Enriched World History (Mr. Palmieri)
Semester Two, Unit Four: 1910-1945
We will investigate the world as it is engulfed in the First World War. We will witness the effects of this war and the unsatisfying peace thatinevitably led to the rise of totalitarian governments and a second World War. We will witness revolutionary movements shaping modern Russia (the Soviet Union), China, and India.
Thursday, March 21: World War I, 738-743
1.In what ways were the origins of World War One found in the Balkan Peninsula? What was
happening in the Balkan Peninsula that would lead to conflict?
2.What nations were in what alliances by 1907?
3.Why did Austria-Hungary declare war on Serbia?
4.Why did the other European nations join in the fight?
Friday, March 22: World War I, 744-751
5.Take approximately a page of notes on the information presented in the reading about the military aspects
of World War One.
Monday, March 25: The Russian Revolution, 756-759
6.Why did Czar Nicolas II abdicate (set down)?
7.Who was Lenin and what was the Bolshevik Revolution?
8.What were the two sides in the Russian Civil War? Who prevailed?
Tuesday, March 26: The Treaty of Versailles, 760-764
9.What did US president W. Wilson think should be decided in the peace settlement to end the war?
10.What was decided in the Treaty of Versailles?
11.Why were many people and nations disappointed with the results of World War One and the
Treaty of Versailles?
Wednesday, March 27: India, 801-803
12.Who was Mohandas K Gandhi and what were his beliefs?
13.Describe the aims and results of the Salt March.
14.What were the organizations and leaders of Hindus and Muslims in India by the 1930’s?
Thursday, March 28: China, 804-806
15.What difficulties did the young Chinese republic experience?
16.Who were Mao Zedong and Chiang Kaishek?
17.What was the Long March?
Friday, March 29: China, 901-905
18.Describe China’s Cultural Revolution.
19.What happened in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989?
20.What characterized China’s economy after 1990?
SPRING BREAK
Tuesday, April 9:Fascism in Italy and Germany, 781-786
21.What is fascism? How was it similar to communism and how was it different?
22.What characterized the rule of Benito Mussolini in Italy?
23.How did Hitler come to power? What techniques and strategies did he use?
Wednesday, April 10: The Rise of the Nazi Party in Germany: handout
24. Write three questions you have from the reading
Thursday, April 11: The USSR, 788-791
25.What resulted from the rivalry of Stalin and Trotsky after Lenin’s death?
26.What were the Five Year Plans?
27.What characterized the rule of Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union?
Friday, April 12: NO CLASS - COMMUNITY WORKDAY
Monday, April 15: Moving Towards War, 826-830
28.What expansion did Italy and Japan undertake in the 1930’s?
29.What expansion did Hitler and Germany undertake in the late 1930’s?
30.What was decided at Munich in 1938?
31.What did Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union decide in 1939?
Tuesday, April 16: World War II, 831-836
32.What occurred at Dunkirk?
33.What was the Battle of Britain and what were its results?
34.In what ways did the United States slowly get involved in World War II?
Wednesday, April 17: World War II, 838-841
35What was the Holocaust? Who was targeted by Nazi Germany?
36.What was the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere?
Thursday, April 18: World War II, 842-845
37.What occurred at Stalingrad?
38.What was significant about the Battles of Coral Sea and Midway?
Friday, April 19: World War II, 846-851
39.What was D-Day?
40.What was decided at Yalta by the “Big Three” – Churchill, FDR, and Stalin?
41.What effects did the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki have?
Monday, April 22: Unit Four Review
Tuesday, April 23:UNIT FOUR TEST