Test & Extra Credit Info

**Especially important to read if you are in 1B, since we missed class today**

Due to the schedule changes, weather, and ACTs, we are making a few adjustments to how we cover things. First, there is a homework assignment due for WWII. It is due on test day--Friday 3/1 for A day, Monday 3/4 for B day. Start working on it now, it really is intended to help you make sure you know what you need to know for this test. We will spend some time in class on test day reviewing this material. Your test will be all multiple choice, followed by a DBQ on 3/6 and 3/7.

Download the assignment here.

Extra credit! In addition to the usual 3 points for reading notes on Chapters 23-25, answers to focus questions and reflection (due on test day. Ms. Barrett will be collecting and reading these.), you can earn up to an extra 3 points by listening to some podcasts! That will mean a total of 6 points.

To get the extra-extra credit (due on DBQ day):
Email Ms. Barrett which podcasts you want by 3 p.m. Thursday (teb16 AT duke.edu).
Listen to podcast.
Write 1 page summary/reflection for each. In this, be sure include details that reflect that you have listened to the whole thing and evaluate what it added to your understanding of WWII.
Get up to 3 points extra credit!

Podcast topics are:
1) Tuskegee Airmen
2) Allied Cryptography
3) Axis Cryptography
4) Navajo Code Talkers
5) Did Any Germans Resist Hitler?
6) Who was Tokyo Rose?
7) Josephine Baker

Yes, this is a fair amount of work. But, you have time. So get started now!

Calendar Update

The calendar has changed slightly due to the ACT and ACT Pre-Administration days. Please check it and take note of important dates that have changed (mostly surrounding your test!).

Happy Valentine's Day!

Some somewhat-historical Valentines to send your friends:

And a Valentine that might have been sent by a long-distance love in World War II:

Pretty cute, right? Read the post below for your homework! Love, Ms. Harris & Ms. Barrett

Great Depression Homework

"Hard Times" - Stories from the Great Depression

Note: These interviews were collected in the 1960s and 1970s, and most deal with the Great Depression, although some do touch on issues of the 60's and 70s. Their stories represent a variety of perspectives and experiences. Be aware that some of the interviewees' memories address racist attitudes and discrimination, and some will use racial slurs.

As you listen, think about these questions:

- What common themes or similarities do we see in these interviews?
- Which story stood out to you the most? Why?
- What do we learn from listening to these stories that we don't get from reading a secondary source (like a textbook)? How do they change our understanding of the Great Depression?

Audio is here.

Transcript is here for those who want to read along as they listen. Start at "Act One: Hard Times." 

Answers to Practice Questions (on back of worksheet)

1. B (easy question. do your reading).
2. E (evaluative, asking you to look for the MOST important reason. Hint: Read all the answer choices. I was in a hurry and screwed this one up!).
3. B (easy, question, do you reading).
4. E (note that it's an EXCEPT question!)
5. E (tough, because you have to evaluate. Look for the ones you can obviously eliminate. D is a tough call, but were we really that much more active?)