November 26

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We watched the A & E Biography of Benito Mussolini today. We also finished off the lecture that I started yesterday on Italian foreign policy. For homework tonight, please read pages 119-129 in The Move to Global War textbook, and complete a ranking (and rationale) of the international responses to the Abyssinian crisis, from most severe response to least severe response. It would probably be best to do this in a chart.

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There are some important key dates coming up in the course:

• Unit 2 WRA II Essay is on Monday, December 2nd (one week from yesterday)
• Chapter 7-8 Test is on Tuesday, December 3rd (please see the study guide below) 
• Unit 2 Final Exam is on Monday, December 9th (the study guide will be posted on the blog on December 2nd)

You had time to work on your Chapter 8 Key Terms and Questions today, since they are due on Thursday. I also did a homework check on the Chapter 7 Key Terms and Questions and the "Shake Hands with the Devil" film study questions. 

CHAPTER 7-8 TEST STUDY GUIDE:

This test is on Tuesday, December 3rd. It will consist of 20-24 key terms in a matching section, and 3-4 short answer questions. Please study the following PowerPoint presentations:

• "The Holocaust" (this is posted on the wiki, and it's in your course books)
• "8 Stages of Genocide" (it's also posted on the wiki)
• "Contemporary Examples of Genocide" (this is posted on the wiki, and it's in your course books)

Please study the following notes packages/film study packages:

• 36 Questions About The Holocaust  
• White Light/Black Rain (film notes)
• Shake Hands with the Devil (film notes + package)
• Unit 2 Worksheet (chapter questions for Chapter 7 and 8)
• make sure that you have read Chapters 7 and 8!

1. Please study the following key concepts/key people/key events:
genocide:

• crimes against humanity
• war crimes
• the Holocaust
• ethnic cleansing
• lebensraum
• Weimar Republic
• Final Solution
• decolonization
• successor state
• self-determination
• Wansee Conference
• Nuremberg Trials
• Hutu
• Tutsi
• Romeo Dallaire
• Manhattan Project
• Hiroshima
• Nagasaki
• Robert Oppenheimer
• FDR
• Harry Truman
• Potsdam Conference
• Slobodan Milosevic

2. You should be able to answer any of the questions from the Unit 2 worksheet on Chapter 7 or 8.

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We continued studying Unit 3 material today. I shared the Chapter 10 Google Doc with the class today. Start working on it! We also looked types of democratic systems (namely parliamentary systems and presidential systems), as well as the structure of Canadian government.