Mr. Gentry’s Western

Cultures Class Web Page  

Pirate Success Academy    

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Click on the links below for class information and links

Western cultures links

District Home Page

General social studies links

West Carrolton High School

Government links

Final project start page

U.S. History links

About Mr. Gentry

Geography links

Course Outline

The Pirate Success Academy Home  Page

Homework  assignments

 

This web page is presented as a service of Mr. Gentry for his students and others who are interested in the Western Cultures at West Carrollton Senior High School. It is not sponsored by or supervised by West Carrolton Schools and Mr. Gentry is solely responsible for the content. Questions or complaints can be e-mailed to Mr. Gentry at:  dgentry@wcsd.k12.oh.us

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Homework Assignments

For the week of June 3, 2002

Monday-Tuesday- make sure that you have turned in all materials aand are ready to present your group project  

 

Wednesday-Thursday- Enjoy your summer

Course Outline

(click on the unit to access assignments and notes)

Units of Study:

Unit One    Introduction to Western Culture

 Unit Two  Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment

 Unit Three- The Age of Revolution/Focus on the French Revolution

 Unit Four  The Industrial Revolution and New Currents of Thought

 Unit Five  Nationalism, The Age of Imperialism and World War One

Chpt 24 The Development of Modern Nations

Chpt 25 Competition for Africa

Chpt 28 Causes of WWI/War and Peace

 Unit Six The World Between the Wars

          Chapters 29 and 30

 Unit Seven- World War II            

Chpt 31

 Unit Eight - The World Since WWII

End of the year final project

Note: An emphasis will be made on the skills that are tested in the Ohio Graduation Test and other State Assessments. Skills will be reinforced in all classes in the Freshman Academy.

 

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Western Cultures History Links-

These are listed in the order that we are covering them this year

 

Online Dictionary

 

Online encyclopedia Britannica

 

Online Encarta Encyclopedia

 

Mapquest world Atlas

 

Blank outline maps for studying

 

Middle Ages- by Thinkquest

 

Middle Ages resources (a list)

 

More Middle Ages resources

 

CIA World Fact Book  (countries)

 

Western culture site from ancient to modern

 

Smithsonian tour- origins of Western Culture

 

The Age of exploration- from the Mariner’s Museum

The American Revolution

French Revolution site

Stories from The French Revolution

 Industrial rev.- Samual Slater

Child Labor- Industrial revolution

The American Industrial Revolution

The Industrial rev.- texts and archives

German unification –college level text article

German unification article- college level

German Unification- just what you should know

Italian Unification –in depth

Some speeches from the Italian unification

Italian Unification- an overview

Imperialism in Africa-overview and maps

 Russian History Site

The Russian revolution-an overview

World War I Primary Sources

WWI- Trenches on The Web

WWI- an overview

 Historynet- history journal online

Between the wars 

WWII links search (a starting place)

