Welcome and great to see you amazing people! Today in class we will be watching a video that discusses the end of apartheid in South Africa. This is the documentary of the Hollywood movie we watched before the break. I want you to pay attention to the differences between film and reality, Point-of-view, and bias. After that, we will begin looking at a DBQ assignment on imperialism in Africa. Below you will find our agenda, homework, and resources for the day.
Objectives:
- Define and use historical thinking skills to compare/contrast story of history
- Describe the policies of apartheid in South Africa.
- Analyze a DBQ prompt and break apart documents through HIPPO analysis
- Assess Sample DBQ essays
Agenda:
- History Today
- Prompt: What am I doing?
- We have about 7 weeks left of school. Think about:
- What you have accomplished…
- The purpose of your time at Leland…
- How will you pass your classes or get the grades you want…
- Defining terms
- Exaggeration
- Bias
- Point-of-view
- Apartheid: The 16th Man
- For those of you who were absent, or had an early release I have included the film here.
- Take notes on the documentary recording examples of an exaggeration, bias, and Point of view in the storytelling
- Google Classroom Assignment (DBQ Group Practice)
- Analyze the Sample Essays
- Comments and grade for the 3 sample papers
- You will submit this to Google Classroom (1 per table group)
- Discuss the 3 samples (whole class)
- Analyze attitudes toward and evaluate the motivations behind the European acquisition of African colonies in the period 1880-1914.
- You need to have a thesis that does NOT simply restate the question.
- You need to organize the documents into groups.
- You need to analyze HIPPO
Homework:
- Current Event #13 due Sunday
- Asia Map Test May 20
- Use Seterra Quiz Website to Study!
