- Warm Up Questions
- What party is in control of the West Bank today?
- What party is in control of the Gaza Strip today?
- In what part of the former British Palestine is there currently a war going on?
- Work on Unit 8 Presentation
- Finish Unit 8 Presentation (Homework--Due Monday, April 1st)
- Warm Up Questions
- What was the name of Bill Clinton’s 2000 attempt to create a final peace settlement?
- Who was the Israeli prime minister at #1?
- What was Arafat’s response to #1?
- Work on Unit 8 Presentation
- Finish Unit 8 Presentation (Homework--Due Monday, April 1st)
- Warm Up Questions
- What was the name given to the Palestinian “uprisings” in the late 1980s and early 2000s?
- What was the name of the 1993 agreement to create the Palestinian Authority?
- Who was the Israeli prime minister at the time?
- The Complicated History of Conflict between Israel and Palestinians Video
- Decolonizing Women
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- Work on Unit 8 Presentation
- Warm Up Questions
- Who created the Partition Plan for Palestine?
- A war over what strategic location would also involve the British and French?
- What country would be involved in every war against Israel?
- Discuss Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
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- Work on Unit 8 Presentation
- Warm Up Questions
- The actions of which country during World War II helped lead to independence in Southeast Asia?
- When did the Philippines achieve its independence?
- What is Burma now known as?
- Discuss Arab-Israeli Wars
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- Work on Unit 8 Presentation
- Warm Up Questions
- Who was the leader of the Muslim League in India before independence?
- Who was the leader of the Indian National Congress?
- Who was the British representative who created the Partition Plan?
- Why was India Split into Two Countries? Video
- Southeast Asia Acquires Independence
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- Warm Up Questions
- Who was elected president of South Africa in 1994, the first democratic elections in the country’s history?
- In the partition of India, which country would be primarily Hindu and which would be primarily Muslim?
- Who was assassinated shortly after the partition?
- Unit 8 Presentation "Batting Order"
- Mohandas Gandhi, the Power of Nonviolence Video
- Partition of India Document Analysis
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- Warm Up Questions
- What country in north Africa fought a war for independence with France?
- What new name did Mobutu give to the Congo for 32 years?
- In what country’s post-independence civil war did the US, Soviet Union, Cuba, and South Africa intervene?
- Independence Movements in the 20th Century Video
- Discuss Apartheid in South Africa
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- Warm Up Questions
- What was the movement in French colonies that celebrated African culture, heritage, and values?
- Kwame Nkrumah led the independence movement in what country?
- Jomo Kenyatta led the independence movement in what country?
- Select Unit 8 Presentation Countries (Homework--Due Monday, April 1st)
- Assassination of Lumumba Document Analysis
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- Warm Up Questions
- What was the “prize” European nations offered to their colonies to support the World War II effort?
- What two countries were happy to see overseas empires end?
- What two technologies brought world events to people?
- Decolonization and the Cold War: Through a Caribbean Lens Video
- New Nations in Africa
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- Warm Up Questions
- What happened to Czechoslovakia in 1993?
- What satellite nation saw the only violent revolution?
- Who became the leader of Russia on December 31, 1999?
- Discuss Unit 8 Presentations (Homework--Due Monday, April 1st)
- End of Old Regimes
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- Warm Up Questions
- What was the name of pro-democracy organization in Poland?
- Who was the first democratically elected president of Poland?
- What did many of the former Warsaw Pact nations join?
- Unit 8 Quiz
- Warm Up Questions
- What was the first Soviet republic to declare independence?
- Who was the “winner” of the August Coup?
- On what date did the Cold War end?
- Review Unit 8: Essential Question #3 (Eastern Europe)
- The Cold War - OverSimplified (Part 2) Video
- Study for Tomorrow's Quiz (Homework)
- Warm Up Questions
- Who became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985?
- What was his policy of "openness"?
- What was his policy of restructuring the economy?
- Finish Discussing the Collapse of the Soviet Union
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- Review Unit 8: Essential Question #3 (Soviet Union)
- Changes in Central and Eastern Europe
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- Warm Up Questions
- What Latin American country saw the CIA help overthrow its socialist government?
- Who was the Communist leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
- What was the emerging ideology that all people in Africa shared a common culture?
- Review Unit 8: Essential Question #3
- Discuss the Collapse of the Soviet Union
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