World War I and the Inter-War Years
Small Group Discussion
1. Describe the causes of World War I.
2. Describe the effect of World War I on European colonies, particularly Egypt and India,
3. Trace how the Treaty of Versailles led to the rise of totalitarianism in Italy and Germany.
4. Identify the weapons and technology that led to massive casualties in the war.
5. Summarize how the entry of the United States changed the war, both militarily and politically.
6. Appraise the unique techniques used by Gandhi in protesting British colonialism.
7. Explain how World War I contributed to the rise of Zionism.
Longer, more general topics:
1. Evaluate the following statement: World War I was the first great turning point of the 20th century.
2. Examine the influence of Western-educated elites, both male and female, on the emerging nationalist movements of the early 20th century.
Specific topics:
1. Summarize the political, psychological, and economic results of World War I.
2. Characterize the Roaring Twenties.
3. Explain why Italy was the first country in western Europe to experience a sweeping change in its form of government.
4. Discuss evidence of political and social change for women in the West in the 1920s.
5. Describe how the United States was so successful in its rapid economic advance after the war.
6. Identify some political and social changes among the settler societies in this era.
7. Describe the factors that led to Japan's shift from a liberal democracy to a military-controlled government.
8. Was the Great Depression inevitable? Why or why not?
9. Define "totalitarianism" and provide examples.
10. Compare totalitarianism in the U.S.S.R. and Germany.
11. Trace the unique course of the United States in answering the dilemma of the Great Depression.
12. Summarize the effects of the Great Depression on the politics in Latin America.
13. Give reasons that Japan embarked on a foreign policy of conquest.
14. Relate Great Depression to political instability.
15. Identify ways that the economic crisis affected patterns of social behavior.
Longer, more general topics:
1. Describe the global results of World War I.
2. Compare the Mexican, Russian, and Chinese revolutions.
3. Describe the effect of the Great Depression on various societies.
4. Describe the reasons for the lack of resolve among the Western governments to intervene against authoritarianism in this era.
2. Describe the effect of World War I on European colonies, particularly Egypt and India,
3. Trace how the Treaty of Versailles led to the rise of totalitarianism in Italy and Germany.
4. Identify the weapons and technology that led to massive casualties in the war.
5. Summarize how the entry of the United States changed the war, both militarily and politically.
6. Appraise the unique techniques used by Gandhi in protesting British colonialism.
7. Explain how World War I contributed to the rise of Zionism.
Longer, more general topics:
1. Evaluate the following statement: World War I was the first great turning point of the 20th century.
2. Examine the influence of Western-educated elites, both male and female, on the emerging nationalist movements of the early 20th century.
Specific topics:
1. Summarize the political, psychological, and economic results of World War I.
2. Characterize the Roaring Twenties.
3. Explain why Italy was the first country in western Europe to experience a sweeping change in its form of government.
4. Discuss evidence of political and social change for women in the West in the 1920s.
5. Describe how the United States was so successful in its rapid economic advance after the war.
6. Identify some political and social changes among the settler societies in this era.
7. Describe the factors that led to Japan's shift from a liberal democracy to a military-controlled government.
8. Was the Great Depression inevitable? Why or why not?
9. Define "totalitarianism" and provide examples.
10. Compare totalitarianism in the U.S.S.R. and Germany.
11. Trace the unique course of the United States in answering the dilemma of the Great Depression.
12. Summarize the effects of the Great Depression on the politics in Latin America.
13. Give reasons that Japan embarked on a foreign policy of conquest.
14. Relate Great Depression to political instability.
15. Identify ways that the economic crisis affected patterns of social behavior.
Longer, more general topics:
1. Describe the global results of World War I.
2. Compare the Mexican, Russian, and Chinese revolutions.
3. Describe the effect of the Great Depression on various societies.
4. Describe the reasons for the lack of resolve among the Western governments to intervene against authoritarianism in this era.
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Enrichment (WWI)
How ready are you? Can you...
- analyze the causes of the Great War?
- identify the chief combatants and their allies?
- identify the roles of women in World War I and the outcome of increased responsibility?
- identify the roots of the Russian revolution?
- identify the political, economic, and social consequences of the war?
- compare the war, the events leading up to it, and the results to previous conflicts?
- compare the effects of the World War on areas outside Europe, especially in regard to how it set up challenges to European preeminence?
- analyze the successes and failures of the League of Nations?
- analyze the connection between the Treaty of Versailles and the rise of fascism in Italy and Germany?
- name major figures of the war and peace process?
- explain the roots of an nature of postwar pessimism (e.g. the ":Lost Generation")?
- identify postwar achievements in physics, psychology, and other intellectual/scientific developments?
- identify postwar cultural achievements in the arts and architecture?
- analyze the causes of the Great Depression?
- identify how various governments responded to the Great Depression (don't restrict your thinking to Europe and the United States).
- analyze the several challenges to liberal political theory in the inter-war years (e.g. communism and fascism)?
- discuss the changes and continuities in Germany during the years between the World Wars?
- describe and analyze the new patterns of nationalism, including fascism, racism, genocide, and anti-colonialism?
- explain cultural and political transformations during this era?
- describe the internationalization of popular culture (especially American) that arose during this era?
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