Global Conflicts and Their Consequences At the beginning of the twentieth century, a European-dominated global political order existed, which also included the United States, Russia, and Japan. Over the course of the century, peoples and states around the world challenged this order in ways that sought to redistribute power within the existing order and to restructure empires, while those peoples and states in power attempted to maintain the status quo. Other peoples and states sought to overturn the political order itself. These challenges to, and the attempts to maintain, the political order manifested themselves in an unprecedented level of conflict with high human casualties. In the context of these conflicts, many regimes in both older and newer states struggled with maintaining political stability and were challenged by internal and external factors, including ethnic and religious conflicts, secessionist movements, territorial partitions, economic dependency, and the legacies of colonialism.
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Required Reading Guides: Ch. 22 and 23
Reading guides are to be completed by using the Ways of the World Strayer book, the AMSCO books and/or resources found on the Unit pages. I will randomly collect them for either classwork or homework grades.
Ways of the World (Strayer) textbook: Ch. 22 and 23
Modern AMSCO 2020: Unit 8 (8.1-8.9)
Older AMSCO Book: Ch. 28 and 29
Not assigned for this year
Instructions on document and dictators will be picked in class on 3/9 and 3/10. Speed dating will take place 3/11 and 3/12
Due Date: Mar 12th by 11:59pm
Students will watch the assigned crash course videos (links on the document) and complete the questions.
Due Date: Mar 16th by 11:59pm
In this activity you will work with another person (optional) to represent either the Soviet ( East Side) or US ( West Side) point of view during the Cold War. For each event or person below give a brief (but complete) definition from your perspective.
Due Date: Mar 16th by 11:59pm
Complete the following worksheet by using the documents to answer the questions. Use complete sentences.
Remember the DBQ process. If you have forgotten, or need a reference, go to the WHAP homepage and use the writing videos linked there at the bottom of the page.
Other points to note...
1. Remember the "to the extent" prompt.... Your thesis should have a qualifier (how much) AND the how/why (detail).
2. This will be done during class time during the week of Mar 15th
Think of it as a time period (1900-Present) review power point ;)
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A big thank you to the other WHAP teachers.
These notes should be used to SUPPLEMENT the note taking of your own. I would use these to help organize yours as well.
An Example of HOW to use these...
1. If you find a topic in these notes unfamiliar to you I would highlight it and add notes (annotate) to increase your understanding
2. See what is in the notes and make sure your notes reflect most of the same information but in YOUR OWN WORDS.
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