Friday, March 22, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How has the Indian/Pakistani conflict escalated since independence?
    2. What is a “metropole” and what are examples?

  2. The Complicated History of Conflict Between Israel and Palestinians Video

  3. Discuss Global Resistance to Established Power Structures

Thursday, March 21, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Why was the United Nations’ partition plan for Palestine never implemented?
    2. What were the causes and effects of the Camp David Accords?

  2. Finish Discussing Newly Independent States

  3. Why was India Split into Two Countries? Video

  4. Unit 8: Chapters 8.4/8.5/8.6 Quiz

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What brought Mohammad Reza Pahlavi back to power in 1953?
    2. What led to the Iranian Revolution of 1979?

  2. Finish Discussing Discuss Decolonization After 1900

  3. Crash Course: Decolonization Video

  4. Discuss Newly Independent States

  5. Finish Work and Study for Tomorrow's Quiz (Homework)

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Why did Mao's Great Leap Forward fail?
    2. What were the results of Mao's Cultural Revolution?

  2. Finish Discussing the Spread of Communism After 1900

  3. Crash Course: Iran's Revolutions Video

  4. Discuss Decolonization After 1900

Monday, March 18, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Why did the United States become involved in Vietnam?
    2. What were the causes and effects of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

  2. How Nuclear Warfare Inspired Godzilla Video

  3. Discuss the Spread of Communism After 1900

Friday, March 15, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were the causes and effects of the Berlin Blockade?
    2. What were NATO and the Warsaw Pact?

  2. Finish Discussing the Effects of the Cold War

  3. Unit 8: Chapters 8.1/8.2/8.3 Quiz

  4. Begin work on Unit 8: Chapter 8.7 Homework (Homework--Due Tuesday, April 2nd)

  5. Begin work on Unit 8: Chapter 8.8 Homework (Homework--Due Tuesday, April 2nd)

  6. Begin work on Unit 8: Chapter 8.9 Homework (Homework--Due Tuesday, April 2nd)

Thursday, March 14, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was containment and how/where was it first applied?
    2. What were the "legs" of the Space Race and who won each?

  2. Clip from History Rocks: The 1960s Music Video
    Space Race

  3. Discuss the Effects of the Cold War

  4. Finish Work and Study for Tomorrow's Quiz (Homework)

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. After 1945, how did the nuclear arms race change?
    2. How was the United Nations a Cold War “battleground”?

  2. Finish Discussing the Cold War

  3. Who Was Responsible? Document Analysis
    Use the documents to answer the questions (Canvas)

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How does what China is doing to the Uyghurs meet the definition of genocide?
    2. What has the government of Myanmar been doing to the Rohingya?

  2. Ideology of the Cold War: Capitalism vs Communism Video

  3. Discuss the Cold War

  4. Begin work on Unit 8: Chapter 8.4 Homework (Homework--Due Thursday, March 21st)

  5. Begin work on Unit 8: Chapter 8.5 Homework (Homework--Due Thursday, March 21st)

  6. Begin work on Unit 8: Chapter 8.6 Homework (Homework--Due Thursday, March 21st)

Monday, March 11, 2024

  1. Night and Fog Video

  2. Discuss Setting the Stage for the Cold War and Decolonization

  3. Begin work on Unit 8 Homework (Homework--Due the day of the unit test)

Friday, March 8, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What were the effects of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia?
    2. What caused the Rwandan Genocide?

  2. The “Ethnic Cleansing” of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, Explained Video

  3. Unit 7 Test

  4. Begin work on Unit 8: Chapter 8.1 Homework (Homework--Due Friday, March 15th)

  5. Begin work on Unit 8: Chapter 8.2 Homework (Homework--Due Friday, March 15th)

  6. Begin work on Unit 8: Chapter 8.3 Homework (Homework--Due Friday, March 15th)

Thursday, March 7, 2024

  1. Report: China Responsible for ‘Ongoing Genocide’ of Uyghurs Video

  2. Unit 7 Long Essay Question Test

  3. Finish Work and Study for Tomorrow's Test (Homework)

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Prior to the “Final Solution”, what steps did Hitler take to eliminate Europe’s Jewish population?
    2. What actions taken by the Allies during World War II could be considered war atrocities?

  2. Finish Discussing Mass Atrocities

  3. Unit 7: Chapters 7.8/7.9 Quiz

  4. Study for Tomorrow's LEQ Essay Test (Homework)

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What is a genocide?
    2. What led to the Armenian Genocide?

  2. Continue Discussing Mass Atrocities

  3. Finish Work and Study for Tomorrow's Quiz (Homework)

Monday, March 4, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Why was Midway the turning point battle in the Pacific?
    2. How and why did the war in the Pacific end?

  2. Finish WW2 - OverSimplified (Part 2) Video

  3. Discuss Mass Atrocities

Friday, March 1, 2024

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. How was Germany able to defeat France so quickly?
    2. Why was Stalingrad the turning point battle in Europe?

  2. Finish Discussing Conducting World War II

  3. Finish WW2 - OverSimplified (Part 1) Video

  4. WW2 - OverSimplified (Part 2) Video

  5. Unit 7: Chapters 7.6/7.7 Quiz