World History Advanced Placement with Mr. Duez: World War II

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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
Quote: Quote: "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
Quote:

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

Agenda: Week of March 17 - March 21, 2014

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 - Introduction: WWII - The War Begins; Crash Course WH WWII; Pass Back FRQs; Pick up WWII Battle Plans Sheet
TUE - Quiz CH 21 Part II (World War II); Ferguson's "Killing Space" Documentary; WWII Motivations
WED/THU - Blitzkrieg; Axis Power Rises; Battle of Britain; Escalation 1941; Pearl Harbor; Stalingrad; D-Day
FRI - ALL EXTRA CREDIT IS DUE; War in the Pacific

TEST OVER WWII is next Wed/Thu
No Quiz on Monday. Pearl Harbor Article is due on Monday. Follow the directions/annotate be ready to discuss and turn it in.

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 17, 2014 HAPPY ST. PATTY'S DAY
Quote: "A best friend is like a four-leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have."

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: How is World War II different from World War I?
Pick up in front of the room: World War II Key Events & Battle Plans Sheet

2. Notes, Video, Discussion: Introduction to World War II - War Begins.

Hitler’s vision of lebensraum.

3. Crash Course World History #38: World War II

Deal.

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Quote: "Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings." - Salvador Dali

Agenda:
1. Reading Check Quiz - Chapter 21, Part II - World War II; Pick up Questions for Ferguson Documentary after the quiz.
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.

Answer these questions for discussion.

"Motherland Calls" - Russian statue as tribute to those who fell at Stalingrad, 1942-1943.

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Wednesday, March 19 & Thursday, March 20, 2014
Quote: “We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.”
- Winston Churchill

Agenda:
1. DO NOW QUESTION: What motivated Japan, Germany, & Italy to invade other nations and begin war? Pearl Harbor Article is due on Monday. Follow the directions/annotate be ready to discuss and turn it in. Pick up the article that is due for Monday on the front table:
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: We will discuss the major battles of World War II, the progress of the war and stakes involved. (Much of the Pacific Theatre of War will be on Fri/Mon)

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 two main mistakes that Hitler made?
Which battles in each theater of war proved most decisive and 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?

Courage of those who came before us: Normandy's peaceful beaches of today; once hosted largest
amphibious invasion in the history of warfare.

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Friday, March 21, 2014
Quote: "Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon a great crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you."
- U.S. General Dwight David Eisenhower, commander of allied troops in Europe, delivered this message to allied forces just before they embarked on the Normandy invasion on June 6, 1944

Agenda:
**Extra Credit is Due**
1. DO NOW QUESTION: What was the attitude of Japanese leaders toward their decision to bomb Pearl Harbor and thus start a war with the United States?
2. Notes, Video, & Discussion: The Pacific War
3. Video with Discussion: Making of The Pacific Anatomy of a War (HBO)

Pearl Harbor Article is due on Monday. Follow the directions/annotate be ready to discuss and turn it in.

TEST OVER WWII is next Wed/Thu
No Quiz on Monday.