Monday, 1/30

Monday's class included a welcome back with many date changes and upcoming events.  Many students had carefully prepared their Colonialism Project to present to the class on time, and many still need to go (see the Colonialism Project Outline at the end of this post). 

Important Dates:  (If a date is not listed below, assume regular schedule)

*Monday, February 6th:  Humanities Class, English instead of History

*Tuesday & Wednesday, February 7th & 8th:  High School Exit Exam, no regularly scheduled classes. (No Humanities, Wednesday!) 

10th graders only test. Kay and Marci's students in P-3, Katie and Keidi's students in P-4. 

Arrive at 8:15, plan to be there until lunch or later.

*Monday, February 13th: School Holiday, no school

*Wednesday, February 15th: Humanities Class, History instead of English 

*Monday, February 20th: School Holiday, no school

*Friday, February 24th: Monterey Bay Aquarium Field Trip. 

*Wednesday, March 14th:  San Jose Field Trip: Religions of the East, 8:30- 3:00. 

Homework for 1/30, due 2/15:

9th graders: Africa Maps, Political and Physical. You make make two maps or try to get all the information neatly onto the map handout I gave in class. 

10th graders: Read pgs. 339-350, ?s 1-8, and read pgs. 352-356, ?s 1-8

11th graders:  Read pgs. 340-345, ?s 1-5, and read pgs. 346-351, ?s 1-5

12th graders: Read Freakonomics and do Assignment #1.

If your Colonialism project wasn't Presented Monday, 1/30, plan to present it on Wednesday, 2/15. 

Colonialism Project                                                                   Due: Monday, 1/30/12

To compliment our Colonialism and Imperialism unit, each student will create a power point* presentation demonstrating a different country’s involvement in Colonialism.  You will become an expert and teach the class the history and affects of colonialism on your country.

Include the following:

1. Country Name: __________________________

2. Country your country was colonized by:__________________________

3. People groups and tribes colonized with you.

4. Area of the World

5. Map(s) of area (Before, during, after, etc.)

6. How did the Colonizer create the boundaries of their Colony (your country)?

7. Why was the Colonizer interested in this Colony? (Natural resources, trade, etc.)

8. Timeline of the Colonial relationship (from when the Colonizer first came ->when Colonizer left)

9. Nature of the Colonial relationship. How was it beneficial to the Colonized? How was it detrimental to the Colonized? How was it beneficial to the Colonizer? How was it detrimental to the Colonizer?

10. Independence movement: How did your country gain its independence from the colonial power?

11. Political and economic affects of colonization on your country:  How successful were the newly independent country’s attempts at setting up a government? A economic system? (This is the aftermath of colonialism, the legacy of imperialism, the positive or negative affects of being taken over for decades or centuries by another power and then trying to be autonomous—self governing.)

Colonizing Countries:

England                        France                        Belgium                        Netherlands                        Portugal                       

Germany                        Italy                        USA                                    Japan                                    Spain

Colonized Countries:

11^th/12^th Graders:

Philippines                        Puerto Rico             Palestine                        Vietnam                        Hong Kong

Guam                                    Egypt                        Taiwan                        Iraq                                    Afghanistan                       

9^th/10^th graders:

Sri Lanka                        Laos                        Cambodia                        Indonesia                        Malaysia

East Timor                        Macau                        Morocco                        Senegal                        Niger

Ghana                                    Ivory Coast            Benin                                    Burkina Faso                        Algeria

Madagascar                        Republic of the Congo                        Democratic Republic of the Congo

Gabon                                    Guinea                        Cameroon                        Tanzania                        Libya

Rwanda/Burundi            Nigeria            South Africa                        Namibia                        Zimbabwe

Kenya                                    Uganda            Equitorial Guinea            Mauritania                        Mali

Togo                                    Jordan                        Somalia                        Syria                                    Lebanon           

Angola                                    Tunisia            Mozambique                        Guinea Bissau                        Botswana

Sudan                                    Chad                        Manchuria                        Korea

                                   

*Google docs “Presentations” are recommended as a format for your power point. It makes technology transfer much easier.