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WORLD HISTORY SEMESTER 2

Module 7

7.02 Modern Warfare and Its Legacy

TWEET FROM THE TRENCHES!

Create 10 tweets about life in the trenches during WWI.

Use these questions to help guide your tweets:

Create on tweet for each question (tell what’s going on)

1. Who are you fighting for?

2. Why did you decide to fight for your nation?

3. Was fighting in the war what you expected?

4. Are you able to effectively fight against your enemy? Why or why not?

5. What have you seen, heard, and smelled in the trenches?

6. What do you know about the enemy?

7. What are your goals if you make it out alive?

8. How are you passing the time?

9. What would you like to tell your family or the citizens of the nation that you are fighting for?

10. What do you want to say to the people back home?

7.02 Example

7.03 Between the Fires Students compare and contrast the rise of two dictators by first creating a Venn Diagram

and then writing a summary

Step One: Getting Started: Please select two from the list below:

Benito Mussolini

Adolf Hitler

Vladimir Lenin

Joseph Stalin

Francisco Franco

Step Two: Creating a Venn Diagram

Use the Venn diagram in the assessment to compare and

contrast the details for each dictator.

(put both dictators in the same chart)

The Venn diagram must have: (12 details) total)

* 2 details about social for each dictator

* 2 details about economic conditions for

each dictator

* 2 goals of the dictator

7.03 Venn Diagram Directions Click Venn Diagram in Blue

Click on the clipboard

Click open to open the Venn Diagram template.

7.03 Example You should add a paragraph like this under your Venn Diagram

7.06 Genocide Regular - Students create a digital memorial of the Holocaust

Advanced - Create a multimedia presentation on a governmental and non-

governmental response to any modern genocide covered in the lesson

You will be creating your own Holocaust multimedia presentation, choose a

Web 2.0 tool to make create your multimedia presentation.

Holocaust Multimedia Presentation (include all things listed)

1. create a title

2. Three photographs dealing with the causes, events, and effects of the

Holocaust

3. Two sentence explanation for each photograph

4. A one-paragraph summary that explains the impact or effects of the Holocaust

on the Jewish population

5. A two sentence ‘call to action’ that explains what we can do in the world to

prevent future genocides

7.06

Cause

Event

Effect

Summary

This student also has a call to action on another slide, not shown.

7.08 Module Review / DBA How do I prepare for this DBA?

Look at the objectives listed in the beginning of the module Take notes on those and be ready to compare and contrast

imperialism, nationalism, and militarism and their roles in the wars. Vocab, dates, and places are important BUT be ready to tell us WHY

and HOW they are important

Be ready to analyze the cause and effects of WWI, WWII, and the Holocaust.

Be ready to, in detail, discuss the rise of authoritarian governments in the Soviet Union, Italy, Germany, and Spain.

Set a time with your teacher when you are free from distraction and can focus on the DBA

NOW CALL YOUR TEACHER!

DBA EXAMPLE I am going to call my teacher for my DBA! I’m so happy you

called for your DBA!!! You rock!!!

Plan on the call lasting about 10-15 min. Please be where you can focus on the call. Try to have a parent there as well and we can do your monthly call and tell your parent how GREAT you do on the DBA.

7.09 Module Project Students write a speech or letter to defend their position on whether "World War

II was a continuation of World War I"

Write a two paragraph persuasive response.

Defend (agree) or reject (disagree) the following statement:

"World War II was a continuation of World War I."

Step 1: Determine Your Position (agree or disagree)

Step 2: Writing Your Persuasive Response

Make sure your response includes:

a minimum of two paragraphs

a thesis (position or stance) on whether World War II was a continuation of

World War I or not

supportive details from both World War I and World War II to defend your

thesis

a comparison of the causes, course, and consequences of World War I and

World War II

7.09 Example