Today we tried to figure out why the United States hated the Soviet Union and what they stood for at the beginning of the Cold War. Here is the document: capitalism_v._communism1
In the class info section there is the form you need to follow to reassess a summative assessment. Here it is as well: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F8XMnGrbUmRULxbFB0b3KxwBDNUa-1_T3rYIPtYRiH8/edit
Today we had a test on WWII.
The following people need to also write 3 reasons explaining either why the U.S. should or should not have used nuclear weapons against Japan. Each reason should be a paragraph.
2nd hour: Ruqaya Alsiyaghy, Gehan Alkubati, Tia Boone, Jazmine Chami
6th hour: Nour Alaboosi, Mohamed Buabkr, Jake Naar
If you were not here today for the test you have to make it up either before or after school Monday.
Today we did a close reading of the Yalta Conference. Here are the materials for this. Yalta Conference Breakdown
Do not forget: TEST FRIDAY NO MATTER WHAT! If there’s a snow day it will be postponed until Monday.
Attached are all the documents we used: America Tomorrow, Background on Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles, Detroit Race Riots 1943, Home as a Horse Stall Japanese Internment Story, Problems with Minorities in WWII, Zoot Suit Riots Lesson Plan
You need to Talk to the Text on ALL the documents and fill out the chart. That will be due when you walk into class tomorrow (Wednesday 2/24)
Also, don’t forget, WWII TEST FRIDAY (even if there’s a snow day this week).
Here is the rubric for the Socratic Circle: Nuclear Bombs Socratic Circle
The information for it is all from the previous day’s blog post.
It will be 15 points summative
We watched these two videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NF4LQaWJRDg, and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcJ_xGvnBdU and looked at these slides: Hiroshima pics to do the following assignment: Atomic_Bomb_fact_video_and_reasons_questions
Today we did some island hopping. Here are the details for it. Island Hopping Activity
Your paragraphs on the homefront are due today.
The guidelines in case you missed it:
Explain why WWII was either good or bad for America.
For today’s assignment, email me at Maynarj1@dearbornschools.org and I will send it to you.
Today we gathered information from these two sources to figure out what the US had to do to prepare for WWII after the attack on Pearl Harbor.