Psychology: Generation Me Article, Analysis & Reaction

Directions: Read the below article about how someone outside your generation sees you. This writer has significant influence over building the perceptions of those older than you.

Type this up in a Google Doc and turn it in in the below Google Form

While reading I would like you to:

• Identify & analyze his main arguments
• Identify how he supports them
• Identify his bias(es)
• React to his arguments - do you agree or disagree with them? Provide evidence to support your opinions
• Add to his article about your Generation - what's missing? What should a follow up article focus upon when looking at your Generation?

Why Millennials Will Save Us All Article

Type this up in a Google Doc and turn it in in the below Google Form

World History: From the Mouths of Nazis...

Directions: Using the document from the previous class, summarize how the Nazi high command felt about the Jews, what they had planned for them, and what their stated reasons were for targeting the Jews in particular.

Statements by Leading Nazis on the "Final Solution"

Padlet: From the Mouths of Nazis

World History: Holocaust Documentary - not an assignment

A documentary about a lost film from the liberation of Bergen-Belsen camp by the British and other camps during the end of WWII, including Auschwitz. A British filmmaker created a documentary in 1945 to show the indescribable scenes of what British soldiers found at one of the more famous camps in the Holocaust period.  What was finally finished 70 years later is a comprehensive and bracing look at how the Allies learned about the horrors of Nazi policies.

DISCRETION IS REQUIRED - although this is an unrated film, it includes extremely disturbing images of the discovery and clean up of a major prison campsite along with other camps (labor and extermination camps). Unflinching scenes of real dead bodies are strewn throughout the film and it can be extremely harrowing and shocking.

Documentary: Night Will Fall

Psychology: Cultural Identity Identification

Directions:
Part 1: Google Drawing
Create your own personal Cultural Identity wheel, complete with altering the sizes of the slices (represents how influential the cultural identifier is in your life -- larger = more; smaller = less), and identify how each group has impacted and influenced you in your life.

Cultural Identity Formation Activity - MAKE A COPY!!

Take a screenshot of your Google Drawing (Hold down ctrl and the Switcher button -- see image below)

Part 2: Padlet & Cultural Values & Beliefs

Go to the below site and complete an entry on Padlet where you will upload your screenshot, and identify how the 4 Cultural Groups (Your Ethnicity, Your Family/Community, Being An American, & Your Generation) have influenced and shaped the way you see the world. Identify the customs and traditions that are distinct you these groups and how they've influenced you.

Your Cultural Identity: Padlet

World History: D-Day/Saving Private Ryan Makeup

For those that can't see the film in class, take a look at the below websites to identify what it would have been like to experience this event first-hand.

Voices of D-Day (Need Headphones)
Letters to Home
British Soldiers involved on D-Day

World History: Night

Directions: As you read Night, answer the questions from each section and define the terms listed for each section.  Make a copy of the document and type directly into it.

Night Questions & Vocabulary

Use these online summaries to help you understand what you are reading:

Sparknotes
Schmoop
Gradesaver

World History: Storify World War II

Directions: This blog post will list out the many entries you will make related to your WWII Storify assignment. I will continuously update the post throughout, so you know exactly what you need on there.

For some of these posts and the requirements you will have to work on it in class, and either on your phones or at home outside of class unless there are connectivity issues (i.e., can't access Facebook or Instagram posts from the school network)

Link to the original Storify Post

Entry #3: Turning Points 2, 3, &4 - Operation Barbarossa, Pearl Harbor, D-Day
Directions: In 2 original paragraphs, summarize how the last 3 turning points we have covered in class have in fact been turning points in the war. Look over your notes, and information I have provided you.

Add 5 different elements related to the subject matter that correlate with the events.


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Entry #2: Turning Point #1 - The Battle of Britain
Directions: Read the article, looking at the primary sources, auxiliary sources, and links on the right-hand side on the page.  When finished, update your WWII Storify by answering the below question in 2 paragraphs (6-9 sentences each). Provide specific information from the secondary and primary sources from the article.

