World War I, Russian Revolution, World War II

SSWH16 The student will demonstrate an understanding of long-term causes of World War I and its global impact.

  1. Identify the causes of the war; include Balkan nationalism, entangling alliances, and militarism.
  2. Describe conditions on the war front for soldiers; include the Battle of Verdun.
  3. Explain the major decisions made in the Versailles Treaty; include German reparations and the mandate system that replaced Ottoman control.
  4. Analyze the destabilization of Europe in the collapse of the great empires; include the Romanov and Hapsburg dynasties.

SSWH17 The student will be able to identify the major political and economic factors that shaped world societies between World War I and World War II.

  1. Examine the influence of Albert Einstein on science, Sigmund Freud on social thinking and Pablo Picasso on art.
  2. Determine the causes and results of the Russian Revolution from the rise of the Bolsheviks under Lenin to Stalin’s first Five Year Plan.
  3. Describe the rise of fascism in Europe and Asia by comparing the policies of Benito Mussolini in Italy, Adolf Hitler in Germany, and Hirohito in Japan.
  4. Analyze the rise of nationalism as seen in the ideas of Sun Yat Sen, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and Mohandas Gandhi.
  5. Describe the nature of totalitarianism and the police state that existed in Russia, Germany, and Italy and how they differ from authoritarian governments.
  6. Explain the aggression and conflict leading to World War II in Europe and Asia; include the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, the Spanish Civil War, the Rape of Nanjing in China, and the German annexation of the Sudetenland.

SSWH18 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the global political, economic, and social impact of World War II.

  1. Describe the major conflicts and outcomes; include Pearl Harbor, El-Alamein, Stalingrad, D-Day, Guadalcanal, the Philippines, and the end of the war in Europe and Asia.
  2. Identify Nazi ideology, policies, and consequences that led to the Holocaust.
  3. Explain the military and diplomatic negotiations between the leaders of Great Britain (Churchill), the Soviet Union (Stalin), and the United States (Roosevelt/Truman) from Teheran to Yalta and Potsdam and the impact on the nations of Eastern Europe.

Define the word or phrase and why it is significant

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  1. Triple Entente
  2. Triple Alliance
  3. Trench warfare
  4. Schlieffen Plan
  5. Treaty of Versailles
  6. War Guilt Clause
  7. Fourteen Points
  8. Fascism
  9. Appeasement
  10. Totalitarianism
  11. Holocaust
  12. Gestapo
  13. Kristallnacht
  14. Nuremberg Laws
  15. Genocide
  16. Blitzkreig
  17. Collective Farm
  18. Five-Year Plan
  19. Command Economy
  20. Soviet

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Identify the following people

World War I, Russian Revolution, World War II

  1. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
  2. Woodrow Wilson
  3. Albert Einstein
  4. Sigmund Freud
  5. Pablo Picasso
  6. Bolsheviks
  7. Rasputin
  8. Vladimir Lenin
  9. Joseph Stalin
  10. Benito Mussolini
  11. Winston Churchill
  12. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  13. Harry S. Truman
  14. Adolf Hitler
  15. Emperor Hirohito
  16. Sun Yat Sen
  17. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
  18. Mohandas Gandhi
  19. Dwight Eisenhower
  20. Douglas MacArthur
  21. Gen. Hideki Tojo

World War I, Russian Revolution, World War II

Identify the following battles

World War I, Russian Revolution, World War II

  1. Marne
  2. Verdun
  3. Battle of Britain
  4. Pearl Harbor
  5. El-Alamein
  6. Stalingrad
  7. D-Day
  8. Guadalcanal
  9. Philippines
  10. Okinawa
  11. Iwo Jima

World War I, Russian Revolution, World War II