COVID-19 Plague Journal Clarification:

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all healthy and staying safe. As I've graded the first week of Plague Diaries I've seen some recurring problems. Please remember:

1. The article you choose should be about the week's essential question. It should not be just any article about COVID-19.
2. You should answer the questions about your article in complete sentences.
3. Your diary entry should also be about the week's essential question and, if you are writing, it should be at least one paragraph long.
4. Your diary entries should be about your own experiences. Think about them in terms of the “I’m Still Here” Voices from the Holocaust video worksheet we did the the first week of remote learning. This project is about YOUR experiences during the pandemic.

Bell Work 3/12/20

Due: 3/25/20

• Monday: What happened to many Jews who were used as slave labor in Nazi concentration camps?
• Tuesday: To bring the war to the quickest possible end, atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and what?
• Wednesday: Which major European capital city was not heavily damaged in World War II?
• Thursday: What group oversaw the process of demilitarization in Japan at the end of the war?
• Friday: No Bell Work, Career Day

Bell Work 3/6/20

Due: 3/9/20

• Monday: Warfare in which surprise air attacks are followed by massive attacks on land is called what?
• Tuesday: The systematic mass killing of Jews and other groups considered inferior by the Nazis was called what?
• Wednesday: Hitler’s plan to conquer the Soviet Union was called what?
• Thursday: The Japanese attack on what brought the United States into World War II?
• Friday: What was the location of one of the most notorious Nazi extermination camps?

Bell Work 2/28/20

Due: 3/2/20

• Monday: Labor-saving devices had the greatest impact on whose lives after World War I?
• Tuesday: Many nations signed what to try to end war forever?
• Wednesday: The new political movement fascism glorified blind loyalty to what?
• Thursday: One of Hitler’s goals was the persecution and elimination of what group of people?
• Friday: What region of China did Japan invade for its iron ore and coal deposits?

Bell Work 2/19/20

Due: 2/24/20

• Monday: What revealed the weakness of czarist rule and military leadership?
• Tuesday: The Great Purge, in which 8 - 13 million people were killed, was used to eliminate opposition to what?
• Wednesday: After World War I, the works of many important writers expressed feelings of what?
• Thursday: No School
• Friday: No School

Bell Work 2/14/20

Due: 2/17/20

• Monday: Under the Treaty of Versailles, what nation was forced to assume sole responsibility for the war?
• Tuesday: The Treaty of Versailles left a legacy of what in the hearts of the German people?
• Wednesday: What do you call government control of every aspect of public and private life?
• Thursday: The radical marxist group of revolutionaries led by Lenin was called what?
• Friday: The killing of demonstrators that led to the 1905 revolution was called what?

Bell Work 2/7/20

Due: 2/10/20

• Monday: On the eve of World War I the slavic region of Bosnia and Herzegovina was ruled by what nation?
• Tuesday: The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the event that ignited what?
• Wednesday: What exposed the German plan to help Mexico regain territory lost to the U.S.?
• Thursday: What ended the fighting in World War I on November 11, 1918?
• Friday: By filling jobs, women kept their nations’ what going during World War I?

Bell Work 1/31/20

Due: 2/3/20

• Monday: Control by a strong nation of a weak nation is called what?
• Tuesday: At what meeting did Europeans divide Africa into colonies without consulting African leaders?
• Wednesday: European imperialists providing for local people, but granting them no rights is called what?
• Thursday: India, Britain’s most valuable colony, was called what?
• Friday: Germany joined the Triple Alliance to protect itself from which nation?

Bell Work 1/24/20

Due: 1/27/20

• Monday: No School
• Tuesday: What was the fastest growing social class in the 1800s?
• Wednesday: Some members of the Middle Class achieved what in British Society?
• Thursday: What did not improve as an effect of the Industrial Revolution?
• Friday: Why did European nations practice imperialism in Africa and Asia?

Bell Work 1/17/20

Due: 1/20/20

• Monday: Who was responsible for the unification of Germany?
• Tuesday: The Romantic Movement was a reaction to what?
• Wednesday: Britain had what three factors of production?
• Thursday: What offered cheap transportation for materials and goods in Britain?
• Friday: In 19th century cities, the poor lived in filthy, overcrowded what near factories?

Bell Work 1/10/20

Due: 1/13/20

• Monday: What are the procedures for entering and exiting Mr. Eves classroom?
• Tuesday: What was the great increase in machine production that began in England in the 18th century called?
• Wednesday: Nationalists used their common bonds to build what?
• Thursday: Nationalism was a force that did what three things?
• Friday: What made Italy hard to unite?

Bell Work 12/13/19

Due: 12/16/19

Monday: Who was Pericles and why was he important?

• Tuesday: The Neolithic Revolution was the change from hunting and food gathering to what?
• Wednesday: What was the purpose of the caste system?
• Thursday: Alexander the Great’s most lasting achievement was what?
• Friday: The recovery of Jerusalem and the holy land from the Muslim Turks was the chief goal of what?

Bell Work 12/6/19

Due: 12/9/19

• Monday: Which three Enlightenment thinkers strongly influenced the U.S. Bill of Rights?
• Tuesday: What did robespierre try to do during the Reign of Terror?
• Wednesday: How did Napoleon’s conquests affect the size of French-Controlled territory?
• Thursday: What belief did Napoleon arouse that said people should be loyal to their nation rather than a king or empire?
• Friday: What were the three major goals of the Congress of Vienna?

