OK,
I tried to do a little too much on Friday. We can take a couple minutes
at the top here to check in regarding the DBQ packet, the Rape of
Nanking, the "Words of World War II" (now due by Tuesday, February 16th) or anything else that came at you a little too quickly last
session.
Here's an interesting article from today's Foreign Policy website on Hitler's book: "How to Discredit Mein Kampf."
The plan for today is pretty simple. Both in your reading and in our class activities, the war has broken out on all fronts. We're going to have each of you specialize in one of those "fronts." We'll have groups of you presenting back to us starting next Tuesday in a number of different ways. By the end, you should have a better feeling for the significant occurrences on various fronts in the war.
The plan for today is pretty simple. Both in your reading and in our class activities, the war has broken out on all fronts. We're going to have each of you specialize in one of those "fronts." We'll have groups of you presenting back to us starting next Tuesday in a number of different ways. By the end, you should have a better feeling for the significant occurrences on various fronts in the war.
Here are the six "fronts" from which you will be "reporting":
- War in Europe
- War in North Africa
- The Russian Front
- The Holocaust
- War in the Pacific
- The United States and the War
Each of these timelines can be found here. I simply edited down much longer timelines from "The History Place" and "sorted" the events by fronts.
World War II Timeline "Reports"
Once
you have your group set, the rest of the block will be yours to
prepare. I'm expecting all groups to be ready to go when we get back together in a week. We'll set
a tentative order at the hour's end, but I will not hesitate to put
groups that aren't making good use of time go earlier...
Assume
that you have a maximum of 20 minutes to walk us through the events of
your timeline. (15 minutes would be a reasonable minimum.) Although the
presentations will no doubt differ a bit due to their content, I'm
expecting each group's presentation to include these items...
"Reporting Live..."
- For at least three of your events, a group member should report "live"
from the scene. Basically, I'm thinking you will give us a minute or so
as if you were there, reporting on what is happening/what happened and
why it is/was significant. You can decide how creative to be, but the
basic task should be clear enough. (You can certainly do this for more
than three events if you'd like.)
"Where in the World?" -
I've got some pretty good maps you are welcome to use on the overhead.
You also can use other maps on the computer projector. Basically, be
sure we understand the geographic context for your information.
Visuals -
As many of you have already noticed, we're covering an event that was
well-recorded photographically and on film. Seeing something visual to
accompany several of your events seems like a reasonable expectation.
You need to make sure you are crediting the original sources, but Eyewitness to History - World War II might be useful to you.
You
are certainly free to put your own spin on these requirements, but I
think the basic requirements are pretty straight-forward. Obviously,
you'll be expected to show the proper level of decorum for your
particular events as well.
HOMEWORK for next session - Tuesday, February 16th
Continue reading in Chapter 32 with Section 3, "The Holocaust." (pp. 936 - 939) The quiz will be true/false.
Your
groups should be ready for your "World War II Timeline Reports."
We won't get them all in, but you should still all be ready.
Your "Between the Wars" assignment is due today, and your "Words of World War II" blog posting is now due before Tuesday, February 16th. (You should post that on Lesson #14's blog entry.)
Your "Between the Wars" assignment is due today, and your "Words of World War II" blog posting is now due before Tuesday, February 16th. (You should post that on Lesson #14's blog entry.)
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