March 18, 2015

Question for Maus - The subtitle for the graphic novel Maus is “A Survivor’s Tale”.  How did the skills that allowed Vladek to survive World War Two and Holocaust make him an embittered and lonely man?

Due March 23, 2015

March 6, 2015 - Study Questions

The class will be having a test on the first part of World War Two at the start of next week (Monday or Tuesday).  Use the questions listed below to study for the test.

1.       How did Hitler’s rise to power and takeover of Germany mirror Mussolini’s rise to power and takeover of Italy?

  

2.        How did the German invasion of France in the spring of 1940 show that the French and Germans had learned different lessons about how to wage war from their experiences in World War One?

  

3.      How did the brutality of the Nazi-Soviet war on the Eastern Front demonstrate Hitler’s plans for German “living space” and Stalin’s ruthlessness in defending the Soviet Union at all costs?

  

4.      How did Hitler use international agreements (treaties) to take land and divide his enemies?

  

5.         How did Nazi ideology and goals result in German war crimes in the war with the Soviet Union?

  

6.      How did the French and British policy of not standing up to Nazi aggression allow Germany to conquer Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland?

  

7.      How was Hitler’s takeover of Austria and Czechoslovakia based on apparently reasonable demands that took advantage of England and France’s desire to avoid war?

8.      How did Nazi policies towards the Jews first separate Jews from German society and then force them from Germany?

9.  Why did Hitler and Stalin agree to the non-Aggression Pact even though they neither liked nor trusted each other?