The 20 Year Truce
1919-1939
Right click on the links and choose OPEN IN NEW WINDOW. That will allow you to go back and forth on the task bar below and make it easier to navigate the instructions...
This activity involves a pretty good bit of writing. I would prefer that you open MS Word and type up your answers and then print them out to turn in!!!!!
Hitler's biography is laid out on this site in several easy to read chapters. I want you to choose 2 of the chapters that you are most interested in. (Read the titles of the chapters). Once you have read the 2, I want you to summarize each one in a paragraph on your paper. (Total=2 paragraphs) Once you have finished, go back and choose a 3rd chapter and just read it.
Leaders of the Russian Revolution
This link has very brief biographies on all the big leaders of the Bolshevik Revolution. Skim through the bios of each man. Pick one to tell me about. Write his name down on your paper and tell me why (in 2-3 sentences) what role he played in the communists coming to power and staying in power in Russia. (One of the guys picture is on this activity page that you are reading now. Which one?)
Browse the 5-10 posters on the Russian Revolution. On your paper, describe the posters that remind you of the French Revolution. How is the Russian Revolution similar to the French Revolution? (1 paragraph)
Photo Essay on the Great Depression
Go through all of the pictures from the Great Depression. When finished, describe to me which picture impacted you most and why it impacted you. (1 paragraph)
Mussolini in
Pictures
Italians Struggle with Mussolini Legacy
Go through the first link and look over the pictures of Mussolini. Once you have completed that, then read the article in the 2nd link about Mussolini's legacy. What is your reaction to this article? Give me your opinion on what is going on with some in Italy in regard to Mussolini. (1 paragraph)
If you have gotten here, you deserve to have some fun. Find Rasputin's face on this link and figure out how you can have some fun with it!