Unit 4: Half-Century of Crisis (World War I, Interwar, World War II)
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World War I
Interwar
World War II
World War I
- Cause of World War I in-class assignment (two versions)
- World War I Crash Course videos (How World War I Began, Who Began World War I, and Archdukes, Cynicism and World War I)
- Causes and Alliances note sheets (Version 1 and Version 2)
- MAIN causes of World War I slides
- Pre-WW1 Timeline
- Royal Families in 1914 (graphic)
- Link to British newspaper accounts of the outbreak of World War I
- Article from the BBC in which 10 historians give their opinions on who is to blame
- 40 maps that explain World War I
- Organizer for notes on technology of World War I
- Two journal excerpts from soldiers describing life in the trenches during WWI
- World War I individual research topics and directions
- World War I key concepts organizer
- World War I Infographics assignment with links (Version 2)
- Sample Infographics (example 1 and example 2)
Interwar
- Interwar PowerPoint images
- Rise of Totalitarianism Questions
- Document Based Questions (DBQ) about the Interwar Period
- A DBQ exemplar (notice the citations, solid organization, ample evidence, and insightful analysis)
World War II
- World War II Crash Course video
- 42 Maps that explain World War II
- Map questions that go with several of the maps linked to above
- World War II reading questions
- Holocaust readings: Einsatzgruppen, Ghettos, Concentration Camps, Killing Centers, U.S and the Holocaust, War Crimes Trials
- Holocaust reading questions (Honors and Prep)
- Holocaust primary documents
- Harkness discussion guidelines
- Holocaust Harkness questions
- World War II Organizer