2-22 Wednesday Night Homework!

1) How did Europe change after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
2) How would our country react if a country assassinated our leader?

2-21, Tuesday Night Homework!

Homework: Do the causes of WWI remind you of anything that happens in your friendships?  Explain.

New Unit!- WORLD WAR I

The Great War begins. This unit discusses the first outbreak of a global battle that involves many major players we have studied this year including France, Italy, Germany and yes the good old United States of America. This unit we will see how alliances are formed, the impact of imperialism, and the crazy amount of death and violence that occurs in the first world war. The development of machine guns, tanks, poison gas, trenches, and airplanes lead to an extraordinary amount of deaths.

Invisible Children

Hey All,

Here is the video invisible children that we began to watch in class.
This movie is about children in Uganda ( a former British colony). The children are from the Sudan where there has been an outbreak of civil war for the last 20 years.

CLICK HERE

Monday Homework #2 - Writing Prompt

CLICK HERE FOR THE READING!

RESPONSE:

Directions: Based on what you just read, do you agree with the quote below?  Why or why not?  (Use information from your notes in your answer.)

“[The African’s] chances of effective resistance have been steadily dwindling with the increasing perfectibility of modern weapons.  … Thus the African is really helpless against the material gods of the white man, as embodied in the trinity of imperialism, capitalistic exploitation, and militarism.”

–Edward Morel (a British journalist) from his book The Black Man’s Burden

In other words...

Do you think Africans stood a chance to resist European

Imperialism? Even with all the weapons, money and power Europeans

Countries had over Africa?

The author of the quote says 'NO!' What do you think?

Monday Homework!

Do you think Africa is still considered a valuable continent? If not why do you think this changed since imperialism?

Rasta Host

Yo mon! Thanks to Naeemah for letting me wear the Rasta wig.

Extra credit: comment below-

What is rastafarianism? What do they believe? Where is it practiced?

Sick Today- :(

Hello Students,

I am sorry that I am out today. I have not been feeling very well the last couple days and decided to take today to get healthy. I hope you don't miss me and imperialism too much! We will be back at it again on Friday. Please complete all missing homework as tomorrow I will check for all DO NOWs from the last two weeks and Homework assignments.

See you tomorrow.

Mr. Hostetter

Wednesday Night Homework!

Do you think there will ever be an Empire like Britain was again? Why or why not?

Tuesday Night Homework

Sorry for the late post-

Why do you think Britain and other European countries were able to have such a large empire, despite being such small countries?

Monday Night Homework- 2-6

Homework

Do you think countries would still have tried to conquer others if there was no economic (money) motivation?  Why or why not?

Imperialism - a system in which stronger countries dominate weaker countries economically, socially and politically.

This Week - February 6th - Imperialism

I hope everyone had a great super bowl weekend. This week we are starting a new unit on IMPERIALISM. This is an important unit to follow because it will explain the key events leading up to World War I and World War II. This unit is about empire building and the conquering of regions in Africa and all across the globe. The years between 1870 and 1914 saw the expansion of Western power across the globe. By 1914, the West dominated the entire planet. The major Western players in this New Imperialism were Britain, France, Germany, Italy, and the United States. Two non-Western powers involved in this new era of imperialism were Russia and Japan.

The White Man's Burden

THIS WEEK:


Tuesday: Stay after school and watch the last hour of GATTACA - the movie we started on Friday. A thrilling ending that will surely have you moved.

Wednesday: Hollywood and History After school! Let the filming begin. We will start to film the epic story of Toussiant L'Overture. We need all hands on deck!


Friday: Homework and Do Nows (for last 2 weeks) will be checked! 


Let's have a great week!

STUDY STUDY STUDY! AND CARTOONS

Hey guys,
Homework tonight is to review for INDUSTRIALIZATION TEST tomorrow and work on your cartoons!
Make sure you know these Vocabulary:

1. Industry/Industrialization 
2. Textiles
3. Assembly line
4. urban, rural, suburban
5. urbanization
6. child labor
7. reform
8. unions
9. capitalism
10. socialism

Also know how to answer these questions:

1.     What changed during the Industrial Revolution?

2.     Where did the Industrial Revolution start?

3.     What were some important inventions from the Industrial Revolution?

4.     What is urban, rural and suburban? How do these words relate to the industrial revolution?

1.     What effects did urbanization and industrialization  cause?

Working conditions-

Factories

Railroads

Reform

Unions

Inventions

Assembly Line

           

       What is capitalism?

3.     What is socialism?

Tuesday Night Homework!

If you could design your own country, would it be capitalist or socialist? Explain why.
How would the government help your country or would it stay out of business?
What would your government do to help the poor?

Monday Night Homework!

Welcome back, Welcome back. Hope you all had a good weekend.
This week we will be finishing up the Industrial Revolution. Today, we discussed certain scenarios that people went through during the industrial revolution: factory owners, assembly line workers, specialized workers and government officials. Most importantly the influence of Labor Unions. Labor Unions are groups of workers that join together to fight for the rights of workers. Labor Unions are responsible for the REFORM during the industrial revolution and making new laws to protect workers from the terrible factory conditions. We still have labor unions today that are very powerful!

Homework: Do you think we still need labor unions today? Explain.