Do Now: Analyze and examine the following quotes.

1. EQ: To what extent do political leaders have the responsibility to help others?Aim: How was the Middle East shaped after WWI? (Setting up project. ) Do Now: Analyze and examine the following quotes. 1. “Zionism demands a publicly recognized and legally secured homeland in Palestine for the Jewish people. This platform is unchangeable.” --Theodor Herzl 2. “The settlement of the Land of Israel is the essence of Zionism. Without settlement, we will not fulfill Zionism. It's that simple.” --Yitzhak Shamir

2. Why Study History? • • Studying history involves culture, religion, politics, economics • • Historians seek patterns, explanations, causes and effects • - they seek insight into human nature, answer historical questions • - questions help them compare societies, draw conclusions about past. • Culture Historians often ask questions about the past in order • to understand the present. • Culture Historians use a variety of methods to help them answer • questions about what happened in the past. • Culture Historians examine evidence and draw conclusions as • they answer historical questions.

3. Hook/ Transition • What news paper is scene as having more credible information? • NY Post • Daily News • NY Times • AM New York • Metro • Onion • Local Papers • What type of questions do reports ask? • What’s the problem with low level questions?

4. Zionism • GOALS:The spiritual andpolitical renewal ofthe Jewish peoplein its ancestralhomeland ofPalestine. • Freedom from Western anti-Semitism. Theodore Herzl1860-1904

5. First Zionist Conference, 1897 • Herzl writes Der Judenstaat, orThe Jewish State in 1896. • Met in Basel, Switzerland. • Creates the First Zionist Congress. • Becomes an international Jewishorganization. • “Next Year in Jerusalem!”

6. The Ottoman Empire in WW1

7. The Main Players in WW1 AlliedPowers: Central Powers: Nicholas II [Rus] Wilhelm II [Ger] George V [Br] Victor Emmanuel II [It] Enver Pasha[Turkey] Pres. Poincare [Fr] Franz Josef [A-H]

8. British Promise to the Jews: Balfour Declaration, 1917 His Majesty’s Government views with favor the establishment in Palestine of anational home for the Jewish people and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine… Sir Arthur James BalfourBr. Foreign Secretary

9. Sir Mark Sykes British Diplomat Francois Georges-Picot French Diplomat Sykes-Picot Agreement, 1916(Between Britain and France, assent from Imperial Russia)

10. Sykes-Picot Agreement, 1916(Between Britain and France, assent from Imperial Russia)

11. HW – bring in propaganda poster paper, photos and quotes. (Thursday) Project Break Down into steps: • Tuesday 3/19/13 (Step 1-3) <Start> • Step #1 Read and Annotate documents • Step #2 Share with each other 5 Key ideas from your documents • Step #3 Analysis questions (Answer generic guiding questions) • Wednesday 3/20/13 <Finish annotation>*(DOK Interview Questions and Answers on Index cards) Use DOK Stems

12. Project Break Down into steps: Part II • Thursday 3/21/13 • Step #5- Propaganda Poster ( Take out HW – propaganda poster paper, photos and quotes) Start to organize your Posters. (Look at Mr. Megna’s Model) • Friday 3/22/13- MC test and Essay • Step#6- Get ready for Interviews and finish posters. (EC for dressing up for interview as leader or dressing up nice)

15. Activity#1: Directions: Use any annotation strategy while keeping focus on your documents guiding questions as you analyze your documents. Use DOK stems and design two questions. One High & One Low Level Question.

17. Project Interview Dates