The World ~ Post WWII
History is a never ending subject. While you are busy mastering one era, the next keep piling on. In this brief lesson there are several historical events, post WWII. I have provided you with links to start your inquiry. NOT WIKIPEDIA! Your job is to review the material about your assigned event and prepare to discuss this event with your peers. Remember, they will know little to nothing about your topic. You need to give them some sort of basic foundational understanding.
1. Use your worksheet for this lesson. You will need access to this information for our discussion. During the discussion you will have 6-7 minutes to present your topic to the group.
Your job today is to research the event. Prepare for a discussion about your event. By the time you are done with your research you should know:
1. Where and When the event occurred
2. Who was involved
3. Be able to tell a story of something interesting/unique about your event.
4. Explain why this event has world wide historical consequences.... in other words... what if this never happened?
5. Determine if your event was caused by earlier events or was the catalyst for later events? If so, which ones? Explain how. (Remember, history is one big chain of events, so you will link in somehow!)
6. Analyze your sources: Are they primary or secondary? Are they biased? Are they accurate? Which source do you think is best? Why?
7. Print pictures, cartoons, or maps about your topic.
1. Gandhi and India's Independence Movement: http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageid=2786, http://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/index.php/movements-and-campaigns/movements-and-campaigns-summaries?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=5&sobi2Id=17
2. Vietnam Conflict: http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/, http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/, http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/vietnamwar/section8.rhtml
3. Vietnam Anti-War Movement: http://www.ushistory.org/us/55d.asp, http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/vietnam/antiwar.html, http://www.hippy.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=203
4. US/USSR Space Race: http://www.history.com/topics/space-race, http://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/gal114/SpaceRace/sec100/sec100.htm
5. Collapse of Soviet Union: http://www.historyorb.com/russia/intro.php, http://www.history.com/topics/fall-of-soviet-union, http://www.history.com/topics/fall-of-soviet-union
6. Iranian Hostage Crisis: http://www.historyorb.com/russia/intro.php, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/carter-hostage-crisis/, http://www.history.com/topics/iran-hostage-crisis
7. Berlin Airlift: http://www.spiritoffreedom.org/airlift.html, http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/berlin_airlift/large/, http://www.af.mil/information/heritage/spotlight.asp?id=123013864, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/airlift/
8. Apartheid in South Africa and Nelson Mandella: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/apartheid/, http://www.nelsonmandelas.com/apartheid.php, http://www.history.com/topics/nelson-mandela, http://overcomingapartheid.msu.edu/unit.php?id=14
9. Arab-Israeli Conflict: http://www.science.co.il/arab-israeli-conflict.asp, http://www.historyteacher.net/Arab-Israeli_Conflict.htm, http://www.arabisraeliconflict.info/, http://www.merip.org/palestine-israel_primer/intro-pal-isr-primer.html
10. Korean Conflict: http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/peopleevents/pandeAMEX58.html, http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/kowar/kowar.htm
11. Persian Gulf War: http://www.history.com/topics/persian-gulf-war, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/
12. Bosnian War: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~bonne20s/causes.html, http://www.historytoday.com/nick-hawton/conflicting-truths-bosnian-war
13. Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis: http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Cuban-Missile-Crisis.aspx, http://www.history.com/topics/cuban-missile-crisis, http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/days/, http://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/CubanMissile
14. Cambodian Genocide: http://www.yale.edu/cgp/, http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_cambodia.html, http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/cambodian-genocide, http://www.hmh.org/ed_Genocide_Cambodia.shtml
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CCSS: Reading
2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
3. Anlayze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
8. Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author's claims.
9. Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources.
CCSS: Writing
2. Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events...
4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking
advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question or solve a problem....
demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
9. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
1. Use your worksheet for this lesson. You will need access to this information for our discussion. During the discussion you will have 6-7 minutes to present your topic to the group.
Your job today is to research the event. Prepare for a discussion about your event. By the time you are done with your research you should know:
1. Where and When the event occurred
2. Who was involved
3. Be able to tell a story of something interesting/unique about your event.
4. Explain why this event has world wide historical consequences.... in other words... what if this never happened?
5. Determine if your event was caused by earlier events or was the catalyst for later events? If so, which ones? Explain how. (Remember, history is one big chain of events, so you will link in somehow!)
6. Analyze your sources: Are they primary or secondary? Are they biased? Are they accurate? Which source do you think is best? Why?
7. Print pictures, cartoons, or maps about your topic.
1. Gandhi and India's Independence Movement: http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageid=2786, http://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/index.php/movements-and-campaigns/movements-and-campaigns-summaries?sobi2Task=sobi2Details&catid=5&sobi2Id=17
2. Vietnam Conflict: http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/, http://www.pbs.org/battlefieldvietnam/, http://www.sparknotes.com/history/american/vietnamwar/section8.rhtml
3. Vietnam Anti-War Movement: http://www.ushistory.org/us/55d.asp, http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/vietnam/antiwar.html, http://www.hippy.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=203
4. US/USSR Space Race: http://www.history.com/topics/space-race, http://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/gal114/SpaceRace/sec100/sec100.htm
5. Collapse of Soviet Union: http://www.historyorb.com/russia/intro.php, http://www.history.com/topics/fall-of-soviet-union, http://www.history.com/topics/fall-of-soviet-union
6. Iranian Hostage Crisis: http://www.historyorb.com/russia/intro.php, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/carter-hostage-crisis/, http://www.history.com/topics/iran-hostage-crisis
7. Berlin Airlift: http://www.spiritoffreedom.org/airlift.html, http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/berlin_airlift/large/, http://www.af.mil/information/heritage/spotlight.asp?id=123013864, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/airlift/
8. Apartheid in South Africa and Nelson Mandella: http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/apartheid/, http://www.nelsonmandelas.com/apartheid.php, http://www.history.com/topics/nelson-mandela, http://overcomingapartheid.msu.edu/unit.php?id=14
9. Arab-Israeli Conflict: http://www.science.co.il/arab-israeli-conflict.asp, http://www.historyteacher.net/Arab-Israeli_Conflict.htm, http://www.arabisraeliconflict.info/, http://www.merip.org/palestine-israel_primer/intro-pal-isr-primer.html
10. Korean Conflict: http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/bomb/peopleevents/pandeAMEX58.html, http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/kowar/kowar.htm
11. Persian Gulf War: http://www.history.com/topics/persian-gulf-war, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/
12. Bosnian War: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~bonne20s/causes.html, http://www.historytoday.com/nick-hawton/conflicting-truths-bosnian-war
13. Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile Crisis: http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/JFK-in-History/Cuban-Missile-Crisis.aspx, http://www.history.com/topics/cuban-missile-crisis, http://library.thinkquest.org/11046/days/, http://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/CubanMissile
14. Cambodian Genocide: http://www.yale.edu/cgp/, http://www.ppu.org.uk/genocide/g_cambodia.html, http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/cambodian-genocide, http://www.hmh.org/ed_Genocide_Cambodia.shtml
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CCSS: Reading
2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
3. Anlayze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later ones or simply preceded them.
8. Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the author's claims.
9. Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary sources.
CCSS: Writing
2. Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events...
4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking
advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
7. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question or solve a problem....
demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
9. Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.