Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 6: The Most Recent Century, 1914 - 2010
Chapter 21: Collapse & Recovery of Europe
Chapter 22: Rise & Fall of World Communism
Week at a Glance:MON - Quiz CH 21 - Collapse & Recovery of Europe
TUE - DBQ Question #2 - Introduction - Responses to the Spread of Influenza; WWII - War in Europe (Blitzkrieg, Battle of Britain; Pearl Harbor; Operation Torch; Operation Barbarossa)
WED - WWII - War in Asia (Strategy of Island Hopping; Differences between War in Europe & Asia; Soviet Advance on Japan; US Use of Atomic Weapons)
THU - DBQ Question #1 - Chinese Peasants Relationship with Communism; Finish WWII - Post war peace; Rebuilding of Europe; Documentary: The War of the World, Episode 5: Ice Box
Questions for the documentary: Ice Box
FRI - GOOD FRIDAY - NO SCHOOL
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ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, April 2nd - AP TEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Monday, March 25th - Quiz CH 21 "Collapse & Recovery of Europe"
Monday, April 2nd - Quiz CH 22 - "Rise & Fall of World Communism"
Thursday, April 5th - DBQ Timed-Writing
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22
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Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22
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| DBQ FLIP: Thursday, April 5th |
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?
Here's the Hitler Rant Video - "Hitler Hates Duez"
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Monday, March 26, 2018
Quote: "At the root of this dilemma is the way we view mental health in this country. Whether an illness affects your heart, your leg or your brain, it's still an illness, and there should be no distinction." - Michelle Obama
Agenda:
1. Quiz Chapter 21 - Collapse & Recovery of Europe
2. Review Quiz CH 21
Question after quiz...
ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, April 2nd - AP TEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Monday, April 2nd - Quiz CH 22 - "Rise & Fall of World Communism"
Thursday, April 5th - DBQ Timed-Writing
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22
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| The Germans perfected the use & coordination of mechanized tools for war with horrific consequences. |
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Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Quote: Quote: "There is no difference between acute schizophrenia and a world at war." -Gary Zukav
Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Pick up the DBQ Packet at the front of the classroom
Concentrate on the second question - Spanish Influenza.
2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: War in Europe
Blitzkrieg; Battle of Britain; Pearl Harbor; Operation Torch; Operation Barbarossa
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Quote: "Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair." - R.D. Laing
1. DO NOW: What were Hitler's 2 Big Mistakes in WWII?
2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Victory in Europe:
Stalingrad & Operation Torch;
D-Day Invasion & Victory in Europe
3. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Victory in Pacific:
Mr. Duez's Trip to Pearl Harbor &
War in the Pacific (Video: Making of The Pacific Anatomy of a War - HBO)
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
Quote: "The schizophrenic mind is not so much split as shattered. I like to say schizophrenia is like a waking nightmare." - Elyn Saks
Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Pick up the DBQ Packet at the front of the classroom
Concentrate on the first question - Chinese Communism.
2. Notes, Discussion, Video: Finish WWII - Post war peace; Rebuilding of Europe
3. Documentary Study: The War of the World, Episode 5: Ice Box
Questions for the documentary: Ice Box
How did the cold war affect countries emerging from colonial rule in the second half of the twentieth century?
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ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, April 2nd - AP TEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Monday, April 2nd - Quiz CH 22 - "Rise & Fall of World Communism"
Quote: Quote: "There is no difference between acute schizophrenia and a world at war." -Gary Zukav
Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Pick up the DBQ Packet at the front of the classroom
Concentrate on the second question - Spanish Influenza.
2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: War in Europe
Blitzkrieg; Battle of Britain; Pearl Harbor; Operation Torch; Operation Barbarossa
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ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, April 2nd - AP TEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Monday, April 2nd - Quiz CH 22 - "Rise & Fall of World Communism"
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Wednesday, March 28th Monday, April 2nd - AP TEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Monday, April 2nd - Quiz CH 22 - "Rise & Fall of World Communism"
Thursday, April 5th - DBQ Timed-Writing
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22
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| In 1942 the world teetered on a knife's edge. |
Quote: "Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair." - R.D. Laing
1. DO NOW: What were Hitler's 2 Big Mistakes in WWII?
2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Victory in Europe:
Stalingrad & Operation Torch;
D-Day Invasion & Victory in Europe
3. Notes, Video, & Discussion: Victory in Pacific:
Mr. Duez's Trip to Pearl Harbor &
War in the Pacific (Video: Making of The Pacific Anatomy of a War - HBO)
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
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ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, April 2nd - AP TEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Monday, April 2nd - Quiz CH 22 - "Rise & Fall of World Communism"
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Thursday, March 29th, 2018ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, April 2nd - AP TEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Monday, April 2nd - Quiz CH 22 - "Rise & Fall of World Communism"
Thursday, April 5th - DBQ Timed-Writing
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22
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| The War in the Pacific had a different DNA than the War in Europe |
Quote: "The schizophrenic mind is not so much split as shattered. I like to say schizophrenia is like a waking nightmare." - Elyn Saks
Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: Pick up the DBQ Packet at the front of the classroom
Concentrate on the first question - Chinese Communism.
2. Notes, Discussion, Video: Finish WWII - Post war peace; Rebuilding of Europe
3. Documentary Study: The War of the World, Episode 5: Ice Box
Questions for the documentary: Ice Box
How did the cold war affect countries emerging from colonial rule in the second half of the twentieth century?
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ASSIGNMENTS:
Monday, April 2nd - AP TEST REGISTRATION DEADLINE
Monday, April 2nd - Quiz CH 22 - "Rise & Fall of World Communism"
Thursday, April 5th - DBQ Timed-Writing
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22
Tuesday, April 10th - TEST: Unit 6 "Most Recent Century" - CH 21 & 22
Friday April 1, 2016
GOOD FRIDAY - NO SCHOOL
