Final Exam - Oral Presentation of 4th Q Research

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Ordinary Men - Final Exercise!

How should those who have participated in genocide or mass murder (such as the Holocaust, Cambodia, Rwanda, Srebrenica, and the list goes on)be dealt with by society. To what degree should individuals be held accountable? What about those who give orders and those who carry them out? Do experiments such as those conducted by Milgram, Zimbardo and others mitigate responsibility? Why or why not? In order to get full credit on this response, you must cite specific evidence from Ordinary Men, as well as other class sources.

Due Monday 6/11

WWII - The Evolution of Propaganda or Psychoanalysis

Blog Options

#1 - Compare and contrast Triumph des Willens and Why We Fight #1: Prelude to War (1943). Both are linked to the WWII page on my website. You can address cinematic style, messages, psychological appeals or other elements employed by 2 of the most influential producers of the period, Leni Riefenstahl and Frank Capra.

#2 - Watch Inside the Mind of Hitler. What did you find most interesting or disturbing about Dr. Langer's psycho-analysis of Hitler? Be sure to support your views with specific references to the video. What about Langer's conclusions?

Due Friday 5/25 by NOON.

The End of War

Watch Episode 10 of the First World War

Questions to Ponder:
What factors led Germany to seek an armistice?
What were the root causes of WWI?
What were the major provision of Versailles?

Blog Response: How/Did Versailles address the root causes of the war? Explain your response.





Blog Due Wednesday 6/16 p.m.

MAKE SURE YOU PURCHASE ORDINARY MEN!

WWI

Click HERE to link to weekly readings.

Read the following:
Faces of War
Another Welcome Letter
Military Lessons

Respond to the following prompts on one article:

• What ideas or themes presented in your chosen reading were new to you?
• Did the article lead you to look at this period of history any differently? Why/Why not?

TO GET CREDIT YOU MUST REFER SPECIFICALLY TO CONTENT FROM THE ARTICLES YOU ARE DISCUSSING.

(PHOTO: Francis Derwent Wood @ http://www.projectfacade.com/index.php)
Operation Mend is the modern evolution of the work begun by Sir Harold Delf Gillies, Francis Derwent Wood and others during the First World War. If you read "Faces of War" you should view both of these sites.

This response is due Friday 5/11.

Queen Victoria's Empire Part 1

Make sure to check your reading assignments!  You have some primaries this week.

Blog Response (Due 4/25).  Read Kipling's White Man's Burden.  How do you interpret his poem?  What does it reflect of 19th century attitudes?  How does Kipling view the subject?  Be sure to use specific evidence in support of your response.  Were such ideas unique to Europeans? (If you haven't read Letter to Queen Victoria, I suggest you do so!)   

Imperialism Primary Source Exercise

Use SOAPSTone to analyze and take notes on the documents you have received.  Once you have completed this, discuss your findings/analysis with those in your group.

·        What did you find most important?

·        Did you find any information particularly surprising or interesting?

·        Do your interpretations differ from others in your group?

·        If so, how?

·        Did others focus on aspects you may have missed?

Written Response

Analyze the relationship between Europeans and their colonial subjects.

You must develop a thesis statement and answer the question in a short essay (page) that relies on the primary source documents to support your arguments.

YOU MAY NOT WRITE ON THE DOCUMENTS!!!!

You will have 15 minutes document before you must switch folders.

Romantic Era

Lecture 16 - The Romantic Era

Teaching Assignment 

Don't Worry - More to Come....

Redefining the Past

Remember Pluto? Old textbooks teach what we didn't know

From the Washington Post 

The Napoleonic Era

Readings for Napoleon:

Napoleon's Empire: From enlightened absolutism to colonial imperialism.

The Scourge of Napoleon.

Napoleon's Double Knock-Out Punch

NELSON AT TRAFALGAR He did His Duty

 Trafalgar: A SIGNAL VICTORY

Videos: 

PBS Napoleon (P1 - YouTube) 
Napoleon-Fight in Austerlitz

Battle of Austerlitz

Napoleon - The Road to Moscow

Napoleon's Lost Army
Napoleon's Defeat at Waterloo (Nay's initial defeat at Quatre Bras, cavalry or hollow squares)
Napoleon Commits his Guard (6:00 min. - Wellington's reverse slopes)
 

Blog Response Due Monday 7:30 am.

What do you feel is the most significant legacy of the Napoleonic Era?

 

Interpreting the French Revolution

Read either: ROBESPIERRE AND THE TERROR -or- Of Anglo-Saxons and Revisionists: A New Interpretation of the French Revolution Emerges In what way does your article reflect the idea of "living history" or the fact that history is not static? Briefly compare to any other period of history where ideas, views and opinions have evolved over time. Due Friday 2/17

You say you want a revolution...?

"What country before ever existed a century & a half without a rebellion? & what country can preserve it's liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon & pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. It is it's natural manure." Thomas Jefferson. Letter to William Smith.

"A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets." Napoleon Bonaparte

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.
Mahatma Gandhi, 'Satyagraha Leaflet No. 13,' May 3, 1919

Is radical and violent revolution justifiable? Be sure to explain your response.

Due Friday 2/17

The Madness of King George

Read the two links below for some more background on King George III of Great Britain.  Having viewed the video (you can review if needed), you should now be able to address the essential questions below.  What did you feel where the most interesting, surprising or otherwise noteable scenes from the film? (This is your response element due Friday.)   Also take a look at the "To the French Revolution" questions.  These should be kept in the back of your mind as we move forward.

King George III: Mad or misunderstood?

The Madness of King George: the only insanity is Nigel Hawthorne losing out on the Oscar to Forrest Gump

The Madness of King George and the Evolution of British Politics.

Essential Questions:
• What is the relationship between the Crown and parliament in 1780’s Great Britain?
• What is the role of the King in British society at this time?
• What actions did Parliament take to increase it’s power and weaken that of the monarchy?
• How were mental health issues perceived and treated at the time? Had healthcare advanced much since the Middle Ages?

To the French Revolution:
• How does Britain as depicted in MKG compare to France in the 1780’s?
• How does the role of the Monarchy in England compare to that of the French King?
• Why do you think revolution takes place in France and not in Great Britain?