Feb. 25 & 26

Feb. 25: Lecture: What is Totalitarianism? We also analyzed a Dr. Suess cartoon, and a segment of the film 1984 for glimpses of Totalitarian societies.

Feb. 26: Returned WWI tests. Finished the Total. lecture.
Homework: Reading Guide: Chapter 14, section 1.

Feb. 13, 14 and 15

Feb. 13: Students drew and explained the motivations of the leaders of the nations at the Paris Peace Conference.

Feb. 14: review Jeopardy.

Feb. 15: WWI Test. WWI packet collection.

Feb. 7, 8, 11 & 12

Feb. 7: We finished the lecture on life in the trenches and examined 5 important battles from the Western Front.

Feb. 8: Students graphed statistical information from WWI and wrote a letter from the trenches. Letter due Monday.

Feb. 11: I lectured about the Paris Peace Conference/Treaty of Versailles. Students were assigned a reading guide for homework.

Feb. 12: Students watched a short dvd segment on the Treaty of Versailles. I also asked students to draw the faces of the leaders of the victorious nations from WWI and explain in writing their motivations at the Paris Peace Conference. Due Wed.

Feb. 5 and 6

No class on these days! Exit exams instead. See you on Thursday.

Feb. 4

Today students presented the powerpoints about the weapons of WWI. I also began a lecture about the conditions in the trenches.

Jan. 31 and Feb. 1

Jan. 31: A quiz on the causes of WWI. We also watched scenes from "A Very Long Engagement" to see the conditions in the trenches.

Feb. 1: Student teams created powerpoints about the weapons used in WWI.