Monday, March 16, 2009

Textbook Edits

It makes sense for the textbook to begin with background information and the rise of fascism in various countries in a chronological order. And also it helps that it keeps going into the actual combat of the war year by year and battle by battle. However, it becomes confusing when the textbook back tracks to the Holocaust. I wish when informing us about Hitler's rise to power in Germany the textbook would stop at just that; his rise to power. When it treads on into how they had the Nuremberg Laws and the Kristallnacht, it is not easy connect those events to the Holocaust. If they gave the whole view of how German society changed, especially for the Jews, and then onto the Holocaust, I believe it would be much more effective. Also I wish they had a longer, more detailed timeline at the end of the chapter including all events, battles and the terrors of the Holocaust. Lastly, I would title my chapter, "World War II: The Second War to End All Wars".

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