Agenda: Week of March 6-10, 2017

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:
MONReading Check Quiz CH 21; Review Quiz CH 21;
TUE -  WWI: Causes, Impact, & Course of the War
WED/THU - Nature of WWI: Trench Warfare; Conclusion, Aftermath, & Consequences of 'Great War'
FRI - 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)
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Assignments:
We will take the quiz this Monday over Chapter 21 on Monday... then watch the Power of Art Guernica on Friday.
Have a wonderful SPRING BREAK! No Quiz on the Monday after the break!
No work due after the break. Enjoy your time with your friends and family!
It sure seemed like it was going to be fun. Woops.
Learning Targets for Chapter 21The 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?
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Monday, March 06, 2017
Quote"History is a myth that men agree to believe." - Napoleon

Agenda:
1. Reading Check Quiz CH 21

3. Review Quiz CH 21
DO NOW QUESTION - after the quizWhat aspects of Europe's 19th century history contributed to the First World War?


Assignments: 
Crash Course: WWI - The Great War?
Crash Course: How WWI Started
Crash Course: Who Started WWI
Sassoon captured the horrors of The Great War like few could.
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Tuesday, March 07, 2017
QuoteQuote: "The war has ruined us for everything." - Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front  

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: What were the causes of World War I?

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: First World War: European Civilization in Crisis. Causes, development, and historic difference from wars past.

Notes: 
Causes of WWI
The Road to WWI

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

Assignments: 
Crash Course: WWI - The Great War?
Crash Course: How WWI Started
Crash Course: Who Started WWI

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Wednesday, March 08 & Thursday, March 09, 2017
Quote:
Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: In which ways was WWI a "World War"? 

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Nature of WWI - Trench Warfare compared to War on the Eastern Front

Notes:
Trench War
Eastern Front & US Entry

3. Trench War Simulation

4. Notes, Video, Discussion: NOTES: End of the WarAftermath; 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: 
Crash Course: WWI - The Great War?
Crash Course: How WWI Started
Crash Course: Who Started WWI
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Friday, March 10, 2017
Quote: "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: In what ways was the Great Depression a Global Phenomenon?

2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Roaring 20's, Great Depression, & Rise of Dictators.

Capitalism Unraveling: Economic Collapse - The Great Depression

Democracy Denied: The Rise of Dictators - Comparing Italy/Germany/Japan & Soviet Union

3. Video w/Questions & Discussion at end: 
VIDEO: Power of Art: Picasso's Guernica
Video Questions for Power of Art Picasso's Guernica

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
Assignments: 
Have a wonderful SPRING BREAK!
No HOMEWORK, No Quiz to prepare for, No Test to study for, No papers to write