Wednesday March 5th

Today was the (not so) happy anniversary of the Boston Massacre, Churchill's "Iron wall" speech, and the death day of Joseph Stalin. Today in class, however, was a joy filled day of educational enlightenment from the second our dedicated students walked out of the grey world and into the smiling, cheery fluorescent lights that shone over the desks (like how the sun should have been doing over the world, but wasn't because we wake up at some strange hour in the morning that even the sun is a stranger to). We worked together on the worksheets that we printed out for homework, and answered the first set of questions together. The remainder of the papers and questions should be completed as homework.

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Joyce

Today was spent introducing the class to the various political and economic factors in place within the Ottoman Empire upon its entrance into WWI. The role of the Arab people within the Ottoman Empire to its eventual defeated was established.

Students analyzed documents regarding the decisions behind the Damascus Protocol, as well as the agreement between Great Britain and the Sharif of Mecca to collaborate on the defeat of the Ottoman's in return for an Independent Arab State.

Tomorrow will be a continuation of these documents as well as the Sykes-Picot agreement in regards to the land previously promised for an independent Arab State.

Here were the docs reviewed today - (Damascus Protocol), ( Ottoman Empire Map )