Agenda: Week of March 30th - April 3, 2015

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 6: The Most Recent Century, 1900 - 2010
Chapter 22: The Rise and Fall of World Communism, 1917 - Present
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON: Chinese & Russian Communism compared; Rise & Fall of World Communism;
TUE: The Cold War - The U.S. vs. The Soviet Union; "Third World" War in the Global South
WED: Tank Man Documentary
THU: TEST CHAPTER 21 & 22
NO SCHOOL FRIDAY - Good Friday

Quiz Chapter 23, next Monday
Great T-Shirt idea from 2012.
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Targets - Chapter 22 - "World Communism: Rise and Fall"
•  To examine the nature of the Russian and Chinese revolutions and how the differences between those revolutions affected the introduction of communist regimes in those countries
 •  To consider how communist states developed, especially in the USSR and the People’s Republic of China
 •  To consider the benefits of a communist state
 •  To consider the harm caused by the two great communist states of the twentieth century
 •  To introduce students to the cold war and its major issues
 •  To explore the reasons why communism collapsed in the USSR and China
 •  To consider how we might assess the communist experience . . . and to inquire if historians should be asking such questions about moral judgment
Stalin's secret recipe was "KILLER".

Essential Questions to Consider:
BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS
      1.   What was the appeal of communism, in terms of both its promise and its achievements? To what extent did it fulfill that promise?
      2.   Why did the communist experiment, which was committed to equality and a humane socialism, generate such oppressive, brutal, and totalitarian regimes?
      3.   What is distinctive about twentieth-century communist industrialization and modernization compared to the same processes in the West a century earlier?
      4.   What was the global significance of the cold war?
      5.   “The end of communism was as revolutionary as its beginning.” Do you agree with this statement?
      6.   In what different ways did the Soviet Union and China experience communism during the twentieth century?

MARGIN REVIEW QUESTIONS
      1.   When and where did communism exercise influence during the twentieth century?
      2.   Identify the major differences between the Russian and Chinese revolutions.
      3.   Why were the Bolsheviks able to ride the Russian Revolution to power?
      4.   What was the appeal of communism in China before 1949?
      5.   What changes did communist regimes bring to the lives of women?
      6.   How did the collectivization of agriculture differ between the USSR and China?
      7.   What were the achievements of communist efforts at industrialization? What problems did these achievements generate?
      8.   Why did communist regimes generate terror and violence on such a massive scale?
      9.   In what different ways was the cold war expressed?
      10.   In what ways did the United States play a global role after World War II?
      11.   Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the communist world by the 1970s.
      12.   What explains the rapid end of the communist era?
      13.   How did the end of communism in the Soviet Union differ from communism’s demise in China?
It wasn't such a fun party, really.
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Monday, March 31, 2014
Quote: "The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind."  -William James

Agenda:
1. DO NOWHow did the cold war affect countries emerging from colonial rule in the second half of the twentieth century?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: World Communism, Rise and Fall.
Russian & Chinese Communism
Differences/Similarities
Comparing to other revolutions - French
3. Documentary Study: The War of the World, Episode 5: Ice Box
4. Discuss the Cold War: USA, USSR, & China.
Focus on: In what ways did the United States play a global role after World War II?
Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the communist world by the 1970s.
Cuban Missile Crisis
Glasnost/Perestroika
Tank Man
Berlin Wall Comes Down - Russian Communism Ends
Is China still a true communist nation?
Chinese today remember the Mao days like it was their great historic past. There is more to the story.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014 
Quote: “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” - Abraham Lincoln

Agenda:
1. DO NOWIs China still a true communist nation?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: World Communism, Rise & Fall.
John Green Crash Course World History: Cold War
John Green Crash Course World History: Chinese Communism
Lego Tank Man
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Quote“Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.” - Robert H. Schuller

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: What was the end result of the Cold War? Who Won?
2. Documentary StudyThe War of the World, Episode 5: Ice Box
Vietnam War Protester
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Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
Quote: “Greetings Professor Falkon, Shall we play a game?" - Joshua, computer AI, Movie: War Games

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep For Test
2. TEST CH 23 & 24

