The Modern World

Date	In Class Activity	Homework	Due Next Class
Mon 4/24	Lecture/Activity: The post-war 3rd World	Extra Credit Movies for this unit include: A Dry White Season	Prepare for your hotseat choice by interactively reading your section and writing a 2/3 page opening statement.
Wed 4/26	Post War Middle East Activity and Lecture		Prepare for the Peace Conference.
Fri 4/28	Fishbowl and documentary work
Tues 5/2	Finish Lecture: The issue of Palestine What should America's role in the peace process?		Prep for the peace conference
Thurs 5/4	Middle East Peace Conference Hotseat: Nigeria 1966 Modern Africa: Nigeria lecture Start Lecture: Zimbabwe 1980-2010		Interactively Read your Nigeria Hotseat and write your 2/3 page speech
Mon 5/8	Nigeria Hot Seat Lecture: Zimbabwe's post imperialism Case Study		Print out and bring to class the Mugabe and the White African post viewing sheet
Wed 5/10	Start Lecture on Zimbabwe and African Independence and the film Mugabe & the White African-		Do pages 1-7 in the China packet
Fri 5/12	Davey at his daughter's graduation Finish Mugabe & the White African and work on the post film guide: Mugabe and the White African. We say no to whites owning our land... It is ours and that message should ring loud and clear in Britain and the United States. --Robert Mugabe		Complete the post viewing guide (and interactively highlight the video guide) which you completed most of in class today. Read pages 8-13 in the Sleeping Dragon packet Do not forget to bring the Sleeping Dragon packet to class during the unit and that your out of class participation is due at the end of the semester.. Read pages 14-23 in packet and do the summary on page 26
Tues 5/16	Start Modern China: Victory of Mao- Hundred Flowers Campaign Case Study: China Great Leap Forward - Yes or No? Introduction to the Cultural Revolution		If you didn't already, read pages 14-23 in packet and do the summary on page 26 Do not forget to bring the packet to class during the unit.
Thurs 5/18	Finish Case Study: China Great Leap Forward - Yes or No? Introduction to the Cultural Revolution Start 4 corners activity		Bring your laptops Monday Write a paragraph on why your Hot Seat point is correct (by 5/31) Interactively read any pages from 28-40 we didn't finish in class Don't forget to do your out of class participation forms
Mon 5/22	RFK Day of Affirmation Speech and Be the Change Powerpoint. Launch BTC II Project		Do not forget your out of class participation forms I will accept them Thursday or on the final Our final exam is on Thursday with the presentation following during media class. Here is the rubric for the presentation part
Wed 5/24	BTC II Project		Submit your revised documentary to the Google Doc folder by 11pm Don't forget about your out of class participation. Final has been reduced to Middle East, Africa, and China only
Fri 5/26	Work on BTC II		Come prepared with your paragraph on your hot seat topic Submit to film freeway by Sunday night at 10pm (receipt goes up on canvas and video goes into the google drive Don't forget the Out of class participation froms. SMASHn counts for 11 instead of 10 points.
Wed 5/31	Mini-Hot Seat (4 corners debate) China in the 1970s and 1980s Film: Tank Man		> Prep for your China hotseat by interactively reading your section and writing a 90 second opening statement. Interactively read pages 63-66 in your China packet. Make sure you are finishing your out of class activity forms. The end of the semester is near. SMASHn Counts! (5/20) Start taking a look at the Finals Study Guide
Fri 6/2	Finish Modern China Hot Seat: China		Work 20 minutes on your Be the Change II Project and record what you did in your google doc. Here are Friday's Benchmarks: Create your team's Google Doc with initial research, roles listed in doc., what are your group's goals, answer the question how does your team plan to make a difference? Also, bring a laptop to class to work on your SMASH'n edit and Look at the updated, Finals Study Guide.
Fri 6/2	BTC II Project		Don't forget about your out of class participation. You get a 5x7 card on the final but it must be handwritten or signed by your parents that you did it. It may not contain a map!.
Tues 6/6	Final Exam and project explanation Remember Tiananmen (28 Years ago this week)		Don't forget about your out of class participation. You get a 5x7 card on the final but it must be handwritten or signed by your parents that you did it. It may not contain a map!.

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