Tuesday, July 20, 2021, World History: Day 22

First Hour Independent Work 

Into 5 minutes: Standards, Objectives, Agenda, and Attendance 

Standards: 11.1.3, 11.8.5, 11.8.8, 11.9.3, 11.9.4, 11.10.4, 11.11.4, CST.1, CST.2, HREP.3, HREP.4, HI.1

Objectives: SWBAT

• Describe the Nixon Administration and the Watergate Scandal. 
• Analyze the Fall of the Berlin War and the decline of the Soviet Union. 
• Describe new conflicts in the Middle East after the Cold War.
• Analyze the War on Terrorism. 
• Describe America after the Cold War. 

Reading 10 minutes: p. 808-809

1. Based off the Television of the 1970's, what was life like? 

Reading 10 minutes: p. 799-801

• Kissinger and Realpolitik 
• Nixon Visits China
• Nixon Travels to Moscow

Video 10 minutes: Reagan Tear Down This Wall Speech

• Why does Reagan say president's visit Berlin?
• How does Reagan say it is to live behind the Iron Curtain under Soviet control?
• What might the Brandenburg Gate Symbolize?
 

Video 15 minutes:
Fall of the Berlin Wall part 1 
Fall of the Berlin Wall part 2

• What did the Fall of the Berlin Wall Represent?
• How did people feel in Berlin during this time?
• What does Freedom mean to you?

First Hour Google Meet

Lecture 25 minutes:The Nixon Administration & Watergate & Decline of the Soviet Union

Reading 20 minutes: Foreign Policy after the Cold War p. 848-852 (Describe/Significance/ Draw)

• Gorbachev initiates reform 
• The Soviet Union Declines 
• The Collapse of Communist Regimes 
• Communism Continues in China 

Reading 15 minutes: Middle East Trouble Spots  p. 852-853

1. Geography Skill builder #1-2 p. 854

Independent Work

Vocabulary 20 minutes:  

1. William Jefferson Clinton
2. H. Ross Perot
3. Hilary Rodham Clinton
4. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 
5. George W. Bush
6. Al Gore
7. Bill Gates
8. NASDAQ
9. dotcoms
10. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
11. Internet
12. Telecommunications Act of 1996
13. genetic engineering
14. urban flight/ gentrification
15. proposition 187

Reading 10 minutes: Immigration and Migration p. 888-889 & The Debate over Immigration p. 901-902 (Summarize each reading)
Research 20 minutes: The United States/Mexico Border (2014)

• Look At Stories 2-5, and 12
• What are similarities between the U.S./Mexico Border and the Berlin Wall?
• What are differences between the U.S./Mexico Border and the Berlin Wall?
• Why do nations put up walls/fences/ or borders?
• How would life be different in the United States if there wasn't a fence?
• What do fences represent other than keeping people in or out of a country?
• Are fences necessary?
• How has the debate changed since this story was published? How has the situation changed? 

Second google meet hour 

Reading 20 minutes: p. 894-897 Terrorism

Inquiry 5 minutes: What do you know about Saddam Hussein?
Lecture 20 minutes: America after the Cold War