Tonight's HW Periods 2 and 4

Please CLICK HERE for the assignment.

The QUESTION:

Given these materials and what you have learned about the Korematsu case, do you think that the Supreme Court erred in its 1944 decision? In what way, if any, do the events of September 11, 2001, affect your decision? Explain.

Please post your responses here. Thanks!

WWII Study Guide

World War II Study Guide:

Exam Date: Monday 4/28/09

Multiple Choice and Thematic Essay

Multiple Choice: approximately 10 vocab questions, 25-30 m/c (A, B, C, D) questions (the questions will be based off the information in the “multiple choice” table below. The multiple choice questions will all come from the regentsprep.org website.

Here\'s a Link to the Multiple Choice Questions!

Thematic Essay Topic: Supreme Court Cases Concerning Constitutional Civil Liberties

Task: Using the case of Korematsu vs. United States,
• Discuss the facts of the case (what do you know about it?)
• Identify a specific constitutional civil liberty issue addressed by the Supreme Court (what rights were in question)
• Discuss how the decision of the Supreme Court either expanded or limited a specific constitutional civil liberty in the United States (how did the decision affect how people were able to use that right?)

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ACCEPTABLE INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION. DO NOT START THE ESSAY “I AM GOING TO TALK ABOUT.”

Vocab
Appeasement
Washington Naval Conference
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Neutrality Act
Lend-Lease Act
Executive Order 9066
Rationing
Manhattan Project
Internment
Nuremburg Trials
Destroyer-for-Bases Deal

Multiple Choice:
How did Women and Minorities benefit from WWII?
The US policy at the start of WWII.
Can the government limit your civil rights during wartime?
Why were Japanese people interned during the war?
The purpose, or the importance of the Lend-Lease Act and Destroyers-for-Bases Deal
What was a violation of Civil Rights that occurred during WWII
Why did President Truman decide to use Atomic Weapons vs. Japan?
Reasons for the policy of Isolationism
WHY did the US get into WWII (not just Pearl Harbor)?
What was the “Munich Mistake?”
Effect of the Korematsu v. US Decision?
How people on the “home front” helped the war effort

Thematic:
Korematsu v. US (1944)
Supreme Court Case
Information can be found on pages 802-803 of your textbook.

You may bring a cheat-sheet no bigger than ONE (1) Post-It Note (2”x 2”) to use during the test.

Tonight's HW Period 4 ONLY!

Read the following passage, and answer the questions below.

After Pearl Harbor was bombed in December 1941, the American military became concerned about an attack from the Japanese on the mainland of the United States. There were many people of Japanese descent living on the West Coast at the time and the American government was worried that they might aid the enemy. However, at the time there was no proven case of espionage or sabotage on the part of Japanese or Japanese Americans in the United States.

Nonetheless, in February 1942, General DeWitt, the commanding officer of the Western Defense Command, recommended that “Japanese and other subversive persons” be removed from the West Coast. President Franklin D. Roosevelt soon signed Executive order 9066, which allowed military authorities to enact curfews, forbid people from certain areas, and to move them to new areas. Congress then passed a law imposing penalties for people who ignored these orders. Many Japanese and Japanese Americans on the West Coast were moved to camps farther inland. This was called internment. Japanese Americans were forced to sell their homes and personal belongings and to move to the camps. They were required to live in barracks which did not having running water or cooking facilities.

Fred Korematsu was born in America of Japanese parents. He tried to serve in the United States military, but was rejected for poor health. When Japanese internment began in California, Korematsu moved to another town. He also had some facial surgery and claimed to be Mexican-American. He was later arrested and convicted of violating an order that banned people of Japanese descent from the area of San Leandro, California.

Korematsu challenged his conviction in the courts. He said that Congress, the President, and the military authorities didn’t have the power to issue the relocation orders. He also said that because the order only applied to people of Japanese descent, the government was discriminating against him on the basis of race.

The government argued that the evacuation of all Japanese Americans was necessary to protect the country because there was evidence that some were working for the Japanese government. The government said that because there was no way to tell the loyal from the disloyal, all Japanese Americans had to be treated as though they were disloyal.

