Latter Twentieth Century History

Eighth Graders should be coming into the History Classroom AT LEAST ONCE a week during seminar time to compare their binder/notebook with the classroom one!!!  I will be doing binder/notebook grades on test days.  Your binder/notebook grades are 5% of your overall grade.  KEEP THEM ORGANIZED!!

Up-Coming Tests and Quizzes Due Dates



Syllabus
information_and_syllabus_packet-8th.doc
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Rubrics for grading homework and classwork assignments. USE THESE!!!
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People's Republic of China

Secondary Source Readings (Textbook and Others)

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Primary Sources

Opium Wars, Boxer Rebellion, Rebellion of 1911
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Perspectives on the Boxer Rebellion
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Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek reading
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Report on the Investigation of the Peasant Movement
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Proclamation of Central People's Government and Soviet Newspaper Announcement
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Notes and Vocabulary

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notes.docx
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PowerPoints

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Classwork

List of Places to Identify on Map of China
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China Map Key
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china_spheres_of_influence.jpg
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Questions on the Great Wall of China
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Classwork and Homework Assignments

1/24 Classwork: study for exams
Homework:​ study for exams
1/23 Classwork: map quiz and review for exams
Homework:​ study for exams
1/20 Classwork: read about the CCP and the KMT (review the communists and nationalists).
Homework: study for exams-you also have a MAP QUIZ!!!
1/19 Classwork: Read about about Communist vs Nationalist China. Complete question number 4 on the worksheet about Nationalist vs Communist China.
Homework: study for vocabulary quiz
1/18 Classwork: Read about the 1911 Rebellion and Sun yat-sen.
Homework: read pages 691-694 and answer reading check questions.
1/16 Classwork: Read selections on 2.6 on the Chinese Perspective on the Boxer Rebellion. Read 2.7 on the Western Perspective on the Boxer Rebellion.  Answer reading questions on the papers.
Homework:  finish classwork questions.
1/13 Classwork: Finish notes on Chinese 19th century history and read pages 686-689 in the textbook.  Answer reading checks.
Homework: Read selections on 2.6 on the Chinese Perspective on the Boxer Rebellion.
1/12 Classwork: Write vocabulary. Finish the book on the Great Wall.  Lesson on the early history, European Colonization, the Opium War and the Boxer Rebellion. Read the selections on the Opium War and Boxer Rebellion.
Homework: finish reading selections about the Boxer Rebellion.
List the:
Conflict, Date, Major causes, important players (protagonists and atagonists), and results of the two conflicts. 
Study for Quiz
1/11 Classwork: Write vocabulary. Read book on the Greak Wall of China and answer questions on the reading
Homework: read pages 683-685 and answer the reading check.
1/9 Classwork:  Lesson on the geography of China.  Plot the geographical locations in China.
​Homework:  finish map if not complete