After today's formative vocabulary quiz on WWI you will work with your group to begin preparing for your role in next class' formative debate on the most significant cause of WWI.
Your group has been assigned a cause you will be arguing is the most "significant"; your group is also assigned to another cause that you will be refuting in your rebuttal in the debate and will need to develop a counterclaim and provide evidence to strengthen your argument that the other cause is less significant--and evidence to support your claim why your cause is the most significant cause of the war.  This debate isn't about winning (tho. that can be fun) but about learning how to develop strong arguments you can support and how to develop strong counterclaims that serve the purpose of both refuting other claims and further strengthening your own claim/argument.

Helpful Links for today's class:

• WWI Formative Debate Group Planning Doc (1 group member makes a copy then shares with the rest of the group)
• ​Formative Debate: WWI Presentation
  
• MAIN Causes of WWI Presentation​

The DBQ Task document has been dropped in your WH Drop folder.
Helpful Links for this week's tasks:

• Mini DBQ Presentation
• MAIN Causes of WWI Presentation
  

​In today's class we will be discussing human nature, the history of human behavior with regards to whether we behave more warlike or more peaceful. 
​​ Helpful Links for Today's Class:

• ​War or Peace? Class Presentation (Google Slides)

Today's tasks:

• You will be reading an article "War or Peace" and discussing the article.
• You will discuss within your small group after you've had a chance to form your own ideas.
• You will use text evidence from the article to form a an argumentative position (viewpoint) about human nature and whether we tend to be more warlike or peaceful.
• You will conduct a brief Google search for any articles, quotes or sources that help support your viewpoint
• You will spend 15 minutes in a writing exercise to explain your viewpoint and use text evidence to support your ideas. This will be typed in Schoology.

Read "Peace and Conflict" chapter (PDF) and take notes in your Unit 3 Notes Document. Notes should be specific evidence to help you answer the following 2 questions (these are the 2 guiding questions of the text you will read for HW):

• What causes conflict and why do conflicts persist around the globe?
• How can we be involved in efforts to decrease conflict and increase peace?

Be prepared to discuss these 2 questions at the beginning of next class. Due Jan. 22nd. (A Blocks) Jan. 23 (B Block)

HW Source: Jacob, Sheeba, et. al., Chapter 15 “Peace and Conflict”, Exploring Global Issues: Social, Economic and Environmental Interconnections, Facing the Future, 2013, pp. 267 - 283.

There is a document placed in your WH Drop folder for taking notes on the MAIN causes of WWI. This is to help you prepare for the next class. Use the link to the presentation on MAIN Causes of WWI for sources to gather information for taking notes. You do NOT need to watch all of the videos or read through all of the sources provided--pick & choose from the presentation which sources you want to use for note-taking. 
Due at the beginning of next class.