Modern European History

April 7 - 11, 2008

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Monday, April 7, 2008:

Reading Check, Chapter 25.2 (reading check on page 791 only) – 5 points.
Read The Manchurian Crisis, 1931.
o Identify the main characters using the chart provided – 10 points:
Lecture on Japanese expansion in the Pacific and the “East-Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere.”

Tuesday, April 8, 2008:

Reading Checks, Chapter 26, Section 1 – 10 points.

Read The Munich Pact & Neville Chamberlain’s “Peace In Our Time” Speech.
o Answer the following questions – 10 points:
1. What nation, central to the issue, is noticeably absent from the
negotiations?
2. What other nation was not present, but may have been very interested in
the events of this meeting?
3. Speculate as to why PM Chamberlain may have believed that he had
indeed achieved “peace in his time.”
Read Hitler and World War II. Though you will not have any questions assigned from
this reading, it is a worthwhile read.
Lecture on the European beginnings of World War II.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008:

Reading Checks, Chapter 26, Section 2 – 10 points.

Read The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, 1939.
o Answer the following questions – 10 points:
1. What did this document do?
2. Why do you think that the Nazis and the Soviets – sworn enemies of each
other – would agree to such a pact?
Read Correspondence Between England and Germany Prior to the German Invasion of
Poland.
o Complete the following assignment in a short, ½-page paragraph – 15 points.
1. The British prime minister refers to mistakes Britain made in 1914,
claiming that he wishes to avoid such mistakes in the present time.
 a. What mistake(s) is/are he talking about?
b. What course of action are they embarking upon in order to avoid
those mistakes?
c. Explain the German response.
More WW II lecturing.

Thursday, April 10, 2008:

Read Radio Address by Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister, September 3, 1939.

o Answer the following questions – 10 points:
1. Why does Neville Chamberlain say that a state of war will soon exist
between Great Britain and Germany?
2. According to Chamberlain, Great Britain has attempted to avoid war in
what way(s)?
3. Why have those methods been successful. Apply a modicum of
intellectual effort here.
Read Adolf Hitler: The Obersalzberg Speech.
o Answer the following questions – 10 points:
1. Why does Hitler say that he has to attack Poland?
2. Hitler compares his blitzkrieg to whom?
More WW II Lecturing, the German Blitzkrieg, perhaps some World War II newsreel
footage.

Friday, April 11, 2008:

Catch-up day for anything we have not covered yet this weeks.
Quiz on what we have covered so far this week – thirty points, or thereabouts.
Assignments Notebook due.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

April 25 – Book Reviews Due.
May 5 – Term Papers Due.
 Modern European History Assignments Notebook.
Table of Contents
April 7 – 11, 2008.

Name:_________________________________________

1. April 7 – Reading Check, Chapter 25.2. p._____ _____/5 points.

2. April 7 – The Manchurian Crisis, 1931 IDs. p._____ _____/10 points.

3. April 8 – Reading Checks, Chapter 26.1 p._____ _____/10 points.

4. April 8 – The Munich Pact &

Neville Chamberlain’s “Peace In Our Time” Speech. p._____ _____/10 points.

5. April 9 – Reading Checks, Chapter 26. 2. p._____ _____/10 points.

6. April 9 – The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, 1939. p._____ _____/10 points.

7. April 9 – Correspondence Between England & Germany. p._____ _____/15 points.

8. April 10 – Radio Address By Neville Chamberlain. p._____ _____/10 points.

9. April 10 – The Obersalzberg Speech. p._____ _____/10 points.

Total Points for Homework April 7 – April 11, 2008: _____/90 points.