The Cold War and World Independence Movements Vocabulary List - Honors

Lectures

Roots of the Cold War

The Cold War from 1945-1960

The War of Algerian Independence

The Fall of Communism - Done with board notes only - work in progress

Assignments

Due Monday 1/7 - Cold War Map

Due Wednesday 1/8 - Read pp.626-630. Do the IDs and answer qs 1-5 on page 630.

Due Friday 1/11 - Create an annotated timeline of the Cold War in groups.

Due Monday 1/14 - Explain, in a paragraph each, the basic political positions and goals of either A. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and John Edwards OR B. Rudy Guiliani, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, and Mitt Romney. Also, write a paragraph explaining whom you support at present and explain why you do so.

Due Tuesday 1/22 - 500 Word opinion essay: A. Would you have done what the woman who placed the bombs did had you been an Algierian in 1957, fighting the French? Explain. OR B. Who were ther heroes of "The Battle of Algiers?" Who were the good guys?

Due Wednesday 1/23 - Semester Final

Readings

Selections from Mao's "Little Red Book"

Unit Links (not required)

The Cold War General:

* Wikipedia link on The Cold War

Nuclear Weapons:

* Wikipedia links on plutonium , nuclear weapons , and nuclear weapons design .

Soviet Communism:

* Red Tape from Red Square

Cuban Communism:

* Cuban Poster Art

Chinese Communism:

* Stefan Landsberger's Chinese Propaganda Poster Pages
* Art for New China (1950 - 1980)
* Chinese Pamphlet Digitization Project