Sunday, 28 April 2013

Hitler's Foreign Policy


Hitler had a vision for Germany that included an expansion of territory for his growing pure Aryan race and his self-sufficient country.  How does this cartoon demonstrate how Hitler planned to achieve this goal? 

Sunday, 21 April 2013

Pacifism vs Aggression

How did the Pacifist actions towards Totalitarian leaders lead to more aggression?  Give an example of an aggressive action by a Totalitarian ruler.

Monday, 15 April 2013

Depression vs Recession





The 1930s is best known as the "Dirty Thirties" due to the Great Depression.  Our society recently went through an economic crisis known as the 2007/2008 Recession.  What were a couple of reasons the depression of the 30s was more devastating than the 2008 recession?

Sunday, 7 April 2013

Totalitarian Rulers



Stalin (Soviet Union), Mussolini (Italy), and Hitler (Germany) were more similar than different.  Agree or disagree with this statement, with a brief explanation.

Sunday, 17 March 2013

After the Great War



Once the war was over and the peace treaties were signed, soldiers returned home to a very different world.  Choose a country:  Canada, United States, Germany, Russia, Germany, France... and describe a couple of differences that were in place post WWI compared to pre-WWI. 

Sunday, 10 March 2013

The War to End All Wars...



One mandate of the Paris Peace Conference was to make the Great War the "war to end all wars".  As there was a Second World War, obviously it was not successful.  What role to you think the Peace Treaty had in continuing tensions rather than eliminating them?

Sunday, 3 March 2013

The 2 Fronts of WWI



There were mainly two fronts where World War One was fought.  It is fair to say that the war on the Western Front was very different compared to the war on the Eastern Front.  What would be at least 2 differences between  these two wars?