20th Century
Unit 5
World War I links on the Web
Links to Units
unit activities
World War I test link
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
12 (February)
Chapter 25.1
NIMS
Start WW I Reconnaissance groups
Players Film 
13
Ch. 25.2
Battles of WWI research groups
List of WWI uniforms
14
Grammar 
Introduce 
To Kill a Mockingbird
Research
Ch. 25.3 (824-826)
15
Ch. 25.4 WWI 
WWI project due at beginning of period
start battle
TKM
Chapters 1-3
16
TKM Ch. 4-6
Ch. 27.1 (ottoman)
" In the Trenches"
death totals for  WWI
War and Peace
19
President's Day
20 Ch. 26.1
Treaty of Versailles & League of Nations
map of member nations
Letter home
21
Russian Revolution of 1917**
Nicholas II other leaders
Chapter 25.3 up to pg. 824
22 Rise of Dictators
Profile of Dictator "Stalin"
Chapter 26.2 (845-850)
TKM 12-13
26 Rise of Dictators
Chapters 26.2 (842-845)
"Mussolini"
27 TKM 21-26
Chapter 26.3 
(pgs 851-853)
prompt
Nazi Creed
Ideologies
28
Chapter 18.3 & Ch. 24 p. 792-794
Japan
Tea Ceremony
Manchuria 
Pacific Arena
1 (march)
To Kill A Mockingbird Test
Chapter 26.3
(pgs. 853-858)
2 Chapter 26.4
Rise of Dictators
Hitler
5
TKM test
strategies for trial
Book analysis list
6
TKM trial
8
Research
9
Early Out
End of 3rd Session
Progress Reports
Research
12Ch 28.2
Appeasement
Arenas of War
European Theater & Pacific Theater
13 grammar test
Receive teacher approved book choice
Arenas of War
14
Ch 28.3
Pearl Harbor
Search and Destroy
15
Areanas of War
16
Journal Entry #1
Nazi Concentration Camps
Plight of Jews
19  Spring Break 20 Spring Break 21 Spring Break 22 Spring Break 23 Spring Break
27
28.4 
President for a Day
Presidential Decision 
Slide show
Seal
Fat Man WWII death totals
28 
Vocabulary Test
Ch 28.2 & 3 Denazification
United Nations
29
Field trip to 1st Cav Muesum
Ch. 28.4 
Battles of Cold War
30
Soviet Leaders
2 (April)
Chapters 30.3 & 29.4
Battles of Cold War
3
Battles of Cold War
War Test
4
Unit Questions
Reading Notes due
5
Inside Out debate
6
Introduce Create a Nation
Outline essay
Inside Out debate
6 questions due based on Blooms
write essay
grading criteria
Chapters 24.3&4, 25, 26, 29, 30.1,2,&3, 34.2
#Handout of Prompt after that time Tutoring available
*Inside Out Debate 1/3 = 6 Questions based on Blooms Taxonomy (levels of learning)1/3 = Notes taken on outside must be complete 1/3 = Inside Debate based on points earned


General Objectives
Explain the causes and results of World War I and World War II
Describe the impact of the Great Depression on world events
Analyze the development of dictatorships around the world and the hardships of life under both fascists and communist dictatorships
Explain the impact of conflicting ideologies on present day world
Analyze the collapse of European colonial empires and the emergence of new nations, including the attempt to replace western globalism with Soviet influence
Explain Soviet stated goal of world communism and the growth of Soviet influence and ideology around the globe
Describe the emerging Eastern European countries since the division of the Soviet Union
Understand the importance of individual participation in civic affairs
Examine reasons why participation and decision making in civic affairs require knowledge, time and personal efforts
Explain the impact of conflicting ideologies on present day world


TEKS
Specific objectives
Weblinks to Social Studies Research
Unit Activities
In the Trenches
Search and Destroy
Holocaust
Judenrats
President for A Day
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Course Syllabus
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