Period 3 Mon Nov 1 - Fri Nov 5

Do Now: Check out the COMMITTEE of SEVENTY's page of ELECTION INFORMATION
Write down your polling place and go VOTE tomorrow! If you are not 18, consider going to a neighborhood polling place to volunteer. Be an ACTIVE CITIZEN! 10 merits to anyone who brings in proof they voted on Wednesday.

Classwork:

Choice 1: Work on your NHD research. Use the TOPIC SELECTION essay to guide your research. Make sure you are using PRIMARY and legit sources (NOT wikipedia, about.com, ask.com). By Fri Nov 5, you must have 5 annotated sources and your thesis paragraph written.

Choice 2: Artist Research POWERPOINT (due FRI. NOV 5). Click HERE to see the project in full detail.

Choice 3: Online Photo Editing and iMovie animation Project (due Fri. Nov 5) Click HERE to see project details.


Time permitting: You may work on finishing any design elements of your Art Board Game

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

The Half-Hearted Hollywood Effort:

Hopefully you didn't see the movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen but did read the comics, which feature a band of legendary fictional characters such as Captain Nemo, the Invisible Man and Dr. Jeckyll/Mr. Hyde, all coming together from separate fictional universes to save the world.

The BAMF True Story:

What if we told you that there was a secret military unit during World War II which featured this guy:

And this guy:

...who operated out of Sherlock Holmes' headquarters and saved the world from nuclear annihilation at the hands of the Nazis?

Meet the Special Operations Executive, a super-secret branch of the UK military personally tasked by Winston Churchill to "set Europe ablaze." On the crew were James Bond-creator Ian Fleming (who would base Bond on his own experiences), as well as members who would be Fleming's inspirations for M, Q, Miss Moneypenny and the sultry Vesper Lynd. They were joined by the future Dracula/Saruman/Dooku Christopher Lee. They were stationed at Baker Street. Yep, the place where the fictional Sherlock Holmes solved his mysteries.

These "Baker Street Irregulars" were Churchill's go-to guys and girls for "ungentlemanly" warfare. If there was a bridge that needed busting or an Axis officer who needed seducing, you'd better believe the SOE had all the cloaks and daggers necessary to make sure Colonel Arschloch spent his last moments of WWII getting murdered in his bed anywhere from the English Channel to Southeast Asia.

The Ministry's greatest achievement, and perhaps the single finest act of sabotage in all of WWII, was Operation Gunnerside: a crossover between the Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and their cousins in the Norwegian Resistance. Their mission: train a crack commando unit of former-Vikings to join SOE on a secret mission to destroy a heavy water plant in Norway before the Nazis could build an atomic bomb with it. It's thanks to these unknown gentlemen of WWII that Hitler didn't have any nuclear-tipped V-2 rockets to turn the last months of the war into something akin to Judgment Day.

If only.

Wilson from PA, Ironic, proposed 3/5th

NHD research 3/5th compromise

The critical period of American history, 1783-1789

By John Fiske

http://books.google.com/books?id=AfEXKr-6UeEC&dq=3%2F5th%20compromise&pg=PA262#v=onepage&q&f=false

What is a Primary Source?

The most basic definition of a primary source is something that was written or produced during the time period that a student is investigating. Primary sources are materials directly related to a topic by time or participation. These materials include letters, speeches, diaries, newspaper articles from the time, oral history interviews, documents, photographs, artifacts, or anything else that provides first-hand accounts about a person or event. This definition also applies to primary sources found on the Internet. A letter written by President Lincoln in 1862 is a primary source for a student researching the Civil War era. A newspaper article about the Battle of Gettysburg written by a contemporary in July 1863 would be a primary source; but an article about the battle written in June 2001 probably was not written by an eyewitness or participant and would not be a primary source. The memories of a person who took part in the battle also can serve as a primary source. He or she was an eyewitness to and a participant in this historical event at the time.

NHD SAMPLE TOPICS

Immigration is a topic that is hotly debated today and has been continually questioned since our nation began; what should the nation’s policy be on immigration? The answer to this question has changed over time because of the supply and demand for goods, cheap labor and available resources.

From 1820 to the present the U.S. has had five distinct eras and policies on immigration. Any of these eras are steeped in possible research topics. If students are interested in the impact of immigration they may want to create:

• a web site on the “Open Door” policy for immigrants during the years 1820–1880.
• a performance about the “door ajar” era of immigration when immigration inspired a xenophobic reaction (Chinese Exclusion Act). This had a ripple effect in the entire economic system of the late 19th century.
• an exhibit about the Know Nothing Party & Anti Irish Catholic sentiment
  

Theme: Debate & Diplomacy
Interest: Immigration
Topic:
Issue/Events:

The debate must be studied during the particular time and place in history it began. The temptation is to study the modern day debate and bring in the historical story. Digging into a topic from its inception, examining the historical context and asking questions regarding the historical significance transforms a current event report into historical research.