What stands between you and graduation?

Three weeks of work, here is the schedule:

Please hand in these assignments either via the blog or with hard copies.

Week of April 12 - 16:

By Friday, April 16th
- Gaddis outlines for chapter 6, 7 and epilogue - if you do not hand in via the blog - please show me your notes / outlines or whatever you have to show you read the chapter.
- Gorbachev questions (paper 1 practice questions) -

By Friday, April 23rd:
- Outline for Cold War: Part II of the Cold War study guide
- Outline for 2 (Two not three) authoritarian / single party state rulers.

For the "study week" we can cover whatever you want and however you want to study. We can figure out a specific schedule as we get closer to the deadline.

See me with questions or concerns

Deng and Fall of Communism questions

Here are the questions (directly from the IB guide) for your China section on "Crisis in Communism" for Paper 1:

1. Describe the struggle for power following Mao, the emergence of Deng Xiaoping and the defeat of the gang of four.
2. Describe some of the economic policies and Four Modernizations for China under Deng
3. What were the political changes and limits under Deng and how did these culminate in the Tiananmen Square conflict in 1989?
   

Hand these in or submit via the blog by the end of this week (march 12th)

Update for next two weeks (February 5 - 26th)

Although this roughly follows the hard copy outline you have, there are a few adjustments. The following is a list of what you should be working on for the next few weeks

Gaddis: Cold War Reading:

Please post your responses on the blog or email them to me at judesen@riverstoneschool.org. These will be due Wednesday, February 24th.

Use the IB Cold War theme / framework as your guide

Read both the Preface and Prologue: Write a quick (couple of bullet point) summary or overview of each.

Chapter 1: Return of Fear: page 5 - 47
There are eight "sections" for chapter 1. You are to read each section and come up with a title / theme / main idea for each of the sections and then some key points supporting this idea. You should end up with a concise and purposeful outline of the chapter. Keep it simple and to the point - meant to be a reminder to you what the main points are.

Chapter 2: Deathboats and Lifeboats: 48 - 83
There are twelve sections to summarize in this portion of the reading. Follow the same format for this chapter - Main idea of each section with some support for the main idea. You do not need to write a book - keep it simple and straight-forward - things you can remember.