Tonight's HW 4/30/2010

• READ pp. 604-609 in your RED TB
• Complete "Terms and Names" p. 609
• Complete questions 3&4 on p. 609

World War I Webquest - HW For This Weekend

Hello, Everyone:

We are beginning our next major assessment piece. The webquest is due MONDAY MAY 3rd (Mr. Tesler Day). Anyone who chooses not to complete the assignment will receive a grade of zero; sorry, no exceptions. This is an intensive assignment. DO NOT wait until the last minute to complete the assignment, or email me that you don't understand what to do, on the Sunday night before the project is due!

Here is a link to the project website.

Here is a link to the questions you must answer.

Here is the power point.

Click on the links above, and download the appropriate information. Please be PATIENT. These files are very large.

Directions: Using the video clips, and the slideshow, answer the questions that accompany each section. This is a very long, and very intensive project, so please make sure that you are working on it, in a timely manner.

Questions? Concerns? I'm in 353 every day till 3PM. Thanks!

Tonight's HW

For Thursday:

VIEW LECTURE 57 - Peace Conferences Please complete the PODCAST form that you used for last night's HW assignment.

On page 612 of your textbook.

COPY - VISUAL SUMMARY
Complete: "Main Ideas" #1-8

Online Quiz

Goin' HI-TECH!

CLICK HERE FOR THE QUIZ - Go old school with the answers, and write them on looseleaf, please. You are allowed to SKIP 5 questions. Please write the word "OMIT" next to the ones that you want to skip

HW Assignments Week of 4/19/2010

Hello, Everyone:

Here are your assignments for the week.

Monday Night - Please view, and listen to Lecture 56 - US Entry into WWI. Plese take notes, and complete the podcast sheet.

After listening to the lecture, and taking notes, on a separate paper, please complete the following terms.

• Central Powers
• Allied Powers
• Espionage Act
• Neutrality
• Propaganda
• Zimmerman telegram
• Sedition Act
• Red Scare
• Palmer raids
• Schenck v. United States
• George Creel
• Lusitania
• Bolsheviks
• Fourteen Points
• League of Nations
• Henry Cabot Lodge
• Big Four
• U-boats
• National War Labor Board
• Treaty of Versailles

Extra Credit Assignments

Assignment #1 - DBQ Essay CLICK HERE

Assignment #1A - DBQ Essay II CLICK HERE

Assignment #2 - "America in the 20th Century Film Festival"

1. CLICK HERE. PRINT the QUESTIONS.
2. CLICK HERE. You will be directed to a link for all EIGHT of the "America in the 20th Century" Videos. Again, for those of you who do not have a POWER MEDIA PLUS account, you must get one right away!
3. WATCH each of the videos. As with any lecture, or video, it's a great idea to take notes while you're watching.
4. Answer the questions, either on looseleaf, or type them up.

It is suggested that you work with a partner to do these. Why not make it a social event? Invite some friends over, get some pizzas, watch the videos together, and answer the questions together. Additionally, if enough people would like to do so, we can do screenings of the videos at lunch-time, or after-school.

Tonight's HW 4/16/2010

Here's tonight's HW.

1. Please watch the video America in the 20th Century - America Becomes a World Power. Remember, you need to have a PMP password in order to access the video.

2. After you finish the video, please answer the questions below. You may, if you are so inclined to do so, post the answers online.

America Becomes a World Power
1. Discuss how the United States tried to become a world power.
2. Compare and contrast the views of Imperialists and Anti-Imperialists.
3. How could the acquisition of Alaska benefit the United States?
4. Discuss some of the causes of the Spanish-American War.
5. Discuss the obstacles the Unites States had to face in order to gain control of the Caribbean and
Pacific regions.
6. Discuss the United States motivation to become involved in China with the Open Door Policy
and its effects on China.
7. Discuss the significance of Roosevelt's Great White Fleet.
8. Discuss the benefits the Panama Canal brought to the United States.
9. How does the Monroe Doctrine, created in 1823, emerge again in 1905?
10. Compare and contrast the foreign policies of the Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson administration.

HW Assignments Week of 4/12/2010

Hello RUSHers:

Here are HW assignments for the week. Expect a quiz/test shortly on Foreign Policy. Details to Follow

MONDAY NIGHT: Due Wednesday

Using your textbook, review book, the internet, and/or other sources, please look up the following terms. Please note that this is not just defining the words. One-Sentence answers will not be accepted. For each term, you must

1. Identify what it is (or was)

2. Its purpose (what was the point of it)

3. Causes and Effects

4. Its importance

1. Louisiana Purchase
2. Monroe Doctrine
3. Manifest Destiny
4. Spanish American War
5. Imperialism
6. Open Door Policy
7. Good Neighbor Policy
8. Organization of American States
9. Nationalism
10. Freedom of the Seas
11. Submarine Warfare
12. Fourteen Points
13. Treaty of Versailles
14. League of Nations
15. Isolationism

Tuesday Night - Due Thursday

Complete Lecture 54 and Lecture 55. Remember, you must complete a PODCAST sheet for each lecture

Thursday - TBA (to be announced)