Quiz Chapter 23 on Monday

Agenda: Week of March 23 - March 27, 2015

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 6: The Most Recent Century, 1914 - 2010
Chapter 21: Collapse & Recovery of Europe
World War II
Week at a Glance:
MON - Guernica Painting - Meaning & Impact; Introduction: WWII - The War Begins; Crash Course WH WWII; Hitler Takes Europe; Japan Takes Asian Pacific; Hitler's 2 Great Mistakes; Ferguson's "Killing Space" Documentary; WWII Motivations
TUE - 1942- The Year WWII Begins to Turn; Stalingrad, D-Day (44); Victory in Europe; 
WED/THUPearl Harbor Article: Due in Class completed - Discussion; The Pacific War: Victory in Japan. Discuss the Holocaust & Use of Atomic Weapon to end WWII.
FRI - Quiz Chapter 22 - World Communism, Rise & Fall.

Article on Pearl Harbor is due on Wed/Thu: Pearl Harbor Article 
Quiz Friday - Chapter 22
TEST OVER Chapter 21 & 22 is next Thursday
Some call it the greatest documentary of all-time. It is certainly the most forceful propaganda film in history.
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Learning Targets:
 •  To examine the history of Europe between 1914 and the 1970s as an organic whole made up of closely interconnected parts
 •  To consider the repercussions of nationalism and colonialism in Europe and Japan
 •  To increase student awareness of the effects of the two world wars
 •  To help students imagine the appeal of totalitarian movements in the twentieth century 

Essential Questions:
BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS
      1.   What explains the disasters that befell Europe in the first half of the twentieth century?
      2.   In what ways were the world wars a motor for change in the history of the twentieth century?
      3.   To what extent were the two world wars distinct and different conflicts, and in what ways were they related to each other? In particular, how did the First World War and its aftermath lay the foundations for World War II?
      4.   In what ways did Europe’s internal conflicts between 1914 and 1945 have global implications?

Margin Review Questions
      1.   What aspects of Europe’s nineteenth-century history contributed to the First World War?
      2.   In what ways did World War I mark new departures in the history of the twentieth century?
      3.   In what ways was the Great Depression a global phenomenon?
      4.   In what ways did fascism challenge the ideas and practices of European liberalism and democracy?
      5.   What was distinctive about the German expression of fascism? What was the basis of popular support for the Nazis?
      6.   How did Japan’s experience during the 1920s and 1930s resemble that of Germany, and how did it differ?
      7.   In what way were the origins of World War II in Asia and in Europe similar to each other? How were they different?
      8.   How did World War II differ from World War I?
      9.   How was Europe able to recover from the devastation of war?
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Monday, March 23, 2015
Quote: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." - Winston Churchill (speaking about the Royal Air Force)

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Look at the screen and write down in your notes what you see. What do you think this painting represents and means? Guernica Painting - Discuss Meaning & Impact
Guernica by Pablo Picasso
2. Crash Course World History #38: World War II (10 min) Answer the How is World War II different from World War I? on a sheet of paper as you watch Crash Course. 
3. Notes, Video, Discussion: Introduction to World War II - War Begins.
Hitler’s vision of lebensraum. (War of the World: Killing Space by Ferguson)
Appeasement; Blitzkrieg
Fall of France; Battle of Britain
Hitler Takes Continental Europe; 
Japan Takes Asian Pacific; 
Hitler's 2 Great Mistakes

Assignments:
Pearl Harbor Article 
Quiz Friday - Chapter 22
Chapter 21 & 22: Test next Thursday 
The Battle of Britain: German Luftwaffe vs. the British RAF
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Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Quote“We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.” - Winston Churchill

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: 
2. Documentary Video: Ferguson's War of the World - Killing Space
In 1942, the 20th Century teetered on a knife-edge. It was the year when the whole world map appeared to have been redrawn by the Axis powers.
3. Notes, Video, Discussion: 
1942- The Year WWII Begins to Turn; Stalingrad, D-Day (44); Victory in Europe; 

