• Spring Final notes.docx

1) Turned in COLD WAR ESSAYS!

2) Got back Unresolved World Issues Project GRADES!!

3) Modern China (including Tiananmen Square massacre):

notes, discussion, video and reading

4) The end of the Cold War (brief overview)

1) Right side = CHOOSE YOUR OWN SECTION for your last notebook entry! Pick any section in the textbook from the end of Ch.17 or anything in Ch. 18 or 19. Select a topic that is interesting to you and you'd like to learn more about! Option "a" is #1-3 on whichever one you pick!

2) Left side = CURRENT EVENTS ENTRY (last one!) - Make a good connection to the Cold War. There's lots going on currently with China, Russia, No. Korea, nuclear arms agreements, etc. Use a good news source like a daily paper or a daily news website. Make sure your article is about an event that recently happened, not a look back at the Cold War, etc.!

3) Please make sure your Cold War essay is on TURNITIN.COM!

4) Remember that we will score the final unit in our notebooks next class. Here's the scoring guide to help you organize your unit:

1) Shared Personal Response on Chinese Communist Revolution

2) Video: Biography on Chairman Mao (RAP: List as many words or phrases from the video as you can to describe Chairman Mao). NOTE: The video is in 4 segments on YouTube if you missed it in class. Its is called "Mao Tse-Tung: China's Peasant Emperor."

3) "The Shifting Winds of Communist China:" reading and matching activity

1) COLD WAR ESSAY! Please remember to type it out, double space, print on PAPER, and submit to TURNITIN.COM! Papers not turned in to class on Monday will be considered LATE!

2) Right side = Read Ch. 19, Sec. 5 ("China Follows Its Own Path"). Option "a" is #1-3.

3) Left side = Personal Response: Modern China

 

1) Was U.S. involvement in Vietnam justified? Discussion!

2) The Cuban Missile Crisis: background, discussion and video of President Kennedy's speech

3) Cold War unit assessment: essay assignment (see separate handout). Due MONDAY, JUNE 1. Remember to type and print your paper. Bring it to class ready to turn in AND submit it to Turnitin.com as well - thank you!

4) The Chinese Communist Revolution - background notes/discussion

Homework (due 5/28):
1) Right side = Read Ch. 17, Sec. 2 ("Communists Triumph in China"). Everyone will do Option B for this section, which is the chart handout. Please remember to COPY the chart format into your notebook and complete it there - DO NOT just fill in the worksheet!

2) Left side = Personal Response: Chinese Communist Revolution

3) Start working on your Cold War essay!

The Vietnam War:

- notes/background

- reading and discussion

- videos

Homework (due 5/26):
Left side (across from 17.3 or class notes on Vietnam War):

1) Evaluations and reflections on Community Presentation Night

2) Personal Response: Key events in the Cold War

1) Right side = read Ch. 17, Sec. 3 ("War in Korea and Vietnam").

Option "a" is #1-2.

2) Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) reading, discussion, notes

3) Personal Response: Nuclear Weapons

Homework (due 5/18):
COMMUNITY PRESENTATION NIGHT IS MONDAY!! :)

1) More KEY EVENTS in the history of the Cold War (groups, reading, discussion, and charts)

2) Missile Madness!

Read handout entitled "The History of the Nuclear Arms Race" and complete the timeline assignment handed out in class. Make it colorful and illustrated with symbols!

1) Handed back and reviewed WWII test

2) Community Presentation Night: more reminders, invitations, and check-in with groups

1) Make a UNIT X: COLD WAR cover page

2) First right side entry: Ch. 17, Sec. 1 ("Two Superpowers Face Off"). Option "a" is #1-3.

2) First left side entry (across from 17.1):

Working It Out: Communism v. Capitalism (see p. 480, #4 - draw a cartoon!)

Community Presentation Night - overview, information, samples, etc!!

Homework (due 5/18):
Work on your presentation!!