Reichstag Election, 1932

Students held a simulated election of the Reichstag election in 1932. The "concerned voters" completed their worksheets by listening to the different parties presentations.

Quiz

Students took the quiz, then began started a worksheet on fascism.

HOMEWORK:
Worksheet, "Fascism Rises in Europe" DUE Tomorrow 12/17

Reichstag Election, 1932

Today student began preparing for a simulation of the German Reichstag elections of 1932. Students represented either a political party (Communists, Center Party, Nazis, or Social Democrats) or "concern voters". The simulation will take place on Thursday.

HOMEWORK:
QUIZ Tomorrow 12/16 - WWI, Treaty of Versailles, and Hitler's rise to power. Study your vocabulary and relevant worksheets!

Weimar Republic

Students reviewed an article about the Weimar Republic. They discussed the difficult economic conditions that allowed extreme political parties to gain power. Students also added vocabulary to their lists (Nationalism, Isolationism, Totalitarianism, NSDAP, Mein Kampf, Coup d'etat).

HOMEWORK:
QUIZ - Wed. 12/15 - WWI, Treaty of Versailles, Weimar Republic.

Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany

Students were introduced to the concept of hyperinflation. They discussed impacts on the lives of people living in Germany during the 1920s.

Treaty of Versailles

Agenda:

• Students finished Paris Peace conference simulation, taking notes about each of the country's proposals.
• Students took notes on the real outcomes of the war.
• Students began reading an article about the troubles of the post-WWI German government: The Weimar Republic. They shared the section they read with their classmates and took notes summarizing main points.
  

Paris Peace Conference II

Students worked in their groups representing the Big Four. Students worked on redrawing the borders of Europe and the Middle East after WWI. The groups negotiated with one another about their group's goals and desires.

Paris Peace Conference

Today students added vocabulary to their logbooks (Reparations, Chemical Warfare, Trench Warfare, 11/11/18 Armistice, Treaty of Versailles, Colonies/Colonial Empire, Fourteen Points, League of Nations). Students also began preparing for a simulation of the Paris Peace Conference. Each student is in the role of a delegate from one of the "Big Four" countries that made the Treaty of Versailles - Italy, United States, France, and Great Britain.

HOMEWORK:
Checkpoint #4 - Self Check

The Fourteen Points

Students began rewriting Woodrow Wilson's post-WWI Fourteen Points into their own words. The Fourteen points were proposed as a way of keeping peace and preventing future conflicts.

HOMEWORK:
DUE MONDAY 12/7 - Reading questions for the "Paris Peace Conference: Securing the Peace"

Paris Peace Conference

Students finished analyzing and discussing the documents from World War I. Student then began reading about the decision facing the victors of the war as they began writing the Treaty of Versailles during the Paris Peace conference of 1919.

HOMEWORK:
MWH Worksheet Ch.13, The Great War - DUE Friday 12/4

WWI Documents

Today students looked at a series of documents dealing with World War I. They answered a series of follow up questions for each document.

HOMEWORK:
Europe Map Retakes tomorrow during tutorial
MWH Worksheet Ch.13, "The Great War"