Thursday, December 2

Hello lovely students!

Here are your assignments as you come into class:

1) Vocabulary - You need to use all three of your words in a PARAGRAPH. Your vocabulary words for the week are: Economy, Finance, and Income.

2) PLATO - English/Language Arts
Go to: Written and Oral Conventions
Assignment: Fixing Sentence Fragments - Prepositional Phrases
Print the mastery test (with your name printed on it) and turn in. If your name does not print, you need to show Ms. S or Julianna your assignment on the computer and have us sign the printout.

3) Genocide Projects -

Part 1- People Involved (One Paragraph)
**This was technically due yesterday**
You need to write one paragraph (minimum of 5 sentences) that describes the people involved in the genocide you are studying. This paragraph needs to explain the people, the leaders, and the countries involved in the genocide. Remember, paragraphs require COMPLETE SENTENCES.

Type your response in Microsoft Word and turn it in on Edmodo. It is also advisable that you email yourself a copy (eventually it'll go on your website) and print a hard copy for your records in your folder.

Answer the following questions in your response:
a. What groups of people were involved? What countries were involved?
b. Who were the perpetrators? Who were the victims?
c. Who were the leaders during this time? What did they do to make the genocide happen?

Example - For the Holocaust, you'd need to explain what countries were involved (the Axis and Allies), the groups of people (Nazis, Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, and anyone who dissented), the perpetrators (Nazis), the victims ( Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, and anyone who dissented), and the leaders (Hitler and his top Nazi officials).

Part 2 - Details of the Act (2 Paragraphs)
You need to write TWO paragraphs (minimum of 5 sentences per paragraph) that describesthe details of the genocide you are studying. This paragraph needs to how the genocide was carried out and why the genocide even occurred. Remember, paragraphs require COMPLETE SENTENCES.

Type your response in Microsoft Word and turn it in on Edmodo. It is also advisable that you email yourself a copy (eventually it'll go on your website) and print a hard copy for your records in your folder.

Answer the following questions in your response:
a. How was the genocide carried out? What methods were used?
b. How were people targeted or identified?
c. Why was the genocide carried out? Use your background section and build from there - why did it even happen?

Example - For the Holocaust, you'd answer the questions in the following manner:
a) The genocide was carried out by exterminations, death and work camps that starved and worked people to death, and gas chambers.
2) Prior to the evacuation of the camps, all Jews also had to carry paperwork that set everything in motion for them to be sent to the camps.Jews were identified because they had to have a Star of David on their clothes. Upon arrival at the camp, they also had to get tattoos of an identification number. Other prisoners/victims were identified at Nazi discretion because they were deemed "defiant" or were political prisoners.
3) The genocide happened as a result of WWI. After WWI, Germany suffered a great depression. During the time of depression, the German people were looking for a leader to change their country. Hitler stood up as this man. However, Hitler targeted Jews as the cause of the German plight. As a result, he convinced many people that Jews needed to be exterminated. There was also a lot of propaganda that went into his "Final Solution" and people were persuaded that he was right. Even if they didn't believe he was right, many people did nothing to stop the Holocaust. Even if they weren't actively killing Jews or the other prisoners, the lack of people standing up and trying to stop the killing allowed