Week 15, Syllabus

Mr. Ditzenberger-U.S. History
Lesson: The War Abroad and at Home Time: Week 15, April 28th –May 2nd Unit: World War 2
Objectives:
1. Students will evaluate the policies of the U.S. toward the Japanese and the contributions of Japanese during the war.
2. Students will explain how the Axis powers lost to the Allied powers.
3. Students will account for the downfall of the Japanese empire.

Monday
1. Finish Japanese-American Relocation video (17:00)
2. WWII Europe (42-43)
3. Homework: Chapter 27, Section 3-complete #s 3, 4 (a, b, and c), and 5 on page 820.

Tuesday
1. Lecture: WWII-Pacific 43-45
2. Homework-read Chapter 27, Section 4. Prepare for quiz.

Wednesday
1. Quiz?
2. Lecture: Victory in Europe
3. Test Review

Thursday
1. Labor Day

Friday
1. Labor Day

Week 15, Syllabus

Mr. Ditzenberger-Economics
Lessons: Taxes and Government Spending Time: Week 14, April 21st-25th Unit: Government and the Economy
Objectives:
1. Students will compare the various revenue streams for the American federal government.

Monday
1. Lecture, Chapter 14, Section 2, Federal Taxes

Tuesday
1. Senior Trip

Wednesday
1. Senior Trip

Thursday.
1. Labor Day

Friday.
1. Labor Day

Week 14, Syllabus

Mr. Ditzenberger-U.S. History
Lesson: The War Abroad and at Home Time: Week 14, April 21-25 Unit: World War 2
Objectives:
1. Students will present biographies of the major leaders during WW2 and how they came to power.
2. Students will list the key events of early WW2 fighting.
3. Students will analyze the success of WW2 foreign policy.
4. Students will list the key battles of the Pacific that led to the eventual American victory.
5. Students will evaluate the policies of the U.S. toward the Japanese and the contributions of Japanese during the war.

Monday
1. Turn in page 789 homework.
2. Presentations-20 minutes.
3. Lecture-WW2, 39-41
4. Homework: Read Section 3. Complete section 3 and 4-a, b, and c on page 795.

Tuesday
1. Lecture-WW2 foreign policy
2. Read Chapter 27, section 1. Complete 3-a, b, and c on page 806.

Wednesday
1. Lecture: Pacific Tide Turns
2. Read Chapter 27, Section 2.

Thursday
1. Quiz?
2. Japanese Relocation Video.

Friday
1. WWII Europe (42-43)
2. Homework: Chapter 27, Section 3-complete #s 3, 4 (a, b, and c), and 5 on page 820.

Week 13, Syllabus

Mr. Ditzenberger-U.S. History
Lesson: Causes of World War 2
Time: Week 13, April 14-18
Unit: World War 2
Objectives:
1. Students will list and explain the different “isms” of the 20th century and demagogues who led the world into WW2.
2. Students will profile the political and military leaders of WW2.
3. Students will summarize the main events in Europe during the critical years of 1939-1941.

Monday
1. Causes of WW2-isms
2. Homework: Define and Explain-1, 2, and 4-a,b, and c on page 778

Tuesday
1. Causes of WW2-Nazi Germany
2. Read Section 2. Mr. D. quiz tomorrow with notes.

Wednesday
1. Mr. D. quiz from section 2-with notes.
2. Causes of WW2-Japan
3. Read Section 3. Complete #3, Comparing on page 789.

Thursday
1. Figures of World War 2-Stalin, Mussolini, Churchill, Roosevelt, Hitler, Tojo. Make a poster, resume, news broadcast, an inauguration speech, game show format, or some other creative presentation form. Any form of the presentation must include a general history of the leader’s life that explain how they rose to their position or power.
2. Read Section 3. Complete section 3 and 4-a,b, and c on page 795.

Friday
1. WW2, 39-41
2. Read Chapter 27, section 1. Complete 3-a, b, and c on page 806.

1930s Scavenger Hunt

Instructions-Students will be divided into groups of three. Each person, individually, finds 10 of the 30 photographs. The pictures are put together in a presentation and, if time permits, we will vote on the best presentation. Voting will be based on the quality and the organization of the photographs. The photographs need to be arranged in categories with a title page introducing each new category. The team that wins gets extra credit points on the assignment (12/10 points). Each team will get a 10/10 if they find all thirty pictures.


Work of art by the WPA
Glenn Miller
dust bowl (cloud)
TVA
wing musicians of the 1930s
Woody Guthrie
worker’s strike of the 1930s
Marian Anderson
okies
Joe DiMaggio


Father Coughlin
“Gone With the Wind”
dust bowl (house)
Dr. Francis Townsend
Huey Long
Bonny and Clyde
Tommy Dorsey
FDR’s inaugural address-1933
John Steinbeck
CCC


Jesse Owens
Fireside Chat
Eleanor Roosevelt
Florence Owens Thompson
American Gothic
Bob Hope
Mary McLeod Bethune
Benny Goodman
Blue Eagle
John Dillinger

Test Review-1930s

1930s Test Review
M/C: demagogues, 1st 100 days, fireside chats, entertainment and entertainers of the '30s, criminals, 3 Rs of the New Deal, be generally familiar with the New Deal programs such as the SEC, CCC, WPA, 2nd election of FDR, America's pastime, Social Security, folk music (from Ch 25), FDR and the Supreme Court.
Paragraph Answers-Demagogues of the 1930s, the effects of the New Deal

Week 12 Syllabus

Mr. Ditzenberger-U.S. History
Lesson: The New Deal and 30s News
Time: Week 12, April 7-11
Unit: Post Crash to Pre-War
Objectives:
1. Students will answer the question-what is
2. Students will compare the positive and negative effects of the New Deal.
3. Students will gauge the effectiveness of the New Deal.
4. Students will review the main ideas covered in the class and book.
5. Students will be assessed regarding their understanding of the main ideas, people, events, and movements of the New Deal era.

Monday
1. Turn in Homework: Read Chapter 25, Section 4. Complete 4: a, b, and c on page 763
2. News of the 30s continued.
3. Complete 1-5 on Understanding Main Ideas on page 765. Also, Choose two of the thinking critically questions and write a one paragraph answer for each question.

Tuesday
1. Internet Scavenger Hunt

Wednesday
1. 2nd New Deal-Lecture (New Deal Pictures and Testimonies if time permits)

Thursday
1. 2nd New Deal Lecture/Jeopardy Review

Friday
1. Test