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Lesson 1: Germany, WWI, and the Paris Peace Treaties
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Lesson 2: The Rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party
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Lesson 3: Nazi Ideology in Mein Kampf
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- Describe Hitler's views on democracy, race, the First World War, and the destiny of the German people as dictated in Mein Kampf
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Lesson 4: German Economic and Political Integration in the mid-1920s
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- Describe Germany's attempts at economic recovery and re-integration in the 1920s
- Begin to formulate a response to the following statement: "Economic prosperity results in political stability; economic crisis results in political radicalization."
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- Create a timeline that includes the following things:
- Treaty of Versailles: Reparations
- Treaty of Rapallo 1922
- Ruhr Occupation 1923
- Hyperinflation
- Dawes Plan
- Young Plan
- Gustav Streseman
- Locarno Treaties
- Kellogg-Briand Pact
- Germany joins League of Nations 1928
- Great Depression 1929 -
For each item, you need to write a detailed entry that explains a) what it is, and b) impact on German economic recovery and/or re-integration (how did Germans react? How did other countries react? Did it have potential for long-term success, or was it a short term solution?)
Lesson 5: German Expansionism 1933-38
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Lesson 6: German Expansionism 1938-39
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- Describe Hitler's foreign policy between 1938-39, paying particular attention to the Sudetenland Crisis
- Discuss changes in Britain and France's policy toward Germany. Why did they declare war on Sept 3, 1939?
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- Read Oxford section 2.5
- Watch A Warning from History episode 3
- Complete German Foreign Policy organizer
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Debate: Was Hitler a Planner or a Gambler?
See Paper 2 section for the materials and information related to this activity.
Lesson 7 - Assessing International Response
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What point is the narrator making about the British attitude towards Czechoslovakia?
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How does this compare to the Peace In Our Time documentary?
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