Thursday, October 15, 2009

Racial Issues

I found an article that I thought was interesting in light of our discussion with Dr. Loewen. Any thoughts?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,567120,00.html?test=latestnews

Edit-Fine, let's do this the I.B. way. Five E.C. points for the most insightful comment. I'd offer food, but for many of you, points are more interesting. :-)

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Hitler




This unit isn't quite as complex as the Stalin and Mao units, because I really would prefer you to use the two of them for any comparison on the IB test. However, it is possible that you will stumble into a question that makes sense to use Hitler. Additionally, knowledge of Hitler will help you with the WWII questions.


1. Describe the conditions in Germany that led to the rise of the Nazi Party.
2. To what extent did the post-WWI conditions allow Hiter to rise to power as opposed to his own personal skills and ideology.
3. Why was Hitler so gosh darn angry?
4. Describe the propaganda techniques of Adolf
5. To what extent was Hitler able to create total control over Germany.
6. To what extent was Hitler able to eliminate opposition within Germany?
7. To what extent was the domestic policy of Hitler successful?

"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task." ~William James