Sunday, June 7, 2020

Q4 W6 World History



Q4 W6 World History
We just have two weeks of these assignments left, work hard to the end of the term. 
You must complete work in each of the 7 weeks of the term in order to receive a passing grade for
the quarter.   CP2 complete 2 the following:  I, II, III, IV
                 CP1 complete 3 of the following
                  Honors complete 4 of the following
Renewed calls for societal change and an end to racism have led a lot of people to question what
role can be taken to help bring change.  Mark Cuban, self made tech billionaire, Shark Tank
venture capitalist, and owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA basketball team, tweeted his response
Saturday to the concept of white privilege: 
Cuban, a grandson of a Russian immigrant, growing up in a working class neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA in the 1960’s never considered himself to have “white privilege.”   In 10 words or less define Cuban’s concept of  “white privilege” .  Do you agree or disagree with the concept? Explain your opinion.  
I. Respond to MLK’s statement “the time is always right to do what is right.”  What can you or
Mark Cuban do to help remedy the inequity?
  1. Watch the first 10 minutes of the 1979 movie All Quiet on the Western Front by Eric Maria Remarque. 
Remarque became a best selling author in the 1920’s with All Quiet on the Western Front, based on his
experience on the Western Front. 
1.  In the introduction why doesn’t  Remarque call war an adventure?
2. Why does Remarque dedicate this book to the survivors and not those who died in the war? 
3. Even before the Nazi’s came to power in Germany in 1933, they broke into movie theaters
and refused to allow Gemans to see the 1930 version of the movie.  Remarque, a WWI veteran,
fled Germany when the Nazi’s took power,  Unable to punish Remarque for his views the Nazi’s
would execute Remarque’s sister for his views.  After watching the first 10 minutes of the movie
why do you think the Nazis would hate this book and movie so  violently? 
OPTIONAL  two week assignment: 
If you choose to watch the whole movie then skip III and IV and your response will count to
this week’s and next week’s work. Watch and reflect on the movie.  Write a brief movie review. 
Outline the  basic plot.  Who is the true hero of the book:  Paul, Kat,  or Himmelstoss? 
Why do you think the Nazi’s would hate this book and movie? 
III.  Watch these 2  History Channel shorts on trench warfare
  1.  When were the first trenches developed?
  2. What was one of  the roles of dogs in the trenches?
  3. What fashion was developed from the trenches? 
  1.  Why were German trenches often better built than British trenches? 
  2. What one word best describes life in the trenches?  Why?
IV.  The Treaty of Versailles which ended WWI  and punished Germany would be one of the major
causes of WWII. Watch the History Channel short on the causes of WWII
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBI6ZzaP2Uk 
1. Why was the little boy crying in the political cartoon about the Treaty of Versailles?
2. Some historians view WW1 and WW2 the same war but in two parts. How did Hitler think
Germany could change the outcome of WWI? 
Watch Oversimplified WW2 pt. 1 
  1.  Skip the first 1:15 of the video as it is an advertisement for Skillshare
  2. The video focuses on the actions of the three Axis nations in WW2. 
  1. Why did the Italian Socialists kick Benito Mussolini out of the party in WW1?
  2. Mussolini, Il Duce, had to overthrow this man to rule Italy in 1922?
3. What two Asian nations had Japan invaded even before WW2 started?
4. What country did Hitler sign a nonaggression pact with before invading Poland?
5. What did British Prime Minister Chamberlain drop on Germany during the first part of WW2
(the phoney war)?

6. What are your opinions about Oversimplified?  Why do you like or dislike the video? 

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