Monday 22 March 2021

The Rise of Totalitarian Rulers

In this new unit, we will be studying a few totalitarian rulers.  From our discussion and videos to date, how do totalitarian rulers get to hold so much power in a country?  

Sunday 28 February 2021

Demoralization of War

 The First World War saw two very different fronts.  The Western front was a deadly stalement while the Eastern Front was very mobile with one side dominating the other.  No one will argue that it would be demoralizing to fight on either front.  Which do you think would have been the most frustrating front to be a part of?  Why? 



Tuesday 23 February 2021

The Western Front

 The First World War is often referred to as a futile war with way too many casualties for not much land.  So far we have only looked at some aspects of the Western Front, but even in that amount of studying, we have seen several examples of this.  What were two examples of this that stand out from what you have seen so far in this unit?