Vietnam...the longest US war....until Afghanistan, Iraq

Read p. 730-735
As you read answer the main ideas.
Describe: Ho Chi Minh
Domino Theory,
Ho chi Minh trail
Complete the Geography Skill builder
Explain why the Monk on p. 734 set himself on fire. What is your reaction? Do you think
this was effective protest?

ASSESSMENT: Answer q. 3, and 5

Atomic Bomb Decision: Doomsday for Japan

lEssay: To what extent was the United States “inhumanity to man” as seen in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, justified? In what ways was it inhumane, in what ways was it “humane” to the soldiers and citizens of the USA? Cite evidence from you readings
l#1 The problem
l#2 the Solutions, choices
l#3 Reasons for the final decision---justification; our dead or their dead..
l#4 Results---did it justify dripping the bomb;
l#5 conclusion—aftermath of suffering, ‘never again’, the beginning of the cold war; 20k bombs US v. 20k bombs USSR
INHUMANE or Humane Justification

Text reading on Atomic Bomb q. 1-2 HW; will ck Thurs

lReview q. 1,2

lDigging deeper…Dropping the Atomic Bomb….thinking deeper…beyond the book….
lTeam: answer questions
lEssay: To what extent was the United States “inhumanity to man” as seen in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, justified? In what ways was it inhumane, in what ways was it “humane” to the soldiers and citizens of the USA? Cite evidence from you readings.

Complete for weekend HW;

lP. 574-575
¡Geography skillbuilders
¡List 5 things that had to be accomplished
¡List the leaders
Write a letter as General Eisenhower describing how this invasion needs to be planned and executed.
HW. 576-577 Describe the Liberation of the Death Camps; As the Robert Johnson (personal voice) write a hournal entry about what you found when you liberated the jews in the camps
Describe Hitler’s Death; what did his last journal entry say;
…extend it for another paragraph.
Answer q. 4 about Roosevelt’s Death

Easy HW on Pearl Harbor

lPersonal Voice: What would you do?
lHW: Answer q. 4

Comparing the Holocaust to Genocide, etc. Today

lTODAY: Genocide, refugees, war, earthquakes, Save the Children, Amnesty International
lBrainstorm: Lessons of the Holocaust
1.Apply a lesson to a country or people who are suffering, oppressed, or at war today.
2.Computer/internet search; find a current crisis; describe
3.How does a group or government conduct genocide and war?How was/is this part of the slippery slope of evil?
4.What is one person/group doing to stop this crisis, save others, and seek justice? Who/what group is an example?
5.What good or evil is elicited from humans in this situation?
HW: 1-2 Power point slide with pictures and information about this
Current crisis. Include your question above and your answer.
Print it out.

ESSAY TOPICS FOR NIGHT

lEssay Topics: Read the choices. Write a possible THESIS statement that you will prove from your reading, notes, quotes, etc.
l1. One of the most tragic themes in Night is Eliezer’s discovery of the way that atrocities and cruel treatment can make good people into brutes. What are the atrocities he refers to? Does he himself escape this fate? Cite examples.
l2 Elie Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986 for his championing of human rights around the world. (see internet information) How might his advocacy for human rights have grown out of his Holocaust experiences? What are the positive lessons of the Holocaust that Wiesel hints at in Night? Has the world learned from these lessons or
do we repeat our mistakes? Give examples.
l3 In the midst of the dying men in Gleiwitz, the violinist Juliek plays a fragment of music written by the German composer Beethoven. Before and after the Holocaust, many people wondered how the Germans, cultured Europeans, could commit such barbaric acts. Does Wiesel suggest any rationale or reasons behind the Holocaust in Night? Does he speculate as to the motives of the perpetrators? What, for Wiesel, are those motives? Include notes on “evil” and the ‘slippery slope’ to evil that we studied.
l4 It is possible to look at Night as the story of Eliezer’s loss of innocence. It might be argued, too, that innocence is impossible after the Holocaust. Is this true? Is it tragic, or is innocence an obstacle to survival, as when the Jews are too innocent to believe that Hitler really means to kill them? Give examples.
l5. Select 3 chapters and quotes in Night and comment on how it “paints a dark and angry
lpicture of human nature.” What circumstances in the memoir allow for this darker side of
lhuman nature to emerge? Contrast this with parts of the book that provide hope for the
l‘lighter’ or positive side of human nature.
Use your textbook, your journal entries, and quotes to explain your thesis. In other words,
lWhat parts or passages of the book prove your point?!