"Playbook" for World War II Assessment

People (Know who they were and why they were significant):
-FDR
-Harry S. Truman
-Neville Chamberlain
-Winston Churchill
-Josef Stalin
-Adolf Hitler
-Hideki Tojo
-Hirohito
-Benito Mussolini
-General Douglas MacArthur
-Admiral Chester Nimitz
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
-Erwin Rommel
-General George S. Patton

Places (Know the significance of each place):
-Poland
-Midway Island
-Pearl Harbor
-Battle of the Bulge
-Hiroshima
-Nagasaki

Concepts:
-Good Neighbor Policy
-Appeasement
-Japanese Internment
-"Rosie the Riveter"
-"Baby Boomers"
-"Code Talkers"

Also:
-Explain the ideas of Hitler and how he used those ideas to rise to absolute power in Germany
-Why did Japan strike Pearl Harbor?
-Impact of women on the war effort.
-Why Neville Chamberlain's attempts at appeasement ultimately failed?
-The impact the war had on Japanese-Americans.
-Allied strategy in Europe and U.S. strategy in the Pacific.

America at War/Japanese Internment (#26)

Here is the power point that we took notes (#26) from this week.

FDR and the Shadows of War Lecture Notes (#22)

Here is the power point for the lecture notes that we took in class on Thursday (4/10)

Extra Credit Opportunity

   Similarly to our last assessment, you can earn 2 points extra credit for posting under THE PLAYBOOK (NOT under this post).

   Last time, we went breakfast...we'll go the opposite this time:  Dessert!  Tell us your absolute favorite dessert, in 3 words or less (and no creatively liberal use of hyphens either!).  Good luck tomorrow!  If you are familiar with the items and concepts on the playbook, and were paying attention in our review activity in class today, you should be ready and there shouldn't be any surprises.

"Playbook" for Great Depression/New Deal Assessment

Here are a few items that you should definitely have an understanding of for our assessment on the Tuesday after Spring Break (April 8th):

-Bonus Expeditionary Force
-"Hoovervilles"
-Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
-The first "Hundred Days" of the New Deal (What was accomplished?)
-Indian Reorganization Act (how it contrasted with previous policies toward Native American tribes)
-Dr. Francis Townsend
-The downturn of the New Deal--What led to it?  What led to FDR's first legislative defeat? Why?
-The "Dust Bowl"--What effect did it have?
-Deficit financing by government (aka "pump priming")
-Social Security Act of 1935--What did it attempt to do?  What (who) did it cover?  Why was/is it controversial?
-Agricultural Adjustment Act- What did it attempt to do?


Also:
-Be able to explain the major factors that led to the Great Depression (think beyond just the stock market crash).

-Understand the three "R's" that categorized the New Deal relief programs.  Be able to explain how successful each category was in solving problems of the Great Depression and be able to give examples for each.

-How the role of the federal government changed as a result of the Great Depression and the responses to it (once again, be prepared to support your response with specific examples).

-Understand the effect the New Deal had on the Great Depression.  Be able to explain what many historians believe truly ended the Depression.


That is all for now.  Enjoy Spring Break...but be ready to discuss these items on Monday...and take the test on Tuesday!

Mr. C

P.S.  I was tempted to start the post with: "Yo, Yo, Yo what is going on AP People?!?"...but nahhhhh!

FDR/New Deal Lecture Notes (3/25-3/26)

Here is the power point for the lecture notes we took in class on FDR and his "New Deal"

Great Depression Lecture Notes (#17)

Here is the power point for the lecture notes that we began in class on Friday (3/21).  We will continue on with these early next week.

Review video/powerpoint from 3/13

Here is the video that we watched in class to help prepare for the assessment:

Also...

If you go to the "Playbook" post, and leave a response about what your favorite breakfast item is (if you could have only one thing for breakfast for the rest of your life what would it be--and no cheating with non-breakfast items, i.e. steak, lobster--than you will receive 2 points extra credit on tomorrow's assessment.  This way, I know you were there! :)

That is all for now.