DRAW A LINE SEPARATING TODAY & YESTERDAY1) Write: Date: 03/23/11, Topic: Cold War2) Next line, write “Opener #38” and then:

1) Write 1 high+1 low in last 24 hours2) Rate your understanding of yesterday: lost<1-5>too easy (3 is perfect)

3) Respond to the Opening Clip by writing at least 1 sentences about:Your opinions/thoughts OR/ANDQuestions sparked by the clip OR/ANDSummary of the clip OR/ANDAnnouncements: None

Agenda1) USSR Notes2) Finish Threads

Essential Question1) Who took power after Stalin?

Reminder1) Test on Tuesday/Wednesday

Notes #37a, Title: “USSR Notes”

1) Nuclear Survival: Reduce exposure time

a) Get indoors, air seal (radioactive dust blown from blast site)

b) Don’t drink/eat anything exposed to dust

c) Cover skin, wash off anything dust exposed

d) If in a sealed area, wait a few (3) days before exiting (radiation falls exponentially)

1) Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924): Leads Rus revolution2) Joseph Stalin (1879-1953): Ambition CPSU

leader, outmaneuvers (later kills) Trotsky after Lenina) Power hungry, ruthless, paranoid leader

Notes #37a, Title: “USSR Notes” 2) Nikita Khrushchev (1953-1964): Moderate

leader led after Stalin’s death in 1953, tried to give ppl some freedom + wanted avoid WW3

3) Cuban Missile Crisis (1962): Cuba (Castro) becomes communist in 1959, USSR places nukes in Cuba, missiles removed when US:

a) US pledges not to invade Cuba b) US takes missiles out Turkey

4) Leonid Brezhnev (1964-1982): Hardline leader limited freedoms, asserted right to order other com. countries (USSR control weakening in 1980s)

5) Détente (1970s): Warming relations with US (as USSR is weakening), warming ends w Afghanistan

6) Invasion of Afghanistan (1979–1989): USSR failed attempt to invade Afghan weakens USSR’s power

We will return to the fall of the USSR next month

Journ #38a, Title “Nuclear War”

1) Copy Source Title: Threads

2…) Discuss questions on the board with a partner. Summarize your discussion (include their name at the end). Remember participation points are deducted if off task. 5 Reading/Film Qs Come From These Work Sections

TEST PROCEDURES1) Bubble 4 last digits

of your student ID and write your name,

period. 2) Remember to copy

“Title” from the test on to your answer sheet.

3) Write your name on the test itself, but do not write anything else on it.

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TEST DEBRIEF1) Make sure your test and scantron

have been turned in. No papers, pens, pencils may be out.

2) For security reasons, your test will

be voided if any electronic devices or note taking is seen during the debrief. Thank you.

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