Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Blog 28: Berlin Airlift

Read the following short description of the Berlin Airlift and write a paragraph explaining the major issue between the U.S.S.R. and U.S.A. regarding post-WWII Europe.

http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/berlin_airlift/large/

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Blog 26: Hitler's Policies in 1930's

Read the following and answer the questions below.
http://www.learningwithsouthglos.org/History/acrobat/KS4/HitlersForeignPolicy.pdf

1.  When Hitler came to power in 1933, what were three of his policies to make Germany strong?
2.  What was the Anglo-German Naval Agreement?
3.  Define appeasement.
4.  From 1936-1938, what areas did Hitler take over?
5.  What happened when Neville Chamberlain met with Hitler?
6.  What was the Nazi-Soviet Pact?
7.  What event officially began WWII?

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Blog 25: Rise of Hitler

Go to the following website and scroll down to the Weimar Republic.
http://www2.dsu.nodak.edu/users/dmeier/Holocaust/hitler.html

1.  Describe the set up of the Weimar Republic.
2.  What was a key platform of the German Workers' Party (NASAP)?
3.  How did Hitler use the party to gain power?
4.  Did the Munich Putsch work?  Why?  What happened to Hitler?
5.  Describe Hitler's rise to power beginning in 1924 until 1933.

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Blog 24: The Directory

The Directory

ONE QUESTION- What was the Thermidorean reaction and how was the new government set up in France after 1795? (Phase 3)

http://bigsiteofhistory

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Blog 23: French Revolution- Radical phase

Look over the website and answer the following:
http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/lecture13a.html

1. Describe the summer of 1792 in Paris.
2. Who were the Girondists? Jacobins? Sans-Culottes?
3. Describe the Reign of Terror- Include the Committee of Public Safety and Marat, Danton and Robespierre.END the reading at the Thermidorean Reaction.

Good video featuring Viva La Vida from Cold Play. Enjoy.
(Notice how Napoleon is portrayed at first and then at the end)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF4lPWU_qxY

Monday, April 2, 2012

Blog 22- French Revolution, Part I

Read the following and answer the two prompts below.

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/frenchrevolution.htm

1. What was the Estates General and why did King Louis XVI have to call it into session?
2. In a well-written paragraph, describe what Thomas Jefferson observed in France from July 14-16, 1789.

Friday, March 23, 2012

Blog #21 Enlightenment

Age of Enlightenment

Be prepared to discuss these two 'enlightened' philosophers.
Immanuel Kant-What was the Enlightenment and why would he be considered an enlightened thinker?
http://www.iep.utm.edu/k/kantmeta.htm

Voltaire-What did Candide argue about human rights?http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/candide/themes.html