FASCISM: A WARNING

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

HOW DO WE RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS AND SYMBOLS REPRESENTING THE RISE OF FASCISM IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY?

Objectives:

SWBAT analyze, evaluate, source and annotate excerpted secondary source text on the topic of the ideologies associated with Fascism with emphasis on building evidence-based reasoning skills necessary for A.P. American History Exam.

Citations:

Book:  Albright, Madeleine (2018) Fascism:  A Warning.  New York:  HarperCollins Publishers (Pgs. 1-13, 156-168, 207-239, 253-254)

Kirkus Book Review: 

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book/reviews/madeleine-albright/fascism-albright/

Video:  Madeleine Albright on Fascism and the Most Undemocratic President in U.S. History (7:05 mins)

https://www.cbsnews.com/new/madeleine-albright-fascism-a-warning-trump-north-korea

Video:  2/20/1939 Bund Americanization Rally 1939 (7:06 mins.)

https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/542499 /marshall-curry-nazi-rally-madison-square-garden-1939/

Newspaper Article:  Donald Trump’s Father Was Arrested After a Klan Riot in Queens – The Washington Post (2/28/2016)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/28/in-1927-donald-trumps-father-was-arrested-after-a-klan-riot-in-queens

Video:  The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui

https://youtu.be/WLKX860xOpA (1:50:46 mins)

Video:  Charlie Chaplin – Final Speech from The Great Dictator (3:37 mins)

https://www.youtu.be/J7GY1Xg6X20