Thursday, May 21, 2015

Take Home Test Honor Code Agreement

Please copy and return with test

I ,____________, have not received nor given any help on Mr. Beller's take home test. I understand this agreement means the following:

  1. I have not asked my peers for help on specific questions on the test 
  2. I have not asked my parents for help on specific questions on the test 
  3. I have not given help to my peers on specific questions of the test 
  4. Mr. Beller reserves the right to ask for evidence of my notes and/or further explanation of any question on the test.
  5. That if I am caught cheating, not only has my personal character been adversely affected, but I will receive a failing grade on the test. 

Signed, 
  _____________

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Chapters for Take Home Test (copy and paste link)

A- Day Classes Due Date: Day of Exam (May 27th and 28th)
B- Day Classes Due Date: June 1st (B-Day Review)

WWI: 
29.1: http://historywithmrgreen.com/page2/assets/Marching%20Toward%20War.pdf
29.2: http://historywithmrgreen.com/page2/assets/Europe%20Plunges%20into%20War.pdf
29.3: http://jmcentarfer.tripod.com/ch29_3.pdf
29.4: http://jmcentarfer.tripod.com/ch29_4.pdf

WWII:
31.3: http://historywithmrgreen.com/page2/assets/Fascism%20Rises%20in%20Europe.pdf
31.4: http://historywithmrgreen.com/page2/assets/Aggressors%20Invade%20Nations.pdf
32.1: http://historywithmrgreen.com/page2/assets/W5G32AAD.pdf
32.2: http://jmcentarfer.tripod.com/ch32_2.pdf
32.3: see below for Holocaust
32.4: http://jmcentarfer.tripod.com/ch32_4.pdf
32.5: http://historywithmrgreen.com/page2/assets/W5G32EAD.pdf



Cold War HW

Directions:
1. Read the outline, highlighting and taking note of key events and figures of the Cold War. 
2. For each section of the outline (see list below), turn the heading into a question and write the question on a sheet of paper. Answer the question and pick one event/term and one individual(if available) and explain the historical significance to the section and/or the Cold War. 

    I. The background of the Cold War 
    II. How the Cold War Began
   III. How places 
   IV. Hot Issues 
    V. Tensions go up, tensions go down
   VI. the collapse of communism 
   VII. Epilogue
   VIII. The danger of the USA to the world 


Due: Thursday 5/21




Monday, May 18, 2015

Holocaust HW



WHO
- Who were the victims of the Holocaust?
- Who were the members of the "master race"?

WHAT
- What were the Nuremberg Laws?
- What happened on the night of 11/9/38?
- What was Hitler's "Final Solution"?

WHERE
- Where did German Jews try to migrate to find safety from Nazi terror?
- Where were Jews forced to live in German controlled cities? 
- Where were the concentration camps? 

WHY? 
 - Why did Hitler believe that Jews and other"subhumans" had to be exterminated? 

WHEN
 - When did the final stage of the "final solution" begin?

HOW
 - How many Jews died in the Holocaust? 
 - How does the poem (below) express the importance of compassion for your fellow man in the face of danger/prejudice? 



they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

 Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew.

 Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

-Martin Niemoller

Friday, May 15, 2015

World History Review - Final Exam

Advice: Look over these presentations - answer the review questions and check your answers. Come to class prepared to ask me questions!!


Review Power Point #1

Review Power Point #2

Review Power Point #3

Review Power Point #4

Practice Test

Practice Test Answer Key

Monday, May 4, 2015

Homework due 5/5 and 5/6

Read chapter 29.3 (see previous post) and Chapter 29.4

Read pages 854-861 - be prepared for a reading check.