Unit: 1450 – 1750 Lesson: Modern Japan Core Content: SS-HS-1.1.1 Students will compare and contrast (purposes‚ sources of power) various forms of government in the world (e.g.‚ monarchy‚ democracy‚ republic‚ dictatorship) and evaluate how effective they have been in establishing order‚ providing security and accomplishing common goals. DOK 3 SS-HS-2.1.1 Students will explain how belief systems‚ knowledge‚ technology and behavior patterns define cultures and help to explain historical perspectives
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Totalitarian Government: Communism Communism “aims to replace private property and a profit - based economy with public ownership” (Dagger). This form of government was founded by Karl Marx and Frederich Engels. Marx a “revolutionary activist‚” and German thinker Engels published “the Communist Manifesto.” In the Communist Manifesto‚ they “outlined their idea of complete equality between the people.” They both predicted that the upcoming proletarian revolution would sweep aside the capitalist system
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story of fiction but as a warning about the dangers of totalitarian control. The concepts of free enterprise and individual freedom no longer exist in 1984‚ all of the power is split into three groups Eastasia‚ Eurasia‚ and Oceania. In his novel‚ Nineteen Eighty-Four‚ George Orwell uses certain literary devices‚ introduces new linguistic concepts and uses propaganda techniques to suppress freedom‚ controlling the people and forming a totalitarian society. Orwell introduces two new linguistic concepts
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DRAMA FROM THE ROMANTIC PERIOD TO MODERN TIMES Drama has revolutionized our era from the Romantic Period to the modern times with its vast developments over the years. Until the nineteenth century‚ most European playwrights "drew their tragic plots from ancient myths or legendary history" (Berggren 1). The choices of the dramatic subjects demonstrated that truly important things only happened to people with a high social status amongst society. In the Romantic Period (1785-1830)‚ interest in the
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The Weimar Republic was considered weak from the post-war period until 1933. The weaknesses in the Weimar Republic were key to the growth and rise to power of the Nazi Party in 1933. Many historians have criticized these weaknesses‚ saying that the Weimar Republic was always going to fail‚ due to mismanagement and the lack of experience. These weaknesses include Article 48‚ which helped Hitler pass the Enabling Act of 1933. The role of President Hindenburg was another weakness of the Weimar Republic
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History is the study of the past‚ specifically how it relates to humans. It is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the memory‚ discovery‚ collection‚ organization‚ presentation‚ and interpretation of information about these events. Scholars who write about history are called historians. Events occurring prior to written record are considered prehistory. History can also refer to the academic discipline which uses a narrative to examine and analyse a sequence of past events‚ and
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truth: political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.” Zedong’s metaphor accurately characterizes the oppressive nature of the Communist regime of the Stalinist era. Such totalitarian systems maintain control over its citizens through the exercise of coercion‚ reward systems‚ mass media‚ and propaganda. This kind of totalitarian government sought to deprive its citizens of individual rights and integrate them into the system as parts of the Stalinist machine. In One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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Neo-Nazism The urgent alarm bell to World War Ⅲ Neo-Nazism —it seems to be a little strange word. This is because every human who lives in this world must consider Nazism to be an absolutely evil thing. Therefore‚ it is hard to believe in such a “new‚ modern‚ and modified Nazism”. According to an online dictionary‚ Neo-Nazis is a group that “believes in the idea and policies of Hitler’s Nazis and that sometimes commits violent acts” (“Neo-Nazi”). However‚ this definition does not seem to
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There are several results after the First World War‚ including the resentment about the Paris Peace Conference‚ and the rise of Mussolini and Hitler. But it is believed that the rise of Fascism in Italy and Nazism in Germany was not primarily a result of the First World War. The Paris Peace Conference was the real main result of the First World War. After First World War‚ the Treaty of Versailles took away Germany’s colonies and forced the country to pay $33 billion to Britain and France in the
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Nazism the dominant force in Germany In the 1930’s‚ Nazism became the dominant force in Germany. Adolf Hitler fought for Germany during World War One. Afterwards he became the instrumental piece in the formation and growth of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP/ Nazi Party).With help and taking advantage from various key factors‚ Hitler and the NSDAP rose into power. He expressed his hatred towards the defeat of World War One‚ and played on grievances from the Great Depression
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