Showing posts with label WW II Pacific Theater. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WW II Pacific Theater. Show all posts

Friday, January 29, 2016

WW II Video, cont'd + Thinglink Assistance

Today the 8th Graders:

  • Continued watching, pausing, and discussing the World War II in Color Video, making it to the cusp of D-Day, June 6, 1944
  • Helped the 6th & 7th Graders learn to use the Thinglink online app


Assignment for Monday: Be prepared to discuss/impromptu debate the question, "Should the United States have dropped the atomic bombs?" Underline, highlight, color code the arguments for and against in the A-Bomb Packet given you in class yesterday.

Thursday, January 28, 2016

Quiz over WW II in Pacific +Atomic Bomb Packet


Today the 8th Graders:

  • Took the Quiz over WW II in the Pacific
  • Began reading a packet of opinions on the question, "Should the United States have dropped the atomic bombs?"

Assignment for Friday

  1. Finish reading the atomic bomb packet.
  2. Come prepared to discuss and informally debate the propriety of dropping the a-bombs.

Tuesday, January 26, 2016


Today the 8th Graders:

  • Took the Quiz over World War II: Allied Victory in Europe & North Africa
  • Began studying the chronological map on Allied Victory in the Pacific.


Assignments

For Wednesday - Read & come to class prepared to discuss Ch. 3-6 in Code Talkers.

For Thursday or Friday - Quiz over map/info over Allied Victory in the Pacific