Week 34: April 29-May 3

Ancient World
Monday:  No class

Tuesday:  The Han Dynasty
Homework (due Wednesday):  work on your papers; optional rough drafts due.

Wednesday:  The Sui and Tang Dynasties
Homework (due Thursday):  read pages 272-278 and write a response to the following:  in what ways did government and trade develop during the Tang and Song Dynasties?

Thursday:  The Song Dynasty and Post-Classical China
Homework (due Friday):  read pages 279-282 and write a response to the following:  what was life like for women during this period in Chinese history?  How does it compare to the experience of women today?

Friday:  Society in Post-Classical China
Homework (due Monday):  read pages 283-289 (stop at "The Ming Dynasty") and write a response to the following:  what were some of the major characteristics of Mongol society?  How did these characteristics contribute to the success of their conquests?

Modern World
Monday: No class

Tuesday:  Major events of World War II
Homework (due Wednesday):  work on your research papers; optional rough drafts due.

Wednesday:  Concluding World War II
Homework (due Friday):  read pages 743-749 and write a response to the following:  what are some of the lessons of the Holocaust?

Friday:  The Holocaust
Homework (due Monday):  read pages 749-753 and write a response to the following:  what was life like on the home front during WW II?  How did it differ from WW I?


United States History
Monday:  No class

Tuesday 5th Period:  Beginning World War II
Homework (due Wednesday, 5th period; Thursday 6th period):  read pages 774-781 and write a response to the following describe how the U.S. government financed the war.  What impact did this have on the Great Depression? 

• Optional rough drafts due Wednesday, May 1

Wednesday 5th period:  Financing the War; 6th period:  Beginning World War II
Homework (due Friday 5th and 6th periods):  read pages 782-791 (stop at "The War in the Pacific") and write a response to the following:  what was required of the American people during WW II?  Do you think Americans today would be willing to act the same way?  Why or why not?

Thursday 6th period:  Financing the War
Homework--see above

Friday:  The Home Front
Homework (Monday): read pages 791-796 and write a response to the following:  if you were in President Truman's position in the summer of 1945, would you have chosen to use the atomic bomb against Japan?  Why or why not?

Week 33: April 22-26

Ancient World

Monday:  The 2nd Great Schism
Homework (due Tuesday):  read pages 374-378 (stop at "Political Instability") and write a response to the following:  in what ways did the Europeans respond to the Black Death?  Why?

Tuesday:  The Black Death
Homework (due Wednesday):  read pages 378-380 (stop at "Recovery:  The Renaissance") and write a response to the following:  in what ways do the causes of the 100 Years War date back to the Early Middle Ages?  How did the Hundred Years War change Europe?

Wednesday:  The Hundred Years War, Part I
Homework (due Thursday):  work on your papers

Thursday:  The Hundred Years War, Part II
Homework:  read pages 146-152 and write a response to the following:  what enabled the Han Dynasty to be so successful?  What lessons did it learn from the previous dynasties?  What lessons could future dynasties learn from it?

Friday:  The Han Dynasty
Homework (due Tuesday, April 30):  read pages 269-272 (stop at "The Song Dynasty") and write a response to the following:  in what ways did the Sui and Tang dynasty resemble the Qin and Han Dynasties?  Explain the reasons for these similarities.

Modern World

Monday: The Rise of the Nazi Party in Germany
Homework (due Tuesday):  read pages 733-737 (stop at "World War II") and write a response to the following:  what enabled both Germany and Japan to become more aggressive as the 1930's went on?  What lessons are there to be learned from this period?

Tuesday:  Stalin's Russia and the Paths to War
Homework (due Wednesday):  work on your research papers

Wednesday:  The Beginning of World War II
Homework (due Friday):  read pages 737-741 (stop at "The Last Years of the War") and write a response to the following:  in what ways was World War II similar to World War I?  In what ways was it different?

Friday:  World War II
Homework (due Tuesday, April 30):  read pages 741-743 and write a response to the following:  what were the major events that led to the defeat of Germany and Japan in 1945?  Which do you think is the most significant and why?

United States History

Monday:  America:  The Story of Us "Bust"
Homework (due Tuesday, 5th period; due Thursday, 6th period):  read pages 737-746 (stop at "The Second New Deal") and write a response to the following:  what were the major components of the New Deal and how effective were they?

