May 27

Social 30

You wrote your Cold War Unit Final today (you'll get the results back tomorrow). Make sure that you have read Chapter 12 in Global Forces in the 20th Century (and taken notes on it) by tomorrow's class. You should take notes under the following headings and subheadings:
1. Arab-Israeli Conflict:

• Arab-Israeli War (1948)
• Suez Crisis (1956)
• Six Day War
• Yom Kippur War

2. Superpower Involvement in the Middle East
3. Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Don't worry about taking notes on the Iran-Iraq War and the Persian Gulf War since I have notes packages to give you on these topics. We'll be looking at the Iran-Iraq War tomorrow as well as the Persian Gulf War.

Social 33

I gave you most of today's class time to work on a booklet of questions on the Contemporary World part of the Social 33 course. The questions in the booklet were from the textbook Stories of the Century. We'll work on this again tomorrow.

Social 20-1

I gave you some notes today on "Internationalism and Contemporary Global Issues". We also watched part of a video called "Darfur: On Our Watch", which we will finish off tomorrow. Your Chapter 12 Key Terms and Questions are due tomorrow. Also, please remember that you have a Unit 3 Final Exam to be studying for, please see the study guide here.