H.W. for Tonight

Yesterday, Ms. Brady gave out readings on the Japanese Interment Camps that were in the United States.  Tonight for homework you are to answer the questions that went along with that reading.  

This afternoon I will be showing Paperclips after school and tomorrow I will be showing The Great Dictator.    Make sure that you are staying on task with the assignment, whether it be the book option, film, or the propaganda.

Questions for the Movie

For those of you who are choosing Option B, you need to answer at least 3 of the following questions. All together, the answers the answers to these questions should be between one and two pages.

1. Would you recommend this movie be shown in class? In your opinion, what aspects of the film do you think other students should experience?

2. What character from the film do you identify the most with? Why? What traits do they exhibit?

3. Was there a point in the movie that you would have (wanted to) have spoken up at? Is there a modern day (within the past decade) event that the events in the film are connected to?

4. If your movie was historical fiction (Great Dictator, Swing Kids, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas) is there any criticism of the film? If so, what is it?

For the Quiz Tomorrow

Questions will come from pages 4-11 in the reading.

What is Appeasement?

Who was Neville Chamberlain?

Who was Winston Churchill?  

What was the Munich Conference?

How did Hitler annex Austria?

How did Hitler justify annexing the Rhineland?

What was the score from tonight's Lakers-Celtics game?

Upcoming Due Dates

The 4th Quarter Facing History Project needs to be completed by:  Friday, June 11th.  No assignments will be collected after that date.

The following dates are when the movies Paper Clips and The Great Dictator will be shown in room 224 after school:

June 8th: Paper Clips

June 9th: The Great Dictator 

Memorial Day

  I hope you all enjoy the weekend and the nice weather.  Make sure you take some time to remember why we have Monday off. 

Option C

Can propaganda be used for good and create positive results?  

That is going to be your job for this option. You need to do the following:

1. Choose a cause.  It can be a charity, a school, a team, a politician, or a non-profit organization.   This can be something that you find interesting, are involved with or want to be involved with. 

2. Create a propaganda piece.  Using any medium you want, create propaganda for your cause.  Remember the purpose that propaganda serves and that your goal is to create positive propaganda for this assignment. 

3. Write a one and half page to two page essay on why you chose that cause, what propaganda tactics did you choose, and what group(s) are you trying to appeal to.

If you have any questions, please see me after school or before school in Gym B and I will offer any sort of advice that I can.  

Option B

Various films have been made detailing the struggles of living under the Nazi regime.  These films bring unique perspectives in their attempts to capture the environment created by the Nazis.  If you choose this option you are to choose one of the films from this list:

1. The Great Dictator

2. Life is Beautiful

3. Swing Kids

4. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

5. Paper Clips  (a documentary on teaching the Holocaust)

Please Note: These are the only films that can be used for the assignment.  If you have a recommendation for my students for next year, please let me know and I will watch it over the summer and see if it fits the curriculum. 

For the Project, you are going to write a very brief 1/2 page to 1 page summary on the film, then answer a series of questions that I will provide for you. 

I plan on showing the Great Dictator and Paper Clips after school at some point, the date has not been determined.