Important Documents
World Studies B - Banducci - Syllabus
Week 1 - Unit 1 (World War I)
Essential Question:
CA Teaching Standard: 10.5 Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War.
Question of the Day - Week 1
Reading: The Great War (p. 404-429)
Monday
-Notes: The Holocaust
*Auschwitz
-Swing Kids (40 minutes)
-p. 505
Wednesday
-Notes: The Allied Victory
Trailers
*DDay Invasion
*Battle of Bulge
-Swing Kids (34 minutes)
-DDay Invasion Worksheet
-Writing: 3 paragraphs - Discuss the characters reasons for joining the HJ,
-p. 513
Thursday
-Notes: Japan and Germany Defeated
*Allies insistence of reduced Emperor power
*Hiroshima and Nagasaki
*Nurenburg Trials
-Costs of WWII Worksheet
-p. 517
Friday
-Exam
-CNN10 Monday-Friday
-Writing HW: Swing Kids
Video: John Green - World War II
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Week 7 - Unit 3 (Post WWII)
Essential Question:
CA Teaching Standard: 10.8 Students analyze the causes and consequences of World War II.
Question of the Day - Week 7
Reading: Ch. 17 (p. 531-557)
Monday
Worksheet: US vs. Japan + Propaganda Films
-Election + Voter Profiles
-Notes: War in the Pacific
*"day which will live in infamy"
*Midway --> turning point
-Swing Kids (40 minutes) + Guided Notes
-p. 496 +501
-Crash Course Video: Who Started WWI?
Thursday
-Notes:Treaty of Versailles
-Notes: Russian Revolution
-Notes: Treaty of Versailles + Animal Farm
Friday
-Projects Due
-Most Evil Men: Stalin + worksheet
-Totalitarianism Propaganda Activity: Stalin OR Mao [Propaganda Replica (p. 446-447)]
Week 3 - Unit 1 (World War I)
Essential Question:
CA Teaching Standard: 10.6 Students analyze the effects of the First World War.
Question of the Day - Week 3
Reading: Revolution and Nationalism (p. 430-459)
Monday
-Animal Farm
-Video: John Green Non Violent Protest (first 5 minutes)
-Workbook
Tuesday
-Animal Farm
-Test Study Guide
-Workbook
Wednesday
Thursday
Unit Test: Ch. 13 + Ch. 14
-Constructed Response to Documents - DBQ: WWI Causes
Friday
-Project Observations + Observations Worksheet
-Crash Course Video: Archdukes, Cynicism, and WWI
-CNN10 Monday-Friday
Week 4 - Unit 2 (Years of Crisis)
Essential Question:
CA Teaching Standard: 10.7 Students analyze the rise of totalitarian governments after World War I.
Question of the Day - Week 4
Reading: Ch. 15 - Years of Crisis (p. 460-487)
Monday
-p. 467 (#1-5)
-Worksheet: Guided Notes: Colbert + Crash Course Roaring 20s
-Video: Einstein's Theory of Relativity vs. Newton's Absolute Laws
-Video: Crash Course Roaring 20s
Tuesday
-p. 475 (#1-5)
-Notes: The 20s and the Great Depression
-Franz Kafka, James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald (Lost Generation): What is the meaning of life? Existentialism?
-Post WWI democratic Governments
-Stock Market Crash of 1929
-Roosevelt's New Deal: FDIC, Stock Market Oversee, Tennessee Valley Authority, Alphabet Soup Projects
Wednesday
-Notes: Fascism
Thursday
-Study Guide - Part I + II
-Organize Political Party Groupings
Winter Movie Preview?
News?
Friday
HOLIDAY
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WINTER HOLIDAY
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Week 5 - Unit 2 (WWII)
Essential Question:
CA Teaching Standard: 10.7 Students analyze the rise of totalitarian governments after World War I.
Question of the Day - Week 5
Reading: Ch. 15 - Years of Crisis (p. 460-487)
Monday
Tuesday
-DUE: Cardboard Sign, Study Guide I and II
-Classwork: Presenting Party Platform + Persuasive Essay
Wednesday
-Notes: Rise of Mussolini
-Notes: Rise of Hitler
-Video: Most Evil Men: Hitler
-Video: Most Evil Men: Hitler (Guided Notes)
-Election of 1932 Speech - Policy Speeches
-Election of 1932 Party Platform PPT - SPD
Thursday
-Due: Presenting Party Platform + Editorial
-Socratic: Study Guide I and II
Friday
-CNN10 Monday-Friday
-Assign Simulation Roles
-Notes: Hitler's Lightning War (Begin Ch. 16)
*Poland triggers war
*blitzkrieg --> suprise + overwhelming force
*Battle of Britian --> Hitler could be stopped
Week 6 - Unit 2 (WWII)
Essential Question:
CA Teaching Standard: 10.8 Students analyze the causes and consequences of World War II.
Question of the Day - Week 6
Reading: Ch. 16 - World War II (p. 488-527)
Monday
HOLIDAY (MLK)
Tuesday
Friday
-Continue War Horse 34:50-53:36 (20 minutes)
-Laptops: Project work x30 minutes
Week 2 - Unit 1 (World War I)
Essential Question:
CA Teaching Standard: 10.5 Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War.
