Today we started learning about the Korean War. Attached is the assignment: Reading-Korean War. We also started to watch a video called “Korean War Stories”.

Today we went over the DBQ and looked at what it means to be communist in China during the Cold War. This is the article we looked at: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-legacy-of-mao/ , the video we looked at: https://www.cbsnews.com/videos/the-real-mao-tse-tung/ and answered the following questions: 1) Describe at least 5 things Mao is remembered for and 2) Should the U.S. have intervened and stopped communism in China? Explain.

Today we took a quiz on the beginnings of the Cold War and then talked to the text about the Chinese Revolution Cold War Heats Up Chinese Communist Revolution.

For homework, please read over this Chinese Revolution DBQ: DBQ chinese cultural revolution

We used this: Start of Cold War Documents to analyze the beginning of the Cold War.

Today we analyzed the differences between capitalism and communism using candy as an example: capitalism_v._communism1

Today we had our test. You had a week to study for it. If you were not here you will take it tomorrow.

Here is what we did after: Post WWII Goals Survey

Today we reviewed for our test next Monday. Here is the study guide. WWII Chapter 17 Study Guide.

Also attached is the story you can read for extra credit. It can be worth 5% extra credit on the test. You must write a 1 page report on what happened to earn the 5%. Home as a Horse Stall Japanese Internment Story

Today we learned about race riots during WWII. C.17 section 4 Homefront

Today we used these handouts and maps to figure out what should happen to Germany and Japan at the end of WWII: End_of_WWII_Simulation. To figure out what to do geographically you will need to look at these maps and figure out what to do: WWII Maps of Europe and Asia. To figure out what actually happened, look here: C. 23 section 3 rebuilding end of WWII. For the map of what Europe looked like at the end of WWII, look here: Cold War Map (Germany divided)

Today we looked at the effects of the atomic bomb by watching these two videos:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwkyPvlWPM0&safe=active and  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcJ_xGvnBdU&safe=active. We also looked at these photos from when I went to Hiroshima: Hiroshima pics and then tried to figure out why this happened by reading these: Atomic Bomb Stuff (page 2 is blank. Keep going through.)