After This, it's History!

Powerpoint for History 12

Marks are being updated and will be completed by tonight so you know what you have going into the final!

Goodbye Carver

Today was our last History class ever!

What did we do today?
-reviewed WW2
-went over the multiple choice questions
-quickly did our current events quiz in Bio

What should you do tonight?
-REALPOLITIK

Fun fact?
We will miss you, Mrs. Loconte.

Haven't used my laptop in 4 days

Today we started reviewing the curriculum. We talked about the first world war and the facist regimes after it. Powerpoint will be put on the blog by Mrs. Loconte.

Homework:
- MIDDLE EAST CHART DUE TOMORROW.
"Vocab" words are as follow: The Six Day War, The Yom Kippur War, Intifadah, Palenstinian Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat, Camp David (Carter, begin, Sadat), The Iranian Revolution, The First Gulf War.
Identify and explain the signifiance of the vocab word.
- Complete the multiple choice review package

Intersting Fact: Students at Carver Christian High School are required to attend class 12 hours after they grauduate.

South African Dude

Today we went on the field trip to the Jewish Holocaust Museum!

Homework
-Movie assgnment (if you have not done it)
-Realpolitik
-In Review Question 374
-Chart of Events

Video of the day:  GoPro: Kieran Brown - Football Bin Shots - YouTube

Lizards and camels

What did we do today?
-reviewed the final chunk of the Middle East
-watched videos on the Israel/Palestine conflict

What should you do tonight?
-"in review" questions at the end of the chapter (due Monday)
-study for the test (on Monday)
-realpolitik (due June 15)
-the chart on the different events (due Wednesday)

What should you do tomorrow?
-be ON TIME to the Holocaust museum
-ON TIME is LATEST 9:45

Fun fact?

In ancient Rome, an infant was placed at the father’s feet shortly after birth. If the father took the child into his arms, it showed he accepted responsibility for its upbringing. If the baby was not accepted, it was be abandoned and left to die.

Bruh

Today in class we reviewed the 6 day war .. etc

For homework : REALPOLITIK / MOVIE REVIEW / CHART THINGY

Fact : 7 more days of school left !

three weeks left :(

Today
we
finished
up
the
documentary
and
had
a
general
overview
of
most
of
what
happened
in
the
Middle
East

Homework:
Read
up
to
page
369
in
yo
textbook

Today we discussed terrorism and watched more of the documentary about Zionism

Read up to page 366 for homework

Almost Friday!

Today in class we talked about the middle east and reviewed our questions.

HWK : Reead pages 357-361

Fact : 2 more weeks of school and we out !

Well...today was um, yeah.

What did we do today?
-finished the test

What should you do tonight?
-read 345-354 and answer 1-2

Fun fact?

Justin Trudeau is 43

This One's for Jaimant

I got you home boy!

In this day in History we had a test on Asiaaaaaaa

Your H O M E W O R K

• Movie
• Realpolitik

Have an amazing Tuesday night
Video of the day: Old Spice - YouTube

the morning after prom weekend

Today we reviewed the rest of the chapter on China and went through the homework.
TEST TOMORROW. On Asian: Indian & Pakistan (from Global Forces), China etc.

Intersting Fact: Approximately 3/4 of of Hong Kong is rural, comprising of 24 country parks, scenic hills, woodlands, reservoirs and coastline easily accessible from the city.

Everywhere I look is Realpolitik

like on Yahoo News

(read in between the lines: get on it!)

24 HOURS UNTIL PROM

Today we watched some videos and broke up into groups to learn about the Tieananaenaman Square incident

Homework: read the rest of the chapter and do all of the In Review questions!

the first blog didn't get blogged

Hey sorry guys the first blog for some reason didn't get blogged but to catch you up today we had a great time outside enjoying nature. We read about the dispute over Kashmir which was making more beef between India and pakistan. We got through most of our readings

Please do a Movie response and you should probably get on that realpolitik

Pre Wednesday

So basically all class we talked about the homework.

