February 25, 2019: Question of the Day: In what ways did America exhibit both isolationism and interventionism prior to joining the Allies in World War 2? (due Wednesday)
Welcome back ladies and gentlemen. I hope that you all had a good weekend. If you weren't in class today, here's what you missed:
We kicked off Unit 7: World War II today, and began by handing out the Unit 7 Student Guide. Please take careful note of the due date for your essay research questions and the date of the test as well.
Next, we watched the first 5 minutes of John Green's "Crash Course U.S. History #35". Afterwards, we discussed examples of American interventionism and isolationism prior to the U.S. becoming involved in World War II.
Please submit your essay topic to me before midnight tonight if you have not already done so.
Reminder:
Today was the first day of MAKE-UP TESTS for the Unit 6 TEST. If you did not show up today, please show up after school tomorrow to take that test. However, keep in mind, I cannot guarantee you a seat tomorrow since I will also be supervising honors placement tests. First come, first served for juniors after the sophomores have been seated.
Begin working on formulating your essay research questions and beginning your initial research as soon as possible! Do not leave it until the last minute - give yourself time to change your mind if you have to. Remember, you might begin with a topic that leads to a dead end. Give yourself time to reformulate topics and/or research questions if you must.
Have a lovely evening everyone!
Best, Ms Hynes
February 26, 2019: Question of the Day: In what ways did America exhibit both isolationism and interventionism prior to joining the Allies in World War 2? (due tomorrow)
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. If you weren't in class today, here's what you missed:
Today, we completed our examination of the lesson "World War 2 Looms: Dictators Threaten World Peace". Click on the link posted under yesterday's date to get a slightly updated version of this Powerpoint.
Homework:
Respond to the QOTD
Reminder:
Begin working on formulating your essay research questions and beginning your initial research as soon as possible! Do not leave it until the last minute - give yourself time to change your mind if you have to. Remember, you might begin with a topic that leads to a dead end. Give yourself time to reformulate topics and/or research questions if you must.
Have a lovely evening everyone!
Best, Ms Hynes
February 27, 2019: Question of the Day: No QOTD today!
Good afternoon folks! If you weren't in class today, here's what you missed;
We began today's class with a HOMEWORK CHECK and a QOTD discussion. If you were absent, please email me your QOTD response tonight.
Next, we examined "The War for Europe and North Africa" in small groups, constructing a multi-dimensional timeline of the major events, campaigns, and battles. Finally, each student chose one event to focus on for their "Short Battle Report"(instructions are on the first slide of the Powepoint). This report is due on Friday!
Homework:
Work on Short Battle Report
Reminder:
Begin working on formulating your essay research questions and beginning your initial research as soon as possible! Do not leave it until the last minute - give yourself time to change your mind if you have to. Remember, you might begin with a topic that leads to a dead end. Give yourself time to reformulate topics and/or research questions if you must.
Have a lovely evening everyone!
Best, Ms Hynes
February 28, 2019: Question of the Day: No QOTD today!
Greetings everyone! If you weren't in class today, here's what you missed:
Today, we began to examine "The Holocaust". Since we did not complete this lesson entirely today, we will continue with it during tomorrow's class.
Homework:
Work on you Short Battle Report (due tomorrow, and yes, the midnight rule applies)
Reminder:
Don't forget that your research questions for your Theory of American History Essay are due on Friday March 8 - that's next Friday. So be sure to begin working on formulating your essay research questions and beginning your initial research as soon as possible! Do not leave it until the last minute - give yourself time to change your mind if you have to. Remember, you might begin with a topic that leads to a dead end. Give yourself time to reformulate topics and/or research questions if you must.
Have a lovely evening everyone!
Best, Ms Hynes
March 1, 2019: Question of the Day: No QOTD today!
Happy Friday ladies and gentlemen! I hope that everyone has some exciting or relaxing plans for the weekend. If you weren't in class today, here's what you missed:
Today, we completed our examination of "The Holocaust" (please click on the file posted under yesterday's date to download the Powerpoint).
Next, we watched the first part of the documentary: "Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny". Please note, some classes might not have gotten this far today, but not to worry, we'll catch up Monday. This documentary is accompanied by a WORKSHEET. For those students who are away today, or who will be away on Monday, I will be offering an opportunity to view this documentary after school on Tuesday of next week, since this documentary is only available on Amazon (and not Prime).
Homework:
Submit your "Short Battle Report" before midnight tonight if you haven't done so already.
