The Cold War and Decolonization


Date

In Class Activity

Homework - Long Term/E.C.

Due Next Class

Fri

3/24
  • The policy of containment, the Berlin Blockade, and the West's response-
  • Class reading: Indictment of the Cold War nations Video: Modern North Korea & the Death of Stalin Sputnik 1950s-
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  • You should have read pages 1-10 (& the first two incidents of page 19) your Cold War Packet. If not complete them.
  • Finish your prep for the Genocide Convention or The Trial of the Average German
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    Tues

    3/28

    		 Meet together in the Annex (Jaws/Godzilla)
  • Trial of the Average Germann and the Genocide Convention
  • Read your cold war packet page 11-12
  • Lawyers please complete fhis for the trial.
  • Bring you Cold War Packet to class.
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    Thur

    3/30
  • Cold War in Asia
  • Lecture: The Death of Stalin Sputnik 1950s & recalling America's Infamy in the Cold War Guatemala and the CIA
  • The Thaw in the Cold War
  • watch until 4:18 in the Crash Course: Asia History
  • You should have completed pages 1-15 and 23-24 in your Cold War packet
  • Take a look at the Domesday Clock record.
  • Here is an article on North Korea becoming a greater threat....don't be scared.
  • Check out nuclear megaton fallout
  • Read pages 16-18 in your Cold War Packet.
  • watch 4:18-13:08 in the Crash Course: Asia History and take notes (in your notes). .
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    Mon

    4/3
  • The Cold War in the third world and the 1960s (the Cuban Missile Crisis),

    • Wed

    4/5
  • Lecture: Nixon/Brezhnev Detente & the reinvigoration of the Cold War between the 1981-1985: Able Archer, Aggressive American Foreign Policy,
  • Watch War Games for extra credit.
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  • Interactively Read pages 29-32 in your packet.
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    Fri

    4/7

    		 ALL MAP Students: Meet in the Annex 2nd period:
  • Lecture: Cold War: - Reagan in Central America (SNL clip), George Bush, Mikhail Gorbachev & the End of the Cold War
  • Crossfire: Gorbachev choices
  • Lecture: The End of the Soviet Union
  • Start the Rise of Putin
  • Remember the test is on WW2 and the Cold War. Here is the Cold War studyguide. The political cartoon will come from the Cold War.
  • Interactively read your Options Brief and write a 30-45 second speech introduction on your option
  • Start finishing up your packet (it's due next Thursday) - the day of the test.
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    Tues

    4/18
  • Putin's destruction of Russia's democracy
  • Russia Today
  • Introduce Hot Seat
  • Hot Seat: Russia - What now?
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  • I've extended the deadline to interactively read your Options Brief and write a 30-45 second speech introduction on your option to Thursday
  • Cold War Packet will be collected Thursday.
  • WW2 & Cold War Quest coming up. You already have the WW2 study guide and here is a study guide
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    Thu

    4/20
  • WW2 & Cold War Exam
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  • Go to the next website
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