Modern World History

First Week of the the Fourth Marking Period.

Monday, April 9, 2007

SPRING BREAK: No School

 

Homework:

Complete Nanjing Activities from week before Spring Break

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Get back in the swing of things.

  • Pop Quiz
  • Go over World War II Essays and Rubric
  • Take survey of Internet use in school.
  • Reminder on Nanjing Activities.
  • Outline upcoming Unit.

 

Homework:

Complete nanjing activity if not complete.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Objective: Explore Background Knowledge of Post WWII Independence Movements.

Review types of governments and how countries manage natural resources (economic systems).

  • Brief Notes on Types of Governments and Economic Systems.
  • Take Pre-Assessment on Post WWII World History..doc
  • Go over Assessment in class.
  • Introduce Essay question for unit.
  • Unit Essay Question:
    Identify and discuss the political and economic challenges facing the governments of new nation-states which emerged from 1945 to 1980 in ONE of the following countries: India, Ghana, Vietnam, Philippines.

 

Homework:

Read Pages 486-490 (866-870)

 

Answer and Respond to the Following Prompts:

 

1. Describe the causes of the Korean War. How did the war end?

 

2. IN YOUR OWN WORDS, describe the political, economic, and social conditions of North and South Korea after the war.

 

3. Who was Ho Chi Minh and how did he work for Vietnamese Independence?

 

4. What were the causes of the Vietnam War?

 

5. Why did the U.S. get involved in the War and why did it pull out?

 

6. IN YOU OWN WORDS, describe postwar Vietnam.

Thursday, April 12, 2007

NOTE: We are going to take a step back and do one day on the context of the Cold War in terms of division between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The purpose of this is to have context so that our case studies of Ghana, India, Vietnam, and Philippines make more sense. (Thrusdays original activity will be pushed back to Friday).

 

OBJECTIVE: Build context for the Cold War through United States and Soviet Union tension.

  • Read pages 475-480.
    • Period 1: Take Notes
    • Period 2: Take Notes and Answer Questions in the Back of the Section
    • Perdiod 5: Answer Questions in the Back of the Section

Homework:

Read pages 512-513 (892-893)

 

Answer and Respond to the Following Prompts:

 

1. Why did the Philippines not want to accept the Bell Act?

 

2. Why did the U.S. want to keep military basis in the Philippines?

 

3. Summarize the political rule of Marcos and Aquino.

 

Friday, April 13, 2007

OBJECTIVE: Build Geography Skills and Examine the Movement from Colonization to Independence in Ghana, India, Vietnam, and Philippines through an Annotated Map Activity.

 

Homework:

Work on Charts