Week of February 25 - 29th

We have been working on reading Mein Kampf all week, making sense of Hitler's political ideas and why he created such a hatred of Jewish people in Germany. For homework for Monday, you need to answer the questions at the end of the reading. Be sure to explain your answers and support them with evidence from the text!

Also, in response to a question in yellow about how Hitler died, here is a link to a Time Magazine article from 1965 that addresses how he died. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,902253,00.html

Enjoy your weekend!

Updates

I apologize for not getting back in the habit of posting regularly. Here's a list of what I've missed posting.

During the first week of the semester, you worked with the textbook to develop a background understanding of Europe between WWI and WWII. The assignments were:

1. Read 834 - 838 and respond to questions 1-5 on 838 (Chapter 26, Section 3)
2. Read 898 - 902 and respond to questions 1-6 on 902 (Chapter 28, Section 3)
3. Read 912 - 917 and respond to questions 1-8 on 917 (Chapter 28, Section 5)

Your responses should be in complete sentences (paragraphs where appropriate), and you need to be thorough. Explain your answers and connect ideas to the specific details that support them.

We've also been reviewing Modern Art styles in order to clarify apparent confusion on how to tell the style of a modern art piece. We had a quiz on that today (Tues, 2/21). If you have been absent, get the notes and talk to me about whether/when you feel ready to take the quiz. Everyone needs to have completed the quiz by Friday 2/15.

This week we will be examining what you've learned about Hitler's background and developing a common understanding of his life, ideas, and activities that will help us try to understand what happened in the Holocaust.

When we return from vacation, we will be working with some primary resources from Hitler's time to further understand why so many people in Germany went along with his ideas, and how their actions impacted various groups in that country.

Hitler

I hope you are learning lots of interesting aspects about Hitler's life. In addition to the links posted below as potential resources, have you considered going to Time.com and searching the archives? Remember, he was Time's "Man of the Year" in 1934!

How did Hitler Get So Much Power?

We are going to start our study of the holocaust with a study of Hitler and the Nazi Party. What drove him to make the decisons he did? How did the Nazi Party get so much power? How did Hitler become in charge of such a powerful group?

You'll get more directions in class, but here are some links to help you start your research:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/hitler_adolf.shtml

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERhitler.htm (long, but well written overview)

http://www.remember.org/guide/Facts.root.hitler.html (longer overview, set in the middle of a lesson plan)

http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/encyclopedia/article_show/Hitler_Adolf_18891945_/m0014160.html?&searchtermold=hitler&searchtermold=hitler (history channel article)

http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/hitler.html (longer overview)

http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/riseofhitler/index.htm (more detailed version)


http://history1900s.about.com/od/hitleradolf/Adolf_Hitler.htm (a whole bunch of sites)

BE CAREFUL OF THE RUMORS!

http://www.holocaust-history.org/questions/hitler-jewish.shtml

http://history1900s.about.com/od/hitleradolf/a/hitlerancestry.htm

Writing Cover Letters

Here are some links to help you write your cover letter:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/653/01/

http://www.persuasionselling.com/Proposal%20Cover%20Letter.htm

Modern Art

Here are some links that could help you find values!

http://www.artmarketinsight.com/en/

www.christies.com

www.sothebys.com

http://www.artnet.com/PDB/publicauctionlist.aspx

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/08/arts/08auction.html

Modern Art

Hi everyone. I miss teaching you all the time! Aren't you glad for the Modern Art assignment so you get to see more of me? :)

Speaking of Modern Art, here are just a couple of reminders and some links:

1. Be very clear in your descriptions of your art pieces. Remember, the better you can explain what can be seen, the better you will be able to explain what you believe the piece shows/tells the viewer.
2. In collecting notes on your artist, try not to be too detailed -- you do not need to know every single piece of art created by that person, or what s/he did in every year of life. You do need to know the major and most important details so that you get "to know" the person and what motivated him/her in creating art.
3. Stick to handwritten notes. There will be less change of paraphrasing.
4. Any notes you take that are word-for-word or paraphrased should clearly show that they are not your original ideas.
5. Be sure to record bibliographic information for EACH SOURCE YOU REFERENCE and make sure you know which notes go with which source in case you need to include in-text citations.
6. Some resources that will help you get started: (Oh, don't pay for access to any information! All of the information you need for this project is available somewhere for free.)

• http://citationmachine.net/
• http://www.artcyclopedia.com/
• http://www.moma.org/
• http://www.artchive.com/
• http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/tl/20th/