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FINAL Video!

Week of May 12-16, 2k25

Transboundary Pollution & Climate Change Unit

Due Monday - May 19

 

Week of May 5-9, 2k25

Monday - May 5, China Test!

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

조선민주주의인민공화국/朝鮮民主主義人民共和國

What DO we know about this nation?

1. What are three things you think of when "North Korea" comes to mind? (opinionated)
2. What country invaded North Korea during the 1890s?
3. How many people live in North Korea and roughly how large is the country?
4. What is the name of the boundary between North and South Korea?
5. What is Juche? Does juche see realistic for the citizens in North Korea? Why do you think this?
6. When did Kim Jung Un become the Supreme Leader of North Korea? What do you think of the title “Supreme Leader”?
7. How would you explain North Korean media/television after reading about it?
8. What president visited North Korea and attempted to negotiate peace between North and South Korea?
9. After reading the "Human Rights" section, what information surprises or disturbs you the most? (opinionated)

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Transboundary Pollution & Climate Change

Modern China & North Korea Unit

Modern China & North Korea Doc

The Empire and then People’s Republic of China

中华人民共和国 

Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó 

Pre Q: What do you know about China?
1. What is the population of China?
2. When did the last dynasty end in China?
2.5 What did the people call for in the early 1900s?
3. What nation invaded China during World War II?
4. When Chiang Kai-Shek became the leader of the nationalist party, he attempted to fight off communist party supporters and militants in the 1920s-19302. Kai-Schek was defeated and fled to what modern-day nation?
5. After reading the paragraphs and watching the flicks about the revolution and the Great Leap Forward briefly explain what Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward was. Was it successful? What do you think was the biggest struggle for the people during this Great Leap Forward?
6. The Cultural Revolution was a big deal. Who were the Red Guards? Why do you think these Red Guards did what they did? Do you think this Cultural Revolution helped or hurt China? (opinionated)
7.23. Who was the president who tried to open the door to trading with China in the 1970s?
8.75. Who was Deng Xiaoping & completely reform China? Where did he go to get his ideas? Was this a good move for China? (opinionated)
9. Mr Barry’s father worked in China for over 10 years. One of things he told him more than anything was the tremendous focus on education and how the nation educated its people. What do you think about this testing system? Do you think the United States uses a system similar to this?
10. What was the 1979 family planning policy in China called? What do you think is one benefit from this policy and what is one problem with this policy? (opinionated) Is the policy still in effect today? How does this type of concept help & hurt a nation?
11. China truly came to the international scene in the 1980s when they opened their door to trade with the rest of the world. Read the Tiananmen Square paragraphs and watch the two flicks in the doc. Explain the Tiananmen Square protest and how it was important both in China and across the rest of the world. How is China’s approach to “May 5” both good and bad for the nation?
12. Huge populations require a lot of amount of
13. What two nations consume the most energy in the world?
14. What fuel does China rely on the most and what is the largest problem with this fuel?
15. What are three benefits of the Three Gorges Dam? Oops…What was a consequence of the dam?
16. Between 1980-1984, China created a new reform: Special Economic Zones. What was the point of these zones? What are two pros and two cons of these SEZ's? If you had to open a company, would you consider China based on what you’ve learned so far about the nation? Why/why not?
17. What is the purpose of the Belt & Road Initiative and how is China “legally” taking over world trade…muahahaha. What do you think is one massive problem with China’s Belt & Road Initiative? Explain why you think the rest of the world, especially the United States, is fearful of China’s Belt & Road Project/
18. The Trade Wars between the United States is good/bad (choose one) because…. (Explain)...
19. Who is Xi Jingping & how is he “rewriting history” in China? What three adjectives would you use to describe him as a person/leader? Provide one example of why you think this…
20. Do you feel China’s facial recognition system is good for the people & the country? Explain what are some pros and cons of this new technology?
21 After taking a look at The Economist magazine about China, what do you think the world thinks of China? This is soooooo difficult!
22. Why is Taiwan important to China?

