Film: The Pacific Ep. 5 “Peleliu”
Assignment: Write 10 notes and/or questions over the episode. You can do both for extra credit.
HW: 12-4/12-5 Side 2 due Fri.
Absent? To make up the assignment, see the "The Pacific Ep. 5" section of this page.
Reviewed HW 12-4/12-5 side 1
Film: The Pacific Ep. 5 “Peleliu” Assignment: Write 10 notes and/or questions over the episode. You can do both for extra credit. HW: 12-4/12-5 Side 2 due Fri. Absent? To make up the assignment, see the "The Pacific Ep. 5" section of this page.
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Video: The Century: “Home Front” – film sheet collected
HW: 12-4/12-5 Side 1 due tomorrow.; Side 2 due Fri. Absent? The film is on YouTube here. Or you can watch the embedded version on my website here. The "Home Front" film sheet is here. Substitute: Mr. Aguirre Film: The Pacific: Ep. 2, the Battle of Guadalcanal Assignment: Write 10 notes on experiences of the men and 10 questions of historical accuracy that you have about the events in the episode. HW: 12-4/12-5 Side 1 due Wed.; Side 2 due Fri. Absent? Read a Marine's story about the Battle of Guadalcanal here. Scroll down past the picture of Midway Atoll and the Brewster Buffalo (plane). Read the Marine's account of the battle and take notes on his experiences. Write ten questions that you'd like to ask him if you could. Reviewed and collected HW 12-3 side 2
Finished/Continued WWII Lecture – Battle of Iwo Jima through V-J Day (Per. 1, 2, and 6 finished; Per. 3 and 5 almost finished) No HW, but if you are going to do the extra credit, get it done and in by Monday 3-5. Stamped HW 12-3 side 1
Reviewed last week’s HW 12-1/12-2 – collected for points Continued WWII Lecture – Battle of the Bulge through Battle of Midway HW: 12-3 handout: side 2 due tomorrow (Friday 3-2-12) Sub.: Mr. Deinert
Film: "Breaking Point" Ep. 7 from "Band of Brothers" series, continued (or finished). Assignment: Write 5 notes on experiences the soldiers went through during this time; Write 5 questions regarding historical accuracy of this part of the show. HW: 12-3 handout: side 1 due Thursday 3-1-12; side 2 due Friday 3-2-12 Make-up assignment for this episode of Band of Brothers: If you missed either day of "Breaking Point" you can make up the assignment by reading the Battle of the Bulge story about a tank crew here. The assignment: write a summary listing the experiences they had. Then write your response or reaction to those experiences. It should be at least one page long single-spaced. If you need both days, add 10 questions you’d like to ask the men in that tank crew. Write legibly! Substitute: Mr. Rico
Film: "Breaking Point" Ep. 7 from "Band of Brothers" series -- shows the terrible fighting that went on in the forests in the winter of 1944-1945 in Belgium as part of the "Battle of the Bulge." Assignment: Write 10 notes on experiences the soldiers went through during this time Write 10 questions regarding historical accuracy of the show. HW: 12-3 handout: side 1 due Thursday 3-1-12; side 2 due Friday 3-2-12 Make-up assignment for this episode of Band of Brothers: If you missed either day of "Breaking Point" you can make up the assignment by reading the Battle of the Bulge story about a tank crew here. The assignment: write a summary listing the experiences they had. Then write your response or reaction to those experiences. It should be at least one page long single-spaced. If you need both days, add 10 questions you’d like to ask the men in that tank crew. Write legibly! Guest speaker: Per. 1-3 Bob Meyer, WWII Glider Pilot, D-Day survivor;
Per. 5-6, Dick Higgins, WWII Radio Man on PBY plane; Pearl Harbor survivor HW: 12-3 -- side 1, due Thurs; side 2, due Fri. Absent? Go to this link and follow the directions. You will be reading the story of a third WWII veteran, Jack Hammett, who is a Pearl Harbor survivor. You can also read the story of a WWII B-17 navigator, Dwight Lambert here. Do the same assignment. Collected HW 12-1 Side 2
Video Clips from: “Day of Days” Ep. 2 of “Band of Brothers” – drop into Normandy; taking of guns at Brecourt Manor. Assignment: Write 10 questions regarding historical accuracy. You may use these questions to do the extra credit research if you haven’t already done Pearl Harbor or Saving Private Ryan. See the instructions on the Fri. 2-17-12 page here. Absent? See the links or embedded videos at the bottom of this page and do the assignment above. No HW, but if you want extra credit, make sure you take advantage of it! Stamped HW 12-1 Side 1
Video Clip: Invasion of Normandy from “Saving Private Ryan” Assignment: Write 10 critical questions about the segment (about 24 minutes) Extra Credit option is open to those who haven't already done Pearl Harbor Extra Credit. See Friday's post for the instructions, or click here. Be sure to write about a paragraph per question in your own words and include at least two links showing the evidence answering your questions. HW: 12-1 Handout – Side 2 due tomorrow (Fri. 2-24-12) If you were absent for this film clip, you can watch it in three segments on the WWII page here. Scroll down to the bottom to find the embedded Saving Private Ryan links. |
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