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World War II video project grades are posted

Here is a project that earned a grade in the A range, and an explanation of why it did.  Consider whether or not your video had everything this one did.  Also, if grades vary within the same group, that is because individuals contributed more (or less) than other group members.  The assignment description clearly stated that each group member must contribute to the project, so grades may have varied based on individual contributions.

last readings and final exam info

Read and outline (original, handwritten notes only if you want credit) chapter 31 section 5 ("From World War to Cold War") for Friday 6/10 (Monday 6/13 for E block).

Nuremberg Trials readings are here.  Please read the number of the document that matches the slip of paper you received in class (E block:  we'll draw slips on Monday).  Summarize the reasoning the author (or authors) give for his/their actions in a single sentence.
Due Monday 6/13 for B and C blocks, and Tuesday 6/14 for E block.

Please bring your textbooks to class Tuesday 6/12 (C and E blocks) or Wednesday (B block).

Due Wednesday 6/15 (C and E blocks) or Thursday 6/16 (B block):  completed Cold War "hot spots" map.

Due Thursday 6/16 (E block) or Friday 6/17 (B and C blocks):  read chapter 33 section 4 (The Soviet Union:  Rise and Fall of a Superpower) and summarize the section in 4-5 big ideas.

Here is the study guide for the final exam.

video projects are here!

Here are your projects - you can re-view the ones we watched in class if you feel like you missed anything, or watch others from other classes.

B block:
Pearl Harbor
D-Day
Iwo Jima
Hiroshima and Nagasaki

C block:
Stalingrad
D-Day
Berlin
Iwo Jima
Hiroshima and Nagasaki

E block:
Pearl Harbor
Stalingrad
D-Day
Berlin
Iwo Jima
Hiroshima and Nagasaki

WWII study questions for Thursday's test and Fog of War clip

They are here.

Also, here is most of (and the key part of) the clip of The Fog of War from class.

to be done in class - open when directed

Link to in-class activity

World War II video project and sources from class

It is here.  We will do a lottery for topics in class Wednesday (E block) or Thursday (B and C blocks).

Also, here are links to some of the documents and stations from class:
Churchill speeches
Holocaust documents:  history of anti-semitism, the Dreyfus Affair, Armenian genocide, world responses, the failure to help, police battalion 101 and the Milgram experiment
Under the Cover of War:  the Final Solution PowerPoint with notes
Bystander and rescuer stories
Great overview of the war, with pictures (!):  Chester the Crab in WWII - part one and part two