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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
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3-6
Falk: Student Workbook
Howarth: The World Since 1900 First 8-10; 18-top of
Edition
23
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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
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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
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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?
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Write in proper ESSAY FORMAT.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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