Week of April 24

Wednesday April 27

• Lecture - outbreak of WWII

Friday April 29

• Lecture - Conclusion of WWII
• Read - Reilly (on Treblinka & Rape of Nanking)
• Assign - three-page essay (see below - due Monday May 9th)

Write a two-three page essay (double-spaced, 12 pt. font, 1" margins) addressing the following prompt:

Analyze the development of the concept of "war crimes" during the twentieth century. Explain how earlier customs were codified as law at the Hague and Geneva Conventions, which then led to the prosecutions of Nazi and Japanese officers during the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials.

Week of April 10th

Plan for the week:

Monday

• Read Strayer 645-653
• complete Nazi Germany lecture
• review for Wednesday's exam

Wednesday

• Examination on WWI & Inter-war period

Friday

• no homework
• relaxing day of World History enrichment

Week of April 3rd

Plan for the week:

Tuesday

• Lecture on Russian Revolution and Great Depression
• Read Strayer 662-665 & 633-636
• Reading Question - How did WWI lead to economic depression?

Thursday

• Lecture on Great Depression & Rise of Fascism
• Read Strayer 636-645
• Reading Question - How did economic depression lead to authoritarian forms of government?

Notes

• Please type your responses to the reading questions, and submit them at the beginning of class each day
• We will have our next exam on Wednesday, April 13th, and it will cover World War I and the interwar period.