816-SCHAEFFER Assignments

1. Yalta Conference was held in Livadia Palace (former summer residence of Russian tsars, now - museum) in the Russian resort city of Yalta (Crimea peninsular) in February 4-11, 1945. Prior to the Yalta Conference, the three leaders met in November 1943 in Tehran, Iran, where they coordinated the next phase of war against Axis powers. When Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin gathered again at Yalta (not in Scotland as Churchill offered, not in the Mediterranean region as Roosevelt suggested, but as Stalin insisted), an Allied victory in Europe was already on the horizon due to the numerous victories of the Red Army. The fate of post-war Germany (zones of occupation/influence), the borders of the postwar Poland (Lvov was given to Ukraine) and the creation of United Nations (UN), its statute, adding Ukraine and Belarus as separate members, creation of the UN Security Council consisting of 5 members (USSR, USA, UK, France and China - Stalin insisted on including China in it), and several others including the USSR obligation to declare war on Japan.
2. Capitulation Act was signed twice. First time hurriedly in May 7, 1945, in Reims at the Eisenhower HQ by a mere general without the authoritative presence of a commander-in-chief. Stalin insisted on signing it again in Berlin from where the war began and in presence of allied Commanders-in-chief. Everyone agreed to sign it officially again. On May 8, 1945, in Karlshorst the official ceremony was held. It ended at 22:43 (Central European time) or 0:43 of May 9, 1945 (Moscow time). The difference in time zones created the difference in the day it is celebrated.
3. The first Victory Parade in Moscow was held only on June 24, 1945, as it required more than a month to prepare new uniforms for the participants of the parade. The soldiers who installed the Flag of Victory over Reichstag, were initially invited to take part in the parade but then Zhukov ordered the Flag to be placed in the museum and Egorov, Kantaria, and other were given tickets to watch the parade instead of marching in it (allegedly due to their wounds they could not keep up with the marching pace.)

Enjoy the beautiful romances to the amazingly touching lyrics by Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov.
Let me know which one you like the best.

Watch the 1st video (only) with English subtitles to learn about the BM-13 "Katyusha" - a secret weapons of Russians that appeared for the first time on the bank of Arshytsa river near the city of Orsha in Belarus, launched all its rockets and immediately changed its location. The battery under the command of Ivan Andreevich Flyorov consisted of only 7 experimental launchers. Germans chased his mobile battery for 3 month trying to catch at least a single weapon in order to solve the secret of its efficiency. Only in autumn of 1941, captain Flyorov was ambushed near Vyazma but following his oath destroyed the launcher and perished with it. Even when later they captured one of the "Katyushas" they were not able to reproduce it because the secret lied in the the special gunpowder.

Watch other videos to answer the Bonus question:
Please listen to ONLY the first 60 seconds of each of the 3 other videos. What musical piece does the sound of "Katyusha" resemble to?

Hint: "pater" in Latin means "father"
Watch a short video and/or read the article about the beginning of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945

Watch the videos (either in Russian or English or both).Next, read/listen to the poem. Then, interpret briefly how you understand it and answer the questions.

Read the article and highlight the Main Idea
Complete the activities (top right corner) - both quizzes and Writing Tasks.

Как вы понимаете это стихотворение - напишите во 2-ой колонке.
Подумайте и запишите ответ на вопрос: "Что так возмутило царя-императора Николая I и его приближенных в стихотворении "Смерть Поэта"?
Какое ваше отношение к этому стихотворению?

Attach your files here

Please submit your Research Papers here.
Consult the rubric and checklist before turning it in. Make sure you have your bibliography (Works Cited) with at least 3 sources (2 were offered in the slides and one you were supposed to find yourself)

You can continue filling out your 1st Note Taking organizer or just fill out rows for the Source #3 in this one

Fill out the columns for the Source #2

Read the Slide Presentation. Find and copy two of the sources for your research topic from the Slides. Take notes.

As you read the Slides Presentation and plan your research fill out the form.

Write your interpretation of the song.

