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Vietnam Draft Lottery:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p5X1FjyD_g
The Cold War Ends
{Foreign Policy Unit 2012-2013 - Lesson 20 - The Cold War Ends.ppt}
War on Terror Lesson Series
Homework Assignment Due on First Lesson (Green: Mon 6/2; Yellow: Tues 6/3)

The Shifting Size and Scope of the National Government
American Foreign Policy
Final Exam Study Guide
{US Final Exam Study Guide 2013-2014.docx}

3. Prepare a list of questions for things you do not understand for Wednesday. We will complete any holes in our understanding of the narrative of The Cold War on Wednesday.
4. Bring in any insights/observations as possible leads for our discussion in the following class.
Final Exam Study Guide
{MWH Final Exam Study Guide 2013-2014 H.doc}

Totalitarianism Unit
World War Two Unit
ASSIGNMENT DUE WEDNESDAYMONDAY JUNE 4:9:
We will be starting our last segment of new material next class. It will be a brief lesson series on the Cold War. You will be responsible for understanding the content of "The Cold War” period of Modern World History (1945-1990) on your own and we will make sense of the material in class together. To prepare for our first class on The Cold War, you will need to complete the following 4 tasks.
1. Review as many of the following resources as needed to understand the story of this period in time:
Crash Course (Video):
United States History
Lessons:
1. Cold War #37
2. Cold War in Asia #38
Demonstrate your understanding by completing your assigned “slide” entry on google docs. You should include the basic, but essential, information on your topic. You may format your slide as you wish. When you open the presentation you will find your name on the slide you are responsible for.
3. Prepare a list of questions for things you do not understand for Wednesday. We will complete any holes in our understanding of the narrative of The Cold War on Wednesday.
for our discussionsdiscussion in the upcoming classes.following class.

World War Two Unit
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT DUE WEDNESDAY JUNE 4:
We will be starting our last segment of new material next class. It will be a brief lesson series on the Cold War. You will be responsible for understanding the content of "The Cold War” period of Modern World History (1945-1990) on your own and we will make sense of the material in class together. To prepare for our first class on The Cold War, you will need to complete the following 4 tasks.
1. Review as many of the following resources as needed to understand the story of this period in time:
Crash Course (Video):
United States History
Lessons:
1. Cold War #37
2. Cold War in Asia #38
3. The Reagan Revolution #43
4. George H.W. Bush and the End of the Cold War #44
World History
Lessons:
1. USA vs. USSR Fight! #39
North Carolina Digital History (Text):
Overview of the Cold War
Origins of the Cold War
Your Textbook! (Text)
Wikipedia (Reading)
Please do a targeted search based on the topics you do not understand
2. To manage the content we will create a deck of slides on a google presentation. We will make a slide for each key moment/person/event/idea in The Cold War. Think of this as your “knowledge warehouse.”
Cold War Knowledge Warehouse
Demonstrate your understanding by completing your assigned “slide” entry on google docs. You should include the basic, but essential, information on your topic. You may format your slide as you wish. When you open the presentation you will find your name on the slide you are responsible for.
3. Prepare a list of questions for things you do not understand for Wednesday. We will complete any holes in our understanding of the narrative of The Cold War on Wednesday.
4. Bring in any insights/observations as possible leads for our discussions in the upcoming classes.

Totalitarianism Unit
World War Two Unit
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT DUE WEDNESDAY JUNE 4:

You will be responsible for understanding the content of the “War on Terror” period of American Foreign Policy (2001-present). To do that you will complete the following 4 tasks.
1. Review as many of the following resources as needed to understand the story of this period in time:
Course (Video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlsnnhn3VWE&index=49&list=PL8dPuuaLjXtMwmepBjTSG593eG7ObzO7s
Boundless (Notes/Readings)
Wikipedia (Reading)
Please do a targeted search based on the topics you do not understand
as your “warehouse of knowledge.”“knowledge warehouse.”
GREEN BLOCK LINK
YELLOW BLOCK
responsible for.
3.
3. Prepare a war on terrorterror.
4. Bring in any analytical insights/observations as possible leads for our discussion on Lesson 2.