Assignments:
Pearl Harbor Article 
Quiz Friday - Chapter 22
Chapter 21 & 22: Test next Thursday 
"Motherland Calls" - Russian statue as tribute to those who fell at Stalingrad, 1942-1943.
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Wednesday, March 25th & Thursday, March 26th, 2015
Quote: "December 7th, 1941... a day that shall live in infamy." - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Prepare article: Pearl Harbor Article 
2. Discuss Pearl Harbor Article & Notes, Video over Pearl Harbor
Mr. Duez's Trip to Pearl Harbor & 
War in the Pacific (Video: Making of The Pacific Anatomy of a War - HBO)
4. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Victory in Europe
Stalingrad & Operation Torch
D-Day Invasion & Victory in Europe
5. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Victory in Japan - Nature of the fighting Island hopping; terribly brutal & deadly; finished with horrifying Atomic Weapon and final Japanese Surrender as Soviets & Americans were poised to possibly invade

Review WWII: 
War Begins: Japanese Invasion of Manchuria & China, 1931, 1937; Japanese Imperialism takes complete control of Asian Pacific Rim; German Blitzkrieg, 1939-1940 - Hitler takes continent of Europe from France to Russia 
Battle of Britain 1940;
Escalation of War in 1941: German Invasion of USSR - Operation Barbarossa, June 1941; Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941 
Battle of Stalingrad, 1942-43; Operation Torch 1942 (Africa/Italy Invasions); Battle of Kursk (Eastern Front's D-Day Push) & D-Day June 6, 1944
US/Allies--> Push to Germany <--USSR
VE-Day: Victory in Europe, Jan. 1945
 
Asian Theatre of War: - Island Hopping Attacks by US/Allies against Japan.
Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Leyte Gulf, Mariana Islands, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, Okinawa - all major Pacific Battles. Brutal combat, inhospitable conditions, an enemy that would not surrender and fought to the last man for their emperor. Aug. 6 & Aug. 9, 1945 -
Atomic Bombs Dropped by US on JapanVJ-Day: Victory Against Japan, August 1945
Questions for Discussion:
  • What were the 2 main mistakes that Hitler made?
  • Which battles in each theater of war proved most decisive & important?
  • What was the impact on civilian populations?
  • Did the United States make the right decision to drop the bomb on Japan? (Was it much different than the near total destruction of many German cities throughout the course of the war?) How could you argue for the decision? How could you argue against it?
Assignment for Friday: 
Quiz Friday - Chapter 22
Test next Thursday - Chapter 21 & 22
The Pacific Theater of War was brutal. 
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Friday, March 27, 2015
Quote: "Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." - Mao Zedong

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Prepare for the Quiz
2. Quiz Chapter 22
3. Review Quiz Chapter 22

Assignments:
Chapter 21 & 22: Test next Thursday

Agenda: Week of March 16 - March 20, 2015

Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 6: Most Recent Century, 1900 - 2013
Chapter 21: Collapse & Recovery of Europe, 1914 - 1979
First World War; Great Depression; Rise of Dictators & Authoritarian Rule
WEEK AT A GLANCE:
MON - WWI: Causes, Impact, & Course of the War
TUE -  Nature of WWI: Trench Warfare; Conclusion, Aftermath, & Consequences of 'Great War'
WED/THU - Roaring 20's -> Great Depression; Rise of Dictators in Europe; Video: Schama's Power of Art: Guernica; Intro to WWII: Causes, Impact, & Course of the War (Compare to WWI)
FRI -  Reading Check Quiz CH 21; Review Quiz CH 21; Pick up Article due on Wed/Thu next week
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It sure seemed like it was going to be fun. Woops.
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Monday, March 16, 2015
Quote"History is a myth that men agree to believe." - Napoleon

Learning Targets for Chapter 21—The Collapse and Recovery of Europe, 1914–1970s
 •  To examine the history of Europe between 1914 and the 1970s as an organic whole made up of closely interconnected parts
 •  To consider the repercussions of nationalism and colonialism in Europe and Japan
 •  To increase student awareness of the effects of the two world wars
 •  To help students imagine the appeal of totalitarian movements in the twentieth century 

BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS:
      1.   What explains the disasters that befell Europe in the first half of the twentieth century?
      2.   In what ways were the world wars a motor for change in the history of the twentieth century?
      3.   To what extent were the two world wars distinct and different conflicts, and in what ways were they related to each other? In particular, how did the First World War and its aftermath lay the foundations for World War II?
      4.   In what ways did Europe’s internal conflicts between 1914 and 1945 have global implications?

