Week of May 8th

This week we will begin our penultimate unit of the year, on communism & the Cold War. We will also begin preparations for our last regular exam of the year, which will take place on Thursday, May 19th.

Monday

• read - no reading due
• lecture - compare Chinese and Russian Revolutions
• due - War Crimes paper
• distribute - exam 7 review sheet

Wednesday

• read - Strayer 662-667 (we already read a few of these pages when we discussed the Russian Revolution, but it will be good to review Russia so we can compare with China)
• lecture - consolidating the revolutions and beginnings of global conflict with capitalism

Friday

• read - Strayer 668-675
• lecture - height of the Cold War and communist collapse
• due - exam preparation (completed ids and essay outlines - to be handed back on Tuesday, May 17th)