Back to School for 2011

The first topic we'll be covering this school year is Classical Greece.

Check this site for supplementary material.

Good luck this year!

European History Comprehensive Review

European History Comprehensive Exam is on Monday, June 20

Click here for the review sheet

Don't Despair,

Prepare!

Hyperinflation in Germany's Weimar Republic

This video does a pretty good job explaining the causes and effects of hyperinflation that struck Germany in 1922-1923.

Flanders Fields

As we approach Memorial Day, we will be seeing people selling paper flowers to support veterans' groups. The flower is, of course, the poppy.

What is the connection between the poppy and veterans? In 1915 a surgeon named John McCrea serving with the Canadian army wrote a poem called "In Flanders Fields."

The link below will take you to the poem and a brief history of the poem and the man who wrote it.

In Flanders Field

Please remember the men and women of our armed forces.

Pope Benedict XV's Peace Proposal and President Wilson's Fourteen Points

Wilson's 14 Points are well know. Less well known is Pope Benedict XV's peace proposal. Their similarities are somewhat striking

Click here for the text of Pope Benedict's Proposal dated August 1, 1917

and

Click here for the text of President Wilson's Fourteen Points dated January 8, 1918

Notice any similarities?

PBS Resources on World War I

On our side of the Atlantic, PBS has some excellent resources about the Great War. Click here to have a look.

World War I Resources

The BBC has some interesting material on the First World War on their website. Click here to have a look.

Also, the British National Archives has some great stuff. Click here to visit this resource.