WORLD WAR II

 

From Friday, March 30... day before Spring Break

 

TOPIC: Review of Weimar Germany, Great Depression, Rise of Nazi Party

 

• Explain the origins of the inflation crisis in Weimar Germany.
• Explain the rationale and impact of the Dawes Plan.
• How did economic fluctuations impact the Nazi Party? 
• Summarize the theories of Keynes and Hayek.  Contrast their views of the government's role in the economy. 

 

Mission 1:  Weimar Republic DBQ. 

 

Mission 2:  HANDOUT:   Keynes Hayek.docx   or you can read this article at this LINK (watch videos below)

 

USEFUL HANDOUTS:  History on File Wiemar Depression Rise of Nazis.pdf             quick and dirty outline Rise of Fascism.pdf           Weimar Structure.doc 

 

 

John Maynard Keynes

F.A. Hayek

- supported government intervention to deal with economic downturns - government stimulus and public works programs could boost 'aggregate demand' - increased demand could rejuvenate production, which would decrease unemployment - generally correlates to Democrats views regarding our "Great Recession"  (Obama Stimulus plan, FDR public works programs)

- "bottom up" recovery plan as compared to Keynes' "top down" - rejected government interference, worried it would alter attitudes about work - feared government 'stimulus' money might cause inflation - supported "supply side" economics which sought to rejuvenate the economy by lessening the burdens on and regulation of  business - deragualtion would spur businesses to grow, thus creating jobs - supported lower taxes on businesses - correlates to contemporary Republican views regarding our "Great Recession"

 

 

                                 

 

HW: Read assigned Nazi Gleichschaltung readings.  Due Thursday.  

 

 

TUESDAY, APRIL 10

 

 

TOPIC:  Return to Art:  Picasso and the Spanish Civil War

 

 

                                       

 

HW: Read assigned Nazi Gleichschaltung readings.  Due Thursday.  

 

Gleichschaltung Religion.pdf

 

Gleichschaltung Education and Youth.pdf

 

Gleichschaltung Economy.pdf

 

Gleichschaltung Arts and Culture.pdf

 

READING 1: Education and Youth

 

READING 2: Arts and Culture

 

READING 3: Economy

 

READING 4: Religion

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11

 

TOPIC:  Rise of Hitler & Holocaust

 

Timeline Review:  From end of WWI to Triumph of Nazi Party:  1918 to 1933

 

VIDEO:  Rise of Hitler 

  

 

 

 

THURSDAY, APRIL 12

 

TOPIC: Examine the goals, methods, successes and failures of Gleichschaltung in Nazi Germany 

 

Objectives:

• Describe the Nazi policies toward Catholics and Protestants in the 1930s.  
• Discuss how the Nazi policies shaped education.
• Explain Hitler’s goals for boys and girls in the Hitler Youth.
• Analyze how Himmler utilized culture to advance the Nazi Party.
• Identify the role that the SS played in establishing a police state.

 

What motivated Gleichschaltung? Ideology, Power, Conservatism, Nationalism

 

Diagram Comparison:  Structure of Weimar government vs. Structure of Nazi state 

 

Notes:  Political Consolidation of Power:  The Nazi Purge "Night of the Long Knives" 

 

HW:  Read and note:  Coffin 940-948 (you already read some of this, on Tuesday in class, about the Spanish Civil War)

 

 

 

 

FRIDAY, APRIL 13

 

TOPIC: The Course of the War: Axis Expansion and Allied Victory

 

 

Why did the West appease Hitler?  How did Hitler overturn the Treaty of Versailles? 

 

Chamberlain read this statement to a cheering crowd in front of 10 Downing St. and said; 
"My good friends this is the second time in our history that there has come back from Germany to Downing Street peace with honor. I believe it is peace in our time."

 

 

MONDAY, APRIL 16

 

TOPIC:  The End of War Conferences... the onset of the Cold War

 

 

TUESDAY, APRIL 17: EXAM (from Weimar Germany to end of WWII)

 

Format:  Multiple Choice and Short Answer

 

What should I study?

Weaknesses of Weimar Government

Keynes vs. Hayek

Nazi Rise to Power

Spanish Civil War

Gleichschaltung