1) Why was WWI known as “The Great War” and how did WWI shape the world?
2) Explain why WWII was known as the “War of Lightning – Blitzkrieg” and why was this war different than WWI?
ADDITIONAL READING
WORLD WAR I
1) How the Great War Shaped the World: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/08/how-the-great-war-shaped-the-world/373468/
2) The Great War and Pope Benedict XV: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/the-great-war-and-pope-benedict-xv
3) World War I: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/toc/2014/08/ (additional readings on ww1)
Additional Resources
4) Treaty of Versailles: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/boundless-world-history/view
5) New Technology in WW1: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/boundless-world-history/view
6) Rebuilding Europe: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/boundless-world-history/view
7) The Russian Revolution: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/boundless-world-history/view
8) The Great Depression: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/boundless-world-history/view
VIDEO
1) History Channel WWI (Part I): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uN5XAUroHw
2) History Channel WWI (Part II): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVjwFibFXuE
3) WW1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg35etJ0UJs
WORLD WAR II
1) World War II and the Origins of Human Rights: https://sites.google.com/site/polisci49s/home/schedule-of-readings
2) Why WWII Was Different: Why WWII was different.gif
Additional Resources
1) Hostilities Commence – https://www.oercommons.org/courses/boundless-world-history/view
2) The Battle of Britain: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/boundless-world-history/view
3) The Pacific War: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/boundless-world-history/view
4) End of the War: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/boundless-world-history/view
5) Impact of WWII: https://www.oercommons.org/courses/boundless-world-history/view
6) Essential Events Between 1900 and 1945 Learn how two world wars and other critical developments reshaped global affairs in the first half of the twentieth century.
VIDEO
World War II: Blitzkrieg – The Lightning War – Full Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz31aVKI3d8
