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WEEK ONE (MORE OR LESS) OVERVIEW (Unit 1) Topics: Course Introduction; Causes of World War One; Theories of History/Ideologies READINGS: *=Required Title Pages * 3-6 Falk: Student Workbook Howarth: The World Since 1900 First 8-10; 18-top of Edition 23 * Howarth: The World Since 1900 Second Ed 6-8; 16-20 Demarco: The World This Century 6-12 Mitchner and Tuffs: Global Forces 9-top of 12 Rundle: Int’l Affairs: 1890-1939 29-30 Browne: World History 2: 1900-1968 15-22 Catchpole: Map History of the Modern World 12-15 The above readings will be completed on your own time outside of class – READINGS MUST BE COMPLETED to gain full understanding of the topic at hand, to be successful on reading summaries, “tests,” discussions, and to complete the assigned vocabulary and questions. Vocabulary (Define – 11 Marks): 1. Armenian Genocide 12. Franco-Prussian War 2. Nationalism 13. Balkans (hint: geo-political area) 3. Imperialism 14. Serbs 4. Kaiser (hint: not the bun) 15. Slavs 5. Kaiser Wilhelm II 16. Berlin-Baghdad Railway 6. David Lloyd George 17. Schlieffen Plan 7. Woodrow Wilson 18. Triple Entente 8. Georges Clemenceau 19. Triple Alliance 9. Tsar 20. Archduke Franz Ferdinand 10. Tsar Nicholas II 21. Entente Cordiale 11. Dardanelles (hint: the strait) 22. “Blank Cheque” (hint: not literal) HOW TO RESPOND/DEFINE VOCABULARY TERMS: Make sure you indicate in your title which week you are addressing (i.e. Week One Vocabulary) + include your name etc. For vocabulary include all the significant information/details including dates. Spell out + define acronyms. Look to your notes/handouts, textbooks/readings, PPTs + online sources. Your definitions should consist of a combination of these resources. Essential Questions (8 marks): 1. Why is the Armenian Genocide known as the Hidden Genocide or the Hidden Holocaust? 2. How could each member of the Triple Entente (Britain, France, and Russia) be held responsible for the outbreak of World War One? 3. Was it justified to hold Germany solely responsible for the outbreak of World War One? Why or why not? HOW TO RESPOND TO ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: Indicate in your title which week you are addressing (i.e. Week One Essential Questions) + other relevant information. Be sure you understand the question(s) + the command term(s) – see additional handout. Be able to situate the question(s) in the time period and place the week is focused on. In proper paragraph form (8-10 sentences) using complete sentences, typed or written in pen, address the entire subject matter that the question(s) ask you – use details/specifics = key terms, events + dates. That is, back up your thoughts/understandings with evidence. You will be given one week OR LESS to respond to the Essential Questions and define the Vocabulary At times, Essential Questions will be done in the Roundtable Discussion Format (to be explained in depth at later date). Some class time will be provided but the majority of work will be completed outside of class time (homework). WEEK TWO (MORE OR LESS) OVERVIEW (Unit 1) Topics: Conclusions of WWI; Treaty of Versailles; Paris Peace Treaties; Wilson’s Fourteen Points; League of Nations READINGS: *=Required Title Pages * Falk: Student Workbook 8-22 Howarth: The World Since 1900 First Edition 40; 44-49, 52-61 Howarth: The World Since 1900 Second Ed 35-36; 39-50 Demarco: The World This Century 27-36; 80-85; 104-112 Mitchner and Tuffs: Global Forces 22-25; 23; 24; 29-42 Rundle: Int’l Affairs: 1890-1939 84-90 Browne: World History 2: 1900-1968 34-38; 63-70 * Catchpole: Map History of the Modern 26-27; 30-31; 34-35; 54-55 World Vocabulary (17 Marks): 1. Armistice (definition + in terms of WWI) 2. Treaty of Versailles 3. The Big Three 4. Fourteen Points 5. War Guilt Clause/Article 231 6. Alsace-Lorraine 7. Rhineland 8. Polish Corridor 9. Sudetenland 10. Self-Determination 11. Collective Security 12. League of Nations 13. Economic Sanctions 14. Corfu Incident 15. Manchurian Crisis 16. Lytton Commission 17. Invasion of Abyssinia 18. Hoare-Laval Plan/Pact 19. Mandate/LON Mandate 20. Reparations (think definition + WW1) 21. Gustav Stresemann 22. Dawes Plan 23. Occupation of the Ruhr 24. The Locarno Pact/Treaties 25. Demilitarization of the Rhineland 26. Buffer Zone 27. Young Plan 28. Kellogg-Briand