WWII

Unit Number: 5

Unit Question: Who is Responsible for the Holocaust?

State Standards:

10.8 Students analyze the causes and consequences of World War II.

10.8.1 Compare the German, Italian, and Japanese drives for empire in the 1930s, including the 1937 Rape of Nanking, other atrocities in China, and the Stalin-Hitler Pact of 1939.

10.8.2 Understand the role of appeasement, nonintervention (isolationism), and the domestic distractions in Europe and the United States prior to the outbreak of World War II.

10.8.3 Identify and locate the Allied and Axis powers on a map and discuss the major turning points of the war, the principal theaters of conflict, key strategic decisions, and the resulting war conferences and political resolutions, with emphasis on the importance of geographic factors.


10.8.4 Describe the political, diplomatic, and military leaders during the war (e.g., Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Emperor Hirohito, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower).


10.8.5 Analyze the Nazi policy of pursuing racial purity, especially against the European Jews; its transformation into the Final Solution; and the Holocaust that resulted in the murder of six million Jewish civilians.

10.8.6 Discuss the human costs of the war, with particular attention to the civilian and military losses in Russia, Germany, Britain, the United States, China, and Japan.

Page # Assignment Description Comments/Points
61 "The Infancy of the Weimer Republic" Reader 5 pts. (Please Highlight!)
62 "The Infancy of the Weimer Republic" Questions 10 pts.
63

Reflective Writing on the Treaty of Versailles: (This should be about 250-500 words)

What were some provisions of the Treaty of Versailles (WWI) that would cause problems in the 1920s and 1930s? (Think about $ and land issues)
In what ways would these issues lead to the rise of an extremely nationalistic political party in Germany?
What was the “lost generation” and what have they learned about war?

 5pts.
64

Notes on Hyperinflation-

What is the definition of hyperinflation?
What was the exchange rate of marks to dollars in 1914, 1920, January 1923 and Dec 1923?
How much was the weekly cost of food in 1920? How much did it increase by Nov 1923? (use % or # of times).
Analyze the household spending chart. Be specific!
Analyze the daily food consumption
Analyze the unemployment chart.
Why would these figures lead to political instability?

 5 pts.
65 Worsheet on Pre-War Economic Problems (pgs. 463-466) 10 pts.
66 p. 471-473 Outline Notes 10 pts.
67 How do you think the economic instability in Germany will lead to political instability?
Why is the weakness of the League of Nations and the failures of the Treaty of Locarno important?		 5 pts.
68 "Toolbox: Understanding Political Spectrum" 5 pts.
69

Reflective Writing on Political Spectrum:

Analyze the spectrums. What are the strengths and weakness of the linear and circular? Give examples.
Could you have a democratic conservative government?
Could you have a Fascist democracy?
Where would you place yourself on the spectrums? Why?

 10 pts.
70 Voter Evalutation Form 5 pts.
71

Reflective Writing on Epilogue:

What % of the votes did the NSDAP get in 1932?
What % did the NDSAP get after the Reichstag burned?
What % did the other parties get?
When is Hitler made chancellor?
What is the difference between mass support and majority and why is this idea important in understanding Hitler’s rise to power?

 5pts.
72 Facism Notes 5pts.
73

Hitler's Big Lie with Reflective Response

Do you think Americans today are susceptible to a “big Lie”? Explain with examples.
Do you agree that “the great masses of the people in the very bottom of their hearts tend to be corrupted”?
How does Hitler become Chancellor?

 5pts.
74 Hitler's Speech to Youth 5 pts.
75 Propaganda Webquest 10pts.
76 Schindler's List Reflection 5 pts.
77 Master Race Video Questions 5 pts.
78

Reflection:

When does the Wannsee Conference take place? (Look at your chronology).
What does “complete” solution mean?
What is the “storage problem” and how do they propose to solve it?
What phrases struck you as you listened?

 5pts.
79 Concentration Camp Footage Reflection 5 pts.
80 Holocaust Train 10 pts.
81 Milk and Cookies Activity 5 pts.
82 Footsteps to war 10 pts.
83 Lost Peace Video Questions 5 pts.
84 Events of WWII Activity (This was the activity where each group came from a different country and had to make decisions based on seven different events: Czechoslavakian Crisis through Operation Overlord). 5 pts.
85 Total War Video 5 pts.
86 Stalingrad/Enemy at the Gates Questions 5 pts.
87 Notes on Stalingrad 5 pts.
88 The Course of the War: Cause and Effect 541-549 (Note: You should have also added the following events: Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor; Japanese Attack on Philipines, Malaya, and Dutch East Indies; Entry of U.S. into war; Rommel's victories in Africa and German Offensive in Soviet Union; Allied victories in Africa; Stalingrad; Battle of Coral Sea; Battle of Midway Island; "Island Hopping"; Allied invasion of Italy; D-Day; Battle of the Bulge; V-E Day; Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) 10 pts.
89 D-Day Notes 5 pts.
90 G.R.A.S.P. 5 pts.
91 Nuremberg Laws Translation 10 pts.
92 Holocaust Chronology Reflection 5 pts.
93 Holocaust Chronology Handout (This is has the Nuremberg Laws on one side and the events of WWII on the other side) 5 pts.
94 Blitzkreig Map (This is the map that we drew lightning bolts on to show how Hitler advanced in the initial stages of the war) 5 pts.
95

Reflection on Facists

Why were facists popular in the 1930s?

5 pts.
96 Casualties Table 5 pts.
n/a Review Sheet 40 pts.