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After discussing yesterday’s U-2 Incident document, we watched a video on the history of the Berlin Wall, and then students were given time to complete the Berlin Wall Stories questions.

We went over the answers to Friday’s Arms Race handout. Students were then given time to work on the U-2 Incident primary document and the Ch. 20 sec. 1 Textbook Questions– due on Thursday.

*Cold War Test on Monday*

The Ch. 18 sec. 3-4 Textbook Questions were checked and discussed. Students also completed handouts over McCarthyism and the Arms Race.

Students completed an introduction to the Red Scare and then watched a clip introducing McCarthyism. Students were then given time to work on the Ch. 18 sec. 3-4 Textbook Questions — due on Thursday.

We finished up the video over the Korean War Stories and then went over the Ch. 18 sec. 2 Answers. Students also answered questions over General MacArthur’s Farewell Speech.

The Ch. 18 sec. 2 Questions were checked at the start of the hour, and the we introduced the Korean War. Students then answered questions over the Korean War Stories video.

The Ch. 18 sec. 1 Textbook Questions were checked and discussed. Students also completed a biography on Uncle Wiggle Wings and questions over the Marshall Plan. They were then given time to work on the Ch. 18 sec. 2 Textbook Questions — due tomorrow.

We introduced the Cold War and Ch. 18, and then answered questions over a video on the Berlin Airlift. Students were also given time to work on the Ch. 18 sec. 1 Textbook Questions– due on Monday.

The Ch. 26 sec. 4 Chart was checked and discussed in class, along with a handout over the Telegraph and Morse Code.

We went over the answers to the Navajo Code Talkers handout from yesterday, and the Ch. 17 sec. 4 Questions. Students received a couple of handouts and a study guide to help prepare for Thursday’s Ch. 16 + 17 Test.