Complete your "Holocaust Narrative Assignment" which is due on Monday (please view the last slide on the Holocaust Powerpoint for instructions).
Reminder:
Don't forget that your research questions for your Theory of American History Essay are due on Friday March 8 - that's one week from today. So be sure to begin working on formulating your essay research questions and beginning your initial research as soon as possible! Do not leave it until the last minute - give yourself time to change your mind if you have to. Remember, you might begin with a topic that leads to a dead end. Give yourself time to reformulate topics and/or research questions if you must.
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Best, Ms Hynes
March 4, 2019: Question of the Day: What factors besides Pearl Harbor pushed Americans closer to support for the war, and what factors led to the emergence of the "special relationship" between Great Britain and the U.S? (due Wednesday)
Good evening and welcome back folks. If you weren't in class today, here's what you missed:
Today, we began with a small group and larger class discussion about the podcast on Holocaust survivors which was assigned on Friday.
Next, we watched "Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny". This documentary was accompanied by a WORKSHEET, the answers to which we will review in tomorrow's class since we didn't get a chance to today. For those students who were away today, I will be offering an opportunity to view this documentary after school tomorrow (Tues), since this documentary is only available on Amazon (and not Prime).
Homework:
Submit your "Holocaust Narrative Assignment" before midnight tonight if you haven't done so already.
Respond to the QOTD
Reminder:
Don't forget that your research questions for your Theory of American History Essay are due this Friday March 8 - this Friday. If you haven't yet begun working on formulating your essay research questions and beginning your initial research, please do so as soon as possible! Do not leave it until the last minute - give yourself time to change your mind if you have to. Remember, you might begin with a topic that leads to a dead end. Give yourself time to reformulate topics and/or research questions if you must.
Have a lovely evening everyone!
Best, Ms Hynes
March 5, 2019: Question of the Day: What factors besides Pearl Harbor pushed Americans closer to support for the war, and what factors led to the emergence of the "special relationship" between Great Britain and the U.S? (due Wednesday)
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen! If you weren't in class today, here's what you missed:
Today, we finished watching "Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny", and reviewed the answers to the WORKSHEET (posted under yesterday's date). Please show up to my class after school today if you were away and missed this film, or if for any reason you would like to see it again.
Next, we handed out an article called "Not his finest hour: The dark side of Winston Churchill". Please read this article and respond in detail to the question at the end of the article. Your verbal response is due on Thursday, and you should be prepared to discuss your response to the article at the beginning of Thursday's class.
Finally, we moved on to a new lesson: "The Classified Files", an exciting examination of spies, code-breaking, secret government projects, and missions impossible!
Homework:
Respond to the QOTD (due tomorrow)
Read the "Churchill" article and respond to the question at the end (due Thurs)
Reminder:
Don't forget that your research questions for your Theory of American History Essay are due this Friday March 8 - this Friday. If you haven't yet begun working on formulating your essay research questions and beginning your initial research, please do so as soon as possible! Do not leave it until the last minute - give yourself time to change your mind if you have to. Remember, you might begin with a topic that leads to a dead end. Give yourself time to reformulate topics and/or research questions if you must.
Have a lovely evening everyone!
Best, Ms Hynes
March 6, 2019: Question of the Day: What major changes did America see on the "home front" during World War II? Did America exhibit any ideological inconsistency during this period? (due Tuesday)
Good afternoon folks! If you weren't in class today, here's what you missed:
We began today's class with a HOMEWORK CHECK and a brief discussion of yesterday's QOTD.
Some classes today had still not finished examining "The Classified Files", and thus did not get as far as some of us who watched John Green's "Crash Course U.S. History #36 - The Home Front". This video was accompanied by a WORKSHEET. If we did not get this far in your class today, not to worry, we'll get to it during Friday's class.
Homework:
Finish reading the "Churchill" article and responding to the question at the end. Please be prepared to discuss this article during tomorrow's class!
Reminder:
Don't forget that your research questions for your Theory of American History Essay are due this Friday March 8 - this Friday. If you haven't yet begun working on formulating your essay research questions and beginning your initial research, please do so as soon as possible! Do not leave it until the last minute - give yourself time to change your mind if you have to. Remember, you might begin with a topic that leads to a dead end. Give yourself time to reformulate topics and/or research questions if you must.
Have a lovely evening everyone!
