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AP European History
Reading Plan
April 13 to April 24, 2015
Key Topics: World War II – Exam 13
April 4/7 to 4/11 - - Spring Break
Homework Reading Assignment
Pages
Topics
Monday 4/13
For homework, read ‘Peace in Our Time’ assignment and respond
toQuestions:
(1) Who was to be evacuated?
(2) Who was to handle the evacuation?
(3) Why do you think a plebiscite needed to be held?
(4) When was the evacuation to take place?
Tuesday 4/14
940-948
Again the Road to War (1933-1939)
 Hitler’s Goals
o Germany Rearms
o The League of Nations Fails
 Hitler Describes his Goals in Foreign Policy
 Italy Attacks Ethiopia
 Remilitarization of the Rhineland
 The Spanish Civil War
 Austria and Czechoslovakia
 Munich
 Churchill’s Response to Munich
 The Nazi-Soviet Pact
Wednesday 4/15
948-956
World War II (1939-1945)
 The German Conquest of Europe
 The Battle of Britain
 The German Attack on Russia
 Hitler’s Plans for Europe
 Japan and the United States Enter the War
 The Tide Turns
o Allied Landings in Africa, Sicily, and Italy
o Battle of Stalingrad
o Strategic Bombing
Thursday 4/16
955
In addition to reading, complete
ideological chart (handed out in class) in
preparation for Friday’s in-class
assignment
956-960
 Encountering the Past: Rosie the Riveter and American
Women in the War Effort
 The Defeat of Nazi Germany
o The Battle of the Bulge
o The Capture of Berlin
 The Fall of the Japanese Empire
o Americans Recapture the Pacific Islands
o The Atomic Bomb
 The Cost of War
Modified Day
Be prepared to discuss/turn-in homework
assignment
Friday 4/18
No assigned reading - - this is your opportunity to catch up on
Cornell Notes - - Also, you should be using this time to review,
review, review…
Monday 4/20
960-966
Racism and the Holocaust
 The Destruction of the Polish Jewish Community
 Polish Anti-Semitism between the Wars
 The Nazi Assault on the Jews of Poland
 Explanations of the Holocaust
Tuesday 4/21
966-972
Wednesday 4/22
972-974
The Domestic Fronts
 Germany: From Apparent Victory to Defeat
 France: Defeat, Collaboration, and Resistance
 Great Britain: Organization for Victory
 Soviet Union: “The Great Patriotic War”
Preparations for Peace
 The Atlantic Charter
 Tehran: Agreement on a Second Front
o Churchill and Stalin
o Germany
o Eastern Europe
 Yalta
 Potsdam
In Perspective
Thursday 4/23
Review/Finish Key Content
Completed Cornell Notes due today
Completed End of Unit Summary due
today
Friday 4/24
Key Content Due today
Exam 14: World War II
AP College Board Exam is less than
one month away!!
Review daily - - quiz yourself daily - meet in study groups daily!
The price of success is hard work, dedication to
the job at hand, and the determination that
whether we win or lose, we have applied the best
of ourselves to the task at hand.
Vince Lombardi
AP European History (Study Guide)
Key Content, Terms, Locations & VIPs
Chapter 28 – World War II
Remember, this assignment is meant to help you to be prepared for the exam
covering this unit and as a future study guide in preparation for the AP
College Board exam. Do not cheat yourself by writing information that does
not show the significance of the topics; and, do not cut and paste information
from the Internet.
Content:
 Spanish Civil War – What was significant about
this event from the standpoint of aggressor
nations?
 Munich Conference – its purpose and outcomes
 Grand Alliance
 Causes of World War II
 Allied evacuation of Dunkirk, France
 Significance of each battle:
o Battle of Britain
Terms:
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Appeasement
Isolationism
Blitzkrieg
Lebenstraum
Luftwaffe
Locations/Significance of location to
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The Rhineland
Spain
Germany
Poland (Significance of Warsaw)
Soviet Union
Japan
VIPs:
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Hitler
Mussolini
Winston Churchill
Erwin Rommel
 Significance of each battle:
o Battle of the Bulge
o Battle of Midway
o Battle of Stalingrad
 Pearl Harbor
 German economy
o Before Hitler
o During Hitler’s rule
 Nuremberg Laws
 The Atlantic Charter
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Anschluss
Sitzkrieg
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Austria
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
France
Italy
The ‘Pacific Theater’
Auschwitz
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Joseph Stalin
Picasso
The Final Solution
Neutrality
Lend-Lease Acts
The ‘Desert Fox’
Manhattan Project
As usual, Explain the Content, terms, locations, and VIP’s above, by
creating a handwritten chart due on the day of the test.