WWII and cold war- an overview

After WWII –an overview

World War II Pictures (from the National Archives

World War II documents

 After the Cold War in Europe-an overview

World Wars

World War II

Africa Campaigns

Naval History -

PRIMARY DOCUMENTS

Taken from a the following websight: http://www.teacheroz.com/WWIIDocs.htm
The Avalon Project : World War II Documents
Documents For The Study Of American History - check out the sections on "Between the Wars" as well as the WWII section.
HyperWar: Diplomatic and Political Documents of WWII
Government Publications from WWII
Speeches by Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Speeches of Winston Churchill
Quotes - Winston Churchill
Conferences of WWII
The Avalon Project: Conferences During World War II
The Avalon Project : A Decade of American Foreign Policy 1941-1949
Military Resources: World War II
Prisoners of War/Missing in Action
The United States Navy in WWII: Primary Source Documents
Washington Conferences (1921 - 1922)
The Geneva Protocol of 1925
Roerich Pact: Protection of Artistic & Scientific Institutions & Historical Monuments, 1935
German-Japanese Agreement and Supplementary Protocol, Signed at Berlin, Nov. 1936
THE NEUTRALITY ACT OF 1937
U.S. Historical Documents Archive -- The Neutrality Act of 1937
Speeches by Franklin D. Roosevelt: Quarantine the Aggressor, 1937
The Avalon Project : The Munich Agreement - Documents
The Avalon Project : Munich Pact 9/29/38
Neville Chamberlain, Peace in Our Time
1939 US Neutrality Act
Einstein's letter to Roosevelt, August 2, 1939
Treaty of Non-Aggression between Germany and the U.S.S.R. August 23, 1939
The Avalon Project : Germany's Invasion of Poland
1939 France's Response to Germany's Invasion of Poland
1939 Britain's Response to Germany's Invasion of Poland
1939 Germany's Invasion of Poland Response To Great Britain's Ultimatum
The Avalon Project : Nazi-Soviet Relations 1939-1941
1939-45: Soviet-Japanese Neutrality and Denunciation
The Avalon Project : Franco-German Armistice : June 25, 1940
1940 Ogdensburg Agreement On Hemispheric Defense
The Avalon Project : Summary of the Three-Power Pact Between Germany, Italy, and Japan, Sept. 1940
Speeches by FDR: The Arsenal of Democracy, 1940
The Avalon Project : Tripartite Pact and Associated Documents
The Avalon Project : The British Bluebook
FDR, The "Four Freedoms" Address to Congress, Jan. 6, 1941
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The Four Freedoms
1941 US Lend Lease Act March 11, 1941
The Atlantic Charter, August 14, 1941
1941 Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941
FDR's "A date which will live in infamy" speech before Congress, Dec. 8
December 8, 1941 US Congress Declaration of War on Japan
1941 US Congress Declaration of War on Germany December 11, 1941
Report of the Secretary of the Navy to the President on Pearl Harbor
The Avalon Project : Declarations of a State of War with Japan, Germany, & Italy
The Avalon Project : The Washington Conference 1941-1942
WRA Exhibit -- Text of Executive Order No. 9066 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, February 19, 1942 - authorizing Japanese Internment Camps. More info on Internment Camps in America can be found HERE.
Master Lend-Lease Agreement, February 23, 1942
The Quebec Conference between FDR and Churchill(Aug. 17-24, 1943)
CASABLANCA CONFERENCE, Feb. 12, 1943
CASABLANCA CONFERENCE COMMUNIQUÉ
CAIRO CONFERENCE, November 1943
PRIMARY DOCUMENT: The Yalta Conference, Feb. 1945
ASSUMPTION OF POWER BY DOENITZ, MAY 1, 1945
The Berlin (Potsdam) Conference, July 17-August 2, 1945
1945 Allies and Germany WWII Surrender Documents
German Surrender Documents of WWII
The Avalon Project : Japanese Surrender Documents
The Japanese Surrender Document
Emperor Hirohito's Receipt of the Surrender
DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE ATOMIC BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
United States Strategic Bombing Survey: Summary Report(European War)
United States Strategic Bombing Survey: Summary Report(Pacific War)
Featured Document: The Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan Folders
Records and Research Relating to Holocaust-Era Assets - more primary documents on the Holocaust available on my Hitler and Holocaust pages.
The International Military Tribunal(Nuremberg)
NARA: War Crimes

IMAGES & PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE WAR
World War II Photo / Contact Gallery
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library & Museum: Photos of World War II
Generally Speaking-S/Sgt Bill Heller - Photos
Color Photographs from the FSA and OWI Home Page
EarthStation1.com - The WWII Sounds & Pictures Page
Pictures of World War II
World War II Timeline pictures

 

General Links

A sample high school history site

CNN News

BBC news

The Library of Congress

Some lessons and documents from the National Archives

The Smithsonian Institute

The Louvre Museum

U.S. Air Force Museum

American Rock video, audio and transcripts

Satelite Image of earth

The U. S. Geological Survey

Geo surveys from around the world
 
 

Government Web sites

Supreme Court Decisions

The Supreme court

The U.S. Federal Courts
 

U.S. Law code library

Thomas- (bills in process)

The CIA (U.S)

The U.S. State Department

The Department of Defense

The White House

The Republican Party

The Democratic Party

The House of Representatives

The U.S. Senate

The U.S. Constitution with amendments and proposed amendments and annotations (Adobe reader required)

Live video of U.S. Senate

American Rock

The Library of Congress

Thai Government

Parliament and UK government

UK parliament info search

UK Parliament Bills under consideration
 
European Union Website

Netherlands Parliament
 

U.S. History Links

Civil War and Reconstruction Index

UAW history page (auto industry union)

World War I Primary Sources

WWI- Trenches on The Web

Historynet- history journal online

U.S. in WWII sites

Geography Links

Library of Congress Country Studies

CIA World Fact Book  (countries)

CNN news

The National Geographic Society

Canada Interactive Atlas

The U.S. Geological Survey

China information and news