Week 18 Activities and Homework

Daily Activities and Homework, 12/8- 12/12:

M: Learn about events in the late 1930s that led to WW II. HW: find U1 & U2 notes, study.

T: Discuss differences between fascism and communism. HW: study for review test (next Monday).

W: Persuasive writing: prewrite and rough draft. HW: study for test!

TH: Persuasive writing: final draft. HW: study for test!

F: Review for semester TEST on Monday. HW: study for test!

Goals and Objectives:
Describe causes of Great Depression, and compare/ contrast with current economic events
Evaluate differences in government response to past and present economic events
Describe conditions in Europe and Asia that led to the rise of dictators in Germany, Italy, Russia, and Japan
Analyze differences between fascism and communism
Describe events that led to the outbreak of World War II

Social Studies Standards:
Review rise of totalitarianism in Europe following WW I (S2, C8, PO1)
Review impact of Great Depression on US (S1, C8, PO1)
Analyze the major causes of WW II (S2, C8, PO2)
Trace events in the Pacific and Europe during WW II (S2, C8, PO3&4)
Describe causes and effects of the Holocaust (S2, C8, PO5)
Describe effects of WWII on United States (S1, C8, PO2,3,4)
Analyze Arizona’s contributions to WWII (S1, C8, PO5)
Describe events and individuals important to WW II (S1, C8, PO6,7)