Wednesday, January 31, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. The Nazi-Soviet Pact secretly agreed to divide what country?
    2. Following the invasion of #1, what action did the British and French take?
    3. What battle strategy did the Germans follow in their invasion of #1?

  2. Discuss Axis Advances in Europe
    Take Notes

  3. Work Unit 7 Project (Due Thursday, February 15th)

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

  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. Clip from WW2 - OverSimplified (Part 1) Video

  3. Discuss Unit 7 Project (Due Thursday, February 15th)
    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).

Monday, January 29, 2024

  1. Unit 7 DBQ Essay Test

Friday, January 26, 2024

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

  2. History Brief: The Rise of Imperial Japan Video

  3. German Aggression and Appeasement
    Read the article and answer the questions (Canvas)

  4. Finish Unit 7 DBQ Preparation (Homework)

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Period 2:
  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Where did Japan invade in 1931?
    2. By the 1930s, who did Japan see as their enemies?

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

  3. Review Unit 7 DBQ Preparation: Part 1
    Use the documents to fill out the chart

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

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Period 5:
  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Where did Japan invade in 1931?
    2. By the 1930s, who did Japan see as their enemies?

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

  3. Review Unit 7 DBQ Preparation: Part 1
    Use the documents to fill out the chart

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

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the first step of the Holocaust, which stripped Jews of their citizenship?
    2. What was the first violence of the Holocaust?
    3. What two countries did Japan see as potential allies?

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

Monday, January 22, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the name of Hitler’s book that was a blueprint for everything the was going to do?
    2. What event, shortly before elections, allowed the Nazis to become the majority party in Germany?
    3. What was passed by the German legislature that ended democracy in the country?

  2. Finish Discussing Hitler's Totalitarian State
    Take Notes

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

  4. Authoritarianism in Japan
    Read the article (Canvas) to answer the questions

Friday, January 19, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. As opposed to the 1880s, where did Italy successfully invade in the 1930s?
    2. What was the name given to Mussolini’s street thugs?
    3. What was the party Hitler was ordered to spy on?

  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

Thursday, January 18, 2024

  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 Mussolini’s new political party?

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

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

  4. Discuss the Rise of Hitler
    Take Notes

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

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

  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. Finish A Worldwide Depression
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

  3. Fascism in Italy
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What is the term that means a “one-party dictatorship that attempts to regulate every aspect of the lives of their citizens"?
    2. Who were the wealthier farmers who became the first victims of the gulags?

  2. Finish Discussing Stalin's Totalitarian State
    Take Notes

  3. Finish Stalin: Man of Steel Video
    Answer Questions

  4. A Worldwide Depression
    Use the reading (Canvas) to answer the questions

Friday, January 12, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the name of Stalin’s plan to force peasants to give up their land to large government-run farms?
    2. Where was the Terror Famine located during #1?
    3. What were the forced labor camps Stalin sent millions of people to?

  2. Continue Stalin: Man of Steel Video
    Answer Questions

  3. Discuss Stalin's Totalitarian State
    Take Notes

Thursday, January 11, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were the two sides during the Russian Civil War and who made up each?
    2. What was the name of Lenin’s plan to nationalize businesses during the Civil War?
    3. Who became the leader of the Soviet Union following Lenin’s death?

  2. Stalin: Man of Steel Video
    Answer Questions

  3. Discuss Stalin's "Reforms"
    Take Notes

  4. Continue Stalin: Man of Steel Video
    Answer Questions

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Which four countries came out of the Paris Peace Conference the most resentful?
    2. What did Woodrow Wilson believe was necessary to create to prevent another war?
    3. Did the United States join #2?

  2. Unit 7 Overview Video

  3. Vladimir Lenin
    Use the readings to answer the questions (Canvas)

Tuesday, January 9, 2024

  1. Second Semester Class Information

  2. 2023 in Review Video

  3. Gen Z teaches History: World War I Video

  4. Pre and Post World War I Maps
    Use the maps and your knowledge of World War I to answer the questions

  5. Most Important Event of 2023? (Homework--Due Tomorrow)
    On your own paper, choose what you think was the most important/interesting/news-worthy event in 2023 and at least one paragraph about why you think it was the most important.