AMH-P2

Week 4: September 19-25- World War II- QUIZ 4

Due No Due Date Points None

Required Video Lectures 

*The lecture for World War II is divided into two recordings- focusing on the European and Pacific

theaters of war. Please listen to both as they will provide background material to help you write your

second paper.

World War II- Europe

(https://canvas.fscj.edu/courses/61123/files/7849799/download?download_frd=1)

World War II- Pacific

(https://canvas.fscj.edu/courses/61123/files/7849798/download?download_frd=1)

PPT for World War II

(https://canvas.fscj.edu/courses/61123/files/7849795/download?download_frd=1)

Lectures (Combined)

Required Readings/Videos: 

Textbook chapter 24

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Textbook chapter 24

Article: Gar Alperovitz, et al.... Marshall, Truman, and the Decision to Drop the

Bomb (https://canvas.fscj.edu/courses/61123/files/7849834/download?

download_frd=1)

Primary Source: Einstein's Letters to Roosevelt (https://hypertextbook.com/eworld/einstein/)

The Moment in Time: The Manhattan Project (https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=xwpgmEvlRpM)

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwpgmEvlRpM)

Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945) (UNESCO/NHK) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dux-Y03mIvM)

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dux-Y03mIvM)

 

Assignments:

Online Quiz for Week 4-This quiz (made available at the beginning of Week 4)

will cover materials from the required video lectures for Week 4. Please listen to

all required lectures carefully before attempting to take the quiz. Keep in mind

that you do not want to click on the quiz until you are ready to complete it, as you

have only one opportunity to take the quiz and 15 minutes to complete it (so

please prepare in advance). None of the questions are meant to be tricky and they

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please prepare in advance). None of the questions are meant to be tricky and they

address the material from the lectures in a very straightforward way. The quiz will

include 10 questions (multiple choice and true/false) and the quiz must be

completed by Sunday night at 11:59 of Week 4. Since you have an entire week to

complete the quiz, no quiz make ups will be allowed if you miss it. 

Paper 2

Watch the paper overview included here. 

(https://canvas.fscj.edu/courses/61123/files/7849789/download?download_frd=1)

You will need to upload a copy of your paper during Week 5 (Next week, no later

than Sunday night at 11:59  pm).  

Your paper can still be accepted for up to one week after the due date, but

will receive a 10% late penalty.

Please upload your paper as a standard Word attachment (do not use Google

docs, or any other method). If you do not currently have access to Word, then

you can download Microsoft Office for free (roughly a $100 value) on the

FSCJ website.

Please listen to this week's lectures and read the assigned readings for this

assignment (mentioned below).

Review the questions below.

Write a 3-4-page (minimum) paper: normal margins, typed, double-spaced,

12-point font, well-edited, and stapled. Make sure to focus on addressing the

questions below in a well-organized and easy to follow format. 

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Avoid lengthy quotations from the assigned readings. You should provide

three full pages of original analysis, rather than simply copying and pasting

large sections from the reading into your paper. Some small in text

quotations are acceptable but avoid lengthy block quotations.

Make sure your paper includes a proper introduction and conclusion. 

Any case of plagiarism will result in a zero for the assignment. It is your

responsibility to make sure you understand the meaning of plagiarism and

that you do not try to pass off someone else's work as your own. Make sure to

draw all your information from the assigned readings for each paper

assignment.

You should avoid including outside sources and focus instead on providing a

careful and substantive comprehensive analysis of the assigned reading

(which eliminates the need for a bibliography or works cited page). 

Please carefully read Einstein’s Four Letters to Roosevelt. Then, based on a

careful and detailed analysis of these letters, please address the following

questions. Make sure to provide a well introduced and well-organized essay. I

suggest considering one letter at a time in chronological order.

Why did Einstein write to FDR? What were his specific concerns?

What did he claim was happening in Germany that prompted him to send follow

up letters?

Take note of the date of each letter. Does Einstein express greater urgency with

each letter? If so, how and why?

Make sure to reference specific examples from the reading as you answer these

questions.

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