Tuesday, February 4, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Who was the British Prime Minister who practiced appeasement at Munich?
    2. Who was the future British Prime Minister who criticized #1?
    3. After being given the Sudetenland, where did Hitler invade six months later?

  2. History Brief: The Rise of Imperial Japan Video

  3. Disney's Education for Death: The Making of a Nazi Cartoon

  4. Discuss Unit 7B Project (Due Friday, February 21st)
    By yourself or with one other person in the class, you will choose ONE of the options of either World War II or Holocaust projects (Canvas). You can do this on paper (supplies can be provided, as needed) or in any digital format of your choosing (example: Google Slides or Canva). Note: the requirements (amount) are different depending on whether you are working by yourself or with someone else.

Monday, February 3, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the name of Hitler’s “street thugs”?
    2. What was the name of Hitler’s “protection squad”?

  2. Review Unit 7A: Essential Question #1 (Germany and Japan)

  3. German Aggression and Appeasement
    Read the article and answer the questions (Unit 7B Reader)

Friday, January 31, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Who was the president of Germany who appointed Hitler as Chancellor?
    2. What group did Hitler originally target as Chancellor?
    3. What automaker was created by Nazi Germany?

  2. Unit 7A DBQ Essay Test

Thursday, January 30, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. By the 1930s, who did Japan see as their enemies?
    2. Who did Japan see as potential allies?
    3. Where did Japan invade in 1931?

  2. Unit 7A DBQ Preparation: Part 2
    Use the documents and Part 1 to fill out the chart

  3. Finish Unit 7A DBQ Preparation (Homework)

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What is the term which means prejudice against or hostility towards Jews?
    2. What was the first step of the Holocaust, which stripped Jews of their citizenship?
    3. What was the first violence of the Holocaust?

  2. Unit 7A DBQ Preparation: Part 1
    Use the documents to fill out the chart

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What event, shortly before elections, allowed the Nazis to become the majority party in Germany?
    2. What was passed by the German legislature that ended democracy in the country?
    3. What was the name of the secret police in Nazi Germany?

  2. Finish Discussing Hitler's Totalitarian State
    Take Notes

  3. Authoritarianism in Japan
    Read the article (Unit 7A Reader) to answer the questions

Monday, January 27, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What title did Mussolini take for himself?
    2. What title did Hitler take for himself?
    3. What was Hitler's blueprint for Germany, as written when he was in prison?

  2. Finish Discussing the Rise of Hitler
    Take Notes

  3. How Did Hitler Rise to Power? Video

  4. Discuss Hitler's Totalitarian State
    Take Notes

Friday, January 24, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the name of Mussolini’s new political party?
    2. What was the event that led to Mussolini becoming the dictator of Italy?
    3. Where did Italy conquer in 1935, which they failed to in 1896?

  2. History Brief: Benito Mussolini Gains Power in Italy Video

  3. Review Unit 7A: Essential Question #1 (Russia and Italy)

  4. Discuss the Rise of Hitler
    Take Notes

Thursday, January 23, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the American plan to help Germany recover from hyperinflation?
    2. In what country did the Great Depression start?
    3. What was the name of the artistic movement following World War I that expressed disillusionment?

  2. America Caused the Great Depression Worldwide? Video

  3. Review Unit 7A: Essential Question #2

  4. Fascism in Italy
    Use the reading (Unit 7A Reader) to answer the questions

  5. Unit 7A Essential Questions (Homework--Due the day of the unit test)

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What became the new “religion” in the Soviet Union?
    2. What was the new art style where Communism had to be portrayed in a positive light?
    3. Who was the last surviving Russian revolutionary, who Stalin had killed in Mexico City in 1940?

  2. Lost Generation
    Use the provided artistic selections to answer the questions