History 12-2/12-3 Spanish Civil War

Today's lesson was a quick march through the main ideas concerning the Spanish Civil War.  I asked students to complete the following reading:

Global Forces pp. 59 - 62
the map book handout (p. 56-57)
Falk workbook pp. 79-82 (top)

I also summarized the following notes:

 

Remember, in many respects, Spain was a dry run for things to come.

We also examined some Republican propaganda posters and in the small class I called up a copy of Picasso's "Guernica" painting.

A peasant's slipper crushes the stone swastika

Please read and answer Chapter 11 in DeMarco.  It is a short one (pp. 133-141).  It addresses the invasion of Poland, the Phoney War and the Fall of France, and the Battle of Britain.