Inside North Korea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxLBywKrTf4

Schindler Info

http://mrcooley.blogspot.com/2010/04/oskar-schindler.html

Life of Hitler

Today you will look at the life of Adolf Hitler before he took absolute power of the Nazi regime. There are two websites I have offered for you but you can look at any website you want:

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007431

http://remember.org/guide/Facts.root.hitler.html

Using PowerPoint I would like you to give me facts about Hitler's life and what led up to him being the person he was. Try to divide your PowerPoint into these topics:


*Youth Life
*Service in World War I
*Rise of the Nazi Party
*Hitler's Time in Jail
*Hitler's Rise to Power

LOOKING FOR AT LEAST 3 THINGS ON EACH TOPIC THAT YOU LEARNED ABOUT OR YOU FOUND INTERESTING

Annastasia Video.

Step 1: go to YouTube

Step 2: type in 'unsolved mysteries annastasia'

There are two parts, part 1 and part 2, total of 20 minutes

Trench Warfare Notes

Here is the website that you go to for information on Trench Warfare during World War I:

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWtrench.htm

Write down 2-3 interesting facts that you learned about while reading this information for each subject.

Research Project on Sweatshops

Today we are going to be researching Sweatshops throughout the world. Companies such as Wal Mart and Nike have come under fire for their treatment of workers over the last 20 years. There are strong arguments for and against having sweatshops across the world. Here is some reading information for you:

AGAINST SWEATSHOPS:
http://www.veganpeace.com/sweatshops/sweatshops_and_child_labor.htm
http://www.laborrights.org/creating-a-sweatfree-world/sweatshops
Claims against Nike: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lormand/poli/nike/nikelabor.htm
FOR SWEATSHOPS:
http://www.veganpeace.com/sweatshops/sweatshops_and_child_labor.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/opinion/15kristof.html

Your assignment is to research all their is to know about sweatshops across the world. Using PowerPoint, you will want to answer the following questions (these are to help you get started):

1.) What are sweatshops?
2.) What countries have been criticized for using sweatshops?
3.) What companies/corporations are at fault?
4.) What are the conditions within the sweatshops that have people upset (wages, hours, etc.) ?
5.) Are companies held accountable?
6.) Where have their been violations (if any) in the United States?
7.) What organizations are working to help these workers?
8.) What are the arguments for sweatshops? What are the arguments against them?
9.) What is YOUR opinion?

PowerPoints need to have the following:
* Title Page
*12 slides with facts, research, pictures and information
*Bibliography of websites that you used

Child Labor Assignment

Today we are going to look into child labor during the Industrial Revolution. The stories all take place in England and depict the ugly seen of life in the factories.

You will go to this website to look at the issues of the Industrial Revolution. Here is your
assignment:


*Look for the section titled "Life in the Factory".

There are 10 links there with short discriptions on how work-life was for the people of England.
Write down 2-3 interesting facts that you learned from each link.


*Next, scroll down to the section titled "Factory Workers". Select 3 of the workers and briefly (one paragraph) describe their testimony to Parliament. It should summarize their trails and tribulations that they endured while working in the factories.