Unit Plan
Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Dictatorships and World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
World War II was a direct result of the rise of dictators in some European nations. Enhance study with these detailed videos, lessons, and slide shows.
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: The Holocaust Resource Center the "Legal" Dictatorship

For Students 9th - 10th
Yad Vashem has the largest collection of Holocaust resources than anywhere else in the world. Their main objective is preserving all the stories of this time period so it is not forgotten or repeated. They have broken down the Holocaust...
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The History Place

The History Place: The Rise of Adolf Hitler: Hitler Becomes Dictator

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the measures taken by the Nazis who used Hitler's Emergency Decree as a pretence to brutally remove all elected officials who were not sympathizers. The result was an end of democracy and Hitler was established as a dictator....
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Steven Kreis, PhD

The History Guide: Totalitarianism: Stalin and Hitler

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of the rise of totalitarianism with the despotic, brutal leadership of both Stalin and Hitler depicted.
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Tom Richey

Tom Richey: Totalitarianism in Interwar Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
Identify those nations where totalitarianism reigned following World War I. Follow the political systems of Russia, Germany, and Italy from 1919-1939 through this illustrated slideshow.