Tuesday 5th Period:  The New Deal
Homework (due Wednesday, 5th period):  study for the test on chapters 22 and 23 

Wednesday:  Test on Chapters 22-23

Thursday 6th period:  The New Deal

Homework for both classes (due Friday):  work on your papers

Friday:  The 2nd New Deal
Homework (due Tuesday, April 30 5th period; due Wednesday May 1 6th period): read pages 767-773 and write a response to the following:  what were the major causes of World War II for Europe and the United States?

United States History World War I and 1920's Test Review

This test on World War I (chapter 22) and the 1920's (chapter 23)
Test date:  Wednesday, April 24

World War I:

• Overall causes of the war (MANIA)
• General characteristics of warfare on the Western Front (trenches, no man's land, weapons, casualties, etc.)
• The reasons for U.S. involvement
• Unrestricted submarine warfare
• Loans to Britain and France
• Public sentiment (Lusitania, Zimmerman Note, etc)
• U.S. participation in the war
• increasing the size of the U.S. Army
• military contributions in 1918
• The home front
• War Industries Board
• Women at work
• Propaganda/dealing with dissent (Espionage and Sedition Acts)
• Wilson and the Peace
• Wilson's 14 Points (especially the League of Nations)
• The Treaty of Versailles and the treatment of Germany
• U.S. reaction to the Treaty of Versailles

The 1920's:

• The challenges of 1919
• Racial tensions, labor tensions, immigrant tensions
• U.S. Culture and Society following WW I
• Economic Growth and consumerism
• Jazz and silent films
• Women and the 19th Amendment
• The causes of the Great Depression
  

Format:  15 multiple choice (3 pts each), 45 points; 2 essay questions (choose 1); 55 points.

Ancient World History Early and High Middle Ages Test Review

Test Date:  Friday, April 19

What is this test on?

This test is on Chapter 12 of your textbook and all related material

Format:  15 multiple choice questions (3 points each); choice of 2 essay questions (pick one).

What do I need to know?

• The major institutions of early Medieval Europe, including:
• Feudalism—terms associated with it; how it worked; advantages and disadvantages
• Manorialism—what made up a manor; purpose it served; relationship to feudalism (see pages 334-335 of your textbook)
• Warfare—how wars/battles were fought and why; technology; characteristics of warriors/soldiers
• The Church—spiritual, political, and social roles; the hierarchy
• Kingship—characteristics of kings; power of kings
• The re-emergence of towns and new technologies
• The medieval university and the culture of the early and high middle ages

• Major historical people, events, and developments, including:
• The transition from the Roman Empire to early Medieval Europe
• King Clovis and the Merovingian Dynasty
• Charles Martel and the Battle of Tours
• The Carolingian Dynasty; Charlemagne; the Carolingian Empire and its fate
• The Vikings and their significance
• Anglo-Saxon Britain and the Norman Conquest
• The Crusades
• The First Crusade
• The Battle of Manzikert, 1071
• Alexius I's call for aid and Urban's response
• Motivations for the Crusade
• Major events:  Niceae, Dorylaum, Antioch, Jerusalem
• The Third Crusade
• Saladin and Richard
• The Fourth-Eighth Crusades
• The "Other" Crusades

Week 32: April 15-19

Ancient World

Monday-Thursday:  The Crusades and review of the Early/High Middle Ages
Homework:  work on researching for your papers and study for the the test on chapter 12

Friday:  Test on Chapter 12
Homework (due Monday):  Thesis, Outline, and Bibliography due


Modern World

Monday: 1917--The Great Depression
Homework (due Tuesday):  Study for the test on chapter 23

Tuesday:  Test on Chapter 23
Homework (due Wedensday):  read pages 725-727 and write a response to the following:  what led to the creation of totalitarian/fascist governments in the 1930's?  Could such a thing happen again today?  Explain.

Wednesday:  The Emergence of Fascism
Homework (due Friday):  read pages 728-733 (stop at "The Path to War") and write a response to the following:  in what ways were Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia similar?  In what ways were they different?

Friday:  Nazism and Stalinism
Homework (due Monday):  Thesis, Outlines, and Bibliographies

United States History

Monday:  Popular Culture in the 1920's
Homework (due Tuesday, 5th period; due Wednesday, 6th period):  none; research for your papers

Tuesday 5th Period/Wednesday 6th period:  Jazz, Silent Films, and American Identity in the 1920's
Homework (due Wednesday, 5th period; due Thursday, 6th period): read pages 727-734 and write a response to the following:  what were the primary causes of the Great Depression?  What lessons can we apply from the start of the Great Depression to the present?

