5/15/12 – Tuesday

  1. BW 31) Define “fascism” and give two examples of what it looked like in Itlay under Mussolini. (p. 476-7)
  2. Action chart of Hitler’s rise to power
    1. WWI hero – National Socialist German Workers’ Party – 1923 plot – jailed – Mein Kampf – named Chancellor – Reichstag fire – SS – totalitarianism by 1934
  3. Nazi documentary with follow up question – answer in a full 10 sentence detailed paragraph.

HW 16 – Nazi Germany

You homework this week is a little different than it usually is.  You are to post a brief fact about what life was like in Nazi Germany EACH day this week in the reply section below. Try to avoid posting information that others have already posted!

I’ll start. Check the reply section for my first fact.

5/11/12 – Friday

  1. BW 29) How did places like Denmark, Sweden, and Norway incorporate socialism and democracy in order to help their economies during the Great Depression? (p. 475)
    1. Key Terms – Discussion on the global Great Great Depression
    1. Inflation
    2. Currency
    3. Stock
    4. Depression

5/10/12 – Thursday

  1. BW 28) Look at the various electronic house chore devices on p. 468-9. How do you think these affected the role of women in society? Be specific using one of the appliances in your answer.\
  2. Create a Wikipedia page on “The Weimar Republic” (p. 471) focusing on the struggles of the Great Depression.
  3. Documents 3 & 5 WS – see me for this

5/9/12 – Wednesday

  1. BW 27) Read about the altered photos in Stalinist Russia.  Explain how this helps us understand the way totalitarian governments work. (p.447)
  2. Chap in Brief – Totalitarianism Case Study w/ WS in groups
    1. Go over together
  3. The Postwar Impact
    1. Physics – Einstein
    2. Psychology – Freud
    3. Poetry – T.S. Eliot and William B. Yeats
    4. Literature – Kafka
    5. Philosophy – Sartre
    6. Art – Dali
    7. Music – Jazz