1. Warm Up Questions
   1. What were the military alliances created by the United States and the Soviet Union?
   2. Who became the Soviet leader after Stalin’s death?
   3. What was Nixon’s policy of easing Cold War tensions?
   
   
2. Chinese Communist Revolution
   Use the reading (Google Classroom) to answer the questions

1. Warm Up Questions
   1. What the United States’ successful recovery plan for Western Europe?
   2. What was the Soviet Union’s unsuccessful recovery plan for Eastern Europe?
   3. Over what city was the first conflict of the Cold War?
   
   
2. Clip from The Cold War - OverSimplified (Part 1) Video
   
   
3. Cold War Cools and Thaws
   Use the reading (Google Classroom) to answer the questions

1. Warm Up Questions
   1. What part of the United Nations makes decisions such as deploying the peacekeeping forces?
   2. What phrase did Churchill use to describe the division of Europe?
   3. What policy stated that the United States would prevent the further expansion of Communism?
   
   
2. Finish Discussing the Origins of the Cold War
   Take Notes
   
   
3. Who Was Responsible? Document Analysis
   Use the documents (Google Classroom) to answer the questions

1. Warm Up Questions
   1. Who became President of the United States after Roosevelt’s death in April 1945?
   2. Where were the major war crimes trials held after World War II?
   3. What did the United States do with Emperor Hirohito after the war?
   
   
2. Unit 8 Overview Video
   
   
3. Discuss the Origins of the Cold War
   Take Notes

1. Explain Project X: Making a Prediction
   
   
2. Project X, Activity 9: Making a Prediction #4
   Use the Our World in Data website and other online resources to answer the questions and make your final project's prediction

1. Warm Up Questions
   1. What city saw the Japanese kill 200,00 civilians in China?
   2. What was the name of the Japanese group which experimented on Allied POWs?
   3. Who were the young girls the Japanese forced into sexual slavery?
   
   
2. What Happened at the Nuremberg Trials? Video
   
   
3. The Tokyo Trials Video
   
   
4. Review Unit 7 Essential Questions #3 and 4
   
   
5. World War II Conferences
   Use the information on the worksheet to answer the questions

1. Warm Up Questions
   1. What was the name of the Conventions which established the rules of war?
   2. What German city was firebombed by the Allies?
   3. Who was the Nazi doctor who performed experiments on twins?
   
   
2. Finish Discussing Wartime Atrocities
   Take Notes
   
   
3. Clip from Spirits' Homecoming Movie
   
   
4. Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials
   Use the reading to answer the questions (Google Classroom)

1. Warm Up Questions
   1. Who was the head of the SS?
   2. Who was second in command of the SS, who led the Wannsee Conference?
   3. What poison gas was used in the death camps?
   
   
2. Discuss Wartime Atrocities
   Take Notes
   
   
3. Work Unit 7 Project (Due Tomorrow)

1. Warm Up Questions
   1. What was the name of the conference which came up with Hitler’s “Final Solution”?
   2. What was the most infamous of the death camps?
   3. About how many people died during the Holocaust?
   
   
2. Finish Night and Fog Video
   Answer Questions
   
   
3. The Holocaust: Sourcing
   Use the sources to answer the questions (Google Classroom)
   
   
4. Work Unit 7 Project (Due Wednesday, March 15th)

1. Warm Up Questions
   1. Following the success of Germany’s blitzkrieg, what did the United States increase production of?
   2. What was the name of the American project to develop an atomic bomb?
   3. What was the device used by Germany to send encrypted messages?
   
   
2. Discuss the Holocaust
   Take Notes
   
   
3. Night and Fog Video
   Answer Questions