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2020-2021 School Year
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The links listed under Assignments are for late work/make-up purposes ONLY! 
When a new assignment is first posted, it will be posted on TEAMS. Once the deadline/due date (in Skyward) is expired, the assignment will be made available here, as late work.
 
 
 

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Past Assignments

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Alternative assignment to "Schindler's List"

See instructions in pdf attachment!

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World War II Review

 
The link will take you to the assignment. You MUST inform me when you complete/submit the assignment!

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Paris/Versailles Quiz

You MUST inform me of any assignment you turn in/submit late. 
Deadline is February 26th @ 3 p.m.
 

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Connections Across Time and Cultures

Answer the following questions in a Word Document. Share the document with me (through your Microsoft Office account) to submit for a grade!
 
 
 
1. Who were the main decision makers at the Paris Peace Conference?
2. What were the goals of the Paris Peace Conference? (provide concrete examples from various perspectives/countries)
3. Explain the war-guilt and the reparations of the Versailles Treaty
4. Explain the territorial changes in Europe (after WWI and the Versailles Treaty)
5. Explain the military restrictions of the Versailles Treaty
6. Summarize the legacy of the Versailles Treaty

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Versailles Summary

Use the information you gather (the answers to the questions) to create a short (2-3 paragraphs) summary/essay
Present your essay in a word document
Include at least 1 graphic (picture, map, graph, etc.)
You MAY work with (MAX TWO/2) partners
 
How many countries were present at the Paris Peace Conference?
Where AND when did it take place?
Who were the most influential countries present, and what were their goals?
Which countries were not represented, and why?
Who were those who did NOT get what they wanted or expected, and how did they react/respond?
How did the “Treaty of Versailles/Versailles Treaty” impact Germany (be specific)?
How did the Versailles Treaty impact borders and nation-states? (consider Europe’s empires, new nation-states, mandates, including both "winners” and “losers”)

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15.2

Answer the questions in a Word document. Share the document with me (through your Microsoft Office account) when you are ready to submit. 
 
1. What were the most positive POLITICAL effects of WWI?
2. What was the Weimar Republic, and what was its political problems?
3. What major weaknesses appeared in the American economy by 1929?
4. What country had the highest rate of unemployment, and how high was it?
5. How were the responses (to the Great Depression) of the Scandinavian countries and the United States similar?
6. How did WWI change the balance of economic power in the world?

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15.3 Bell Ringer

Define the six (6) Terms and Names located on on p. 476 of textbook (Unit 4, p.77 in Pdf Textbook)
Write the definitions in a Word document and submit by sharing the document through your Microsoft account. 

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15.4 Bell Ringer

  • Define the six (6) "Terms and Names" in Chapter 15.4 (located on the top right of the first page)
  • Located on p. 481 (textbook hard copy)/ Unit 4, p.82 (pdf textbook)
  • You can write out the definitions in Word and share it with me, OR on paper to turn in (take picture and share for virtual students)
  • Your work should be sent through e-mail, NOT Teams
 
 
 

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14.2

Use Chapter 14.2 (P.440 textbook hard copy / Unit 4, p.41 in pdf Textbook) to answer the questions below. Make sure to include the questions! Provide answers in a Word document and share (through your Microsoft account) 
  1. Why does control of education help totalitarian regimes become successful?
  2. What is meant by enemies of the state?
  3. Provide a definition of indoctrination, and explain why it is such a powerful tool (for a totalitarian state/government)?
  4. How did the Great Purge increase Stalin’s power?
  5. Why did Stalin limit the production of consumer goods?

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Non-Aggression Pact BR

In a few brief sentences: Explain the "Non-Aggression Pact" between Germany and the Soviet Union

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Wannsee BR

In a few brief sentences: Explain the Final Solution and the Wannsee Conference 

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WW II Map and Timeline

See attached assignment

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S32

Answer the questions below
Use slides 24-31 in the "W.41-53 pdf" to locate the answers
Include the slide number where you located the the information needed to answer each of the 5 questions
Share the answers through Microsoft Office 
 
  1. What was “Operation Sealion”, and why was it important?
  2. Who was Britain’s prime minister (led the British government) against Germany?
  3. Why was Egypt’s Suez Canal so significant?
  4. What was “Operation Barbarossa”?
  5. What were three actions by the U.S. that provoked Japan?

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Aggressors on the March

  1. What role did natural resources and geography play in the building tensions during the 1930’s?
  2. Who (country) were the first to invade foreign lands(what year), who (country) was the target of that invasion, and what happened in Nanjing in 1937?
  3. What is the response (from the League of Nations) to these actions, and how is that response viewed by other aggressors?
  4. What country was invaded next (October 1935), and who was the aggressor?
  5. List the (4) targets of German aggression between (March)1936-(March) 1939
  6. What was the significance of the Rome-Berlin Axis, and what did it evolve into?
  7. Explain the U.S. responding to the growing tension with isolationism
  8. Provide examples of how geography and technology influence wartime strategies (consider propaganda, blitzkrieg, island-hopping, strategic bombing, etc.)
  9. Explain the significance of the battles of: Britain, Midway, Stalingrad, Normandy (D-Day), and the Bulge
  10. Define the following people and their roles during WWII: Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Hideki Tojo, and Harry S. Truman

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16.3 BR (Holocaust Terms)

 Define:

  1. Aryan
  2. Holocaust
  3. Kristallnacht
  4. Ghetto
  5. Final Solution
  6. Genocide 
Chapter 16.3

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Tri-fold/Brochure

  • Collect information about your assigned topic
  • Download pamphlet/trifold templet from Teams post (from March 11th or 12th) OR under "Files"
  • List the facts about your assigned topic IN YOUR OWN WORDS in BULLET FORM in the provided templet (word document)
  • You MUST include a title, picture and names of your group members
  • Other students should be able to learn about your group’s topic by reading your pamphlet/trifold
  • This must be completed in by end of class TODAY and shared with me (to print)
  • Topics by Groups:
  • Jim Crow Laws
  • Nuremberg Laws (aka: Reich Citizenship Laws and Laws for the Protection of German Blood and German Honor)
  • Hafrada Laws
  • Eugenics, Charles Davenport and Harry J. Haiselden (aka “the Black Stork”)
  • The Indiana Eugenics Law of 1907 and its impact on eugenics
  • Einsatzgruppen (include Babi Yar and Rumbula Massacres)

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Europe and Japan in Ruins

  1. What TWO countries (listed on the chart on p.515) suffered the greatest human loss?
  2. How does the U.S. spending on the war compare with the spending of Germany and Japan?
  3. What were the TWO most common reasons for disrupted agriculture, and famine in Europe AFTER the war?
  4. Why did so many Europeans take to the roads and wander the countryside after WWII?
  5. How did the Allies deal with the issue of war crimes in Europe?

*Read chapter 16.5 and answer the questions in a word document
*P. 514 (Textbook hardcopy)/ Unit 4, p. 117 (pdf textbook)