Bell Work 11/27/19

Due: 12/2/19

• Monday: The Scientific Revolution caused improvements in what three areas?
• Tuesday: How much did the ideas of the Enlightenment affect European peasants?
• Wednesday: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen stated what?
• Thursday: No School
• Friday: No School

Bell Work 11/22/19

Due: 11/25/19

• Monday: Why did Peter the Great force Russians to accept social reform?
• Tuesday: What document did Parliament have William and Mary sign to become king and queen?
• Wednesday: What was the Enlightenment?
• Thursday: Thomas Hobbes distrusted humans and favored what?
• Friday: What did Montesquieu believe was the purpose of the separation of powers?

Bell Work 11/15/19

Due: 11/18/19

• Monday: No School, Veterans’ Day
• Tuesday: What was the significance of the Jamestown Colony?
• Wednesday: According to mercantilism, a nation’s real wealth is measured in what?
• Thursday: What is the definition (Glossary) of an Absolute Monarch?
• Friday: In the late 1500s, France was torn apart by religious wars between Catholics and what Protestant group?

Bell Work 11/8/19

Due: 11/12/19

• Monday: What is the Columbian Exchange?
• Tuesday: What do you call the section of the Triangle Trade that transported gold and enslaved Africans?
• Wednesday: What made the caravel useful for exploration?
• Thursday: By the 1700s which European nation’s East India Company dominated the Indian Ocean trade?
• Friday: What factors helped the Spanish defeat the Aztecs?

Bell Work 11/1/19

Due: 11/4/19

• Monday: How did the invention of the printing press help spread learning and Renaissance ideas?
• Tuesday: According to Martin Luther’s teachings, what is true about all people of faith?
• Wednesday: The Act of Supremacy allowed King Henry VIII to declare himself what?
• Thursday: What was stated at the Council of Trent?
• Friday: What was the Inquisition?

Bell Work 10/25/19

Due: 10/28/19

• Monday: Which two empires were connected by the Silk Road?
• Tuesday: Do art and literature reflect culture, or do they shape it?
• Wednesday: Why did the Renaissance begin in Italy?
• Thursday: What did humanism focus on?
• Friday: Renaissance society was secular, so it was focused on what?

Bell Work 10/18/19

Due: 10/21/19

• Monday: What do you think of when you hear “Medieval” or “The Middle Ages”?
• Tuesday: The medieval feudal system classified people into what three social groups?
• Wednesday: How could a medieval serf become free?
• Thursday: What were the effects of the plague known as the Black Death?
• Friday: What happened to Joan of Arc after she saved France in the Hundred Years War?

Bell Work 10/4/19

Due: 10/14/19

• Monday: Why did trade become important in the Arabian Peninsula?
• Tuesday: No School
• Wednesday: Who was the founder of Islam, when was it founded, and where was it founded?
• Thursday: How did Muslim scholars help save learning in the West
• Friday: Why did the Ottomans make Constantinople their capital city? What did they rename it?

Bell Work 9/27/19

Due: 9/30/19

• Monday: What were some of the reasons that Christianity spread throughout the empire?
• Tuesday: Why did the emperor Diocletian divide the empire in half?
• Wednesday: Name three legacies of ancient Rome that are still important today.
• Thursday: What is Greco-Roman culture? What is it also called?
• Friday: In what way did Muslim societies encourage cultural blending?

Bell Work 9/20/19

Due: 9/23/19

• Monday: Why is the legacy of ancient Rome still so important today?
• Tuesday: How was the government of the Roman Republic like the U.S. government?
• Wednesday: What was the Pax Romana?
• Thursday: What three groups ruled the Roman Empire after the death of Augustus?
• Friday: Why did Roman rulers oppose Christianity?

Bell Work 9/13/19

Due: 9/16/19

• Monday: The lack of fertile land in greece led to what?
• Tuesday: Who was Pericles and why was he important?
• Wednesday: What elements were blended to create Hellenistic Culture?
• Thursday: What steps did Pericles take to glorify Athens?
• Friday: What was the Hellenistic mathematician Euclid known for?

Bell Work 9/6/19

Due: 9/9/19

• Monday: No School
• Tuesday: Who was the founder of Judaism, when was it founded, and where was it founded?
• Wednesday: Why did Egypt fall to the Hyksos?
• Thursday: What mark did the Persians leave on history?
• Friday: Name at least three changes that Shi Huangdi made.

Bell Work 8/30/19

Due: 9/3/19

• Monday: What is cultural diffusion and how does trade affect it?
• Tuesday: What is a migration? Give an example.
• Wednesday: What did the Hittites adopt after they conquered Mesopotamia?
• Thursday: Who was the founder of Hinduism, when was it founded, and where was it founded?
• Friday: What was the Phoenicians greatest legacy and why was it developed?

Bell Work 8/19/19

Due: 8/23/19

• Monday: Why did agriculture tend to develop in river valleys?
• Tuesday: What were some of the advantages and drawbacks of living a settled agricultural life?
• Wednesday: What turned villages and towns into cities?
• Thursday: What are the five characteristics of a civilization?
• Friday: What are the top and bottom levels of a typical social pyramid?

Bell Work 8/16/19

Due: 8/16/19

• Monday: Why do we study History?
• Tuesday: What is the difference between self-discipline and external discipline?
• Wednesday: What is the definition of History?
• Thursday: Fossil evidence shows the earliest humans originated where?
• Friday: What was the Neolithic Revolution?

Bell Work 8/9/19

Due: 8/9/19

• Monday (none)
• Tuesday (What is the procedure for entering Mr. Eves Classroom?)
• Wednesday (What is Mr. Eves policy for electronics in the classroom?)
• Thursday (What is the bathroom policy in Mr. Eves classroom?)
• Friday (What is the new school wide tardy policy that will go into effect on Monday 8/12/19?)