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:First World War; Great Depression; Rise of Dictators & Authoritarian Rule
MON - Video: Schama's Power of Art: Guernica; Intro to WWII: Causes, Impact, & Course of the War (Compare to WWI); Finish Guernica; Roaring 20's -> Great Depression; Rise of Dictators in Europe
TUE - WWII Begins: Hitler; Propaganda; Causes of WWII; German invasion of Poland, 1939
WED/THU - Remembering Pearl Harbor by Gladdis Smith (Looking back at the book 'At Dawn We Slept' by Gordon W. Prange.) - due during the period to the substitute.
Video Documentary: War of the Worlds: Part II - "Killing Space" w/Questions.
Documentary: War of the Worlds, Part II - Killing Space
Questions for War of the Worlds, Part II - Killing Space
FRI - NO SCHOOL - Good Friday
-----
Quiz CH 22 - "Communism": Monday, March 28
 |
| How depressing... |
=====================================
Monday, March 21, 2016Quote: "We are masters of the unsaid words, and slaves to those we let slip out." - Winston Churchill
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up questions over Power of Art: Guernica
2. Video: Finish the documentary over the Power of Art - Picasso - Guernica
3. Discuss the use of Propaganda in Germany: Leni Riefenstahl's "The Triumph of the Will"
View the first few minutes of the documentary. How does Triumph of the Will compare to Guernica?
Assignments:
Quiz CH 22 - "Communism": Monday, March 28
 |
| Leni Riefenstahl's masterpiece of Nazi propaganda, "The Triumph of the Will" |
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Quote: "I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." - Nelson Mandela
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Why does the Nazi party become so powerful in Germany?
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: The Great Depression, Rise of Dictators, Beginning of WWII
Assignments:
Quiz CH 22 - "Communism": Monday, March 28
 |
| Can you imagine the dollar not having any real worth? To the point of using it for kindling to build a fire? |
Wednesday, March 23 & Thursday, March 24, 2016
Quote: "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." - Mahatma Gandhi
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Pick up the article - Remembering Pearl Harbor by Gladdis Smith (Looking back at the book 'At Dawn We Slept' by Gordon W. Prange.) - due during the period to the substitute.
2. Video Documentary: War of the Worlds: Part II - "Killing Space" w/Questions.
Documentary: War of the Worlds, Part II - Killing Space
Questions for War of the Worlds, Part II - Killing Space
Assignments:
Quiz CH 22 - "Communism": Monday, March 28
 |
| There is a reason people trusted the Nazi government in Germany. They were working, eating, and more successful now. |
Friday, March 25, 2016
NO SCHOOL - GOOD FRIDAY
Assignments:
Quiz CH 22 - "Communism": Monday, March 28