Margin Review Questions:
      1.   What aspects of Europe’s nineteenth-century history contributed to the First World War?
      2.   In what ways did World War I mark new departures in the history of the twentieth century?
      3.   In what ways was the Great Depression a global phenomenon?
      4.   In what ways did fascism challenge the ideas and practices of European liberalism and democracy?
      5.   What was distinctive about the German expression of fascism? What was the basis of popular support for the Nazis?
      6.   How did Japan’s experience during the 1920s and 1930s resemble that of Germany, and how did it differ?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: What aspects of Europe's 19th century history contributed to the First World War?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: First World War: European Civilization in Crisis. Causes, development, and historic difference from wars past.

MAIN - Causes of WWI: 
Militarism
Alliances
Industry/Imperialism
Nationalism
* plus assassination of Archduke FF

Assignments: 
Quiz on Friday - Chapter 21
Read the chapter, take notes, read through my posted notes, watch Crash Course.
Crash Course: WWI - The Great War?
Crash Course: How WWI Started
Crash Course: Who Started WWI
Crash Course World War II
Crash Course A War For Resources - World War II
Sassoon captured the horrors of The Great War like few could.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015
QuoteQuote: "The war has ruined us for everything." - Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front  

Learning Targets for Chapter 21—The Collapse and Recovery of Europe, 1914–1970s
 •  To examine the history of Europe between 1914 and the 1970s as an organic whole made up of closely interconnected parts
 •  To consider the repercussions of nationalism and colonialism in Europe and Japan
 •  To increase student awareness of the effects of the two world wars
 •  To help students imagine the appeal of totalitarian movements in the twentieth century 

BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS:
      1.   What explains the disasters that befell Europe in the first half of the twentieth century?
      2.   In what ways were the world wars a motor for change in the history of the twentieth century?
      3.   To what extent were the two world wars distinct and different conflicts, and in what ways were they related to each other? In particular, how did the First World War and its aftermath lay the foundations for World War II?
      4.   In what ways did Europe’s internal conflicts between 1914 and 1945 have global implications?

Margin Review Questions:
      1.   What aspects of Europe’s nineteenth-century history contributed to the First World War?
      2.   In what ways did World War I mark new departures in the history of the twentieth century?
      3.   In what ways was the Great Depression a global phenomenon?
      4.   In what ways did fascism challenge the ideas and practices of European liberalism and democracy?
      5.   What was distinctive about the German expression of fascism? What was the basis of popular support for the Nazis?
      6.   How did Japan’s experience during the 1920s and 1930s resemble that of Germany, and how did it differ?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: What was trench warfare like on the Western Front? Describe the sight, sounds, and feel of how it must have been.
2. Trench Warfare Simulation.
3. Notes, Video, Discussion: End of the War; Aftermath; Repercussions of a failed peace.
Video clip from Andrew Marr's Making of Modern Britain: The Great War
Andrew Marr's A History of the World: Industry, minute 47:11 to End

Assignments: 
Quiz on Friday - Chapter 21
Read the chapter, take notes, read through my posted notes, watch Crash Course.
Crash Course: WWI - The Great War?
Crash Course: How WWI Started
Crash Course: Who Started WWI
Crash Course World War II
Crash Course A War For Resources - World War II
Guernica by Pablo Picasso
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Wednesday, March 18 & Thursday, March 19, 2015
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Learning Targets for Chapter 21—The Collapse and Recovery of Europe, 1914–1970s
 •  To examine the history of Europe between 1914 and the 1970s as an organic whole made up of closely interconnected parts
 •  To consider the repercussions of nationalism and colonialism in Europe and Japan
 •  To increase student awareness of the effects of the two world wars
 •  To help students imagine the appeal of totalitarian movements in the twentieth century 

BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS:
      1.   What explains the disasters that befell Europe in the first half of the twentieth century?
      2.   In what ways were the world wars a motor for change in the history of the twentieth century?
      3.   To what extent were the two world wars distinct and different conflicts, and in what ways were they related to each other? In particular, how did the First World War and its aftermath lay the foundations for World War II?
      4.   In what ways did Europe’s internal conflicts between 1914 and 1945 have global implications?

