Monday, December 14, 2015

Ch 24 Section 1 Aggression Leads to War


Activities for all of Chapter 24:

Leaders and Countries of World War II Matching Game









Chapter 24 Section 1 Aggression Leads to War
  1. Finish reading section 1 on your own and complete the sketchnotes.
  2. 24/1 flashcards are here (made by me) and  here (Not created by me).
  3. There's a 24/1 practice quiz here, but remember that this one is practice so the questions may or may not be showing up on your quiz.
  4. Need to retake your Ch 24/1 quiz?  See me for password, then click here. 
Videos
The History Channel site has some information and videos.
Crash Course has some excellent videos on youtube.
 
WWII in the News for News Journal #5--Extra Credit only
Find two stories from the last two weeks that you can connect to WWII.  Write two summary sentences and one or more sentence connect it two WWII.  Please see me for examples in class.

Germans and Americans fighting together?  Really?  Yes.  Read more in this fascinating write-up on a book about one of the last battles of WWII.  

Tuesday, December 08, 2015

Sketchnotes for Ch 24

We are starting sketchnotes for Ch 24.  We will be follow the example set by Mike Rhodes in his book, The Sktechnote Handbook.

I'm looking forward to some great visual notes from you, the students.


The Sketchnote Handbook - Video 2 from size43 Creative on Vimeo.

More resources are here:

http://rohdesign.com/sketchnotes/
http://www.pearltrees.com/wayoflife/sketchnotes-visual-thinking/id10965147

And here a great student example from Ch 24, Section 1 about WWII from 2014
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Tuesday, December 01, 2015