Wednesday 5th Period/Thursday 6th Period:  The Great Depression
Homework (due Friday):  work on your papers

Friday:  5th period--Library research; 6th period--no class due to talent show
Homework (due Monday):  Thesis, outline, and bibliography

Modern World World War I and the 1920's Test Review

Test Date:  Tuesday, April 16

This test will cover chapter 23 in your textbook and all related class material.

What do I need to know?

• The major causes leading up to WWI, including

• Nationalism
• Militarism
• The alliance system
• The war plans and their details
• The European’s perception of what war would be like
• The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand

• The major military operations of each year of the war (the ones we covered in class—if you have a specific question about one, let me know)

• The characteristics of the warfare, including:

• Trench warfare
• The use of new weapons—what they were and their impacts
• The loss of life
• The characteristics and impact of “Total War”

• The reasons for and significance of U.S. involvement in the war

• The reasons for and significance of the Russian Revolution

• The peace process, including the major participants, their agendas, and the implications of the Treaty of Versailles

• The attempts at recovery after the war, The Great Depression, and the war’s impact on art and culture

What is the format of the test?

• 15 multiple choice questions, each worth 3 points (45 points total)
• 2 response questions, you choose 1, each worth 55 points

Week 31: April 8-12

Ancient World

Monday:  The Feudalism Game, continued
Homework (due Tuesday): None


Tuesday:  The Feudalism Game, colcluded
Homework (due Wednesday):  Paper Topics due


Wednesday: High Medieval Intellectual and Cultural Developments
Homework (due Thursday):  Begin researching for your papers


Thursday:  The Crusades, Part I
Homework (due Friday):  research for your papers


Friday:  The Crusades, Part II
Homework (due Monday):  Review chapter 12--test on chapter 12 TBA; continue researching for your papers; devise a thesis and plan your outline

 

Modern World

Monday: 1917--The Collapse of Russia
Homework (due Tuesday):  none



Tuesday:  The End of the War and the Treaty of Versailles
Homework (due Wedensday):  paper topic due; read pages 686-691 (stop at "In Pursuit of a New Reality") and write a response to the following:  what were the major causes of the Great Depression and how did it impact areas around the world?



Wednesday:  The "Roaring 20's" and the Great Depression
Homework (due Friday):  read pages 691-694 and write a response to the following:  how did WW I impact intellectualism and artistic expression in the years that followed it?  What is your reaction to these artistic movements?



Friday:  Art after World War I
Homework (due Monday):  Study for the test on Chapter 23 and all related material--test date:  Monday, April 15



United States History

Monday:  The U.S. and WW I
Homework (due Tuesday, 5th period; due Wednesday, 6th period):  none; paper topics due 6th period


Tuesday 5th Period/Wednesday 6th period:  The Homefront during WWI and the Treaty of Versailles
Homework (due Wednesday, 5th period; due Thursday, 6th period): paper topics due 5th period read pages 698-792 and write a response to the following:  how would you describe the year 1919?  What was the cause(s) for the events that defined this year?


Wednesday 5th Period/Thursday 6th Period:  1919
Homework (due Friday):  read pages 705-713 (stop at "A New National Culture") and write a response to the following:  what defined the "New Era" of the 1920's?  Was this a continuation or a departure from Wilsonian Progressivism?

Friday:  The 1920's
Homework (due Monday):  read pages 713-718 (stop at "Redefining American Identity") and write a response to the following:  how did American popular culture change during the 1920's?  How are all of these changes still impacting the U.S. today?

Marking Period 4 Research Paper Directions

Ancient, Modern, and United States History

Mr. Layne

Project Directions, Marking Period 4

What is the project?

Your project for this marking period is to develop a research paper using conventions of the discipline of history about a topic related to your respective history class.

What is the purpose of this project?

To introduce you to historical research and writing:  choosing a topic, conducting research, developing a thesis, supporting your thesis with evidence, and presenting it in the form of a well written paper.

When is this project due?

You actually have several due dates:

• Wednesday, April 10:  topic due
• Monday, April 22:  thesis, outline and bibliography due (will count as a separate quiz grade)
• Wednesday, May 1:  optional draft due (it need not be complete)
• Friday, May 10: final paper due

What Topics can I choose?

That depends on what class you are in:

• Ancient World:  Any topic  from 500 C.E-1500 C.E. relating to World History
• Modern World:  Any topic between 1850-Present  relating to World History
• United States History:  Any topic between 1865-Present relating to U. S. History

How much of my grade is this project worth?

This project will be worth 35% of your marking period grade

How will this project be graded?

You will be graded on the following criteria:

• Meeting the due date
• Correct spelling, grammar, and formatting
• Use of primary and secondary sources; strength of overall evidence
• Strength of the thesis and overall substance of the paper
• Strength of conclusions

What do you mean by “conventions of the discipline of history?”

