Weeks of April 28th & May 5th

Monday, April 29^th

• Read: Strayer, 625-629
• Lecture: The First World War
• Workshop: Web-quest, causes of WWI
• http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/chapters/ch1_explosion.html 
• http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/maps/
• http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/historian/hist_winter_05_detective.html
• http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/historian/hist_winter_11_totalwar.html
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwone/invasion_ww1_01.shtml 
• (The Next Invader, The Strike at Heart).

Wednesday, May 1^st

• Read: Strayer, 629-632 
• Radiolab podcast, 27:00 -- 47:00  http://www.radiolab.org/2012/jan/09/
• Lecture: WW 1, Major battles
• Workshop: Discussion of Fritz Haber and WW 1 warfare.
• Due: WebQuest assignment

Friday, May 3^rd

• Read: Strayer, 633-638
• Lecture: Legacies of the Great War and the rise of Fascism
• Workshop: Interwar Period
• Due: Guided Reading Question
• Guided Reading Question: In what ways did fascism challenge the ideas and practices of European liberalism and democracy?  In your answer define fascism.  (Paragraph – 4 sentences)
  • What political and economic conditions in Italy helped Mussolini come to power? (Paragraph - 4 sentences) 

Tuesday, May 7^th

• Read: Strayer, 638-645
• Lecture: Fascism continued: Nazis and Japanese Authoritarianism
• Workshop: Propaganda 
• In-class: Reading Quiz

Thursday, May 9^th

• Read: Strayer, 645-648
• Lecture: The Road to War
• Workshop: Peace breaks down.   
• Due: Review sheet terms completed

* Exam 8 will be Wednesday May 15th
**Final draft of research project will be due Tuesday May 21st