tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57945540405221641062011-07-07T16:24:01.302-07:00Mr. DeLangenoreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794554040522164106.post-64294762929275051142010-04-20T10:57:00.001-07:002010-04-20T11:07:00.901-07:00Today we talked about the beginning of the end of the Cold War.<div><br /></div><div>Topics discussed:</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Life after Stalin</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Brezhnev</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Soviet-Chinese Split</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Brinkmanship breaks down</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Detente</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- SALT</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Reagan</div><div><br /></div><div>Link to notes</div><div><br /></div><div>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/World%20History/2nd%20Semester/5.%20The%20Cold%20War/5.%20The%20Cold%20War%20Thaws/The%20Cold%20War%20-%20Tensions%20Thaw.pdf</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5794554040522164106-6429476292927505114?l=wh4b.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mr. DeLangenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794554040522164106.post-49246567826986779942010-04-16T11:10:00.000-07:002010-04-20T11:16:34.916-07:00Today we talked about how the Cold War kept the world divided into two very distinct groups.<div><br /></div><div>Topics discussed</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Third World Problems</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Nonaligned Nations</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Communist Cuba</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Cuban Missile Crisis</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Sandanistas</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Iranian Revolution</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Iranian Hostage Crisis</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Afgahnastan- Soviet</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Link to notes</div><div><br /></div><div>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/World%20History/2nd%20Semester/5.%20The%20Cold%20War/4.%20The%20Cold%20War%20Divides%20the%20World/Cold%20War%20-%20A%20World%20Divided.pdf</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5794554040522164106-4924656782698677994?l=wh4b.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mr. DeLangenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794554040522164106.post-20361102430994887572010-04-14T11:16:00.000-07:002010-04-20T11:20:19.153-07:00Today we discussed the US involvement in Korea and Vietnam<div><br /></div><div>Topics discussed</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- 38th Parallel</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- UN Joins the Korean War</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- China Joins the Korean War</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- MacArthur Fired</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Domino Theory</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Vietcong</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Ho Chi Minh</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Vietnamization</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Khmer Rouge</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Link to notes</div><div><br /></div><div>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/World%20History/2nd%20Semester/5.%20The%20Cold%20War/3.%20Wars%20in%20Korea%20and%20Vietnam/Cold%20War%20-%20Korea%20and%20Vietnam.pdf</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5794554040522164106-2036110243099488757?l=wh4b.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mr. DeLangenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794554040522164106.post-37105448338863671362010-04-12T11:20:00.000-07:002010-04-20T11:26:47.258-07:00Today we talked about the fall of the Nationalist Chinese government into Communism<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Topics discussed</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Mao</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Poor Economy driving factor</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Taiwan</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- US Supports Taiwan</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Tibet</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Mandate from Heaven</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Great Leap Forward</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Communes</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Soviets and China clash</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Red Guards</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Cultural Revolution</div><div><br /></div><div>Link to notes</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/World%20History/2nd%20Semester/5.%20The%20Cold%20War/2.%20Communists%20Take%20Power%20in%20China/Cold%20War%20-%20Communists%20Take%20Power%20in%20China.pdf</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5794554040522164106-3710544833886367136?l=wh4b.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mr. DeLangenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794554040522164106.post-74927133928392973592010-04-08T11:26:00.000-07:002010-04-20T11:37:38.216-07:00Today we talked about the beginning of the Cold War<div><br /></div><div>Topics discussed</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Yalta Conference</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- United Nations</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- The Iron Curtain</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Containment</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Truman Doctrine</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Marshall Plan</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Berlin Airlift</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Cold War</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- NATO</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Sputnik</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- U-2 Incident</div><div><br /></div><div>Link to notes</div><div><br /></div><div>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/World%20History/2nd%20Semester/5.%20The%20Cold%20War/1.%20The%20Cold%20War%20-%20Superpowers%20Face%20Off/The%20Cold%20War%20-%20Superpowers%20Face%20Off.pdf</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5794554040522164106-7492713392839297359?l=wh4b.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mr. DeLangenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794554040522164106.post-66157885082756369052010-04-06T11:38:00.000-07:002010-04-20T11:39:33.742-07:00Today the students took the unit assessment for World War II<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Link to review</div><div><br /></div><div>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/1.%20World%20War%20II/10.%20World%20War%20II%20Unit%20Test/World%20War%20II%20Test%20Review.pdf</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5794554040522164106-6615788508275636905?l=wh4b.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mr. DeLangenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794554040522164106.post-86721637718082594442010-04-01T11:39:00.000-07:002010-04-20T11:42:58.505-07:00Today we discussed the effects of WWII on the American home front.<div><br /></div><div>Topics discussed</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Economic Upturn</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Population Shifts</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Civil Rights</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Race Riots</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Japanese Internment</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Nuremberg War Trials</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Occupation of Japan</div><div><br /></div><div>Link to notes</div><div><br /></div><div>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/1.%20World%20War%20II/9.%20The%20Home%20Front/World%20War%20II%20-%20End%20of%20the%20War.pdf<br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5794554040522164106-8672163771808259444?l=wh4b.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mr. DeLangenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794554040522164106.post-60941357280582104602010-03-30T11:43:00.000-07:002010-04-20T11:45:27.427-07:00Today we talked about the War in the pacific. <div><br /></div><div>Topics discussed</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Doolittle's Raid</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Battle of the Coral Sea</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Battle of Midway</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Guadalcanal</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Battle of Leyte Gulf</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Iwo Jima</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Okinawa</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Atomic Weapons</div><div><br /></div><div>http://dl.dropbox.com/u/427440/American%20Studies/2nd%20Semester/1.%20World%20War%20II/8.%20The%20War%20in%20the%20Pacific/World%20War%20II%20-%20War%20in%20the%20Pacific.pdf</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5794554040522164106-6094135728058210460?l=wh4b.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Mr. DeLangenoreply@blogger.com0