Modern History

Presentations Day Two

Wednesday, April 8th [zoom_api_link meeting_id=”666970597″ link_only=”no”] Chase – British religious leaders denounce Jewish mistreatment in October 1942. Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and White Rose uprising against Nazis. Joel – Plans for Operation Overlord. Why Normandy? D-Day, Liberation of Paris. Kaleb – The Tehran Conference confirms unlikely allies, Russia’s Red Army enters…

Presentations Day One

<== Previous Lesson Tuesday, April 7th [zoom_api_link meeting_id=”153543678″ link_only=”no”] Jack – Hitler Invades Russia (Operation Barbarossa) and suffers defeat at Stalingrad. Asha – What was the Final Solution instead of the Hunger Plan? What is the difference between a concentration camp and a death camp? Why do Jews prefer the…

World War II Presentation Assignments

<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] Hopefully, you had a chance to look at these assignments over the weekend. Please take today’s class time to continue to research and prepare to present for 3-5 minutes on our Zoom calls beginning tomorrow and going until we complete them next week. The assignments are…

World War II Quiz 1

Just like in class, Fridays will be a day for a quiz and maybe something fun that we missed during the week. If you took notes (like you should) during the week then this should be a breeze. If not, then feel free to look back at those lessons. This…

Failures of the Blitz

<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] After France had been neutralized, the Axis forces of Germany and Italy turned their attention to Britain in two different ways. Germany Attacks Britain Hitler began taking control of the Channel Islands (British occupied islands in the English Channel between Britain and France) and he claimed…

Advancing Fronts

Zoom Call Today at 10:30am <== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] Germany Takes Scandinavia Bringing the Phoney War to an end on April 9, 1940, German forces occupied Copenhagen and other cities in Denmark. King Christian X of Denmark was not prepared to fight a losing war against the superior German force…

World War II Begins

<== Previous Lesson [responsivevoice_button] Don’t forget that while all of the things that we discussed in our previous class were happening, that there was still a Civil War in China and another in Spain. Also, Italy and Japan were both seeking to expand their borders by invading Ethiopia and Manchuria…

German Expansion

[responsivevoice_button voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Listen to Post”] The Treaty of Versailles, made in 1919 at the end of the First World War, was intended to make a lasting peace. However, the treaty caused terrible resentment in Germany on which Hitler played in order to achieve power. Some believed that Hitler…

How Did the Holocaust Happen?

[responsivevoice_button voice=”US English Female” buttontext=”Listen to Post”] Please watch the video below. It is about 20 minutes. It outlines the growth of the Nazi regime as we have discussed in class with great footage and specific attention to the attitudes towards the Jews. As you watch or after it is…