Test tomorrow

Students should have all their review questions filled out from the Chapter 16 worksheets.  We have our CSA tomorrow in class.

Gandhi Test Monday

We will be having a test over Gandhi and the rise of independence in India on Monday.  We have been watching the movie 'Gandhi' in class and students really seem to be connecting to the servant attitude that he represented.

Have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley

Today's Assignment

Read 16.3 on India's fight for independence (p.503
       *Terms (ID's)
       *Checkpoint Questions
       *Questions 3-5

Have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley

Assignment Due Tomorrow

16.4 Stalinist Russia
*p.542
       -ID's
       -Checkpoint Questions
       -Questions 3-7

Test is going to be Friday over the Russian Revolution & Stalinist Russia

Have a great day!

-Mr. Cooley

The Stalin Project

Today we are going to introduce the life of Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union from 1924-1953.  Here is the assignment:

1.) Go to The Stalin Project
2.) We will focus on the following topics:
                      a.) Life & Policies
                      b.) Everyday Life
                      c.) The Gulag
3.) Using a word document or just writing these on a sheet of paper, you will write two interesting facts on the following topics

-Life & Policies
          *Early Life
          *Rise to Power
          *Stalin the Person
          *Collectivization
          *Famine
          *Industrialization
          *Secret Police
          *Mass Deportation
          *The Great Terror

-Everyday Life
          *Education
          *Propaganda
          *Heroes
          *Work
          *Scarcity & Want

-The Gulag
          *Fear & Denunciation
          *Arrest
          *Interrogation
          *Prison
          *Living Conditions
          *Work

Sweatshop Research Project

Research Project on Sweatshops

Today we are going to be researching Sweatshops throughout the world. Companies such as Wal Mart and Nike have come under fire for their treatment of workers over the last 20 years. There are strong arguments for and against having sweatshops across the world. Here is some reading information for you:

AGAINST SWEATSHOPS:
http://www.veganpeace.com/sweatshops/sweatshops_and_child_labor.htm
http://www.laborrights.org/creating-a-sweatfree-world/sweatshops
Claims against Nike: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lormand/poli/nike/nikelabor.htm
FOR SWEATSHOPS:
http://www.veganpeace.com/sweatshops/sweatshops_and_child_labor.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/opinion/15kristof.html

Your assignment is to research all their is to know about sweatshops across the world. Using PowerPoint, you will want to answer the following questions (these are to help you get started):

1.) What are sweatshops?
2.) What countries have been criticized for using sweatshops?
3.) What companies/corporations are at fault?
4.) What are the conditions within the sweatshops that have people upset (wages, hours, etc.) ?
5.) Are companies held accountable?
6.) Where have their been violations (if any) in the United States?
7.) What organizations are working to help these workers?

8.) What are the arguments for sweatshops? What are the arguments against them?
9.) What is YOUR opinion?

PowerPoints need to have the following:
* Title Page
*12 slides with facts, research, pictures and information
*Bibliography of websites that you used

Industrial Revolution- Child Labor

Today we will be taking a look at child labor in England during the Industrial Revolution.  Here is the website that you go to:

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRpiecers.htm

You will read about "Life in the Factory".  There are 10 links to click on such as working hours, punishments, etc.  Using Microsoft Word, your assignment is to write down 4 interesting things that you learned from each category.  Make sure that the facts are relevant and not such the first thing you see.

You will have a total of 40 facts when you are done with your assignment.