HW#11-3 Nationalism Essay

THEMATIC ESSAY QUESTION

Directions: Write a well-organized essay that includes an introduction, several paragraphs addressing the task

below, and a conclusion.

Theme: Nationalism

Throughout history, nationalist movements have begun in different countries and

regions with the hope of achieving either unification or independence. The results

of these movements have been mixed.

Task:

Select one country or region and

• Describe the historical circumstances that led the people of this country or

region to begin a nationalist movement

• Describe a goal of the nationalist movement

• Discuss a method used to achieve this goal

• Discuss the results of this nationalist movement on this country or region

You may use any country or region from your study of global history. Some suggestions you

might wish to consider include Germany, Kenya, India, China, Latin America, the Balkans,

and the Middle East

HW#10- 3 Essay - Political Systems

Theme:  Political Systems
Political systems have affected the history and culture of nations and societies.
Task:
Choose two different political systems and for each
• Describe the characteristics of the political system
• Discuss how the political system has affected the history or culture of a specific
nation or society
You may use any political systems from your study of global history.  Some suggestions you
might wish to consider include absolute monarchy, constitutional monarchy, parliamentary
democracy, direct democracy, theocracy, communism, and fascism.

HW#9-3 Nonpolitical revolutions Essay

THEMATIC ESSAY QUESTION
Directions: Write a well-organized essay that includes an introduction, several paragraphs addressing the task
below, and a conclusion.
Theme: Change
Not all revolutions are political. Nonpolitical revolutions have brought important
intellectual, economic, and/or social changes to societies.
Task:
Identify two nonpolitical revolutions that brought important intellectual,
economic, and/or social changes to societies and for each
• Describe one change brought about by this nonpolitical revolution
• Discuss an impact this nonpolitical revolution had on a specific society or
societies
You may use any nonpolitical revolution that brought important intellectual, economic,
and/or social changes from your study of global history. Some suggestions you might wish to
consider include the Neolithic Revolution (10,000–6,000 B.C.), the Commercial Revolution
(11th–18th centuries), the Scientific Revolution (16th–18th centuries), the Enlightenment
(17th–18th centuries), the Agricultural Revolution (18th–19th centuries), the Industrial
Revolution in Europe (18th–19th centuries), and the Green Revolution (late 20th century).
You are not limited to these suggestions. However, do not choose a political revolution
as one of your two revolutions.
Guidelines:

HW#7-3

Directions: Write a well-organized essay that includes an introduction, several paragraphs addressing the task below, and a conclusion.

Theme: Change - Turning Points

Political, economic, and social conditions have often led to turning points that have changed the course of history for nations and peoples.

Task:

•Identify two turning points from your study of global history.

·Describe the causes and key events that led to the turning point

·Explain how each turning point changed the course of history for nations and peoples

You may use any geographic feature from your study of global history. Do not use the United States in your answer Using the Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation

HW #8-3:

Create a BLPT card for 7 Turning Points and 4 cards for Ancient Civilization from Today. (Buy Index Cards/Highlighter/pencils)

HW #7-3A:

 Create a BLPT card for 7 Turning Points and 4 cards for Ancient Civilization from Today. (Buy Index Cards/Highlighter/pencils)

HW #6-3-Belief System Essay

THEMATIC ESSAY QUESTION

Directions: Write a well-organized essay that includes an introduction, several paragraphs addressing the task below, and a conclusion.

Theme: Belief Systems

There are a variety of belief systems practiced throughout the world today. Many of these beliefs have developed massive followings, and as a result, have had a considerable amount of influence on culture in the areas where they are practiced.

Task:

Choose two belief systems from your study of global history, and for each one:

·        Identify the nation or region where it was founded.

·        Describe two basic teachings of the belief system.

·        Discuss how the belief system has influenced the culture of the areas in which it is currently practiced.

You may use any example from your study of global history. Do not use the United States in your answer. Some suggestions that you may wish to consider include: Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam Buddhism, Shinto, Animism, Confucianism, and Taoism.

HW #5-3 Geography Essay and complete page 9 of the review guide.

THEMATIC ESSAY QUESTION

Directions: Write a well-

organized essay that includes an introduction, several

paragraphs addressing the task below, and a conclusion.

Theme: Geography

Task: Select one geographic feature from your study of global history.

Explain how this geographic feature has had an effect on the

historical development of two

nations or regions.

Be sure to include specific historical examples in your essay

You may use any geographic feature from your study of global history. Some

suggestions you might wish to consider include: river valley, mountain, desert, island,

rain forest, and climate. Do not use the United States in your answer.

HW #4-3: Create a BLPT cards (Buy Index Cards/Highlighter/pencils)

HW #4-3: Create a BLPT card for each question you missed on Friday’s Assessment. (Buy Index Cards/Highlighter/pencils)

HW #3-3 Human Rights Essay and complete chart.

