Syria
Rise of Isis
Happens if ISIS Falls
Middle East Explained
Israel Crash Course
Israel Vox
Embargo
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Gaza Strip Tunnels
Time Tunnels
10 Worst Attacks
10 Failed Attacks
What is an Islamic Extremist
Remembrance Video
911 As it Happens News
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5 Themes
Quiz
History Channel - Memorial Day
Memorial Day explained to those learning English
CBS Explains Memorial Day
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Manifest Destiny- American Progress Analysis
1. Using the Painting, entitled American Progress, please list and describe 5 subjects/objects from the painting and exemplify Westward Expansion. Credit will be given for only subjects/objects that are clearly explained, including the significance of the subject/object chosen and the historical connection made.
2.. Inquiry. Write a question that is left unanswered by this painting.
3. After you have read some more information on the painting, review your answers to the questions in #2 and explain something that you learned from the readings.
4. Who was the artist? For whom was the artist working? Do you think that the artist has a message beyond simply documenting the moment? If so, what might the message have been?
http://picturinghistory.gc.cuny.edu/item.php?item_id=180 Help with 3 and 4http://www.csub.edu/~gsantos../img0061.html 3 and 4
http://www.colorado.edu/AmStudies/lewis/west/gastap.htm 3 and 4
* Feel free to pull up a bigger picture to use for analysis.
Eye Witness to the Old West
Eye Witness to History
Click on the Link above. Pick one article to read. Once you have read it do the following.
A. Write a paragraph summary that discusses at least three things you learned from the article.
B. Why did you choose this article?
C. What might be a second article that sounds interesting to you?
Click on the Link above. Pick one article to read. Once you have read it do the following.
A. Write a paragraph summary that discusses at least three things you learned from the article.
B. Why did you choose this article?
C. What might be a second article that sounds interesting to you?
Monday, November 20, 2017
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Friday, October 20, 2017
China Blog
Friday, March 18, 2016
Scroll down to find the Mao Links for the essay.
PERIOD 1 ONLY
How to do a Blog Post: Look over the link and when you are done write a paragraph that describes at least three things you learned from using the link. You will need to respond to two links below. You should explore more than two links, you just need to write a paragraph for two. You can write the post on a piece of paper, Google Docs or even to the post it to the blog.
China
1- Child Policy
Tienanmen 25 Years Later
Eyewitness Report
Photo Journalist View Show this
Photo's
5 Misconceptions of Tienanmen
BBC Footage
Tribute Show this
Tribute II Powerful Scenes
Questions about China
Tienanmen 25 Years Later
Eyewitness Report
Photo Journalist View Show this
Photo's
5 Misconceptions of Tienanmen
BBC Footage
Tribute Show this
Tribute II Powerful Scenes
Questions about China
China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeFzeNAHEhU Footage of Tank Man
A Virtual Tour of the Forbidden City - Information to guide you on your tour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_8Seto05T4 Cultural Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IopGRi8WmNk Monkey King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSV7041mZCw Monkey King
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html Chinese New Year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD3PdH5xnAc Fireworks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BftIBp-U5jc Lion Dance
http://www.holidayinsights.com/other/cnewyr.htm New Year
'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm5fCJNMQWQ&NR=1 Cultural Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm5fCJNMQWQ Cultural Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSpKdz5xD9A Yellow River
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psuta_Z7v9Y&feature=relatedSmog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKf8n82aT_g&feature=relatedBoom Towns Suffer
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/china/yellow-river/photo-map-interactive Yellow River
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video/player?titleID=1496340467 China Geography
http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html New Year
http://www.history.com/topics/chinese-new-year Chinese New Year History Channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IopGRi8WmNk Monkey King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSV7041mZCw Monkey King
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html Chinese New Year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD3PdH5xnAc Fireworks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BftIBp-U5jc Lion Dance
http://www.holidayinsights.com/other/cnewyr.htm New Year
'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm5fCJNMQWQ&NR=1 Cultural Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm5fCJNMQWQ Cultural Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSpKdz5xD9A Yellow River
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psuta_Z7v9Y&feature=relatedSmog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKf8n82aT_g&feature=relatedBoom Towns Suffer
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/05/china/yellow-river/photo-map-interactive Yellow River
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video/player?titleID=1496340467 China Geography
http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html New Year
http://www.history.com/topics/chinese-new-year Chinese New Year History Channel
National Zoo’s Panda Express is a video on the pandas’ return. It’s from CBS News.New highways threaten giant pandas is a Breaking News lesson for ELL’s.
