Friday, April 3, 2015

De-Stalinization

Agenda 4/3:
  1. Students read excepts from a speech given by Krushchev denouncing Stalin and Stalin's Cult of Personality. Students discussed the documents Origin, Purpose, Value, and Limitation (OPVL).
  2. Students watch a film clip about the post-Stalin era in the Soviet Union and Polish October [see below]
  3. Students were given time to read Keylor.
HOMEWORK:
QUIZ - Keylor Chapter 9 (excluding Latin America - DUE  Monday 4/6

Post-Stalin Soviet Union [start at 18:12]

Cold War

Past items and agendas:
  1. Students examined the Military Industrial Complex by watching the film Why We Fight.
  2. Students learned about the Nuclear arms race. They learned about the effects of different types of bombs and made a chart comparing the US and USSR nuclear stockpiles through time.
  3. Students learned about different phases in the Cold War nuclear arms strategies: Massive Retaliation, Counterforce, and Mutually Assured Destruction.
  4. Students learned about the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. They read a script detailing the experience of a boy who lived through it and took notes about the causes and effects.
  5. They watch the clip below to review the event.
HOMEWORK:
QUIZ - Keylor Chapter 9 (not including Latin Ameica) - DUE - Monday 4/6

1956 Hungarian Uprising: