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Thursday, November 7, 2013

HWC Day 50 - East Asia in the World

REMINDER:  NHS food drive for the New Jerusalem Food Bank runs until December 20. Please consider donating to this worthy cause.
  
Objective:  Demonstrate understanding of transnationalism reading.  Discuss the impact and implementation of communism in China.  Create a multimedia video that communicates with a general audience a theme from the FCP.

Task:  As you come into class, please get out your transnationalism readings and questions.  You'll have a few minutes to ask questions about the reading.  Then, you'll have 30 minutes to complete the quiz.  After the quiz, get out your computer and/or tablet and work on your FCP video.

Homework:
  • Friday, November 8 - FCP Wiki editing deadline
  • Monday, November 11 - Japan Timeline (on Moodle) due in class
  • Tuesday, November 12 - Meiji Restoration fishbowl discussion
  • Tuesday, November 12 - "Top Ten Things to Know About Korea" reading due in class
  • Tuesday, November 12 - Outsource clip due on FCP Ning
  • Wednesday, November 13 - Chapter 11 reading quiz (reading notes may be used)
  • Friday, November 14 - Unit 5 Test
  • Wednesday, November 20 - Final Video due on FCP Ning
Extending our Learning:
What do you know about China?  Try to defeat the dragon at The China Game.

"Mao's Great Leap to Famine" (New York Times, December 10, 2010)

Example of propaganda poster from Great Leap Forward (1958-1962)





Example of propaganda poster from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1967)

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