Homework for week of March 9

American Military History Homework for Week of March 9




Ongoing homework - read book and submit 30 page summaries - if you do not have a book currently, GET ONE or ASK for ONE - you MUST submit your summaries (each week) to me in class as part of your homework below - if I receive no summary, you will receive a zero for the week.

Prepare for and conduct your veteran’s interview when ready - your video or audio recorded interview is due NO LATER than April 20 (changed from April 13) BE WELL PREPARED before conducting the interview and submit a written copy of the interview for extra credit (this can be done in a question/answer summary of the interview or the veteran may provide you with a written statement of his/her own thoughts and remembrances.


The homework listed below is to be turned in next week (March 16) in class - if homework is late, e-mail it to me NO LATER THAN Wednesday March 18 - homework will not be accepted after then and you will receive a zero. Homework turned in one day late will receive 5 point deduction, two days late a 10 point deduction.

Visit medalofhonor.com - you will find on the homepage a summary of the medal of honor and it’s history - read it
After reading the summary on the home page, click on “recipients by war” and you will see a link to Civil War, WW I, WW II, Korean War, and Vietnam - 5 wars, 5 days of homework. Click on EACH war and read 5 summaries of medal of honor recipients for EACH war and then write a summary of your own of those 5, giving name, branch of service, and how the recipient earned his medal - write the summaries in your own words - DO NOT copy and paste - I want YOUR words and thoughts on each recipient. Each summary should be about ½ page of lined notebook paper You must have 25 summaries written by next week (5 summaries for each of the 5 wars) - you may do more for extra credit and feel free to visit any area of the site to get any extras you want…

SOME HAVE NOTED A PROBLEM WITH GETTING TO CIVIL WAR SECTION - IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE USE http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/civwaral.html

Next Quiz - Monday March 23 - the quiz will cover the Spanish-American War and World War I material - I will provide a study guide on March 16

ANY QUESTIONS? - contact me at rust5532@hotmail.com