The Zimmerman Note

If the telegram had not been intercepted by British agents, what do you think might have happened? Cite evidence from outside sources to support your opinion. Please post your brief, but detailed blog response by 8:00am Friday April 1.

Battle of the Somme

Research the Battle of the Somme and write a report on this important WWI battle. Be sure to include how the offensive was planned and executed, as well as the overall significant of the battle.

Post your responses by Monday March 21 by 8:00am

Simon Bolivar Assignment

On August 10, 1819, Simon Bolivar issued a proclamation to the people of New Granada (present-day Columbia):

"Granadans! America's day is come; no human power can stay the course of nature guided by the hand of Providence. Join your efforts to those of your brothers: Venezuela marches with me to free you, as in past years you marched with me to free Venezuela. Already our advance guard fills whole provinces of your territory with the luster of its arms; and the same advance guard, powerfully aided, will hurl the destroyed of new Granada into the seas. The sun will not have completed the course of its present round through the heavens without beholding in all your territory the proud alters of liberty".

After having read the proclamation, you are to complete the following tasks by writing resposes to the following prompts:

Rewrite the proclamation in your own words and then simply state what Bolivar is telling the people of New Granada.

This short response needs to be posted by 8:00am Monday Febuary 28th.

T.R.C. Homework question

Do you believe that having the Truth and Reconcilliation Commission in South Africa was worthwhile? Would it have been better for the country if all those that had grossly violated human rights were punished in a way that would have shown the world, and reminded South Africans how horrendously cruel apartheid was?

Once you have responded to this question please also respond to at least one comment that has been posted by someone else in the class.

Student responses needs to be posted by 8:00am on Wednesday 1/26.

Apartheid Assignment

Write a first person narrative of what it would be like to live under apartheid in South Africa as a black person. Your writing should cover issues such as police brutality, employment, schooling, housing, access to health care, and your feelings about the policy itself. You should use information that you have acquired on this topic from our classroom discussions, as well as research that you have done on your own. This assignment should be posted by midnight on Monday 17 January.

Battle of Waterloo Assignment

This task will require that students conduct extensive research before writing a detailed report on Napoleon's final defeat at Waterloo. Student reports should include at least the following information:

* Background to the battle
* Date
* Place
* The countries involved
* The generals in charge of the armies
* The intricacies of the battle itself, including the role of Napoleon's Imperial Guard
* The outcome of the battle
* The significance of the battle for France, Napoleon, and Europe

The report should be a minimum of 500 words and needs to be posted by 8:00am Monday 1 November

Napoleon Bonaparte Exercise

For this assignment you are urged to compare life in France during the French Revolution with life during the Napoleonic era.

Please write a one page report on how Napoleon filfilled the ideals of the French Revolution and on how he betrayed the ideals of the French Revolution.

Students might consider comparing two documents: A Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (1789) with the Napoleonic Code(1804) to help with this assignment.

This assignment needs to be posted by 8:00 Monday 25 October