current events summary

the city of dubai is under accusation of an Citi Bank rumor. Citi group is accused of taking money from the oil investments. also, the oil rich countries of the Middle East are starting to invest in places that are not so wealthy. some companies are building places in poorer parts of the world. jordan is hosting iraqis. the cost of this will be somewhere around 2.3 billion dollars. finally syria adn iran created a co-op and had exchanged trade stock

the new project

theme:Assess the effects of geography on the history of civilizations and nations.

standards:

• USII.14 Explain the strength of American isolationism after World War I and analyze its impact on U.S. foreign policy
• USII.18 Analyze the factors that contributed to the Cold War and describe the policy of containment as America’s response to Soviet expansionist policies
  The Truman Doctrine (1947)George Kennan, “The Sources of Soviet Conduct” (1947)
• USII.22 Analyze the causes and consequences of important domestic Cold War trends.

chapters

• chapter 20
• chapter 26
• chapter 27

current events

Many different things have happened in the Middle East these past weeks. Saudi Arabia has decided to build a car factory to keep up with the demand of cars. This factory will be created by the UAE automobile company. The Middle East has suffered a massive inflation due to some countries not being able to sell oil and export and import problems. the country of Lebanon is undergoing a state of civil strife over a new form of government.

history outline...so far

Thesis: Growth of centralized state government was bad.

Explain important domestic events that took place during the war.
GI bill of rights-eased returning soldiers back into jobs
Japanese relocation camps-relocated Japanese Americans into guarded camps due to thoughts of Japanese loyalty.
Hollywood movies-Hitler’ beast of Berlin

Analyze the factors that contributed to the Cold War and describe the policy of containment as America’s response to Soviet expansionist policies
The Korean war
The atomic and hydrogen bomb: distanced the two countries and the world between the threat of nuclear war adn radiation.
NATO: an organization that united all countries fo west europe and the united states. excluded russia and western europe countries.


describe the accomplishments of the civil rights movement
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Kennedy sends troops to force governor Wallace to honor the court order on segregation

Analyze the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
iran contra scandal
grenada
stratigic defense initiative

further progress

chapters from textbook:

• 25( world war 2)


• 26(cold war begins)


• 33(reagan and cold war)

My progress thus far is: the formation and action of the soviet union, and government actions during the cold war.

the most important thing that i need to research is the positive effects of a growing centralized government.

SE asia

many things have begun to happen in the South Asia. in Asia, a charter was issued on financial, and environmental rules. however, Singapore has tried to block the charter. in other news , in Dubai, there has been a strike. these workers have walked off a work site where they were constructing a long anticipated project of man made islands for a sale. another problem is with the Afghanistan government. the government still has resistance to the Taliban and a final operation is in event to extinguish this group. in pakistan and Iran, delegates and representatives are debating over an oil contract.

on account of the new plan for teaching.

the theme that I am chhosing is the second theme: the impact and growth of centralized state power. the MCAS standards that i have chosen to suppurt are standards.

• USII.17 (Explain important domestic events that took place during the war.)
• USII.18 (Analyze the factors that contributed to the Cold War and describe the policy of containment as America’s response to Soviet expansionist policies)
• USII.26 (Describe the accomplishments of the civil rights movement)
• USII.29 (Analyze the presidency of Ronald Reagan)