Mr. Roth's

March Assignments!!!!

March 1 thhu March 18

Texts and Novels for GP # 6 :    Topics for Discussion and Learning: 1) Ideologies and World War, 2) Emergence of Asia, 3) International Government

Monday, March 1, 2010 In Class Activity: 1) Discussion of Ch. 17 & 18 of Brave New World 2) Review of Essay Assignment for Wednesday   Aldous Huxley's Brave New World (published in 1932) exploits the anxieties of readers about communism, fascism, and consumerism.  He captures the essence of a totalitarian state that sacrifices freedoms (home, family, motherhood, loneliness, God, etc.) for happiness and belonging.   Use specific examples from the novel to illustrate man's passion for privacy and an independent spirit as well as his conflicting desire to belong to or identify with a culture that enables him to become emotionally dependent upon an authority that promises happiness and security.    How and why do totalitarian institutions violate the rights of citizens to serve the community?   You must quote from passages within the text of Brave New World.   Assignment for Tuesday:         The Versailles Treaty Primary Document The Versailles Treaty Explained (Click on Link)

Tuessday, March 2, 2010 In Class Activity:   1 Review The Versailles Treaty 2)Key Articles of the Treaty See the docs. I sent you via email a) The League Covenant Article 10 b) Mandate System Article 22   c) War Guiult Clause Article 231 d) Reparations Article 232   3) Map of Europe 1919                 Map of Europe after 1919                   Finish Paradise Now                 Assignment for Wednesday: Essay on Brave New World Bring Hard Copy to Class
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 In Class Activity: Peer Review of BNW Essays                                                           Assignment for Thursday: 1)Read Documents I sent you today on Poetry from World War I 1) Wilfred Owen "Dulce et Decorum Est" 2 Siegfried Sasoon "Old Huntsman" & "Counter Attack" 3) John Mcrae "Flanders Field"   2) Finish Peer Reviews of BNW Wssays
Thursday,March 4, 2010 In Class Activity: Film: "Hatred and Hunger: War Without End" Assignment for Friday: 1) Final Draft of Brave New World Essay 2 BRING The Samurai's Garden to class tomorrow

Friday, March 5, 2010 In Class Activity: What About China and Japan? Before and During WWI? 1) Sino-Japanese War 2) Anglo-Japanese Alliances, 1902 and 1905 3) Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 4) Korea Becomes a Japanese colony in 1910 5) Japan's Imperialist Expansions, 1894-1910 6) Chinese Republican Revolution, 1911 7) Japan's Twenty-one Demands on China, August, 1914 8) Republic of China Declares War Against Germany, August, 1917   Assignment for Monday, March 8: The Samurai's Garden Gail Tsukiyama was born in San Francisco, California to a Chinese mother from Hong Kong and a Japanese father from Hawaii. She attended San Francisco State University where she received both her Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Master of Arts Degree in English with the emphasis in Creative Writing. Most of her college work was focused on poetry, and she was the recipient of the Academy of American Poets Award. A resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, she has been apart-time lecturer in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University, as well as a freelance book reviewer for the San Francisco Chronicle.                                      Samurai's Garden, pp. 3-30

Monday, March 8, 2010             In Class Activity:     1) United Nations Committee Assignments   2) Map of Israel   3) Confucianism (Click on Link)   4) Manhatten Project            Assignment for Tuesday: signment for Tuesday: for Tuesday: Assignment for Tuesday: Samurai's Garden, pp. 30-56