WEB SITES
WRITTEN RESPONSE
SEMINAR DISCUSSION
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READINGS AND DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
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NOTES
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Lesson: World War I and Consequences optional
Handout: Cause and Consequence – Definition, Description, Criteria optional
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February 28
Lesson: Stalin’s Rise to Power
Read:
Activity/Film: Stalin (V4) optional
Stalin – Spartacus Educational optional
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February 29
Read:
Lesson 1: USSR – The Modernization of Russia
GF Chapter 5 The Soviet Union and United States:1917-1941 p.77-84
Article: How Did Stalin Transform Russia’s Economy optional
The History Place – Ukraine Famine optional
In Class
Activity: Primary Source Evidence – Collectivization and Industrialization (V2)
Seventeen Moments in Soviet History – Collectivization
Seventeen Moments in Soviet History – Industrialization (Year of Great Change)
Padlet: Primary Source Documents – Stalin and Collectivization and Industrialization
PowerPoint: Modernization of Russia
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March 1
Lesson 2: USSR – Purges
Read:
GF Chapter 5 The Soviet Union and Unites States:1917-1941 Case Study: Stalin’s Army Purge p.82-83
BBC Article: National hero or cold blooded murderer? optional
BBC Article: The whitewashing of Stalin optional
In Class
Article: How Did Stalin Transform Russia’s Economy
Article: Stalin’s Five Year Plan
Article: The human cost of Soviet five-year plans
Article: Defending Stalin in the halls of academia (V2)
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Web Sites
Seventeen Moments in Soviet History – Russification
Seventeen Moments in Soviet History – Cult of Personality
Seventeen Moments in Soviet History – Youth Organizations
Seventeen Moments in Soviet History – Religion
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March 4
Lesson 3: Fascists and Mussolini’s Rise to Power
Read:
Article: What to Know About the Origins of Fascism’s Brutal Ideology (V2)
Article: How did Mussolini Rise to Power as the Dictator of Italy
Article: Mussolini’s Rise to Power Lesson 4
TCH Chapter 12 The Establishment of Fascism in Italy p.51-52 optional
Article: How Italian dictator Benito Mussolini became the first face of fascism optional
Activity: Mussolini and Fascists Rise to Power – Most Important Factor optional
In Class
Inquiry Question: What factor was most responsible for the Fascists’ rise to power in Italy (V4)?
Articles: Mussolini’s Rise to Power (V2)
Articles: How did Mussolini Rise to Power as the Dictator of Italy (V2)
PowerPoint: Fascists and Mussolini’s Rise to Power
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March 5
Lesson 4: Mussolini’s Consolidation of Power and Dictatorship
Read:
Article: The End of Constitutional Rule
TCH Chapter 12 The Establishment of Fascism in Italy p.53
Article: Fascism – Classic Fascism Italy 1922-1939 p.16-19 optional
Activity: Primary Sources – Mussolini and Fascist Italy (V3)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Padlet/Activity: Primary Source Documents – Mussolini and Fascist Italy
PowerPoint: Mussolini’s Consolidation of Power and Dictatorship
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March 6/7
Lesson 5: Nazis and Hitler’s Rise to Power
Read:
Article: The rise of the NSDAP
Article: Hitler’s path to power
GF Chapter 3 Reconstruction of Europe – Case Study: Hitler’s Rise to Power p.44-45
PowerPoint: Nazis and Hitler’s Rise to Power
The Holocaust Explained: The Nazis’ rise to power optional
Article: Your Guide to Hitler optional
Handout: Nazi 25 Point Program optional
In class
Activity/Video: Nazis and Hitler’s Rise to Power Documentary
Inquiry Question: What factor was most responsible for the Nazis rise to power in Germany (V3)?
Article: Hitler’s Rise to Power (Gale)
Padlet – Inquiry Question: What factor was most responsible for the Nazis’ rise to power in Germany?
Article: Macron warns of ‘crisis of democracies’ optional
Article: Anger Delusion Distrust – Is Canada’s democracy in decline optional
PowerPoint: Documentary and Film (SV)
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Film: Hitler – Rise of Evil
Activity/Film: Hitler Rise of Evil – Rise to Power (V5)
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March 8
Lesson 6: Hitler’s Consolidation of Power and Dictatorship
Read:
Article: From Weimar democracy to Nazi dictatorship
GF Chapter 3 Reconstruction of Europe p.47 optional
The Holocaust Explained: Life in Nazi-occupied Europe optional
Article: The Night of the Long Knives: the bloody purge that secured Hitler’s power optional
Activity: Hitler’s Consolidation of Power Most Significant Event (V4)
Padlet: What event or development was the most important in Hitler’s consolidation of power?
PowerPoint: Hitler’s Consolidation of Power and Dictatorship
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Film: Hitler – Rise of Evil
Activity/Film: Film Hitler Rise of Evil – Consolidation of Power (V4)
Hitler: Rise of Evil Cast (V2)
Hitler: Rise of Evil – Wikipedia
Padlet: Is the film an effective historical representation of Hitler’s consolidation of power?
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March 11
Lesson 7: Nazi Germany
Read:
TCH Chapter 25 Hitler’s Germany p.112-116 optional
GF Chapter 4 The Third Reich p.52-58 (omit Case Study p.56-58) optional
Article: Life in Nazi Germany optional
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Activity: Primary Sources – Hitler and Nazi Germany (V3)
German History in Documents and Images
Unites States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Padlet/Activity: Primary Source Documents – Hitler and Nazi Germany
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March 12/13
Lesson 9: Roosevelt and the New Deal
Read:
Article: Was the New Deal a success
Article: How effective was the New Deal
Article: Evaluation of the New Deal
GF Chapter 5 The Soviet Union and United States: 1917-1941 p.89 optional
TCH Chapter 26 Roosevelt and the New Deal p.119-127 optional
Evidence: Roosevelt and New Deal
PowerPoint: Roosevelt and the New Deal
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Lesson: Leaders – Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, Roosevelt optional
Evidence: Most Successful Leader (V2)
Inquiry Question: Who was the most successful leader during the Interwar Period (V2)
Padlet – Inquiry Question: Who was the most successful leader during the Interwar Period?
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Lesson: Evidence and Interpretation OPTIONAL