S+Libby,+John

Event in the Inter-war Period **Syllabus**

Office: 001 Office Phone: 207-504-1407 Office Hours:** Tues/Thurs 9:45-11:45
 * Teacher: John Libby
 * E-mail:** john.m.libby@maine.edu


 * =Summary of Unit= ||
 * World War II is over and the victorious leaders of the Allies are meeting to discuss the ultimate fate of Axis countries. Many people are concerned that because of propaganda events that happened at the Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I will happen again. In a response committee has been made to prove to the leaders of the Allied nations that World War II was not the fault of any person or country. To do this the committee has access to new technology which you will use to make an unbiased presentation of why World War II happened and how it could have been prevented. You will be assigned a specific country in which to describe specifically the events that occurred there which lead to World War II and how those events could have been different.

//**Maine Learning Results:**// **Social Studies** //**- E. History E1 Historical Knowledge, concepts, themes and patterns Grade 9-Diploma**// "The World in the Contemporary Era" //**Students understand major eras, major enduring themes and historic influences in the United States and World history including the roots of democratic philosophy, ideals and institutions in the World.**// b. Analyze and critique major historical eras, major enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences and people in the history of the United States and world and the implications for the present and future. ||

• World War II could have been avoided. • The Great Depression had a large effect on the entire world. ||
 * //Students will understand that:// **(U)** ||
 * • Many factors after World War I caused World War II to occur.

//What essential questions will be considered?//
• How could historical events have been done differently to avoid World War II? • Why was Europe affected by the Great Depression? ||
 * **Essential Questions:** **(Q)** ||
 * • How would reactions to World War I make World War II inevitable?

//What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?//
• Important events and people of post WWI Europe (Treaty of Versailles, William Churchill, Georges Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson, Adolf Hitler, ect.) • Sequence and timelines between 1918 and 1941. || • Describe the events that occurred after WWI. • Critique the decisions made between 1918 and 1941. • Produce evidence why extremist leaders were so common in this time period. •b. Analyze how many factors after WWI would cause WWII to occur. • Consider how the Great Depression effected Germany. • Realize how devastated Germany and its allies were by the Treaty of Versailles. ||
 * //Students will know:// **(K)** || //Students will be able to do:// **(S)** ||
 * • Critical details of post WWI Europe (social/economic depression, wide hatred of Nationalist/Socialist parties, rise of Social Darwinism, ect.)
 * This unit is designed to teach students about the events that occurred in inter war period between World War I and World War II. The students will gain an understanding of how the depression effected Europe, that many factors after World War I would cause World War II to occur and that World War II could have been prevented. This unit will examine the events in the Inter-war period and discuss how they contributed to the start of WWII and how these events could have been prevented. Within this unit students will take the role of citizen of the 1940's and make a digital presentation to show that WWII could have been prevented and that the events that caused it were caused by everyone. ||


 * =Expectations= ||
 * Participation is very important within class. Students who are absent from class must provide proof of an excused absence in order to make up class work that day. Students are allowed to redo assignments up to one week after they were originally due. Students should write a statement on their work, rubric of revisions they have made to a redone assignment. Students can make up all coursework for a full grade, however, students cannot make their participation portion of a day they missed class. Assignments are required to be turned in on time, unless a student arranges an extention in advance. All assigned work must be typed on a word processor using Times font, 12 point new times roman font, double spaced and free grammatical/spelling errors. Students are urged to keep an electronic copy of all typed assignments. Students are required to follow the honesty code regarding plagiarism of work. Any student caught plagiarizing others work will receive a zero on their assignment and will have disciplinary action taken against them from the school. ||

Out of class assessments: (Homework, blog entries) 20% Participation: (Attendance and participation within class work) 30%
 * =Benchmarks= ||
 * In class assessments: (Tests, Projects, Assignments) 50%

=Grading Scale= A (93 -100), A- (90 - 92), B+ (87 - 89), B (83 - 86), B- (80 - 82), C+(77 - 79), C (73-76), C- (70 - 72), D+(67 - 69), D (63 - 66), D- (60 - 62), F (0 - 59). ||