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

조선민주주의인민공화국/朝鮮民主主義人民共和國

1. What DO we know about this nation? 
2. What are three things you think of when "North Korea" comes to mind? (opinionated)
3. What country invaded North Korea during the 1890s?
4. How many people live in North Korea and roughly how large is the country?
5. What is the name of the boundary between North and South Korea?
6. What is Juche?  Does juche see realistic for the citizens in North Korea?  Why do you think this?
7. When did Kim Jung Un become the Supreme Leader of North Korea?  What do you think of the title “Supreme Leader”?
8. How would you explain North Korean media/television after reading about it?
9. What president visited North Korea and attempted to negotiate peace between North and South Korea?
10. After reading the "Human Rights" section, what information surprises or disturbs you the most? (opinionated)

Week of March 31-April 4, 2k25

Globalization Continues!

Globalization Test Friday, April 4

1. What do you think goes into making a shoe? Yes. I asked you that. What does it take to make a shoe? Take off your shoe, look at it, and think about the materials your shoe is made of. Where is your shoe made? Yes, it’ll show you where it’s made! What is needed to make a shoe??? Why do you think your shoes are made in diff. nations?

2. Define globalization (7th grade definition!)

3. What were two negative impacts of globalization based on the first two pages of the doc?

4. What do you think is one reason (which we take for granted) that allows us to do business on the other side of the world and not rely on the nation we are in? Does this mean geographical borders are important?...

5. What is a tariff? Yes…I know we know this…But I want you to know!

6. What is exchanged in global trade?

7. How is the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) both a good and bad thing for the nations in North America?

8. Let’s read the massive lists of positive and negative effects of globalization and list seven (yes, seven) pros and cons of globalization…

9. Presidents and other government officials from around the world raise and lower tariffs on the regular. How is this both good and bad? Do you think this does more good than bad?

10. How has nationalism now increased due to globalisation? (This is how it is spelled in British newspapers & magazines?

11. Looking at the map, why do you think the minimum wages are so different, high, low, etc? Do you think this has an impact on why goods are made in certain countries and not others? What two continents have the lowest minimum wages? The map of the United States shows different colors because the individual states have different minimum wages.

12. Shipping. Yes, shipping. How have the massive shipping containers and cargo ships had a positive impact on globalization?

13. The Ever Given was a perfect example of how globalization can be absolutely wrecked when one container ship causes an issue. What happened to the Ever Given and how did it negatively affect world trade?

14. How has the war in Israel/Gaza & Ukraine/Russia affected world trade?

15. Do you think globalization has done more good or bad for the world? How?

Globalization HW due Monday - Mar. 31

7th Graders - This is one of our FAVORITE HW assignments of the year! You'll also get a kick out of it...

Please answer the Globalization Google Form for a HW grade.  This is due Monday, March 31.

Globalization Google Form - Click Me!

Week of March 24-28, 2k25

The Cold War...

 

European Union Answers & Cold War Project

Hey #Davis7, I've posted two videos...

Video #1:   Answers the answers to the European Union packet.  Watch this video and be sure your answers are correct!  There is an EU quiz on Monday, March 17!

Video #2:  Introduces the Cold War Unit and project...You have all class time this week to read about the Cold War & work on the proejct.  The materials are at the front of the room & watch the flicks in the document!

Week of March 10-14, 2k25

The EU continues!

EU Quiz on Monday, March 17!

1. What is a tariff?  How do tariffs help/hurt nations when it comes to trading?

2. What nation was in the process (but has already left) of leaving the EU?

3. What nations in the EU are generally wealthier?  Why is this?

4. What is the currency of the EU called? 

5. What is a trade bloc?

6. Why do immigrants go to some EU nations, but they do not migrate to any EU nation?

7. How are the number of members of the European Parliament decided?  Do you think this is fair? How many members are there?

8. About how much of Europe considered themselves citizens of the EU?  Why do you think these people do or do not consider themselves citizens of the EU?

9.  What are the five largest members of the EU in Parliament? 

10. What is the motto of the EU?   What do you think this means?

11. Describe the flag of the EU and explain what it symbolizes. 

12. The EU encourages people to learn multiple languages.  Why do you think this is important?

13. Why do you think it is important that all the nations in the EU follow the same laws when battling/fighting against climate change?

14. Do you think the European Union more unites or divides the continent?  Provide three reasons  in your response.

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The Cold War....Brrrrrrrrr! 

Due Date -- TBD

Week of March 3-7, 2k25

Human and Civil Rights Writing Assignment

Test Grade These are to be typed, MLA format, Times New Roman, one-inch margins. Each Q is worth 10 points. You must provide a minimum of five sentences in each of your answers and you must answer all parts of the Q’s.

Due Day 3 

1. Briefly describe the United Nations and three of its goals. Provide one example of how the United Nations meets one of these goals, and how the United Nations fails to meet their goals.
2. How does the United Nations serve some countries better than others? What types of nations do you think benefit from the United Nations? Provide an example of a nation you think the UN serves more than others. Is this fair? Why/why not?
3. Explain a situation like the War in Gaza/Israel, Ukraine-Russian War, the massive surge in illegal immigrants coming into the United States at the southern border, the Afghan government taken over by the Taliban who are now restricting women’s rights to an education, whether nations like Iran or North Korea should be allowed to manufacture nuclear weapons, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict over the land, etc. How could the United Nations help improve these situations? Aside from sending money, what are three ways the United Nations could help these situations according to the goals of the UN. Do you think they have the ability to help? Explain why/why not.
4. You have all heard about Jim Crow laws from readings in Language Arts, To Kill a Mockingbird, and in 5th grade when learning about the 16th St. Church bombing. Schools were some of the most affected areas of Jim Crow laws. YOU go to school! Why would the government want schools to be places where segregation laws were applied? How could schools further separate whites and blacks? How could schools be a good place to reinforce segregationist ideas? Do you think segregation still exists today in the United States in some form or fashion?
5. Sports have always been a place where barriers have been broken. Explain how athletes have had an impact on Civil Rights and what type of message it sends to the world. You must use Jesse Owens and Tommie Smith & John Carlos’ example in your explanation. You may use other athletes as well. Do you think Smith and Carlos should have made a political statement during the Olympic Games? Do you think they should have made their statements during the national anthem? If not, when should they have made their statements? Explain your answers. 

Watch the video below for the 1968 Olympic Games information!  It's a great video!

6. Human rights violations have been in the news quite a lot in recent years. China, Afghanistan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Uganda, & yes, in the United States. How should nations be punished for violating human rights? Should international organizations be banned or encouraged not to do business in these nations? Should these nations be allowed to host/participate in international sporting events? Explain in detail why/why not.

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European Union Unit Doc

EU Guided Notes

Week of Feb. 24-28.2k25

United Nations - Human & Civil Rights Doc

United Nations - Human & Civil Rights Guided Notes

Declaration of Human Rights Flick 1

Declaration of Human Rights Flick 2

1. The Declaration of Human Rights is the first ever international agreement on the subject of basic human rights. In own words, tell why it was created
2. In a short paragraph, pick one of the rights listed in the Declaration of Human Rights that is most important to you and describe why it is so important:
3. There have been many times in the last one hundred years where sporting events have been used to make statements regarding civil/human rights. In your opinion, is using a sporting event to highlight human/civil rights violations a good practice or bad practice? Why? (Five sentence minimum.)
4. Explain what an ethical footprint is.
5. Imagine your life with a restricted Internet. No more ‘Gram, Tik Tok or Snap Chat for you! The only social media that you would consume would be government approved. The only sports scores you would see would be the scores of the government approved teams, and only if they win. The only things you could look up would be government approved topics. The only movies or streaming services you could you would carry only government approved content. How would you feel?
6. Imagine now that you’ve never known anything different. You’ve ALWAYS only had government approved Internet. But then you find out that there is a whole BIGGER, GREATER (questionably…) Internet out there! How do you think the government would feel if it’s public found out about this greater, bigger Internet? Imagine now that you’ve never known anything different. You’ve ALWAYS only had government approved Internet. But then you find out that there is a whole BIGGER, GREATER (questionably…) Internet out there! How do you think the government would feel if it’s public found out about this greater, bigger Internet?
7. Define Civil Rights
8. Look at the water fountain image in the doc. Provide a detailed description of each water fountain and what do you think is hidden symbolism about the Colored water fountain? (this is hard…)
9. Schools were considered a perfect place to reinforce segregation. Why do you think schools were the places where segregation was an important place to reinforce segregation?
10. What is going on in this image? How does this image depict what was happening in Birmingham, AL in 1963? What happened at the Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama?
11. List three universities in the South that were forced to desegregate.

