Global Conflict Simulation

Write a 2 paragraph post based on your experiences in today's simulation. Cite specific experiences and events from our simulation in your response. Use the prompt below for your post.

-Explain the negotiations and decisions you and your country had to make as they assessed and dealt with the classroom crisis, as well as with other countries in our fictional world. What were your motivations? What issues or problems did you face?

-What were the 3 most important factors that eventually caused war in our class? In what ways were our causes of war similar to what happened in WWI?

ANSWER BOTH PARTS OF THE PROMPT. CITE SPECIFIC EXPERIENCES AND INCIDENTS FROM OUR CLASSROOM SIMULATION.

Native American Mascots

Pretend your are principal of Souderton Area High School. The school community and employees are debating changing Souderton's nickname so we are no longer known as the "Indians."

If you were principal would you want to keep or remove the "Indian" nickname? Why?

     -Be sure to support your answer with reasons supported in the article we read in class

     -Be sure to consider the history of Native Americans in the late 1800s

     -Discuss the arguments of the other side

RESPONSES SHOULD BE 4-5 SENTENCES AN CITE SPECIFIC INFORMATION FROM THE ARTICLE AND NATIVE AMERICAN HOMEWORK SHEET.

***SUPPORT YOUR DECISION WITH VALID EVIDENCE***

Blog Post #1

BLOG IS DUE TUESDAY, 9/3

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Find 2 news articles about the same topic

2. Connect news articles to a theme, topic, event, etc. that you learned about in the 8th grader

     -the deeper the connection the better the grade will be

     -8th grade topics are listed below

3. 200-250 words

     -1/2 should be summary of your event based on 2 articles

     -1/2 should be description/analysis of how 2013 event relates to history

4. Include links to 2 articles in your post

US History Topics

• Colonies
• Revolution
• Constitution
• 1st 7 presidents- Washington, Adams, etc.
• Sectionalism- North and South start to split
• Causes of the Civil War- slavery
• Civil War

****USE YOUR TEXTBOOK TO HELP YOU BRAINSTORM IDEAS****