The federal appeals court agreed with the government. Korematsu appealed this decision and the case came before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Questions to Consider:
1. In your own words, explain why Korematsu was arrested.
2. The United States was also at war with Germany and Italy. Yet people of German and Italian descent were not gathered up for internment as a group like the Japanese. Why do you suppose the Japanese were treated this way?
3. In times of war, governments often must balance the needs of national security with the civil rights of its citizens.
4. In your opinion, did the internment order find the right balance between these competing values?

Tonight's HW 4/21/09 PERIOD ONE ONLY

THIS ASSIGNMENT IS FOR PERIOD 1 STUDENTS ONLY!
There is an ancient saying in the law that "In time of war the laws are silent."

• What do you think this means?


• Do you agree with it?


• Why?

CLICK HERE for more info

Post your responses no later than 11:59 pm

This Week's Assignment - "20th Century Film Festival"

CLICK HERE FOR THE ASSIGNMENT.

WWII NOTES

Tonight's HW and Break Assignment

CLICK HERE.  Print the following pages, and bring them with you to class tomorrow.  

This assignment is based on chapter 25 of the RED textbook.   Ignore the page numbers on the website.  

We will be working on this during class tomorrow.  Please be advised that if you and your team-mates finish the entire assignment in class tomorrow, then you will not have an assignment over the break.  If you do not finish the assignment, you will have to finish the entire assignment by yourself over the break.  

I will be publishing notes and other important information shortly.  Please stay tuned.  

Tonight's HW - WWII DBQ Essay

Hello, Everyone: 

For tonight's HW, everyone MUST complete their DBQ Essay.   Here are the things that must be turned in.  If you'd like, print the list, and use it as a checklist. 

1.  The DBQ Packet.  If you don't have the DBQ packet, please print it out.  

2.  The completed short answers, either on looseleaf, or your printed packet. 

3.  The outline of your essay

4.  Rough Draft

5.  Final Draft

6.  Grading Rubric.  

Tonight's HW

1.  COMPLETE any of the Documents from the DBQ which you did not finish.  If you need the DBQ, please refer to the links on April 2's post.  

2.  COMPLETE an OUTLINE of the essay.  

3.  COMPLETE a ROUGH DRAFT of your essay.   

Please note that your rough draft is DUE on MONDAY!!! 

NO EXCEPTIONS!!!

Tonight's HW 4/2/09

ALL CLASSES (Period 2 and 4) 

CLICK HERE AND PRINT THE DBQ.  This DBQ is from the June 2005 Regents Exam. Remember, you only have to print the DBQ section, and not the whole exam.  

Answer the short answer questions.   When you have finished please create an outline of your essay.  

For Period 4 ONLY:  We will spend the first HALF of the period going over the Short Answers.   After we review the short answers, then we will discuss the outline.  REMEMBER, your essay is due Monday!                 

HW for Wed April 1st - The Road to War

CLICK HERE to watch the video.  In case you weren't sure, you need your POWER MEDIA PLUS account password to view the video.  

1. Discuss the lasting effects of the Treaty of Versailles. 

2. Describe examples of the rise of Communism, Fascism, National 

Socialism, and Militarism. 

3. Explain the weaknesses / failures of the League of Nations during the 

rise of dictators in Europe. 

4. What was the United States’ role in the years leading up to World 

War II? 

5. Describe the Neutrality Acts established by the United States. 

6. Explain the United States reaction to Churchill’s request for assistance 

in fighting Germany. 

7. Describe the events leading up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. 

8. What role did the Spanish Civil War play in the World War? 

9. What was the role of both the Allied and Axis powers in the years 

prior to World War II? 

Period 2 HW - VERY IMPORTANTE!!!

Period 2:  

1.  PLEASE CLICK HERE, DOWNLOAD and PRINT.  For bonus points, print a copy for a friend, and bring to class with you tomorrow.   

2.  REVIEW pp.  740-741 in your textbook, and READ pp.  756-760.  

3.  CLICK HERE.  Listen to, and take notes on Topic 4 "American Isolationism."  

4. CLICK HERE.  Complete questions 4, 6, 9, and 13.  Please copy the questions and the correct answer.  

Period 2 Cooperative Groups week of 3/30/09

The following are your groups for the week of March 30.  If you are not in Period 2 US H&G, this post does not apply to you.  

Please note that these groups are not negotiable.  Please do not ask me if you can change your group because "we don't get along," or "we have problems."  Note that these groups are also not permanent; when the assignment is over, your group will be as well.  

