Fall of the Cold War PowerPoint

Students are to create a three slide PowerPoint about a person who played an important role in the fall of Communism. The two tasks for each student are to tell about the person and to describe their role in tearing down Communism. The five individuals are Mikhail Gorbachev, Vaclav Havel, Andrei Sakharov, Aleksander Solzhenitsyn, and Lech Walesa.

USSR invasion of Afghanistan

Students must complete a five slide PowerPoint in which they explain any aspect of the USSR invasion of Afghanistan that they choose. Completed PowerPoints must be submitted to the dropbox tomorrow.

General McArthur PowerPoint

WHII – Students will complete a PowerPoint in which they will either defend or condemn General McArthur. They will prepare a presentation to be made to the President in which they detail why he should either replace or keep General McArthur in charge of all military operations in Korea. Slides include:
-Job Performance
-Professionalism
-Respect for Authority

-Ingenuity
-Conclusion

Research Paper Requirements

WHII – Students may pick any topic to discuss as long as it took place during the Cold War. Requirements: 10th grade – 2 pages, 2 sources. 11th grade – 4 pages, 4 sources. Honors students should add 2 pages and sources to each requirement. Due tomorrow will be a commitment paragraph in which students select their topics and explain why they made their choice. Below is a timeline of due dates and point value.
5/17 – Commitment paragraph – 15 points.
5/20 – List of sources in MLA format – 15 points.
5/24 – Note cards with information gathered from sources – 20 points.
5/27 – First page – 50 points.
5/31 – Rough draft – 100 points.
6/10 – Final draft – 100 points.

Berlin Wall Stories

WHII – Students are to create a 3-5 slide PowerPoint detailing a personal story from the Berlin Wall falling down. Honors need to cover 2 stories with a minimum of 5 slides.

Alternative to the Marshall Plan

WHII – Students took notes on and discussed the Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after WWII. Their assignment is to create a PowerPoint from the perspective of the USSR that offers a plan to rebuild the Communist countries of the Eastern Block.

Holocaust PowerPoint Project

WHII – For my World History II students while I’m away, please complete a PowerPoint on Dachau, Auschwitz, and Treblinka (Terezin as well for honors students). Each camp should include the following:

- Beginning (How did it start?)

- Purpose (Who was the camp opened for? What was its function?)

- Location (Where was it? Why)

- Statistics (How many people were held here? Who were they?)

- Liberation (Who liberated the camp? What happened?)

Each slide should have 4 bullet points and a picture. Projects are due Tuesday, 4/26 in the drop box.

WWII Newsreel Project

WHII – Students will create their own WWII Newsreel specifically about D-Day. Requirements for the movie are that it must be between 1:30-2:30 minutes (at least 2:30 for honors). The students will also write their own scripts and add their own sound effects and music. Thursday and Friday will be spent collecting movies, Monday will be script day, and Tuesday and Wednesday students will record and edit their movies. Finished movies are due Thursday, April 7.

Monday, 2/28

WHII – Send two emails, one to a representative regarding the US position on Libya and the other to Gov. Scott Walker regarding his stance on unions. Any response should be forwarded to me.

11/22 – 11/24

WHII – Students will present Scramble for Africa PowerPoints. The week will end with a two page essay on the case study of their choosing.

FHAO – Class will start unit on former Yugoslavia civil war.