Wednesday, September 26, 2012

SOTW 4: 27B - Germany's invasions

Narration/Outline/Notebook Page: Link

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Video Enrichment:
 Blitzkrieg unleashed:  2 minutes  (depicts war)
PARENTAL  DISCRETION ALWAYS ADVISED FOR VIDEO VIEWING, this part of history depicts a lot of war and violence.



Online Lectures (full series): 
  • World War II - An Open Harvard Course, Historical Study B-54 with professor with Charles S. Maier, PhD, Leverett Saltonstall Professor of History, Harvard University

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

SOTW 4: 27A - Spanish Civil War

PARENTAL  DISCRETION ALWAYS ADVISED FOR VIDEO VIEWING, this part of history depicts a lot of war and violence.

Narration/Outline/Notebook Page: Link 

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Video Enrichment:
Anarchists in the 1936 Spanish Civil War (8 minutes)


  • American involvement in the Spanish Civil War (10 mins)

Monday, September 24, 2012

SOTW 4: 26B - Hitler's Rise to Power

PARENTAL  DISCRETION ALWAYS ADVISED FOR VIDEO VIEWING, this part of history depicts a lot of war and violence.

Narration/Outline/Notebook Page: Link

Primary Sources:

  • Mein Kampf - unabridged, translated into English by James Murphy in 1939, extensive translators introduction

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Video Enrichment:

  • Video exploring Hitler's path from mediocre student and failed artist to totalitarian dictator.  -45 minutes


  • Part 2 -45 minutes 

Sunday, September 23, 2012

SOTW 4: 26A - Black Tuesday

PARENTAL  DISCRETION ALWAYS ADVISED FOR VIDEO VIEWING, this part of history depicts a lot of  strife and violence.

Narration/Outline/Notebook Page: Link

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Video Enrichment:


  • Student presentation summary of the crash: (3 min)

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

6A - The Triple Alliance

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Board Game:  Strategy Game:  War of the Triple Alliance: Paraguay - 1865-1870
Video Game:  Age of Empires:  Triple Alliance Mod  for Age of Empires III