That means that I expect you to cite your sources using footnotes or endnotes and a works cited page using the “Chicago Style” format.  Don’t worry if you have no idea what this means—I’ll be going over it with you in class well before the final paper is due.

How many sources do I need to use (College Prep)?

You must have minimum of 5 sources—2 of which must be primary.  You may not use Internet secondary sources (like Wikipedia).  You may not use your textbook as a source.  You may not use general encyclopedias (World Book, Britannica, etc.).  Primary sources found on the Internet from reputable sites are acceptable.

How long does this paper need to be (College Prep)?

It must be a minimum of 1,000-1,250 words (approximately 4-5 pages).  Any attempt to make your paper appear longer than it actually is (large font, weird spacing, etc.) will result in your grade being penalized.  The paper should have standard margins and be typed in 12 point Times New Roman font.

What if I am taking this course for Honors Credit?

If you are taking this course for Honor’s Credit, then you need to meet a few additional requirements:

• To allow you to conduct both broader and more in-depth research, you must have a minimum of 7 sources—3 of which must be primary.  You may not use Internet secondary sources (like Wikipedia).  You may not use your textbook as a source.  You may not use general encyclopedias (World Book, Britannica, etc.).  Primary sources found on the Internet from reputable sites are acceptable.

• To allow you to write a paper of greater substance, the paper must be a minimum of 1,250-1,750 words (approximately 5-7 pages).  Any attempt to make your paper appear longer than it actually is (large font, weird spacing, etc.) will result in your grade being penalized.  The paper should have 1-inch margins all around and should have a font no larger than 12 pt. (my preferred font is Times New Roman).
• To allow you the opportunity for greater communication, you will prepare a 5-7 minute presentation on your topic, which you will present for the class.
  • This presentation must include the following:
    • The topic of your paper and your thesis
    • A brief overview of your research methods and the sources you used—both primary and secondary
    • A brief overview of the main points of your paper
    • What your paper concludes
    • Question/Answer period

You may prepare a power point to accompany your presentation.  The power point must enhance the presentation and not serve to replace it.

You may use notes for your presentation; you should not simply stand up and read your paper.

What if I have more questions?

Ask me—at the beginning or end of class, in the halls, via email, whatever—just ask.

Week 30: April 1-5

Ancient World

Tuesday:  1066

 

Homework (due Wednesday): none

 

Wednesday:  The End of the Early Middle Ages and an examination of Feudalism

 

Homework (due Thursday):  read pages 335-342 (stop at England in the High Middle Ages) and write a response to the following:  in what ways, based on this reading, did the High Middle Ages differ from the Early Middle Ages?  What brought about these changes?

 

Thursday:  The High Middle Ages:  Society

 

Homework (due Friday):  read pages 342-350 (stop at "The Culture of the High Middle Ages") and write a response to the following:  in what ways, according to this reading, did religion change from the Early Middle Ages through the High Middle Ages?  What brought about these changes?

 

Friday:  Religion in the High Middle Ages

 

Homework (due Monday): read pages 350-355 and write a response to the following:  what were the major intellectual and cultural developments of the High Middle Ages, and how do those accomplishments still impact us today?

 

Modern World

Tuesday:  The Great War, 1916

Homework (due Wednesday):  None

 

Wednesday:  The Great War at Home and "Total War"

 

Homework (due Friday):  none

 

Friday:  1917

 

Homework (due Monday):  read pages 682-686 (stop at "An Uncertain Peace") and write a response to the following:  what were the primary goals of President Wilson during the peace process in 1918-1919?  How successful was he at achieving those goals?

United States History

Tuesday 5th period/Wednesday 6th period:  The United States and World War I

Homework (due Wednesday 5th period; Thursday 6th period):  read pages 673-679 and write a response to the following:  how important was American involvement in determining the outcome of WW I?  Why?

 

Wednesday 5th period/Thursday 6th period:  Deciding World War I

 

Homework (due Friday):  read pages 680-691 (stop at Moral Reform, Family Welfare, and Prohibition) and write a response to the following:  what is the relationship between WWI and the Women's Movement?  Do you think the 19th Amendment could have happened without World War I?

 

Friday:  The Social and Cultural Impacts of World War I

Homework (due Monday):  read pages 691-698 (stop at "Racial Strife . . .") and write a response to the following:  how effective was Wilson's influence on the peace process to end World War I?  How was he viewed as a leader in the aftermath of the treaty negotiations?