Middle East Links for poster project

Copy and Paste (drag your curser over them and right click, then hit "copy") the following links into your internet URL link (or you can copy and paste them in google) Use them to continue your research for your project:

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/background-middle-east

http://www.cotf.edu/earthinfo/meast/MEpeo.html
There are links on this one, on the left hand side that you can click on to read more about each topic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East

Summer Powerpoints

World War I

• Visit the following website

http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/chapters/ch3_overview.html

•   click the icon for each of the following topics:

1. Prologue

2. Explosion and 3.Stalemate

4. Total War and 5.Slaughter

6.. Mutiny and 7.Collapse

8. Hatred/Hunger  9.War Without End

Write at least two sentences summarizing each topic

After you're finished summarizing the topics above, click on this link to an interactive WWI timeline, and summarize three things that happened in this war that would never have been possible during  the Civil War, due to all of the Industrial growth and technological advancements.

http://theworldwar.org/explore/interactive-wwi-timeline

Theodore Roosevelt

Based on the reading from homework last night, as well as the information that is paired with the photos at this link:

http://www.history.com/photos/teddy-roosevelt#
 

Summarize at least three details from Teddy Roosevelt's:

 

1. Childhood
2. Life as a public servant
3. Work with "Rough Riders"
4. As 26th President
5. Work on the Panama Canal
Thought Question: What were some of the traits/gifts that Roosevelt had that people appreciated so much?

Review for Civil War Test

Remember to put your first name only at the top of your post and please number each response and then use complete sentences to answer each question.

1. Summarize the first battle of the Civil War

2. Describe why the Emancipation Proclamation would have caused such a variety of reactions from people

3. Summarize the battle that was the turning point of the Civil War.

4. Explain why the battle of Vicksburg was important

5. Summarize the battle of Petersburg

6. Explain why the "March to the Sea" would have been a significant Union Victory (and say who led it)

7. Tell me who the 16th United States President was, and then who the Confederate President was during the war after the South seceded.

8. Explain who Frederick Douglas was

9. Describe the battle that ended the war.

Response to the Civil War

Click on the link or copy and paste it:
 http://www.history.com/interactives/civil-war-150#/home
First read through "Who They were", "Weapons of War", "How they died", "5 deadliest Battles" and "Paying for the War", finally click on "Civil War Topics" and read about some of the battles listed there.
 1. Summarize three of the topics you have read about.
After you have summarized, please answer these thought questions as well:
1. 1. What do you think are some of the reasons the legacy of the Civil War is a divisive issue?
2. What is the best way to commemorate controversial events in American History such as the Civil War?
3. How can people who see the Civil War’s legacy differently listen and learn from each other? (ie people who live in the North and remember the Civil War, and how they would remember it differently than people that were in the South as part of the Confederacy).
4. If you were in charge of teaching the Civil War in your school, how would you do it?

How did the economy of the North and South contribute to their need for or views on slavery?

(Remember to put your name at the top of your post)

Explain how the differences between the North and the South effected their view of slavery, why did the South feel strongly about the need for slaves whereas the North didn't? Use complete sentences to describe both North and South and then explain their views. 

Westward Expansion

Describe three of the ways that the Colonists were able to expand Westward, using details and support for each one.