Showing posts with label Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Show all posts

Thursday, October 27, 2016

October 27


I showed you a documentary called "Tides of War" today, which covered the internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII.You need to go through the rest of the PowerPoint on the internment of Japanese-Canadians in WWII that I started in class yesterday (I will not finish it off in class). I did a homework check on the questions for analysis from the Way of Subjects reading in your Social 20-1 workbooks today. 

On Monday, October 31st you'll be writing your Chapter 5-6 Test, please see the study guide below. 


1. Study the following key concepts/key people/key events:
  • Archduke Franz Ferdinand
  • Triple Alliance
  • Triple Entente
  • the Black Hand
  • Gavrillo Princip
  • Tsar Nicholas II
  • Kaiser Wilhelm II
  • Battle of Tannenberg
  • the Schlieffen Plan
  • Plan 17
  • General von Moltke
  • Battle of the Marne
  • Alsace and Lorraine
  • total war
  • Battle of Verdun
  • Battle of the Somme
  • the Brusilov Offensive
  • sinking of the Lusitania
  • the Zimmermann Telegram
  • Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
  • General Ludendorff
  • Friedrich Ebert
  • Paris Peace Conference
  • David Lloyd George
  • Woodrow Wilson
  • Fourteen Points
  • Georges Clemenceau
  • Vittorio Orlando
  • League of Nations
  • plebiscites
  • reparations
  • collective security
  • war debts
  • Treaty of Versailles
  • "war guilt clause"
  • "Manchurian Incident"
  • Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
  • expansionism
  • Hirohito
  • Hideki Tojo
  • Benito Mussolini
  • Adolf Hitler
  • Kristallnacht
  • the Nuremberg Laws
  • any of the key concepts or key events in the Interwar Years booklet is also testable material

2. Look at what I have emphasized in class (causes of WWI, nature of WWI, armistice, Paris Peace Conference, Treaty of Versailles, the Interwar Years, rise of ultranationalism in Germany, Italy and Japan): this will be the emphasis of the test, there are several topics in your textbook Chapters 5-6 that WILL NOT be on this test, especially if it is event that occurs AFTER the events listed above (so things like Canada's role in Afghanistan, and Arctic sovereignty won't be on the test) 

3. Focus your review on the following big concepts:
  • MAIN Causes of World War I
  • the nature of World War I (trench warfare, stalemate, total war)
  • the Paris Peace Conference (national interests in negotiating the treaties)
  • Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (links on the blog, under Social 20-1 Links, CHECK IT OUT!!)
  • the Treaty of Versailles (terms of the Treaty of Versailles: GARGLe)
  • Hitler's violation of the Treaty of Versailles (chronology; order of events that violated the terms of the Treaty of Versailles)
  • the Interwar Years (key events, study your Interwar Years notes in your Social 20-1 study booklet)
  • the League of Nations (FAILURe of the League of Nations)
  • ultranationalism in Germany, Japan and Italy (common characteristics?)
  • failure of collective security (League of Nations) in Manchuria, Abyssinia, and the Spanish Civil War
  • appeasement of Adolf Hitler (Munich Conference, Neville Chamberlain, a foreign policy response to ultranationalism)





I showed you a video from the Turning Points of History series on Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of Russia today, and while you watched the video you should have taken notes. I reviewed with you the 19th Century Political Spectrum. I also drew connections between the events that we have studied so far this semester: the Enlightenment, the American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Age of Napoleon, and what we will be studying in the next week or so, namely the Haitian Revolution and Forging the American Republic (Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Madison). Please check your e-mail, I've shared with you a Google Doc study guide link for Friday's Current Events Quiz #5. One week from today you'll be writing the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Test, be see the study guide below. 


  • know the causes of the French Revolution (short term, long term, economic, political, social, intellectual)
  • know the structure of French society during the Old Regime
  • know Napoleon's domestic policy
  • know Napoleon's foreign policy (Continental System in particular)
  • know key battles in the Napoleonic Wars (results of the Battle of Trafalgar, Russian campaign, the Battle of Leipzig, and the Battle of Waterloo)
  • know chronology of key events in the French Revolution
  • know the chronology of key events in the Napoleonic Age
  • know the key players at the Congress of Vienna (country and representatives)
  • what were the major decisions of the Congress? what were the guiding principles at the Congress of Vienna
  • know the 19th century political spectrum (please see the graphic below; values and characteristics of the various positions on the spectrum; what groups are represented on the various positions on the spectrum?; what phases/accomplishments of the French Revolution are represented on the spectrum?)


Wednesday, September 21, 2016

September 21


I taught you about the 19th century political spectrum at the start of class today. You should know it, not only for this year, but for next year in 30-1 or 30-2. Be familiar with the various groups (radicals, liberals, moderates, conservatives, reactionaries) and examples of each group (Jacobins, Girondins, etc.) and their position on change. We then watched a documentary on Napoleon's invasion of Russia from the Turning Points in History series. I also talked to you about the French Revolution DBA Assignment which is due next Thursday (September 29th). Please remember that you have your Chapter 1-2 Test tomorrow (please see the study guide below).



This test will be on Thursday, September 22nd. The test has a matching section and ashort answer section.
  • Make sure that you have read both Chapter 1-2 from your textbook Exploring Nationalism
  • Study Chapter 1-2 Key Terms from the Unit 1 Worksheet
  • Study your answers to the questions from the Unit 1 Worksheet for Chapter 1-2
Study the following PowerPoint presentations:
  • "Nation and Identity" (Chapter 1 material + supplementary material)
  • "Shaping Nationalism: The French Revolution" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material; key terms from the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Glossary of Key Terms)
  • "The Napoleonic Age" (Chapter 2 material + supplementary material; key terms from the French Revolution and Napoleonic Age Glossary of Key Terms)




We continued our examination of the American Revolution today. We watched part of  "America: The Story of Us" today. We also set up the current events assignments.