I’ve created a new page accessible at the top. Its specifically geared toward reviewing for the IB Exam. It includes handouts such as the big packet. It includes past IB Exam questions as well as the notes created by me on the SmartBoard during the different review sessions.
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To find the information packet and examples go to the top of this page and click on “Course Documents”. The style manual for the endnotes and bibliography can also be found here. It is number 3.
LSHS Average – 3.87 (lowest ever)
World Average – 4.11
Monday: Discuss article “the Year of Truth”. Watch video clip on fall of the Berlin Wall.
Tuesday: Discuss article “The End of the Cold War”. Review for objective test. Study session for IB Exam @ 6pm.
Wednesday: Who ended the Cold War discussion. Study session for IB Exam @ 6pm.
Thursday: Cold War objective test.
Friday: No school.
*Reminder that the article “The Year of Truth” is April 18th. The article “The End of the Cold War” is due April 19th. The one page of notes for Who Ended the Cold War discussion is due April 20th. On April 21st you will take an uber-objective test.
Study Session 1 Notes / Study Session 2 Notes
Monday: Continue notes on Detente. Hand out readings for notes on Who Ended the Cold War.
Tuesday: Notes on the USSR in crisis.
Wednesday: Notes on Reagan and the Cold War.
Thursday: Notes on Gorbachev and the Cold War.
Friday: Notes on the Velvet Revolutions.
Monday: Podcasts for those doing the topic on the start of the Cold War. Watch part of “Atomic Cafe” video.
Tuesday: Notes on JFK and the Cold War. Discuss article “Kennedy and the New Frontiers.”
Wednesday: Cuban Missile Crisis discussion.
Thursday: Watch part in “Fog of War” video on Cuban Missile Crisis.
Friday: Discuss the start of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War (discuss pp.82-94 in Why Nations Go To War & “Grand Delusions” article).
