10/16-10/19 Cold War in Asia

Fall of China Korean War Truman vs. MacArthur

10/8-11 Cold War in Europe

Topics/Wksts in Class Leaders Meet UN Iron Curtain Containment Truman Doctrine Marshall Plan Berlin Airlift

10/3 WWII EXAM

9/27 U.S. Homefront

ABC Video and Ch. 18 S1 are supporting materials. Entrance Ticket for 9/28: 1. How did rationing help the war effort? 2.Explain why inflation occurred during the war and how the government tried to fight it. 3. How did the War Productions Board meet the challenge of supplying the Allies as the Arsenal of Democracy? 4.What are some of the advantages and disadvantages that society experienced as a result of having women enter the work force during WWII? 5. Why was information controlled about the war and allied troop movements? 6. How did the U.S. pay for the war? Summary---Try to put yourselves in the shoes of a teenager during the war. Your father is overseas and your mother just took a job in a defense factory. How would your life be affected by the war effort?

9/26--Course of War

WWII---How the war progressed for the NAZIs. The Allied response. The U.S. is pulled into the war. Supporting material in Ch. 17 and 18.

9/24-25 Beginning of WWII/American Neutrality

First moves in WWII. American Neutrality

9/17-21 Early Stages of WWII

Countries have to deal with the Great Depression. Some countries gave up individual liberties in order to better themselves. Totalitarian states rise in historically repressive societies.