Pomfret Humanities LibGuide: FALL TERM

FALL

• Unit 1: Current Events and Place Identity

• Unit 2: European Colonization of Africa and the Americas

  • What is Colonialism?

    • https://world101.cfr.org/historical-context/prelude-global-era/what-colonialism-and-how-did-it-arise 

  • Beginnings of European Empire

    • https://online.infobase.com/HRC/Search/Details/3?articleId=587683&q=beginnings%20of%20european%20empire 

  • White Man’s Burden

    • http://www1.udel.edu/History-old/figal/Hist104/assets/pdf/readings/11whitemanburden.pdf

  • African Colonization Choices [PDF]

• Unit 3: World Wars and the Holocaust

  • Why Did World War I Happen?

    • https://world101.cfr.org/historical-context/world-war/why-did-world-war-i-happen 

  • Treaty of Versailles Overview

    • https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/treaty-of-versailles 

  • Treaty of Versailles Text

    • https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1919versailles.asp 

  • German Reply Memorandum

    • https://edsitement.neh.gov/sites/default/files/2018-08/GermanReply.pdf 

  • Hitler’s Speech on Treaty of Versailles

    • https://edsitement.neh.gov/sites/default/files/2018-08/Hitlerspeech.pdf 

  • Mein Kampf

    • https://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/111hitler.html 

  • Why Did World War II Happen?

    • https://world101.cfr.org/historical-context/world-war/why-did-world-war-ii-happen 

  • Holocaust

    • https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/introduction-to-the-holocaust