Showing posts with label Nuremberg Trials. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nuremberg Trials. Show all posts

Thursday, February 06, 2020

February 6


Your Global Connections Map is due on Monday. Your Chapter 1 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow (Friday, February 7th). Please check out the instructions for your Global Connections Map below. Please also see the study guide for the World Geography Test study guide below as well. 

Here are the instructions for the map (which is due on Monday):
  • your map must have a title ("Global Connections Map")
  • you do not need compass directions on your map
  • you do not need a border for your map
  • you must have a simple key on the front of the map and a detailed key on the back on the map
  • your simple key will consist of the following: 5-6 colored boxes (depending on how many categories you had for your 25 item chart) which will be labeled- food, clothing, electronics, entertainment, household goods, miscellaneous AND you must also draw a colored dot and label it "people" (for the information from the Global Bingo game that we played)
  • you will only color countries and label ones that you have a connection to through the 25 item chart (for example, you own a sombrero that is from Mexico, you would color Mexico and label it "Mexico")
  • there will only be 5-6 colors on the map, you don't need to have 25 different colors for each of your 25 items
  • you also have to label the 16 people that you talked to during our Global Bingo game, they will be represented by colored circles (pick a common color for all people) and numbers (1-16, if you didn't talk to 16 people, you label as many as you talked to)--you do not color the countries that are represented on your Global Bingo card, you simply draw a circle on the country, color it, put a number beside it, and label the country (for example, if the only connection you have to Australia is that one of your classmates went on a vacation there, you draw the circle, write the number beside the circle, and label the country "Australia"-- you don't color the country)
  • on the detailed key on the back of your map, you will be recreating your 25 item chart (make sure that you have the categories clearly colored and matching the simple key on the front of the map) and the information from the Global Bingo card (clearly identify people by number) Your Global Connections Map is due on Monday, February 10th.


This test will take place on Wednesday, February 12th. It is simply a country and capital cities identification test. You will be given a world map with certain countries, capital cities, and places identified and you need to be able to write out what country it is. Here are the countries that may appear on the test:
  • any of the EU countries (there are 27 countries in the EU)
  • any of the NATO countries (there's some overlap here with the EU, but not all EU countries are members of NATO)
  • any of the G8 countries: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United States, and the United Kingdom
  • full members of MERCOSUR: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and other associate members or countries that are achieving membership in MERCOSUR, such as: Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador
  • to ask you to know ALL of the countries in the African Union would be cruel, so we'll focus on countries that came up last year or will likely be in the news this year: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan
  • other very important countries that will be in the news this year, or that we'll be talking about, or get mentioned in your textbook: Cuba, Mexico, China, India, Myanmar (Burma), Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel
  • **BIG HINT: if a country is a member of a few of these international organizations then there's a STRONG possibility that they will be on the test!!**



Please use the following links for studying for this test:



I covered a lot of territory today, teaching you the 20th century political spectrum, the political-economic grid, and the techniques of DICTatorship. You must complete the individualism and collectivism charts that are in your Social 30-1 coursebooks tomorrow. Please make sure that you read, highlight, and annotate the Ideology Notes (pages 17-22) in your Social 30-1 coursebooks tonight. Your Chapter 2 Key Terms and Questions are due on Monday, February 10th. I'm giving you a Unit 1 WRA I Chart Assignment tomorrow that will be due on Tuesday. On Wednesday, you will be writing the Chapter 1-2 Test on Wednesday, February 12th, please see the study guide.

The Chapter 1-2 Test is on Friday, September  13th. It is a mixed format test, it will have a matching section and a short/long answer section. Here is what you should review/study for this test:
    Chapter 1 and 2 Key Terms/Concepts:

    • ideology
    • Thomas Hobbes
    • John Locke
    • Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    • representative democracy
    • individualism
    • collectivism
    • private property
    • public property
    • ideology
    • radical
    • liberal
    • moderate
    • conservative
    • reactionary
    • communism
    • socialism
    • liberalism
    • conservatism
    • fascism
    • adherence to collective norms
    • economic freedom
    • economic equality
    • rule of law
    • competition
    • individual rights and freedoms
    • cooperation
    • self-interest
    • Adam Smith
    Other Study Tips:
    • you must know the 19th century political spectrum and the 20th century political spectrum
    • know similarities and differences between communism and fascism
    • what are the differences between communism and socialism
    • be able to label political and economic spectrums and the values associated with these ideologies
    • be able to label the political-economic grid and know examples of the ideologies in the quadrants (study the Ideology Notes and the notes I gave you in class)
    • know the differences between individualism and collectivism, be able to apply your understanding of these concepts
    • know the key ideas associated with Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau (for example, view of the nature of human beings, etc.)


    We finished off "Schindler's List" today, and then I started to show a YouTube video on the Nuremberg Trials, which I have posted on the wiki on the Causes and Effects of 20th Century Wars page. Don't forget that your three source interpretation charts are due tomorrow.