NEW HWK:

• Read 236-238 and do questions 1-4 on 251 (DO THEM FOR THE PIRATE PACKS!!!)

OLD HWK:

• Movie assignment 
• Realpolitik

White spot motivational video of the day: Burger Guest Stars - YouTube
Go pro video of the day: GoPro: Fabio Wibmer's Sunday Line - YouTube

good old brown people

Hey guys so today in class we discussed the good old nations: India and Pakistan. Sonya and I also had enlightening storis to share about what in our lives we have learned about our countries past. I have to say this was one of my favorite history classes, it was just so interesting. Soooo for homework is the pages we were reading today read all that until page 326.

PICTURE OF THE DAY:
http://www.fletcherforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/India-Pakistan-Border-Guards.jpg
this is what I was talking about today when they open the gated borders for the parade and show some respect

Thursday G

Today we had our lovely debate! i'm pretty sure the girls won but its all g.

Hwk : read pages 238 - 241 in Global forces

Fact : did you know that there's only 20 something more days till we graduate and next friday is prom?! Crazy azzzz

3, three, 50%

We were few in number today and our blogger wasn't present.
So here it is.
Debates start the class tomorrow.
As these are in place of your Ch. 9 test, I am expecting you and your debating team to be 'ON POINT'.
Come prepared to win (bonus point to the winning side)

Taco Tuesdays

Today in class we...

-Researched our debate topics

Work to be done tonight:

- Outline should be completed for tomorrow (but no hwk check)

Work to be done soon:

-Realpolitik
-Movie assignment

Video of the day:  GoPro: Chimp Smashes Drone - YouTube

Your Replacement Jaimant

What did we do today?
-reviewed Africa
-took the quiz on Africa
-marked the quiz
-started discussing our debate

What should you do tonight?
-read page 306-7 about our debate

Fun fact?

There are 28 days until graduation :O

Half Days and Sunshine. What could be better?

What did we do today? 

-finished the African leaders presentations
-reviewed the last section of the chapter on Africa

What should you do this long weekend?
-study for the quiz on this chapter on Monday
-do your movie assignment
-realpolitik

Fun fact?

 Capt. Robert Campbell, a British officer captured during World War I, was granted leave to visit his dying mother on one condition - that he return to captivity. He kept his word and returned, only to try escaping as soon as he returned.

Hump Day

Heyyo all! 

MR. CHIN was our teacher today, which was fun, and we discussed the homework. (which took a long time to do) But you would only know the reason if you were there, which was not many of you.

shout out to the hwk:

1. Review Questions on 3 0 5
2. Realpolitik
3. Movie assignment

video of the day: New WORLD RECORD flight at Red Bull Flugtag Germany 2012 - YouTube

Tired azzzz tuesdays wooo wooo

Today in class we had our chapter 7 test which was quite easy! ;)

hwk : all questions

 pg 279-292

did you know :GORBACHEV  Appears in print advertisements for Louis Vuitton leather goods.

And then there were 4

Today we review the chapter 7 in a nutshell, did end of chapter matching sheets and starte reading about Africa, chapter 9, up to page 278.

Homework:
Research the leader on page 278 in Figure 9.3 that Mrs. Loconte assigned you.
TEST TOMORROW on chapter 7.
Sonya you have an oral report on Milosevic (p. 232)

Fun Fact:  A piece of the  Berlin wall stands in the men’s room of the Main Street Station Casino in Las Vegas, where urinals are mounted on a graffiti-covered wall segment protected behind glass.

