This Week’s Agenda
IB 20th Century World Topics
This week the students will be studying how the failure of the United States to obtain victory in Vietnam will result in the detente peace talks of the 1970’s. The students will study the Nixon, Ford, and Carter administrations up until 1979, and will observe how these administrations worked to achieve “detente” with the Soviet Union. Interviews of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger will be observed, as well as scholarly interpretations of detente, and whether it was successful or not. We will end the week with an introduction to the Soviet-Afghan War. Materials for the unit may be found in virtual share and SchoolSpace, and deadlines with the due dates are found below:
1. Palmer & Colton Cuban Missile Crisis (Due Thurs. 2/11 Fri. 2/12)
2. Read the Article entitled U.S. – Cuban Relations. Take one page of notes on this article and prepared to show them to me for a completion grade. (Due Mon. 2/15)
3. Cuban Missile Crisis Document Activity (Due Mon. 2/15)
4. Early Cold War, Korean War, and Cuban Missile Crisis Quiz (Tues. 2/16 Wed. 2/17)
5. HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION ROUGH DRAFT DUE THURS, 2/18 FOR ALL ODD CLASSES, AND 2/19 FOR ALL EVEN CLASSES, NO EXCEPTIONS. SUBMIT YOUR ROUGH DRAFT TO TURNITIN.COM BY THE END OF THE DAY ON THE DAY YOUR PAPER IS DUE.
6. Vietnam War Quiz (Tues. 2/23 Wed. 2/24) BE PREPARED TO GIVE THE FULL NAME OF CITIES, GROUPS, MILITARY OPERATIONS, IMPORTANT FIGURES, FOREIGN POLICIES, ETC. CORRECT SPELLING IS REQUIRED, BASED ON THE SPELLING SEEN IN MY POWERPOINT AND PALMER & COLTON!!!
7. Read the article by Dr. Keith A. Dunn – Detente and Deterrence. Take notes, and be prepared to be graded on your contributions to a class discussion. Here are some guiding questions to help you in your reading:
a. How is detente defined?
b. What is the difference between Kissinger’s definition of detente, and Carter’s definition? How do they put this definition in action?
c. Based on the article, do you believe detente solved any issues between the Soviets and Americans?
8. Detente Worksheet (Due Thurs. 2/25 Fri. 2/26)
*If you still have to register for my class at Turnitin.com, below are the class ID numbers. The password for every class is arthur. Good luck on your H.I.!!!
3rd Block – 2986479
4th Block – 2986480
6th Block – 2986481
7th Block – 2986483
World History II
The Congress of Vienna restored calm and civility to the European landscape in the aftermath of distruction brought on by Napoleon Bonaparte; however, the peace did not last long, with such tumultuous events as the unifications of Italy and Germany completely altering the physical and political landscape of Europe forever. Despite these historical changes, for the time being at least, Europe placed its differences aside in the name of economic advancement, a time period more commonly known as the Industrial Revolution. Inventors and economists around the world brought new machinery and ideas to countrys’ economies, altering the economic, social, and day-to-day lives of everyone around the world forever. The goal of the students this week is to identify these eventions and economic ideas, and to see how they changed the European world. Events such as the enclosure and social welfare movement will be studied, and inventions by such men as Eli Whitney will be studied. Assignments and their deadlines can be found below:
1. Industrial Revolution Readings P. 544-550, 1-4, and P. 555-558, 1-3, 4a-4c (Due Thurs. 2/11)
2. Industrial Revolution Reading P. 559-563, 1-4 (Due Mon. 2/15)
3. Industrial Revolution Quiz on Readings (Tues. 2/16)
4. Industrial Revolution Capitalism & Social Worksheet (Due Tues. 2/16)
5. Industrial Revolution TEST (Thurs. 2/18)