1. Identify some of the things about your own society that you think are “phony”.
2. Do you think that society encourages children to grow up too quickly?
3. When do you feel you stopped being a child?  How did you know?
4. What is your concept of an “ideal” boyfriend or girlfriend?
5. Agree or disagree:  People can overcome their own problems.
6. What makes you feel depressed?  What do youdo about it?
7. The brother or sister (or friend or relative) I feel closest to is__________.
8. Establishing a mature relationship with a member of the opposite sex is difficult (agree or disagree).
9. Agree or disagree: “The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”     ~Wilhelm Stekel

 

Try to write it like an essay.

Use three examples from the novel that may be controversial and give your own opinion if it is deserving of being questionable or is perfectly appropriate.

World War I Webquest

 

INTRODUCTION

 

As an introduction to our next novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Marie Remarque, it is important to understand World War I.  This webquest will help you explore World War I and the types of warfare used, as well as give you background information about the life of the author.  The novel presents the war from the viewpoint of a young German soldier and his experiences.  Use the links below to find the answers to the following questions.

 

A.  Author – Erich Maria Remarque:

 

 

1.      When and where was Remarque born?

 

 

2.      Describe Remarque’s war experiences.

 

 

3.      How was All Quiet on the Western Front received in Germany? In the United States?

 

 

 

B.  War Background:

 

1.      When was World War I fought?

 

 

2.      What countries comprised the Central Powers?

 

 

3.      What countries comprised the Allies?

 

 

4.      What countries were neutral?

 

 

5.      Name two causes of the war.

 

 

6.      Geographically, where did most of the action take place?

 

C.  How the war was fought:

 

 

1.      Explain how and why World War I was a new kind of warfare.

 

 

2.      Identify and describe three weapons introduced during World War I.

 

 

3.      What were some of the important battles of the war? Why were these battles important?

 

 

4.      Describe the trenches that the men used for protection.

 

 

 

5.      Explain “no man’s land.”

 

 

6.      What types of gas are used, and what is their effects?

 

 

D.  Effect of the war on the soldiers:

 

1.      All Quiet on the Western Front begins in the war’s third year.  Explain the status of the war at the point.  Who was winning?

 

 

2.      What was morale like?

 

 

3.      What was it like in the trenches for the soldiers?

 

 

 

E.  Result of the war:

 

 

1.      How many people were killed?

 

 

2.      How many people were wounded?

 

 

3.      What was the dollar cost of the war?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RESOURCES

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/remarque.htm

http://remarque.org/about_remarque.html

http://threeworldwars.com/world-war-1/ww1.htm

http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/

http://www.worldwar1.com/

http://www.firstworldwar.com/

http://net.lib.byu.edu/~rdh7/wwi/

http://www.worldwaronecolorphotos.com/

Many of the books we do this year are of a depressing nature but we can say to ourselves they are only fiction. I would like you to read a true story that was brought to the attention of the public only five years ago. It is a true story about a girl that is truly heartbreaking. After reading ,  please give your thoughts on the article.

The Girl in the Window

The Girl in the Window alternate site

 

Danni Three Years later 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Historical Front Pages from On This Day in History

1800s

• 1857: Decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott Case
• 1863: President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

1900-1950s

• 1947: Dodgers Purchase Robinson, First Negro in Modern Major League Baseball
• 1954: High Court Bans School Segregation; 9-to-0 Decision Grants Time to Comply
• 1956: High Court Rules Bus Segregation Unconstitutional
• 1957: Arkansas Troops Bar Negro Pupils; Governor Defiant
• 1957: President Sends Troops to Little Rock, Federalizes Arkansas National Guard; Tells Nation He Acted to Avoid An Anarchy
• 1957: Miss Gibson Wimbledon Victor

