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Welcome to class, students! In our AP World History Course, we will be examining many key events over the last 100 years in and around the world. Throughout the units, we will be discussing various conflicts that occurred throughout history including Pearl Harbor, Vietnam, and 9/11. These "investigations" will examine how/why the conflicts occurred, what escalated them, how various attacks were carried out, and the lasting repurcussions that occurred due to the conflicts. I think you will enjoy being able to express your knowledge through a variety of creative ways such as projects, computer Prezi's, E-Posters, and gallery walks. Most of these will serve as your assessments for the course! Please note that this page will serve as a way for me to keep in contact with you over breaks and weekends. You are responsible for checking this site if you miss class periods, as I will keep you up to date with class assignments and happenings. I will also use this Wiki as a way to post useful links, videos, exercises, and information. For example, check out this video of President Barack Obama's Inauguration Speech. It was a very historic day in our country for a variety of reasons: [|President Obama Inauguration]

Task 1 In today's technological age, I understand that you are all interested in social media. In our class, we will be using the social media network site Twitter to communicate in class, follow major news stories, network with other classes around the world, and to gain information. Please follow the link [|Twitter] to set up your own Twitter account. Please note that I will be monitoring these accounts and that proper internet activity is required. After completing and signing in, please find me at [|Mr. Krek] and follow me. Next, follow this link to read [|Vietnam: A Brief History] and answer this question in an @ reply to me: Why do you think the United States got involved in Vietnam? Remember that this must be completed in 140 characters or less!

Task 2 The Japanese attack that was carried out at Pearl Harbor was an extremely well-thought out attack that took months to plan. Many of you might know some key players, events, and facts about the attack. But, I would like you to follow this link [|Pearl Harbor Attack Map] and explore. There is a great deal of information, text, pictures, films, and images that will give you a much more detailed account of this day that will "live in infamy." Before heading to the site, I would like you to start a K-W-L Chart (we've done these before). I would like you to take a piece of paper and write everything you know about the Pearl Harbor attack in a column (who was involved, when did it happen, why did it happen, how was the attack carried out, what kinds of weapons were used, etc). Next, I would like you to write down what you want to learn about Pearl Harbor and what you think you will learn while researching the website. Then, I would like you to head over to the website and take about 25 minutes researching the interractive map. It is very interesting and I think you will enjoy it. When you are done, write down 10-15 facts or bits of information you learned, found interesting, or wish to share. Tomorrow, we will be sharing your findings in a class discussion so please come prepared.

Task 3 The Library of Congress has the most useful resources of any library in America. Luckily for us, they have put all of their catalog online for free at [|Library of Congress]! We will be using this site very frequently in class and I would like you to go to the site, take an hour or so and explore. There is such a tremendous amount of information at your fingertips right there. For this starter assignment, please follow this link [|LOC Newspaper Database]. It is a database of very old newspapers. Please find one interesting article, bookmark the page, cite the date of the article and what newspaper it was published in and write a two paragraph summary of the article. Your paper should include the article's main points, what it is about, what time period it was written in, and why it is important to US History. This is due on Friday.