12/20/2012 = TEST on everything we have covered for WWII...so far.

Chapter 24:  Sections 1, 2 & 4 (The Holocaust will be covered after winter break)

-   Information contained in all readings, worksheets, class notes, and/or other handouts may appear on the exam.

Your homework assignment is to blog:
-  Questions you would like your classmates to answer/clarify for you.
-  Key terms/events/ people/places/vocabulary you think you should know, the definition, and a brief explanation of why that term
matters.
-  Anything else that will help you and your peers prepare for this exam.

Everyone must blog at least one response by 9 p.m. Tuesday 12/18.


After school extra-help will be Wednesday 12/19
 

Q:  Was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor unprovoked, and did it come without warning, as the Roosevelt administration claimed at the time?

Your assignment is to blog a response to the questions above using information from the article " How U.S. Economic Warfare Provoked Japan's Attack on Pearl Harbor" and your textbook's account of what happened on 12/07/1941 (Chapter 24: Section 4).

Each blog response will be graded as a Pop Quiz assessment.  Your response must be entered no later than 9 p.m. Sunday 12/16 (NO EXCUSES)

To score:
5/5 = Response is well written, uses complete sentences, does not merely re-write what documents said, but rather analyzes the documents and uses them to support their argument.  Responds to another classmate or elaborates on a point that someone else has made.
4/5=  Response is well written, uses complete sentences, does not merely re-write what documents said, but rather makes and attempt to analyzes the documents and use them to support their argument.
3/5=  Response has some grammatical errors, but is still "readable".  Student uses complete sentences, but merely re-writes what documents say and do not use them in a way that supports their answer.
2/5=  Response has many grammatical errors and is hard to understand.  Student does not complete sentences and merely re-writes what documents say, but  does not use them in a way that supports their answer.
1/5=  Response is incomplete, too brief, or does not answer the question.
0/5=  Student did not complete a blog response.