UNIT 1 THE WORLD OF 1919

WRITTEN RESPONSE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 22

SEMINAR DISCUSSION MONDAY & TUESDAY FEBRUARY 26/27

Seminar Discussion Video – Cuban Missile Crisis

 

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READINGS AND INQUIRY QUESTIONS

WEB SITES

Spartacus

History Learning Site

ThoughtCo

History Skills

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NOTES

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LESSONS

January 31

Lesson 1: Causes of World War I – Part 1

Watch Video

Read

Article: The Top 5 Causes That Led to World War I (pdf)

ThoughtCo: The Top 5 Causes That Led to World War I (web site)

Norwich University: Six Causes of World War I optional

Handout: The Causes of World War One GCSE (V2) p.8-11 The Murder of Franz Ferdinand optional 

In Class Work

Notes/Activity: Causes and Historical Events (V4)

Inquiry Question: What cause was most responsible for World War I? optional

Padlet – Inquiry Question: What cause was most responsible for World War I?

Optional

Types of Sources – History Skills optional

Assassination of Franz Ferdinand – Spartacus optional

 

PowerPoint

Causes of World War I

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Lesson: Causes – Criteria for Explaining Important Causes

Notes: Cause and Consequence – Definition, Description, Criteria optional 

Notes: Criteria for Explaining Important Causes optional

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February 1

Lesson 2: Causes of World War 1 – Nations – Part 2

Read

Article: 32 Problems in World History – Origins of World War I SB Fay

Article: German Responsibility for the Outbreak of the War optional

In Class Work

Inquiry Question:Which nation was most responsible for causing World War I (V4)?

Evidence: Origins of World War  I SB Fay Notes (V4)

Article: German Responsibility for the Outbreak of the War

Padlet – Inquiry Question: Which nation was most responsible for causing World War I?

 

PowerPoint

Causes of World War I – Responsibility for the War

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February 3

Lesson 3: Paris Peace Conference – Objectives

Read

Article: The Consequences of World War I

Handout: Chapter 1 The Paris Peace Conference: the aims of the participants p.14-23

 

In Class Work

Poem: Dulce Et Decorum Est  optional 

Activity: Objectives Reasonable and Not Reasonable (V2)

Padlet: Which leader had the most reasonable objectives at the Paris Peace Conference?

 

PowerPoint

Paris Peace Conference – Objectives (V2)

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February 6

Lesson 4: Treaty of Versailles – Terms

Read:

Article: The 10 Key Terms of the Treaty of Versailles

Article: Versailles and Peacemaking optional 

Global Forces Chapter 2 The First World War p.23-25 optional

 

In Class Work

Activity: Evaluating Major Terms of the Treaty of Versailles (V3)

Article: Why was there opposition in Germany to the Treaty of Versailles

 

Inquiry Question: Which leader gained or achieved the most at the Paris Peace Conference and Treaty of Versailles (V3)?

Padlet – Inquiry Question: Which leader gained or achieved the most at the Paris Peace Conference and Treaty of Versailles?

 

PowerPoint

Treaty of Versailles Terms

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February 7

Lesson 5: Treaty of Versailles/Paris Peace Conference – Evaluation

Read

Article: Was the Treaty of Versailles Fair? – Helium

Article: John Maynard Keynes predicts economic chaos

Article: Was the Treaty of Versailles fair and reasonable? – Keynes and Birdsall (TCV)

 

In Class Work

Evidence/Notes: Keynes vs Birdsall

Article: An Impossible Task

Article: The Paris Peace Conference and its Consequences

Article: A Ghost of War’s Past

 

Handout: Views on the Treaty of Versailles

Article: Did the Versailles peace treaty trigger another world war optional

 

PowerPoint

Treaty of Versailles – Keynes and Birdsall

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February 7

Lesson 6: The Successor States

Read

Global Forces Chapter 3 Reconstruction of Europe p.30-32

 

PowerPoint

Successor States

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Treaty of Versailles – Evidence

Evidence: Treaty of Versailles Evidence Fair or Not Fair

Activity: Treaty of Versailles Evidence Chart

PowerPoint: Treaty of Versailles Summary and Arguments

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PowerPoint: French Security

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February 13

Lesson 7: League of Nations

Read

Global Forces Chapter 3 Reconstruction of Europe p.32-39 (omit Case Study p.36, Bio p.38)

 

In Class Work

Activity: League of Nations Reasons for Failure Italy and Japan

 

Inquiry Question: Which reason was most responsible for the failure of the League of Nations (V3)?

Article: Why Did the League of Nations Fail?

Article: Dashed Hopes for a Peaceful Future How the League was Set Up to Failure

Padlet – Inquiry Question: Which reason was most responsible for the failure of the League of Nations?

 

PowerPoint

League of Nations

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February 14/15

Lesson 8: Russia – March Revolution 1917

Read

Global Forces Chapter 5 The Soviet Union and the United States p.71-73

 

In Class Work

Inquiry Question: What factor was most responsible for the March 1917 revolution in Russia (V4)?

Article: The February Revolution

Article: Russian Revolution – February 1917

Padlet – Inquiry Question: What factor was most responsible for the March 1917 revolution in Russia?

 

PowerPoint

March 1917 Revolution

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February 16/20

Lesson 9: Russia – November Revolution 1917

Read

Global Forces Chapter 5 The Soviet Union and the United States p.73-75

Spartacus – Russian Revolution optional

 

Notes/Evidence: Factors that contributed to November 1917 Revolution

Inquiry Question: What factor was most responsible for the November 1917 revolution in Russia (V4)?

Article: The October Revolution

Article: Russian Revolution October 1917

Padlet – Inquiry Question: What factor was most responsible for the November 1917 revolution in Russia?

 

PowerPoint

November 1917 Revolution

 

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February

Lesson 10: Russia – Lenin and the USSR 1917-1924

Read

Article: Your Guide to Karl Marx

Global Forces Chapter 5 The Soviet Union and the United States p.75-76

 

PowerPoint

Lenin and USSR

Communism

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