Website: The Battle of Britain

Essential Question: How was the Battle of Britain a turning point in WWII? How did Churchill's leadership provide an opportunity for Britain to hold off the Germans during the Summer and Fall of 1940?

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Entry #1: What I Know & Am Curious About
Requirements: 

• Written text about What You Already Know About WWII in paragraph form - At least 1 paragraph but you could write more
• Written text about What You are Curious About in paragraph form - At least 1 paragraph but you could write more
• Other Elements Related to What You're Curious About: You must seek out information about what you want to know using 3 of the following different elements:
• Youtube Video
• Links to websites
• Instagram Pics
• Tweets
• Pictures
• Facebook Posts
• Google+ posts

World History X: The War in Europe to 1941

Directions: Using the Interactive map in the below site, you and a partner will collaborate together in finding out what happened in WWII through the year 1941. Use the site to collect information on each of the listed events on the Google Doc below.  The purpose of this activity is to gain a sense of how the Axis powers were able to dominate in the first 2 years of fighting in Europe.

When finished, each person in the partnership must select 3 events where they will look for images related to that event.  Find 3 images for each event (total of 9) and paste them inside the Google Doc you are both working in.

Interactive WWII Map - European Theater

Google Doc of Events -- one of you makes a copy, and then shares that copy with editing rights with the other

Psychology: Mind Lab - Sensation & Perception

Directions: Go through each of the 4 modules on the below site looking at how we use sensation and perception to understand the world around us. After, go to the Padlet Response site to answer the questions below.

Sensation & Perception Web Modules

Questions to Answer:
1. Which modules or concepts made the most sense to you as you went through them? Explain why

2. Which modules or concepts made the least amount of sense, or confused you? Explain why

3. Based on this activity, how do we use sensation and perception to understand the world around us?

Padlet Response

World History: Storify WWII

The embedded file is a web-based publishing tool that one may use for a variety of different purposes.  For our class, you will create one based on the different things you have learned during the WWII unit.  Not only is this tool a powerful one in that you may publish your content from researching various sources, but it incorporates social-media content as well to make it a multi-faceted, multi-sourced product.

Check out my example below or HERE to see what it looks like as a standalone website.

YOUR TASK:
Entry #1: What I Know & Am Curious About
Requirements: 

• Written text about What You Already Know About WWII in paragraph form - At least 1 paragraph but you could write more
• Written text about What You are Curious About in paragraph form - At least 1 paragraph but you could write more
• Other Elements Related to What You're Curious About: You must seek out information about what you want to know using 3 of the following different elements:
• Youtube Video
• Links to websites
• Instagram Pics
• Tweets
• Pictures
• Facebook Posts
• Google+ posts

Psychology: Brain Unit Review

Directions: Click the link and make a copy of the document.  Use your notes, the textbook, internet searches, and each other to answer these questions in full.

Brain Unit Review!! 

PDF File of the Textbook

World History X: Fascism DBQ Prep

Directions: Your first step in preparing for a DBQ is the analysis of documents you will use in your essay.  Below is a link to a document where there will be a series of sources (Primary sources & one Secondary source). You must analyze the documents and answer the questions fully.  We will work on this today and tomorrow in class and your DBQ essay will be in-class, timed and take place on Thursday.

Fascism DBQ Sources - Make a copy to type directly into this document

Fascism DBQ Writing Instructions

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Homework: Due Thursday 4/7
Use the Form to type up the DRAFT of your thesis statement BEFORE our next meeting.
Google Form: Fascism DBQ Thesis Statement

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Thesis Statement Responses 
I would like you to comment on this document in the following ways:

• Identify 3 Thesis Statements that you feel are strong and why
• Identify 3 Thesis Statements that you feel need work and suggest to the writer what they can do to improve it

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Essay Outline Preparation

Type up your outline of your essay - this will be a shell of your essay that you will write in class on Friday. Identify the main arguments you will make throughout it

Use the following DBQ Outline example to help guide your Outline creation -- DBQ Outline Example