12. Below are words from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s last public speech:   

13. “I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land. And I’m happy tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.”  
14. What is he saying here?
15. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for direct action, meaning to say or do something immediately when the injustice is seen, not to wait.  Was the Black Power salute by Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympics an example of direct action?  Why or why not?  Explain.

World Wars Study Guide

#Davis7

Here is a study guide for the World Wars Test...Remember...This is just a guide

1. What were the contributing factors to World War I
2. What were the contributing factors to World War II
3. What were the new technologies in World War I and how did they change warfare?
4. How did the atomic bomb change warfare forever?
5. Why did Europe see the rise of dictators after World War I
6. What is blitzkrieg?
7. Why was it difficult for Italy invade North Africa?
8. What did the historian mean when he said World War I was "The war to end all wars."
9. What made D-Day an important day in World War II?
10. Why did the United States join the fight in World War II?

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The world after the World Wars...

United Nations - Human & Civil Rights Doc

United Nations - Human & Civil Rights Guided Notes

Week of Feb. 10-14, 2k25

The Second World War...

World War II Unit Doc

World Wars Test Feb 18/19 (Day 1)

1. Look at the map on page 2. What does this map show us about World War II. The beige colored nations did not fight in the war, nor did they participate in any way. The pinks & purples fought in WWI, but they did not participate in WWII. The blues and greens participated in WWII.
2. How was the Treaty of Versailles (the treaty that ended WWI) fail to fix Europe after WWI
3. After WWI there was a massive economic depression. A depression means a long period of time where there is economic trouble. Can you think of two reasons why Europe fell into a depression? Think of the results of WWI (you gotta think..)
4. Why did Europe see the rise of dictators after WWI? Who were the two most important dictators that came to power after WWI? Also, watch the 1936 Berlin Olympic Ceremonies video. Why were the 1936 Olympics a big deal in Berlin & what kind of message do you think these opening ceremonies sent to the world? This is hard!
5. Where did WWII really begin & why did it begin here?
6. After watching the flick & looking at the above graphic, how do you think Blitzkrieg was an effective military strategy?
7. What did Germany do to Great Britain in 1940?
8. he war eventually moved to North Africa. Which nation invaded North Africa? Why do you think it was easy for this nation to do so? Why did it fail?
9. Why didn’t the United States want to enter WWII, but what event eventually brought America into the war?
10. Provide a few paragraph explanation of how technology was used in WWII.
11. Propaganda means: The spreading of ideas, information, or rumors for the purpose of helping or causing a person to believe something. Click on the propaganda link to see the images & look at those posted in the document. What types of messages were illustrated/shown to the people and what were the goals of these messages/images?
12. The Allied Forces invaded Nazi-controlled France in 1944. What was the name of this operation and what was the goal? Look at the images and explain what the invasion looked like. Watch the flicks as well to help you answer this question.
13. World War II ended in Europe in 1945, but where did the war continue?
14. How did the atomic bomb change warfare, and change warfare forever? Watch the flick.
15. What did the United States government do to Japanese citizens/civilians? Why did they do this? Do you think this was necessary?

Week of Feb. 3-7, 2k25

The World at War 1914-1945

The World at War Doc

1. What were the five contributing factors to World War I
2. How was World War I a completely different war than all other wars in world history?
3. After examining the images of World War I, provide a two paragraph description of the war.  What type of technologies were introduced and how what do you think the average person thought back then based on these images?

