Modern World History
Unit 6
The Wars of the World
World War I, the Russian Revolution, the Inter-war Years, and World War II
1. Goals:From the conflicts that presaged the First World War to the aftershocks of the Cold War, the Twentieth Century was by far the bloodiest in all of human history. How can we explain the astonishing scale and intensity of its violence when, thanks to the advances of science and economics, most people were better off than ever before-eating better, growing taller, and living longer? Wherever one looked, the world in 1900 offered the happy prospect of ever-greater interconnection. Why, then, did global progress descend into internecine war and genocide? These wars and the technologies that resulted from them helped create a world where physical borders and distance did not hinder true global interaction and world connections. Students will understand the cost of peace and the political ideologies that continue to influence the modern world.
2. Content Standards
A. Essential question: How did the failed peace of World War I and World War II shape today’s world?
B. Focus Questions:
1) What were the causes of World War I?
2) What were the social, political and economic consequences of World War I?
3) What were the causes of the Russian Revolution?
4) What were the social, political, and economic consequences of the Russia Revolution?
5) What were the causes and consequences of the post-World War I depression?
6) What conditions led to the rise of fascism in Europe?
7) How is the rise of fascism in Europe connected to the start of World War II?
8) What were the major turning points of WWII?
9) How did Hitler’s blunders contribute to Allied success?
10) What strategy was used to defeat the Japanese in the Pacific Theatre?
11) How did Allied cooperation during World War II lead to the formation of the United Nations?
12) Why did the U.S. use the atom bomb and what was the impact of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
13) What were the outcomes of World War II?
14) What were causes and consequences of the Holocaust?
3. Key People to Know:
World War I
Archduke Franz Ferdinand Georges Clemenceau Marshall Ferdinand Foch Woodrow Wilson
Vittorio OrlandoGeneral John J. Pershing Gavrilo Princip Kaiser William II
David Lloyd GeorgeKaiser Franz Joseph
Russian Revolution
Vladimir I. Lenin Czar Nicholas II Alexander Kerensky Leon Trotsky
Czarina Alexandra Rasputin
World War II - Axis and Fascist Leaders:
Adolf Hitler Francisco Franco Hediki TojoAdmiral Yamamoto
Benito Mussolini Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
World War II - Allied Leaders
Neville Chamberlain Winston S. Churchill Charles DeGaulle Franklin D. Roosevelt
J. Robert OppenheimerJoseph StalinClement Atlee General Douglas MacArthur
General Dwight D. EisenhowerHarry S. Truman
4. Vocabulary to Know:
World War I General Terms
Militarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism (MAIN) trench warfare mechanized warfare unrestricted submarine warfare Total War machine gun airplane tank Neutrality stalemate Lusitania U-Boats poison gas Zimmerman Telegram Schlieffen Plan propaganda
World War I Alliances and Treaties
Alliance System Triple Alliance Triple Ententé Central Powers Fourteen Points Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
League of Nations Treaty of Versailles Armistice Allied Powers reparations Mandate System
Battles
Battle of Verdun, Battle of the Somme Battle of Gallipoli
Russian Revolution
New Economic Policy (NEP) Communists Soviet Bolsheviks War Communism Soviet Union Mensheviks Duma Provisional Government “Reds” vs. “Whites”
Inter War and World War II
depression stock market crash appeasement Munich agreement Weimar Republic
Manchuria/Manchuko fascism Nazismtotalitarianism Mein Kampf
racism Axis powersHolocaust atomic bomb Allied PowersD-Day
5. Geography and Concepts to Know:
World War I
Map, p. 405 Europe 1914Map, p. 418 The World at War 1914-1918
Map, p. 409 Balkan Peninsula, 1914 Chart, p.422 World War I Statistics
Map, p. 412 World War I EuropeMap, p. 426 Europe pre-World War I
Chart, p. 414 New Weapons of WarMap, p. 426 Europe Post World War I
Chart, p. 416 Military AviationChart, Visual Summary, p. 429 The Great War
Map, p. 417 Galipoli Campaign
Russian Revolution, Inter-War
Map, p. 431 Southwest Asia, 1926Map, p. 461 Expansion in Europe 1931-1939
Map, p. 436 Russian Revolution and Civil War 1905-1922Chart, p.472 Investing in Stocks
Chart, p. 438 Analyzing Key Concepts-Communist ThoughtCharts, p. 475 Unemployment Rate, World Trade
Chart, p. 441 Analyzing Key Concepts TotalitarianismChart, p. 477 Analyzing Key concepts-Fascism
Chart, p. 444 The Buildup of the Soviet EconomyMap, p. 483 Aggression in Africa-Aggression in Asia
Map, p. 457 Oil fields 1938Chart, p. 486 The Great Depression
Chart, p. 458 Revolutionary Leaders 1900-1939
World War II
Map, p. 489 European and African Battles, 1939-1945
Map, p. 492 World War II: German Advances
Map, p. 499 World War II in Asia and the Pacific, 1941-1945
Chart, p.505 Jews Killed Under Nazi Rule
Map, p. 508 World War II Allied Advances, 1942-1945
Map, p. 510 D Day Invasion, June 6 1944
Chart, p. 512 The Atomic bomb
Chart, p. 515 Costs of World War II Allies and Axis
6. Readings:
All Readings should be done by Friday, 22 November 2013
Chapter 13, The Great War: 1914 -1918, all sections, pages 404 to 429
Chapter 14, Revolution and Nationalism, 1900-1939, all sections, pages 430 to 459
Chapter 15, Years of Crisis, all sections 1931 to 1939, pages 460 to 487
Chapter 16, World War II, all sections 1939 to 1945, pages 488 to 525
7. Media Center Visit: Thursday, 5 May 2016WWI Poetry Project
8. Assessment schedule:
Quiz: There will be several surprise quizzes
Project: Thursday, 4 December 2014
Unit Tests: WWI issued TBA
WWII issued TBA
10. Other Key Dates:
Friday 13 May --Midterm
Wednesday, 25 June to Friday, 27 May 2016---SENIOR FINAL-Benchmark Assessment
Monday, 30 May --Memorial Day –school is closed