THEME: Human Rights Violations— The human rights (“HR”) of many groups have been violated at different times in various nations and regions.  Efforts by governments, groups & individuals to resolve these rights violations have met with mixed results.
TASK:
• Describe one historical circumstance that led to a human rights violation in the nation or region;
• Describe one example of a human rights violation in that nation or region;
• Discuss the extent to which government, a group, or an individual made an attempt to resolve this human rights violation.

HW#2-3

In at least a paragraph create a realistic peace plan for the Arab-Israeli Conflict.  

HW #1-3

HW: Pretend you are either an Israeli or Arab historian.  In a brief paragraph, give an explanation of the conflict.  

HW #10-2 Nelson Mandela

The Life of Nelson Mandela.

Read the following passage about the life of Nelson Mandela. When you have finished, re-read the passage and then answers the questions on the question sheet.

Nelson Mandela was born in Umtata, South Africa, in 1918. As a student in the 1940s he became involved in the struggle against apartheid – the system which segregated people according to their color and took many basic rights away from black people in South Africa.

During this period he also became involved with the A.N.C. (the African National Congress), the political party which he would eventually lead. In 1952 he and his friend Oliver Tambo became the first black people to open and run a law firm in South Africa. A turning point for Nelson Mandela and for the ANC came in 1960 when the South African police killed 69 black people who were demonstrating against the government in Sharpeville.

As a result of these killings, the ANC decided that non-violent protests were not working. Soon after, Mandela was arrested and sent to prison.

During the years that Mandela was in prison (firstly on Robben Island and later in Pollsmoor Prison near Cape Town), the South African government came under more and more pressure to end the system of apartheid. In 1990 the white president F.W. de Clerk decided to release Nelson Mandela from prison. Two years later, de Clerk and his government began scrapping the laws which discriminated against black people.

In April 1994 South Africa held its first free election in which people of all races were allowed to vote. At this election Nelson Mandela was elected President of South Africa – the first black person to ever hold the office.

	1.	What was apartheid?  (1 pt)

	2.	What do the initials A.N.C. stand for?  (1 pt)

	3.	What job did Nelson Mandela begin doing in 1952?  (1 pt)

	4.	What happened to make the ANC decide that non-violent protest didn’t work?  (1 pt)

	5.	What were the black people doing when they were killed at Sharpeville in 1960?  (1 pt)

	6.	In which two places were Nelson Mandela imprisoned?  (1 pt)

	7.	When was Mandela released from jail?  (1 pt)

	8.	In what year did F.W. de Clerk’s government begin to scrap the system of apartheid?  (1 pt)

9.

Use your books or the internet to find out three more facts about South Africa

Homework# 11-2 Letter to a government officials.

Imagine you are a citizen of South Africa  during   Apartheid. Write a letter to a government official explaining what changes you think should be made in the country. Include an intro (explain what the problem is and why it's unfair), two changes that you would make to make life better for everyone, and a conclusion (explain what would happen if your changes aren't met.)

Homework #9-2 District 9 Create a diary entry, video, audio recording, graffiti or post an image imagining what it would be like to be a non human in South Africa during this time period.

Go to this website, you will create one post that contains one sentence describing what it would be like to be a non human in South Africa during this time period. 
With this, please accompany your statement with an image, video, or audio clip. Be sure to put your first name and last initial only and period of your class.

HW#8-2 Arguement

Generate Arguments: When you write a persuasive essay, you want to support your thesis statement with valid, convincing arguments.  Write down ideas for three arguments supporting the following thesis: The ANC was a valuable political party even though it did not affect the white-run government of South Africa for many years.

HW#7-2 Thesis Statement

Write a Thesis Statement: A persuasive essay seeks to convince its reader to accept the writer’s position on a topic.  To be effective the thesis statement must state a position that provokes valid arguments.  Write an effective thesis statement on the topic of economic nationalism in Latin America.

HW #6-2 Gravestone death of democracy.

Create a gravestone for the death of democracy in many African countries.  

Criteria for success: Your gravestone must include the following:

·        at least 4 pictures of the reasons why democracies often failed

·        at least 4 pictures of the kinds of things that happen under military dictatorships

·        at least 8 explanations next to the grave stone that explain what you drew
·     add color to your gravestone and  a map of Africa.

HW #5-2 Newspaper Africa

Create a newspaper headline for the following topics in Africa:

AIDS

Poverty

Economy

Genocide

Natural Resources

Each headline must have a picture and a caption describing that picture.

HW #3-2 India Pakistan possible conflict

Define:

Militant -

Defuse -

Decisive -

Skeptical -

Diplomacy -

Inflammatory -

What fears do you have about a possible war between Pakistan and India?

In your opinion, is the conflict between Pakistan and India an issue for the rest of the world to become involved in due to the fact that both countries have nuclear weapons which could pose a threat to other countries?  Would you feel different if these countries did not have nuclear weapons?  Explain your view(s).

How would Gandhi feel about the current situation?

What do you think it means to be “diplomatic?”

Do you think that the United States has a responsibility to defend the democratic world, or should it allow countries to fight their own battles?

What is the difference between “terrorism” and an “act of war?”

