Tuesday, April 19, 2011

ELA 10- Intro to Shakespeare and Macbeth





ELA 30- "Night" by Elie Wiesel




Flickr Photo Gallery 1

Letters regarding treatment of Jews

Virtual Tour of Auschwitz

Oprah Visits Auschwitz with Elie Wiesel

The Final Solution

United States Holocaust Memorial

Tuesday, April 19

History 20

Hitler Questions
Video

ELA 30

Crucible 3&4 reviewed
Crucible notes


Assignment

Choose one ignoble character and one noble character, along with Hale, to analyze.

For each character:

a)State whether they are ignoble or noble
b)Find four quotations, in chronological order through the book that exemplify the personality of the character.
c)Explain how each quote exemplifies the nature of the character.


Example:

Proctor- Noble

1. "quotation goes here."
- explain the quotation here....ex: this shows Proctor's commitment to Elizabeth as
he goes out of his way to...
2. "
3. "
4. "

Monday, April 18, 2011

Monday, April 18

ELA 10B
Assessment for Global Issues equality unit- concept mapping the major concepts and literarature we have examined and learned about during this unit.
Three Cups of Tea Literary Essay- Rough Draft due Wednesday... looks like G.M. is in some hot water- we will discuss this next class.

ELA 30B
The Crucible- Act 3 & 4 Qs due. Quiz Tuesday. PAA 10 Your floor plans are due. The basement plans are also due.

History 20

Artifact due Tuesday (tomorrow)

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Debate

Check out this great MSN video: Debate: Highlight reel


How interesting...

History 20- Wednesday

Hour 1: Read about Mussolini and his rise to power in ITALY. Answer the following questions:

1. Why was Mussolini admired by Italian people?
2. Following WWI, what contributed to dissatisfaction with the Italian government?
3. What is socialism? Why would middle class Italians be opposed to a socialist government?
4. How was Mussolini able to come to power? What was his political philosophy? Explain.
5. What were the goals of Mussolini's party (and the ideology itself)?
6. Why were fascist ideas supported?
7. What was the March of Rome? Explain its significance.
8. Under Mussolini, what was the structure of Italian government like? How did Mussolini gain totalitarian control?
9. What was Italy's foreign policy like?
10. How did the League of Nations deal with Italy's aggressive behaviour? Could they have done more? If you complete this work within the hour, please take time to work on your artifacts.

Hour 2:

1. Review Stalin questions
2. Mussolini

Big Questions:

Are fascist and communist ideologies similar? In what ways are they different? What was daily life like for those living under governments who practiced these ideologies?

Monday, April 11, 2011

Three Cups of Tea- Essay Rubric

Essay Question: How did Greg Mortensen show social responsibility in Three Cups of Tea?

*** Remember MLA formatting (12 pt font, title page, in-text citations, proper integration of quotations, bibliography)

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Stalin Era Artifact

Objectives:

-Know that both totalitarian and authoritarian regimes place restrictions on the rights of individual citizens and the involvement of individual citizens in national decision making.
-Know that the traditional mechanisms utilized by totalitarian and authoritarian regimes to control the actions of citizens include a compliant and loyal police; obedient bureaucracies, military and judiciary; effective control of all forms of communication; and severe limits on public participation in political decision-making processes.
-Know that authoritarian and totalitarian regimes institute many similar policies such as limiting legal political opposition, curtailing the rights of association, free speech, and judicial safeguards for the public.

Gulags- Forced Labour Camps

- letter from Gulag admin to Stalin
- Prisoner's workbook
-Official publications and periodicals represented slavory as a tool of reeducation changing people minds, turning them into dedicated builders of Communism. The newspapers below were distributed within labor camps only.
-Map of Soviet Russia's Gulags

Memos

Sample Letter from Gulag

Letter from Lenin regarding religion

Letter to Soviets asking to be spared execution

Letter from Cheka

Lenin sentences Kulaks Original Document

Doctor as witness to the disaster of collectivization ORiginal

Decision to censor novel

Friday, April 8, 2011

Count down to spring break....more recipes :D

1. S'more Pie A http://blogs.babble.com/family-kitchen/2011/04/06/out-of-the-campfire-into-the-oven-smores-pie/

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Interior Design Rubrics-

New Project:



House Floor Plan:

Cake Decorating

Crumb Coat




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSRigNnAjXM&feature=related&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1

Sunday, April 3, 2011



http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/salemwitchtrials/story/

Update!

I apologize to all of my devout followers; I have not been posting on a regular basis. I know how disappointed you all must be in me :P


Here is an update of the happenings in ELA/HIST/PAA

ELA10-

We are writing an analytic essay together as a class- the question is "How did Greg Mortensen show social responsibility in the book "Three Cups of Tea?"


ELA30-

We are reading a play by Arthur Miller entitled "The Crucible." It is a literary classic and I think you will enjoy it!
ACT ONE, Questions 1-8 are due for Monday.

HIST20-

We just finished our unit in WWI with an exam. We are moving into a short unit about the interwar period.

PAA7-

Food Safety--> Healthy eating will come soon.


PAA9- Cake decorating...


Now I will leave you with a cool little tune for a sunny spring day: