Thursday, July 8, 2021, World History: Day 16

 First Hour Google Meeting

People take turns helping tear down the Berlin Wall

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, Attendance, and Pledge of Allegiance
Standards: 10.9.7
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.

Reading 15 minutes: p. 614 "Tear Down This Wall."

• Three Facts
• Two Questions
• One Summary 

Video 15 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 15 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?

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

Independent Work 

Pictures 20 minutes: Time Magazine Photos of the Berlin Wall

1. Look
2. Read captions.

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?

Research 20 minutes: Chechnya Rebellion

1. What was the Chechen Rebellion?
2. Was the Suppression of its people worth the loss?

Posters 30 minutes: Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, German Reunification, Calls for Independence, The War in Bosnia, War in Kosovo

1.  Title
2. Picture 
3. Five Points relating to objective.
4. Map

Second Google Meeting 

Reading 20 minutes: What do you know about Saddam Hussein?

Lecture 20 minutes: Ch. 13.3-4, Ch. 13.2 Disintegration of Soviet Union.

Last Hour of Independent Work

Video 20 minutes:

1. Iran Revolution 1979
2. What was Operation Desert Storm?

Research 20 minutes: 9/11 Terrorist Attacks

1. Watch Video and read page
2. Who was responsible for 9/11?
3. How many planes were hijacked? 
4. What happened to those planes? 
1. Flight Path
5. What were the results of 9/11?
6. How has 9/11 changed your life?
1. Patriot Act 
2. Afghanistan War

Test 30 minutes 

Closing 5 minutes: Review Objectives.

Study Guide Unit Test