:)

Today we heard a magnificent presentation from the one and only Jaimant Chera, and reviewed about the events in Yugoslavia particularly Serbian aggression

Homework: in review #1-4

Essays due Saturday at midnight

TEST ON TUESDAY

come watch the drama team kill it tmr at Gloria

hey guyzzz soooo we got to hear Anita's great oral report on Mikael Gorb. and tomorrow will be mine. Mrs. Loconte showed some videos on the stuff we were learning about in our text book which really helped understand Russia and how most of the countries in the Soviet bloc bounced (3 countries left 3  stayed)

HWK: GET STARTED ON ESSAY AND do the Yugoslavia questions which are on pg 234 numbers 1 to 5 

PICTURE OF THE DAY : https://www.google.ca/search?q=kazakhstan&client=tablet-android-samsung&espvd=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=NdJCVd7wEcXVoASYtYDYAg#imgrc=0g1YLXVTmcVntM%253A%3BsKDV8iAdR_YDuM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fimages.nationalgeographic.com%252Fwpf%252Fmedia-live%252Fphotos%252F000%252F702%252Fcache%252Fbaiterek-kazakhstan-ludwig_70215_990x742.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fphotography.nationalgeographic.com%252Fphotography%252Fphoto-of-the-day%252Fbaiterek-kazakhstan-ludwig%252F%3B990%3B742

Kazakhstan is a beauty 

Sunny End to a Windy Day

What did we do today?
-reviewed the section of reading and homework
-watched a lot of videos

What should you do tonight?
-answer questions on page 220
-keep working on (or start) your essay

Fun fact?

In an amazing coincidence, Tsutomu Yamaguchi survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear detonations without permanent injury. 

mondays suck

Today in class we finished our UN test and starting a new chapter.
home work for tonight is finish all in review questions on pg 216

DID YOU KNOW? - there are currently 16 UN peacekeeping operations deployed on 4 continents.

Frustrated with the World

Friday we recaped UN failures in Somalia and the genocide in Rawanda

Homework: UN TEST!! on Monday
Levi, you have an oral report on Lester Person.

Intersting Fact: During the Rawanada genocide, more than 6 men, women and children were murdered every minute of every hour of every day. This efficiency of killing was maintained for more than 3 months.

Levi loves Israel

Read the next section in the textbook and answer questions on page 205!



United Nations fact: In 2015, the rotating members of the Security Council will be Chad, Chile, Jordan, Lithuania, and Nigeria

So this happened today

Peacekeepers go bub-bye!

On a side note: I am proposing a test on the UN for Monday.
Let me know your thoughts.
Anita: blogger.


Interesting Fact:  There are 16 UN peacekeeping operations currently deployed and there have been a total of 69 deployed since 1948.   (un.org)
more details here

woo woo weeks almost over

Hey homies today we were missing mrs. Loconte but we had Ms. Yeung so what we did with her was we reviewed our homework questions on the board so that we could all understand the UN better. We also read pg 187-195 so if anyone missed that read it and do the questions #1-9. ALSO today in class the girls especially Anita discovered that Gamal Abdel Nasser looks like me because we were reading about him.


Interstitial fact: shout outs to India they were the first country to discover DIAMONDS

Cold, Wet and Hungry

Today we had a TEST on the Cold War.

Homework:

• Read the United Nations and answer ALL the questions on 187

That is all!

Levi's Video of the day: GoPro: Speedflying Dog - YouTube

Don't know what to call this one

What did we do today?
- Jaimant taught us about denazification
- discussed Poland and Helsinki Accords
- reviewed the Cold War

What should you do tonight?
-study for the Cold War test tomorrow
-check out Mrs. Loconte's post

Why is history cool?
-today is Hitler's birthday (as Jaimant would say, shout outs to Hitler)

This does not replace Sonya's blog

Cold War

Chapter 10 of Global Forces speaks in more detail of the Cold War (there are 31 questions at the end of the chapter!).
The powerpoint link above answers all of those questions. Most we have learned but some we have not.
Good luck on studying for the test and, again, please know that I do appreciate your attendance in class today knowing that you could have been elsewhere.

I TOTALLY FORGOT

Well I don't know if this counts but homework for YESTERDAY
Do questions the review questions on page 168.

