Welcome to World History, 4th Period!

Here are some announcements and instructions regarding our world history class.

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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Research Report 1: Complete this assignment on your own blog

Please tell me three specific things you learned about your topic today. You may make a list or write a paragraph. Please check your paragraph for spelling mistakes.

Monday, April 26, 2010

Warm-up #30 (submit your comment below)

What have you learned so far about your research topic? What do you still need help with? How can I help you?

Monday, April 12, 2010

Events of the 20th century-Research Paper

You will choose one topic from the list below. Please use the "comment" tab to tell me the number and topic you want to research. Then tell me in three sentences or more why you would like to research this topic.

1. World War I-What started WWI? Battle of Somme; Treaty of Versailles.
2. Spanish Civil War
3. Russian Revolution and the Rise of Communism
4. Invention of the Aircraft
5. League of Nations and the United Nations
6. The Great Depression
7. World War II and the 3 Dictators
8. WWII and the Allies
9. Bataan Death March
10. The A Bomb-Manhattan project; Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
11. The Holocaust and Nazi Death Camps
12. Chinese Revolution and move towards Communism
13. Latin America; Peron, Zapatistas, Sandinistas
14. The Cold War
15. Rise of U.S.S.R and The Eastern Bloc
16. Cuban Missile Crisis
17. Assasination of JFK
18. Korean War
19. Vietnam War
20. Cambodia and The Killing Fields
21. U.S. Civil Rights Movement
22. Cesar Chavez
23. Solidarity in Poland
24. History of Berlin Wall and Unification of Germany
25. War in Kosovo: History of Yugoslavia
26. Falklands--Malvinas War
27. History of Israel, Six Days War, Palestinian Issue
28.Hostage Crisis in Iran
29. Tiananmen Square; Modern China and Democracy
30. History of Hong Kong, the Turnover; Britain and China
31. India: M. Gandhi and Indira Gandhi
32. Desert Storm and the Invasion of Kuwait
33. Soviet War in Afghanistan
34. Somalia and Mogidishu ("Blackhawk Down")

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Reflection on Group project

Finish these sentences and post them as comments on my blog.

The best part about the group project was...


One thing I would change about this project is...