World HistoryWeek of: 11 - 14April 2016WPHS Learning Plan

CHAPTER 30 The Cold War 1945-1991 pp 964-1011
MONDAY
11 April / Daily
Objectives /
  • Analyze China’s communist revolution.
  • Describe China’s role as a “wild card” in the cold war.
  • Explain how war came to Korea, and how the two Koreas followed different paths.

Daily
Learning
Plan /
  • Review the day’s objectives.
  • Review what was learned last week about the industrialized democracies.
  • Chapter THIRTY Section THREE Communism Spreads in East Asia pages 985-991
  • Focus on understanding what the communist victory meant for China and the rest of East Asia.
  • Teachers will focus on how the United States, Western Europe, and Japan achieved economic prosperity and .strengthened democracy during the Cold War years.
  • ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY: With students working in pairs, give each pair one of the Primary Source quotations from the Little Red Book of Chairman Mao. Each pair will analyze the quote and using the Think, Pair, Share strategy they will jointly decide what the purpose of the quote was, and what might have been the results of its application.
  • Answer questions three-through five on page 991on the daily writing sheets.

Primary Sources /
  • Selections from Chairman Mao’s “Little Red Book.”

TUESDAY
12April / Daily
Objectives /
  • Describe events in Indochina after World War II.
  • Learn how America entered the Vietnam War.
  • Understand how the Vietnam War ended.
  • Analyze Southeast Asia after the war (look at the label on your Nike shoes; that says it all).

Daily
Learning
Plan /
  • Review the day’s objectives.
  • Review what was learned yesterday about communism spreading in East Asia.
  • Chapter THIRTY Section FOUR War in Southeast Asia, pages 992-997; focus question: What were the causes and effects of war in Southeast Asia, and what was the American role in this region?
  • Review the Primary Source Documents Letter from US President Dwight D Eisenhower to the President of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem, and Letter from US President John F Kennedy to the President of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem. Students will then used reasoned judgment to determine which of the two US Presidents bears the greater responsibility for the US involvement in Vietnam.
  • ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY: Divide students into two groups, those who feel Eisenhower shoulders more of the blame for Vietnam, and those who feel Kennedy bears more of the blame. Conduct a brief debate in class to examine the two viewpoints.
  • Students will next review the three sections of the eleven subheadings of Chapter Thirty Section FOUR, and annotate the major points in each subheading in their notes/daily writes. The instructor will then present the Vietnam War Power Point to assist student comprehension.
  • After reviewing the text, and Power Point, ask students if they still feel whether the US President they selected earlier for having the most blame for the war is still the one they would select, or would they choose someone else.
  • Answer questions three-through six on page 997 on the daily writing sheets.
  • HOMEWORK: Annotate the second primary source document for the last common assessment, the essay by Lewis Siegelbaum concerning who ultimately is responsible for the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

WEDNESDAY
13 April / Daily
Objectives /
  • Understand how the Soviet Union declined.
  • Analyze the changes that transformed Eastern Europe.
  • Explain how communism declined worldwide and the United States became the sole superpower.

Daily
Learning
Plan /
  • Chapter Thirty Section FIVE The End of the Cold War pages 1000-1007; focus questions: What were the causes and effects of the end of the Cold War?
  • Review what was learned yesterday about war in South-east Asia.
  • Review the objectives, terms, people, and places on page 1000.
  • Preview section review questions three-six on pages 1006.
  • Students will read through pages 1000-1006, noting the answers to the section review questions on their daily writing sheets as they encounter them in the text.
  • ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY: Class debate, students will chose one of the two following ideas: (1) the world is better without the Soviet Union, or (2) if the Soviet Union had remained intact, the maintenance of the balance of power would have resulted in the current War on Terror not being as devastating as presently we see daily in the news. Side one will gather on the west side of the classroom, and side two on the east side. Students will then discuss their reasons among themselves, and chose those who will speak for their sides.The class will then conduct a respectful debate.
  • View the Witness to History video clip The Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall, in class answer the questions the video poses at the end of the clip.
  • Compare and Contrast: Review the map of the former Soviet Union, and the countries of that area that exist today. Then review the former nations of the Warsaw Pact, and the current map of Eastern Europe.
  • Review the annotated document from last night’s homework.
  • Review the primary source article on Vaclav Havel’s New Year’s Address on page 1007; students will answer questions one and two on theirdaily writing sheets.
  • Chapter Thirty test tomorrow.

THURSDAY
14 April / Daily
Objectives /
  • Ace the Chapter Thirty test

Daily
Learning
Plan /
  • Review the major concepts of Chapter Thirty before the test.
  • Chapter Thirty Test.
  • COMMON ASSESSMENT NUMBER FOUR WILL BE GIVEN NEXT MONDAY AND TUESDAY.