Student+Activities

**Ms. DiVico's History of** **Americas ClassThis page lists your assignments from March 8th-March 12th. I have provided many useful websites to help assist you with this weeks assignments. Your group projects will be presented on Monday, March 15th. **

**Monday: The Great Depression** To be able to understand World War II you must be able to understand the events leading up to it. Read these articles on The Great Depression and World War II. Based on the class discussion today use Inspiration to make a flow chart to show the causes and correlations of The Great Depression and World War II. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/g/great_depression_1930s/index.html http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1661.html

**Tuesday: On the Home Front** Review these videos of how the war really affected the United States. Write a 2 page reflection on how the U.S handled the war and what your reactions were to these videos. Also be sure to take this quiz. http://www.pbs.org/thewar/detail_5404.htm http://www.pbs.org/thewar/detail_5382.htm http://www.pbs.org/thewar/detail_5406.htm

**Wednesday: The Allies and The Axis** Read in your textbook about the big powers The Allies and The Axis. Create a powerpoint distinguishing the differences between these powers.

**Thursday: Timeline** <span style="font: normal normal normal 17px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px;">Begin working on your group project. You will need to make a timeline of World War II on bulletin paper and finish up with a powerpoint presentation on the war and its consequences.

<span style="font: normal normal normal 17px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px;">**Friday: Aftermath** <span style="font: normal normal normal 17px/normal Arial; letter-spacing: 0px; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px;">Finish working on your group presentations and review these articles on the aftermath of the war.