Read pp. 925-930. Answer all questions in complete sentences on loose leaf. The deadline for this assignment has been extended to Wednesday, March 16.
1) Vocabulary Builder: Find two words in the reading that you don't know. Look up each word in the dictionary. For each, write out the word, the definition, and a sentence that uses the word. Choose regular words, not key terms that are boldfaced in the text. 2) What action by Germany directly led Britain and France to declare war? Describe Germany's military strategy in this attack. 3) What were Stalin's goals in Europe at the start of WWII? What steps did he take toward his goals in 1939 and 1940? 4) Why were the early months of the war referred to as a "phony war"? How did things change in April 1940? 5) Which five countries did Hitler defeat between April & June 1940? How was Germany's geographic location an advantage? 6) What was Hitler's plan to defeat Britain? How did Britain respond? What was the outcome of the Battle of Britain? 7) Between 1940-1942, which side seemed to be winning in North Africa? Which side was winning in the Balkans? 8) What difficulties did Germany face in the attack on the Soviet Union? Why is this an example of "history repeating itself"? 9) Describe at least two ways that the United States begin to break their policy of neutrality between 1939 and 1941. 10) Creative Response: Pretend you are a news reporter for RKA TV covering World War II in Europe in late 1941. Write a one-paragraph script for your news report, summarizing the events of the war in Europe so far. In case you missed any notes during our recent lesson on Mussolini, Stalin, & Hitler, here's the PowerPoint, as well as the accompanying reading.
Global 4 students:
In case you have lost your hard copy, the above file is the project sheet with all of the guidelines for the project. Projects should be stapled (no fancy sleeves or folders please) and submitted in the following order: 1. Cover (use template) 2. Article Summaries (use template) 3. Topic Evaluation (use template) 4. Copies of 5 Articles (in chronological order) I expect all of you to use the following templates for your project. In order to use the templates, you can either work on them in Google Drive, or download them first. Click 'file', scroll down to 'download', and download them to your computer as Microsoft Word files. Edit the templates in Word and save your project on your computer or flash drive. Here are the templates: Cover: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B51mxLFJWZndT0c0XzB3UjZrU2c/view?usp=sharing Article Summaries: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B51mxLFJWZndR3loc0k5X1JDTDg Topic Evaluation: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B51mxLFJWZnddEVaVkZLM093eWs Read pp. 910-914. Answer all questions on loose leaf paper. Deadline Extended! Due Tuesday, 3/8.
Questions: 1) Vocabulary Builder: Find two words in the reading that you don't know. Look up each word in the dictionary. For each, write out the word, the definition, and a sentence that uses the word. Choose regular words, not social studies key terms that are boldfaced in the text. 2) What is Fascism? How was it similar to communism? How was it different? 3) What problems did Italy face after World War I? If you were an Italian citizen at the time, would you have found Benito Mussolini to be an attractive leader? Explain. 4) Why did Adolf Hitler go to prison in 1923? What ideas did he write about in his book Mein Kampf? 5) Explain how Hitler rose from being the leader a of a little-known party to becoming the Chancellor of Germany. 6) Make a three column chart entitled 'Germany Under Adolf Hitler'. Label the columns Political, Economic, and Social. Take notes into the chart. 7) How were the policies of Mussolini and Hitler similar? How were they different? Explain. 8) What other countries became dictatorships during this time period? Why did these countries fall to dictators while countries like Britain and France remained democracies? Explain 9) Creative Response: Pretend you are a teenager living in Fascist Italy or Germany. How would your life be different than it is today? Write a diary entry (at least 5 sentences) that describes a typical day for you living under one of these governments. I accidentally told Period 1 that HW8 was postponed. That was a mistake. It is in fact due tomorrow.
Period 1 students, I'll seek you out at lunch to tell you in person. Sorry for the confusion. -Mr. S |
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