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Friday, January 26, 2024

Week of Jan. 29 - Feb. 2, 2k24

The World Wars begin...

We now enter the World Wars unit, which will cover many details about the contributing factors to the wars, how the wars were fought, why they were fought, and how the results of the war had an impact on the WORLD...

Going over the World War Won HW assignment from Friday: In two to three paragraphs what were the two nicknames given to World War I, and briefly explain the five contributing factors in your own words.


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Why did Europe expand its empires into Africa?  In your own words, explain two effects of the Scramble for Africa and how the Europeans were able to invade Africa and create colonies.


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Militarism & Alliances…Quiz Grade!...Again!


After reading and our discussions about “Militarism” and “Alliances,” how do you think militarism and the creation of alliances created problems in Europe?  There are still problems with alliances and militarism today in countries like Israel, Ukraine, China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, etc.  What is one important problem/issue o you think currently exists because of militarism & alliances? (This is not in the reading! You gotta think!)


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 Watch These Flicks Together as a Class!


 They Shall Not Grow Old Movie Trailer History Channel: World War I Tech


Assignment - Click Me!


Quiz Grade:  After watching the short movies – They Shall Not Grow Old & World War I Technology together as a class, examining the images included in this reading, and reading the content below explain the technology used during World War I and provide three examples in your own words of how the following statement is true:


Soldiers rode in on horses and left in airplanes…”