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Questions to Think about as You Read

• How and why did the Cold War develop in the last years of World War II, and how did relations change between the two sides in the years following the war?
• How did the Cold War affect politics and diplomacy?
• How did the lives of Europeans in the East and West differ?
• How did society and culture change after World War II in Western Europe?
• In what ways did women continue to press for rights, and how successful were they?
• What new rights were gained by previously marginalized groups within Europe?
• What effect did the youth movement of the 1960s have on European society?
• What were the causes of rebellion in Eastern Europe, and how did the USSSR react to it?
• In what ways did the art, literature, music, and architecture of this period differ from that of earlier periods?

Class Documents

PRIDE Chart
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​​(Need a refresher on what to look for in the PRIDE chart?)

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Homework Assignments

Assignment 1: Origins of the Cold War

• MindTap: Setting the Scene, Asserting Independence
• Schaum, pages 499-511
• MindTap: The Development of the Cold War (Note: this is due tomorrow)
• Finish writing prompt from class if needed
• Watch these videos

Assignment 2: Later Cold War Diplomacy

• Schaum, pages 511-515
• MindTap: The Politics and Diplomacy of the Cold War
• Watch this video

Assignment 3: The Democratic West

• Schaum, pages 519-529
• MindTap: Postwar Western Society
• MindTap: Revolutions all Around
• Watch these videos

Assignment 4: The Communist East

• Schaum, pages 533-543
• MindTap: The Cold War in Action
• Green book chapter 11
• Watch these videos

Assignment 5: Decolonization in Asia

• Schaum, pages 548-559
• Watch these videos

​Assignment 6: Decolonization in Africa

• Schaum, pages 560-563
• MindTap: Decolonization during the Cold War
• Watch this video

Assignment 7: 20th Century Society and Culture

• Schaum, pages 566-577 - use to complete chart handed out in class
• MindTap: Punk, Trees, and Outer Space
• Watch these videos

​Assignment 8: Study for Test on Period 4

• Review green book chapters 10-12
• Take practice questions

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