Week 17, May 10-14, 2021, World History: Collapse of the Soviet Union

People take turns helping tear down the Berlin Wall

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance
Standards: 10.1.3, 10.9.2, 10.9.4, 10.9.5, 10.9.7, 10.9.8, 10.10.1, 10.10.2, 10.10.3
Essential Question: Have the attempts at democracy in China and nations in Latin America, Africa, and the former Soviet bloc been worthwhile?

Objectives: SWBAT 

• Explain upheavals of the Soviet Union which led to its disintegration.
• Identify weaknesses in the Soviet Economy.
• Describe resistance to Soviet Rule and its role in Soviet Collapse.
• Discuss Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms to the economy and political system. 
• Explain Gorbachev's reforms to the economy and political system. 
• Identify events leading to the breakup of the Soviet Union. 
• Describe Russia under Boris Yeltsin.
• Describe Russia under Vladimir Putin.
• Describe changes in Central and Eastern Europe.

Session 1

Warm Up 10 minutes:p. 614 "Tear Down This Wall."

• Three Facts
• Two Questions
• One Summary 

Video 10 minutes: Reagan Tear Down This Wall Speech

• Why does Reagan say president's visit Berlin?
• How does Reagan say it is to live behind the Iron Curtain under Soviet control?
• What might the Brandenburg Gate Symbolize?

Video 10 minutes:
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Fall of the Berlin Wall #2

• What did the Fall of the Berlin Wall Represent?
• How did people feel in Berlin during this time? 
• What does Freedom mean to you?

Pictures: Time Magazine Photos of the Berlin Wall

1. Look
2. Read captions.

Lecture 15 minutes: Ch. 13.1 Decline of the Soviet Union 

 

Session 2

Into 5 minutes: (screencast)

Warm Up 10 minutes: Summarize Song about the collapse of the Soviet Union 

GRWB 20 minutes: Module 17.3 The Collapse of the Soviet Union 

GRWB 20 minutes: Module 17.4 Change in Central and Eastern Europe

Session 3 

Research 25 minutes: The United States/Mexico Border

• Look At Stories 2-5, and 12
• What are similarities between the U.S./Mexico Border and the Berlin Wall?
• What are differences between the U.S./Mexico Border and the Berlin Wall?
• Why do nations put up walls/fences/ or borders?
• How would life be different in the United States if there wasn't a fence?
• What do fences represent other than keeping people in or out of a country?
• Are fences necessary?

Wall Prototypes