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World History: Turning Point #1 - 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 come back to this blog post and answer the essential question as a comment to this blog post. 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?

Psychology: Experiment Report Instructions

US History: Videos on FDR & the New Deal

Directions: Today we will view videos to assess the impact FDR had on the American people during the Great Depression. The two below should be viewed in order and you will fill out the graphic organizer to assess his impact.

Video #1
Video #2

US History: FDRs Court Packing Misstep

Directions: Using the website identify the information below in a Google Drive Doc. When you are finished, choose two of the political cartoons in the link, copy and paste them into your document, analyze them (we've done this before), and identify the opinion expressed to determine how the American people felt about FDRs actions.

Website: FDR and the "Court Packing" Fail

Questions to Identify: Most answers need to be at least 3 full and complete sentences each
1. When did his proposal take place?
2. What was his plan?
3. Why did he want to reorganize the judiciary?
4. What was the reaction to his plan by the American people, other politicians, the media?
5. What outcomes from this misstep actually worked in FDRs favor?

Political Cartoons

US History: The Human Impact of the Great Depression

Directions: Create an original collage of pictures describing the Human Impact of the Great Depression using Google Drive.  You must include 8-10 pictures in your collage.  Your collage must have a 2 paragraph (body paragraphs) description of what people went through during this time period.  Use the websites below to collect information to form your understanding of the human suffering of what people were going through.

Very Brief Descriptions
The Dust Bowl
Deeper Descriptions w/Pictures
Letters from people during the GD
Regions of the Country and how they were effected

World History: Crisis! The Movie Review

Directions: Write an original Movie Review of your fictional film you created with your movie poster...imagine history as a film and evaluate the "film" according to the instructions below.

US History: FDRs First 100 Days in Office...

Directions: Presidents are judged by what they accomplish over time.  FDR didn't have the luxury of time on his hands and had to act swiftly.  In the first 100 Days FDR and the Democratic Party-led Congress acted fast to address some of the nations ills. Using the below website, identify the 11 major accomplishments FDR made early in 1933.  Summarize each in your notes.

Website: Shmoop - FDR's First 100 Days

HOMEWORK: This weekend, choose 2 of his accomplishments and conduct further research using 3 different sources (NOT WIKIPEDIA!!!) to identify the following information:

• The Industry/Regional Area/Segment of the Economy the Action Addressed
• A Deeper Description of the Program or Action
• The Impact the Action had on the Industry/Regional Area/Segment of the Economy it was designed to address
• How Did this Industry/Regional Area/Segment of the Economy Action Effect the Relationship between FDR & the American People

US History: Lecture from Wednesday 2/18

For those that missed class on Wednesday...

Lecture on the Election of 1932: Hoover vs. FDR