January 24th, 2017
This Day in History
- In 1556 the deadliest earthquake on record killed 830,000 in Shansi, China.
- In 1789 Georgetown University established in what is now Washington, DC.
- In 1973 President Nixon announced that an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.
Quote of the Day
"It isn't common ground that bonds people together, it's higher ground." - Tom Brown
Stat of the Day
- 11,535,000 = number of draftees who served during WWII
- That's 61.2% of all servicemen/women
Word of the Day
Internationalism
"the idea that trade between nations creates prosperity and helps prevent war"
"the idea that trade between nations creates prosperity and helps prevent war"
Today's Plan
- Hand in (if you haven't already) your assignment from Friday.
- Take Quiz
- Quick discussion on Test corrections.
- Divide up into 5 groups. Spend 5 minutes within your group determining your assigned cause of WWII.
- Failures of the League of Nations
- Effects of the Treaty of Versailles
- Global Economic depression
- Global imperialism and nationalism
- Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Tojo (militarists)
- Class discussion on these long term causes.
- Introduction on short term causes of WWII.
Today's Homework
- Read pgs 682 - 693 . . . you already should have ready these pages anyways.
- Study up this WW2 Quizlet.