World War I Technology

They Shall Not Grow Old

1917 Final Scene...

The one thing you should know about World War I...

We continue our Nationalism unit this week!

Nationalism Assignment → Quiz Grade 

Answer the following Q’s for a HW assignment in paragraph format in your social studies notebooks.  This is a quiz grade and is due when we say it is due 🙂

Paragraph I

1. First sentence provides the definition of what is a “nation?”

2. Next sentence that defines nationalism

3. What are the five elements of nationalism?

4. Are there extreme cases of loving one’s country? This can be a good or bad case of an extremity. Provide at least one example.

5. What is patriotism & how is patriotism different from nationalism?

Paragraph II

1. Who was Simon Bolívar, and how was he a nationalist?  Provide a minimum of two examples. 

2. Why and how are the Olympics and the World Cup good examples of nationalism?

3. Do you personally believe nationalism has a more positive or negative effect on people and the world? (This is hard…Think about how nationalism is good, explain…bad, explain

Week of Jan. 20-24, 2025

No School Jan. 20 & 21

Wednesday, Jan 22 - Revolutions in-class essay

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Nationalism... ARE YOU LOYAL?!?! Unit Q’s

1. How did the Industrial Revolution change the way people lived in Europe, and how did it contribute to the creation of modern nation-states?

2. After the revolutions in Europe (like the French Revolution and the unifications of Germany and Italy), how did the idea of a "nation-state" challenge the old empires and monarchies?

Hint: Consider how the creation of new borders, governments, and national identities impacted the people and the map of Europe.

3. In the context of nationalism, Ernst Renan argued that a nation is not just about language, race, or territory but about shared culture, history, and values. Do you agree with his idea that nations are more about culture and shared experiences than physical boundaries? Why or why not?

4. How does nationalism in Europe during the late 1800s and early 1900s relate to modern nationalism, like the "America First" movement or other nationalist movements around the world?

Hint: Think about the similarities and differences in how nationalism influences people’s identities and politics today.

5. Simon Bolívar led revolutions in South America with the goal of creating independent nations. In what ways was Bolívar’s idea of nationalism different from or similar to nationalism in Europe during the same time?

6.What's the difference between nationalism and patriotism, and how can both ideas influence a country's actions? Can nationalism sometimes be dangerous? Why or why not?  Explain how the Olympics & other sporting events show both nationalism and patriotism.

Hint: Think about how nationalism can unite a country, but also consider how it could lead to division or conflict, based on historical and modern examples.

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Nationalism Assignment → Quiz Grade  -- Due date TBD

Answer the following Q’s for a HW assignment in paragraph format in your social studies notebooks.  This is a quiz grade and is due when we say it is due 🙂

Paragraph I

1. First sentence provides the definition of what is a “nation?”

2. Next sentence that defines nationalism

3. What are the five elements of nationalism?

4. Are there extreme cases of loving one’s country? This can be a good or bad case of an extremity. Provide at least one example.

5. What is patriotism & how is patriotism different from nationalism?

Paragraph II

1. Who was Simon Bolívar, and how was he a nationalist?  Provide a minimum of two examples. 

2. Why and how are the Olympics and the World Cup good examples of nationalism?

3. Do you personally believe nationalism has a more positive or negative effect on people and the world? (This is hard…Think about how nationalism is good, explain…bad, explain

Week of Jan. 13-17, 2k25

The Industrial Revolution!

Mr. Barry & Ms. Jordan's FAVORITE FLICK we show ALL YEAR!

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Introduce the French Revolution! 

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Revolutions Essay Test! - Date TBA

In a five paragraph essay you are going to answer the following question:

 How did the events/discoveries of the Scientific, Industrial, and French Revolutions prove they were in fact revolutionary?  

In your introduction, you will define the word “revolution” and develop a thesis statement that explains how each of these revolutions are accurate definitions of the word.