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Anonymous
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ok time to tell a story...
I was on the bus this afternoon with several of my friends and we were talking about the word "annonymous". Unfortunately, one of them didnt know what "annonymous" means, so we asked him if he knew quotes such as "Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land amoung the stars", which is a quote by an "annonymous" person. The guy pretends to know what annonymous means by answering "Oooo yeah, he's that famous Greek philosopher...now I remember him!"
have you marked the pop quiz on the house of commons floor plan? And will we get our government unit final marks tomorrow... or not since you weren't at school?
can i say that even tho germany was not justifed at the peace conference, there were some factors that germany contributed to the cause of the war? ---------------------- In your first paragraph you do need to address the fact that there are at least two points of view on this issue. One, that the major powers at the Paris Peace Conference were justified in assigning the blame to Germany, and making the "war guilt clause" part of the Treaty of Versailles. The other point of view is that the major powers weren't justified in assigning blame to Germany. If your thesis is that the major powers weren't justified, you have to discuss why some people (possibly historians) would feel that Germany was to blame for the outbreak of the war. You have to address both sides of the issue. This is absolutely critical, and if you don't do this in your first paragraph it will cost you some marks. In your body paragraphs you will probably want to make the case for other nations being to blame for the outbreak of the war. I described this to a student the other day like this: if Germany were on trial for being guilty for the outbreak of the war, and you were Germany's lawyer, how would you defend Germany? Would you say that Germany was partly guilty? Probably not, you would want to cast "a reasonable doubt" on the guilt of Germany by implicating other parties (countries in this case) and their role in the outbreak of the war. Does this help?
THIS ESSAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!! besides the A-H sending ultimatum to Serbia, provoking war, what else is there? that they threatened serbia making russia mobilize, then Germany declaring war blah blah blah, what else is there?
Kevin Gilchrist said... can i say that even tho germany was not justifed at the peace conference, there were some factors that germany contributed to the cause of the war? ---------------------- In your first paragraph you do need to address the fact that there are at least two points of view on this issue. One, that the major powers at the Paris Peace Conference were justified in assigning the blame to Germany, and making the "war guilt clause" part of the Treaty of Versailles. The other point of view is that the major powers weren't justified in assigning blame to Germany. If your thesis is that the major powers weren't justified, you have to discuss why some people (possibly historians) would feel that Germany was to blame for the outbreak of the war. You have to address both sides of the issue. This is absolutely critical, and if you don't do this in your first paragraph it will cost you some marks. In your body paragraphs you will probably want to make the case for other nations being to blame for the outbreak of the war. I described this to a student the other day like this: if Germany were on trial for being guilty for the outbreak of the war, and you were Germany's lawyer, how would you defend Germany? Would you say that Germany was partly guilty? Probably not, you would want to cast "a reasonable doubt" on the guilt of Germany by implicating other parties (countries in this case) and their role in the outbreak of the war. Does this help?
Does this help?? kinda but still i agree lets move the date of the position paper to some other day...like next week. and you would say, mr.g..
23 comments:
ok time to tell a story...
I was on the bus this afternoon with several of my friends and we were talking about the word "annonymous". Unfortunately, one of them didnt know what "annonymous" means, so we asked him if he knew quotes such as "Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land amoung the stars", which is a quote by an "annonymous" person. The guy pretends to know what annonymous means by answering "Oooo yeah, he's that famous Greek philosopher...now I remember him!"
Just a random story
ss 10-1
hmmmm,,,, were you on the 154 bus???? or 10?
cuz i heard a group of ppl talking about the word annonymous behind me
lol
nice I was on both...
lol
for the essay tomorrow,
can i say that even tho germany was not justifed at the peace conference, there were some factors that germany contributed to the cause of the war?
nice I was on both...
lol
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AHAHA i noe who you are now,
soc 20
mr Gilchrist,
Just out of curiosity,
what will happen if you miss school tomorrow and miss the inclass essay?
nice I was on both...
lol
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AHAHA i noe who you are now,
soc 20
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right...=P
nice I was on both...
lol
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AHAHA i noe who you are now,
soc 20
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right...=P
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i really do! you're in band right?
have you marked the pop quiz on the house of commons floor plan? And will we get our government unit final marks tomorrow... or not since you weren't at school?