Students can send a Panda eCard from the National Zoo, email it to themselves or a friend, and then post the url address of their creation on a student/teacher website.Learn about pandas at the San Diego Zoo.Bye-Bye, Panda is a slideshow from TIME Magazine.
Giant pandas head to China is a series of photos from the Sacram
Students can send a Panda eCard from the National Zoo, email it to themselves or a friend, and then post the url address of their creation on a student/teacher website.Learn about pandas at the San Diego Zoo.Bye-Bye, Panda is a slideshow from TIME Magazine.
Giant pandas head to China is a series of photos from the Sacram
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Mao Essay
Mao Essay
What was Mao Tse-Tung's Legacy, that of a villain or of a hero?
Mao's Legacy
Monster or Liberator
Mao Essay Link
Mao's Legacy
Monster or Liberator
Mao Essay Link
Essay Info
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/22/137231508/chinese-reopen-debate-over-chairman-maos-legacy Legacy
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/world/asia/06iht-letter06.html?_r=0 Legacy Divides China
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-legacy-of-mao/ Legacy of Mao CBS News
http://www.minnesota-china.com/Education/emGov/mao.htmVillian and Hero
http://www.internationalschooltoulouse.net/ibhistory/china/mao_channel4_notes.htm Show
www.globaled.org/chinaproject/.../lesson_61_handout.docHandout
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Was_Mao_Zedong_a_hero_or_villainAnswer.com
http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?/topic/17965-is-mao-a-hero-or-a-villain/ Forum
http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/mao.html Killing File
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/inside.china/profiles/mao.tsetung/ Profile
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDmao.htm Spartacus
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1226.html NY Article
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAYdHsVfv4s You Tube
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/ Reference for Citations
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20110928111055_949.pdf Page 6 for Films
http://english.learnhub.com/lesson/2425-mla-referencing-in-text-citations Examples of how to do intext citations
http://www.npr.org/2011/06/22/137231508/chinese-reopen-debate-over-chairman-maos-legacy Legacy
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/world/asia/06iht-letter06.html?_r=0 Legacy Divides China
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-legacy-of-mao/ Legacy of Mao CBS News
http://www.minnesota-china.com/Education/emGov/mao.htmVillian and Hero
http://www.internationalschooltoulouse.net/ibhistory/china/mao_channel4_notes.htm Show
www.globaled.org/chinaproject/.../lesson_61_handout.docHandout
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Was_Mao_Zedong_a_hero_or_villainAnswer.com
http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index.php?/topic/17965-is-mao-a-hero-or-a-villain/ Forum
http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/mao.html Killing File
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/1999/china.50/inside.china/profiles/mao.tsetung/ Profile
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDmao.htm Spartacus
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1226.html NY Article
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAYdHsVfv4s You Tube
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/02/ Reference for Citations
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20110928111055_949.pdf Page 6 for Films
http://english.learnhub.com/lesson/2425-mla-referencing-in-text-citations Examples of how to do intext citations
Recorded Films or Movies
List films by their title. Include the name of the director, the distributor, and the release year. If relevant, list performer names after the director’s name. Use the abbreviation perf. to head the list. End the entry with the appropriate medium of publication (e.g. DVD, VHS, Laser disc).
Ed Wood. Dir. Tim Burton. Perf. Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette. Touchstone, 1994. DVD.
Mao Tse Tung China's Peasant Emperor. Avenue Education distributor, 1998. DVD.
Movies
For movie in-text citations, just state the name of the movie and underline it.
Sometimes we miss that touch so much that we crash into each other just to feel something. (Crash)
Sometimes we miss that touch so much that we crash into each other just to feel something. (Crash)
Mao Tse Tung China's Peasant Emperor. Avenue Education distributor, 1998. DVD.
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