Explore this lesson at your own pace. Answer a couple of open-ended questions and take a little quiz at the end.

After practicing on www.quizlet.com today, fill out the G.Form.

Write your answers in a paragraph: 4-5 sentences minimum.

Review the programs of the New Deal and sort them into one of the 3 categories: Relief, Recovery or Reform (Lesson 04/30)

After studying this lesson's slides (17-28), fill out the form linked.

After studying the slides and reading the Chapter 19 of the “Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck (Slides 12-14), fill out the form linked.

Answer the questions

Share your favorite part on Flipgrid.

Day 1. Read the article.As you read, highlight in RED information about the situation for farmers during the 1920s and '30s and highlight in GREEN information about the government's response.
Day 2. Do the activities: take both 4-question quizzes (ELA & SS) and Write Activities

Read and follow instructions on FlipGrid.

Fill out after reading the Slide Presentation

Sign in on Thrively.com with Google Classroom at https://www.thrively.com/student with the code (details in Stream), create your profile and earn at least 50 points.

After listening to the song and reading about it, fill out the form attached

After choosing the political cartoon from the slides The Great Depression & NY (Lesson 04/07), study it carefully and describe what you've found in the Google Form attached here.

After reading the slides 1-16 ( assigned for today) and watching the videos, please fill out the GForm

After studying the vocabulary on Quizlet, reflect on your learning in this form.

Read the slides, listen to the music, watch the videos and fill out the forms/tables.
NB: Please be informed that the forms/tables are attached on the slides and also will appear in your assignments

This is the same GForm that is linked in the Slides. I link it here separately in case you have difficulty finding it in there.

Зайди на сайт/Go to https://rustih.ru/stixi-o-prirode/stixi-aleksandra-pushkina-o-prirode/ и прочитай/прослушай 3 стихотворения о природе и их анализ. Choose 3 poems about nature to read (or listen to) these poems and their analysis.
1. Выбери одно, которое понравилось, и прочитай его сам или расскажи наизусть. Можешь нарисовать иллюстрацию к нему как заставку. Pick one you like the best & read/recite by yourself. Optional: draw an illustration and use it as a screen.
2. Скажи, почему оно тебе понравилось. Answer the question: Why do you like it?

This is the same form that is linked to the Slide 17 in the Slides Presentation. If you can't access it from the slides you can click on the link below. It will give you your own copy here and you can type in there after reading the next two Slides #18 and #19. Thank you.

Скажи, "Привет" и что-нибудь о себе на русском.

Based on what you read and watched about the 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic, record a 45-seconds video where you share..
What impressed you the most from what you learned about it?
How did the pandemic impact nations a) socially (society, schools, churches, entertainment, etc.)
b) politically (government, administration, etc.) and c) economically (businesses, banks)? What impact was the most detrimental (causing or capable of causing harm, damaging)?

Continue working on Primary Source Analysis Organizer, pgs 2-3. Read the slides. Click on all underlined phrases in blue, these are the links that will take you to the materials attached.
Continue and complete the same six-page graphic organizer on Google Docs that we are doing (about 2 pages a day). Go to March 23 Google Slides and on the third slide, click on the underlined phrase in blue "primary source analysis." It will take you to the site where you make a copy of it and name it according to the instructions on the slide. Thank you

Read the slides. Click on all underlined phrases in blue, these are the links that will take you to the materials attached.
Continue and complete the same six-page graphic organizer on Google Docs that we are doing it in last 3 days (about 2 pages a day). Go to March 23 Google Slides and on the third slide, click on the underlined phrase in blue "primary source analysis." It will take you to the site where you make a copy of it and name it according to the instructions on the slide.

Read the slides. Click on all underlined phrases in blue, these are the links that will take you to the materials attached.
Continue and complete the same six-page graphic organizer on Google Docs for the next 3 days (about 2 pages a day). You can find it on today's, (March 23) Google Slides and on the third slide, click on the underlined phrase in blue "primary source analysis." It will take you to the site where you make a copy of it and name it according to the instructions on the slide.