Monday, 10/31

Happy Halloween. We talked about our culture's celebration of Halloween, a bit, and the Latin American tradition of Dia de los Muertos.  We finished our notes matrix on the different revolutions in the Arab world and Occupy Wall street, and did a Revolution Analysis (see it pasted below) as a final, deep thinking activity to wrap up Revolutions.

Homework: 
Everyone: Create a piece of stationary. Someone must be able to write on it, and it needs to be three-hole-punched.
9th graders:  The first 2 pages (4 sides) of a geography packet, map skills and geography themes.
10th graders: p. 272-277 in textbook, answer ?s on each page in purple boxes (7 ?s total)
11th graders: p. 228-233, ?s 1-5, p. 234 & 235, ? #1
12th graders: p. 111-116, ?s 1-5

Revolutions Analysis                                     Name: _______________________Date:  __________

I.  For each Revolution or Revolutionary Movement, answer the following questions: 

A.  Do you think the Revolution will achieve the goals of the people?  Why or why not?

B.  What would it take for the Revolution to achieve the goals of the people?  What would need to happen soon for the Revolution to be a success?

1. Tunisia

2.  Egypt

3.  Libya

4. Bahrain

5.  Occupy Wall Street

II.  For each of the Revolutions our class wrote Storybooks about, answer the following questions:

A.  Do you think the Revolution achieved the goals of the people?  Why or why not?

B.  What would it have taken for the Revolution to achieve the goals of the people? 

6. Latin American Revolution in _________________________:

7.  French Revolution:

8.  American Revolution: 

On the back, write a paragraph giving your opinion:  Does a Revolution automatically mean a step towards Democracy, no matter the outcome?  What elements does a Revolution need to contribute to the Rise of Democracy?