Day 10 Growth of Scientific Thought—Debate on the impact of late 19th and early 20th centuries scientific inventions and discoveries Day 11 Imperialism, Alliances, War—Chapter 25 IOC Day 12 Why Imperialism?— British Imperialism— Statements from Lord Carnarvon and J.A. Lecture and discussion on imperialism, focusing Hobson on imperialism, White Man’s Burden and on British imperialism various parodies, cartoons from contemporary media (including magazines and newspapers) Day 13 and discuss an George Orwell’s Imperialism—Read Shooting An Elephant “Shooting Elephant” Day 14 Imperialism—Debate causes of New Imperialism Day 15 Alliance System—Comparative analysis of late 19th and early 20th centuries’ alliances and treaties Day 16 World War I— Lecture and discussion on WWI July 6, 1914 telegram from von Day 17 World War I— Lecture and discussion on WWI BethmannHollweg to German ambassador in Vienna (Blank Check), July 23, 1914 Austro-Hungarian ultimatum to Serbia, July 25, 1914 Serbian response to the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum, July 29 through August 1, 1914 Wilhelm II’s and Nicholas II telegrams leading to WWI ‘s Day 18 Treaty of Versailles—Discussion of the Treaty Various charts and maps dealing with Pre- and of Versailles and the changes that it brought Post-WWI Europe (including Lesson 12) Day 19 War Guilt—Debate on Germany’s role in the Article 231 of Versailles Treaty, Fay’s Origins of beginning of WWI the World War and other documents Day 20 Russian Revolution— Lecture and discussion Trotsky’s statement on Nicholas II’s constitution, on Russian Revolution Nicholas II’s abdication statement, Michael’s refusal statement and various quotes from Lenin Day 21 Russian Revolution— Lecture and discussion Trotsky’s statement on Nicholas II’s constitution, on Russian Revolution Nicholas II’s abdication statement, Michael’s refusal statement and various quotes from Lenin Day 22 Unit 7 Test UNIT 8—TOTALITARIANISM AND WWII (Chapters 26-28) 3 weeks Impact of World War I and the Great Depression on European nations during the 1920s and 30s Philosophies, policies and actions of Fascism, Nazism and Soviet Communism Causes and course of World War II Significance of the various WWII conferences Focus Documents analyzed (in part or whole)
Day 10 Growth of Scientific Thought—Debate on the impact of late 19th and early 20th centuries scientific inventions and discoveries Day 11 Imperialism, Alliances, War—Chapter 25 IOC Day 12 Why Imperialism?— British Imperialism— Lecture and discussion on imperialism, focusing on British imperialism Statements from Lord Carnarvon and J.A. Hobson on imperialism, White Man’s Burden and various parodies, cartoons from contemporary media (including magazines and newspapers) Day 13 Imperialism—Read and discuss “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell’s Shooting An Elephant Day 14 Imperialism—Debate causes of New Imperialism Day 15 Alliance System—Comparative analysis of late 19th and early 20th centuries’ alliances and treaties Day 16 World War I— Lecture and discussion on WWI Day 17 World War I— Lecture and discussion on WWI July 6, 1914 telegram from von BethmannHollweg to German ambassador in Vienna (Blank Check), July 23, 1914 Austro-Hungarian ultimatum to Serbia, July 25, 1914 Serbian response to the Austro-Hungarian ultimatum, July 29 through August 1, 1914 Wilhelm II’s and Nicholas II ‘s telegrams leading to WWI Day 18 Treaty of Versailles—Discussion of the Treaty of Versailles and the changes that it brought (including Lesson 12) Various charts and maps dealing with Pre- and Post-WWI Europe Day 19 War Guilt—Debate on Germany’s role in the beginning of WWI Article 231 of Versailles Treaty, Fay’s Origins of the World War and other documents Day 20 Russian Revolution— Lecture and discussion on Russian Revolution Trotsky’s statement on Nicholas II’s constitution, Nicholas II’s abdication statement, Michael’s refusal statement and various quotes from Lenin Day 21 Russian Revolution— Lecture and discussion on Russian Revolution Trotsky’s statement on Nicholas II’s constitution, Nicholas II’s abdication statement, Michael’s refusal statement and various quotes from Lenin Day 22 Unit 7 Test UNIT 8—TOTALITARIANISM AND WWII (Chapters 26-28) 3 weeks Impact of World War I and the Great Depression on European nations during the 1920s and 30s Philosophies, policies and actions of Fascism, Nazism and Soviet Communism Causes and course of World War II Significance of the various WWII conferences Focus Documents analyzed (in part or whole)
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