World War I, Day 4 - Class Recap

During today's class, David and I had a "debate" about the weather outside. In this picture, is it partly cloudy, or partly sunny? Who is right? The answer is that unless someone can bring facts to the debate (being objective), both of us could make good arguments based on our opinions (being subjective). I took this picture on the Caribbean island of St. Maarten in 2009. Partly cloudy? Partly sunny? You decide.

Hi everyone,

I enjoyed talking about the entry of the United States into World War I today, as well as continuing to work on the start of the way essay. If you want to review all of the material, this is the recap for you!

Learning Targets: 
Critical Thinking and Analysis LT 2: I can explain connections between events, issues, problems, and concepts.
Knowledge LT 20: I can explain the impacts of nationalism and revolutionary movements.

Soundtrack: “GDFR" by Flo Rida. Selected for today because it was "Going Down For Real" after the United States entered World War I.

AGENDA 2/10/16:

News Brief - Nic

US Entry into WWI

Objective/Subjective

Essay Writing

Homework: Read the blog! Finish US entry into WWI worksheet. Finish first two paragraphs of your rough draft essay (with brainstorm sheet completed, as well). Kaleb has the next news brief.

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News Brief: Nic had the news brief for us today. Here is the story he chose: CNN.com - Images emerge of N. Korea booster debris; U.S. official: satellite 'tumbling in orbit'. We found North Korea again on our world maps and talked about the continuing difficult situation there, as well as what could possibly be done (like more sanctions) to help. We also talked about yesterday's New Hampshire primary in the presidential nomination process. 

Kaleb. was selected for the next news brief.

We also watched the one minute BBC World News update. Here's the link to see the latest one minute update, at any time of day (it will probably be different from what we watched in class):

BBCNews.com - One-minute World News

US Entry into WWI: This portion of class was devoted to learning how the United States became involved with the war. Hopefully this made sense - if not, please ask questions in the comments! For your final essay, it will probably be good to know the terms "Lusitania," "unrestricted submarine warfare," and "the Zimmerman Note." Here is the presentation to review if you missed class or want to see it again:

Google Drive: US Entry into World War I PowerPoint

Not too complicated or note heavy, I hope.

Objective/Subjective: Again, this started out with David and I debating the weather. The two terms here are objective = facts/concrete details and subjective = opinions/commentary. I handed out this sheet of quotes of possible reasons why the United States entered World War I, and had students respond at the end with thoughts:

Google Drive: Why Did The United States Enter World War I Worksheet

Please finish these and keep them to turn in with all your other World War I work, which will be a collection of evidence for the unit.

Essay Writing: The rest of class was devoted to continuing to write your rough draft essays on the start of World War I. Here's the prompt again: Question: Why did World War I start and what happened at the beginning of it?

Words to use: militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism, Franz Ferdinand, Sarajevo, Triple Alliance, Triple Entente, June 28th 1914, trenches, Eastern Front, Western Front.

Use your notes! Cite my presentation as (Fritz Lecture) for any concrete details directly from me. You can also use the textbook, if you like.

Be ready to finish these in class next time, then peer review! :-)