We finished off the film study of
"Scream Bloody Murder" today. I also told you to read the following sections in your Social 20-1 blue study booklets:
-
Contemporary Examples of Genocide (ppt) on pages 227-231
- Ukraine Famine (the Holodomor) on pages 232-234
- If you're doing your Unit 2 Research Project (due on November 25th) on a 20th century genocide, you might want to read the Samantha Power article "Never Again: The World's Most Unfulfilled Promise"
We'll continue with the topic of genocide this week by examining a case study of the Rwandan genocide. We'll start
"Shake Hands with the Devil" tomorrow.
We finished off the tail-end of the
"Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam" documentary today. I also gave you some handouts on the
Korean War today (I realize that I was back-tracking with this, but it was necessary because we need to talk next week at the consequences of the Cold War in the present day). I also gave you some notes on the board on
bilateral arms agreements between the USA and the USSR and multilateral arms control agreements. Make sure that you understand the concepts of
deterrence,
MAD (mutually assured destruction), arms race, SALT I, INF Treaty, SALT II, and START I and START II, and detente. Make sure that you read section on
McCarthyism (p. 265-267) in
Perspectives on Ideologies prior to class tomorrow. We'll be starting a film study of
"Good Night, and Good Luck." Please remember that you have your
Chapter 7 Cold War Exam on Tuesday, November 19th, please see the study guide here. Please remember that your
Vietnam War Assignment is due on Friday, November 15th.
We actually covered a lot of ground today. We finished off the
"League of Nations" PowerPoint presentation, and also talked about the
League of Nations' mandate system. We also watched a video from the
BBC 20th Century History series called
"Make Germany Pay". While you watched this video you should have been taking notes. You do have a brief homework assignment tonight that you can find on the
IB 30/35 wiki under Prescribed Subject 1 on the
Convenant of the League of Nations.
It should take you about 20 minutes to complete this homework assignment that is
due tomorrow.
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