Interesting fact: During the Cold War, USSR thought that the heavily trafficked building in the center courtyard of the Pentagon was a top-secret meeting room and pointed nukes at it. It was a hot dog stand

I got lost in Vancouver therefore was unable to blog on time

QUIZ TOMORROW

SONYA YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION
ORAL REPORT THING

BYE

RAINcouver

Today in Class we shared oral presentations, talked about the cold war and started sharing our research projects. 

Homework: 

1. p. 154 all questions
2. Read all non-assigned sections
3. Essay topics assigned

REMEMBER TO BE SCOUTING FOR REALPOLITIK?!? 

Your welcome. 

Levi's video of the day: GoPro: Jesper Tjäder's Dream Line at Suzuki Nine Knights - YouTube

0-100 real quick!

Today in class we discussed our homework and talked about head transplants. Later on we worked in the library and research our given topics.

Homework: 

1. Anita & Levi finish case study
2. Everyone be to present your research topics
3. Read the other research topics
4. Bonus Movie assignment
5. Have a great weekend!

GoPro: Space Net BASE Jump - YouTube so cool!

60 days left....

What did we do today?

Reviewed over the reading that was for homework, continued into the next section of reading (discussing the different pacts), had snack time

What should you do today?

Complete the "In Review" questions 1-8 on page 151 in Viewpoints.

Levi- do your oral report

Why is history cool?

Because in ancient China, the patient would only pay the doctor if they were cured. Otherwise, the doctor would pay the patient.

yoyoyoyoyoo

Today in class we finished our "creative quiz" on the pacific war. We also watched a couple videos about D-day, A-bombs and pearl harbor.

Homework for tonight !!! : read pages 139 - 146
Don't read about NATO and Warsaw.

Interesting fact : Admiral Onishi was known as the "father of the kamikaze". He committed seppuku (suicide) on 16  August 1945, after the surrender of Japan.

In Case You are Up

Pacific War

Carrot Candies

Today we went over the weekend reading and homework questions (1-2 pg 151), finished reading the rest of the chapter and discussed the rest of the questions (4-6)

Homework: There is a QUIZ on the Pacific War which Mrs. Loconte has described as creative tomorrow. Brace yourselves.

Interesting Reminder: Autarky means economic self-sufficency.

This post isn't four hours late what are you talking about .....

Finish #1 and #2 on pg. 151

Read pages 145(bottom)-147


Darrin: oral report on kamikazes due Tuesday

Nicole: oral report on Emperor Hirohito due Tuesday


Quiz on Wednesday



Have a restful Easter Weekend! He is risen

Jaimant?

You are reading the Pacific War chapter and reading up to the "Greater Co-Prosperity Sphere".

A PP that I didn't have time to review with you

World War Two

The beginning of all our singing careers

Finish #'s 12, 13, and 14 based on the reading we did in class today

current events quiz tomorrow (i'm not the blogger, though)

Currently at a Chinese restaurant

Last day of classes yay lots of homework though :(

1. Songs are due first day back
2. Finish reading the chapter and finish the rest of the questions
3. Study for WW2 test

SEE YOU ALL ON MONDAY FOR THE RETREAT!! :)

When your twenty minute nap becomes four hours...

So today the girls watched the movie about an attempted attack on Hitler.

No homework tonight.

Did you know?

After World War 2 ended in 1945, a Japanese officer named Hiroo Onoda didn't surrender and continued the war for 29 years because he didn't know that Japan had surrendered and the war was over. 

if i dont say it...

No one blogs eh?


Thanks to everybody's  propaganda  emails. We will present on Friday.

We missed you girls today.

Tired azzzz Tuesday

Today we watched a few videos on the start of WWII and also read up to Easter and Western Europe.

HOMEWORK!!!!

Read Eastern and Western Europe
Finish question 11-12
Nazi propaganda assignment due tmr! 1 pg

Remember that our song projects are due on March 30th!

Random Fact : 80% of Soviet males born in 1923 didn't survive WWII...

Surprise Presentation Day...

