Week 18, May17-21, 2021, World History: Module 18 Global Interdependence

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance 

Standards: 10.9.8, 10.11, CST.2, CST.3, CST.4, HI.5, HI.6 

Objectives: SWBAT 

• Identify how the advances in technology after World War II led to the increase of global interaction and improved quality of life. 
• Describe how the economies of the world's nations are so tightly linked that the actions of one nation affect others. 
• Identify the importance of nations' collective security efforts to solve problems. 
• Analyze the impact of terrorism on the world. 
• Describe how industrialization and population growth has led to environmental challenges that affect the whole world. 
• Analyze how technology has connected the world and changed the culture. 

Essential Question: Do the benefits of globalization outweigh the problems it causes?

Session 1 

Warm Up 10 minutes: Discuss the end of the year and any missing assignments or upcoming and important dates. 

Assessment 40 minutes: Module 18 p. 768- Key Terms and People #1-10 and Main Ideas #1-6

1. Internet
2. genetic engineering
3. global economy
4. free trade
5. political dissent
6. refugee
7. terrorism
8. USA PATRIOT Act
9. popular culture
10. consumerism 

Make-Up Work and Final 30 minutes: Students complete any missing work or the final study guide 

Session 2 

Warm Up 10 minutes: Discuss the end of the year and any missing assignments or upcoming and important dates. 

Assessment 40 minutes: Module 18 p. 768-769 Main Ideas #7-12 and Critical Thinking #1-4

Make-Up Work and Final 30 minutes: Students complete any missing work or the final study guide 

Session 3 

Make-Up Work and Final 30 minutes: Students complete any missing work or the final study guide 

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

Week 16, May 3-7, 2021, World History: Module 17.1 Democracy, 17.2 The Challenges of Democracy in Africa, & 17.5 China Reforms and Reaction

 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

• Discuss how Latin American economic problems and authoritarian rule delayed democracy.

Session 1

Lesson Introduction 6 minutes: (screencast)
Warm Up 15 minutes: 17.1 p. 653 CC17-1

1. How did former colonies respond to the Cold War and liberation? How was the Cold War waged all over the world?
2. How and why did the Cold War end?
3. How have nations organized in the post-Cold War world? How have nations struggled in similar and different ways to achieve economic, political, and social stability?
4. How have developing nations worked together to identify and attempt to solve challenges?

GRWB 25 minutes: 17.1 Democracy

Session 2 

Warm Up 10 minutes: Reflect on what you learned from the last lesson. Think about how the world has been influenced and changed since the Cold War. What do you know, what would you like to know more, what don't you know?

Posters 45 minutes: p. 658-667 (Choose one to make a poster- Summarize, Two Examples of where these things are happening, and a picture) 

• Dictators and Democracy
• State-Sponsored Terror
• One-Party Rule
• Political and Economic Disorder
• Chaos in Central America

Session 3 

GRWB 20 minutes: Module 17.2 The Challenges of Democracy in Africa (Wednesday, May 6, 2020 by 3:30 pm)

GRWB 20 minutes: Module 17.5 China: Reform and Reaction (Friday, May 8, 2020, by 3:30 pm) 

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives and assignments. Submit to google classroom. 

Week 15, April 26-April 30, 2021, World History: Module 16.3 New Nations in Africa

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance

Standards: 10.1.3, 10.6.2, 10.8.3, 10.8.4, 10.8.6, 10.9.1, 10.9.2, 10.9.3, 10.9.4, 10.9.5, 10.9.8

Essential Question: How can leaders of nations unify diverse populations of people?
Objectives: SWBAT

• Identify factors affecting the success of African independence efforts. 
• Profile the tactics that Nkrumah used to liberate the Gold Coast from the British.
• Describe the independence movements of Ghana and Kenya.
• Explain civil wars and independence struggles in Congo and Angola. 
• Identify challenges facing the nations of the former Soviet Union.
• Describe Afghanistan's struggle for independence and possible role in global terrorism. 

Session 1

Introduction 5 minutes: (Screencast) 

GRWB 20 minutes: 16.3 New Nations in Africa

GRWB 20 minutes: 16.4 Conflicts in the Middle East 

Session 2 

Introduction:(screencast) 

Warm up 15 minutes: Review what you have learned so far in Module 16 The Colonies Become New Nations. Maybe write a summary in a paragraph or two.

Vocabulary Review 20 minutes: Student online ebook- Module 16 Close/Review

GRWB 20 minutes: Module 16.5 Central Asia Struggles 

Session 3 

Quiz 35 minutes: Module 16 The Colonies Become New Nations Quiz 

Closing 5 minutes: Review and submit work to google classroom. 

Week 14, April 19-23, 2021, World History: Module 16.2 Southeast Asian Nations Gain Independence, 16.3 New Nations in Africa, &16.4 Conflicts in the Middle East.

