U.S. History 1302 (Period 2) Assignments
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Phase IV: Gotterdammerung
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.
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Phase III- Adolph Hitler's Connection
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.
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Phase II The Russo-German Connection
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.
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Blackboard discussion. PAHSE I
1. Research the Origins of the Jewish Question from Bruno Bauer in 1844 through the 19th and early 20th centuries.
2. Go to the ASU Blackboard website and find your class. There you will answer the following question on the Discussion Board.
3. Was Europe already synthesized to the elimination or removal of certain groups from Europe?
4. Once you have answered the question, you will need to reply to at least one of the other responses.
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discussion posts
I have read your posts. I have replied to only one, so far. I read all of them and I am impressed. I think y'all have done this once or twice. Good job. I haven't done this for fifteen years at Wayland Baptist University. Will post and respond.
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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.
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Read AQWF chs. 11-12
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Extra Credit 3: Mein Kampf due
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AQWF Ch. 10 Quiz
1. What is so good about the job that Paul and the men have dropped in for?
2. What do the men do to make their say more comfortable?
3. What do they do to make a potato grater?
4. As Paul is frying potato pancakes, what begins to happen to them? What must they do go move the food from the cooking area to where they are going to eat?
5. How long does the feast last and what happens to the men?
6. Describe some of the items that the men carry away with them from the village and supply depot.
7. A few days later Paul and the men have to evacuate a French village.What does Paul say about this operation? Was he wrong in assuming what he thought?
8. What happens to Paul and Albert?
9.Describe the scene in the dressing station with Paul.
10. Why is Paul unwilling to get in the clean hospital bed?
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Extra Credit two The Trench Poets of W.W.I is due.
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AQWF Ch. 9 Quiz
1. Who comes to the front, and what do they have to do?
2. Paul, Kropp and Kat are arguing about what event? What do they say about it?
3. Paul describes what it is like to go into No Man's Land. What does he say?.
4. What does Paul damn, and why?
5. What is unique about the German barbed wire?
6. Describe the life of the soldier that Paul killed, and what does Paul do for him?
7. Describe Paul's experience with the French soldier. What are Paul's thoughts?
8. What new fear does Paul experience if he tries to return to the German lines?
9. When Paul tells Kat and Albert about what happened, what do they say?
10. Who is in their trench with them, and what do they think about it?
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Read AQWF ch. 8
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Answer the following questions from AQWF chapter 7.
1. What does Himmelstoss do to curry favor with the soldiers in Paul's unit?
2. Paul talks about habit. Why would he say that?
3. What does Paul say they need momentarily for contentment?
4. What does Paul say about going up to the front?
5. What is causing their humor to become more bitter each month?
6. What is it that the women are most interested in from the soldiers?
7. How do they get rid of Tjaden so the three of them can cross the canal?
8. Describe Paul's encounter with the little brunette. What does he compare it to?
9. Paul gets a leave pass for home. What does he have to do after his leave is over?
10.What does Paul do after his encounter with the major that he failed to salute properly?
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