Today we briefly shared our Antisemitism write ups and went over the Germany-USSR battle and Pearl Harbor in Global Forces. We also read about the Battle of Atlantic.
Then we picked our topics for Wednesday's presentation and had time to work on our song assignment.

Homework for tonight: Read the Holocaust section on page 130-131 and answer questions 8-10 on page 138 in Global Forces.

Other Assignments:
Due this Wednesday- Another short write-up and presentation.
Due March 30th - Song Assignment!

Fun Fact: During WWII, hamburgers in the U.S. were dubbed “Liberty Steaks” to avoid the German-sounding name.

Friday Blogger????

Tell a Fairy Tale cuz its the National Day

Today we shared our partner finding on Britain, France and the Balkans, North Africa and the Middle East.

Homework:

Anti Semitic assignment (Monday)
Read Global Forces USSR & Pearl Harbor (Monday)
WWII Song (March 30th)

Did you know... Jay z and Beyonce have a net worth of over $1 Billion  

Hey guys so Mrs. Loconte went through how Hitler got control of Germany and the factor that led for WWE to hapoen! We also spread into groupsnso we could go through sections and learn about conflicts in different nations like Britain. 

SO NO HOMEWORK BUT IT IS RECOMENDED YOU WORK ON THE REALPOLITIK ALSO TODAY WAS A SICK AS CLASS WITH MRS LOCONTES ENERGY 

Tired azzzzz Tuesday

Today in class we worked on our T or F and matching worksheet for this chapter. We also finished our second part of our quiz (Germany and Italy) We will be looking into WW2 for tomorrows class!

FOR HOMEWORK!!!

read pages 98 -104
complete all of the review questions

Interesting fact : War work turned some women's skin yellow

When a generation of men went to fight the war, more than a million women took their place in the workforce. They worked long hours, often in poor conditions and with dangerous chemicals. The so-called 'canaries' were women who worked with TNT, which gave them toxic jaundice and turned their skin yellow.

25 % of the week over

What did we do today? (For the absent and day dreamers)

We took our quiz on the USSR and the USA
Reviewed the League of Nations

What will you being doing tonight?

Studying for the quiz on Germany and Italy.
Reading page 90-92 in Viewpoints if you haven't.

History is cool. Why?

Because until the 1920s, there was a profession called 'knocker-up', which involved going from client to client and tapping on their windows (or banging on their doors) with long sticks until they woke up. 

Friday brothers n sisters

Wow we made it, it's Friday so today we went through a lot!! Just a reminder so we do not have a big test on Monday it was decided that we will be having two quizes. One on Monday which will consist of information of the USA and USSR. Make sure to study off of both textbooks and good luck on Monday. Oh by the way today we reviewed our questions that we had for Soviet Union and US questions. Good luck in Monday and hope you have A SICK AS WEEKEND

INTERESTING FACT: THE GUY THAT MADE THE TAJ MA HAL (SHAH JAHAN) HE DID NOT WANT ANYONE TO COPY HIS BUILDING SO THE BUILDERS THAT HELPED HIM MAKE THE TAJ MAHAL HE CUT OFF ALL THERE HANDS.

Don't delay and be late for Loconte...

Today in class we worked on questions from Global Forces. Make sure your group has completed your section and be prepared to share with the class tomorrow.

Jaimant and Levi, you both have presentations tomorrow.

No reading homework!
Just study for the TEST ON MONDAY.

What a game... The game Monopoly which came out around the time of the Great Depression gained popularity because in the game people could "become rich".

I can't think of a clever title

Today we expanded on Germany during the Interwar Years and started talking about Russia during this time as well

Homework: Read pages 76, 77, 81 (side bar), 83 (side bar) and 84

We shall do the questions in class tomorrow 

Tuesday bruhhhh

What's up y'all

Today in class we reviewed our homework which covered fascism and what it was all about!

Homework for tonight is read pages 68-75 and do ALL of the questions on page 75!!!!!