    Monday, April 15, 2019

    April 15


    I covered very quickly today the Nuremberg Trials, which took place in Germany at the conclusion of World War II when Nazi war criminals were put on trial for the atrocities committed by the Third Reich. I then showed you a documentary from the Turning Points in History series called "The Atomic Bomb" which focused on the Manhattan Project and usage of the bomb to end the war in the Pacific in WWII. I also gave you about 20 minutes to work on your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions (due April 23rd).


    We looked at "The Origins of the Cold War" today in class. We will continue talking about this topic for the next couple of weeks.

    Monday, April 16, 2018

    April 16


    WE watched the A & E Biography on Malcolm X today in class. As you watched this documentary, you should have been taking notes. I highly recommend you check out Spike Lee's "Malcolm X" film if today piqued your interest. One week from tomorrow you're writing a Paper 3 on the Civil Rights Movement, so you should have prepared your notes in your Google Docs for all of your assigned questions. Please remember that you're writing the U.S. Civil Rights Movement Test tomorrow, you can find the study guide below.

    On April 17th you'll be writing Civil Rights Movement Test you can find the study guide below.


    This test has multiple formats: there is a matching section, a short answer sectionand 25 multiple choice questions. You will have the entire class period to write it.study the "Civil Rights Movement" PowerPoint (you can find an electronic copy on the IB 30/35 wiki  Civil Rights and Social Movements in the Americas).


    •  know key individuals in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement (Martin Luther King, James Farmer, John Lewis, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, etc.) 
    • know key organizations in the movement (NAACP, SCLC, SNCC, CORE, Black Panthers, Nation of Islam, and key players) 
    • know key events of the civil rights movement (chronology/sequence of events)
    • know federal government responses to the civil rights movement from the Truman administration to the Johnson administration



    I did a homework check on your Chapter 10 Questions today. Today was a work period for you to read Chapter 11, and work on the Chapter 11 Key Terms and Questions. If you're given class time tomorrow to work on key terms and questions from the Unit 3 Worksheet tomorrow, please work on your Chapter 11 and 12 key terms and questions.


    We talked about the Nuremberg Trials today. I showed you a YouTube video from the American Experience series on the Nuremberg Trials.


    Thursday, November 10, 2016

    November 10


    You would have watched a documentary on the Nuremberg Trials today in class. This wraps up our investigation of the Holocaust. We'll be doing the draw for the Unit 2 research project topics in Monday's class. There's no school tomorrow because of Remembrance Day.


    You watched a BBC documentary today called "10 Questions About Democracy". As you watched this film you should have completed the answers to the questions in the booklet provided. You also have a homework assignment this long weekend: you must go to http://www.politicalcompass.org, and click on "take the test". I want you to print off your results and bring it to class on Monday, your result sheet will look like an economic-political grid. You also have to complete the individualism-collectivism booklet for homework due Monday. There's no school tomorrow because of Remembrance Day. 

    Thursday, April 11, 2013

    April 11


    We watched some excerpts today from "Schindler's List" to help illustrate life in the ghetto and the concentration camps. We also started talking about the aftermath of WWII in Europe and the trial of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg. We watched a short video on the war crimes trials at Nuremberg and I also gave you a handout with all the defendants and the results of the Nuremberg trial. Tomorrow, we'll be moving on to look at the end of WWII in the Pacific.

    I gave you a handout entitled "Origins of the Cold War" and gave you some supplementary information to go along with it. I then started a PowerPoint on "The Origins of the Cold War" which I will finish tomorrow. I also gave you a booklet on the timeline of the Cold War events (this will be very useful for studying for your Diploma Exam). I also gave you the Chapter 7 Worksheet. Your Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions are due in one week's time (April 18th). It's probably a good idea to read Chapter 7 and start chipping away at this assignment because it will take some time and effort to complete it.

    We watched the A & E Biography of Martin Luther King, which should have given you a look at other aspects of King's life. As you watched the video you were to take notes. I'm going to create a page on the wiki that you can edit, this page will be about the life of King. Please remember that you have your U.S. Civil Rights Movement Test on Monday, April 15th and a Paper 3 on the Civil Rights Movement on Thursday, April 18th.

    Make sure that you review your IB command terms again! Here are some possible questions from previous IB Exams:
    • What were the successes of the civil rights movement from 1950-1964 and how were those successes obtained?
    • What were the successes and failures of the civil rights movement between 1954 and 1964?
    • Explain the development of the civil rights movement in the 1950’s.
    • To what degree had it achieved its objectives by the time of the March on Washington in 1963?
    • How were the philosophies and tactics of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X different and what caused those differences?
    • Why had the civil rights movement come to dominate national attention by 1964?
    • What impact did the Black Power Movement have on the Civil Rights Movement?
    • Compare and contrast the strategies of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.
    • What factors contributed to the urban riots post 1964?
    • The civil rights movement had achieved most of its basic goals by 1965. To what degree do agree with that statement?
    • Overall would you characterize the civil rights movement as a unified or dis-unified movement?
    • Evaluate the effectiveness of the NAACP’s strategy from 1950-1968.