12/13- 7.14 and 7.15

7.14 Daily Video on AP Classroom

Period 7: 1890-1945, Topic 14- Post-War Diplomacy

Student Learning Objective- Explain the consequences of US involvement in WWII.

“The Communists are in China to stay. And China’s destiny is not [Chinese nationalist leader Jiang Jieshi’s] but theirs. In this unhappy dilemma, the United States should attempt to prevent the disaster of a civil war through adjustment of the new alignment of power in China by peaceful process. The desirable means to this end is to encourage the reform and revitalization of the Kuomintang [Nationalist Party of China] so that it may survive as a significant force in a coalition government [with the Chinese Communist Party]. If this fails, we must limit our involvement with the Kuomintang and must commence some cooperation with the Communists, the force destined to control China, in an effort to influence them further into an independent position friendly to the United States. We are working against time because, if the USSR enters the war against Japan and invades China before either of these alternatives succeeds, the Communists will be captured by the USSR and become Soviet satellites.”

John Paton Davies, United States diplomat in China, “Observations on the Struggle for Power in China,” 1943

Discussion Question #1- The excerpt's point of view concerns what issues and where?

Discussion Question #2- What is the purpose of the excerpt?

Discussion Question #3- How does this excerpt show change in historical situation from during WWII to after WWII?

Yalta Conference

Potsdam conference

United Nations founded

Nuremberg Trials

-War Crimes

-Crimes against humanity

-Crimes against the peace

Unconditional surrender?

-Italy?

-Germany?

-Japan?

7.15 Daily Video on AP Classroom

Period 7: 1890-1945, Topic 15- Comparison in Period 7

Student Learning Objective- Compare the relative significance of the major events of the first half of the 20th Century in shaping American identity.

What events from the first half of the twentieth century shaped American identity? (Rate their significance)




Tips on Short Answer Questions (SAQ)

-Always answer with a specific example as your evidence

-Answer all 3 parts of question 1 and 2 and then choose between question 3 or 4 and answer all 3 parts of that one

-Do NOT use the same thing for two different parts of the question. (A, B, C)

-Do NOT quote- always paraphrase


Period 7: 1890-1945 Assessment Schedule:

Thursday, December 14- American Pageant Chapter 35 Quiz, America: The Story of US- WWII

Friday, December 15- Students work on Pearl Harbor Essay (2nd quarter Summative) after it's introduction

Monday, December 18- Students work on Pearl Harbor Essay

Tuesday, December 19- Students submit Pearl Harbor Essay

Wednesday, December 20- Period 7: 1890-1945 Short Answer Questions (2nd quarter Summative)- Class notes based

Thursday, December 21- Period 7: 1890-1945 Multiple Choice (2nd quarter Summative)- Class notes based

Friday, December 22- TBA








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