The Treaty of Versailles.

Historians say that The treaty of Versailles led to the rise of Fascism and Adolf Hitler. I think that this is true only because of the obvious facts, and logical common sense. First off, if the Treaty of Versailles was never enforced, then Germany would have never went through a depression. If they never went through a depression, they probably wouldn't be open for a new leader to guide them. Therefore, Hitler might not have ever been the dictator of Germany- and would you look at that; millions more Jews might actually be alive right now. Germany was in a desperate time of need. They blindlessly followed Hitlers orders, as their new leader.
After the end of World War 1, Germany was greatly affected. They were affected so greatly, that they would never be the same for about another 10 years. The treaty of Versailles basically blamed Germany entirely, for the war. The treaty held Germany responsible for that damages that resulted from the war, iron costs, it limited their army to 100,000 soldiers, and they even took away about 10% of their territory.
This treaty was not fair. It didn't make much sense, and it was just wrong to blame one nation for the entire war. Some of the causes of World War 1 leads to Germany- but not every last one. Therefore it is uncalled for to blame them for the war. It is actually quite childish to do something like that. Also, Germany was struggling to even recover. Germany went into a depression, leaving thousands of citizens unemployed. Their economy dropped, and people were left with no homes. This is an unfair punishment to the Germans.

Did you know?
-Hitler's staff secretly made films for him of torture and execution of political prisoners, which he very much enjoyed viewing. His executive assistants also secured pornographic pictures and movies for him.

Mustafa Kemal and the Modernization of Turkey.

The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest empires in history. The empire was a Major Muslim dominated empire. However, like every other major empire in history, it eventually reached its downfall. The Ottoman empire was on the losing side of World War 1. They were working with Germany. With this the Ottoman empire broke up and was split up into many countries. One of those was Turkey. Mustafa Kemal became its first president. His principles were stated as the "Six Arrows". This was his drive, his purpose and his values which defined everything he did and was reason behind everything he did. The Six Arrows were republicanism, populism, secularism, reformism, nationalism, and statism. He made sure that all the aspects of the Turkey government was separated. This was called secularism.
Mustafa wanted to give his country a modern look. He made some changes, or 'reforms'. In his ideas, secular government and education played a major role. Also: the fez with European hats, women stopped wearing the veil, every citized took surnames, and the islamic calendar gave wya to the Western calendar.
Secular- Seperation of state and religion.
Did you know?
- In 1905, Mustafa graduated from his military school as 'Staff Captain'

Film Lesson- "Gandhi"

Gandhi convinced the Indians to fight without using violence. He used non-violent strategies like making his own clothes and boycotting British goods. This proved to be a big sucess against the British Government, and their laws. Even though protesting was illegal, and they werent allowed to have secret meetings, Gandhi still helped the Inidians win their freedom from the Britains. There were many problems to his plans. Gandhi even got arrested for breaking the law. Also, whenever the Indians used violence in any way, Gandhi would fast. He wouldnt eat for long periods of time. This was his way to make the Indians stop being violent.

Gandhi can be related to a peacemaker, because he was 100% against violence. Even after the British treated them terribly, he still did not take violence into action. Instead he used nonviolent ways to trick the government, hence the term 'civil disobedience.' Gandhi did a very good job at doing so. The British had a so called double wammy on the Indians, because they were taking their cloth and materials- and then bringing them to Britian to make clothes. But then, they would take those clothes back to the Indians and sell it to them. Another famous thing he did was called the 'Salt March,' Gandhi along with thousands of followers gathered water from the ocean. They were making salt from the water by boiling it. They did this because the British palced taxes on salt.
I think that Gandhi did contribute a huge part to the Indians independence, because he tried hard to unite the different types of people. Without Gandhi, i think the Muslim and Hindu people would not have worked together. Without standing united, they would have a smaller chance of winning against the British.

Did you know?
-When Gandhi was a little boy, he was afriad of the dark.