Group 1: Andre B, Ariadne R, Anthony S, Alyssa L, Daniel P, Victoria E, Philip L 

Group 2:  Haidy V, Gabby V, Maria S, Andrew V, Domenico R, Johanna H, Brittany B

Group 3:  Katherine P, Anastasia I, Benjamin S, Angela R, David L, Tony P

Group 4:  Nick M, Stefani G, Alexandra B, Brent O, Moses A, Allison O.H., Lefki A. 

Based on your Group number, you will have a specific assignment to do tonight.  Please note that all of tonight's HW comes out of the RED textbook. 

Please CLICK HERE for your assignment.

Tonight's HW - 3/27/09

Period 2: Review for your exam on the Great Depression and New Deal on Monday!

Period 4:

1. Read Chapter 24 in your Textbook.

2. CLICK HERE for the Section Assignments. After reading the textbook, each group will be responsible for the following sections. Please note that the assignment is based on the teams you were on in class Yesterday and Wednesday.

TEAM 1: pp. 734-741

TEAM 2: pp. 742-747

TEAM 3: pp. 748-755

Team 4: pp. 756-762

Understand that you will be responsible for teaching the material in your section to the other teams, so be ready!

Tonight's HW

HARD TIMES  

Directions:

 

1.  Explore the photographs of the Great Depression on the website listed below. 

2.  Select one of the photographs and write a news article that would have been in the newspaper during the 1930s that corresponds to the photo. 

3.  Remember to include the title of the article and the six main components of an article: who, what, when, where, why, and how.  

Website: http://newdea1.feri.org/library/index.htm  

Make sure you include...

Title of selected photograph: ____________________________  

TITLE OF ARTICLE: 

Tonight's HW

For those people NOT exempt from the Assignment: 

Review P. 708 in the textbook.  

Using the chart of the New Deal Agencies, create a chart, or graphic organizer that classifies the various actions as either RELIEF, RECOVERY and REFORM!   

Tonight's HW

For tonight's HW, your mission is to complete ANY of the sections of the group assignment that you did not finish.

1. CLICK HERE FOR THE VOCAB WORDS
2. CLICK HERE FOR THE DBQ . Answer the DBQ Questions ONLY.
3. Short Answer Questions: CLICK HERE FOR THE PRESENTATION
What economic factors and conditions made the American economy appear prosperous in the 1920s?

• What economic factors and conditions made the American economy appear prosperous in the 1920s?
• What were the basic economic weaknesses in the American economy in the late 1920s?
• What events led to the stock market crash of October 1929?
• What were the effects of the crash on the economy of the United States and the world?

• How did the Great Depression develop?
• What was the human impact of the Great Depression?
• Why was the Dust Bowl so devastating?
• What was President Hoover’s basic philosophy about the proper role of government?
• What actions did Hoover take in response to the Great Depression?
• How did the nation respond to Hoover’s efforts?

The Multiple Choice Questions will be posted on the blog later this evening. Everything is due tomorrow at the start of class.

Tonight's HW - 3-17-09

1. READ pp. 694-707 in your RED textbook.
2. COMPLETE:

• "Terms and Names" on p. 700 and 707
  
• "Analyzing Political Cartoons" p. 699 #1
  
• "History Through Photojournalism" #1, and #2 p. 703
  
• Copy "Visual Summary" p. 728
  

New Deal Presentation

Tonight's HW

Tonight's HW is based on the video, and class discussion from today.

1. Review the Presentation that was posted yesterday on the Great Depression.

2. Review the Video America in the 20th Century. At this point, everyone should have a POWER MEDIA PLUS! account. If you don't follow previous links to get one.

3. After viewing the video, watch, and listen to the lecture. You are responsible for TAKING NOTES.

4. After completing steps 1 and 2, answer the following questions

1. What was the cause of the 1929 stock market crash?
2. Discuss the causes and consequences of the Great Depression.
3. Describe the attempts made to deal with the crisis.
4. What were Hoover's efforts to resolve the Depression?
5. Explain the purpose ofFDR's New Deal and its accomplishments.
6. List some of the work provided for the unemployed and other methods of direct assistance.
7. Compare and contrast the views of those who opposed and those who supported the New Deal.
8. Describe the cause for the second New Deal and its outcome.
9. Discuss the effect the New Deal had on women and minorities.
10. What were some of the effects the New Deal had on American culture?