Best, Ms Hynes
March 7, 2019: Question of the Day: What major changes did America see on the "home front" during World War II? Did America exhibit any ideological inconsistency during this period? (due Tuesday)
Good evening ladies and gentlemen! Apologies for the late posting. Congratulations to all on a successful and constructive day of school-wide discussion. I hope that everyone was able to get as much as possible out of your group explorations of "Dear Martin". Such activities have enormous potential to bring us all a bit closer together, help establish a more cohesive school community, and equip us to continue to improve our world beyond high school. Special thanks to everyone who was involved with the planning of today's activity, and the production of the BSU introductory video! It was an amazing message and really set the tone perfectly for the day.
In today's short classes, we conducted a HOMEWORK CHECK of your responses to the Churchill article and then embarked on a discussion of the analysis question. Great contributions today, everyone! Please email me your response if you were away today.
Homework:
Research questions for your essay are due tomorrow.
Reminder:
I'm offering one final extra credit opportunity for Semester 2; the "Times" article entitled "Dr. Martin Luther King Junior: Architect of the 21st Century". This was one of the four extension activities associated with today's school-wide discussion. For one extra credit point, read the article, annotate text which contains ideas which resonated with you or that you found interesting, and write a 1 - 2 paragraph response detailing why the things you annotated stood out to you. I will have copies of the article to hand out in tomorrow's class.
Have a lovely evening everyone! :)
Best, Ms Hynes
March 8, 2019: Question of the Day: What major changes did America see on the "home front" during World War II? Did America exhibit any ideological inconsistency during this period? (due Tuesday)
Happy Friday ladies and gentlemen! I hope everyone has exciting, relaxing plans for a weekend that is virtually devoid of history homework! :) Yayyy! If you weren't in class today, here's what you missed:
Next, we examined the lecture: "The Home Front". If we didn't get all the way through this in your class, we'll continue with it on Monday.
Homework:
QOTD is due on Tuesday and don't forget to submit you research questions for your essay by midnight tonight!
Reminder:
I'm offering one final extra credit opportunity for Semester 2; the "Times" article entitled "Dr. Martin Luther King Junior: Architect of the 21st Century".This was one of the four extension activities associated with yesterday's school-wide discussion. For one extra credit point, read the article, annotate text which contains ideas which resonated with you or that you found interesting, and write a 1 - 2 paragraph response detailing why the things you annotated stood out to you.
Here is a copy of today's Advisory lesson on "Budgeting".
Have a lovely weekend everyone! :)
Best, Ms Hynes
March 11, 2019: Question of the Day: What major changes did America see on the "home front" during World War II? Did America exhibit any ideological inconsistency during this period? (due Tuesday)
Welcome back ladies and gentlemen! I hope that everyone had a fun, relaxing weekend. If you weren't in class today, here's what you missed:
Most of us hadn't quite finished with "The Home Front", but once we had, we moved on to "Japanese Internment and the U.S. Constitution" - Part 1 and Part 2. If we didn't get all the way through this in your class, not to worry, we'll get to it tomorrow.
Homework:
Respond to the QOTD (due tomorrow)
The last extra credit opportunity for Semester 2, the response to the "Times" article entitled "Dr. Martin Luther King Junior: Architect of the 21st Century", is due by midnight tonight. For one extra credit point, read the article, annotate text which contains ideas which resonated with you or that you found interesting, and write a 1 - 2 paragraph response detailing why the things you annotated stood out to you.
Reminder:
Our upcoming Unit 7 TEST will take place on Monday March 18 (one week form today!)
Have a lovely evening everyone! :)
Best, Ms Hynes
March 12, 2019: Question of the Day: What specific factors were key to the American victory against the Japanese in the Pacific? (due Fri)
Good afternoon folks! If you weren't in class today, here's what you missed:
We began today's class with a HOMEWORK CHECK and a discussion of yesterday's QOTD (please email me your response if you were absent or your answer was incomplete).
Our Unit 7 Test will take place on Monday March 18
Have a good night folks! :)
Best, Ms Hynes
March 13, 2019: Question of the Day: What specific factors were key to the American victory against the Japanese in the Pacific? (due Fri)
Good afternoon folks! If you weren't in class today, here's what you missed:
Today, most classes made it all the way through "The Pacific Theater - Part 2" and "The Pacific Theater - Part 3". Wow! You guys are Marines! I know these were some heavy lectures, but we made it. This means that we have time for a movie tomorrow! Yayyy!
