1. Current Events 1/29/2018 Topic: the news (and a little history)
Culture, gov’t and geography. You may write about any of these topics (and articles below) or answer the question…
What causes conflict and how can conflict impact society and the environment?

2. Current Events Tuesday 1/30/2018 Topic: geography and conflict
The map below is a “heat map” and shows the movements of people who have made their activity public with the Strava fitness app. This info is concerning to the U.S. military….Why do think they are concerned? How can knowledge of geography be helpful during a conflict? How might it be a disadvantage?

3. Current Events Wednesday 1/31/2018 Topic: sanctions and Hawaii
What is a sanction? How/why did the U.S. use sanctions against Japan in the beginning of WWII? How did Japan react to those sanctions?

4. Current Events Thursday 2/01/2018 Topic: horrible people/events
Unfortunately hate crimes continue to be an issue in our society today. What countries/leaders prior to and during WWII committed horrible acts of violence against their citizens and/or citizens of other countries.
(be as specific as possible)

5. Current Events Friday 2/02/2018 Topic: upfront
Please have your Dunkirk questions and text out.
We will read from upfront today for current events during the second half of class.

6. Current Events Monday 2/05/2018 Topic: Super Bowl and Nationalism
During the Super Bowl yesterday, we saw lots of examples of nationalism. What is nationalism? How was it a cause of WWII? What were some of the examples of nationalism displayed during the Super Bowl? Did you watch? Were you happy with the outcome?

7. Current Events Tuesday 2/06/2018 Topic: gov’t and the economy
The stock market took a hit yesterday causing many to wonder if the federal reserve will step in and raise interest rates. We know that gov’t and the economy are closely connected. How did the Great Depression contribute to the beginning of WWII?

8. Current Events Wednesday 2/07/2018 Topic: Pearl Harbor
Please have your current events out and clear everything else off of your desks.
What do you know about Pearl Harbor? What is the significance of Pearl Harbor to WWII?
After reading the article about Pearl Harbor what are two new things that you learned that you didn’t already know? One from WWII time period and from more modern times.

9. Current Events Thursday 2/08/2018 Topic: cede and annex
What do the words cede and annex mean? (you learned these last year in 8th grade history) Which country ceded control of their government to Nazi Germany and was eventually the first country annexed by Hitler.

10. Current Events Friday 2/09/2018 Topic: communication
What role did AM & FM radio play in World War II?

11. Current Events Monday 2/12/2018 Topic: WWII and London
What do we know about London, WWII and bombs? Why is it not really shocking to find a WWII bomb in the Thames River (that’s the river that runs through London). Use as many details from our study of WWII as possible.

12. Current Events Tuesday 2/13/2018 Topic: Olympics
WWII was a worldwide event, the Olympics are a worldwide event…obviously there is a connection  Have you been watching the Olympics? What is your favorite event? Do you prefer the summer Olympics?

13. Current Events Wednesday 2/14/2018 Topic: propaganda and economic sanctions
Propaganda is a strategy that has been used for hundreds of years. What is propaganda and how have we seen it used in the early 20th century (1900s)? Trump is threatening trade sanctions. What are economic sanctions and how were they used during WWII?