Quiz

Today students took a quiz covering the period from the Russian Revolution to the beginning of the Cold War. After the quiz, students answered the document-based questions on pages 524-525 of their textbooks. I also handed back papers and progress reports.

The Cold War

Students continued learning about the beginning of the Cold War. They finished their maps and timelines, watched a film clip and reviewed major events and vocabulary including: The Cold War, Potsdam Conference. Manhattan Conference, Containment Theory, Rge Truman Doctrine, Iron Curtain, Marshall Plan, Berlin Blockade, Berlin Airlift, NATO/Warsaw Pact, Mao Zedong, Korean War, and proxy war.

HOMEWORK:
QUIZ - Friday - Study everything in your logbook back to the Russian Revolution!

Roots of the Cold War

Agenda 3/19:

1. Students heard a short lecture about the end of WWII, the disintegration of the alliance between the Soviet Union and the United States, and the subsequent Cold War.
2. Students listened to several songs related to the Cold War including, We Didn't Start the Fire, London Calling, and 99 Red Balloons.
3. Students created maps and timelines of major events of the Cold War in Europe.

HOMEWORK:
MWH 17.1 - The Cold War: Superpowers Face Off - DUE Wednesday 3/21

Postwar europe

The Nuremberg Trials

Students discussed the search for justice after WWII. Students ranked possible scenarios for trying war criminals. After discussing, the watched several clips from the film, The Nuremberg Trials. at the end of the period I introduced the students to the International Criminal Court and compared it to the tribunal convened at the end of WWII.

Nuremberg trials

Pyramid of Hate

Agenda 3/13:
Today was my first day back after my paternity leave. I spent the first part of the period catching up with the class about Schindler's List and their study of the Holocaust. I went through the Pyramid of Hate to attempt to explain how regular people could go along with the Holocaust. Students took a survey and responded to a series of questions (powerpoint below).

The Pyramid of Hate