Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Friday, April 3, 2015
De-Stalinization
Agenda 4/3:
- 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).
- Students watch a film clip about the post-Stalin era in the Soviet Union and Polish October [see below]
- 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:
1956 Hungarian Uprising:
- Students examined the Military Industrial Complex by watching the film Why We Fight.
- 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.
- Students learned about different phases in the Cold War nuclear arms strategies: Massive Retaliation, Counterforce, and Mutually Assured Destruction.
- 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.
- 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:
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