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Monday, February 15, 2021

Week 24: Feb. 15-19, 2k21

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Ms. Jordan - 880 938 770
Mr. Barry - 920 2495 7857

Mr. Barry's classes have received an email for instructions of the week.  Please check your Davis student email.   Ms. Jordan's classes and Mr. Barry's classes will not be in sync these next two weeks. 

Day 1
In Class:  Finish our Nationalism unit!   Finish our guided notes based on the following flicks and discussion.  Fill out the last of the guided notes with notes on Communism, Fascism, Socialism, and Capitalism...

Patriotism vs. Nationalism

What is Communism?

Communism vs. Socialism
 
Once we've finished our Nationalism Guided Notes,  you have the following assignment to complete in your social studies journals (Mr. Barry's class)

There are five elements of nationalism:  Language, history, religion, culture, and territory.  You will create the following chart in your SS Journal and complete the following assignment.  Provide ONE example of this element.  For example:  Religion -- Israel's national language of Hebrew is an example of the language element of nationalism.  Israel is a Jewish state and the language used by the Jewish people is Hebrew.  (You may not use this example...)


When finished with this assignment, keep those journals handy, as we now dive into the World Wars!  begin reading the World Wars Doc and answer the following Q's below in your SS Journal.  These answers will be handwritten and due as a Quiz grade for completion and accuracy.

  1. What were the two nicknames given to World War I?
  2. List the 5 contributing factors that led to World War I.
  3. How did imperialism lead to World War I?
  4. How did militarism lead to World War I?
  5. Look at the map of Africa.  List five nations that colonized Africa from 1880-1910.
  6. Why did European nations colonize Africa from 1880-1910?
  7. Opinionated:  Can you think of a few effects that are felt today by Europe's colonization?
  8. A historian once said about World War I was that,  Soldiers rode in on horses and left in airplanes What does this mean?
  9. After watching the flicks and reading about technology and weapons of World War I provide at least a one paragraph explanation of what weapons were used during World War I and how these new weapons changed warfare.
  10. How many people were killed during World War I?
  11. What is Armistice Day?
  12. What was the purpose of Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points speech?
  13. Did it seem that Europe would go back to being peaceful again after World War I?
  14. What was the point of the League of Nations?
  15. World War II had many contributing factors. List them.
  16. Why did Japan invade China in 1931?
  17. Japan invaded China, Germany invaded Poland, but who did Italy invade? (proof that it was a world war)
  18. What countries did Japan end up invading during World War II?
  19. Before Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the United States was an isolationist nation. What does this mean? Do you think it is possible for nations to be like this today? (Opinionated)
  20. Approximately how many people died at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
  21. How do you think propaganda got people involved in World War II?
  22. June 6, 1944 is known as _________ and when ________________ America, British, and Canadian forces landed on five beaches at Normandy, France.
  23. How did nuclear technology completely change warfare forever? (kinda opinionated based on the reading)
  24. What happened to Japanese-Americans living in the United States during World War II?
  25. Approximately how many battle deaths were there during World War II? How many civilian deaths were there?
  26. What were three questions that needed to be answered after World War II?

The United Nations!

How the United Nations Works!

United Nations Flick #3

1. What should the United Nations put as the three most important world problems? Why do you feel this way?  Explain your reasoning for each of these.  Rank them from 3rd most important to least important.

2. Why do you think some world issues are so difficult to solve