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D period ends the third quarter with the ABC World War II guide and E period begins the fourth quarter with the same assignment.

Tuesday April 1st D period - Olympics Games - timely and historical - preparation for debate on vital question:

Group Two - readings, film clips relating to the Black Power Salute at the 1968 Olympics

Group Three - readings, film clips relating to the murder of the Israeli team at the Munich Olympics in 1972 and the response of the Olympic Committee

Each group should prepare a list of cause and effect based on their reading and images and then work with their group to:

2. Describe a pivotal moment relating to your issue (written, but be ready to use it for debate)

3. Prepare an issue statement and a voting slip for your classmates relating to your issue only.

Group Two -There were consequences for the two African Americans and the Australian athlete who supported them

Group Three: The response of the Olympic Committee to the murder of Israeli athletes played a key role in future terriorism

Group Four: China's issues with Tibet are a problem for China and have3 their roots in historical conflict.

Group Five: China is the major supplier of weapons to the Sudan the country whose government is involved in genocide against the African people of Darfur.

Five part grade: Step One in class we will use Smart Board to create questions on aspects of the Holocaust - for example: Eugenics (medical experimentation), The role of bystanders and rescuers, the fate of children, Guilt - is it collective or individual - Can the individual stand up against the group? What do you want to know about this topic? We will work on questions in class.

Step Two: Choose a graphic novel and read it making an entry relating to the book in your journal.

Step Three: Sophomores Speak Out article on either any aspect of the Holocaust or any other genocides, ethnic conflicts int he world.

Step Four: Write a paper (2/3) pages on your topic question using MLA citation system. First draft is due on May 15th and 16th, and final draft is due on May 22nd and 23rd.

Step Five: Use the same topic to prepare a power point presentation (15 slides) which will be presented on the day of the final exam.

Possible topics: Any questions generated by our study of the Holocaust.... Cambodia, the Killing Fields, Cambodian Genocide; Darfur, Rwanda, Bosnia, Sebrenica, Armenia, Kulaks in Russia in the 1930's. Native Americans, Tibet and China, Japanese Comfort Women.

Ethnic Conflicts: Israel/Palestine, Northern Ireland, Iraq (Shiite, Sunni, Kurd).

The British rationed food and survived on 1,200 calories a day for everyone. Group must make soup without exceeding the calorie maximum and using only vegetables and milk. Oatmeal an option.

The Russians defended the City of Leningrad throughout a long and savage siege forced by circumstance to create food out of unusual sources. They devised Leningrad bread 50% of which was composed of grain and the remainder of wood shavings, glue, sawdust and any organic substance. We use wheat bran.

In the concentration camps, inmates survived on soup made primarily of cabbage on a daily average of 400 calories which included a three inch piece of stale bread. Soup to be made from water, cabbage and carrots.

In the US, food rationing resulted in war time recipes for bread and cakes. We made WW2 bread using flour, yeast and cornmeal from a recipe published during WW2 in the US.

In Germany, until the spring of 1945, Germans ate! The average allowance for food was 2,000 calories a day and our Germans made soup (German pea soup) with sausage and rye bread.

Last Sophomores Speak Out will be published Friday, June 6th. All articles in for publishing by Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008.

Visit to the Vineyard Museum postponed because of MCAS - anticipated dates are now Friday, June 6th and Monday, June 9th.