Week of October 24, 2011

On Monday we quiz on Stalin and Totalitarian life in the USSR

The Rest of the week we will discuss Chapter 28 which includes the conditions and leaders that led to WWII, especially the role of Hitler and Nazi Germany.  We will also recreate the Weimar election of 1932 which was key to Hitler gaining power in Germany.

Homework due on Wednesday: Read
28(5) Hitler and the Rise of Nazi Germany (912-917)
Identify the terms, people and places.
Look at the picture on 912, how did Hitler give hope to the Germans?  Who did he blame?
Look at the picture on 913, what is inflation and how did it impact prices?
Read the biography of Hitler on 914.  List three adjectives to describe his personality.
Look at the picture on 915. What happened on Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass)?
Look at the picture on page 916.  Why were books like All Quiet on the Western Front burned?
Look at the chart on page 917. Why were Jewish books also burned? What Jewish scientist exiled from Germany  came to the US to teach at Princeton University?
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.



Due Friday:
 29(1) From Appeasement to War (924-929)
Identify the terms, people and places
Look at the picture on page 925.  What did Neville Chamberlain think he had brought Britian in September 1938 with his agreement with Hitler?
Look at the picture on 925, what treaty did Germany break by rearmament?
Look at the picture on page 926. List the four fascist leaders and their countries.
Why is the woman crying on page 927?
Look at the map on page 928.  Answer questions #1+2.
Look at the chart on page 929. Identify what you think are the top two reasons to appease (give into) Hitler.
Answer the four checkpoint questions in complete sentences.