We finished looking at the residential school apology and the common experience payment (CEP) and the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission today which sort of wraps up Unit 2 material. Please remember that you have your Unit 2 WRA I on Monday. Like I said in class, think back to the major themes and concepts that we've looked at in Unit 2 and chances are that will be the central theme of the WRA I for this unit. Please make sure that you review HOW to write a WRA I this weekend. This is your last weekend to work on your Imperialism Research Projects as well. Check the wiki I've uploaded some videos on how to use Prezi. Please remember that you are to type your citation list in Microsoft Word and submit it, so you don't have to do it in Prezi. Your Unit 2 Final Exam is on March 20th,
please see the study guide here.
We started our examination of the Cold War today. I hope that you read Chapter 7 prior to today's class. If you haven't read it yet, please do so tonight. I delivered a PowerPoint presentation today called "The Origins of the Cold War", which I have already sent to you. Make sure that you read the other handout that I gave you on the Cold War today, because it contains important information. I would like you to go to the
World War II Behind Closed Doors website this weekend, and read the sections on
the Yalta Conference and the Potsdam Conference. This is an excellent site, with tons of information, maps, video clips, timelines and archival footage and re-enactments as well. You do need to really make sure that you understand the Yalta Agreements and the Potsdam Declaration (among other things) and this is a great site to do this.
Episode 3 is the one that contains most of the information that you would need to read and watch. There's a great little video clip on this website called "Stalin's Distrust of the West" that might help you see WWII from the Soviet perspective and why the Soviets might wish to extend control over Eastern Europe and be so distrustful of their wartime allies. You can find this video clip in
Episode 3 (Dividing the World), scroll down and click on the video clip on the right called "Stalin's Distrust of the West". It's a short little clip, but you'll get the idea. We'll continue our look at the Cold War next week.
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