Thursday, March 27, 2014

March 27 & 28, 2014

Homework - Read the notes Modern Asia - Japan & Tigers

Content Questions # 2 – World War Two in Asia – Was World War Two a single event that was fought in both Asia and Europe or was it really two different conflicts that just happened to occur at the same time?

Monday, March 24, 2014

March 24 & 25, 2014

Content Question # 1 – Interwar Asia – How did events and ideas in other parts of the world affect  Asia during the Interwar Period? 
  
Content Questions # 2 – World War Two in Asia – Was World War Two a single event that was fought in both Asia and Europe or was it really two different conflicts that just happened to occur at the same time?

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Homework - For next class (after MCAS Exams), read the notes "Interwar & War in Asia" and the answer to the Content Question below.

Content Question # 4 - Imagine you are a special advisor to President Obama.  He is trying to decide how the United States should respond to Vladimir Putin and Russia's occupation of the Ukrainian territory of Crimea.  He wants you to draw on your knowledge of Cold War and Post-Cold War history to draft a short (one-page) briefing paper that outlines the important points to consider when confronting Russia and to suggest one policy option for the United States.  Important point - when citing history, you need to clearly tie that history to the current situation.   

Monday, March 10, 2014

Monday, March 10, 2014

Homework - Both of these Content Questions will be due on Thursday, March 13th - You will have time in Wednesday's class to work on both questions.

Content Quesiton # 2 – End of Communism – How did both external and internal pressures cause the collapse of the communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union?

Content Quesiton # 3 – Break up of the Soviet Union – Why was it difficult for the Republics of the Soviet Union to form new countries with democratic governments and market economies?

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

March 4, 2014

Content Question # 1 (due on March 7th) - Cold War and Modern Europe – How was the Cold War a “managed conflict” between conflicting value systems?

Sunday, February 9, 2014

February 10 & 11, 2014

Homework for next class - Read up to "1943 - The Year the Axis Broke"

Content Question # 2 - The Holocaust (Due on February 14th) - How was the Holocaust representative of the core of Nazi ideology?

Content Question # 1 (Now due on Friday, February 14th) - Why was Germany more successful at the beginning of the war and the Allies more successful over the long course of the war?

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

February 4, 2014

Homework - Read up to the section "The Holocaust"

Content Question (Due on Wednesday, Febraury 12th) - World War Two - Why was Germany more successful at the beginning of the war and the Allies more successful over the long course of the war?