HISTORY 12

May 25-28 (“On” week)

Transition to WWII

• Assignment 3 – WWII:  Ethics in War (Due week of May 31)
  • Relationships: Nation to nation
    • Some key points/ideas:
      • Autarky
      • Jingoism
        • Germany, Italy, Japan (background read Chapter 6 in GF)
      • Lebensraum
      • Anschluss & Austria
      • Diplomacy
      • Appeasement
        • Sudetenland
        • Munich Pact & Czechoslovakia
      • Propaganda
      • Non-Aggression Pact (Germany-USSR) & Poland
  • Relationships: Nation to citizens
    • Some key points/ideas:
      • Nativism/Ultra-nationalism
      • Oppression/suppression of rights
      • Categorization/dehumanization
      • Internment
• Video: “Why Appeasement?”
• Video:  “Genocide”
• Video:  “Savage Christmas”

Homework/Readings: 

• Read Global Forces – Chapter 7 for Wednesday, May 26; Chapter 8 for Friday, May 28
• *other PDF Articles (Moodle) and Videos optional
• Assignment 2 Continuity vs Change – Now due (week of Monday May 24)