During today's class, Rachel, Valerie, Zachary and I had a "debate" about the weather outside. In this picture, is it partly cloudy, or partly sunny? Who is right? The answer is that unless someone can bring facts to the debate (being objective), both of us could make good arguments based on our opinions (being subjective). I took this picture on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten in 2009. Partly cloudy? Partly sunny? You decide.
Hi everyone,
I enjoyed talking about the entry of the United States into World War I today, as well as continuing to work on the start of the way essay. If you want to review all of the material, this is the recap for you!
Learning Targets:
Critical Thinking and Analysis LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems, and concepts.
Knowledge LT 20: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.
Critical Thinking and Analysis LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems, and concepts.
Knowledge LT 20: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.
Soundtrack: “GDFR" by Flo Rida. Selected for today because it was "Going Down For Real" after the United States entered World War I.
AGENDA 2/11/15:
News Brief - Brenden
US Entry into WWI
Objective/Subjective
Essay Writing
Homework: Read the blog! Finish US entry into WWI worksheet. Finish first two paragraphs of your rough draft essay (with brainstorm sheet completed, as well). Rachel has the next news brief.
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News Brief: Brenden had the news brief for us today. Here is the story he chose: CNN.com - Tourists deported after taking nude pics at Angkor. Pretty crazy story! Why on earth would you do that? Very interesting and we had definitely not used Cambodia before as a news brief, so thank you, Brenden!
I also mentioned some fun I had this morning with this story: MarketWatch.com - United accidentally sells first class airline tickets for $50. We will see if this actually works out - I really doubt it, but it would certainly be fun!
Rachel was selected for the next news brief.
We also watched VICE News for the day, before moving on.
I also mentioned some fun I had this morning with this story: MarketWatch.com - United accidentally sells first class airline tickets for $50. We will see if this actually works out - I really doubt it, but it would certainly be fun!
Rachel was selected for the next news brief.
US Entry into WWI: This portion of class was devoted to learning how the United States became involved with the war. Hopefully this made sense - if not, please ask questions in the comments! For your final essay, it will probably be good to know the terms "Lusitania," "unrestricted submarine warfare," and "the Zimmerman Note." Here is the presentation to review if you missed class or want to see it again:
Not too complicated or note heavy, I hope.
Objective/Subjective: Again, this started out with Rachel, Valerie, Zachary, and I debating the weather. The two terms here are objective = facts/concrete details and subjective = opinions/commentary. I handed out this sheet of quotes of possible reasons why the United States entered World War I, and had students respond at the end with thoughts:
Please finish these and keep them to turn in with all your other World War I work, which will be a collection of evidence for the unit.
Essay Writing: The rest of class was devoted to continuing to write your rough draft essays on the start of World War I. Here's the prompt again: Question: Why did World War I start and what happened at the beginning of it?
Words to use: militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism, Franz Ferdinand, Sarajevo, Triple Alliance, Triple Entente, June 28th 1914, trenches, Eastern Front, Western Front.
Use your notes! Cite my presentation as (Fritz Lecture) for any concrete details directly from me. You can also use the textbook, if you like.
Words to use: militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism, Franz Ferdinand, Sarajevo, Triple Alliance, Triple Entente, June 28th 1914, trenches, Eastern Front, Western Front.
Use your notes! Cite my presentation as (Fritz Lecture) for any concrete details directly from me. You can also use the textbook, if you like.
Be ready to finish these in class next time, then peer review! :-)
Okay so i'm talking about Militarism in my essay but i'm still confused on how i'm suppose to include the Eastern and Western Front in it and trenches? I talked about how the countries were racing to have the biggest armies and navies.
ReplyDeleteHi Joyce! Sorry it took me so long to post and respond to your comment - I was in the middle of a five hour drive! As for your question: a way to relate militarism to the trenches, and Eastern/Western Fronts might be something like... "The rise of militarism convinced the major countries in Europe that they would definitely be able to win a war in the trenches, especially Germany on the Eastern Front with Russia and the Western Front with France." Boom! :-)
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