DID YOU KNOW THAT

Mussolini was a socialist before becoming a fascist

We missed you, Mrs. Loconte!

What did we do today?

Finished the presentations! Good job everyone!

What should you do tonight?

Keep on loving History 12

And history is cool because...

When Voltaire was asked to renounce Satan on his deathbed, his last words were: "This is no time for making new enemies." 

friYAY

HEY GUYS

Today we watched presentations about Germany and Italy

No homework for the weekend!!

JK read pages 75-83, and complete the In Review questions on page 86 for Monday

Levi and Jaimant your presentations will be on Monday as well!


Fun fact: Hitler's first love was a Jewish girl. Lacking courage, he never spoke to her.

TBT

Today we discussed United States in the early 20th Century.

Homework: Be ready to present your totalitarian projects tomorrow!

Did you know... A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21 inch tongue!

Too Busy with Mussolini (to blog)

Today we had a work block for our totalitarian projects.
Tomorrow we will be getting half the class to work.
Project is due on Friday.

Well that's interesting: Mussolini stabbed one of his girlfriends in the arm

TGIAF! (thank God it's almost friday)

What we did today in class?

Today, we reviewed for our upcoming test... We worked in partners and finished our key events/terms sheets.

Homework for tonight :

To continue reviewing for our up coming test next Tuesday!

Anita - presenting your oral presentation tomorrow!

DID YOU KNOW?!!?

Germans were the first to use flamethrowers in WWI. Their flamethrowers could fire jets of flame as far as 130 feet (40m) !

 

The Day We Had a Boy/Girl Seating Plan

What did we do today?

Today, we recapped the First World War with focus on whether Germany was at fault, the western and eastern fronts, and a recap of the homework we had.

What should you do tonight?

Read page 56- the top of 59 in the viewpoints textbook.

Nicole- you have a presentation tomorrow.

Why is history so cool?

Because in 1838, General Antonio López de Santa Anna (President of Mexico) had his leg amputated after his ankle was destroyed by canon-fire. He ordered a full military burial for it. 

My Mind is Muddled on Monday Mornings

Today we went over WW1 on the western and eastern front in our textbooks.

Hmk: Read pages 51-55 in the Viewpoints textbook and do all the questions on page 55.

Darrin you are presenting tomorrow.

Did You Know: The licence plate of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, whose assassination started the First World War, read, A 111 118, a series that can be read as, Armistice 11 November '18, which is the day the war ended.

(Armistice (n) - a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; a truce)

I'm kidding I knew it was Tuesday...

Hey guys, 

today we did some great reviewing in class where we compared some of our important terms. Remember to really focus on the terms that Mrs. Loconte taught us for ch. 1 so a key place to find them is the notes, review sheet she gave us, and read the viewpoints textbook. Also the global forces is great for finding terms for our ch. 1 QUIZ tomrrow. 

Study for ch. 1 quiz and good luck for your quiz tomorrow!  

HEy YOu!

Please accept my invitation to blog.
Remember not to blog after 7pm.

Finalized Class list

You guys will now pick up the blogging as those who were leaving are out and those who were entering are in.

Tonight.

Read pages 16 and 17. Read only.

Today we reviewed via powerpoint some of the cultural aspects of the early 1900s and delved into new concepts such as Nation-State, Autaky, Sphere of Influence, and Realpolitik. These terms will come up throughout the semester so it is best to get them firmly etched in your mind now.

Your small writing assignment involves reading The Role of the Nation and Individual and stating which idea presented best reflects your own and state why.

The Mona Lisa was stolen in 1910.

Day One, Sem Two, Twenty-Fifteen

Welcome to your History blog.

This will shortly be taken over by you, but until we see who's in and who's out, I will continue to post homework assignments here for you.


Tonight you are researching two topics:
1) Find a recent hunger strike and answer the question in found in figure 1.3
2) Search for countries where women's rights are still on on par with men's.

Answer the three questions under In Review on page 15.

Mmmm, Oero cookies were invented in 1912.