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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Rise of Italian Fascism and Its Influence on Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the rise of Italian Fascism and its impact.
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Website
Other

Journal of Historic Review: Italian Fascism: An Interpretation

For Students 9th - 10th
This well-researched essay focuses on the history of fascism in Italy as well as on the ideology.
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Website
Flow of History

Flow of History: Benito Mussolini & the Rise of Fascism in Italy

For Students 9th - 10th
Mussolini and the rise of Fascism is profiled. Text plus a colored graphic flowchart of major events make up the site. Visually appealing for students and teachers alike.
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Coming of World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
The Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I set the stage for increased world conflict because of the crushing reparations required of Germany. See how Adolf Hitler, over a series of years, used opposition to the terms of the treaty...
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Handout
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Benito Mussolini What Is Fascism

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Modern History Sourcebook of Fordham University provides the text of Mussolini's definition of fascism which he wrote for the Italian Encyclopedia.
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Handout
Other

King's College: Fascism

For Students 9th - 10th
Webpage dedicated to discussing fascism in Italy, Spain, Germany, Hungary, and Ethiopia. Fascist leaders Benito Mussolini, Francisco Franco, Adolf Hitler, Emperor Hirohito, Admiral Miklos Horthy, and Joseph Goebbels are also discussed.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Reactions to a Troubled World

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the rising militarism and fascism in Europe and Asia as dictators expanded their territories. See how the United States reacted with its series of three neutrality acts.
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Website
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Fascism in Europe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Modern History Sourcebook of Fordham University provides links to many scholarly articles on elements of fascism and on how fascism has been manifested in Italy, Spain and other countries.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Washoe County School District: Teaching American History Project Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan that focuses on the Fascist party and its leaders in Italy, Germany and Japan. The instructional activity contains links to video clips and worksheets that correspond to the videos.
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Hitler's Power Grab: Hitler's Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the conditions in post-WWI Germany that created fertile ground for Hitler's rise to power.
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Website
Other

Ciao Milano: A Short History of Milan

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief history of the city of Milan.
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: The Great Depression in Global Perspective

For Students 9th - 10th
This article gives a great overview of the effects of the Great Depression all over the world. Find the four main responses of various countries to the depression, and see how some of these responses brought about World War II.
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Activity
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Twentieth Century Monsters

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS provides a detailed overview of America's involvement in World War II and the political movements lead by evil dictators that were sprouting up in countries such as Germany, Spain, Italy, and Japan.
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Article
Marxists Internet Archive

Mia: History: Usa: The Black Panther Party

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of different accounts and original text form the Black Panther Party which formed in the late 1960s.
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eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: World War Ii 1941 1945: Origins of War: Europe, Asia and United States

For Students 11th - 12th
Examines the conditions that fostered the rise of Fascism and Nazism, the events during the lead-up to the outbreak of war, and what Roosevelt did to help affected nations yet still keep the United States neutral.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Road to Pearl Harbor

For Students 5th - 8th
A brief overview of the decade prior to the American entrance into World War II. Read about the rise in militarism in both Europe and Japan.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Empire of Japan

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth article on the history of the Japanese Empire between 1868 and 1947.
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Website
Curated OER

Cbc.ca: Hard Times Rise of the Fascists

For Students 6th - 8th
An overview of events in the 1930s, which moved the world closer to another world war. The rise of Fascism and Adolph Hitler in Europe is the main focus. Once the war was declared in 1939, it was not long before Canada once again became...
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: The in Between Years

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive AP European History learning module on the "Inbetween Years" following WWI, traces the years from the Treaty of Versailles to the rise of Nazi and Fascist regimes in Europe. Includes individual as well as collaborative...
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Unit Plan
US Holocaust Memorial Museum

U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Holocaust in Italy

For Students 9th - 10th
The history of the Holocaust in Italy is generally well known, but to date there has been little systematic analysis of its spatial dimensions. The objective of this case study is to examine the Holocaust in Italy from a geographical...
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PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: The Spanish Civil War

For Students 9th - 10th
Pictorial history of the Spanish Civil War which became a struggle between Fascism and Democracy or the Nationalists and the Republicans.
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Graphic
Curated OER

King's College: Fascism: Benito Mussolini: Photograph

For Students 9th - 10th
A photograph of Benito Mussolini, head of Italy's goverment.
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Graphic
Curated OER

King's College: Fascism: Adolf Hitler: Photograph

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A photograph of Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany.
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Graphic
Curated OER

King's College: Fascism: The Bombing of Guernica

For Students 9th - 10th
A photograph of the painting, The Bombing of Guernica by Pablo Picasso. The painting shows the carnage and despair after the bombing of Basques by German forces.