UNIT 7
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TIME PERIOD #4:
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Unit 7: Assignment Tracker
Unit 7: Chapter Bookmarks
Topic 7.1
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SHIFTING POWER
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WORLD WAR I
The Causes of World War I
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40 Maps the Explain World War I
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Additional Source Activity on
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Life in a Trench on the Western Front
Identify and explain the conditions for soldiers fighting on the Western Front.
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World War I Military Technologies
How did advances in military technology affect the development of World War I?
Failures of Peace:
The Treaty of Versailles and the End of WW I
Evaluate the extent to which the Treaty of Versailles solved the problems that led to World War I
Click here for student handout
THE INTERWAR YEARS
The Interwar Years
Compare the global political responses to the economic crisis of the interwar years (1919-1939).
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WORLD WAR II
Pre-WWII Nationalism in Japan and Germany
Compare and contrast Japanese and German nationalism in the years leading up to World War II.
Appeasement
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World War II Propaganda
Compare propaganda posters from the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and Russia to better understand how waging a "total war" altered the nature of wartime societies and effected the home front.
WW I vs. WW II Comparison
Compare the causes, course, and effects of World War I and World War II.
Use the information from classwork, textbook reading notes from Chapter 20, the graphic organizer linked above, and the videos to draft a detailed Long Essay Question Outline to answer the prompt. Submit an LEQ Outline for practice to the google class.
LEQ OUTLINE: COMPARING THE WORLD WARS
In the period from 1900 to 1945, the rise of global powers led to increasing international competition and conflict that resulted in two world wars.
Develop an argument that compares the causes, course, and effects of World War I and World War II in this time period.
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MASS ATROCITIES
7.8 Mass Atrocities and 7.9 Causation in Global Conflict
Read and take notes in your notebook on the following readings Watch the video below from the Khan Academy on The Holocaust.
"The Path to Nazi Genocide"
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Defining Genocide
Based on the readings below, do you agree with the "expanded" definition of Naimark, or think the narrow definition of genocide is better? Explain your opinion by summarizing both arguments presented and then making a case for which definition is more historically accurate and why.
"Genocide Isn't History"
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"Genocide: Dueling Definitions"
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