Were the early Christians communist?

Today we finished Deirdre and April's presentation on Mussolini, made a dent in Brian and Ingram's on Stalin, and had Amy's on Hitler. We will finish Stalin tomorrow. We reviewed a timeline of Russia prior to Stalin and discussed the homework questions about the USSR, Lenin, and Stalin.

Homework:

Read pages 75-86 (minus 84-85) and complete questions 1-6. We will discuss 7 in class.
Current events quiz on Monday.

*Mrs. Loconte made an executive decision that all homework for History 12 has to be done in paper. You can type it and print it or write it out by hand, but it has to be on physical paper. Laptops are distracting, apparently.*

Also, I'm really sorry this is late! I just completely forgot about History 12 when I got home.

Compassion vs Lack Thereof

Prior to our presentations today, Ms. Loconte read a passage from the Old Testament (Numbers 25) that had caught her interest before class. She compared the zealousness of God depicted in this passage to a portion of C.S. Lewis' "The Joyful Christian", which shows God's loving side. This was a good reading because the themes of kindness and love contrast with the ruthlessness of leaders we learned about today. Dylan and Nathan presented Lenin (Father of Communism) and April and Deirdre introduced Mussolini.

Homework: Read pg. 69-75 (including bio on Lenin); do all the questions on top of pg. 75 from 20th C which covers the presentation that we had today. Ms. Loconte will not be here tomorrow ("yes" -Ingram) so have them done by Thursday. 

If you don't vote socialism you have no heart

Today in class we learned about the political spectrum and we talked about the economic depression as well as discussed the difference between collective security and balance of power as a means of peace.


Read 20th Century Viewpoints Page 67-68 to learn more about the political spectrum

No Homework but make sure to prepare for the presentations tommorow

Here is a picture of red meat which I have decided to stop eating to become healthier

Red Meat

Why did the Elementary School get a Snow Day?

Today in class we went over the six questions that we got from homework yesterday. Afterwards we read about France and Britain section in Global Forces. 

Homework: Questions 12-17 on pages 48-49 (Global Forces) 

Snow Day Tomorrow?????

Today we spent the first block of class to work on our projects. In our second block, we heard about the tragic Spanish Flu from Brian and the British homefront from Ingram.











Today’s homework: read up to p. 39 in our Global Forces textbook, skip the appropriate pages about Facism and Mussolini.
Questions #1-6 on page 48 when you’re done reading.

*April, we’re all betting on your forecasting skills.

Snow ≠ Snow Day

This snowy day we had our Chapter 2 test. We were also given our seminar project on the rise of totalitarian regimes, due a week today. The next couple of classes will be time to research and work on them. 


Homework

Read your specific section on totalitarian regimes:

Nathan/Dylan: Lenin, read 20th Century Viewpoints pg. 71
Brian/Ingram: Stalin, read 20th Century Viewpoints pg. 93
April/Deirdre: Mussolini, read Global Forces pg. 36-38
Amy: Hitler, read Global Forces pg. 44

Also, unless the whiteboard lied to me or I missed them, Brian and Ingram, your oral reports are due tomorrow.

Be On Time

Hey guys this is Brian's post since he still can't get on the blog :) enjoy

In Thursday’s class we analyzed the main goals of the United States, France, and Britain for the Treaty of Versailles, as well as what Germany had hoped and failed to attain from WW1. After lunch, we organized and performed a debate on the fairness of the Treaty of Versailles, with Dylan, April, and Ingram arguing the affirmative, and Brian, Nathan, and Deirdre arguing against. Both sides were evenly matched to the point where the timeliness of their arrival was the deciding factor.

For homework, we received a matching worksheet as well as a flow chart. Both should be completed in preparation for a WW1 test on Tuesday.

Monday on a Wednesday

In today's class, we took a short current events bonus quiz (if you missed it do not worry about doing it when you come back). Afterwards, we reviewed our homework questions and talked about the timeline of World War 1 and about key events.



Tonight's Homework: Read pages 55-61 in 20th Century Viewpoints, answer questions #'s 1,2 & 6 on page 61, and be prepared to discuss the rest of the questions in class tomorrow.

Pablo Picasso is a Savage

Today in class we heard about a short case study on Pablo Picasso and the impact of his art in WW1-WW2. We also went over review questions, discussing reasons for the First World War, attitudes towards the war, the Schlieffen Plan and Plan XVII. We ended off the class watching a little bit of a  documentary based on the events of WW1.






Today’s homework: Read up to p. 55, Questions 1-6, but exclude number 4.
Also, don’t forget about a current events quiz next week.

National Periodic Table Day!

In today's class, we started off the class by asking the review questions that we were assigned last night. We discussed the many different factors that led up to The Great War :( and we went through the important themes such as Nationalism, Economic Rivalry, The Arms Race, and A System of Alliances. 

