• Socractic Seminar
• Weimer Republic Reading and Worksheet

• Read "Part II: The Troubled Infancy of the Weimer Republic" and respond to questions on the worksheet

Warmup- 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?

• Go over Weimer Republic Homework
• Hyperinflation Simulation

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?

• Read pgs. 463-468 and take notes using worksheet

Warmup- Finish notes on Fascism

• Notes on Facism
  

• Outline pgs. 471-473

Warmup- Why were fascists popular in the 1930s in Italy and Germany? Make a connection to the Treaty of Versailles and economic conditions in the 1930s.
Be specific about the goals of Fascism and industry.

• Political Ideology Spectrum
• Jigsaw Germany's Political Parties
  

• Reflective Writing-

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?

Warm-up- Read Epilogue and answer the following questions:

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?

• 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?

• Hitler's speech to youth

Warmup-

2. Nuremberg Laws Translation with Reflective Writing

What is the main idea of each law? (Translate into your own words)
What was the overall point of the laws?
Which do you find most shocking? Explain

3. Holocaust Timeline Reflection

When was the first camp established?
When did Polish Jews have to wear the Star of David? Find at least one other decree about wearing the Star.
What events connect with Night? (Look for Hungary)
When and where were there uprisings?
When was the Wannsee conference for the “Final Solution”?
When was the Warsaw ghetto liquidated? Why do you think it was liquidated?
How does this chronology help your understanding of the Holocaust and who might be responsible for it?

• Get Permission Slip for R rated movies signed
• Write a recipe for a dictator. Avoid focusing on physical traits like a small mustache. Instead focus on historical events (i.e Concentration Camps, Nuremburg Laws), personality traits (i.e. charisma, fear) and political techniques (i.e. propaganda). What is really necessary to create a dictator? Follow standard recipe format: a list of ingredients and exact measurements, followed by a paragraph of instructions, advice about the proper sequence of the steps, and any tips or warnings. You should put a lot of thought into this activity. It will be DUE next Tuesday/Wednesday

Warmup- What is propaganda?
Why might the Germans have been susceptible to anti-Semitic propaganda and the use of Jews as a scapegoat? (Think about the economic conditions in Germany).

2. Watch "Eternal Jew"

3. Propaganda Debrief

Historically, have Americans been susceptible to racist propaganda? Provide any examples.
How has the examination of propaganda helped you determine who is responsible for the holocaust?

4. Propaganda Webquest in the Media Center

• Continue to fill in the Train using pgs. 551-556
• Finish Webquest

Warmup-Read short biography on Oscar Schindler and answer the following questions:

1. Who is Oscar Schindler?

2. How did he save thousands of Jews lives?

3. How can Schindler be seen as a hero or a villian? Which one do you think he is?

• Clip from Schindler's List with reflection
• Clip from Master Race with questions

• Train Due on Monday
• Recipe for a Dictator DUE Tues/Wed (See project description on March 2)

Monday, March 9

Warmup- Look at the "Stages of the Holocaust" timeline. Write one bullet point for each of the events. At which point could the League of Nations gotten involved? Why do you think they did not interfere?

• Finish Master Race video

2. 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?

• Recipe for a Dictator DUE Tues/Wed (See project description on March 2)

Warmup-

• Clip from Conspiracy
• 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?
• Watch Camp Footage and Reflect
• Introduce "Who is Responsible?" Project

Homework for English Class. Ms. Wantz will check this assignment:

• Assign colors to group members. Let people choose based on their interests; divide work evenly.

