You will find a detailed description of this assignment and the questions you have to answer in the ASU Discussion Board in the Posts section of this teacher web page.

A. The Rise of the National Socialists 

1. Examine the film "The Eternal Jew"

     It is in German, but watch as much as you like to get a feel for what the film portrays.

2. Examine the film "Triumph of the Will" by Leni Reifenstahl. This is the culmination of Nazi power and control of the German people.

3. How did Hitler convince the German people that the Jews and others were responsible for Germany's difficulties?

4. Post your answer to the question and also your thoughts on the two films for discussion as well as responding to your peers in class.

1. Research antisemitism in Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

2. Read about the Dreyfus Affair in France in 1898.

3. Examine the Protocols of the Elders of Zion(1903).

4. Examine the Russo-German connection by reading about the 19th Century Pogroms in Russia and Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter and Alfred Rosenberg.

5. Post what you discover and your reaction to these items on Blackboard for your class in the Discussion Board at ASU.

W.W. II/ Holocaust Power point

Great Depression and World War II Notes. 

5th Six weeks lecture notes

Here are the lecture notes for the 5th six weeks. I put them on April 13 so that you would have them form the exam later. I will post the exam date on Friday April 10th.

Lecture notes for the 5th six weeks

AQWF chs. 11-12 Quiz 

1. How does Paul describe exploding shells in winter?

2. What does he say about his thoughts?

3. Paul calls being a soldier a great brotherhood. What does he say about it?

4. What does Paul say life is?

5. How does Paul compare being a soldier with a Bushman?

6. What does Tjaden do that makes Paul suspicious of him?

7. What does Paul say about  what combat has become?

8. What happened to Mueller?

9. Paul talks about the autumn. What does Paul say about it?

10. What happened to Paul?

 

 

Extra credit 3 Mein Kampf due

Read AQWF ch. 10

AQWF Ch. 9 quiz

1. Paul has heard a rumor about his unit. What is it, and what does he think about it?

2. Paul cannot find his unit at first. What does he do before he hears some definite information about his unit?

3. When Paul finds his unit, he gives his comrades what? What is unique about what he gives them?

4. What is the rumor that Kropp tell Paul?

5. Who do they say is coming to he front? What do they have to do for it?

6. The men argue about how the war started. What do they say about it?

7. What do they have to do with the new uniforms they were issued?

8. Describe what the trench mortars do.

9. Paul volunteers to go out on patrol with his unit. What happens to him out there?

10. How does Paul get back to his unit?

Extra Credit two The Trench Poets of W.W.I is due.

Answer the following quiz questions from ch. 7 in AQWF and email them to me by the end of the day on March 31 at 11:59 PM. 

1. Tjaden becomes good friends with whom when he arrives at the front.

2. What does Paul say about terror?

3. What does Paul say about the newspapers?

4. Paul and Kropp stand and look at a poster. What do they say about it? 

5. Leer and Tjaden come up and look at the same poster. What do they say about it?

6. Paul says there are women on the other side of the canal. What does he say about them?

7. What happened to Paul with the little brunette when they went back across the canal a second time? What did Paul learn about her?

8. Paul has to go to the orderly room. Describe what takes place there.

9. Why would Paul say that the landscape becomes disturbing, mysterious, and familiar?

10. Paul's mother asks Paul about the front. What does he say to her about it, and what is the truth?

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