Sunday, November 22, 2009

I shall return




The reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated. As such, we will continue forward as planned. The test will be Tuesday. The IA rough drafts are due by Tuesday. Be prepared to turn in a reading packet on Tuesday. If you have questions, I will continue to answer them here. I am assuming I will be back next Monday when we will start the Cold War and set up times to discuss the IA's. I hope you have a glorious Thanksgiving.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Another Opportunity for Dean to get 5 points of e.c.

I thought this one was interesting considering what we are studying. Do you think it is practical and appropriate for this individual to face prosecution? If so, should anyone, regardless of which side they fought on, be charged with war crimes if they killed civilians?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_nazi_investigation

Friday, November 6, 2009

World War II

1. Assess the social and economic causes of WWII.
2. Compare and contrast the causes of WWI and WWII?
3. Assess the long term and short term causes of WWII?
4. Why did the United States become involved in WWII?
5. Compare and Contrast naval warfare in WWI and WWII.
6. Evaluate the effectiveness of air power in WWII.
7. To what extent was WWII a total war
8. To what extent did technological developments ensure victory in WWII?
9. Assess the level of mobilization of one homefront during WWII.
10. Assess how one group of American minorities was affected by WWII
11. Assess the social and economic effects of WWII on one nation?
12. Assess the impact of WWII on the economy of the United States.
13. How did WWII effect women in the United States?
14. How did Soviet and Western visions of "the Peace" differ?
15. Analyze the results of WWII
16. What were the short term and long term results of WWII.

"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task." ~William James