HW #4-2 Problems in Africa

 1. What are some problems in Africa?  
2. Who is responsible for Africa's problems?
3. How do we solve the problems in Africa?  
4. Why is desertification a problem?  

HW #2-2 Documents India

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Document #1
How can you ever dream of Hindu-Muslim unity? Everything pulls us apart: We (Muslims) have no intermarriages. We have not the same calendar. The Muslims believe in one God, and the Hindus are idolatrous. the Muslims believe in an equalitarian (equal) society, whereas the Hindus maintain their iniquitous (unfair) system of castes and leave 50 million untouchable to their tragic fate, at the bottom
of the social ladder. MOHAMMED ALI JINNAH (Leader of the Muslim league)
1.  How does Jinnah view the relationship between Indian Hindus and Indian Muslims?
2.What evidence supports your answer?

Document#2
Nehru faced other problems both within
and without. Sikhs pressed for their own state in the Punjab. Besides Hindi and English, fourteen other state languages were made official (they are all listed on India's currency notes). In foreign affairs, Nehru tried to be a leader of non-aligned nations, those siding with neither the United States nor the Soviet Union. At first
China responded favorably, but later attacked and humiliated India in a 1962 border war.
1. What does this document tell you about the problems Nehru faced in India?
2. What evidence supports your answer?

Document #3
A year after Nehru's death, his daughter, Indira Gandhi (no relation to Mohandas Gandhi), became prime minister during a period of monumental change for India. The Green
Revolution created high yield seeds which helped India's agricultural production, but
Large landowners who could afford the necessary irrigation and fertilization fared better
than small farmers. Indira Gandhi nationalized India’s largest banks and, later, its insurance
companies and coal mines. The country's economy stagnated and corruption sapped the
Government's strength to deal with economic concerns. In spite of these problems, India tested its first nuclear device in 1974.
Early on Indira Gandhi broke with the party bosses of Congress who thought they could control her. She formed the Congress (I) Party, a faction of the Congress Party, and won reelection in 1971. A 1975 court decision declared Gandhi's 1971 election victory had been illegally managed by a government employee. In response, she declared a state of emergency, suspended civil liberties, and jailed thousands of opponents.  Indira Gandhi lost the general election
Of 1977, but was victorious in 1980. In 1984, Sikh extremists, who wanted a separate state, took over the holiest Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple in Amritsar in the state of Punjab. Gandhi used massive military force to expel these extremists. In retaliation, two of Gandhi's own Sikh bodyguards gunned her down.
1.What does this document tell you about Indira Gandhi’s role in India's development?
2.What evidence supports your answer?

HW #1-2 Modern India

Homework #1-2 India
a. Identify: Gandhi, passive resistance, Indian National Congress, partition
b. How did Gandhi help India achieve independence?
c. Why did India face problems after gaining independence?
d. Was partition a good solution for India's problems? Why?
e. Why would nationalists in India and Pakistan favor the development of nuclear weapons?

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AIM: What was the Cambodian Genocide?

Khmer Rouge montage
The Killing Fields
Cambodian Genocide
Note system Cambodia
Pol Pot Slideshow
Homework

The Killing Fields

From 1975-1979, Pol Pot led the Khmer Rouge political party in a reign of violence, fear, and brutality over Cambodia. An attempt to form a Communist peasant farming society resulted in the deaths of 25% of the population from starvation, overwork, and executions. By 1975, the U.S. had withdrawn its troops from Vietnam, and Cambodia lost its American military support. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge seized control of Cambodia. Inspired by Mao’s Cultural Revolution in Communist China, Pol Pot attempted to “purify” Cambodia of western culture, city life, and religion. Different ethnic groups and all those considered to be of the “old society”, intellectuals, former government officials, and Buddhist monks were murdered. “What is rotten must be removed” was a slogan proclaimed throughout the Khmer Rouge era.

Learning Objectives: You will be able to discuss the turning points of WWII and analyze why the Allies were able to win the war.

Do Now:
1. What lesson could Hitler have learned from past wars and winters in Russia?
2. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

Smart Board Lesson

Learning Objective: You will be able to discuss Hitler’s attack on Russia and explain Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor.

Do Now: 
1. Why did the Axis Powers do so well at the beginning of World War II?
2. Who was Commodore Mathew Perry?

Smartboard Lesson

Learning Objective: You will be able to explain the Axis success throughout Europe and describe the fall of France and the Battle of Britain.

Do Now:
1. Why would the Germans want to make an agreement with Russia?
2. What alliances existed at the start of WWII?
3. Explain the causes of WWII?
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HW #1

1. Identify the following: a. D-Day b. the Atomic Bomb c. Pearl Harbor d. Hiroshima and Nagasaki e. Auschwitz

2. How did the United States become involved in World War II?

3. Why is D-Day considered the turning point of World War II?

4. In your opinion, was the U.S right in dropping a-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Learning Objective: You will be able to explain how the causes of WWI were similar to the causes of WWII.

Do Now:  How were causes of WWI similar to the causes of WWII?

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