Question of the Day - Week 2
Reading: Revolution and Nationalism (p. 430-459)
Monday
-Continue War Horse 53:36-1:29:40 (35 minutes)
-Finish General Info
Tuesday
-Finish War Horse 1:29:40-2:17:55 (48 minutes)
-Quiz
Wednesday
-Begin General Info
-Begin War Horse 0-34:50 (35 minutes)
Tuesday
-Video: World War I in 6 minutes
-Notes: Causes of WWI /
-Worksheet: Europe Plunges into War
Wednesday
-Google Drive: Research Presentation: WWI Weapons
Thursday
-Classroom Chaos! / Rats!
-Opening Day - Handout Books, Syllabus, Classroom Norms
-Post Imperial Quiz
-Worksheet: Marching Towards War
Notes: Southeast Asia
*US/Filipino Military Base Conflicts
*Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi (US Diplomat, Nobel Prize, Protest for Freedom)
Notes: Africa
*Negritude
*Mau Mau
*Mobutu Sese Seko
Notes: Middle East
*Suez Canal
*Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin
Thursday
-CNN10 Monday-Friday
Friday
-DBQ: India/Pakistan Partition
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Week 9 - Unit 3 (The Modern Era)
Essential Question:
CA Teaching Standard: 10.9 Students analyze the international developments in the post-World War II world.
Question of the Day - Week 9
Reading: Ch. 19 (p. 599-629)
Monday
-Latin American Democracies
Tuesday
-Democracy in Africa
Wednesday
-Collapse of the Soviet Union
Rocky Clip
The Other Dream Team (53:53-end)
Thursday
-Video: Arnold's Blueprint
-Collapse of Central Europe and Yugoslavia
Once Brothers (22:30-24:00, 46:00-51:40, 1:08-end)
Friday
-CNN10 Monday-Friday
Week 10 - Unit 3 (The Modern Era) ***SBAC Testing: 45 minute classes, 40 minute classes (Wed)***
Essential Question:
CA Teaching Standard: 10.9 Students analyze the international developments in the post-World War II world.
Question of the Day - Week 10
Reading: Ch. 20 (p. 637-663)
Monday
Science and Technology
Tuesday
Global Economic Development
The Terminator and the Washing Machine
Wednesday
Global Security (Human Rights, Health, War/Peace, Population)
-The Ozone
-Sustainability
-Gender Inequality
Thursday
Terrorism
Friday
Pop Culture
-CNN10 Monday-Friday
Week 11 - Unit 4 (The Modern Era)
Essential Question:
CA Teaching Standard: 10.10 Students analyze instances of nation-building in the contemporary world in at least two of the following regions or countries: the Middle East, Africa, Mexico and other parts of Latin America, and China.
Question of the Day - Week 11
Reading: Epilogue - Unresolved Problems (p. 675-697)
Monday
HOLIDAY
Tuesday
Environmental Challenges
Wednesday
Food Security
Thursday
Economic Growth in the Developing World
Friday
-CNN10 Monday-Friday
Week 12 - Unit 4 (The Modern Era)
Essential Question:
CA Teaching Standard: 10.11 Students analyze the integration of countries into the world economy and the information, technological, and communications revolutions (e.g. television, satellites, computers).
Question of the Day - Week 12
Reading: World Religions (p.702-714)
Monday
HOLIDAY
Tuesday
Islam, Christianity, Judaism
Wednesday
Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism
Thursday
Friday
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Week 13 - Final Exams
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
-Final Exam
Thursday
-Final Exam
Friday
NO SCHOOL
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Worksheet: Partition of India and Palestine
Video: Memories of Partition
Video: When Britain Ruled India
*Partition of India
*War over Kashmir
*Pakistan and East Pakistan divided by 1000 miles of India
-Video: John Green: Cold War / Guided Notes / Guided Notes II / Guided Notes III
-Video: John Green: Decolonization / Guided Notes
Notes:
*Red China: Commies vs. Nationalists
*Cultural Revolution: Heroes=Peasants, Enemies=Intellectuals
*Chinese Involvement
*Iranian resistance: Ayatollah Khomeini
*Strategic Defense Initiative
Tuesday
-Notes: Cold War Begins + Red China Overview
*the Iron Curtain
*Truman Doctrine Purpose: Containment + Aid
Wednesday
-Video: From Harlem With Love
-Video: Vietnam: A Brief History
Notes: Vietnam and Korea
Video: Duality of Man
Video: Get Some
Video: Apocolypse Now
-Notes: Domino Theory: Korea and Vietnam
*Domino theory
-Video: Korea (CNN Student News - Beginning)
Thursday
-Map: First, Second, and Third World
*Third World
-Video: Red Army (42 minutes) - begin 825 and 940
Friday
-Field-trip: Underground
-Video: Red Army (42 minutes)
Week 8 - Unit 3 (Post WWII)
Essential Question:
CA Teaching Standard: 10.9 Students analyze the international developments in the post-World War II world.
Question of the Day - Week 8
Reading: Ch. 18 (p. 563-593)
Monday