WORLD HISTORY NAME ____________________________________________
SYLLABUS FOR BEASLEY
MONDAY, APRIL 6 - FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2009
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Students are reminded that they are to come to class prepared each day. This means
always having textbook, notebook, pen, pencil, homework, etc. Students are reminded
that a poptest can be given at any time. Keep up with reading assignments. The teacher
can adjust or modify the syllabus at any time.
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MONDAY,
APRIL 6 - Bellringer Activity.
Students should be able to explain in what sense World War II was
a product of World War I.
Discussion/Lecture of Chapter 31, Section 1, "The Path to War,"
pp. 826 - 830.
Complete worksheets, handouts, etc.
Topics: Jzpan's Expansion into Asia
Italy's Conquest of Ethiopia
Spanish Civil War
Hitler on the Offensive
Tension Builds in Europe
HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 31, Section 1, pp. 826 - 830.
TUESDAY,
APRIL 7 - Bellringer Activity.
Students should be able to identify the immediate causes for the
outbreak of World War II.
Discussion/Lecture of Chapter 31, Section 1, "The Path to War,"
pp. 828 - 830.
Complete worksheets, handouts, etc.
Complete map exercise.
Topics: Sudeten Crisis, the Munich Conference, the West and the
Soviets, Nazi-Soviet Talks, Hitler Invades Poland
HOMEWORK: Prepare a twenty (20) question matching poptest on Section 1.
Read Chapter 31, Section 2, pp. 831 - 836.
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 8 - Bellringer Activity.
Students should be able to describe how Hitler took over most of
Europe and how Great Britain and the United States responded to
German expansion.
Discussion/Lecture of Chapter 31, Section 2, "War in Europe,"
pp. 831 - 836.
Complete worksheets, handouts, etc.
Topics: "blitzkrieg" in Europe, the invasion of Scandinavia,
the Fall of France, Dunkirk, vichy and the Free French,
the Battle of Britain
HOMEWORK: Prepare a twenty (20) question matching poptest on
Section 2.
THURSDAY,
APRIL 9 - Bellringer Activity.
Students should be able to explain how the United States was
pulled into World War II.
Discussion/Lecture of Chapter 31, Section 2, pp. 835 - 836.
Complete worksheets, handouts, etc.
Topics: Anglo-American Cooperation, "Cash-and-Carry policy",
"Lend-Lease policy", the Atlantic Charter, Eastern
Europe and Africa.
Possible poptest
HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 31, Section 3, pp. 838 - 841.
FRIDAY,
APRIL 10 - GOOD FRIDAY HOLIDAY
MONDAY,
APRIL 13 - Bellringer Activity.
Students should be able to describe how the Soviet Union and
the United States entered World War II.
Discussion/Lecture of Chapter 31, Section 3, "A Global Conflict,"
pp. 838 - 843.
Complete worksheets, handouts, etc.
Topics: Hitler invades the Soviet Union, Japanese Expansion,
Pearl Harbor, The Allies.
Possible poptest.
HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 31, Section 4, pp. 844 - 847.
TUESDAY,
APRIL 14 - Bellringer Activity.
Students should be able to explain how the tide of war turned in
favor of the Allies during 1942 and 1943.
Discussion/Lecture of Chapter 31, Section 4, "Turning Points,"
pp. 844 - 847.
Complete handouts, worksheets, etc.
Topics: Sea and Air Battles, the Battle of Stalingrad, War in
the Desert, the Invasion of Italy, the Pacific War.
Possible poptest.
HOMEWORK: Read Chapter 31, Section 5, pp. 848 - 851.
WEDNESDAY,
APRIL 15 - Bellringer Activity.
Students should be able to understand how new technology affected
the conduct and outcome of World War II.
Discussion/Lecture of Chapter 31, Section 5, "Allied Victories,"
pp. 848 - 851.
Complete worksheets, handouts, etc.
Topics: Allied war economies, D-Day Invasion, Victory over Germany,
Yalta and Potsdam Conferences
Possible poptest
HOMEWORK: Prepare a twenty (20) question matching poptest on
Chapter 31, Section 5.
THURSDAY,
APRIL 16 - Bellringer Activity.
Students should be able to understand how new technology affected
the conduct and outcome of World War II.
Continue discussion of Chapter 31, Section 5, pp. 848 - 851.
Complete handouts, worksheets, etc.
Topics: Victory over Japan, the atomic bomb, Effects of the War
Complete review exercises
HOMEWORK: Study for TEST on CHAPTER 31.
FRIDAY,
APRIL 17 - Bellringer Activity.
Students should achieve competence on a major test.
TEST on CHAPTER 31.