours. Make the most of it. See y'all Monday...I estimate that all of your Reflections and Projects will be graded by then. And, Louis says, "What up." -Teachy Turn In Found Poem! Notecard and Journaling Starter 2: 1) What would start World War 3? -Who would have to be assassinated? Would an assassination even be a cause? Why or why not? -What countries would likely be involved? Why? What would their different motivations be for going to war? -What would warfare look like? (weapons, victims, speed) -What people would be affected? How would this differ for different places? Why? Finish AQotWF Film -Final thoughts; discussion. -Stephen checks your film guide. Hand Out All Quiet... Books!
Project Brainstorm Protocol In this protocol, we "tune" last years Creative Historians (WW1/WW2) project. I give you an overview of the project, and then you help me brainstorm potential products, content to cover, and assessments. It's a really cool way for you to have a major impact/influence on what our project looks like this year. So, let's do it! |
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