Homework for today (Big oof): Read up to Page 46 on Twentieth Century Viewpoints and do Questions 1-4.

Hump Day

The first thing we did in class today was go over the worksheet on Chapter 1. Here are the answers in case you need them:

i) 6   ii) 16   iii) 14   iv) 12   v) 1   vi) 7   vii)   5   viii) 4   ix) 8   x) 13   xi) 15   xii) 2   xiii) 11   xiv) 3
xv) 9   xvi) 10

We also finished our quiz on Chapter 1 of Twentieth Century Viewpoints which involved important themes/subjects such as:

• Imperialism
• Capitalism
• Wars (Boer War, Russo-Japanese War, Boxer Rebellion, South African War)
• Liberalism, authoritarianism, globalization
• Universal Suffrage (women's suffrage)
• Developments in technology: 
• steam engine, ships, automobiles
• telephone

After the quiz, we continued our discussion about justifying imperialism and proceeded to look at World War I (Chapter 2). 

Ms. Loconte talked about how the Enlightenment period contrasted from the world war. (Enlightenment & Martin Luther VS "the lamps are going out all over Europe") 

Important terms for everyone to know when reading this chapter are:

1. Alliances: Triple Entente (Great Britain, Russia, France), Triple Alliance (Germany, Austria- Hungary, Italy)

2. Arms (Naval) Race: between Germany & Great Britain

3. Nationalism: devotion and loyalty to one's country

4. Industrialization: mass production of goods - allowed Great Britain, France & Germany to rise to great power

5. German Question: Germany wanting its place in the sun and being able to fight for it if need be

6. Balkan Unrest: people were unhappy in the empire they were subject to and wanted to come together against it

Homework:

-Read about the Balkan wars and the German Question (pg. 11-13) but don't read Mobilization (unless you really want to). 

-Create review questions based on the reading from in class or tonight, as assigned by Ms. Loconte.

       -Deirdre & Amy: 2 questions from the passages we read in class

       -April: 2 questions for "Balkans: the Powder Keg of Europe"

       -Ingram: 2 questions for "The Balkan Wars"

       -Dylan, Brian, & Nathan: 1 question for "The German Question"

-Dylan: Pablo Picasso presentation (20th Century Viewpoints) due this Friday

-Ingram: British home front presentation (pg. 17, Global Forces) due anytime soon

-Brian: Spanish Influenza presentation (pg. 22, Global Forces) due anytime soon

Please do your homework so that we can get a tally on the board :) 

Fanta was made under Nazi Germany

In today's class, we discussed the questions that we had made ourselves after listening to the podcast on Monday night. We discussed the revisionist history and then we proceeded to review over unit 1 of Twentieth Century Viewpoints..We went through different important terms such as liberalism, imperialism, and Capitalism.

Quiz tomorrow for Chapter 1 Twentieth Century Viewpoints
As well fill up the Textbook Extention Sheet that Mrs. Loconte gave to us (it is a matching exercise)


Just for Fun
(Find a punctuation error :))

Art of the Day

By Nathan Lam 

Guess the meme 

Happy Chinese New Year Eve

In today’s class we reviewed the questions that we did for homework over the weekend. We covered the characteristics of the world’s superpowers and the concept of imperialism. Homework for tomorrow (Tuesday February 5, 2019) is to listen to the podcast (posted earlier I believe), and come up with 5 questions you had from listening to it. Also, read pages 28 and 29 about the justification of imperialism and prepare to argue either for or against it.

How do we know how what we know?

Have a listen to tonight's podcast.
The banter between the two hosts is lively and as entertaining as their topics.
Create 5 questions, either review questions from the show, or questions that the show sparked in you.

https://www.stuffyoushouldknow.com/podcasts/revisionist-history-works.htm

est. time 46 min.

Welcome, April and Nathan!

Today we gained two new students! Welcome, April and Nathan, to History 12 with Mrs. Loconte; it's looking like a fun semester :)

In class, we reviewed the terms and ideas we learned in chapter one of Global Forces, such as autarky, hegemony, nation-state, reach, and realpolitik. After that, we selected movies for our movie project. We then reviewed yesterday's homework about the turn of the century: advancements in communications and transportation greatly forwarded globalization; women suffragists fought for enfranchisement; most people were farmers and many moved to the US in search of a better life. Continuing on, we watched some videos giving insight into the Belle Epoque and the lifestyle disparities between the rich and poor before WWI.

Today's homework:

• Read to page 27 in Twentieth Century Viewpoints and answer the four questions found there. 
• Read a couple of stories from the Everyday Sexism Project: https://everydaysexism.com/
• For April and Nathan: read chapter one of Global Forces and prepare for a quiz on Monday.

Have a great weekend! Don't get lost in the rain!