Homework:
Respond to the QOTD
Reminder:
Our Unit 7 Test will take place on Monday March 18
Have a good night folks! :)
Best, Ms Hynes
March 14, 2019: Question of the Day: What specific factors were key to the American victory against the Japanese in the Pacific? (due Fri)
Hey there folks! If you weren't in class today, here's what you missed:
Since we've finished all of our instructional periods for the World War 2 unit, and JEOPARDY is not happening until tomorrow, we got to enjoy a pretty chill class today. We watched the first half of "Casablanca" (1943). We will watch the second half during Tuesday's class.
Homework:
Respond to the QOTD (due tomorrow)
Reminder:
Our Unit 7 Test will take place on Monday March 18
Make sure you're keeping up with your research for your Theory of American History essay; the next due date (Annotated Bibliography) is coming up on March 25.
Have a good night folks! :)
Best, Ms Hynes
March 15, 2019: Question of the Day: No QOTD today!
Happy Friday ladies and gentlemen! If you weren't in class today, here's what you missed:
Today, we began with a quick HOMEWORK CHECK of yesterday's QOTD - please email me your response before midnight tonight if you were absent today.
Finally, we handed out an article at the end of class entitled: "Controversy over the Enola Gay Exhibition". Please read this article and write a detailed response to the questions at the end. I will be collecting these responses on Tuesday, and each student should be prepared to discuss their responses in a small group seminar/informal debate on Tuesday.
Homework:
Study for the test
Read and respond to the "Enola Gay" article
Reminders:
After today, the midnight rule will no longer apply to QOTDs unless the student in question was absent on the day the QOTD was due. So make sure that from now on, you come to class with your response to each QOTD complete on the day it's due. The midnight rule will continue in effect for all other assignments large or small, however.
Make sure you're keeping up with your research for your Theory of American History essay; the next due date (Annotated Bibliography) is coming up on March 25.
Have a lovely weekend folks! :)
Best, Ms Hynes
March 18, 2019: Question of the Day: No QOTD today
Welcome back ladies and gentlemen! I hope that everyone had a restful and fun weekend. If you weren't in class today, here's what you missed:
Today, we wrote our Unit 7 Test on World War II. If you missed today's test, I will be offering make-ups after school tomorrow (Tues March 19) and Thursday (March 21). Please attend the make-up test date that is most convenient for you.
After the tests were complete, we handed out a "Sample Annotated Bibliography". This handout will be useful to you when you are completing the next stage of the Theory of American History essay. We will discuss it in more detail sometime in the next two days and respond to any questions you may have.
Homework:
Finish reading and responding to the "Enola Gay" article. Please be prepared to discuss your responses in a small group during tomorrow's class, and to hand in your written response afterwards.
Reminders:
As of this week, the midnight rule will no longer apply to QOTDs unless the student in question was absent on the day the QOTD was due. So make sure that from now on, you come to class with your response to each QOTD complete on the day it's due. The midnight rule will continue in effect for all other assignments large or small, however.
Make sure you're keeping up with your research for your Theory of American History essay; the next due date (Annotated Bibliography) is coming up on March 25 (1 week from today).
Have a lovely evening folks! :)
Best, Ms Hynes
March 19, 2019: Question of the Day: No QOTD today!
Good afternoon folks! If you weren't in class today, here's what you missed:
During the first half of today's class, we held our Small Group Seminar on our responses to the article: "Controversy over the Enola Gay", after which we opened up the discussion to the whole class. Well done today! Everyone shared thoughtful and insightful comments and interpretations of the controversy. After the activity, each group member scored themselves and their fellow group members on the "Seminar Rubric" before handing in both the rubric and their written responses to the article. If you were absent today, please email your written response to me before midnight.
During the second half of class, we continued watching "Casablanca" (1942). We will finish watching this movie during tomorrow's class, after which we will kick off the Cold War.
Homework:
No homework tonight!
Reminders:
MAKE-UP TESTS for the World War II unit will take place after school today and after school Thursday. Please attend whichever of those two make-up sessions is most convenient for you.
As of this week, the midnight rule will no longer apply to QOTDs unless the student in question was absent on the day the QOTD was due. So make sure that from now on, you come to class with your response to each QOTD complete on the day it's due. The midnight rule will continue in effect for all other assignments large or small, however.
Make sure you're keeping up with your research for your Theory of American History essay; the next due date (Annotated Bibliography) is coming up on Monday March 25.