Unit+7+Bellwork

Bellwork Unit 7

1. (5.2) Highlight of your easter break. 2. (5.3) Watch the video of Germany invading Poland and write two comments about it. 3. (5.5) How have Americans defined unity, and how have they attempted to achieve it? Does "unity" mean everyone must agree, or that everyone must act in the same way? Are there any characteristics or beliefs that all who claim to be Americans must have in common? 4. (5.12) Synectics (comparing two dissimilar objects): Compare the attitudes and actions of the US and the USSR during the 1950s to something you'd find at a beach. 5. (5.13) Write two observations about West Wing Week "On the Border" 6. (5.16) Considering the Dred Scott court case (1857) and Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896), how would you feel if you were an African-American (or other minority) living during the passing of Brown v. Board of Education (1954)? 7. (5.18) Do you think it is important for leading nations to be "interventionist" in foreign policy? What are the opposing views? Is there any "one size fits all" answer for intervention? 8. (5.26) What was Nixon's grand strategy for improving relations with the Soviet Union and at the same time ending the war in Vietnam? (using the "Limits of a Superpower" handout) 9. (5.27) Two observations from West Wing Week "OCONUS III". 10. (5.31) Write about your Memorial Day Weekend 11. (6.1) According to Carter, what were the causes of the problems of the late 1970s and the general loss of confidence in the government? (using the "Limits of a Superpower" handout)