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**What We Did In Class** We will begin by completing the end of the video series that has comprised the last few class periods by watching the rest of "Superpower". As we do, we will contribute to the discussions below throughout the video to be reflective in our learning.

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At this point we need to reconnect with our learning from the end of last week. In order to do this you will work alone or in a partnership or triad on one of the following mini projects. We will work on these today and Monday.

**Make a Timeline** You will work together to create a timeline of events (poster or wiki page) showing the //development and progression of the Cold War after WWII//. You should include such events as the Yalta Conference (and what happened there), the formation of NATO and the UN (and its purpose and structure), and the advent of Communist China. Illustrate and annotate your timeline. Posters will go up on the wall, wikis will be linked to your student page and "This Day..."

**Conduct an Interview** You will interview two people who were alive during the 1950s. In order to do this effectively, you will have to research what topics you want to inquire about and write those questions down. But you'll also need to find out what your subjects remember about significant events during that time. Events may include the Berlin Airlift, economic prosperity, invention of television, or the G.I. Bill. Combine their recollections with information from other sources to prepare a concisely edited audio interview and a "magazine article" titled "American Life in the 1950s". Both of these will be posted on a Wiki page with that same title.

If you know no one alive during the 1950s, you will write, script, and record an interview between you and your "subject" that follows the same guidelines as above. The main difference is that this will be fake and the others will be real.

**Homework**

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