Margin Review Questions:
      1.   What aspects of Europe’s nineteenth-century history contributed to the First World War?
      2.   In what ways did World War I mark new departures in the history of the twentieth century?
      3.   In what ways was the Great Depression a global phenomenon?
      4.   In what ways did fascism challenge the ideas and practices of European liberalism and democracy?
      5.   What was distinctive about the German expression of fascism? What was the basis of popular support for the Nazis?
      6.   How did Japan’s experience during the 1920s and 1930s resemble that of Germany, and how did it differ?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW: In what ways was the Great Depression a global phenomenon?
2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Roaring 20s, Great Depression, & Rise of Dictators.
3. Video w/Questions & Discussion at end: Power of Art: Picasso's Guernica
Video Questions for Power of Art Picasso's Guernica
Mr. Duez will show 10-20 minutes of the video and we'll discuss the impact of art on war and peace. Is Guernica propaganda?
Agree or disagree: Great art can instruct us on the obligations of being human. Explain your answer.
“Guernica is to painting what Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is to music: a cultural icon that speaks to mankind not only against war but also of hope and peace. It is a reference when speaking about genocide from El Salvador to Bosnia.” — Alejandro Escalona, on the 75th anniversary of the painting's creation
4. Introduction to World War II
Crash Course World War II
Crash Course A War For Resources - World War II

Assignments: 
Quiz on Friday - Chapter 21
Read the chapter, take notes, read through my posted notes, watch Crash Course.
Crash Course: WWI - The Great War?
Crash Course: How WWI Started
Crash Course: Who Started WWI
Crash Course World War II
Crash Course A War For Resources - World War II
"Never before has so much been owed by so many to so few." - Winston Churchill
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Friday, March 20, 2015
Quote: "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill

Learning Targets for Chapter 21—The Collapse and Recovery of Europe, 1914–1970s
 •  To examine the history of Europe between 1914 and the 1970s as an organic whole made up of closely interconnected parts
 •  To consider the repercussions of nationalism and colonialism in Europe and Japan
 •  To increase student awareness of the effects of the two world wars
 •  To help students imagine the appeal of totalitarian movements in the twentieth century 

BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS:
      1.   What explains the disasters that befell Europe in the first half of the twentieth century?
      2.   In what ways were the world wars a motor for change in the history of the twentieth century?
      3.   To what extent were the two world wars distinct and different conflicts, and in what ways were they related to each other? In particular, how did the First World War and its aftermath lay the foundations for World War II?
      4.   In what ways did Europe’s internal conflicts between 1914 and 1945 have global implications?

Margin Review Questions:
      1.   What aspects of Europe’s nineteenth-century history contributed to the First World War?
      2.   In what ways did World War I mark new departures in the history of the twentieth century?
      3.   In what ways was the Great Depression a global phenomenon?
      4.   In what ways did fascism challenge the ideas and practices of European liberalism and democracy?
      5.   What was distinctive about the German expression of fascism? What was the basis of popular support for the Nazis?
      6.   How did Japan’s experience during the 1920s and 1930s resemble that of Germany, and how did it differ?

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: In what ways was the Great Depression a global phenomenon?
2. QUIZ: Reading Check Quiz - CH 21
3. Pick up Article (due next Wed/Thu):  Remembering Pearl Harbor by Gladis Smith (Looking back at the book 'At Dawn We Slept' by Gordon W. Prange.)
4. Review Quiz CH 21

Assignments: 
Article due on Wed/Thu next week: Remembering Pearl Harbor by Gladis Smith (Looking back at the book 'At Dawn We Slept' by Gordon W. Prange.)
Chapter 22 quiz next Friday - World Communism