EXTRA CREDIT: US and World History students

Propaganda Poster--12 extra credit Project points!

Create a propaganda poster for one of the 2 topics:

• A New Deal agency, such as the TVA, WPA, etc. (US History students)
• The Communist Party under Lenin or Stalin (World History students)

Criteria for New Deal poster:

1. Title of the agency
2. Purpose of the agency
3. Illustration
4. Slogan

Visit http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wpaposters/highlights.html for model New Deal posters.

Criteria for Stalin or Lenin's Communist Party poster:

1. Focus on one aspect of Russian Communism
2. Illustration
3. Slogan

Visit http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm?topic=printing&collection=PostersoftheRussianC&col_id=195 for sample Communist Party posters.

WH History HW for Wed 04/30 and Th 05/01

1. Finish "Violence and the Russian Revolution" notes (Period 4)
2. CN, "Totalitarianism/Stalinist Russia" (p. 395-399 of textbook handout)

US History HW for Wed 04/30 and Th 05/01

Periods 2 and 5
1. Venn Diagrams due!
2. "Alphabet Soup" Notes; quiz next class.

US History HW for Tuesday 04/29

Periods 2 and 5
Venn Diagram: Presidential Responses to the Great Depression

To be TURNED IN at the beginning of class!

World History HW for Mon 04/28 and Tues 04/29

1. Read the 3 documents from the yellow packet, which all focus on the question:

–Did Russian Communist leaders use violence to achieve equality for the peasants/working class or to establish their own personal power?

2. Take notes as indicated in the chart below:

US History HW for Fri 04/25 and Mon 04/28

Periods 2 and 5
1. Public Hearing Reflection

Based on the testimony presented at our Public Hearing, what solutions would you have presented to Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration regarding the problems faced by Dust Bowl migrants?

Answer in ¾-1 page, making sure to include a thesis statement and specific historical details.

US History HW for Fri 04/18 and Mon 04/21

Period 6: 1920s DBQ due on Friday!

Periods 2 and 5: Socratic Seminar preparation (see below)

1. Tell the story of the Dust Bowl from the point of view of:
• A farmer who migrated to California
• A farmer who remained in the Midwest

2. What was the human toll of the Great Depression, as described in the sources?

3. What were the social and economic impact of migrants on California?

4. P. 349 of The Grapes of Wrath (especially the last sentence): what does Steinbeck mean? Why might this novel have been controversial?

US History HW for Wed 04/16 and Th 04/17

Periods 2 and 5: DBQ Rough Draft DUE! Also CN, Ch 14 Sec 2
Period 6: Vocabulary paragraph (use Ch 14 Sec 1)

World History HW for week of April 14

Period 4: Treaty of Versailles Simulation Reflection

Were the terms of the actual Treaty of Versailles fair? Why or why not?
Remember to include:
•A thesis/argument
•3-4 pieces of historical evidence, including infomation from the different nations’ points of view
•A conclusion

Periods 3 and 4
WWI Multiple Choice Exam on Wed 04/16 and Th 04/17
NBs due Wed 04/16/Fri 04/18 OR Th 04/17/Mon 04/21
WWI DBQS due Fri 04/18 OR Mon 04/21

US History HW for Tues 04/15

Period 2: Great Depression "Mystery" Reflection (answer the following questions, based on your answers to the "mystery" web research):

1.What evidence of economic troubles did you spot in the 1920s?
2.How did the Great Depression affect different aspects of the American economy in the 1930s?
3.What larger events in the US or world might have led to economic problems?
4.What evidence of government response to the Depression did you find?

Period 5: none; just make sure to turn in completed Vocabulary assignments to Monday's sub.

Period 6: none; bring completed DBQ rough drafts to class on Tuesday.

DBQ ALERT: Period 2 Rough Drafts due Wed 04/16; Period 5 Rough Drafts due Thurs 04/17
Period 6 Final Drafts due Fri 04/18

World History HW for Wed 04/09 and Th 04/10

Cornell Notes, Ch 11 Sec 4

WWI DBQ Final Draft due next week!

US History HW for Wed 04/09 and Th 04/10

Periods 2 and 5: DBQ Document Analysis (7 docs total, 2 pts towards final Essay grade)

All classes: NBs due next class!

US History HW for Tues 04/08

Periods 2 and 5: Finish reading/taking notes on "Babbitt". Also read through 1920s DBQ essay prompt and documents.

Period 6: Harlem Renaissance "How to Be" poems. Be ready for poetry readings!

World History Webquest: Total War

1. Go to http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/britain1906to1918/
2. Click on “Civilians and War 1914-1918”
3. Read the Gallery introduction2. Click on one “Case Study” and choose ONE primary source
4. Complete an APPARTS for this primary source

OR

1. Go back to the first site, and click on “Propaganda 1914-1918”
2. Read the Gallery introduction
3. Click on one “Case Study” and choose ONE primary source
4. Complete an APPARTS for this primary source

**Extra APPARTS are 4 points EXTRA CREDIT each**

US History HW for Fri 04/04 and Mon 04/07

Periods 2 and 5: Cornell Notes, Ch 12 Sec 3
Period 6: Harlem Renaissance How-to-Be poem (due Tuesday, 04/08)

World History HW for Fri 04/04 and Mon 04/07

Cornell Notes, Ch 11 Sec 3

DBQ Rough Draft due TUESDAY 04/08 (4 points!)

US History HW for W 04/02 and Th 04/03

Periods 2 and 5: Cornell Notes, "Ku Klux Klan"

Period 6: Socratic Seminar preparation (see questions below)

1. What is “black art”?
2. What is the message/main idea/theme of each of the short stories, poems and artwork of the Harlem Renaissance?
3. If these pieces of art describe the “New Negro” of the 1920s, how would you describe the “New Negro”?
4. Your question