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.