History 12 Activation Assignment

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History 12 Course Outline

This course consists of 16 Units which cover these topics: 1. How do We Discover Truth 2. The world in 1919 3. The Russian Revolution till WWII 4. The USA in the 1920s and 1930s 5. Fractious Peace before WWII 6. International Affairs leading to WWII 7. The Course of WWII 8. Turmoil and Tragedy in 1933-1945 9. The Causes of the Cold War 10. The Cold War 11. After the Cuban Crisis 12. Internationalism since 1945 13. East Asia 14. Vietnam and Afghanistan 15. The Middle East 16. Economic and Social Change Course Assessment: Activation Assignment 5% Course Assignments 95% Work must be submitted at least once a week. You can email the work to tloewen@sd68.bc.ca or hand it in directly to the teacher in Classroom 309. It is important to set aside time every day to devote to the course as you would in a regular school. Also, the more contact that you have with your teacher, the better is your chance of succeeding in the course. Use your teacher as a valuable resource and communicate frequently. Good Luck in all your Studies!

Important Information Assignment Marking: Assignments for History 12 are project and essay based and all of the course mark is derived from the assignments. There are NO quizzes or tests. Marking for assignments is largely based on accuracy, effectiveness and creativity. Questions or Concerns: Please Tim Loewen, the History 12 teacher for the Learn@Home Program. He can be reached contacted by telephone at 740-2038 or can be e-mailed at tloewen@sd68.bc.ca. Learn@Home Room 309 In the "tower" behind NDSS. The curriculum is based on the prescribed learning outcomes as described in the Ministry of Education's Integrated Resource Package which is available at http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/all.php?lang=en. The textbooks for the course are: Global Forces of the Twentieth Century , A Map History of the Modern World, and The World This Century. A detailed Progress Chart is linked to on the Main Page of the History 12 Blackboard course.

History 12

Activation Assignment

Welcome to History 12 with Learn@Home. Your first assignment for this course is to complete some of the Section Assignments for Section 1.1, as indicated below. You will need to use the “Readings” which is a scan of the Source File and the appropriate section of one of the textbooks. When you have submitted the Activation Assignment, you will be given a textbook and your own login and password. To access the course you will need to go to http://online.openschool.bc.ca/ , click on Blackboard Learn 9 and use the following username and password : Username: history12 Password: history This gives access to the full course in Blackboard but under a temporary login. Read the information on the Main Page and then scroll down to the Module list. You will be working from Module 1: Failure of Normalcy: The World After World War 1 . Complete the following sections and activities: Section 1.1 How We Discover Truth in History, Nationalism and Imperialism Click on the first lesson: Lesson 1.1A: How Do We Decide What to Believe?. You can move through each of the pages by clicking on the arrow in the upper right. When doingthe course, you should do all the Lesson Activities even though you will not need to submit them. They, and the readings, will give you the background information you need to be successful when doing the Section Assignments. The following lists what you need to submit to your instructor for the Activation Assignment. You will need to submit Section Assignments: 1.1, Parts A, Why study History?, B, History as Conspiracy, and C, Nationalism and Imperialism. You can find the Section Assignments at the end of the Sections or you can click on Assignments Links on the left in the Action Menu. Note that, in the course, the assignment letters, A, B, C, etc. do not necessarily match up with the Lesson letters, A, B, C, etc. Do not do anything further with this login. You will be given your own unique login and password, as well as the required textbooks, in order to continue on with the course.

History Activation Assignment Readings

*Note* All readings that are referred to in the course from the History 12 Source

file can be accessed by clicking the link to Source File found under Resources on

the main page of the Blackboard course.

The following list is the scanned readings from the three History 12 textbooks necessary to do the L@H

History 12 Activation Assignment. The list is the order scanned – not necessarily the order that they will

be used.

Global Forces of the Twentieth Century pg. 161, pg. 3 & 4 The World This Century pg. 6 &7, pg. 38 & 39 A Map History of the Modern World pg. 3 , pg. 38 & 39