Advanced Placement World History with Mr. Duez
Unit 6: The Most Recent Century, 1900 - 2010
Chapter 21: Destruction & Recovery of Europe, 1917- Present
Chapter 21: Destruction & Recovery of Europe, 1917- Present
Chapter 22: The Rise & Fall of World Communism, 1917 - Present
WEEK AT A GLANCE:MON: Turn in: Pearl Harbor Article; Chinese & Russian Communism compared; Rise & Fall of World Communism; Ferguson "War of the World" - Ice Box
TUE: The Cold War - U.S. vs. The Soviet Union; Nuclear Weapons: A Time-Lapse History;
Preview of -"Third World" War in the Global South;
Tank Man Documentary
WED/THU: TEST CHAPTERS 21 & 22
FRI: Pep Rally Schedule Intro to Chapter 23: Decolonization
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ASSIGNMENTS:
TEST THIS WEEK: Wed/Thu on Chapter 21 & 22
Quiz Chapter 23, next Monday
DBQ - Next Wed/Thu on "Communism & Latin America Gender & Politics"
FRQ FLIP: Communism & Mexican Revolution
I. HEADS: 2014 DBQ Chinese peasants & CCP
2014 DBQ Scoring Guide & Student Samples
(remember this is the old format & Duez will grade on the new 2017 format)
II. TAILS: 2016 DBQ 20th Cent. L. America Gender & Politics
2016 DBQ Scoring Guide & Student Samples
(remember this is the old format & Duez will grade on the new 2017 format)
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Targets - Chapter 22 - "World Communism: Rise and Fall"
• To examine the nature of the Russian and Chinese revolutions and how the differences between those revolutions affected the introduction of communist regimes in those countries
• To consider how communist states developed, especially in the USSR and the People’s Republic of China
• To consider the benefits of a communist state
• To consider the harm caused by the two great communist states of the twentieth century
• To introduce students to the cold war and its major issues
• To explore the reasons why communism collapsed in the USSR and China
• To consider how we might assess the communist experience . . . and to inquire if historians should be asking such questions about moral judgment
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Essential Questions to Consider:
BIG PICTURE QUESTIONS
1. What was the appeal of communism, in terms of both its promise and its achievements? To what extent did it fulfill that promise?
2. Why did the communist experiment, which was committed to equality and a humane socialism, generate such oppressive, brutal, and totalitarian regimes?
3. What is distinctive about twentieth-century communist industrialization and modernization compared to the same processes in the West a century earlier?
4. What was the global significance of the cold war?
5. “The end of communism was as revolutionary as its beginning.” Do you agree with this statement?
6. In what different ways did the Soviet Union and China experience communism during the twentieth century?
MARGIN REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. When and where did communism exercise influence during the twentieth century?
2. Identify the major differences between the Russian and Chinese revolutions.
3. Why were the Bolsheviks able to ride the Russian Revolution to power?
4. What was the appeal of communism in China before 1949?
5. What changes did communist regimes bring to the lives of women?
6. How did the collectivization of agriculture differ between the USSR and China?
7. What were the achievements of communist efforts at industrialization? What problems did these achievements generate?
8. Why did communist regimes generate terror and violence on such a massive scale?
9. In what different ways was the cold war expressed?
10. In what ways did the United States play a global role after World War II?
11. Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the communist world by the 1970s.
12. What explains the rapid end of the communist era?
13. How did the end of communism in the Soviet Union differ from communism’s demise in China?
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Monday, April 3, 2017
Quote: "I like coffee because it gives me the illusion that I might be awake." - Lewis Black
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Turn In - Pearl Harbor Article
2. Notes, Video, Discussion: World Communism, Rise & Fall
John Green Crash Course World History: Chinese Communism
ASSIGNMENTS:
TEST THIS WEEK: Wed/Thu on Chapter 21 & 22
Quiz Chapter 23, next Monday
DBQ - Next Wed/Thu on "Communism & Latin America Gender & Politics"
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Quote: "April hath put a spirit of youth in everything." -William Shakespeare
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Answer the question to determine the complexity of atomic technology.
2. Video & Discussion: Nuclear Weapons: A Time-Lapse History
and Audio Excerpt from Dan Carlin's "Hardcore History" Podcast
Begin at 2:46:00 out of 5:58:18
What happens if human beings can't handle the power of their own weaponry?
This show examines the dangerous early years of the Nuclear Age and humankind's efforts to avoid self-destruction at the hands of its own creation.
Discussing the impact of the atomic bomb on the Japanese.
Focus on: In what ways did the United States play a global role after World War II?
Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the communist world by the 1970s.
-Cuban Missile Crisis
-Glasnost/Perestroika
-Tank Man
-Berlin Wall Comes Down - Russian Communism Ends
-Is contemporary China still a true communist nation?
-Cuban Missile Crisis
-Glasnost/Perestroika
-Tank Man
-Berlin Wall Comes Down - Russian Communism Ends
-Is contemporary China still a true communist nation?
ASSIGNMENTS:
TEST THIS WEEK: Wed/Thu on Chapter 21 & 22
Quiz Chapter 23, next Monday
DBQ - Next Wed/Thu on "Communism & Latin America Gender & Politics"
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Wednesday, April 5, 2017 & Thursday, April 6, 2017
Quote: "Psychology keeps trying to vindicate human nature. History keeps undermining the effort." - Mason Cooley
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: Prep For Test
2. TEST CH 21 & 22 "Collapse & Recovery of Europe" & "World Communism"
3. Pass back DBQ #1 - Discuss
ASSIGNMENTS:
TEST THIS WEEK: Wed/Thu on Chapter 21 & 22
Quiz Chapter 23, next Monday
DBQ - Next Wed/Thu on "Communism & Latin America Gender & Politics"
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Friday, April 7, 2017
Quote: "Without music life would be a mistake." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Agenda:
1. DO NOW: What was distinctive about the end of Europe's African & Asian empires compared to other cases of imperial disintegration?
2. Video: Crash Course WH: Decolonization & Nationalism
Assignment:
Quiz Chapter 23 on Monday