1960s-2000

• 1960: Negro Sitdowns Stir Fear Of Wider Unrest in South
• 1961: 400 U.S. Marshals Sent to Alabama as Montgomery Bus Riots Hurt 20; President Bids State Keep Order
• 1963: Birmingham Bomb Kills 4 Negro Girls In Church; Riots Flare; 2 Boys Slain
• 1963: Mississippi Gives Meredith Degree
• 1963: 200,000 March for Civil Rights in Orderly Washington Rally
• 1964: 3 In Rights Drive Reported Missing
• 1964: Civil Rights Bill Passed, 73-27; Johnson Urges All To Comply; Dirksen Berates Goldwater
• 1964: Martin Luther King Wins The Nobel Prize for Peace1965: New Negro Riots Erupt on Coast; 3 Reported Shot
• 1965: The Big Parade: On the Way to Montgomery
• 1965: 25,000 Go to Alabama’s Capitol
• 1965: Malcolm X Shot to Death at Rally Here
• 1967: President Sees Marshall Take Supreme Court Seat
• 1968: Martin Luther King is Slain in Memphis
• 1968: 2 Black Power Advocates Ousted From Olympics
• 1971: Supreme Court, 9-0, Backs Busing to Combat South’s Dual Schools, Rejecting Administration Stand
• 1975: Ashe Triumphs at Wimbledon
• 1991: Police Brutality Under Wide Review by Justice Dept.
• 1992: Los Angeles Policemen Acquitted In Taped Beating

2000s

• 2008: Obama Elected President as Racial Barrier Falls

What other events would you put on this list? 

1)Celebrate Black History Month

By KATHERINE SCHULTEN and SARAH KAVANAGH

Antigone was a selfless person with pride as a strong characteristic of her personality. She possibly had feelings of loneliness and anger from the way society has looked upon her family from their past. It took a strong willed person who has no fear of the repercussions to stand up to a king as she did.

Think of a situation where you think you or someone else stood up for what they believed in.

or

Antigone contrasts two types of law and justice: divine or religious law on one hand, and the law of men and states on the other.

Do you believe we still have these types of conflicts in modern times?Explain.

Congratulations to Sarah Brown for being acknowledged by the New York Times and Flocabulary for her opening lines to her rap about 2011!

 

And here are Flocabulary’s picks for great lines from other entries:

While people were concerned with land-locked commotion,
some humans forgot what was jammin’ in the ocean.
The polar ice caps are meltin’ and won’t stop,
so polar bears find their paths are blocked.
-Sarah B.

The whole article can be found here.

Sarah’s full poem/rap.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Student Contest | Celebrate 2011 by Writing Raps About the Year’s News

By KATHERINE SCHULTEN

You have now viewed the film, Escape from Sobibor, and will now visit the Holocaust Museum..

In the film, we saw many examples of both fear and bravery.

You will be connecting one specific example of fear in the film to one example of fear from the museum.  When does fear occur?  Who experiences this emotion?  How is it acted upon, if at all?  How well do you connect to this emotion, as you view the film and visited the museum?

You will be connecting one specific example of bravery in the film to one example of bravery from the museum.  When does bravery occur?  Who experiences it?  How is it acted upon, if at all?  How well do you connect to the notion of bravery as you view the film and the museum?

HOLOCAUST SITES

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: http://www.ushmm.org/

Learning about the Holocaust (by the

Personal Stories of Holocaust victims: http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/phistories/

Maps of what happened in Germany: http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/gallery/maps.htm

Pictures from the Holocaust:http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/holocaust/resource/gallery/gallery.htm#rise

Hear survivors tell their stories to students who interviewed them: http://www.tellingstories.org/

An introductory summary of the Holocaust: http://library.thinkquest.org/12663/summary/

Variety of Images of surrounding the Holocaust: http://remember.org/image/images1.html#storm

Interactive maps of the Holocaust:http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/focus/maps/

Site devoted to discrediting those who deny the Holocaust occurred: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/holocaust/

Escape From Sobibor – Wiki site