Warmup- TBA

• Milk and Cookies
• Appeasment PowerPoint
• Lost Peace

DUE Monday/Tuesday March 23 and 24

Warmup-

• Events of WWII Simulation
• Click here for WWII events
• Click here for PowerPoint

Steps to war-draw footprint or other appropriate symbols. Fill in each step with an event that led to war using pages 536 to 538. Write the event and its significance . Tarzan-speak ok. This will be page 38 in notebook

DUE Monday/Tuesday March 23 and 24

CAHSEE

DUE Monday/Tuesday March 23 and 24

Warmup- TBA

• Events of WWII Simulation
• Click here for WWII events
• Click here for PowerPoint

DUE Monday/Tuesday March 23 and 24

DUE Monday/Tuesday March 23 and 24

Warmup-What is the Munich Conference? Why is this an act of Appeasement

• Events of WWII Simulation
• Click here for WWII events
• Click here for PowerPoint
• GRASP

Period 3 Only- Finish the Simulation we started in class. Here is all the information you will need.

• Click here for WWII events
• Click here for PowerPoint

Warmup- None

• Overview of WWII Powepoint
• Total War Video

Warmup- Sequence the following events and briefly describe what happens

Battle of Britain

Invasion of France

Munich Pact

Invasion of Czechoslavakia

Stalingrad

Invasion of Poland

Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact

Phony War

• Go over Dunkirk
• Go over Battle of Stalingrad
• Clip from Enemy at the gates

• Read pgs. 541-544 and complete worksheet
• Begin working on study guide. Click here for study guide. Remember your test will be on 4/20.
• Work on Extra Credit. DUE 4/20

Warmup- 15 questions from Practice STAR test

• D-Day Lecture
• Band of Brother's Clip
• Saving Private Ryan Clip

• Fill out Timeline portion of Foldable
• Begin working on study guide. Click here for study guide. Remember your test will be on 4/20
• Work on Extra Credit. DUE 4/20

Warmup- 15 question from Practice STAR test

• End of the WWII Part I Lecture Notes

• Philosopher Tabs- 9 premade tabs were distributed in class today. Here are the directions for the assignments:
  • 1. Label the tabs with each of the following people (Plato, Rousseau, Locke, Hobbes, Montesquieu, Bolivar, Madison, Jefferson, Wollstoncraft)
  • 2. On the face of the tab, write the person's name and draw a symbol for the philosopher (i.e. For Montesquieu draw a tree with 3 branches)
  • 3. Open the tab. On the left side, write the major ideas of the philosopher
  • 4. On the right side, write the kind of government this philosopher preferred.
• Begin working on study guide. Click here for study guide. Remember your test will be on 4/20
• Work on Extra Credit. DUE 4/20

Warmup- Go over first 30 questions of the Practice STAR. Continue with 15 questions

• End of WWII Part II Lecture Notes

• American and French Revolution Venn Diagram
  • Complete the Venn Diagram. Do not forget to answer the questions on the inside of the tab.
• Begin working on study guide. Click here for study guide. Remember your test will be on 4/20
• Work on Extra Credit. DUE 4/20

Warmup- Go over questions 30-45. Answer questions 45-60.

• Introduction to Cold War
• Cold War Interactive Map

• Review the Industrial Revolution and Imperialism- Premade foldables were passed out during class today. On the left side of the foldable, you will be reviewing Industrial Revolution and Imperialism.
• Follow the following directions for the Industrial Revolution:
  • 1. Label one flap "Industrial Revolution"
  • 2. Upper flap, write, Why England was the first to industrialize? Define urbanization, define romanticism, and communism.
  • 3. Bottom Flap- Illustrate and describe the following technology: steam engine, coal mining, water mills, light bulb, vaccinations
• Follow the following directions for Imperialism:
  • 1. Label the flap "Imperialism"
  • 2. Upper flap- define imperialism, Social Darwinism, direct rule, indirect rule
  • 3. Bottom Flap- Describe how and why the Europeans colonized Africa and Asia, then list the positive and negative aspects of imperialism.
• PLEASE BE THOUROUGH IN YOUR RESPONSES!
• Finish study guide. Click here for study guide.
• Extra Credit. DUE 4/20
• Study for test and complete notebook

• Collect Notebook
• Take WWII Test

• Color in World Map for foldable