Enriched World History (Mr. Palmieri)
Semester Two, Unit Four: 1910-1945
We will investigate the world as it is engulfed in the First World War. We will witness the effects of this war and the unsatisfying peace that inevitably led to the rise of totalitarian governments and a second World War. We will witness revolutionary movements shaping modern Russia (the Soviet Union), China, and India.
Tuesday, March 31: World War I, 758-761
1. List and explain each of the broad, long-term causes of World War One.
2. Describe the events of the summer of 1914 in the Balkan region that led to war.
3. Why did the war that occured turn into such a large world war instead of just a regional Balkan conflict?
4. Write an additional question that the reading has made you curious about.
Wednesday, April 1: World War I, 762-771
5. Take approximately a page of notes on the info presented in the reading about the military aspects of WWI.
Thursday, April 2: The Treaty of Versailles, 778-783
6. What did US president W. Wilson think should be decided in the peace settlement to end the war?
7. What was decided in the Treaty of Versailles?
8. Look at the map on page 779 and note all the changes you see from 1914 to 1922.
9. Discuss at least four results or legacies of World War One.
10. Write an additional question that the reading has made you curious about.
Friday, April 3: The Russian Revolution, 772-777
11. Why did Czar Nicolas II abdicate (step down)? What were the events leading up to his abdication?
12. Who was Lenin and what was the Bolshevik Revolution?
13. What were the two sides in the Russian Civil War? Who prevailed?
14. Write an additional question that the reading has made you curious about.
Monday, April 6: Between the Wars, 790-795
15. Choose two of the countries discussed in this section. Write a half page letter from a person in one of the
countries to a person in one of the other countries. Then write a half page response from the 2nd person. Incorporate what you’ve learned about the decade after WWI in the countries in your correspondence.
Tuesday, April 7: Fascism in Italy and Militarism in Japan, 796-799 and 834-835
16. Describe the characteristics of totalitarianism. Fascism is one form of totalitarianism. Describe the
characteristics of fascism.
17. What characterized the rule of Benito Mussolini in Italy?
18. Describe the transformation of Japan’s political system in the late 1920’s and 1930’s.
19. Write an additional question that the reading has made you curious about.
Wednesday, April 8: The USSR, 799-803
20. What resulted from the rivalry of Stalin and Trotsky after Lenin’s death?
21. What were the Five Year Plans?
22. What characterized the rule of Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union?
23. Write an additional question that the reading has made you curious about.
Thursday, April 9: The Rise of the Nazi Party in Germany, 804-811
24. What ideas did Hitler lay out in Mein Kampf?
25. How did Hitler come to power in Germany? What techniques/strategies did he use?
26. What restrictions were placed on Jews in Germany in the 30’s?What was Kristallnacht?
27. Write an additional question that the reading has made you curious about.
Monday, April 13: Moving Towards War, 856-861
28. What expansion did Italy and Japan undertake in the 1930’s?
29. What expansion did Hitler and Germany undertake in the late 1930’s?
30. What was decided at Munich in 1938?
31. What did Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union decide in 1939?
32. Write an additional question that the reading has made you curious about.
Tuesday, April 14: Fighting World War II, 864-873
33. Take approximately a page of notes on the information presented in the reading about the military aspects
of World War One.
Wednesday, April 15: World War II and the Holocaust, 874-879
34. What was the Holocaust? Who was targeted by Nazi Germany?
35. What were some of the experiences of children in Europe in World War Two?
36. Write an additional question that the reading has made you curious about.
Thursday, April 16: World War II Homefronts, 880-889
37. Choose two of the countries discussed in this section. Write a half page letter from a person in one of the
countries to a person in one of the other countries. Then write a half page response from the 2nd person. Incorporate what you’ve learned about life on the homefront in the countries in your correspondence.
Friday, April 17: Middle East in the early 20th Century, 822-827
38. What was the Armenian Genocide?
39. What was a similarity between early modern Turkey and early modern Iran?
40. What did the Balfour Declaration say and what were its effects?
41. Write an additional question that the reading has made you curious about.
Monday, April 20: China, 836-843
42. What difficulties did the young Chinese republic experience?
43. Who were Mao Zedong and Chiang Kaishek?
44. What was the Long March?
45. Write an additional question that the reading has made you curious about.
Tuesday, April 21: China, 1012-1014
46. What happened to Chiang Kaishek and the losers of the Chinese Civil War?
47. What was the Great Leap Forward? What were its results/effects?
48. Describe China’s Cultural Revolution.
49. Write an additional question that the reading has made you curious about.
Wednesday, April 22: Indian Independence Movement, 832-833
50. Who was Mohandas K Gandhi and what were his beliefs?
51. Describe the aims and results of the Salt March.
52. What were the organizations and leaders of Hindus and Muslims in India by the 1930’s?
53. Write an additional question that the reading has made you curious about.
Thursday, April 23: Unit Four Review
Friday, April 24: UNIT FOUR TEST