Friday, March 28, 2025

Counseling Office:
  1. Globalization, Internationalism, and Nationalism
    Use the reading (Unit 9 Reader) to answer the questions

Thursday, March 27, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the name of the nearly fifty year period of conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union?
    2. What two continents saw the most new states during decolonization?
    3. Despite being left out of many official histories of decolonization who contributed greatly to the process?

  2. Work on Unit 8B Project

  3. Finish Unit 8B Project (Homework--Due Tomorrow)

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Who was the Egyptian president assassinated after the Camp David Accords?
    2. Who was the Israeli prime minister assassinated after the Oslo Accords?
    3. Who is the current prime minister of Israel?

  2. Work on Unit 8B Project

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Who was the longtime leader of the Palestinians?
    2. What terrorist organization killed 1,200 Israelis in October 2023?
    3. Where did Israel go to war with in response to #2?

  2. Review Unit 8B: Essential Question #2

  3. Decolonizing Women
    Use the reading (Unit 8B Reader) to answer the questions

  4. Work on Unit 8B Project

Monday, March 24, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the name given to the Palestinian “uprisings” in the late 1980s and early 2000s?
    2. What was the name of the 1993 agreement to create the Palestinian Authority?
    3. Who was the Israeli prime minister at the time?

  2. Review Unit 8B: Essential Question #1

  3. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (21st Century)
    Use the reading (Unit 8B Reader) to answer the questions

  4. Work on Unit 8B Project

Friday, March 21, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Who created the Partition Plan for Palestine?
    2. A war over what strategic location would also involve the British and French?
    3. What country would be involved in every war against Israel?

  2. Discuss Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
    Take Notes

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

  4. Work on Unit 8B Project

Thursday, March 20, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. The actions of which country during World War II helped lead to independence in Southeast Asia?
    2. When did the Philippines achieve its independence?
    3. What is Burma now known as?

  2. Guards at India-Pakistan Border Perform Independence Day Ceremony Video

  3. Discuss Arab-Israeli Wars
    Take Notes

  4. Work on Unit 8B Project

Wednesday, March 19, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Who was elected president of South Africa in 1994, the first democratic elections in the country’s history?
    2. Who was the leader of the Muslim League in India before independence?
    3. Who was assassinated shortly after the Indian partition?

  2. Mohandas Gandhi, the Power of Nonviolence Video

  3. Why was India Split into Two Countries? Video

  4. Southeast Asia Acquires Independence
    Use the reading (Unit 8B) to answer the questions

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the name of South Africa’s racist government?
    2. What were the “reservations” that Black South Africans were forced to live on?
    3. What was the organization that sought to end #1?

  2. Nelson Mandela's Life Story Video

  3. Indian Subcontinent Achieves Freedom
    Use the reading (Unit 8B Reader and additional pages) to answer the questions

Monday, March 17, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the name of the organization fighting for independence in Algeria?
    2. What country did the Congo get its independence from?
    3. Who was the assassinated first Prime Minister of the Congo?

  2. Select Unit 8B Presentation Countries (Homework--Due Thursday, May 27th)

  3. Discuss Apartheid in South Africa
    Take Notes

  4. Soweto Uprising: The Story Behind Sam Nzima's Photograph Video

Friday, March 14, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What country in north Africa fought a war for independence with France?
    2. What new name did Mobutu give to the Congo for 32 years?
    3. In what country’s post-independence civil war did the US, Soviet Union, Cuba, and South Africa intervene?

  2. Discuss Unit 8B Project (Due Thursday, March 27th)

  3. Belgium Hands Over Remains of Patrice Lumumba to DR Congo Video

Thursday, March 13, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the movement in French colonies that celebrated African culture, heritage, and values?
    2. Kwame Nkrumah led the independence movement in what country?
    3. Jomo Kenyatta led the independence movement in what country?

  2. Winds of Change: The Era of African Independence Movements Video

  3. Assassination of Lumumba Document Analysis
    Use the documents (Unit 8B Reader) to answer the questions

Wednesday, March 12, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the “prize” European nations offered to their colonies to support the World War II effort?
    2. What two countries were happy to see overseas empires end?
    3. What two technologies brought world events to people?

  2. Who is Vladimir Putin? Video

  3. What Is Life Really Like In North Korea? Video

  4. New Nations in Africa
    Use the reading (Unit 8B Reader) to answer the questions

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

  1. Budapest Memorandum
    In your group, arrange the 6 events involving Russia and Ukraine into chronological order, and then answer the questions

  2. End of Old Regimes
    Use the reading (Unit 8B Reader) to answer the questions

Monday, March 10, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the name of pro-democracy organization in Poland?
    2. Who was the first democratically elected president of Poland?
    3. What did many of the former Warsaw Pact nations join?

  2. Finish The Cold War - OverSimplified (Part 2) Video

  3. Unit 8A Test

Friday, March 7, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What was the first Soviet republic to declare independence?
    2. Who was the “winner” of the August Coup?
    3. On what date did the Cold War end?

  2. Review Unit 8A: Essential Question #3

  3. The Cold War - OverSimplified (Part 2) Video

  4. Study for Monday's Test (Homework)

Thursday, March 6, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Who became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985?
    2. What was his policy of "openness"?
    3. What was his policy of restructuring the economy?

  2. Finish Discussing the Collapse of the Soviet Union
    Take Notes

  3. Changes in Central and Eastern Europe
    Use the reading (Unit 8B Reader) to answer the questions

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. What Latin American country saw the CIA help overthrow its socialist government?
    2. Who was the Communist leader of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
    3. What was the emerging ideology that all people in Africa shared a common culture?

  2. Finish Cold War Crisis Simulation
    In each group, use the documents in your folder to answer the questions

  3. Review Unit 8A: Essential Question #2

  4. Discuss the Collapse of the Soviet Union
    Take Notes

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Who was the leader of the independence movement in South Asia?
    2. What two new countries emerged out of #1?
    3. What country did the Soviet Union invade in 1979?

  2. Cold War Crisis Simulation
    In each group, use the documents in your folder to answer the questions

Monday, March 3, 2025

  1. Warm Up Questions
    1. Which country controlled Korea during World War II?
    2. What nation controlled Vietnam before and after World War II?
    3. What nation controlled Vietnam during World War II?

  2. This Photo Triggered China's Cultural Revolution Video

  3. Finish The Cold War - OverSimplified (Part 1) Video

  4. Cold War Around the World
    Use the reading (Unit 8A Reader) to answer the questions