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance

Standards: 10.1.3, 10.4.3, 10.4.4, 10.9.6, 10.9.7, 10.9.8, HREP. 2 HREP.4

Essential Question: How can leaders of nations unify diverse populations of people?

Objectives: SWBAT

• Describe the independence of Colonies during the Cold War. 
• Identify factors affecting the success of African independence efforts. 
• Profile the tactics that Nkrumah used to liberate the Gold Coast from the British.
• Describe the independence movements of Ghana and Kenya.
• Explain civil wars and independence struggles in Congo and Angola. 

Lesson Introduction and Lecture: Screencast (watch in two parts if its too long)
Session 1 

Lecture 25 minutes: Soviet Union and American Dominance 
(Optional) Nuke Map: Nuke Map
Videos 20 minutes:  Nuclear Tests  and Arms Race 

1. Where were the first atomic bombs detonated?
2. How many nuclear bomb tests have been conducted between 1945-1998?
3. How many countries and which countries have nuclear weapons?
4. Which country has tested the most?
5. What did you notice happening when the U.S. or U.S.S.R. tested a large amount of nuclear weapons close to one another?
6. When did the U.S.S.R. stop testing and why?

Questions 10 minutes: 16.2 p. 625 #1-2
Lesson 2 Assessment 30 minutes: 16.2 #1-7 p. 627

Session 2 

Warm Up 10 minutes: What do you think globalization and cultural imperialism mean?

Extra Credit Assignment: Watch a film from the list, complete the film worksheet

GRWB 20 minutes: 16.3 New Nations in Africa

GRWB 20 minutes: 16.4 Conflicts in the Middle East 

Session 3

Warm Up 15 minutes: Reflect on what has been covered so far in Module 15 and Module 16.1-2. What do you know? What do you understand better? What would you still like to know?

Test (open note/ book) 45 minutes: Module 15 Cold War Conflicts Test 

Closing 10 minutes: Turn in all work to google classroom in a thorough and timely manner. 

Week 13, April 12-16, 2021, World History: Module 15.1 Cold War: Superpowers Face Off, 15.2 Communists Take Power in China, & 15.3 Wars in Korea and Vietnam

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance

Standards: 10.7.3, 10.8.1, 10.8.3, 10.8.4, 10.8.5, 10.8.6, 10.9.1

Essential Questions: Why did the Allies win World War II?  How can leaders of nations unify diverse populations of people?

Objectives: SWBAT

• Organize information comparing and contrasting the damage in Europe and Japan
• Identify key terms and people related to the end of World War II
• Analyze why many Europeans began to favor communism
• Form opinions about the decision to try and convict Japanese and Germans
• Describe the independence of Colonies
• Organize information regarding conflicts between the U.S. and Cuba, Nicaragua, and Iran.
• Identify key terms and people regarding the Cold War.
• Analyze causes of the Iran/Iraq War. 

Session 1

Animated Data Visualization Video 

1. Which battle in the Pacific did the U.S. experience the highest casualties?

2. Which country experienced the highest casualties during World War II?

3. Where did the Germans experience the highest death toll during World War II?

4. How did civilian deaths compare with war deaths? 

5. What did you learn from the video?

Lecture 20 minutes: Development of the Cold War.

Video 20 minutes:  Cold War Video

1. What was the Cold War?

2. What was the fear of both sides?

3. What could the next war become?

4. What are spheres of Influence?

5. What is the Iron Curtain?

6. Why did Silly Putty win the Cold War?

7. Why did the United States have an advantage?

Session 2 

Assessment 30 minutes: Communists Take Power in China- Module 15.2 #1-6 p. 577

Session 3 

Assessment 30 minutes: Wars in Korea and in Vietnam- Module 15.3 #1-7 p. 585 

Closing 5 minutes: You have finished Week 2 of Distant Learning.

Week 12, April 5-9, 2021, World History: Module 14.5 Europe and Japan in Ruins & 15.1 Cold War Super Powers Face Off

 Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance

Standards: 10.7.3, 10.8.1, 10.8.3, 10.8.4, 10.8.5, 10.8.6, 10.9.1

Essential Questions: Why did the Allies win World War II?

Objectives: SWBAT

• Organize information on which battle during WWII was the most important.
• Identify key terms and people related to WWII
• Synthesize how governments gather support for War efforts
• Analyze whether or not governments should have the power to limit citizens rights
• From opinions related to the decision to use the atomic bomb

Session 1 

Warm Up 10 minutes: Review study guide and come up with as many things as you can that you are unsure about. 

Review 15 minutes: Instructor will go over study guide.

Assessment 25 minutes: Module 14.5 #1-6
Review Game 35 minutes: Students will review for test via quiz game.

Session 2

Warm Up 15 minutes: Review Study Guide and clear tables.

Test 40 minutes: Students take Unit Test.
Reading 15 minutes: Summarize p. 559CC15-1-2

Session 3 

Assessment 30 minutes:  Students complete 15.1 #1-7 p. 571

Closing 5 minutes: Review objectives and agenda.