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.