The Age of Extremes
UHC
Western European History II
The Age of Extremes
The Silent Sentinels
Langemarck
German Cemetery - Belgium
Week #10
October 28 We will finish our discussion of the Great War focusing on how it spawned the Russian Revolution, the DADA movement and begin to discuss how it also unleashed the forces that led to Nazism and Fascism.
Read for November 1
pp. 47-81 in Europe in the Era of Two World Wars by Berghahn
pp. 529-547 in Textbook
Textbook Resource http://wps.ablongman.com/long_levack_west_2/0,11592,2899412-,00.html
http://www.historyguide.org/europe/lecture9.html - The Entire Lecture
Print out and keep the following.
Timeline of Events leading to the Great War.
Full Timeline of the Great War - from Trenches on the Web
Casualty Figures of the Great War - from Trenches on the Web
Recommended and Helpful Link:
Ernst Junger - This is an interesting site in that, like Hitler, Junger saw the Great War as the defining point of his life and, in effect, he never really left the trenches.
For November 6:
Read Everything for next week. This will really prepare you for next Thursday.
pp. 530-532 in Textbook
http://www.historyguide.org/europe/lecture8.html - The Entire Lecture
DADA Manifesto- Scroll down to Tristan Tzara's Manifesto
Emmy Hennings Poem - "Dancer"
Hugo Ball's sound poem- 'Gadji beri bimba'
- Listen to DADA Poems
Recommended:
October 30 - This will be a special class. We will deal with the Great War in a very different way. This will be a multi-media exploration of the Great War, using music, video and poetry. Make sure you print the booklet and bring it with you to this class. Check out all the links below as they will help you in understanding whey The Great War was so devastating.
Resources for understanding the Great War and its impact. Very easy to navigate and use.
Images and newsreel - Real Audio from the BBC and the Imperial War Museum - Very moving video.
Archive radio interviews - "There was nothing but brown earth, shell holes and death"
Wilfred Owen - Short Bio - Video and audio versions of Owen's Poems.
From the BBC
Go to BBC History Website to view Short Videos capturing live testimony, video and poetry dealing with the different periods of the war.
A WARNING-SOME OF THESE WILL BE VERY DISTURBING.
For more information on the Great War go to the The Great War: 80 years on - BBC Site