Mr.Gilchrist would Weltpolitik fall under Militarism, or imperialism, and what about the moroccan crisis'??
mr Gilchrist,
Just out of curiosity,
what will happen if you miss school tomorrow and miss the inclass essay?
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That's not going to happen.
do you have any god links for the building of the high seas fleet
can i say that even tho germany was not justifed at the peace conference, there were some factors that germany contributed to the cause of the war?
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In your first paragraph you do need to address the fact that there are at least two points of view on this issue. One, that the major powers at the Paris Peace Conference were justified in assigning the blame to Germany, and making the "war guilt clause" part of the Treaty of Versailles. The other point of view is that the major powers weren't justified in assigning blame to Germany. If your thesis is that the major powers weren't justified, you have to discuss why some people (possibly historians) would feel that Germany was to blame for the outbreak of the war. You have to address both sides of the issue. This is absolutely critical, and if you don't do this in your first paragraph it will cost you some marks. In your body paragraphs you will probably want to make the case for other nations being to blame for the outbreak of the war. I described this to a student the other day like this: if Germany were on trial for being guilty for the outbreak of the war, and you were Germany's lawyer, how would you defend Germany? Would you say that Germany was partly guilty? Probably not, you would want to cast "a reasonable doubt" on the guilt of Germany by implicating other parties (countries in this case) and their role in the outbreak of the war. Does this help?
do you have any god links for the building of the high seas fleet
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No, sorry I don't.
Mr.Gilchrist would Weltpolitik fall under Militarism, or imperialism, and what about the moroccan crisis'??
what is the due date for the government comparison project?
10-1
Mr.Gilchrist would Weltpolitik fall under Militarism, or imperialism, and what about the moroccan crisis'??
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i was wondering kinda the same thing about the policyof weltpolitik notthe others,
but is it militarism, thats what i think it is
THIS ESSAY IS IMPOSSIBLE!!
besides the A-H sending ultimatum to Serbia, provoking war, what else is there? that they threatened serbia making russia mobilize, then Germany declaring war blah blah blah, what else is there?
same with Russia, they what? mobilized army to defend serbia, that's about it, the brusilov offensive which really didn't to anything ....
nice I was on both...
lol
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AHAHA i noe who you are now,
soc 20
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right...=P
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i really do! you're in band right?
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damn who are you...? how did you know...? =P
Can the position paper be moved to a further date please?!?
^ like to never?
Kevin Gilchrist said...
can i say that even tho germany was not justifed at the peace conference, there were some factors that germany contributed to the cause of the war?
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In your first paragraph you do need to address the fact that there are at least two points of view on this issue. One, that the major powers at the Paris Peace Conference were justified in assigning the blame to Germany, and making the "war guilt clause" part of the Treaty of Versailles. The other point of view is that the major powers weren't justified in assigning blame to Germany. If your thesis is that the major powers weren't justified, you have to discuss why some people (possibly historians) would feel that Germany was to blame for the outbreak of the war. You have to address both sides of the issue. This is absolutely critical, and if you don't do this in your first paragraph it will cost you some marks. In your body paragraphs you will probably want to make the case for other nations being to blame for the outbreak of the war. I described this to a student the other day like this: if Germany were on trial for being guilty for the outbreak of the war, and you were Germany's lawyer, how would you defend Germany? Would you say that Germany was partly guilty? Probably not, you would want to cast "a reasonable doubt" on the guilt of Germany by implicating other parties (countries in this case) and their role in the outbreak of the war. Does this help?
Does this help??
kinda but still i agree lets move the date of the position paper to some other day...like next week.
and you would say, mr.g..
ummm NO!
cry.
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