1948 War

Agenda 2/26:

1. Students read the last six pages in Fraser, focusing on the events surrounding the 1948 war.
2. Students watched a 10 minute clip from the film The 50 Year War, from 21:30 - 32:00.
3. Students read an excerpt from the graphic novel, Footnotes in Gaza. It focusing on the plight of refugees.
4. Students analyzed a series of documents and made maps of the results of the war.

HOMEWORK:

Chapter 1 Briefings - DUE - Now

Shifting British Support of Arabs and Jews

Agenda 2/24:

1. I reviewed the prior class, noting how the British had made a series of "incompatible promises" to Jews and Arabs in Palestine.
2. Students took notes about a series of events and categorized them as helping either Jews or Arabs [below].
3. In pairs they then read about the UN partition of Palestine from Jewish and Arab perspectives. 
4. To end, they watch the first 10 minutes of the documentary The 50 Year War to review.

HOMEWORK:

Intro and Chapter 1 Briefings from Fraser - DUE - Friday 2/26

"Incompatible Promises"

The 50 Year War:


Jewish Organizations:

Palestine Before 1948

Agenda 2/18:

1. Students analyzed a series of documents. They took notes using a t-chart. The chart was labelled: Statements in Support of Arabs   |   Statements in Support of Jews. Afterwards they answered several comprehension questions [see below]/
2. Students watched a clip [approx. 9:00 to 30:00] from the film Promises and Betrayals. 

HOMEWORK:

WWII / Holocaust / Schindler's List RAFT - DUE Monday 2/22

The Arab Israeli Conflict Chapter Briefing - Intro - DUE Monday 2/22

Arab Israeli Conflict

Agenda 2/16:

1. Students began learning about the Arab Israeli conflict. They started reading from Fraser, The Arab-Israeli Conflict and were introduced to the chapter briefings they will complete for the first four chapters.
2. Students labelled maps of the Middle East.

HOMEWORK:

Internal Assessment - DUE - Thursday 2/18

WWII / Holocaust / Schindler's List RAFT - DUE - Monday 2/22

Fraser Chapter Briefing - Introduction - DUE - Monday 2/22

Hitler Quiz - Feb. 11th

QUIZ PROMPTS: You will answer ONE of the following prompts.

• Evaluate the ways in which Hitler was able to consolidate his rule between 1933 and 1938.
• To what extent were the lives of ordinary Germans affected by Nazism? Identify at least two groups.
• In what ways did people resist Nazi rule? Provide examples.

HOMEWORK:

WWII/Holocaust RAFT - DUE - 2/22

The Road to WWII

Agenda 2/1-3:

1. Students learned about opposition and resistance to the Nazi's [below]. Click here for teacher's notes.
2. Students watched a lip from the film World at War [beginning at 22:00], taking notes about events in Germany that led to WWII. Students focused on: The Saar plebiscite, re-militarization, reoccupation of the Rhineland, Anschluss, The Munich Pact, the Nazi-Soviet Pact, and the invasion of Poland.
3. Students then viewed a series of photographs [below], analyzing them and reading the captions aloud as a class.
4. Students watched a short presentation about WWII and the Holocaust and began watching Schindler's List.

HOMEWORK:

IA - DUE - Feb. 18th

Opposition and Resistance to the Nazis:

WWI Photos: