End of The Grading Period

Please make sure that I have all of your work by Friday the 25th.

Tuesday 03.22 - Friday 03.25

Please make sure all work that has been due is turned into me by Friday March 25th before we leave for Spring Break. 

Resistor Project is due on Friday March 25th.

Friday 03.18

All classes have been assigned the Holocaust Resistor Project.
This project is due THIS FRIDAY 03.25.
Here are the details.

HW
Periods 2 and 9 - Finish all of Maus II.  We will have another short quiz like we had for Maus I.  Then we will be discussing Maus II in class on Monday.  Please come prepared!

Period 7-8 - None, but work on your project.

Thursday March 17

HW

Periods 2 and 9 - Read Maus II  Chaps. 1-2  There will be a quiz on ALL of Maus II on Monday.
If you are unexcused absent today, you will not be able to make up the quiz from today.  If you had an excused absence, you need to take the quiz by the end of the day tomorrow.  No exceptions

In Class, we talked about the American Response to the Holocaust.

Period 7-8 -  No HW
In Class, we discussed Maus II.
If you are unexcused absent today, you will not be able to make up the quiz from today.  If you had an excused absence, you need to take the quiz by the end of the day tomorrow.  No exceptions.

Wednesday 03.16

QUICK NOTE ABOUT MISSING CLASS ON THURSDAY
Those of you who miss class on Thursday, whether it is because you are sick, have a planned absence, or for whatever reason...As always, you will need to make up your quiz by Friday at the latest!  If you do not take it by the end of the day Friday...you will receive a 0.  Additionally, if you did not provide a blue form or a white music tech day form, the makeup quiz that you will be taking will be short answer, instead of the multiple choice quiz that will be administered in class.


HW

Periods 2 and 9 - Finish Reading Maus I (so you should have read chapters 1-6)
We will have a quiz tomorrow on all of Maus I

Period 7-8 - Finish Maus II
We will have a quiz on all of Maus II.
We will also be discussing the book in class.

Tuesday 03.15

HW
Period 7-8 : Maus II - Chapters 1 and 2 - (We will Finish it for Thursday)

Period 2 and Period 9: Maus I - Chapters 1, 2, and 3

In Class Today
Documentary on the Kinder Transport

Monday 03.14

HW
Period 7-8 - Finish all of Maus I - quiz on Tuesday

Periods 2 and 9 - No HW

In Class Today
7-8 Discussed several things about Maus.  Refer to the powerpoint of Maus I

2 and 9 - Discussed Nuremberg Laws - Please see me for a copy of the Nuremburg Laws

Friday 03.11

HW
Period 2 and Period 9 - No Homework

Period 7-8 - Read first 3 chapters of Maus I

In Class
-Talked about the possibilities that American Society has an image for an ideal American Youth.  If so, do we feel pressure living up to that image?

Powerpoint
Discussed the Hitler Youth.  Read "School for Barbarians" on pp. 228-230,

Also read - pg. 245 "Schools for Girls" and the first part of "Models of Obedience" on pg 235

This shows what type of schooling girls in Germany went through

Also read pg. 246-247 - "A lesson in current events"

Tuesday 03.08

In class, we read and discussed pp 197-200..."Taking the Oath"
We ultimately got to the topic of....what is the power of an individual?  Do you believe that an individual can affect change in the world.

NO HOMEWORK

Monday 03.07

HW
Based on the story that we read today - pg 189-191 - please post on this blog or write in your notebook, an entry on the topic of...
Do you believe something terrible could happen in the United States today because of this idea of going along and failing to act as an Upstander?   It doesn't have to be as horrific as the Holocaust.
If yes, why? Don't we have protections against something like that?
If no, why do you feel like we are different from the society the professor described in the story?  Don't we still have hate crimes and utter poverty?

The question is...is 21st century America immune from the power of the group and going along with the crowd to extremes?

Friday 3.04

We spent today reading and finishing the study guides on the rise of the Nazis.
We will have a quiz on the study guides on Monday.
Here are the study guides  #1     #2      #3      #4

Here are a list of all the sections you are responsible for.  You should have read them all in class.  If you didn't finish, I have posted the last two sections here on the blog.
The pages are from the Light Blue Book.

-Case Study on Anti-Judaism 46
 -Treaty of Versailles 119

- Anger and Humiliation 123

- Hitler in Power 151

-Targeting the Jews 165

-Taking over the Universities 172

- Breeding German Race 183

- Defining a Jew 201

Wednesday and Thursday 03.02 - 03.03

Went through powerpoint about the brief history of Jews and the Weimar Republic.  Power points can be found to the right of the blog.
Also, began work on the study guides found here.

The answers to the study guide questions are able to be found in the light blue Holocaust and Human Behavior Books.

Look at Friday's Blog Post to see how much of the study guide you will have to do.

Tuesday was Test Day

Hopefully you were not too stressed out.
I appreciate the fact that some of you expressed your appreciation for the first couple weeks of this class.  However, just as some of us love discussing our feelings and reactions, some us need other ways to show that they are focusing and learning from class.  I will continue to try to give you unique ways to show me what you are learning, but tests are a part of it.
My hope was that this test was not too difficult if you were focused in class everyday.

No Homework

Please let me know if you would like to do the little mini-presentation on the history of the Jewish people that leads us to the rise of the Nazis.

IQ and Immigration Power point

Here is the powerpoint