Pact 29. Washington (Naval) Conference 30. Kapp Putsch 31. Proportional Representation 32. Freikorps (aka: Free Corps) 33. Spartacists/Spartacists League 34. Rome-Berlin Axis (hint: coalition) Essential Questions in Small Groups (10 Marks): 1. “The Paris Peace Settlement solved some problems but created many new ones.” A. How did the Paris Peace Settlement of 1919 attempt to solve the problems that had led to the First World War? B. To what extent were the terms of the Paris Peace Treaties of 1919 unfair to Germany? C. What consequences arose from the Paris Peace Settlement? Were the decisions made at the peace treaty talks the only options? Explain why or why not. 2. “National Self Determination was a guiding principle for the peacemakers of 1919.” A. How was National Self-Determination a guiding principle at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919? B. To what extent did the concept of self-determination serve the interests of the victorious powers (aka The Big Three)? 3. “The League of Nations was a noble idea, but flawed from the start.” A. What preliminary factors could account for the failure of this “noble idea” in the interwar years? B. How did the international crises caused by Japan (1931) and Italy (1935) demonstrate the weaknesses of the League of Nations. Inquiry Essay Question(s) (15 Marks): 1. What lessons can we and can’t we learn from World War One? Write in proper ESSAY FORMAT. HOW TO RESPOND TO INQUIRY ESSAY QUESTION(S): in proper essay format (when indicated, otherwise when instructed the Inquiry Essay Questions may be done thoroughly in point form). You have approximately one week to respond to the essay question. Make sure you indicate in your weekly heading which week you are addressing (i.e. Week One Inquiry Essay Question(s)) + give your essay an appropriate & intriguing TITLE. Use the following basic format = an original essay title, 4-5 body paragraphs with topic sentences, 5-10 sentences per paragraph with evidence from the course content, include an introduction (note your thesis statement the last sentence of your introduction), conclusion (note your thesis statement is the first sentence of your conclusion), use the language of the course and specific dates/events in your body paragraphs to prove the thesis statement. Use proper mechanics (spelling, grammar, punctuation etc.), typed or written in blue or black pen or dark pencil, preferably double-spaced, and of course, address the entire subject matter that the questions asks you – use details/specifics, and make sure you understand what the command term is asking you to do with the question (see additional handout). WEEK THREE (MORE OR LESS) OVERVIEW (Unit 1) Topic: Russia = Revolution to 1939 + Creation of the USSR/Soviet Union READINGS: *=Required Title Pages * Falk: Student Workbook 22-42 Howarth: The World Since 1900 First Edition 33-38; 61-63; 140-151 Howarth: The World Since 1900 Second Ed 31-34; 54-57; 128-138 Demarco: The World This Century 37-66 Mitchner and Tuffs: Global Forces 69-83 Rundle: Int’l Affairs: 1890-1939 91-108 Browne: World History 2: 19001968 39-62 Catchpole: Map History of the Modern World 36-37 * Vocabulary (As A Class Define): 1. Karl Marx 2. Communist Manifesto 3. Bourgeoisie 4. Prolétariat 5. Exploitation 6. Utopia 7. Socialism 8. Communism 9. Capitalism 10. Cadet 11. Bolshevik 12. Menshevik 13. Petrograd 14. Tsar Nicholas II 15. Bloody Sunday 16. Fundamental Laws 17. October Manifesto 18. Duma 19. Rasputin 20. Provisional Government 21. Soviet 22. Petrograd Soviet 23. V.I. Lenin 24. Joseph Stalin 25. Leon Trotsky 26. April Thesis 27. Alexander Kerensky 28. General Kornilov 29. USSR/Soviet Union 30. Peace, Land, Bread (slogan) 31. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 32. Russian Civil War 33. Reds 34. Whites 35. Allied Intervention 36. Cheka 37. War Communism 38. New Economic Policy 39. Comintern 40. Treaty of Rapallo 41. Kolkhoz 42. Kulak 43. Five Year Plans 44. Mass Repression 45. Command Economy 46. Collectivization 47. Nationalization 48. NKVD/GPU 49. The Purges 50. Constitution of 1936 See the next page 51. Holodomor Genocide 52. Gulags 53. Show Trials 54. Marxism 55. Leninism 56. Stalinism Essential Questions (None this week) Inquiry Essay Questions (None this week): AN INTRODUCTORY INQUIRY PROJECT ON SOVIET RUSSIA WILL TAKE PRECEDENCE