River Valley Civilizations

Unit 1: The Social Sciences

Welcome to regents review

Appeasement? What did Chamberlain do wrong?

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

The embarassing history lesson begins at the 3:59 mark.
View this video clip (May 15th, 2009) and watch Hardball host Chris Mathews corner radio host Kevin James, who refuses to admit he didn't know what British PM Neville Chamberlain did on the eve of WWII.

Create DBQ on 20th century conflict

This project will count as a test grade. The assignment is at this address.
http://teacherweb.com/WQ/HighSchool/Conflict/index.html
Due Date: May 16th.

WikiLink

Come join us at the new Class Wiki

http://global2.wikispaces.com/

Hitler's Rise to Power

Visit this site and complete all five activities:
When you are done print out your summary and give it to me.

Extra credit:
Fill out THIS FORM and print it out.

Gareth Jones’ Observations of Communist Russia

Gareth Jones, a Welsh reporter, was the only western reporter who reported on life in Russia under Stalin during the 5-year plan. He was murdered when he tried to do the same thing in China several years later. Go to the site dedicated to this great reporter: http://www.garethjones.org/
Many links are on the site to articles written by Jones. Pick one that interests you, read it and create a blog entry or PowerPoint with a summary of the article and a link back to the one you read.

Directions: please include the following for full credit:

1. Your names
2. Quick profile of Gareth Jones (why he is important)
3. Article Title, where published with Date
4. Main Idea of Article (what was going on at which part of Russia).
5. Most important point made or detail provided
6. 2nd most important point made or detail provided
7. Most surprising thing in the article

Current event article: Tibet

What is going on in Tibet?
What does this have to do with the Dalai Lama?
Could it effect the Olympics in China?

Research the above questions and post the results on your Blog.

Create an interactive multimedia PowerPoint

Login to network.
Open PowerPoint.
Open and review the instructions in the file S:\Josephson\Creating interactive multimedia PowerPoints.ppt

Russian Revolution

Go to the Regentsprep.org site. Follow link or navigate to Global History\Change & turning points\Political revolutions.
Scroll down to the Russian Revolution.
Read the section on the Russian Revolution and create a post on your blog that includes the following:

1. three causes of the Russian Revolution
2. define the term Bolshevik
3. two effects of the revoultion

Additional reading about the path to revolution in Russia can be found here.

Rasputin: The Mad Monk!

Make a new post on your blog about Rasputin, the mad Monk who influenced the Romanov family in Russia just before the Bolshevik Revolution.

Links:
The life, powers and influence of Rasputin.
The death of Rasputin (especially the last three paragraphs).

Include the following:

1. A description of the man physically (include photo if possible).
2. Evidence of his special healing powers.
3. Why he was resented by the Tsar and other members of the court.
4. How he was killed.

Blog Gandhi on your Blog

Create a post on your blog which includes the following:

1. An image of Mohandis Gandhi


2. Descriptions of two different scenes from the movie we've been viewing in class.


3. Definitions of the terms civil disobedience and passive resistance


4. A summary of either of these events: the Amritsar Massacre or the Salt March
   

Outside information

All DBQ's require outside information in their essays. Post at least one item of outside information here.

Doc. #7 Gandhi

Mohandas Gandhi offers a complaint about imperialism.

You British committed one supreme crime against my people. For a hundred years you have done everything for us. You have given us no responsibility for our own government."- Mohandas Gandhi

What is Gandhi's criticism of imperialism?

Doc #6 Nehru

This excerpt, from The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, explains how India became a "typical" colonial economy.

This process continued throughout the nineteenth century. Other old Indian industries- shipbuilding, metalwork, glass, paper-and many crafts were broken up. Thus the economic development of India was stopped and the growth of new industry was prevented.... A typical colonial economy was built up.India became an agricultural colony of industrial England. It supplied raw materials and provided markets for England's industrial goods. The destruction of industry led to unemployment on a vast scale.... The poverty of the country grew. The standard of living fell to terribly low levels.

What negative effects of imperialism does Nehru point out?

Doc #5: India: A Restatement

This excerpt, from India: A Restatement by British writer Sir Reginald Coupland, points out the social and economic impact of imperialism on India.

British rule brought with it from the West certain standards of humanity that Indian society had not yet reached. Early action was taken to stop infanticide [the killing of girl babies] .... The slave trade was ended and the owning of slaves was forbidden .... One result of the new order was a steady rise in the value of India's export trade.

What are the benefits of imperialism identified by this author?

Doc. #4: Marriott

This excerpt is adapted from British historian, J. A. R., Marriott's book, The English in India, 1932.

British brains, British enterprise, and British capital have changed the face of India. Means of communication have been developed. There are great numbers of bridges, more than 40,000 miles of railway, and 70,000 miles of paved roads. These testify to the skill and industry ofBritish engineers. Irrigation works on a very large scale have brought 30 million acres under cultivation. This has greatly added to the agricultural wealth of the country. Industrialization has also begun. India now has improved sanitation and a higher standard of living. It has afine transport system and carefully thought-out schemes for relief work. Because of these things famines have now almost disappeared.

List at least five benefits of imperialism cited by this author.

Doc. #3 Romesh Dutt

This excerpt is adapted from The Economic History of India Under Early British Rule, by an Indian, Romesh Dutt.

Englishmen. . . have given the people of India the greatest human blessing-peace. They have introduced Western education. This has brought an ancient and civilized nation in touch with modern thought, modern sciences, and modern life. They have built an administration that is strong and efficient. They have framed wise laws and have established courts of justice.

What benefits did India gain during British imperialism?

Doc. #2 Dadabhai Naoroji

In this speech, Dadabhai Naoroji, an Indian, describes the effect of imperialism on India.

To sum up the whole, the British rule has been-morally, a great blessing; politically peace and order on one hand ... on the other, materially, impoverishment .... The natives call the British system . . . "the knife of sugar." That is to say there is no oppression, it is all smooth and sweet, but it is the knife, nevertheless.In later comments he stresses the negative aspects.Europeans [the British] occupy almost all the higher places in every department of govern- ment.... Natives, no matter how fit, are deliberately kept out of the social institutions started by Europeans. All they [the Europeans] do is live off of India while they are here. When they go, they carry all they have gained.

How is British imperialism both positive and negative for India?