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?